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Show r expires 013092 37 ASSOCIATION UTftH PRESS , Sf" 7 UT 84111 VoL 13, No. 40 50 cents a single copy Wednesday, October 2, 1991 Candidate to speak at meeting tonight : A Meet The Candidates Night will be held Oct 2, at 7 p.m. in the Library Conference Room. Citizens are invited to come and hear city council candidates express their views on what they hope to accom t I - - ' , f , i The Hammer Corner at Main and Second West was a livery stable and hotel complex. The building with the belfry was Lehi's city hall at the time this 1908 photo was taken. Hammer property possibility for Lehi centennial project . By RICHARD VAN WAGONER On Jan. 4, 1996, Utah will officially become a centenarian. Plans for centennial celebrations are underway statewide. I haven't heard anyone suggest a local statehood day project so I will propose one. ThehistcricHansHammerprop-'- , erty, the vacant northeast corner of Main and Second West, would make a fine heritage park. The location could incorporate a large liberty pole stout enough to fly the valley's big- ery, Ray Carson a battery shop, and ComerHedges an ice cream parlor. For nearly 30 years the Addis family lived in the rear of the east half of the building while Mr. Addis maintained a shoe shop in the front Lehi Yesteryears portion. Despite its involvement in that bunk room on a frigid Christmas night, 1897. The Mercur miner had driven into town after dark, put up his horses at the livery stable, gest flag, a heritage wall honoring and had eaten a hearty supper in a venerable Lehi institutions, nearby restaurant. To keep warm lawns, flower gardens and he drank a considerable amount of walkways. Let me present for your liquor and took a bottle of whiskey reading today the history of this to bed with him in the Hammer . ; Site.,,,. sleeping rooms. Danish-bor- n Two days later the management" Hans Hammer" came to Lehi in 1858 and shortly wished to "clear his room," so they thereafter built the adobe home you moved him into their granary. can see in the left of today's photoGeorge Hammer called the marsh al and told him the man had been in a graph. An industrious peddler, shopcontinuous drunken stupor since keeper, farmer andinnkeeper, Ham mer gained his first commercial his arrival in town. success trading produce for cash at Night policeman John I. Thomas the sprawling Camp Floyd in was assigned to "keep a fire going Fairfield. and see that the man kept covered In addition to his fanning and up." Near midnight, "surrounded by strangers," noted the local newspeddling activities, Hammer maintained a small store in his home paper, "Don Wickerser gave up the until 1869. During this period of fight of life with no relative near to Lehi history all mercantiles were close his eyes in his last long sleep." forced to retire by the Lehi Union The report of the death caused a Exchange, a Mormon cooperative stir about town the following mornowned by the Lehi Ward. ing and constable Dan Fowler initiMerchants had to find other ated an inquest, but was stopped by word from county attorney King, trades to financially survive. Hans Hammer was one of Lehi's who said it was not necessary. most creative businessmen of the By 1907 both the Hammer Hotel era. When he couldn't compete with and the Hammer home to the west the Exchange, he simply leased his were offering "lodgings," although former store to goldsmith Gudmund within two years only the house itself was still being used as an inn. Gudmundsen, and became an innkeeper. The frame building you see Photos of the day show a to the right of today's photo was sign above the doorway which advertises "Meals and Lodgbuilt in 1870 for his inn. The H ammer boarding house (lo- ing, 25c" - almost certainly Lehi's best bargain. cally called a hotel) had four rooms, which were designated "single After 1909 the Hammer Hotel front," "double front," "bunk room," building was the home of a long list and "George Jay's room (the sleepof businesses. In 1909 George Lott ing quarters of Hammer's bachelor had a plumbing shop on the preson, George). The bunk room could mises. Charlie Umbach, Bill Barnes, accommodate several persons, each Charlie Brown and Jack Crookston maintained successive barbershops usually providing his own bedding. Don Wickerser was a guest in there. Edward Dean owned a bak well-groom- -- hand-painte- d innkeeping, the Hammer family was best known in the livery business. Hammer Livery and Feed Stables was a mere happenstance. Subleasg ing James Harwood's mail-carryin- route between the Utah Southern Railroad station and the post office in 1877,HammerboughtHarwood's buggy and borrowed his horse. One day after Hammer had picked up the town's mail at the ' State Street depot, a traveler in quired the way to lodgings. After giving him a lift Hammer realized that there was a need for a transference service and feed stable where horses and rigs could be rented and visitors could put up their animals. Hammer'sfirst livery stable was a straw shed at approximately 161 West Main. This was destroyed in an 1883 hail storm, so he moved across the street northward and built a new stable near his home (where Smith Machine Shop is in 1989). Mining booms of the 1870s and 1880s, the arrival ofthe Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1881, and the 1891 Lehi Sugar Factory construction created considerable business for Hammer. A June 12, 1891, ad in the "Lehi Banner" provided a listing of his services, which included "Town freight and Enterprise agent. Transfer from all trains. First Class Livery Rigs. Good saddle horses. Single and double rigs. Furnished on short notice. Prices low." Runaways were a common problem with livery horses particularly in the hands of young people (there were no age stipulations for driving conveyances).Thefirsthorse Hammer owned, after he had leased Harwood's for a year, demolished his only buggy when the animal was startled. See YESTERYEARS on page 3 - Young Lehi horseman wins are elected in Novem- The candidates are: Progressive Party Lee Rosenhan, Ron Smith and J. Knollin Haws; Citizens Party all-arou- The Lehi Chamber of Commerce has donated several new videos to the Lehi Police Department to help the department education teenagers about drug and alcohol abuse, i David Westover, who headed up the project for the Chamber, said Lehi businessmen hope the videos will help the police department's education programs. Det. Chad Smith, who received the five videos from Westover, said the material would be useful to the department, which helped select the material before it was purchased. Westover said the idea to chase the videos came after a survey of the Chamber's books found that $5000 of Chamber money was donated each year for a drug-us- e prevention magazine that actually saw very little use in the community. As a result, the Chamber decided the put the $5000 to use somewhere else, and asked the police department where it would do the v LJJ v. ' W Det. Chad Smith accepts videos from Dave Westover, representing the Lehi Chamber of Commerce. gs gram include Wasatch Bank, Four Season Temp. Control Service, Dr. Jerry Brown, Laurel Merrell, Laney Retail Corp, John and Dorothy Makin, First Security Bank, High Country Glass, J.Wendell Skinner, a Freeland, 11, throughout the summer on his quarter mare, in the Horse Program and County's qualified along with three others in his age group to participate at the Individual State Horsemanship Contest in St George Sept. 20 and Nebo-Bonni- e, 4-- H 1 21: There were 84 contestants from throughout the state in this age group who qualified to compete for high point youth. Friday morning competitions began in three categories: Showmanship at Halter, Bareback Equitation and Western Pleasure. Duke earned blue ribbon or A in Show manship at Halter and than all the blue ribbon winners cam back to compete for top five. Duke placed fifth. - Bareback Equitation was the next claaa and he received an A in the first go but didn't place in the top five. In Western Pleasure he v (red) By now the written tests were corrected and Duke received an A (blue) on his test. By the end of the first day he Governor Norman H. Bangerter has proclaimed the week of October as a time to celebrate "Freedom of the Press" in Utah. The Governor's historic 2 of the Press" week has been designated in the state, officials said. The proclamation date has been orchestrated to coincide with two additional media events: "National Newspaper Week," and a statewide student essay contest on the Bill of Rights sponsored by Utah Press Association and The Utah Committee on the U.S. Constitution and . wassittingin 12th place and needed 17 points to get to first place. Speed events competitions were held Saturday morning. The Scurry Race involves six foot by two inch pine pole set on a road cone and competitors have three to jump one way, turn a barrel and come back over three. Duke made a clean run in the Scurry Race in 9.30 seconds and it gave him an A (blue) ribbon and placed fourth in the top five. Poles waa the next event and the Lehi rider made a 22.18 run which gave him the fattest run and another A ribbon and first in the top five. Barrels was the last event and Duke accomplished placing A that with a 17.86 run (blue) overall and 19th fastest time. It would seem that Duke's expertise lies in the speed events. tique Le Fine (John Thornton.) For information on using the video tapes, contact the Lehi P.D. Bill of Rights. The Governor's proclamation, signed Sept. 23 at the State Capitol, states in part that "Freedom of the Press is a valued right set forth in the First Amendment...and is vital to the maintenance of an informed electorate and citizenry." The statewide student essay contest, which asked students to write on the subject "What the Bill of Rights Means to me," was open to all students in grades Contest winners will be recognized Oct. 7 during an awards ceremony at the State Capitol. The ceremony will be K-1- 2. followed by a reception in Capitol Rotunda. Janice Keller, Executive Director of Utah Press Association, said a dramatic way to highlight National Newspaper Week was to combine the student essay contest on the Bill of Rights with the Governor's "Freedom of the Press" week decla- ration. "I think sometimes we tend to take things for granted, but hopefully during the week of Oct. 6 we will all be reminded of the importance of a viable and free press," said Ms. Keller. Timp Cave to close for 1991 season The last day of tours for Timpanogos Cave and hiking on the cave trail for the 1991 season will be Oct. 7, according to Susan K McGill, superintendent. Ms. McGill encourages visitors still wishing to tour the caves this season to plan their trip before that date. Resurfacing of the cave trail be gan Monday, Sept. 30, causing some inconvenience to those hiking to the caves, she said. Work on the trail will continue as long as the weather permits, and will resume again in the spring. Work will also begin Oct. 7 to complete site work on and around the temporary visitor center. The Visitor Center will remain honors in nd After all points were tallied and the awards were presented Duke ended up winning first place in overall timed events. He was awarded a buckle, halter and a big rosette ribbon. After both days' points were tallied, Duke had worked his way to first place in the 1 1 age group. He was awarded an all around blue rosette ribbon and a monogrammed horse blanket. Duke would like to thank a few people: "Without them I would not have made it as far as I did: Lynn Harding, for helping me get my horse groomed, ready, and for coaching me; Uncle Steve for the use of his truck and trailer, Jennifer, my sister, for trading horses and being there tohelp me; dad whohad to pay for it all, and mom who kept me practicing and studying constantly and coaching me all the way. "Her hours involved were never kept track of, and Dave Dillman whokept after me until I was riding correct. Thanks again all of you." Fowler Company, Timpanogos Metals, Larsen's Nursing Home, Lehi Block Co. and Perlite Products, Bou- Bangerter declares Freedom of Press week the 4-- H t and the environment. For further information, call the monument at 756-523- 8. J V cr v 9-- Duke Freeland pott with his hone, open daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Oct. 3 1. Here visitors may view a video on Timpanogos Cave. The Visitor Center also offers sales ofbooks, slides and video tapes around Timpanogos Cave, other units of the National Park Service competition nt Judy Freeland, Lehi, competed f - if I most good. The police suggested the videos. "We teach classes once or twice a week on druguse and abuse," Smith said. "The kids seem to respond to the video presentations." v Westover said the Chamber plans to fund other projects as well with the funds. " Titles purchased include "Teen-&g- e ' Drinking and Drug Abuse,-Druof Abuse: Signs and Symptoms," "Marijuana: Playingfor High Stakes," and 'Winners and Losers: Dealing with Substance Abuse." Businesses contributing the pro- - '' : ? Duke Freeland, rides his way to state victory in multiple-evecontest horsemanship Duke son of Bill received B ribbon. and - Donna Lee Eisenhart, Carleton Watkins and John Bushman. The council terms of Sherwin Allred, Keith Jenkins and Wesley Rasmussen will be up this year and all three chose not to run again. 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