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Show V I I wild, K H I Oficia Paper of the City of Beaver Gateway City to Southern Ut,V. Number 34 SEAVElt, BEAVER urch Leaders Bull Causes Death of for Seminary J edication Services Hi ere Evening Services Held Lawn in Front of on Seminary Building New lor Beaver Malta's 514,000 L. D. S. seminary . .. ounuay evening on me lawn in front of hundred or more people gathered to here the atory services 3 x . fe were A structure. UtD lideot S. Taylor tonal i"i conaucieu. . ,1 rarnsworm unaer wnose administration the been constructed was in charge of the program which was as follows: mi me tir warai cnoir sang, vvesii iTr has institution . ver s s II Ik d Folks' uay oy DI s me nuesi uiu. r uik. teic ever held here was spon-- Arch b.13 last Wednesday August ;ee cIock noon o g and Hoopes were 125 tables at the a delicious was served several selec rendered on the accor- - three long where ourse dinner .g the dinner Sat aool ere James Robinson accom- - Merchant and son Duet "Gold Mine in the !rs. Velma Thompson and by Stella Merchant. call revealed 14 people s age of 80; 40 over 70; I balance of 65. roll Alvlra ht was present and Heber Murdock, 89, lady the oldest mention is made of the it in years, Mrs. Sarah gs, 88 and Martha M. Me "Song of the Redeemed" led by R. Chase Murdock, choir leader. Invocation by Theodore Bohn, a member of the Stake Presidency Anthem by the Choir "Grant Us Peace." Miss Carlie Murdock soloist; alto and tenor duet Flor ence Moore and Milo Baker and Geneva Joseph and Naomi Baker, Thelma Farnsworth, accompanist. President Farnsworth gave the welcome address and a report of the building. Elder Wendal Rigby, a former seminary teacher in Beaver, congratulated the stake on the work they had accomplished and encour aged the young men and women to take advantage of their opportunity and attend seminary. A solo, "Bless This House," by Gordon Tolton a senior .member of the Seminary, accompanied by his aunt, Miss Lulu Tolton, Brother Allen C. Reynolds, rejoiced with the saints in the completion of the fine building. A ladies chorus from the East Ward sang "Clean Hand and Pure Heart," Sarah Mackerell, Kate Joseph, Caddie Ashworth, Vilda Smith, Miarian Tolton and Josephine White, with Lois White on the piano. Elder Lynn Bennion member of (Continued to Page Eight) jps, 85. jbpy time was had by all In I handshake and fan-othe- r. greetings 'n In Belknap Principal Attend Alpine Summer School Firmage Theatre dinner the old folks tared to the comfortable Theatre where they were PROVO, UTAH Mr, Lee J. with the . following derson of Beaver is among mArch Hoopes, master of summer school students attending inies: classes offered by Brigham Young r the ? lip-e- wy rie Ite h 1111 N fine tap dancing num-r- e given by Elaine Joseph White. to the Old Folks was Elder Grant Tolton. Det, Beth Hutchings White. "Mexican Green Valley ompson and Rose," and Far Away," Darrell Mer- - f The Firmngcs 'he program they remain- he guests of Mr. and Mrs. r f e to see the picture "The 'Enters." The picture was 'er after showing Sunday ,nJay especially for the oc- committee who 8hon,d be university. The Alpine summer campus Is located nearby, 7000 teet auove sea level In the Wasatch moun tains. Amidst pine trees, students combine study and recreation. at Brigham Young university tracts students from more man states and five foreign thirty-eigh- t nations. At the present time, the second session of summer scnooi Is being enjoyed by Mr. Anderson at Aspen Grove. .... Rosco, Cal. .- assembled for huge crowd which entertainment. Edit r and Wifp hnr! a mr the evening's carried The "Swing" theme was Friday afternoon lormi Mrs. Gladys Mer- - throughout the program. ho ha ' for thn Tinst fow Community singing and Wyr bv in Los Angeles, Cal, was followed Immedlatey Iteien of swing band .nnutatinir .jounced her recent mar Josehp. Bill Flrmage, Dr. Bishop, Fern Nowers aim s' !9 6 LRoy AMjr, which Beck Murdock, Carlie Murdock Jll'y "nd with soloist, stared the program In Los An- - Leon Dean, ere to visit her chil- - with a . , mi.ne . Arlo i newiy- "1 'k0 thai. home a t monies, C(Mfornia. cleverly T 1 a lew nmya 2. 10! uroutn Keiier rroeram Joseph John Thomas Joseph, 81, prominent Beaver county dairy farmer, died at his home Monday August 21, 1939, from injuries received when he was threw from his horse which was attacked by a bull late Saturday afternoon, as he was helping his grandson Foch Park inson drive a few head of cattle. Authorities said death was caused by head,, back and Internal Injuries received when the bull furiously attacked the horse which was knocked down hurling the aged man Into the air causing him to lite on his head and back. The horse in the struggle to itself or the bull may ,have stepped on his body while down, for hoof prints were found on the injured man's body. According to Ira Baldwin Jr. a neighbor who witnessed the attack of the bull, said he sa wthe aged man hurled into the air and fall on the ground, but because of a high board fence he could not tell just what happened, but he called to his two brothers and his father who were working In a nearby ub-rig- ht (Continued to Pago Eight) Chamber of Commerce Plan Summer Outing At the meeting of the Beaver Chamber of Commerce held Wed, night August 23, it was unanimously decided on to hold an outing at Ponderosa Park in Beaver canyon next Wednesday evening August 30. To this banquet eaeh chamber of commerce member must escort cort his wife and has the privl-lag- e of Inviting an extra couple to be present. The problem of arrangments was turned over to a committee as follows: D. Stapley, chairman; Ezra Barton, Warren Thompson and Hyrum L. Lee, associates. It was further decided that the club will lurnish the corn, coffee and other necessities such as su- -, gar, cream. However each couple will have to bring their own lunch or It was suggested that couples group together, either way will be satisfactory with the committee. The committee states that every thing will be ready to go at 7 p.m. so when you get to the park all lunyou .have to do is spread your business. to cheon and get down For those who can get away earlier in the afternoon, sports will be commenced at about 5 p. m., there will be softball and barn yard golf. It wag also suggested that all those Intending to go, contact Sam HIcKman at the Beaver City Bank so the by not later than Monday committee in charge can deter mlnetheamountof.corn to get and prepare. Please do this! Thru Government Agencies Disclosed at Civic Clubs M est Jr. Chamber Meet to Read By-La- ws Fourteen young men, Interested Junior Chamber of Commerce work, met in the Llprary basement Monday evening, August 21, at 8 o'clock. A short discussion of the constitution and per in by-la- taining to tne organization was lei by D. O. Robinson, temporary chairman. An outline of the projects available for Junior Chamber work were also viewed. .Plans for a corn boil and weene roast were sit up. The outing to held this Friday night, August Everyone between the ages of and 35 who are interested in Junior Chamber of Commerce. Arrangement are being made by a committee headed by Burke and including Howard White Wilson Murdock, Dave Hutchings, Walter Carlton and Henry Hall. Chairman Burke announces that they will gather In front of the D. O. Robinson's at 6:30 and the group will leave promptly at 6:45 for Ponderosa Park. Transportation will be furnished for those who need It. Those present at the meeting Monday evening were Burke Henry Hall, Bill Gillies, Dave Hutchings, Doyle Twltchell, Walter Carlton, Evan Patterson, D.' O. Robinson, Wilson Murdock, Howard White, Walter Messlnger, and S. M. Riddle. At the meeting Friday night in the canyon election of officers for the chamber will be held. be 25. 19 Det-me- Det-mer- rs s, Mrs. Empy Passes Away in St. George Mrs. Bessie Law was called t o St. George last week to the bedside of .her mother Mrs. Rosaltha Empy whose funeral services were held last Thursday. Mrs. Empy was born In Mlners- vllle September 1, 1861, a daugh ter of Commodore Perry and Eli zabeth Reeves Liston. With her parents she moved to Pinto in 18C3 and to St. George in 1866. She taught school two years In St. George and was a worker in Sunday School and Relief Society. She married Joseph L. Empy Dec. 6, 1883, In the St. George Temple. They were the parents of six chil dren. to Witness ps r T. IHlTtsnAY, AIGIST Large Crowd Assembles "Town Square Frolic" Performance assisted Mr complimented which manner in which The Town Square Frolic, the TnpndSV was put over. was heia on me ..,.ra h""'5 East and night, sponsored by the worked and A. West Ward M. I. per Beaver Woman . . . t. Anlloira --IttU . . up and flirecieo. oy mo in Califomian dents was a real success. Those with the Reside at charge were delighted en-me- nt TO XTV. VIAH, bang. cereMessenger, master of very a tuxedo, in dressed Introduced each perform er and their number In rhyme. and First came Beth Hutchings a as dressed Thelma Farnsworth, kid little a After couple of kids. a meledy of play they nded with duet a swing numbers as piano was delighted by fhe audience Miss Donna little a tap dance by Last Saturday and Sunday, the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah were guests of the Beaver Chamber of Commerce. This is the first time in two years that this dlstictive body of civic minded individuals have honored Beaver with their presence. All arrangements were under the personal supervision of Hyrum L. Lee, a director of the organization representing Beaver County. The Saturday afternoon, meet- - Ing which was held In the comfortable Flrmage Theatre, was called to order at 2:30 p.m. by Vice President L. A. Wynaught of i Milford, acting for President James Sagent, who was unavoid ably detained In Panguitch because of the race meet being stag ed their during the same time. Ray Carr, active secretary was present to assist Mr. Wynaught In management of the meeting. About 150, civic club members On August 16th, 1939, George from all parts of the 15 southern W. Woodhouse and his grandson Utah counties, which the associa Nathaniel Woodhouse, age 10, tlon represent, even as far away took a horseback ride to the "John as Moab, San Juan County, Utah, Mathews Ranch," near the Coyote mingled with local civic workers, Lake Basin. The first stop was at "Hawcattlemen, sheepmen, dairymen, and others gathered to wittness thorne Dell," the scene of the hisone of the finest and most educa- torical Lee's Ranch Indian raid, tional meetings ever held by this October 23, 1866. The hill north influential group. Noticable how of the ihouse, from whence the ever was that lack of attendance first shots were, fired by the Inof a large portion of the business dians, measured 170 feet from top and professional men of the com' to bottom. It was reported at the munity. However the large at time, that the Indians were under tendance of other civic minded cover of sage brush and roeka individuals partially overcame the about one third the way up the situation. hill, this would place the Indians Mayor Wesley W. Farrer, wel- about 40 yards from the house, a comed the visitors to the city and deadly range for a muzzleloading said the Beaver was highly honor rifle. When, daylight came Lee's ed to have such a progressive dogs were barking furiously and group gather in its midst. Joseph Lllywhite, (John Percival T. W. Jensen, field man for the Lee's hired man) stepped out of Associated civic clubs, chairman the west door, with gun in hand, of the drouth committee set up at and was wounded in one of his the club's July meeting which was shoulders, he dropped the gun, held at Duck Creek, for the pur- staggered into the house, . while pose of securing aid for this sec- Lee answered the shot wIUi navy tion, gave a very encouraging re- buets from his shot gun, which struck the mark. Before the Inport on his recent findings. Mr. Jensen stated that a survey dians could run down the hill and of the counties involved and that climb the fence, the door was a drouth area has been designated closed. Then the battle began which includes 14 counties of the with Mr. Lee, Mrs. Leen, five and the state, 12 of them being In south- children, Jane Hall, ern Utah and Uninta and Duches- wounded Mr. Lllywhite Inside and ne In the Northern eastern part of a howling band of murderous Utes on the outside. Only a portion of the state. Jensen Representative reported the foundation now remains of that State and Federal agencies the two roomed "doby" .house, have combined to assist in the pro- with lab and dirt roof, and shutt-er- d windows, which proved to be ject. According to his statements, a little fortress in time of need,. The second stop was in Coyote those in need of aid to carry them through the winter will be requir- Canyon where the horses were ed to make application through grained and a "lunch" was enjoythe county welfare committee. A ed under the shade of the lisping work project will be set up by Quaking Aspln and sweet odored which the applicant may then pay pines. The third stop was at the "Old for his assistance in Labor, Mr. Jensen stated that It is the Giant Tree of Coyote Canyon," desire of state and federal author- which measured 19 feet, 4 Inches ities that the type of work project in circumference, at the ground to be chosen by the county welfare line and 128 feet high, (measured with spirit level, straight edge, committee be as follows; The altitude 1. A water deveopment, conser- and angle square.) vation project, repair of present taken at the base of the tree, la 8,555 feet above sea level. The systems or establishment of tree is a yellow pine with a forketc. Measure 'Old Giant' of Coyote , reser-vior- help of Thelma Farnsworth, Barbara Leasing, Beth Hutchings and Louise Christiansen he demonstrated waltz, strangle Jhold and drag, shag and jitter bug. The final number wa the singing of the college songs represen- ting Fresno Stale. Utah State Many Business Officials of State Attend Meet Here Saturday and Sunday Ag-rl- ., a Wus University of Utah, B A C and Rhees. She was followed by B Y U by Louise Christiansen, Ma "When leal reading entitled Thelma Less Farnsworth, Beth Hutch-ngBarbara Was Courtin Pa" by Carlie forMargery Mackerell, In ing and Arden Hutchings Murdock Hazel and Murdock, Kathryn Diebl mal attire. Miss Hazel AshWayne frame a White, Ray Diebl, in Ralph Goodwin posed 18- - worth, Goodwin, Adolph of Ralph Ma end as a dignified "Pa Patterson, Aubrey Morgan, Gerald 90. Barton Arlo Messlnger, Arden tapDonna Rhees then cleverly Hutchings, Fay Messlnger, Bill rop. ped with a jumping Ralph Skit with Flrmage, Dick Schneple, Next came the W.P.A. Abner Rollins and Bill Low. Little as nay White acting visit t As a final climax, the Beaver and met many Beaver people high school song was sung by the rair. ing the World's Patterson, group In which the audience arose Then came Adolph With the and joined. a proffessor of dancing. - s, s, (Please tarn to pag eight) East Ward Relief Society to Hold Bazzar ed top. The bsw mill and the Copeland mill, both left it standing on account of Its huge size. The next stop was at the "John Mathews Ranch" where a cold drink of well water was forthcoming. Target practice was Indulged In, and the .homeward ride was commenced with supper at home. "Woodman spare that tree." The annual . bazzar sponsored by the East Ward relief society WEATHER will be held Tuesday, August 29, Date in the Daughters tif Utah Pioneers home. Everything will be on dis- August 17 play" all day and those interested August 18 are invited to visit at any time August 19 during the day. The proceeds received will be used to maintain the organization during the coming winter. Your support Is greatly needed. REPORT Hi Low 94 92 85 86 87 August 20 August 21 90 August 22 80 August 23 Walter L, Car Uo. 1 I 51 55 58 54 50 51 65 , Pet trc trc trc &rrer |