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Show ? ' Mi III c oiis ; ill t I Official Paper of the City of Beaver Gateway City to Southern Utah's Scenic Wonderland aaniDerw iMEXXXIU Users' Meeting later far. al guard unit i 1937 Will Be Given and UK Commissioner Elected. IpECTION L llnspection March 10, Bat-ti- s Fed- - 1938, Grant Tolton, Corn- ling Officier of the, Battery the when questioned as to actkual number of drills and statalso He at the armory. ist the public was invited to Inspection on that date at I p. M. and he hoped the citiz-fo- f Beaver would come out to the boys are learning The Guards pay role I'Vhat is worthy of the inter-- f t Beaver citizens in their Bat-- I he said, to say nothing of the to ort the boys are entitled :eir interest in the country's Captain sisier-- i e Harris nse. Joaimissioned and officers of the local guard i were visitors at the lnspec-- t of the Cedar City unit held night. I Q .1st Ward Elders Ittertain Elders Quorum entertained The the West Ward Sun- a very by furnishing I Saints of ches night program. song "Hark Listen to Trumpeter". ir.TOcation B. Nowers. Song "There is a Green Hill fendid Opening Uway". jacrament blessed by Albert ea and Wra. Beaumont. he time was then turned over Brother George Terry Presid-- i of Elders. trumpet duet "The Live Inips". ter- pen ind and Harold Murdock ?k accompanied by Helen i "A Gold Mine in Solyo Pulsi-- r, Jos- - the Sky ttton white. int ay first speaker William Morgan Topic "The Word of Wisdom". ,String Trio Wendell Baker, flo; Mary Oakden and Melba ny Under hte direction of Si If jfsgs Violins, So ur Helen Joseph d. Adams. i:der Milton Gentry then spoke the "Book of Mormon". Benedictin Owen Anderson. IE KAY TO PRESENT PUCATIONAL FILMS f pi Wednesday, March 9, Mr. f Kay, Educational Director of f State Fish and Game Depart- st will present his Illustrated I'ure on Wild Life and scenery 'be schools and other interested Szns of Beaver City. letcure will be given to the Jl3 during the day time and tne evening a meeting will be The at which individual time all sports mind and others intereeed have theopportunity to hear N talk and view the many resting pictures he has taken. r'l'lffl , , i usticeo(theU5.Supreme Court, bom, 1841. J-- Lindbergh opened air mail line between Mexico Cuy and Brownsville. !Jfe I9Th accordion Invented j&9Damkm of Vienna. PIS' ,'.fiIederatecongrespn vwfr-- i HCSs . o Conjoint Releif Society Program Being Planned Conjoint M. I. A. Meeting i87a --Oliver Wendell Holme us. . bene-fief- it The Beaver East and West Ward Relief Socitles are planning a very fine program and entertainment for their Annual Thursday March 17, in the West Ward amusement Hall. They will also have a dancing party in the evening. The proceeds will be used to help defray the expences of the sisters going to Salt Lake City, for the hnA .. Ml t .L win nui ufur April Conference where singing "'' linn mothers from every Stake in the MARCH Church will furnish the music. --flrat patent Uiued to Everyone is Invited to come out westlnqhouso lor automatic air brake. 1872. and enjoy the afternoon and evening, and help in a good cause. The .aucjhtered by Mexican. dance will be In the Legion Hall. o 'Alamance county, Ala, 'm.iuimea in lngurreo lion because oi Ku Klux, ?rJ& The State Engineer, T. H. will leave Salt Lake City March 6 to confer with surface and underground-wate- r users of St. George, Cedar City, Parowan, Milford, Beaver and Fillmore. On March 7 he will be in St. George where he will confer with the water users of the Santa Clara river at 10:00 A. M. at the Court House, following which a trip will be made with said users to the Winsor dam to investigate the possibility of utilizing that dam for storage purposes for the of all water users, since Application has been made for the water involved by the Bureau of Reclamation at the instance of the State. During the afternoon Mr. Humpherys will inspect the Dixie project and small reservoirs with the waters users. A meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 8 at 10:00 A. M. in the Federal Building at Cedar City with the underground water users. The afternoon will be devoted to discussing with the City Council its culinary-wate- r supply and further conference with underground water users relatting matters of distribution At 10:00 A. M. Wednesday, March 9, a meeting has been arranged at the Parowan Court house where Mr. Humpherys will confer with the underground water users of that section. By reason of the pod pea industry a which has recently developed, for demand greater underground water than usual has been created and brought to the fore a num ber of troublessome questions rela ting priority and use of underground water. Attempt will be made to provide for the . utilization of the water to its fullest extent topromote the industry referred to. Following the meeting an inspection will be made of a number of wells on which new constru ction has been undertaken for the purpose of installing new pumps with greater efficiency which will pump water from a group or a bat tery of existing wells. On the afternoon of March 9, Mr. Humpherys will make an inspection of the Milford wells and meet twih the underground water users at) 3:00 P. M. in the Community Hall. A meeting will be held at 10:00 A. M. on March 10, in the Beaver County Court House with the Beaver river water users for the hearing of a report of last year's distri bution and the election of a water Commissioner. In the afternoon Mr. Humpherys will confer at 2:00 P. M. at the Fillmore Court House with the underground water users of the Flowell district. Hum-phery- s, National Guard preparing for a local busy g at the I On 10; Engineer Gomin t Distribution Report For JPAKWNii f2.00 per year payable In Advance BEAVER, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1088 jor th organization oi an army, 1861. 9wmi . The Conjoint M. I. A. will be held In the West Ward Chapel, Sunday evening at 7:30 P. M. There will be a special Bee Hive Program. Everyone Is urged to be prsnt. o Mrs. Elizabeth Miller left for her home at Salt Lake City Friday after a two weeks visit with her sister Mrs. James Low. Beaver-Delt- a Meet Tonite With Beaver, Hinckley and Delta tied for top honors in the Milliard district race, basketball fans are keyed to a high pitch with enthus-iasuover the games this week end. Beaver and Delta mix tonight to decide who will play Hin-ckefor the division championship. Hinckley has the best of the deal for they are expectd to turn in a crashing victory over the Milford team who have not won a game this year. m MAP IMPROVEMENT PROMOTES SAFETY PONCA CITY, Okla,, March 4, A major improvement in automo bile road maps which encourages the motorist to think in terms of ly BEAVER 81 HINCKLEY 33 The Beavers dropped a CANYON ROAD IN BAD SHAPE Ski Program Postponed reasonoble driving thime between given points rather than mileage to be covered, is announced by the Continental Oil Company In connection with the issurance of maps of the new type by the company's Conoco Travel Bureau at Denver, Colorado. The new feature which will appear on the fnce of all Conoco Maps consists of the addition of actual driving time in hours and minutes from town to town. These figures are printed in red ink and appear directly under each of the usual mileage figures which give the distance between cities and towns. A footnote points out the driving time has been calculated for normal traffic conditions and hard fought contest to the Hinckley Hayseeds last Friday night by the close score of 31 to is ana were forced into a three-wa- y tie, Delta having won from Fillmore the night before. Beaver took the lead early in the first session but the quarter ended 9 to 8. Hinckley having made a desperate attempt to over come their visitors. The two teams fought nip and tuck and traded dry roads and that allowances basket for basket in the second should be made by motorists who quarter and weire tied at 18 all drive unusually fas or slow. when the gun sounded for the The Improvement is also in use y mark. by one other major oil Company The Beavers were hard put to and is understood to be under conhold their much larger opponents sideration by several others. This in the third quarter from gaining strong emphasis on reasonable to great a lead. But with strong during time rather than the factor determination they fought will of distance-to-b- e covered should all they had in them and the Hay do much to promote highway seeds were only able to gain a two safety, say Conoco officlalhs. point lead to wind the third period half-wa- score at 22-2- 4. The last quarter found both teams fighting for the lead, bas kets were traded at frequent inter vals the Beavers fought their hearts out but Hinckley was able to nose them out in the final score of 33 to 31, in one of the hardest fought games of the season. WEST WARD M MEN LOSE TO CEDAR After defeating Minersville last ON OUR WA-Y- Newport Beach, February 27, 1938 Yesterday was a most beautiful day, warm and bright with just clouds enough in the west to make one of the most georgious brilliant sunsets we have ever seen. The ocean was very smooth and calm and at about three o'clock the tide was extremly low so low in fact that sand bars exten ded out for quite a distance and the many bathers waded out a long ways before they were up to their arm pits In the water. In week to capture Beaver Stake M Men honors the Beaver West ward team was forcd to play, the Cedar M Men to decide which team would go from this section to meet Delta winners of the Deseret fact Samantha got quite worried -for fear the ocean would dry up Stake. ; were at for good and spoil the fishing and held The play off games Parowan. Beaver was sucessful In by the way I gave her her first defeating the Cedar team last Sat- lesson in serf fishing but she was urday night but dropped the re- a poor scholar did not catch a maining games of the series on thing. (Neither did I). She kept Monday, and Tuesday evenings. In me Dretty busy casting her line the Monday night game Beaver fin out into the surf for her. You ished the last few minutes of play hitch a heavy sinker, about six with only four men on the court. ounces, onto your line and cast The others were taken out on pre-son- out as far as possible over into the breakers and then wait for nature fouls. o to ake the fish hungry enough to bite and they did not bite yester day, so I had to buy fish for din ner to day as we had invited com down from Riverside to en pany Abe Fotheringham Jr. was awar fish dinner. a Joy ded the contract for carrying the Well this morning when ge got mail from Milford to Beaver, and it was raining, ana tonigni u Nielson and Son were awarded the up went is still raining. Samantha mail contract between Beaver and out and took a look at the ocean Morrisey. and her fears of its going dry have disappeared. She says the water Deputy Game Warden, Cy Davis Is coming up, and if the rain con Jim Is arranging to close Lousy till morning it will be all tinues and the South Fork of the Beaver again. right River to all fisherman for the year Tomarrow we will pack up and 1922-23-2- 4 and 25 in orded to be on our way again. South from utilize them for the growing of here down the coast via Cronadel fish for the main streams. He al Ocean Puffer s Mar, Laguna, Caplstrano, so anticipated closing reand Escondldl on, Vista, Lake until July 1st. of each year side, to week of the last the in orded to protect the fish that turning Riverside. spawn In June of each year. S. al 16 Years Ago Karl o According to reports from the Telluride plant, the canyon road is almost impassable, due to the continuous rain storms during the past few days. The ski event that was planned for this coming Sunday has been postponed indefinitely because of the melting snows. However a largei group of skiers spent most of the day last Sunday at the Clover Beds and It was reported that the snow was In fair shape for the sport. The attempt to open the road to HI Low was ceased last week because the snow was too heavy to handle. It is thought that an attempt will be made next year to keep the road open all winter. AT THE FIRM AGE THIS WEEK SUNDAY and MONDAY Such stage and screen head- liners as Allen Jones, and Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Reginald owen, BUlie Uurke, Reginald Gar- diner and Lynne . Carver join hands of contntributs a wealth of of musical and acting talent to Everybody Sing", which comes to the Firmage Theatre Sunday and Monday, as one of the most original and Infectious musicals yet to reach the talking screen. The plot Involves a madcap theatrical fam ily whose husband Is jealous of his wefe's leading man, whose daughter is constantly expelled from school because she disrupts her classical music session by serious "swinging" the most music, and whose servants, partic ularly the chef, nay more atten tion to their theatrical aspirations than to their household tasks. When It looks as though the father's play will be a "flop", the daughter and servants take the situation in hand, and save the day. A comedy and news reel also will be shown. o Local Items The Beaver East Ward Meet- ing Sunday night was well atteno- ded to hear the wonderful address given by Brother Allen ReynMr. Merchant, did Shears and olds, and the Ward Choir, who Sawbuck or Monkey Wood get any of your business this week? rendered several selections. returned Mrs. Zina Parkinson home Monday from Draper, after a two week's visit with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dotson of Minersville visited with Mrs. parents Mr. and Mrs. Labon Burt Monday. Dot-so- Carlos Murdock spent Friday at Cedar City on business and to visit with his brother Chase. Mr. and Mrs. Aldon Woodhouse 1't.tlo daughter spent Sunday at M.uersville with Mrs. Wood- house parents Mr. and Mrs. John Kesley. and Mrs. Thomas Talbot has returned from Pangultch, where she Carlton. has been to visit relatives for some time. The Murdock Alumni is laying for the big home coming celebra- D. U. P. Meeting The Anderson Camp of the tion to be held March 22. Karl P. of the Utah Pioneers Woolsey was president of the Daughters hold will their regular meeting Alumni Association. Monday night March 7, 1938 at Clark Kesler. the movie man 2:00 P. M. At the home of DaughA good profrom Milford, was here Wednes ter Kate Bowman. Is being prepared and every day taking over the Jewel Theatre gram be present. Is to one urged which he will now run alone, Exra o man as Harton havlne resigned Landscape Gardening ager. Dr. A. L. Stark, from the Exten a slon Service, of the Utah AgriculA ordinance appeared leveying tural College will be In Beaver for tax on dogs of Five dollars March 10, to give an Illustrated for males. Any and female $2.50 on "Landscape GardenLecture the out to take person neglecting license on the dog was fined S20 ing"." This lecture will be held In the High School at 8 P. M., and and the dog killed. of ago Sixteen years End everyone Is Invited to attend. During the past week the Bea ver valley received one of the most beneficial storms of the winter. The rains received here Monday brought the water content, to 1.24 inches, a very substantial increase over February of last year when we received only .24. The outlook for early spring plowing was greatly increased because of the warm weather that has prevailed. The rain has mel ted most of the snows from the north side of the ditches and the frost has melted In the ground. Farmers that have been contacted say that the ground is in the best condition here that they have ever seen. Old timers say that never have they witnessed such an open winter in lieaver ana uuaer such ideal condition, maning plea-nt- y of moisture and Ideal wealhrr. The coldest day so far this winter wa3 recorded on February IS, when the thermometer dropped to 2 degrees above zero and the warmest day since the first of last December was recorded March 1, when the mercury rose to 57 above During the past month 12 inches of snow fell but none of it stayed on the ground for more than four or five days at a time. Comparing the precipitation for November, December, January and February of this winter with the same period during last. A total of 4.56 inches was received during the last four months against 3.32 for last year. An Increase of 1.24 Inches of moisture having fell In the valley The storm that settled over the valley Wednesday after the hard driving wind during the day contributed .51 of an inch of water for the night. The heaviest rainfall occurlng between 11 p.m Wed. and 1 a.m. Thursday. Storms continued throughout Thursday with heavy snows in the afternoon, adding greatly to the precipitation for March. H. K. Boyter, Beaver River Water Commissioner, reported a run off from the meadows of 100 second feet Thursday morning into the Minersville reservoir which now has approximately 18,000 acr feet of water stored In it. Mr. Boyter also stated that the average flow Into the reservoir this year was 52 second feet to the present date, considerable greater than last year. Mrs. Kenneth Ward and baby returned home Friday from Miner svllle, where she has spent the last two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mathews. Mrs. Walter Carlton entertained her Bridge Club at her home Saturday evening. At 8:30 a deli-clohot plate dinner was served to the 12 members and Invited guests. After which the tables were all cleared and all enjoyed playing Bridge. Prizes were awarded to. Point Mame Atkln, honors, Alta Boyter, Guest Mayme Hickman, and consolation Anna bell Hales. When a man tavei your daughter's life, he'i a friend. When he tries to shoot you in the back, he's a foe. Jeff Gray wai both, for he rescued beautiful Ruth Chiswlck from a drunken cowboy, then drew a bead at her father, Lee. Was the man insane? You'll follow this mysterious desert rider with intense interest as he joins forces with Sherm Howard, a cattle as he helps the rustler brigands steal Chiswlck cattle . . and as he finally shows his true colors during an exciting gun battle that made history in Arizona! ... Jeff Gray was not a scoundrel, but you'll learn the truth bout him in our exciting new serial story :7i0 mm& asm STARTING WEEK OF MARCH 18th |