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Show Univc 111 PRESS TIME Micro tib Corp. P!crpnt Av0, mm By Georg (From a recent issue of the Salt Lake Tribune) U. OF U. PROFESSOR SHREDS UTAH CULTURE 'Issues' Speaker Deplores Doctrinaire Utah's distinctive culture is s characterized by a stifling of belief in dogmatic doctrine, the wickedness of doubt and the Tightness of established authority. THESE ARE all carefully prepared conditioned responses, the result not of intelligence, but of indoctrination. They make it unlikely that any new ideas will prosper here. That indictment of the Beehive State was delivered to a packed house at the University of Utah's Orson Spencer Hall Wednesday evening by Dr. P. Read, professor and head of the department of phil- Bin le Copy 10c $3.00 a Tear In Beaver County Other $4.00 THURSDAY, JUNE 3, BEAVER, UTAH, Volume 1965 60 No. 21 same-nes- Wal-dem- Bob Smith Wins Conservation Trip ar osophy. In the sixth and final lecture of the current "Great Issues" forum, Dr. Read said the prevalent beliefs in Utah are not reasoned, they are caused. They are effects of outside influence, not conclusions reached by individual reasoning. Discussing freedom in the local culture, Dr. Read S3id Utah shares in the general freedoms of America, but neither the culture nor its leadership has been conspicuous in protecting or enhancing them. "The cultivation of freedom requires a diversity of ideas to provide a constantly changing pattern of possible alternatives from which to distinguish the best," he said. Too much stabilization of belief in anything is the foe of creativity and the friend of the status quo, sameness and death, he said. Dr. Read said not only the doctrine, but also the defense of doctrine is uniform, repetitive and institutionalized in Utah. He noted that this is not meant to suggest that Utah is more culpable than other states, but that it is not less so. "A static society in a static world is at least conceivable, but this is not a static world," ' he said. "Whatever else may be said about today's changes, they are destructive. Tomorrow's changes may be more so, unless they are prepared for." Four points about the Utah Culture which he called "unfortunate" were listed to illustrate his belief that "this culture does not have inner freedom and is not about to develop It:" 1. Utah is tied to "antiquated doctrinaire economic conservatism. 2. Utah has built-i- n isolation-Is- culture has an "exclu-sivischaracterized by the that "we're right and therefore you're wrong." Most Utahns, he said, believe the world will be a peaceful and desireable place only when it makes itself over in the image 3. The of Utah. The state has built-i- n racial prejudice, which he called "the biggest problem in the U.S. today, with the possible exception of the population problem, of which it is a part. 4. I neither agree nor disagree with what Dr. Read had to say. The reason for reprinting this article is that it illustrates a point which has bothered ma for quite some time.. The point is that It has become very popular for certain people to go around saying what ever may come into their heads without regard to the Tightness or the wrongness of what they have to say and then various newspapers and national magazines lacking something to talk about pick it up and blow it all out of shape. Now, perhaps Utah is not perfect and Utahns, being people have not reached a state of perfection; that is not only possible, but in my opinion is entirely reasonable. What gives me a pain is that this good man who has spent the greater part of his life studying in public institutions & is now enjoying the privileges he has from a good Job takes the position that the people who pay the taxes aren't really good enough nor quite wise enough to suit him. The man does nothing to help remedy the situation other than go about as a paid speaker and ridicule the people who pay his salary. NUTS About a month ago the Saturday Evening Post (Think Pink) came out with a feature story about the poor misguided Commies of this country and gave them at least a million dollars worth of free space In which to explain their lies and their crummy ideas again. NUTS. It seems to me it is Just about time that some space was devoted to explanation of how we poor, misguided, stupid, doctrinaire Jerks Just happened to Committee Recommends 1,600 Doe Kill For 1965 The Beaver Soil Conservation District Education Committee Chairman, Clarence Rollins, with Wells Farrer, teacher of the Vo-A- g Department at the Beaver High School, sel?cted the winner of the Conservation Essays. Bob Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, of Greenville handed in the winning essay. Second place winner was Spencer Eyre of Minersville Third place went to Larry Maycock of Beaver. Dale Lcssing of Beaver won fourth place and David Penny, also Beaver won fifth. Nineteen- young men of the Vo-A- g class at the High School entered essays. In winning first place Bob won a prize (awarded at the Awards Assembly at the high school, May 25th by SCD Chairman, Evan Patterson). Also an expense-pai- d . j VX B A summer band is now being conducted at the Beaver High School. Free music instruction is available, for beginning, intermediate, and senior band students. A schedule has been designed to give students a combination of individual and group band work. Those interested in playing a band instrument should contact Jay S. Chrlstensen at BHS between 8 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday. Scheduleg are available at the school and all students between grades 6 and 12 are eligible. Instruments can be rented from 'the school or from the Salt Lake Music Co. at minimul rates Stake Offers Classes In Conducting And Organ Accompaniment The classes to be given by the General Music Committee of the Church will begin Saturday, June 12, at 10:00 in the First-Thir- d Ward Chapel. Brother Donnell Blackham will be the instructor. He will be in the Stake twelve weeks and spend one day each week at the First - Third Ward. He will give organ and conducting classes. A $5.00 fee will be charged for each class. Practice time will be made available on the ward organs for those who enroll in the classes. Please be at the First Third Ward to iegister. Kate Joseph Stake Music Director half-bake- Bids At Minersville Reservoir Baseball Team A . . work and build the greatest government and country in the entire history of the world. I feel that the time has come when the people who do the work and pay the taxes which support this country ought to stand up and tell a number of pinko bums where to go and how to get there and perhaps, as a last gesture of goodwill, buy their tickets to Cuba or Russia or China and send them on their way. Somewhere I remember seeing a quotation recently which said, as nearly as I can remember: "Small minds discuss things Great minds discuss ideas". Now that is one fine little quotation and will cover a multitude of sins but I feel that the men who have those 'great minds' should first be tried in the crusible of work lest their 'ideas' come out Now, even in light of the recent "student riots" and the other nonsense which seemingly has become "the thing" at many of our institutions of higher learning, I'm still not completely opposed to the idea of higher education. I do, however, feel that before giving a man a degree as Doctor of Phylosophy there should be a requirement so that the man would have to have some work experience and learn a little about the world before we turn him loose to fill the minds of our kids with a lot of ideas that are only partly cooked. All-Sta- te Inter-Agenc- trip to the annual BAND PROGRAM Selected To A few weeks ago the y CommiUee, composed of Dee Ritchie of thj i'orsc Service, Short Bennett of the iillmore cifice of the BLM and Thel Riley, our local Conservation Officer, met and drew up the following recommendations for the deer kill in the Beaver Area for 1965. Unit 56-Beaver North 600 special doe permits - Oct. 23 to Nov. 2nd. (All three signed for this kill). Beaver South Unit 56-Regular, either sex from Oct. 23 to Nov. 2nd. Mineral Kange tteguiar, either sex from Oct 23 to Nov. 2nd. Dee Ritchie of the Forest Service, Carl Thurgood and Nick Cozacous of the BLM, and Norman I. Bowden, Conservation Officer for the Fish and Game, from the Circleville area, recommended 1000 special doe permits for Unit 49. Unit 49 is 'the East slope of Beaver Mountain to Highway 89. For the past five years special hunts and extended hunts have been held on Unit 49, yet it was reported to me that the problem is as great now as it was years ago. Quite a number of deer were found dead on that Unit during the past two months. One hundred and 12 deer were trapped and tagged on Unit 49 this past winter. Anyone who happens to see a deer with a blue collar-ban- d and streamers in its ears in the Beaver Mt. area this summer is asked to call Dee Ritchie or Thel Riley and report where the deer was seen. (Ed note- - Glad he told me, otherwise if I'd seen such an animal I'd have blamed that cheap booze.) These recommendations will be discussed at our regular meet ing of the Wildlife Club on June 9th. We would like to invite all interested sportsmen to come to this meeting. The Big Game Board meeting which Beaver Sportsmen will be interested in will be held on June 21st at Panguitch and June 22nd at Salina. We have a right to intelligently express our organized opinion on the management of the deer herds in all of these Units. We may be able to give the present management a few useable ideas. Five years of a certain type of hunt in a Unit and then admit that the problem is still as bad or a little worse than it was, to me indicates that the management should change the type of hunt if they want to correct the trouble. Last year this extended hunt ran to Nov. 11th. On the last day I was in the Big Dog Valley and Rocky Pond area just south of South Creek md saw a number of sportsmen hunting in these areas which are several miles from Unit 49. Some of us believe that there is a better way to control deer in problem areas. EVAN PATTERSON Pres., Beaver Wildlife Fed. conservation youth camp which will be held in June at one of the Junior and Senior Colleges of Utah. The Conservation Youth Camp is sponsored by the SCD and the Extension Service of USU with many other State and Federal agencies working on the programs which are presented to the young men attending. SUMMER Parks Commission Calls For Concession Former Beaver Boy Inter-Agenc- y Assessor Reports On County Valuation d. . The assessment of property in Beaver County has been completed for 1965. The total assessment rr.tde by the County Assessor is $4,062,165.00. There was a decrease of $110,000 in the valuation of buildings over last year, however, the increase in personal property more than made up this decrease. The total assessment was $25,291.00 over 1964. Public utilities and mines will be assessed by the State Tax Commission. Judging from the past this assessment will be around 2 million dollars making a total valuation of approximately 6V4 million dollars Last year's report showed the following percentages of the total assessment for the various classes of property. 20.43 Real Estate 22.95 Buildings Mdse. & Fixtures 3.11 10.2 Cars and Equipment Livestock 7.52 15.70 Railroad 9.41 Power Company 10.76 Telephone & Mines 100.00 TOTAL After the budget requirements for schools, county and towns are set up the County Commission will 3et the mill levy to yield the budget requirements. The necessary amount will be LYNN PATTERSON Lynn Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Patterson of and Mrs. Clark Patterson of Provo was selected on the Des-erNaws Class A Baseball Team for outstanding sportsmanship and playing exhibited throughout the season. He also made the All-- ; Region Football and Basketball teams. He received a scholar- ship to Snow College for next year. Lynn graduated from Provo High School last week. He at-- i tended grade school in Beaver. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Patterson of Beaver. et All-Sta- te ; Beaverites Grandson Wins Award and Trip ) f 'V iM JOHN ANDERSON Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson of Beaver are extremely proud of the achievement of their grandson, John, son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Anderson of Mesquits, Nevada. John was one of the boys fiom tha Mesquite High School who competed in the state FFA contest at Reno recently. He vas first place winner in the Meats contest and received a Gold Emblem and a trip to Kansas City next October where he will represent the state of Nevada on the Meats team. John had the highest score of the 44 boys who competed in this contest at Reno. surely teaches us that there's a small but important difference between keeping your chin up and sticking your neck oirt. Experience million approximately one-ha- lf dollars and will be distributed in approximately the following percentages. 70.56 County Schools 9.38 Cities and Towns 13.27 County 5.59 Hospital Zones 1.18 Bounty 100.00 TOTAL The total value of County assessed pronerty in towns and cities is as follows: Beaver $883,415.00 205.991.00 Minersville 749.067.00 Milford The County assessed property for areas No. 1 and No. 2 is as follows: Area No. 1 $1,947,720.00 2.114.445.00 Area No. 2 (Area 2 includes Minersville) The count for motor vehicles Is 2,142, compared to 1.980 In By Max Phillips Water supply outlook for Beaver County is very good but normal temperatures are needed to et our crops growing and turn the snow pack into irrigation water. Gregory Pearson, SCS Snow Survey Supervisor for Utah, figures the April through June run-of- f cf the Beaver River at Beaver at 21.000 acre feet. Average for this period is 18,000. Our River Commissioner, Lee Strong has measured 7,642 acre feet to June 2nd. This means we should get 13,358 acre feet of water from now until the end of the month if the temperatures are near average. River flow for April through September is forecast at 28,000 acre feet. Average is 24,300. Inflow into Rocky Ford Reservoir for the April through June period is forecast at 6,000 acre feet. This should be the greatest inflow since 1958 when there was 21,410 acre feet. In 1959 thore was 2,050; in 1960, 130; in 1961, 1,153; 1962, 3,498; 1964, 2,123 acre feet. Bloodmobile To Visit Beaver June 10, 1965 Once again we appeal to you blood. On June 10th from 2:45 to 6.15 p.m., the Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Community Center. PLEASE COME! I know a few people have some feelings against the Red Cross, but it has accomplished a lot of good in helping peopli in our country and also here in Beaver. B3aver County received 225 pints of blood last year whila we gave only 112 pints to the blood bank. We would like to have at least 100 donors now. Be sure to circle your calendar for the date cf for June 10th. We will have Red Cross Blood on hand at our new Beaver City Hospital if we participate in this program. We can call for blood to be delivered immediately as some of the people in Beaver can testify. Our new proposed doctor has asked that we support the Red Cross 1964 126 116 116 116 140 139 135 129 128 140 143 30 June June av. yr May 31 Water Supply Looks Good For Beaver River end 10-- May 27 May 28 May 29 May Recreation developments a't Minersville and Otter Creek State Parks have engendered considerabla public interest in a concessionaire in operation these state park areas. Several concession applications and pro posals have been received by the State Park and Recreation Commission. However, the Com mission desires to extend an invitation to all interested people to submit an application and proposal for either or both of these concessions. The application should submit a resume of the facilities and services he proposes to provide, a schedule of construction and operation, amount of fund to be expended on the operation as well as a suggested concessionaire fee. Deadline for receipt of all concessionaire applications and proposals will be June 11, 1965. The development plans of these areas are available for inspection in the offices of the Commission at 19 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah; Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 1963, 692; Stream Flow Date 1 2 1965 80 85 108 100 111 125 108 108 135 140 Little League GAMES PLAYED May 25 Lions 5 Ponderosa 3 May 27 Ponderosa 1 Merchants 3 May 28 Milne 3 Lions 16 May 31 Merchants 5' Milne 0 June 1 Ponderosa Lions 3 Won STANDINGS Ponderosa Milne Lions Merchants Lost 3 0 5 3 We spent a very pleasant couple "ot flours at' our 'home Sunday evening with our dear friends LaMont and Lillian Thornock. The Thornocks, both former teachers of Beaver and Salt Lake, are going to attend Summer School in New York City this year. That sounds fun. Gee, if I just had a degree or something to keep up I'd tag right along. Monday morning, as we walked into the cemetery and were greeted by the sound of beautiful music being played by the High School Band, the thrilling sight of the big flags, 126 to be "exact, fluttering over the graves of our departed war veterans, the abundance of colorful flowers and our many friends, I had to swallow a couple of times to remove the lump that caught in my throat. The first folks we happened to meet were Wiif and leone Robinson. The Robinsons lived so near us until just a few years ago. Wilf made the remark, "you can take the boy out of Beaver but you can't take Beaver out of the boy, we just have to return every opportunity we g:t." This statement is quite Continued on back qage Blood Bank Program. The recent Red Cross Fund campaign was a success and I want to thank all of those who donated and the volunteer work ers under the fine leadership of Mrs. Merle Neison. Also I give Mrs. Nelson a big "Thanks." Let's support the Red Cross and support our new hospital by giving enough blood to the Blood Bank. Thank You, Howard W. Bradshaw Beaver Chapter Chairman 1965 1964. The sheep count for 1965 is ty. The total valuation of County assessed property was $3,433,-789.0- 0 In 1953. 2 By Vilda The words to tha old song, "Just a Little Street Where Old Friends Meet", seams an appropriate description for the Cemetery over the Memorial weekend. Old friends were meeting; greeting and decorating for 3 days. Soma were here for only one day while others managed longer stays, coming for graduation and remaining until after Memorial Day. Anyway, many homes in town were full to burand sting with loved ones friends. we met During .he week-en- d so many folks we haven't seen for a while that I decided to try to mention as many as I can remember in my column this week. Is there anything nicer than a chat with friends on a lovely spring day under favorable circumstances? is 18.308 compared to 16,640 In 33,952 which compares with the 1964 count of 38,776. Also assessed were 470 horses Ten years ago there were 516 horses, 44,012 sheep, and 14,575 cattle assessed In Beaver Coun- 3 6 0 COMLN'S And GOIN'S 1964. The count for cattle for 8 Roger S. Holcomb, refinery' manoger, Mrs. Jolene Pugmire, secretary, ond Carlyle F. Gronning, chairman of the Utah Industrial Commission, display pennant awarded to American Oil Refinerlei for their outstanding safety record during 1944. |