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Show Utah Press asocUtion ' 467 Eaa t Third South Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111 Vol. 4 No. 37 Thursday, September 30. V Matheson urges political balance Gov. Scott M. Matheson led a host of Democratic candidates for state and national office in calling for more in state balanced representation government at a breakfast meeting for Northern Utah County businessmen and leaders Monday. "The Utah legislature desperately needs balance," Matheson told the group gathered at the Alpine Country Club. were Those same sentiments echoed by candidates Karl Swan and Ernie Dean, who are both running for the state senate, and by John Gardner, JoAnn Brown and Dave Harvey, all candidates for the Utah House of Representatives. Underscoring the need for more balance, Harvey quoted figures which show 56 Republican representatives and 22 Republican senators in the Utah legislature as opposed to 19 Democratic representatives and seven Democratic senators. But the Governor noted: "The last two elections have not been good to the Democratic party." The breakfast meeting was designed to give Democratic candidates in northern Utah County a boost as their campaigns gear up for the November election. Matheson's other main points included the national economy and the distribution of taxes. The Governor noted that "the 1982 election is going to rise and fall on the issue of the economy." He criticized a recent comment by President Ronald Reagan calling the for Democrats "demogogues" claiming that the President's economic policies have caused an increase m unemployment. - . Matheson said, "The strength of our economy and our nation has always been its ability to provide employment for the people who live 1 I ; cents a single copy I ; h i ,k I lm ) here." He also critized the President for his recent veto of a $14 billion appropriation bill which was $2 billion under the President's request but which contained more funds for social programs than Reagan considered appropriate. The veto was overridden by Congress. "When the veto was overridden, it should have been no surprise that it was a bipartisan override," Matheson said, noting that the American form of government provided this kind of check and balance. He used the incident to point to the Utah legislature and note that that balance is missing there. The Governor also reiterated his support for Senate candidate Mayor Ted Wilson, who was unable to attend the meeting. Wilson had spent the previous night working to control the flooding in Salt Lake City. Other speakers also touched on the economy. Hank Huish, candidate for xUtah's new third congressional district, said, "There are 60,000 issues in Utah alone for the coming election," pointing out that that is the number of the state's unemployed. Several of the speakers took issue with the recent redistribution of legislative districts in the state, which left American Fork split between more than one representative in both houses and sharing representatives and senators with other cities. "We have never been without represntation, and now we are in danger of being fragmented by the district," said American Fork Mayor MalcomBeck. Following the breakfast, Matheson, Huish, Dean and Swan trradeavtsltttr the State Training School and American Fork Junior High, before the Governor headed back to Salt Lake City and the affairs of the state. J important of fLS hi f Water swells irrigation ditches ' Films are shown to give visual evidence of many precautions children can take to make safety an element . LEE MATHENY surveys the damage done to her home by recent rains. Sandbags were placed by city workers and volunteers after irrigation ditch near the home overflowed its banks. Local programs focus on children In the light of recent kidnappings and the murder of Rachel Runyon, county and local law enforcement agencies are cooperating in several child protection and identification programs. "Play It Safe", a program to help children become aware of potential danger is being sponsored by the Utah County Sheriff 's Department. Officers from the sheriff's department are visiting schools in the county to inform children of safety measures they can practice each day. 20 1982 their educations. Lehi Police Chief Bill Gibbs, supports the program and will initiate a child protection program in his "Neighborhood Watch" project. He has received city council approval for a fingerprinting campaign which will begin in each Lehi school. Parents of pre school children will (Continued on page 2) Rains damage Leha home Some people claim they are developing fins or web feet as result of the current rains. Others joke they have their "arks" or at least their sail boats ready to make a fast exit out of town. They might need them if the current storms keep up. A report Tuesday morning showed over three inches of rain has fallen at Timpanogos Cave National Monument in American Fork Canyon since the storms began Saturday evening of last week. "We had .3 of an inch fall up to Saturday at 4 p.m.," said Ben Boyce, Park Ranger. On Sunday, 1.25 inches was recorded, with an additional .7 of an inch falling until Monday at 4 p.m. Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m., Mr. Boyce took a reading for our newspapers and said 1.05 inches had fallen since Monday's reading - and it was still raining. The readings are taken each day at 4 p.m. Mr. Boyce said. He added the snow level was at 6100 feet at the national monument, although only a dusting was recorded at that level. "I'm on my way up the trail now to check on it," he said as he hung up the telephone. Lee Mathaney, 56 West 600 North, received full brunt of the storm Sunday. Her home is located between two irrigation ditches and the swollen streams overflowed onto her property. The water was two feet deep in the basement. Crews from the 12th Ward and Lehi City removed furnishings and pumped the water from her house. The city furnished sand bags to prevent further flooding at the Matheney residence. Several other property owners in the area were taking precautions to protect their homes from the raging creeks and streams. What was termed as a "hundred year rain" by some, proved troublesome for many in the area, especially on Sunday. Gary Clayton, Emergency Management Coordinator for Utah County, said a drain under the road in Fort Canyon in Alpine was unable to carry the heavy runoff of Sunday. Crews from Utah County, Alpine City and private individuals cut through the road to channel the water. In doing so, four homes were isolated until the road could be repaired on Monday. "We had them move their cars out before the road was cut, so they weren't stranded," Clayton said. He said by cutting the road and letting the pressure off the stream, they were able to save the homes -especially one home - from water damage, although landscaping was hurt. The same heavy runoff out of the canyons near Alpine caused Dry Creek debris basin to spill over the emergency spillway, causing flooding along the Dry Creek channel. In Lehi, several homes had water in their basements, one reporting water a foot deep. Lehi Fire Department crews were using pumps to remove the water. Ralph McDonald, Forest Technician on the Pleasant Grove District of the Uintah National Forest, reported canyon roads were open but extremely slick and muddy. One mud slide occurred Sunday between Tibbie Fork and the South Fork guard station, but canyon campers were able to go around it -- carefully. "It covered about s of the road," McDonald said. Rocks and mud are reported sliding in various places of the however, and persons canyon, traveling the mountain roads are warned to watch for these. three-fourth- rr Lehi home makes National Register One of Lehi's stately old homes has been named to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service and Ms. Carol Schull, Acting Keeper of the National Register. The Thomas Austin House, 427 East 600 North, now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dalley, was named to the National Register recently, because it is the best example of Lehi of the manifestation of the Victorian spirit in residential design. The house was built in 1901 at a cost of $4,000 for Thomas Austin, a wealthy sheep and cattleman. There is little information recorded about Austin, although he became wealthy through the sheep and cattle industries. He was born in England and in 1864 came to Lehi with his parents in 1868. His parents were converts to the Mormon Church. His father became a of the Salt Lake Union Stockyards. By the time of his death in 1925, he became increasingly extended his stockraising operations into Idaho and Wyoming. Charles E. and Geneva Mercer brought the house and owned it for the next 40 years. They sold the home to Arlin Fowler who made it into four apartments. Fowler sold the home to another investor who sold it to the Dalleys. Wesley and Geri Dalley have restored the home to its original architecture and design, following several years of painstaking and exacting work. The interior has been changed back home. to a comfortable Antiques from the Victorian era have been purchased to furnish the home with the beauty that Thomas Austin envisioned when he built the home. According to the description on the application for the Historical Register, the standard elements of Victorian design suggest that pattern books were a starting point for this Thomas Austin became involved in both of them. he was well By the established in the sheep and the cattle business. In 1896, for example, he opened sheep shearing corrals west of Lehi where he employed 35 men and sheared between 5000 and 6000 sheep a season. In 1914 he was one of the organizers unusual combination of various motifs indicate that it is more than likely a unique composition. Hip and gable roof sections have been combined so that the house has several axes of differing lengths, and an irregular wall surface punctuated by projecting bays and a variety of window types. The west and south farmer. In the 1880s and 1980s, both the cattle and the sheep industries important commercial enterprises in Utah and mid-1980- s, " had one-fami- ly house's design, however, the irregularity of massing and the fVjri h L 5 i Jm Lehi area selected by State Guard for battalion If m j mi T 11 : 1 1 L HOME NOW OWNED by Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dalley has been placed on the National Register. walls have both been accented by elaborate porches which make it difficult to ascertain which of the two was intended as the principle facade or the main entrance. According to the Dalleys, they were fortunate to buy back the two very beautiful stained glass windows that are located on either of the south entrances. They had been removed and replaced by clear glass when the house was remodeled. The Dalleys also replaced porches, stairways and balustrades that had been removed through the years. The house has a steep pyramid roof set diagonally into the southwest corner. The first floor porch over the west entrance on the north half of the building is topped with a smaller portico. The south door is large and more elaborate than the one on the west wall and is flanked by the diamond and keyhole shaped stained glass windows. The door opens into a small vestibule and suggests that the south entrance was intended as the primary point of entry. And, according to the historians, it is strange that the door on the west wall has been given so much emphasis. There is a stained glass transom on the facade of the diagonal bay suggesting the elegance of an era when transoms were an important part of early 1900 architecture. The Dalleys have installed brick driveways on both the south and west entries, landcaped the entire yard with plantings and trees that enhance the overall view of the lovely old home. American Fork-Leh- i has been selected as the location for the first Military Police Company, 1st Battalion, of the newly reorganized Utah State Guard. The Utah State Guard is an all volunteer military organization and is authorized by state law as one of the three branches of the military forces of Utah. Unlike the Utah Army National Guard and the Utah Air National Guard, the Utah State Guard is not subject to call for federal service, but is fully recognized by the federal government as an organized state militia. State Guard organizations are not new. They presently exist in such states as Texas, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, where they have served their state and communities effectively and with distinction. The Guard is looking for men and women who would like to serve their community in a military capacity. A meeting to inform the public about the Guard will be held Oct. 12, 1982 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the American Fork Armory, 251 South 200 East. All Interested persons are invited. For further information call E. Lehnardt, 756-939- |