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Show r ef,Caim' Fan CHATTER Our Readers aimaE in Beaver during the there has not been jU law record exists Hi 3 mm date, To .1. August, Anticipated. riiv will again give Cedar away an w to sum1"'11-T . ur ...Wo tO tne lUiei-tummu- riMMitnt vear a ora car ,ttT.., and this season ifSeveral thous- VOL. XXV. NO. 40. 'Durantsix. were sum I' in tickets rtrtlch netted the Chamber of ... h u. BEAVER, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, SEVERAL BEAVER of stories that Wl a couple some published las "Ashy" as lieVi "Believe It or Not" col-ta- t' only one is a fish story: "i"T""- Ltime ago " "u" crime coughing the bone dlsja . h felt no, ill affects Kit Recently he had a bad sore Going io iuc uu"ui, as jaw. . a norcunine w ah nd u irum as extraciea jaw. jl .w theories have been expressed ia the suoositlon that the quill flesh of the fish he had k u the ... Probably a dead porcupine I been washed or thrown into the or lake, and thus the quil) v worked into the flesh of the fish gflsh got ' L r m. . ii?er it may he iom are ready to vouch j aou me uocfor the quill A 1 Llrom his jaw. that came to light while the governor and com- ,ina were inspecting the Murdoch limy building that sounds someextraordinary, to say the least, ike statement that the tufa stoue .hieh the great building is built Uu 1.25 in gold per ton accord- If this assays made years ago. ra, and the statement came from Li authority, there must be a good Lt dollars of gold bullion in the iding, considering the thousands story nther - ;i( to stone used in Its construe- of loa - tufa stone, which Is a in the Beaver mountains, distance above the Murdock Ljemy, is in itself one of nature'? cities. This stone when It comes the quarry is of soft substance, harden when exposed to the air of j speaking PEOPLE SUFFER MINORACCIDENTS - Ited Several minor accidents have occurred the past week which have incapacitated several Beaver residents, but none of a serious nature. Little Bill Kesler, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James Yardley, happened to the most serious of any of them when he ran a pitchfork prong in the calf of his log Tuesday afternoon. Tho prong pierced the left leg through, leaving a bad wound. Dr. Hopkinr was called and dressed the injured member, and he : reported to be getting along nicely. Mrs. Mary Goodwin suffered a bad on her right hand Saturday when, !id of the washing machine fel) on it, cutting a Jagged wound to the. bone. A slight infection caused a very sore hand for several days, but is now improving. Mrs. Samuel 0. White suffered several days with an infection on the limb, where she had spilled some hot grease. She has also fully recovered. Mrs. Rube Griffiths, of Adamsvile, was under the doctor's care, suffering g wiili caused by a bad cut when she struck her leg against a jagged edge of an old tub lying in the lot. She is reported to be improving Don Carlow underwent a minor operation for a carbuncle on his lip. and Hyrum White a similar operation for an abcesa under the arm. blood-poisonin- exceptionally fine build- material. From the fact that it is i chalk consistency when taken a the quarry it is easily cut, yet dens until it compares with gran- Just another of Utah's wonders! makes 11 AUDITORS COMPLETE SCHOOL AUDIT Auditors were busy last week makaudit ot the book? ing the three-yeof the Beaver County School District. The books and records were found to be in excellent shape. School Clerk J. Frank Smith is to be commended on his careful and acas the auditor? curate found his accounts only one cent audit. short on the three-yea- r ar book-keepin- SERVICE STORES" OPEN SATURDAY it "Self Service Stores," store in the Baker g, is open- - building in per, and will be ready for bust' Saturday. These stores are i by Cllnes, pioneer merchants &aver, having operated a store ' ome thirty-fiv- e years ago, and la more recent years. ;ever. it has been about three ' ilnce they have been engaged wines here, but realizing that w U fast forging to the f ron as 'smess center, have decided to op- an establishment, Game Warden Cy Davis made to Milford Tuesday morning trip op-sn phea bringing back 100 sants which had been shipped him from the state game farm. Seventeen of "these birds were tak en to Sulphurdale by Harry Diehl who turned them over to R. O. Jehu of the Bulphur plant, who has prom lsed to feed and look after them a? lone as they stay in that vicinity. number were released by Mr. DavisP near Greenville, and the remainder illng ahoes, dry goods, furnish- - at advantageous points near Beaver. wearing apparel, etc. See their The nheasants released here me Nncement on the last page of past few years seem to be thriving and multiDlvine and there are a num ber of fine bunches in the valley at 1 half-grow- far ir '..'X T ,e Rowe. fa Young f ist Cluh at ill T J ttr .V "c that WnuM i "f Mr. w a wmu ul me racn.-.v ""6 be6D FtW ill tail' oeacii, con8ratulatInK would have iney . ineir nuiienc ..t,.. nnwa a dilemma as to how to nue ana aaugnier ot' James Pe? eeKleavnK Mon "Ul"e at Lyman, Wyo. . f igUeStR timii 'r th - I tm in fledR' al 0 nr8t Papers ever Beaver, away back in fath the printing trade " 'loath 8hp when u waa l 'bo,,?dsy ar tKp be 'nun6 ve. tn0Ted f "ere - ,0- wnere the Beaver, Fellds left for Lyman homesteaded land eDgaed ,n farm" - 8e Mr- - aS ,n ano om near Lyman, Beaver abou mm ne did. Ma, b;" wa" Preformed here r footrL, Hhop c- - Dennis White. ffollnM 1 partles were MIsp wn- - t BEAVER LIONS WILL VISIT MIFORD WED university, who had as coach for the Beav-- i' The Beaver for the coming year, Milford next iu ue relieved of his luncheon the local school board to joint Milford club, Ployed school lth the present, time. !!'M11. o.l. rB J Oh nor. n 111 T .i make their home in rd th re 'he groom is employ- - Lions club will visit Wednesday where a will be held with the and in the afternoon the entire aggregation will visit me South Milford fair. meet-iIt is hoped that more Joint th between mv h arranged of a spirit greater two clubs and ui between established cooperation nnr Industries and re or less allied, and more are sources -nnerativelv. greater and better results may be realued for both communities. the The Milford Lions club visited in Wednesday last Tt min cno I1UIU Ollic, of cementing a o moan min closer relationship between the ui town ing community and the in-- . ford. The trip was one of great as many . . ninh members, of them had never been through and no doubt deep mine before, esiauwa.-cwas friendly feeling and the operators mine the tween of Mil town the representatives of .w.,0finn and better bust-fe between husbanIs one nd communities clubs. Lions of the n ,.nn. i.j wife of R. Murdoch and Nogaieland stopped a short t me t continued M see his father, and then el Murdoch to Tooele to visit Mrs. few a in They will return ur Says for a longer visit here Pr- Hon to ai for dock and wife expect of 8th the olulu on been transfer where the dodo, has red. --Mv J . K . , f World's Uhaiiipions In 127 Pulliiig Uoniost, On nctl by I'llcnii n IJioh., Inc., of Alice MUlilgan. walked away the full 274 feet with the dynamometer set at 3,150 pound. How much horses or mules can be Station, Ames, and is now in use In expected to pull in relation to their 18 of the United States, in Canada, heighth, weighth, heart girth, and and in Germany, in testing draft length of body is being determined horses for scientific knowledge and through pulling contests conducted formulea. Fair associations in the in annually by the argicultural colleges i various states are in with the Horse As this work. sociation of America. Before the pulling contests were The machine used is the dynamomstarted, people said no pair of horse? eter, designed in such a way as to could pull a weight equal to one ton determine what-size- d loads draft out of a well 27 Va feet deep, regardanimals can pull under given condi- less of weight of the horses; the test? tions in given periods of time. By have shown that any good pair can means of the race track, race horses pull more than that. When they pull are tested for speed, courage, and en- a load of 1,500 pounds on the dynadurance; by means of the Babcock mometer thej are exerting the sane tests it is possible to determine which energy they would have to exnend if g cows have greatest they pulled a weight of 1,500 pound? qualities; and by means of the pull- out of a well of the same depth as tbf ing contests men learn which horse? distance over which thay pull the, of the draft breeds have greatest cap- dynamometer. If they can pull the arduous dynamometer set at 1,500 pounds a acity for distance of 27 work on farms or in cities. feet, then it meanr The dynamometer, used in the they could pull 1,500 pounds out of a feet deep. pulling contests, was invented by E. well 27 The dynamometer pulling contest V. Collins of Iowa State Experiment d, Gov. Dem and A party of ten, led by Governor George H. Dern and members of the Utah state training school commis sion, arrived in Beaver shortly after one o'clock Tuesday, for the purpose of inspecting the Murdoch Academy grounds as a location for the state In . stitution for febble-minde- d the besides governor, in The party eluded Dr. T. J. Allen and Mrs. Al len, the former superintendent of the Vermont Institution for the reeble minded; Dr. D. H. Calder, superin tendent of the California Institution: Dr. T. V. Cardon, director of the state experimental station at Logan; Duey Clvde. professor of Irrigation engm eering at the Utah State Agricultural college; R. K. Brown, engineer ot tne tata building commission; Mrs. Amy Brown Lyman, John E. Boothe of or Spanish Fork, Roy D. Thatcner memoerp A ail D. and Skeen, nrdpn of the state training scnooi commis sion. Tha nartv was welcomed by the Lions club which had postponed its iues-daregular weekly luncheon untu gover-onr- i the entertain to in order Messrs. Geo. his narty. Murdoch Jos. Kirk, Jefferson, Gene Brown, of the Minora uwnt .n in the club, were present to o assist Thirty-twguesus m entertainment. local Lions eluding the visitors and at the luncheon the at served were Low Cafe. Aha Murdock. representing me ninh of Beaver county, preof converting gented the proposition grounds and academy Murdock the tor a school buldlings into commis- and eovernor ihf. tn C v U u III II " and brief a history sion. He gave Muraoca the of resume t of erounds and bulldingf t nd contractor's figure! .u. the the cost of rehabilitating H also explained thai 1 desired by the coot lf more land was land lying above the mission, the Murdoch academy in the canyon reason could be purchased at Jble price. The total cost to the the 8tate. he explained, including and th buildings the of ilitation water required additional land and 000 $150 exceed not would location wonderful Considering the t.. ..,.... - Thoy starts promptly at 2:30 p. m., the first day of the fair. The contest is open to any team assessed in Beaver County. Competing teams must be owned by the entrant. Teams must be weighed without harness on the day of the contest, and weigh bill presented to the supervisor one hour before the contest starts. Teamsters should be on the grounds to draw for place 30 minutes, before scheduled hour for starting the contest. The pulling will b rone on a dynamometer under the rules of the National Horse Ass'n of America. No whipping or shouting will be allowed and teams must pull on an even double tree. The contest will be supervised by a representative of the U. A. C. and the committee will have final ruling. Premiums are offered as follows; Teams weighing 2700 and under, f 25 $15 and flO. Teams weighing over 2700, $25, 15 and $10. site at Lehi, American Fork and at Nephi. Returning they expected to investigate locations at Mantl and Moroni. Other locations near Salt Lahe and Ogden will also be investigated. While Beaver feels that she hae an Ideal location for such an Institution, it is believed that if the offer of the Murdock grounds, the Mur- is not accepted by the state, it will dock building and the many othet be because of the fact that the town substantial stone buildings, the rich is not located on railroad and too far from the center of the population of farm land, orchard, etc., this with the splendid climatic condi- the state. tions makes it an ideal location foi such an institution. However, it hat been intimated by members of thri SAUNA SUFFERS commission that they desired to locate the school closer to the center of DISASTROUS FLOOD population of the state, but no reference was made to this statement by Visited by one of the heaviest any member of the commission Tuescloudbursts In many years, the vicday. Governor Dern, by request of the inity of Sallna Sunoray was for many Lion chairman, made a short talk, hours under alx Inches to a foot of water and suffered loss estimated at stating that the commision was on a $40,000. tour of inspection of a number of sitHomes along the Salina creek in es for the location of the school for the southern part of the city were and at this time they were not in a position to give out any partially Inundated. The hranrh line information as what their decision, jof the Denver & Rio Grande Western 'Railroad company Buffered heavv may be, other than they were looking to the future in making the selction damage. Farms were covered with of a site, having profitted by the ex- rocks and debris by a flood that down Sallna canyon after the perience of those who had selected swept downpour. sites for state institutions In the past. The rain began falling at 1 P. M. Most of the state Institutions, Gov and struck heaviest at Taylor's flat, Dern said, were suffering from lack of foresight in not having sufficient nineteen miles up Sallna canyon, land, water, etc. The governor Htat-e- Warning of flood was relayed down that at least a section of land with the canyon. At 3:3? p. m. the flood an adequate water supply would be waters reached the vicinity of the necessary for the site of the proposed city. Eighteen miles up the canyon school. water was reported seventeen feet After the luncheon the party accompanied by a number of Lion club deep. As the bank of water rushed members drove out to the Murdock down the canyon it swept rocks and Academy grounds to make an Inspec- debris before it, depositing its load tion of the proposed site. Gov. Dern on farms. The Sallna Creek Irrigation conn was acquainted with the property, main diversion dam at the pany's having visited it Beveral times in the mouth of the canyon was completeto but the remainder of the past, commission, it was an agreeable sur ly washed out and other smaller prise, and they did not hesitate tc dams severely damaged. Reinforceexpress their appreciation of the ments of the highway were washed beauty of the location and their sur- out in two places and the road made prise in finding such a wonderful Impassable. Eighteen horses feeding in the canbuilding as the Murdock academy. After thoroughly inspecting the yon were rescued from the flood. No buildings and going over the ground? persons were reported injured. the Lions took the party for a drive Eight crews of, men were recruited up the canyon as far as the upper during the storm to prevent wash station. Returning about five in thp outs of Irrigation projects as much evening the governor and party left as possible. for Richfield where they expected tc 0 spend the night. We are ready to give you a flat Previous to coming to Beaver the price on your dairy feed for Ue year commission had inspected suggested R. C. Murdock. Party Inspect Site At Beaver for State Institution ' pLY EMPLOYED COACH RESIGNS 2.00 Per Year MOVIE MAN BUYS WILLIAMS RANCH: TO RABEPOLO PONIES Jack W. Padgen, of Hollywood, and a movie actor of note, bought four hundred and eighty acres of land in Beaver county this week and plans to build his permanent residence there. He will use his home as a residence in the intervals when he is not engaged in motion pictur work in southern California, and will be occupied here in raising thoroughbred horses and some cattle. He will stock his place with horses and supply them to southern California concerns as polo ponir. They will be thoroughly trained for that sport or his Heaver County ranch. The land which Padgen bought i? located on South Creek, about five miles south of Beaver, on the Arrowhead Trail. It was the property of Jim Williams, and the deal wa? handled by D. E. Kirk, who is Mr William's Mr. Padgen will construct a road In to his property and will begin the building of his htrme within thirty t days. The real estate deal was consummated Monday. Mr. Paogen waf accompanied to Milford by Airs. Padgen and they spent a couplg of dayf In this town. Milford News. . 100 PHEASANTS RELEASED HERE Price ll)2. Test Your Team Against These Winners At the Beaver County Fair and Rodeo cut the Lit er BEAVER The Dairy Center of Southern Utah ALL THE NEWS OF BEAVER COUNTY T.nat " ao-ia-i- ia water-right- feeble-minde- d, s, son-in-la- BEAVER WINS OVER IRON SPRINGS TEAM ' Beaver demonstrated Sunday that she has a real ball team this season, when she took the Iron Springs team to a "('leaning" by a score of 6 to 0. Owing to a rain early in the afternoon and the threatening weather only a small crowd whs out to witness the game, which was one of the besr that bus been played here in some- time. The Iron Springs boys were all good sports and took their defeat in good humor. Deloy Tanner pitched an excellent game and was given good support by his teammates. Next Sunday the local team will meet the LaVerkin team on the home diamond at 4 o'clock. This promises to be battle, as Beaver was defeated by LaVerkin a few weeks ago, and expect to retrieve their honor Sunday. If you want to ee a good, fast ball game, don't fail to be at the balJ park next Sunday afternoon. The local team Is composed of the following: Deloy Tanner, pitcher; L. I. Walborn, catcher; Ken Barton, 1st base; Cliff McSliane, 2nd base; Ray Goodwin. 3rd base; Chalmer Davis, shortstop; Elmo Tanner, Haskell Earl and Doug Robinson, field. hard-foug- ht HEALTH CLINIC AUGUST 27 AND 28 Beaver Health Center Committee will hold a clinic on Tuesday and Wednesday (mornings only) August 27 and 28 at 9 a. m. to 12 a. m. at the High School Tiuilding, for all children of Enter age. the Bouth door and register in the third door to the north on the east side of the hall. Mothers who have children Just entering school are especially invited to attend this clinic and avail themselves of this privilege to measure up their children by health standards and assure themselves of the welfare of the little ones before entering pre-scho- ol school. KILLED BY AUTO IN LOS ANGELES Mrs. Abbie Wilden received a telegram Thursday of the death of her nephew. Sarnie McCummings, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McCummings, of Taft, Calif. As he and a companion were walking on a street In Los Angeles he was struck down by a car killing him instantly. His father and mother were on their vacation in Canada and were located by radio. The funeral was held Monday, morning at Long Beach. Mrs. S. C. McComming8 lived here 25 years ago, and Is a sister of Mrs. Abble Wilden. o the canning. club enjoyed their annual picnic at the Members of Murdock grove Tuesday afternoon. Sixteen members were present with their leaders. Mrs. Mary A. Goodwin and Mrs. John Idol. Swiming and games were enjoyed, and a delightful picnic lunch served. |