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Show The Recreational Cnter of j BEAVER The Dairy Center of Southern Utah Southern Utah ALL THE NEWS OF BEAVER COUNTY VOL. XXVI. NO. 87. Beaver's 75th Anniversary Celebration a Successful Epoch Four days in History of of splendid entertain- ment, of renewing and reviving memories was the feature of the most successful "Home-Coming- " ever held in Beaver, which Saturday evening. closed the City NARROW ESCAPE ON CANYON ROAD Hundreds of autos traversed the Beaver canyon highway Saturday during the Lions celebration at Puffer Lake with only one accident to mar the pleasure of the day, and this with the fortunate result that the passengers of the car escaped injury. Mr' and Mrs' William Blackner, attendance exceeded all expectations, and while many former Heaver people were unable to attend many from a distance were present and the celebration was thoroughly! ..ninvpil hv pvfirvmiA Julv 24th, Utah's Pioneer day, by Mr. and Mrs. Clark was the big day of the celebration, """"P Were B,ack' from the lake returninS having been turned over to the ward 2 a mabout at, Sunday morning, Sunday schoools. While the parade en neanns a bridge between the was not five miles long as was the "uw" vims, Mr. Covered Wagon Day's parade in Salt, T' Blackner dozed off to sleep for a Lake City, beautiful floats and pion .. (Second and the car rranhoH lntn -ui.v iuc eer cnaracter comparea ravoraole, of the railing Two wheels bridge. with the big parade held in that city. of the car remained on the bridge, It was one of the best parades ever one on the abutment of the bridge staged in Beaver. flirt ..tl.,-.'an1 j in me air. """ l"c "l"cl The high school band led the Blackner driving at a slow march. Miss Beaver, represented byf1'' D1'ccu "mL" " "l preRllalene Waters, on a float adorned, vented car the from over into going with the large birthday the revine, some ten feet below. As cake, trimmed in cold and orchid. 11 was' none ot the Passengers were with 7 5 candles on. followed the band. This float was arranged by"njured and with the exception of the car was not badly Heaver City. Mayor John P. Barton !the radlator damaged. The float carrying drove the team. The HIGHWAY TO BE PATROLEI) FROM BEAVER SOUTH Governor Dern confirmed the appointment this week of Chas. C. Bulloch, of Cedar City, as State Uoad patrolman. Mr. Bulloch will have headquarters in Cedar, and the territory he will serve will be from Beaver to the state line on the south. The fast increasing traffic aver 91 highway, demands the need of a highway patrolman in this section. Travel over U. S. 91 is the heaviest ever known, according to checks made at service stations and garages. Many motorists are traveling the desert section at night, and there is almost as many cars on the highway between midnight and morning as there are during the day. One service station reports that over a period of two and a half days cars carrying license plates from thirty-fou- r different states were counted. v . three-lay- .Miss Price REAVER, UTAH, FH1DAV, JULY 31, 1931. "B"uu .1 MILFORD IN GAME FORBIG PURSE i""y er Utah, represented by Miss . BEAVER DEFEATS Vie Beaver baseball team having de- feated the St. George team on the first day of the celebration, and Milford defeating Cedar City on the second day, the two winning teams clashed on the afternoon of the 24th celebration for the purse of g S150 put up by the Committee. The final game drew the largest crowd in the history of baseball in Beaver, resulting in the local team winning the $100 purse and Milford the second purse of S50.00. The score was 19 to 8. Neither team played as good a former encounters. game as in Beaver team started with a flock of errors in the first inning, allowing At Milford a lead of two scores. the sixth inning the local boys "bethe Milford gan hitting McGhie, pitcher, and with a few balls thrown enable players, away by Milford them to run in eight scores in one Cartvvright, was second. PUFFER LAKE SCENE Prizes awarded were: Pioneers, first, to Mr. and Mrs. Horace Patter-so- u OF FINAL FESTIVITIES and company, with the covered wagon? ; second, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Saturday the last day of the Parkinson, with a hand cart; InHome-Comin- g Beaver was celebratdians, third, with Kent Morgan as ed amid the coooling atmosphere of Chief Buck; floats, Miss Beaver, beautiful Pines and lakes of the first; Miss Utah second; Mackerelljthe Beaver mountains under the auspic- brothers' entry, a miniature house, ot tne !es Beaver Lions club. tllinl The Plan was for a hike The old time choir, dressed In to Mt BeIknaP. but after the strenu-san- g costumes of 50 and 75 vears ago, ous three-da- y celebration in Beaver, old songs during the parade. few cared t0 make th trip to the After marching down Main street of the and top the day peaks sPent west on the Milford and two blocks at Puffer lake and renting enjoying Mora highway, the paraders formed man ramn on the citv nark erounds. the cot)1 mountain breeze. However, headed by Forest !a,,out twenty-live- , where the program took place. Chrlstensen and Forest inning. Ranger Stanley Gunn gave a tribute to This lead was maintained by the Mattson. of Supervisor Richfield, the Mormon pioneers. Folk dancteam throughout the game, Beaver di,i make tne trip to the top of ing. musical numbers, readings, old runs of one or two with additional This party included a time st ring music and dances follow- - e"ap. successive inning. in each scores number from Circleville. t'd. Edwards in the substituted Milford Ji huge crowd gathered at the Children's sports and ball games of heavy hitbox to tide stem the in the afternoon, with a big dance at lake where a bountiful free lunch- success. Beaver but without ting, u" n",eu 111 Ule evening Dy continued to pound the ball and night, filled the day. LioDSAbout two hundred and ,he Saturday was "Old Folks Day" After the run up the score. In Heaver, while the younger people flfty quests were served. Tanner pitched a good game for dance at the Puffer lake enjoyed themselves at Puffer Lake.!lunch the Beaver, although he allowed a numg crowd Kilmer was served to 149 parti-- 1 odKe (lrew a which netted Milford hits of ber Kood-tim- e was enjoyed in s ( celebra- - where a ipaling in the to good infield work on owing little, t. lion, of this number there were i8jluncinK until the part of the local boys. viMtors. The banquet was held in Man' visitors remained at the Milford lake t0 sPend Sunday fishlnS nd the high school building. George AB It II A E 'other recreations, Palce gave the address of welcome, 3 1 5 0 2 Done ss 0 and Fred T. Gunn returned thanks. 2 0 5 Tanne 3b FIM VACATION J F. Tolton acted as master of 3 0 2 4 2 2b TRIP TO ( .ALIIORXIA White monies, and neveral aougs were ren-- j 0 Cook 2b dned by K. C. Murdock and Mllo, Mr. and Mrs7Doli Neilson and Livergood c 5 0 3 0 0 I,!,k,r. children returned Monday from a M. Hoot rf 0 0 4 Among the visitors giving short' hort vacation spent in Southern 0 rf Eastoa talks were Esther Barton Stokes, of California. They report being In S. Sschow lb 5 0 2 0 0 Loiik Beach, Joe Tanner and Joe'one of the most gevere electrlcal 2 0 0 0 0 Edwards p Moffit of Idaho. storms they ever witnessed while on 1 0 0 0 3 McGhie p John II. Blackner and wife, par-',h- o desm near Baker, Calif., Sun- - T. Sehow cf 5 2 0 Continued on back page) day night. 1 4 Turner If Home-Comin- record-breakin- old-folk- mid-nigh- 13 10 10 S 10 10 10 10 44 Totals 110 8 15 8 :! 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Beaver Heavy Precipitation Ends Long Drouth in the Valley Davis ss 1). Pearce rf Goodwin If ). Pearce cf Tanner - p Barton lb Thompson 7 3 7 4 7 13 fi 1 1 6 3 3 f. 1 1 Inebriate Driver of Truck Causes Bad Auto Wreck The only accident of a serious nature reported In Beaver during the celebration, was caused by an inebriate truck driver, who drove hfs machine Into the family sedan of Melvin Mathews, turning the car over with its occupants, and then crashing Into a tree with such h force a3 to snap a locust in two. Max Williams, driving for the R. D. Wilklns Company of St. George, started out to celebrate the 24th while on duty, leaving a trail of minor accidents from Cedar City to Beaver. It is reported that he started to deliver a cow to Parowan, but lost it out of the truck before reaching his destination. He continued on his way, and south of Beaver struck a horse belonging to Horace Patterson, badly crippling the animal. Reaching Beaver he narrowly missed a number of cars near the dance hall, and continued his wild drive through town, only to strike the rear end of the Mathews' car on North Home-Comi- ng ten-inc- Main street. The Mathews' car was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mathews and baby, of Beaver, and Mrs. Parley White and son, of Salt Lake City The car was the passengers cut and bruised and the car practically demolished. The truck then struck a large tree at the corner of Mrs. Mollle Farrer's corner, which stopped William's wild flight. It is reported that the driver broke a couple of bottles of whiskey just before the officers arrived on the scene. He was placed under arrest and held in the county jail until Saturday evening when he was released on a $500 bond to appear in court on Tuesday. The day set for Mr. Williams' trial, his father phoned from their home in Kanarra, that the boy's mother was seriously ill and asked that the hearing be postponed. The requested was granted and the trial set for Friday of thi3 week. over-turne- d, 0 MABEL IVIE DIES IN SALT LAKEHOSPITAL 110 drouth-seare- d . John S. Ferris Beaver's Oldest Resident Dies John Francisco. Several years ago, one leg was pital Per Year In San S. Ferris, SO, Beaver city's oldest resident and noted mining reman, died Monday, Just eight days above the knee. A few before his ninety-firmoved birthday. He months ago infection developed In .died at the home of hla son, John L. the other leg, necessitating the am- Ferris, after a short lllaess during putation of this leg below the knee. which he suffered three strokes. This was followed by other operaMr. Ferris was born In Bellvlllo, tions which failed to stop the spread Ohio, on August 5, 1840. of infection until in an effort to save He came west in 1862, after hav- his life, both legs were amputated jlng married in Ohio in 1861, settl last week at the hips. His condition ing in Carson City, Nev., where he is critical. worked in many of the old Com-stoLode mines. Later he returned to Ohio and reFERRELL WINS OVER mained there until 1872, when he Since that time he SPILLSBURY IN FAST came tohis Utah. He delife prospecting. spent several mines in southern veloped EIGHT-ROUNBOUT Utah, Including the famous Silver D Reef mine in Washington county. Arlington Spilsbury lost a decision lle worked in the Beaver mountains to Warren Farrell of Las Vegas, prospecting for several local men. Mr. Ferris knowledge of geology Thursday night at Beaver, in a was bout round that topslashing eight extensive, and his interest in Beavthe of the the of precious metals never lure boxing program ped, er Home Coming celebration. wanned. Only last year he spent Plenty of action was given the the summer practically alone In the audience in this eight three-minuhills on North Creek pursuing his bout. Spilsbury made a good show- favorite pastime of prospecting. He was well-reawith a humoring and had the best of several founds, but he could not keep up the ous vein, which together with a pace set by Farrell, who was the ag- wealth of adventuresome tales, algressor throughout the fight. Spils- ways made his conversation interbury, having been in the ring here esting. For the past few years Mr. Ferris before, had many friends backing him In the fight, while Ferrell was has made his home with his son in He had been falling tor practically a stranger to the local Beaver. fans. However, he proved himself a several months. He Is survived by hia son, John L. good, clean fighter, and staged a whirlwind finish that cinched the de- Ferris, of this city, and four other cision. The bout was interesting children who do not reside here, and so close that the three Judges and one sister, Mrs.. Marie Downing, were unable to agree unanimously, of Oklahoma. two judges giving their decision to The funeral was held Wednesday in the L. D. S. chapel, In charge of Ferrell and one for Spilsbury. The battle between Jack Bishop W. W. Farrer. A male quarHunting and Ray Sparr from Nev- tet composed ot R. C. Murdock, the boys Kent Morgan and Mllo and Alvln ada, was a "wash-out,- " little to inclination deliver Baker furnished a number of selecshowing the goods, and were dismissed from tions. The opening prayer was given by the ring by Referee K. A. Barton. p In the Rex Harris of Mark Woolsey and J. F. Tolton Cedar City, earned a draw with gave a very Interesting talk on the of Beaver, in a fast four round life ot the deceased. Bishop Farrer bout. Rex was originally scheduled dwelt on the many good deeds and to meet Ross Sly of Sevier, a man of wonderful life of Mr. Ferris, and his own weight, 117 pounds, but Sly the closing prayer was made by Geo. Palce. The grave was dedicath, broke his hand in training and who weighs about 123, was ed by Edwin Palce after which Inst ck te d, semi-wind-u- sh Mc-Cas- daughter of and Mrs. Frank I vie, of this city, died Tuesday in the Salt Lake hospital, where she was taken for medical treatment on Saturday. The cause of her death was pronounced septic meningitis, caused from mastoid trouble. The child had been ill Mabel, Mr. substituted. Rex Harris was in better boxing condition than his opponenjt, who had not been training. This fact offset the difference in weight, and a good bout resulted. Owing to the short time that the were signed up before the fighters since July 4th. the affair was not extensively bout, to The remains were brought Beaver Thursday morning and the advertised, and the attendance was funeral will be held this afternoon much small than was expected. o in the East ward chapel. WEATHER REPORT She was born In Scipio, March 24, Mln. Prec. Max. 1918, and was graduated from the 23 51 101 July school Beaver this Junior high 24 52 99 July spring. 25 61 99 Surviving are her parents; one July 26 63 102 .10 brother, Earl Ivle; one sister, Elea- July 27 63 101 .12 July two nor Ivie, and grandparents. 63 99 .09 July 28 61 85 .43 July 29 SEVERAL FINED FOR LEAVINGCAMP FIRES Carter of Minersville, Sydney was apprehended by Forest Ranger II. M. Chrlstensen for leaving a ramp fire at Puffer Lake before it was out. Carter appeared before justice of the Peace Fred T. Gunn, of Beaver, and was fined $10.00. Milton Hearn, Walter McCu'.ly and Kenneth Weston, of Milford, were arrested at Puffer Lake for unattended. leaving a camp fire The arrest was made by Foret Banger f 'hrlstensen. A fine of flO was imposed by Justice of Peace Fred T. Gunn. Two camp fires were left burning This case is by boys of Mary vale. being handled by Forest Hanger C. of the Belknap DisH. McDonald Heavy showers Monday, continuiduring the week. From all indica1 f. 0 c ng intermittently throughout the tions these daily rains may be ex0 2 "k over the entire southern part pected to continue and there is 'losing 2b 1 0 5 3 2 "f I'tali Williams 3b much rejoicing over the relief brought relief from the 4 2 ofi 19 10 Totals heat and the lata moisture i'kmin thousands of dollars In Beaver the amount of precipito the Summary: Two base hits: Beaver, farmers and stockmen of Beaver tation up to Thursday noon had Goodwin, E. Pearce. Milford: Tanner, v;i ev. T. Schow, Turner. Three base hit: amounted to .74 of an inch. Whii,. Beaver: Davis, D. Pearce, Williams. fields o the Home nn;,tn heavy losses In winter feed. Runs: Word from Warren Sevy White, Milford: Liverg-oodll rains of the past week will en- - who is in the L. I). S. hospital in Milford: White. Bases on balls: By able many to realize a partial we Salt Lake City, Is to the effect that McGhip, 2. By Edwards, 3. By Tan"""I cutting of nlfalfa, late fall his condition Is slightly Improved. ner, 4. Strike outs by McGhie, 3. Edwaier hole and streams of the wat-- r He seems to recognize relatives wards, 1. Tanner, 8. aco was and use of his arms, but has that shortage becoming slight lute. as yet has been unable to speak. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wright and 'he rains have been scattered The doctors are unable to give any four children of Hinckley, returned trict. '''! various sections of the county, Idea of what the e o may be. home Sunday after a few days' visit 'in all parts have received a fairly Ills condition was caused when a with Mrs. Wright's sister, Mrs. S. Hoy Belliston made precipitation at different times horse fell on him over a month ago. O. White, and family. trip to Nephi Tuesday. d. After suffering a number of ampuof his legs during the past few years in an effort to stay the spread of infection, Kenneth Blackner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Blackner, of this city, underwent a final operation last week by having both legs amputated at the hips, at a hos- tations Mc-Ca- 1 0 0 KEN BLACKNER HAS BOTH LIMBS AMPUTATED AT HIPS f3.00 out-com- a terment took place in the Mountain cemetery. View - o FORMER HEAVER GIRL WEDS IS HT. GEORGE Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Thompson, of St. George, formerly of Beaver, announce the marriage of their daughter, Agnes, to Mr. Howard L. Arns, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Arns, of Canby, Minnesota, on July Mr. and Mrs. 18, at St. George. Arns will make their home in Cedar City. o- C. A. - Mattsson, forest supervisor has been the Big District during the of the Fishlake Forest, making an inspection of Flat Ranger past week. Beaver Man, 76 Years Old, Climbs Mt. Belknap Peak Successfully completing a feat a that many younger person has failed in the attempt, John A. Smith, 76 years ot age and a pioneer of Beaver, made the trip from Puffer Lake to the top ot Mt. Belknap, unaided, on the last day of Beaver's 75th Anniversary. The trip is an arduous one for a younger person net used to strenuous climbing, hut Mr. Smith, with true pioneer determination and fortitude, reached the pinnacle of this majestic peak and reveled in ie view of the distant hills and valleys that he has traveled over the past half centure and more. Leaving Puffer Lake the trip rebusiness quires an eleven mile ride on horseclimb afoot, back, hence a half-niil- e over a rugged, precipitous trail to reach the top several hundred feet above. Mr. Smith kept up with the party of younger men and returned to camp with a hearty appetite for the luncheon served by the Lions club at the lake. Mr. Smith was born In Cedar City and came to Beaver in 1858, when a small child. He was one of the pioneers of Beaver, having home-stadin the valley. He married In 1878, Charlottle Swindlehurst and they have raised a' family of eight children. They have 38 grand d e'ldren and 6 children, and remarkable as It may seem, they have never lost a child or grandchild. er great-gran- |