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Show Universal Microfilm Ccvp. 1441 PRESS TIME By George Every Monday Morning I go through the mail which has accumulated since the past Wednesday to see if there are any checks or money orders or such like and also to see if there is any news in the news releases. Generally there are several of those news releases from our different members of our congressional delegation telling of the things they consider to be news or at least want to have the people of their home districts know about, v Anyway, like I said, I was going through the mail and giving the news releases the quick scan when I ran into the following paragraph which has to do with a bill before the congress having to do with the public lands. "In the Committee, Moss said: 'While there has been opposition to this bill because of the use admission fees to support the " established fund, . . Well, that is as far as I got on account of I beat it the heck right down to the Forest Service office to see what it could be about. Dee wasn't in and I couldn't find him until that afternoon and when I gave him the release he read it through and said he didn't know what it was about but that since it pertained to land under the Secretary of the Interior, it must mean a new plan for the Parks Service. Now, I don't know about you folks and how you feel about more government controls and programs but I do know that I have some pretty definite of my own. On the 12th of July Dorothy and I took the kids and we paid a visit to Glen Canyon and had a look at the developments down there. We were met by Merle Adams, a member of the Kane County Commission and he did us the favor of showing us part of Lake Powel and the installations near the Arizona line. Anyone who has been to one y of the meetings in the last several months knows that 'Cowhide' feels that his county has had the dirty end of a short stick in the development of the tourist facilities area. Part of the reason we went was to find out what was he talking about. We found out! All of the temporary facilities, boat ramps, swimming, etc., are on the Utah side of the line while all of the permanent, hotels and lodges, all the things that will really be the backbone of the tourist business in years to come are being built on the Arizona side. After looking over that installation, we came on into Utah and stopped for dinner at Glen City. As we ate our lunch I had the chance to talk to some of the folks there to see how they felt about their future now that the dam is built and the tourists are starting to come. Those people are set out in the middle of the desert in a little town that sprang up more or less to serve the construction people at the time the dam was being built and they don't like the situation even one little bit. There is a road that goes out of Glen City and leads to another inlet to the lake called Warm Creek. Those people at Glen City have been trying to gain a share of the tourist business by serving the people who would like to get on the lake at Warm Creek instead of using the Wah Weep. For some time they were faced with the absolute refusal of the Parks Service people who wouldn't even allow any travel over the road to Warm Creek after it entered the Parks Service land. It took the action of Mr. Adams who showed them that the road was an old road which had been in use for years before they would even allow the use of that road. The Parks Service has still refused to do any repairs on that road and, in fact, at one time placed a sign directing people to turn around and go back at a sandy place on the road which I can't figure how anyone ever got turned around without getting stuck. Anyway, we got to the Warm Creek part of the lake and it was hotter than seven hundred and two dollars and three cents so we let the kids go out into the lake and wade around for a while and they had a heck of a fine time while we sat In the shade of a tree and watched them and wondered what in heck the Parks folks have got against letting that area be used I couldn't figure out why except maybe they would have to get some of their folks up off from the lazy butts and out into the Park. I have since asked around and the best answer I have found Is that they want the installation at Waw Weep tax-payin- g, Ave. mm Single Copy 10c in Beaver County $3.00 a Year enthusiastic boy Twenty-fou- r scouts and their Scout Leader, Milo Erickson, left Monday mor ning for a camping trip at Maple Dell Camp in Payson Canyon. They will be gone until Saturday. Several fathers went along with the troop to assist Milo with the boys. They are part of the Second Ward Troop 322. Carma Anderson Hurt In Water Skiing Accident' Mrs. Carma Anderson suffered a painful accident last Sunday at the Minersville Reservoir She was water-skiin- g behing a fast moving boat and lost her balance and was thrown off her feet. The ligaments in her knee were torn and as a result she will be on crutches for some time. So sorry, Carma, get well fast. Other Planning Board Splits On Highway Service Scout Troop 322 Leave For Camping Trip Zone ' A public hearing was held in the courthouse on Thursday evening to hear arguments on the petition requesting an amendment to the County Zoning Ordinance which would permit a highway service zone at the and The general argument given by the public at that meeting was that the establishment of such a facility 18 miles north of town would cause a hardship junction of US-9- 1. on existing businesses in the city. At the close of the public meeting, the applicants requested that their petition be changed, removing the part of the application which would be on the west side of the highway and asking only that they be permitted to construct such area on the east side which would tend to draw only from the north-boun- d traffic which had already passed the city. A motion was made to that effect which, when put to a vote was defeated by three-tw' The ordinance calls for four concuring votes in order to set the wishes of the Board to make a recommendation to the Commission so the minutes of the meeting will be given to the Commission for their guidance on this matter. Also heard at that meeting of the Planning Commission were applications requesting rezoning of parcels of land in the North Creek area into the Zone. There were no objections by anyone present to those being changed and the Board duly moved and passed the recom-- mendation to the Commission that the petitions be granted. These petitions will now have to be advertised thirty days prior to the hearing by the County Commission who will probably have their hearing at their regular meeting on the fifth of September. o. Five-Count- in-th- at Picrpont . to pay off before another one is built anywhere around there. If that is the case, I feel that they are minding somebody's business what ain't their's to mind. I feel that the proper role for the Parks Service in a case like that is to find the areas that can be best used to develop the area; I feel that they should then put those places up on a sort of bid basis with the private enterprize setting forth what they will propose to do to make use of the area and when they will do it. Then from those bids, then one should be selected which would provide the best facilities for the public. It has always been my belief that the main and only real purpose of the government in the forests or the Parks or on any public land for that matter should be as a regulatory agency, to make sure that the land or park or forest is being put to the best use for the most people, without using a whole wad of my money to fix it up to suit some beaurocrat who has never seen it but can't find a place to park his car in Washington. As an example, lets take a look at these mountains east of Beaver. I feel that the government should build a decent road into those mountains and open it up so somebody can get in and out without bustin up his buggy. The gov't, should also have control of the forest such as what can be cut where and when. As far as providing for tourists though, I think that all that should be necessary is to ask for bids on perhaps a lease basis and let private enterprise, you and me, decide what we would like to build there, and when we would get it built. Then the Forest should take our bids and decide how they would best serve the public and let us go to it. We would, of course, have to comply with certain rules and regulations and such building would have to be done so as not to wind up with just a bunch of buildings and no forest left to see. The thing I object to is the Forest Service setting forth a "master plan" for the development of any resource before we, as private enterprise, get a chance to express our thoughts as t0 how it could be developed. The time is near at hand when almost any area such as our canyon is going to be under a lot of pressure from people who want to use it. It is apt to more valuable as "People Pasture" than it presently is as cow pasture, We had just as well face it. What I would like to see is for the Forest to open it up for ideas on its development. And then give the people who have the ideas a chanca to do the developing instead of acting like the only brain in the country is on the federal payroll. Let's have the government take rare of building the roads and the dams and lit private money put In the facilftlps so we don't have a mess here like they have had there at the Wah Weep when people have had to wait two and three hours In the hot sun before they could gel the bottom of 'their boat wet. 50-ye- ar bp-co- Forest-Recreati- Scouts Report On Valley Forge Jamboree . While the scouts were in Valley Forge there was always something to do. Sunday we had church services, Priesthood, Sunday School and Sacrament meeting. Marion D. Hanks of the .LDS General Authorities was the main speaker at the Sacrament Service. Each scout took his turn cook ing and cleaning up camp. We worked on some awards and merit badges. One evening our group was invited to a program given by a New Jersey camp. On other nights we had heritage camp-fire- s where we saw history of our country act2d out. Jimmy Nelson and his puppet, Danny O' Day, Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mt. Everest; and on our last night at Valley Forge, President Johnson spoke to us and officially closed the Jamboree. Friday, July 24, we toured Philadelphia where we saw Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Christ Church, where Geo. Wahington went to services, and Betsy Ross's home, among other things. We also saw where Benjamin Franklin was buried. We left for home by plane at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning and arrived in Provo at 9:30 the same morning. This was the sixth National Jamboree to be held at Valley Forge and we were glad to be a part of it. It was a great experience that we will always remember. Lynn Cartwright, reporter, People Stop At City Park In July 2,31 From July 1st to 31st. 2.311 people stopped and enjoyed the cool shade and luncheon arcom-odatioon the City Park. 612 of those registered and visited the Museum and Information Center. These folks were from England, Finland, Guam, Mexico, Canada and almost every state in the United States. (Can you Imagine their consternation upon finding that the, facilities park has no rest-roo- BEAVER, UTAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST $4.00 First Ward Softball Beaver Valley Roundup Set For August 14th And 15th Team -- Champions Monday night after defeating the winning team from the Cedar Stake the Beaver First Ward Junior soft ball team, M-M- as winners of the Beaver Stake, became the host team and the Champions of this area. Because of the victory over Cedar the Beaver Second Ward will participate as the Second to place team in the play-of- f be held at Beaver this Friday and Saturday, August 7 and 8. These two teams will meet the winners from St. George and Las Vegas. Two games will be played each night. The winning team from this tournament will play in the All Church finals at Salt Lake. Game-tim- e will be 7:15 p.m. each night at the City Ball Park. Winners of the first round will play on Saturday night for the championship, loosers will play their consolation game also. Noal Robinson is the coach for the First Ward; Leland Smith is the Ward Athletic Director. The first ward team members are: Gil Smith, Randy Smith Mike Riley,, Hal Gale, Calvin Richard Hatchings, Oakden, Mike White, Robert Strong, Dean Boyden, Clifford Brad-shaBruce Limb and Michael Smith. Second Ward Coach is David ' Reynolds; Manager, Nelson the team: Richard Cart-te- r, Douglas Nielson, Roger Murdock, Roger Cox, Mike Morris, Larry Morris, Larry May-cocRaymond Davis, Ray Allen Baldwin, Randy Cox, Ha Murdock, Melvin Carter, Rodney Swindlehurst, Mark Carter and Benny Smith. Good Luck boys! Let's have the Championship, Ash-wort- . k, Hal Murdock Suffers Serious Arm Injuries Hal Murdock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Murdock, is suffering with a compound fracture of his left arm as the result of a step breaking at the Murdocks 66 Bulk Plant as he was coming down the steps last Wednesday morning. He was taken to the Valley View Medical Center at Cedar City where he remained until Saturday and was then moved to Salt Lake so that a bone specialist could be consulted. It is a real serious break. We send our best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery, Hal. Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. Mr. James Cannon, canditate for Governor of Utah, was in Beaver to meet with interested citizens and explain his philosophy and why he believes he would be good for this area as governor. He has a rather novel approach to the problem of the expences of running for office in that he has prevailed upon the local chairmen of his campaign committees to pay for advertising in their communities. He feels that this gives more local strength to his campaign as well as helping to over come the fact that he doesn't have great wealth to fall back upon. One main point that he made was that the state lacks prospective companies who can and will interest themselves in the industrial development of the rural areas of the state. He feels that he has an answer to this fund by the in setting state with the local people TtfVieeting and selling the local areas. He is against any further increases in taxes for the support of schools or any other state programs. He explained that he felt we must emphasise industrial development and increase the amount of money changing hands within the state which will supply more money without an increase in taxes. Ho explained that through the time he has headed the state's tourist and publicity department he has worked on the theme of having Utahns spend their vacations in Utah and trying to get out of state visitors to "spend an extra day in Utah" uaa ' John Earl Gillies, 76, Bell, California, died July 11, 1964 in the White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles from complications following surgery. He was born March 13, 1888 at Beaver, Utah,- to Robert John and Isabel Black. He married Ida Marie Orton of Parowan February 21, 1911 in the St. George Temple and they were, later divorced. A daughter was born to that mar-raig- e. In 1915 he married Alice Lorena Roberts of Minersville and they were the parents of three boys and two girls. Earl was a stockman and a miner. After moving to California he was a Security Guard for Bethleham Steel until his retirement. He spent most of his vacations and summers in Beaver with his sisters and visiting his friends. One of the high lights of his life was to spend several months with his son Earl and family in Manila in the Philli-pine- s last year. He is survived by his wife, three daughters and three sons: Orna Johnson, Parowan; Betty Lu Horman, Buena Park, Cal.; Evelyn (Pat) Hicks, Whittier, Cal.; Robert Leon Gillies, San Fernando Valley, Cal.; John Earl, Manila; Walter Clark, Lyn wood, Cal.; 17 grandchildren and 20 great - grandchildren; also 5 sisters, Delia Soule, Salt Lake; Evelyn Hutchings, Nina Hall, Hannabcl Kirkham and Nola Cartwright, all of Beaver. Bulial was July 14 in the Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier. Attending the funeral services from Beaver were Mr. and Mrs Glen Hutchins, Marie H. Keener, and from Parowan, Mrs. Orna Johnson and Elcene Robinson. The annual Beaver Valley Roundup is scheduled for Aug. 14 and 15 at the Rodeo grounds North of town. The events will include Calf Roping, Bull Riding, Bare-Bac- k Riding, Saddle Bronc Bustin', Wild Horse Races and Ribbon Pulls. Stock for the show is being furnished by Foch Parkinson. Starting time is 8 p.m. PLAN NOW TO ATTEND Jim Cannon Visits Beaver h; John Earl Gillies (Dies In Los Angeles Volume 2, 1964 to"fate Judy Willden Plans St. George Temple Rite ' ' ' ' '' ' '' !" f '! '' 59, No. 32 Lee Gillies Killed In Auto Accident People of Beaver were shocked and saddened when they hard of the car accident near Panguitch Tuesday morning in which Lee Gillies, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gillies, lost his life. The car turned over at least twice and bounced into the Sevier River near US-8six miles south of Panguitch Tuesday at 3:30 a.m., killing Lee and hospitalizing Norman Crosby of Panguitch. The accident, as reported by Highway Patrolman Otho Bul-kle- y and Garfield County Sheriff George Middleton, said that Merrill Lee Gillies', 25, Panguitch, was a passenger in a car driven by Norman' Crosby, 19, also of Panguitch. Appearently the car swerved first to the left, then back to the rjght and down the embankment killing Mr. Gillies and hospitalizing Mr. Crosby who suffered lacerations, abrasions and shock Mr. Gillies and Mr. Crosby both worked for Scrib Gillies, the victim's brother, at his service station in Panguitch. Lee was born March 18, 1939, at Beaver to William H. and Irene Griffiths Gillies. He married the former Betty Judd, Kanab, at Las Vegas, Nev. May 9, 14-fo- ot 27, 1960. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Ladd Merrill and Steven; his parents of Beaver, a brother, William Lewis (Scrib) Panguitch; and a sister, Mrs. Norman (June) Stephenson, Cedar City. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in tho Beaver Second Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the family home in Beaver Thursday after 7 p.m. and Friday prior to services. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery. Sectional Fight Flares In Representative Race The political pot has begun to boil as more people in the eastern half of Beaver County are made aware of the last sentence in the paid political adv. placed in last week's issue of the Beaver County News by the Elect Mahoney Committee. The offending paragraph stated: "Mr, Mahoney will work for more convenient access ramps to Interstate 15, and will work for a Cove Fort to Black Rock .Road, Bringing traffic from Interstate 70 directly Into Mil- ford." Too bad they don't hold these elections in the winter time. There's enough heat over that one to warm all of Southern Utah through a right good cold spell. Former Beaverite Gains Award V ' . J. Cullen Barton of Washington, D.C., formerly of Beaver, recently was honored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture The for outstanding service. honor included a substantial cash award and a certificate of merit. m!&m PA MISS JUDY WILLDEN Announcement is made of the forth coming marriage of Miss Judy Willden and Jon Plank by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. LaVar Willden of Las Vegas, Nevada, former residents of Beaver. The future bridegroom is from Culver City, Cal. bride-elect- 's The couple have circled Sept- ember 9th as their marriage date with the ceremony to take place in the St. George Temple. Miss Willden is a former student of Beaver High School and finished her Senior year at Las Vegas. She attended Junior College at Las Vegas for one year and attended BYU last year. Mr. Plank has been attending BYU and working on a masters degree. The young couple met while In school. Following their marriage they will honeymoon in Mexico. They will reside in Provo and continue their studies at the BYU. Cullen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Barton, has been employed by the Agriculture Department since early 1946. He has held numerous Important positions with that Agency and presently is Chief, Storage Ag- reements Branch, Inventory Man agement Division, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Servce. His primary duty and is the drafting responsibility and development of contracts with several thousand warehousemen for the Commercial & storage of government-owne- d price support grains, cotton, rice dry edible beans, bulk oils, and processed commodities. Cullen also has served as an officer of various civic and service organizations and clubs. He has been Treasurer of his Lions Club and President and Vice President of his Civic Association. He has been actve in the United States Department of Agrculture Travel Club, serving as president of its 3500 members in 1961. He and his wife, the former Dixie Shepardson who is on tha staff of the House Interior and Insular Committee, are leaving shortly for a trip to Hawaii and |