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Show EmcEiry 1900 QoxuiirDQy FIFTY YEARS of SERVICE VOLUME 51, NUMBER 21 Snow fall and water content of that snow, as measured at the three stations In Ephraim Canyon by the U. S. Forest Service, is generally less than for the year 1948 and also is aver- less than the long-tiage. That is the conclusions reported by the Forest Service based on measurements tabulated! up to and including December 30, 1949. At Meadows, elevation 9860 ft., 50 inches of snow with a water content of 12.67 inches, me Co. Students The names of 48 Carbon ter has been thus far drier than last, the month of Decern was ber, 0649, paradoxically, wetter than the same month of 1948, and much wetter than had fallen up to December 30 of 1948, while only 31.42 inches of snow with a water content of 8.08, were recorded up to December 30, 1949. A similar deficit of precipitation was shown in the tabulations for Oaks (elevation 7655) and for Headquarters (elevation 8850), except that at Oaks the precipitation of this winter was greater than e the average. But while the present win e the average for December. At Meadows, for example, precipitation in Decern ber of 1949 was 3.90 as compared with 2.86 for 1948 and 2.78 for the average. The tabulations and conclusions were reported this week by the Great Basin Research Center office at Ephraim. long-tim- -- long-tim- Col- students who maintained a grade point average of 23 or over during the fall quarter are on the honor roll released last week by Aaron E. Jones, president of the College. Nine Agricultural and mining enterprises. Mormon exploration and settlement, scenic attractions and legends of outlawry of Emery County are discussed in a one-pafeature article of the December 15 issue of Western Farm Life. The article is illustrated with two pictures one of them a scene of a typical San Rafael chasm and the oth er a range picture. Concisely written, it is in its scope of information a miniature encyclopedia of Emery County, and will do much to publicize this area thru-othe Mountain Westge of the students listed are from Emery County, viz., Marilyn Jean Anderson, daugh ter of Mrs Maude Anderson of Huntington; Gary Arnold, son of Mrs Mae Arnold, Hunting-toUdell Atwood, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Atwood of Elmo; Bonnie Rae Ericksen, a daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Ericksen of Elmo; Reid Notice is hereby given that Leamaster, son of Mrs Marie the Board of Education of the Leamaster, Huntington; Geary McCandless, son of Mrand Mrs Emery County School District will receive sealed bids for the Ray McCandless, Huntington; Jackson Moffitt, Huntington, purchase of a new 66 passenson of Mrs Leona Moffitt of ger school bus (with overdrive). A 54 passenger 1944 InternatOrangeville; Wells C. Wakefield, son of Mrand Mrs C. N. This is the third of a series ional bus will be turned in upon Wakefield of Huntington; Jim of articles on agriculture with- the purchase. Peacock, son of Mrand Mrs J. in Emery County which will All bids are to be in the D. Peacock, Orangeville. be written by County Agent School Board Office at Huntare Darrell H. Matthews. They ington, Utah on or before Febacquaint people ruary 11, 1950. designed to SOUTH EMERY PRINCIPAL with the various phases of agthe right riculture within the county and toThe Board reserves GETS STATE POST reject any or all bids. will show production and inC. L. Frye for Board of of come from these various comB. A. Jensen, principal Education Emery County of the modities. probSome South Emery High School in School District. Ferron, and president of the lems and accomplishments of groups Emery Education Association, the various commodity has been named to membership will be discussen by Mr Matth- Orangeville on the elections committee of ews, as well as giving outlook 47 Club The basketball the Utah Education Associa- information tor 1950 as it ap- team met the Hiawatha team pears to affect Emery County. In a return' game on their own tion, according to announcement by Allan M. West, execfloor and a turn about score By Darrell H. Matthews was achieved. This week the utive secretary of the UEA. Emery County Agent feed!-i47 Club boys played with the Mr Jensen is one of twenty Emery County is a eneight educators in Utah named porting area. Thereto is not out Fisher Beer quint. carry to this committee. Ray S. Mer ough feed grown of rill, Pleasant Grove, UEA pres- a balanced farm operation member of feeding livestock on most of ident, is the farms. There is a definite the group. need to increase the amount of f.eed grown within the County. Ways of increasing feed grown may be (a) raise more com for silage, (to) reduce acreage of oats grown and increase acreage of barley, com and of wheat in its place. The winter emergency occur ring in U948 pointed! out thei need for more storage of feed! in the County. Each stockman By Mrs flora Jensen should store enough feed to carry all of his livestock over Huntington an emergency periodiof three n Hunting-toof Lott Adelbert J. Cottonseed cake and and Mrs Jessie Miller of weeks. should be stored in the Grand Junction were married pellets the Peter Me fall where they will be availJanuary 9th at where some of able for these emergencies ocElprang home, their friends had suppeer with curring in the winter. The calf crop as shown by them. Bp. Kenneth Brasher of ficiated at the rites. The new- a survey is between 35 and 70 ly married couple spent a few per cent in Emery County. Profits from any enterprise are days in Salt Lake. directly proportional to the per centage production from any By Mrs Pearl Baker given unit. An increased calf Greenriver crop will greatly increase inMiss Maxine Howland and come to most ranchers in EmJoe Baker were united in mar ery County. Better managerlage at the home of the par- ment of bulls and better use ents of the bride, Mr and Mrs of supplementary feeds for all Harry (Babe) Howland, by Jus breeding cows are certain ways tice of the Peace O. K. Ander- of Increasing our calf crop. son. The groom is the son of Cattle units in Emery County are generally very small on (Oontd. p. 8. Col. 4.) most farms. The average permit on torest land in 1949 was 21 head per man. Costs per head are greatly increased un der this condition. A better program supplementary farm is needed to relieve these costs and insure larger Income to Increased stockmen. smaller use of pastures in production of cattle promises a solution. NOTICE Beef cattle numbers are slow OF ANNUAL MEETING ly increasing in the United NOTICE is hereby given that States. However, beef supplies the annual meeting Of the will remain about the same stock --holders of the Cotton- in 1950 as in 1949. Meat conwood Creek Consolidated) irri- sumption has increased to 150 gation Company will be held pounds per person in 1949. The at the Social Hall, Orangeville, Bureau of Agriculture Econom Utah, on Saturday, the 21sl ics reports that the consumer the demand for meat is strong day of January, 1950, at to maintain rather high hour of 1:00 oclock p. m. for v the purpose of hearing the an- meat price so long as full em, , nual report of the secretary ployment and high prices are and treasurer, to elect 7 board maintained. It is estimated If members to serve for the en- incomes continue near the pres suing ' year, and to transact ent level, the 1950 outlook is any other business that might for only slight reduction in the. properly come before the meet- price of veal and beef. Beef cattle numbers in Em-- 1 ing. Date and hour provided for ery County Should remain the same as in 1949. by the Articles of Incorporation O. W. Sitterud, tor cattle Prices expected Secretary, Treasurer, Cottonwood Creek Consolidated ir- should remain within a flve-cerange of present prices if rigation Co. present national incomes re-- 1 First published Jan. 13, 1960 main. Last published Jan. 20, 1950 ut - n; PUBLIC NOTICE Livestock Problems Discussed m Huntington Man, G. R. Pair Recite Vows JPafer Corp. Stockholders To Meet i ! 1 t By Mrs Flora Jensen Mrs Sarah Simmons of Well ington is visiting here with her daughter, Mrs Bee Lea' master. Friends of Mrs Fannie Me Elprang surprised her one day the past week for her birthday. The goup enjoyed visiting and refreshments and Mrs McElprang received many nice gifts. The public library has been moved to a new location in the front of the south room of the Jones Service Station building. Bp. and Mrs C. N. Wakefield, and Mr and Mrs Edw. Q. Geary attended funeral service in Salt Lake City Thursday for Mrs Cecelia Woodward. Cora Johnson visited friends and relatives in Salt Lake City a few days recently. Mr and Mrs Ray McCandless visited with Mr and Mrs Gale Kinder and family in Provo on Sunday. Frank Hall and Mr and Mrs Guy Young made a trip to reGarland, Utah, Saturday, turning Sunday. The Youngs visited Mr and Mrs Ronald Leonard and Mr and Mrs Basil Mr Nelson, at Garland. Halls parents live Mr and Mrs George Young of Orangeville visited with Mr and Mrs Sam McElprang Tuesday afternoon. Carolyn Harding has been quite ill from effects of the mumps but is now improving. Mr and Mrs Clinton Wakefield and Mr and Mrs Rex Nel son left for Salt Lake Wednes day to attend the County offic ials Convention to be held at that place Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Zen Jensen and Kemp Robinson are attending the stock show this week in Denver. Mrs Minerva Anderson reports that she has received information that 'her daughter and Mr and Mrs Waldo Frandsen, have returned home from the Hawaiian Islands where they have been since October 17, 1949. Mr Frandsen is a government employee in the Soil Conservation Service and. has made a complete survey of the Hawaiian Islands. The couple returned to their home in Portland, Oregon, by plane. Castle Valley Plans Annual Meet Co-o- p The annual meeting of the Castle Valley Cooperative, of Huntington, will be held Monday, January 30, 1950, in the County Court House at Castle Dale, according to Royal S. Jewkes, manager. The program, which will begin at 7:30 P. M., will include a speaker from the Utah Cooperative Association as well as a prominent Swedish cooperator. All members of the Association, their wives and friends, are urged to attend and hear a report of the business operations druing the past year,, in addition to the invited speakers. Light refreshments will be served to all attending the meeting. Co-o- ps -- hKP V ' nt JANUARY 20, 1950 In a series of actions taken during the months of November and December, cattlemen of four counties SanI ete, Se ier and Carbon have been affiliated inEmery, a new association with the object of better studying mutual problems and advancing mutual interests. The organization is known as the Southeast Central Livestock Association. At a meeting held in Price on January 7, final steps in the effecting of the organization were taken, and the following officers were named tQ serve for a term of one year; George Magnuson, Castle Dale, president; Vivian Lar son. Spring City, vice president; Henry Blain, Spring City, secretary; Royal Frand sen. Price, C. H. Snow, Fer ron, Alden Barton, Manti, Huntington A farewell testimonial will George A. Coates, Mt. Pleas be held on Saturday evening ant, Board Members. for Elder Revo Rowley, who will leave tor the L D a Monday Succeeding the Price con- Mission Home in Salt Lake fab, E. M. Crawford of Cas City, prior to a mission tie Dale was also named as in the Centralserving States for the a secretary. Church. Ferron Prior to the Price meeting a Jay Larson, 20 year old son group of cattlemen had met in of Mr and Mrs Carl Larson, Ephraim on November 5th. At will leave Ferron Sunday for that time preparations were Salt (Lake where he will enter made for the later gathering at the mission home. After being Two Receive Church Call Price, according to Mr. Magnu- there for the necessary time, son, who also advised that two he will fill a mission for the Board Members to represent L. D. S. Church In Tahiti, one Sevier County have not yet of the South Sea Islands. Wedbeen named. nesday night of this week he was entertained at the home It is understood that of Sam Singleton with a showof the arand a feast. Thursday night ea also have membership in er the church, the Ward, under the new organization, though in the cattlemen, by reason of the pre and direction of the Bishopric Missionary Committee, gaof their ponderance numbers By Mrs Wm. T. Ulster make up most of the member- ve him a farewell party, a good program and social was Cleveland ship. The committee is A large crowd attended the Motivation for the organiza- enjoyed. Llewllyn Killpack, Aaron Willfuneral services of Mrs Caro- tion, Mr Magnuson, informs, is iams anti George Whitlock. line Mills Winder, held Thursday in the school auditorium. Music was furnished by the Ladies Chorus, Dagmar Lltster and a selection from Elmo. Speakers were Bp. George Jorgensen of Price, C. D. Oveson, COUNTY OFFICIALS ATTEND Bp. J. J. Larsen and Bp. Wm. F. Eden. STATE CONVENTION Mrs Winder was member Mr and Mrs Fred W. Reid of the Cleveland Warda and had Registered Herefords of Emery County will next and Mr and Mrs George Young spent most of her life in this vie for honors against top Herefords from six wesmonth are in Salt Lake City this week area. She was the of to attend the County Officers the late Mr and daughter Mrs Henry tern states, when they are entered at the Red Bluff, CalifConvention held there. Mills and was married about ornia, Bull Sale and Show by C. H. and Don Sno(w, prom-me- n 40 years ago to Wm. Winder. t breeders of Ferron. That was the announcement of He survives her along with 11 a bulletin circulated by the Show committee, whose full of her 14 sons and daughters. Burial was in the Cleveland text follows: cemetery under the direction RED BLUFF, CALIF of Wallace Mortuary. lng Hereford1 and Shorthorn WE WELCOME breeders of six western states are consigning to the famea We invite our to readers Beginning this week and CLEVELAND NOTES. Red Bull Sale contribute news notes and and Bluff, California, continuing (we hope) for Show, to be held here on Mrs Wm. T. Litster By to stories the Progress several months, by the ProFebruary 2, 3, and 4, according Mr and- Mrs Henry Mlnchey phoning, writing or delivergress will present to Its read to F. Stover, President ing them verbally to our cor of Charles ers a new feature, which in are rejoicing over the arrival the Tehama County Cattlea moment of mental fatigue of their first child, a girl, born respondents in each town. To interview everyone in mens Association and Sale and stalemate we decided to in the Price Hospital. The little Miss is she as every part of town each Chairman. quite important call Whozit?. With quality rather than is the first grandchild of Mrs is week beyond the capacity This year marking the be- Elva more and of our reporters, and yet we quantity stressed first also and the Wayne ginning of the second are anxious to have such more, 392 animals, slightly unof Mr and Mrs June grandchild of existence for the der the record number of last They will visit for a wide coverage in our colProgress, we climbed with Mlnchey. umns. The reportrs will wel year, will be sold during the few days with Mrs Wayne' bemuch grunting and groan- fore sale. returning to their home come wholeheeartedly your 1950 ing into our attic storeroom in Hiawatha. This number includes 325 reg to communications them. a few days ago, to see what A Hereford range and Editor istered dancing club has been orhad been hidden away there ganized herd bulls, and 67 Shorthorns. to learn and practice course the of fifty the old time dances. Last Thduring There will be no registered hei years. And what we found ursday was their opening fers sold this year, Stover said. night kind-o- f Breeders from Utah consign captivated us; sev- with about 50 in attendance eral scores of engravings and an enjoyable evening was lng bulls to the colorful show of men and women, many spent. They will toe held every include the Hawley Hereford of them now deceased, some Thursday night. There will be Ranch of Richfield, Jensen of them long ago moved to no fee charged, just an occasBros, of Logan, Verl Nordfors, other climes, a few of them ional contribution to pay for Annatoella, Petersen Bros, of still residents in Emery Co- the lights. Ogden, C. H. and1 Don Snow, unty, most of them at one The Eden Ferron, Elwood Williams of Og are sporting time prominent citizens he- a new car. boys den, and Wlnterton Bros, of re. Kamas. Alton Van Wagoner has reThis is the ninth year of Rex Nelson, Emery County Well, we spent an hour or cently moved his family Into two dusting them off and their new apartment built in Assessor, will be in Greenriver the event, described by western cattlemen as the outstanding sorting them out and the connection with his service sta on, Friday, January 27, to sell sale of its kind in the United from license plates for passenger thought occurred to us that tion. Their trucks to fa- States. maybe seeing those pictures Price visited them during the cars and pick-u- p Stover said that the event, would give you a few min- holidays in a new car he had cilitate the of procurement utes of pleasure each week. won on a raffle. sponsored by the Tehama Co. Wm. Tucker of Salt Lake Is plates by residents in the east- Cattlemens Association, has as Heres the first offering: ern part of the County. His its purpose the stimulation of and we ask you: Who is it? a guest at the Moses Tucker depot will be the Town Hail, beef cattle quality improveor Whozit? And the answer home. Orville Ward was a business and the plates will be sold be- ment through the use of top Is to be found on page four. Ed. visitor in Salt Lake last week tween the hours of 10:00 and sires. and brought home a 1941 Mer- a2:00 a. m. and 1:00 and 3:30 p. m. cury car. EMERY NOTES f'W Mr Nelson will set up a deOrangeville Mr and Mrs Harold Hansen Mr and Mrs Tom Humphrey pot similarly in other towns of from and daughter Marie arrived the County for the same pur- and Mrs Etta Anderson visited here Canyon home Friday evening after a pose. This schedule has not Spring with his parents. It was months visit in Detroit with been drawn up yet, howevr. It Friday a special occasion, being their relatives. will be later. announced J0f t A '" mothers birthday. Mr and Mrs Clinton Broderick were here last week from 'i" Jy Salt Lake, where they now reside, to transact the business of selling their farm. Earl Olsen was the purchaser. Mrs Eudean Olsen and! Dixie were injured in a car At a meeting of the Board ing Mr Killpack in that posi- Olsen collision coming from Price of Education of the Emery tion. Mabel Lemmon was nam- last week. They were treated County School District, held in ed Treasure. at the Price Hospital and are its offices in Huntington on Other action taken at the both back home. Mr and Mrs Max Jolly from Saturday night, January 14th, meeting, according to Supera reorganization of the Board intendent C. L. Frye, was the Salt Lake visited here a couwas effected as follows: G. C. official Induction Into the ple of days with his grandKillpack, of Huntington, was Board of Duane Jensen, Cleve- parents, Mr and Mrs Franklin named president, to succeed land. Mr Jensen was elected Petty. Ervin Franklin,. Cleveland, and In December voting In RepreHomer Jensen has returned was sentative precinct No. 2, win- home from Florida. He came Ferron, Seely Petersen, named vice president, succeed ning out over Ervin Fraklln. (Cont. page 8, Col. 5) son-in-la- w, Burial Rites Honor Matron At Cleveland wool-growe- four-coun- rs ty Co. Hereford Breeders Exhibit On West Coast 'Progress Offers ' Whozit ?, A New Weekly Feature ex-offi- t FRIDAY, HUNTINGTON NOTES Emery County Publicized In "Western Farm Life Listed On Honor Roll lege 1000 READERS CASTLE DALE, UTAH LIGHT SNOWFALL ON MANTI FOREST IS REPORTED BY RESEARCH OFFICE Pirogmsss 1950 G. Bo Mm Head Mew Stock Group To - half-centu- ry Assessor Offers Town Sales Of Plates son-ttn-la- w f"' - ! l. 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