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Show i ; Beavei.vtah, Thursday, August -- "11 TKAITED GRASSHOPPERS I KO.M LAKE ISLANDS I IN I A a!5 inn I. ... tniu; neater U r tr Jr 1 - . m 1 m mar an jft tl. in bIem tonsil e Personal!! mostfriefi trance NESS I ODDESS of Liberty, may your torch never be extinguished. For us you represent everything America was, is and hopes to be. Your arms have embraced millions of the perse- anc NK t and thi Bji, BARBER J- r. ' - Proprd of Post d BROff' I SoIIrlW A ... America's priceless heritage. are presented for your attention REBUILDING A COMMUNITY 1 t " . ,.,- Mirf.yw.i.In if - - ...niini' a! llie bctllUlillK of the excitement In 1870, only to silver by made possible has been This abandoned until the . in tho nrirft of K'lln he practically of gold ore a few years IW-discovery to n MS an ounce, com pared later. Records of the United States m when the district was Survey place the value Ceological In nt advancr-rudictrict at day. and the of connter-curren- t of production from the A method metallurgy. only h small fraction em-i119,003,000, been has fin'? decantatioii rf which was ever paid in the mill, to the low grade Yhfel after 8 ;infl of the ore most of tha 'ew remaining Jos degree of success iill.i character WO penditure of approximately devel production went ror laoor, supplies, ' laysi Print, hv whan ho 000 in machinery, equipment, .,,,(mnr-- t nnd taxes, with little '",l!'i'ortf(l a poi.oulatlon of opment and supplies. greatoo several left over for distribution. Tho l'JOl In addition to the ullinw f.-been est period of activity was from Hiuay marcur ii have of ore. sneh mines as the ,1,p cmback trnil, million tons i.if.7 " fclnr-. L.I Ju V . , . ..... . .. .Mercur thn ' town are humming; a Consolidated Mercur, Marlon, Sac , "'"? and approxi-Plovrm- , ramento, Delamar. Minsnine, uaisy fcaWy " ' '. are "iidinR steady Marion nd LaCaigle were pronucing goiu. ihmi. and water has been an Im a ramD whlcli was einosed In rropeinng sevcial 'jnsltlf.r,!rt In these of ni l workings in reviving the dis-,.i- f fee sand factor through." for s many portant (.ars an bioc Power and Light I'tah Th properties. Hugh pillars t ore were opened UP rebuilt its lines into the camp hur?.'!Uian'Ill8 Pictures show has iiuiw....b at a cost of approximately tu.u.uuu ''i'I.trt ,,,,,mn" of the old Con-"- too low grade nr water Is pumped into the desert r('"r ; and . MiTS "impany Mucn tl. s nines "Hli no" Marlon, together methwla of treatni'-ntamp from Ophir Lanyon. w .nvi er auti roii!. unu the wm u Plants In which '.u itathipll interests both of Salt fatod. The on a ''1Mj!,., , I'"""-- ' the district going "r"lr Lake City have taken the leading keep contains (lumP ' v , J.'StlL'I- told Drl,.,, nnj aplantlflp ivfci, ,lt of priyate lndu9try fe " DrentlilnK new Bfe it,. ' '"' Khost town of Mer-wiftr :" ,"'" '!' ''"'""y- - hereby re- H,ate Huge and Sr.ficii in. ust rv. f Five """ n 1 wj divi-nu'ln- z I t ni,r J ex-t- '"'Vr ap-hlr- h , the 0"".oo tons of ore Sur.ricti.nown.nthe I)l;"infd to retreat for . . J" aiiii,,..,. . Camp riou. ui goiu remain-- , early days I, " files of the Utah Writers I'roject, WPA) trawling cricket pests were not the only crop ravagers faced by the arly Mormon colonists in tireat Salt Lake Valley according to an old account by Davis County j settlers, who in 1855 wer subject ed to an aerial blitzkrieg of winged grasshoppers. Aoout four o'clock one late summer afternoon in 1S55 the sky to t!i,. east became darkened as the flying horde poured over the mountain peaks and swooped down upon the valley. As a single raging mass the grasshoppers set tled upon the countryside, cover-- , ing fields, trees, and buildings almost completely. There was nothing horrified settlers could do against the force of the invasion, and for the most part they were forced indoors where they attempt ed to keep the pests from swarming in. But te invaders did get in, through cracks, down chimneys, and wherever there was an opening. On the outside, great damage was done to the crops, especially to the near ripened wheat field which were laid flat on the ground by the weight of the hoppers. Strangely enough, the grasshoppers appeared to be concerned with migration and not with feeding, for the major damage was caused by their numbers and weight and not by wholesale gob bling of the crops. Fortunately, jtlie horde didn't wait to complete their ravage, and on the morning of the following day, when the colonists had given up to despair, the grasshoppers rose in a great and cintinued their westward flight. In ten minutes there was not a live grasshopper to be seen. The sequel to this story is one of the strangest in Utah's color- fill experience, for it appears that the westward migration of the grasshoppers ended ingloriously in the briny waters of fireat Salt Lake. According to the settlers, the bodies of drowned hoppers formed islands out in the lake, some of them several acres in extent, and sufficiently compact to bear up severa dogs which went out on those near the shore. The bodies soon washed to the sore in a great windrow, ranging from two to six feet wide and from one to tree feet 'high. Some idea of the vast numbers of grasshoppers involved is apparent in the length of the windrow, which is reported to have extended from the southern end of Davis County more than Box-eldfifty miles northward into deof the stench The County. caying bodies is said ti have kept the settlers away from the lake shore for many weeks. It is Interesting to examine this story in connection with tne famous grasshopper glacier in Yellowstone National Park. This glacier contains the frozen bodies of millions of grasshoppers, eved-entl- y trapped by a fierce blizzard while on a similar migratory flight high over the mountains of the Yellowstone region. A Year That Lasts A SUBSCRIPTION TO The Home Newspaper j Greasing Washing u DERN OSBORN'S CONOCO SERVICE STATION NO. 3 Beaver, Utah Candy Tobacco ) for MOW fUii ' i th'B holiday.. OYGF mt fhs $)xffd sorvico 0 mmmmmmmmmmmmm m II iljiyiJiJMHgjWP j I SPECIALIZED LUBRICATION for your comfort and safety . . . 7 Star Courtesy Srvic4 foe W driving pleasure Free copies of tbe moat unusual and helpful travel folders yo ever taw. Get yours today. . In at the familiar 88 sign of service Drive Vico-Pc- p UTAH OIL REFINING CO. STATIONS Everywhere in Utah and Idaho , V A v r f ' j r. a (..j .. Cl.l- - OBAil.l I '(tile r. J- - r-j- fA MARINE CORPS STRENGTH TO 80,000 ITk7 STOf the er pour land, our land, will forever be a beautiful and )ounliful garden in which shall always bloom the flowers f free speech, free assembly, free religious worship and Ii free and where man, God's handiwork, may press pntinue to walk unafraid. We are proud to be part of the first line of defense of American liberties to pm ays stand militantly at the side of every true American These sentiments f THE PRESENT 1K.VS (from j cuted and enslaved . . . given them new ope and courage . . . and sent them forth into America, pie land where every man is architect of his own fortune. iCcJdess, what you have sown, you also shall reap. The md tope you have instilled, the courage you have fired, the VERS opportunity to live like a creature of God you so unself k ze on ishly and unaskingly have given, will now be forged by pch and every one of your grateful children into a mighty and irresistible force against which those who I . . . lotell How stalk the world enn nover nrev.niL p 21 part In placing the district drck cu the comeback trail. Due to recent legislation the U. S. Marine Corps is authorized to expand its forces to 80,000 officers and enlisted men. It is planned to increase the ranks of the regular Marine Corps to 60.000 men, and build up the ranks of the Marine Corps Reserve, now on active duty, to 15.000 men. The staff of increased to officers will be 5,000. Men who enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve are assigned to active duty immediately, and serve with the regular Marine Corps for the duration of the national emergency ONLY. VThen the emergency is declared over, members of the Reserve will be discharged, if no further voluntary service is desired, and allowed to return to their himes. While serving with the regular Marine Corps, members of the Reserve are given the same privileges and advantages as regular Marines. for Men who have registered selective service, and are unmarried, are eligable to enist in either the regular Marine Corps or the Marine Corps Reserve, providing they have not actually been called for induction. This arrangement service me nto allows selective choose a branch of the service to th. ir own likening. Another feature offered by the Marine Corps to all its members, whether regular or reserve, is the variation of duties; service at sea, with the fleet, aboard a battleship, heavy cruiser, or aircraft carrier; service at a foreign shore station, In China, Hawaii, or the Phillipines. If duty on land Is desired, a man's choice may lie In any one of the new streamlined defense battalions, or in one Of the g motorized reCorps' giments. Any ambitious young American between the ages of 17 and 30. unmarried and physically fit, may apply at the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, 223 Federal Building, Salt Lake City. Utah, for further Information, and a physical ination, without obligtion. exam- IK. t -- TRANSCONTINFNIAl CAIllE "ta g CAilE I IAI.1WIJ .OfCIS0 lUStO OlifS (AlNO TAIN IwO AND AT? th WilM P(OW f SUl for Wattonai 3efende Across Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California, work is proceeding rapidtransly on a new voice highway an continental telephone line. all-cab- le Cable crews are equipped with mechanical plows hauled by large tractors. The cable laying train digs a trench about 30 inches deep, feeds the cable into it and back fills the trench in one continuous operation. Protected against ordinary hazards by being underground, the cable is also insulated aiitii-- t rodents by fcteel tape wound around the cable making it "gopher proof." Increased facilities provided by this cable are designed to meet any demands that may arise for communication between centers of industry, railheads, troop concentration points and defense centers from coast to coast. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. |