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Show HURRICANE HUB. HL'RRICA.. UTAH NOrM.IR 2. 1947 U.UIO.-- BASKt HANKS St. Georgei Cadar C.ty v. at this time Leonard McCollum To Head Kaneb at lu desire We rspress 0 Eelerpn.. TIMES PAROWAN THE ,ur limns jtirei istmn to the people prise at Perewsa, Ch, Ward, the Bishol the fur, Kanabt Hurricase , j PUBLISHED WEEKLY Continental Oil Company as a whole, Dec. 26, Perowea opric, end !he miuuiunity by the I for their rlforts in making our so. PAROWAN PUB. k PIUNTING CO George at Cadar City, such a pleasant Hurricane. Jaa. 3, f jours in I'arowen A C.nlcnni.l Story uf Southern Utah Wtor VL Norawui PubLaLer, LJr. one We eipeiully want to thsnk the Parowea; St. Georg M By Werd for the lovely farewell party Kaaab at tturncaae J . r- r.-- y W. Earl Khmrh.it LIBRARY OF CONGRESS which w 1 1 givrn 10 our honor. at liurricaae; Cadar C District Conservationist MAH SttlfPittfi ASSOCtUIO.H K Ci.MF.SMAL EXHIBITION rnjoyrd Aid appreciated every-thin- g prise; Kaaab at St. Cof ou to know tkat and wnl St. Georg 1 ha Library of Congress at Pio.,( during CHARTER HI! HATIOjML (DdORjAL hit pi Ant aocation will always Cadar at the Uteh Centennial season bsd Cityi Dell Ent,pru, Maunlrm Virgin City be cberiibrd by Jaa. 21 Parowea at tiu, display in Washington, D. C. an s Cratlvn Dum isn't Kefreuf .Mr & Mn. Alma Decker & family aab at Cadar City, tansisa number of Utah photograph Rothvillt liurricaae. Jaa. 28. Second Claw Mad Mat taken by government photographer Zntcrrd ol the valley" to "opper Moving In Mti2 fuur fannli.t moved wonders the Cedar acamc toundrd. waa; City at $ Ur at th Peat Offke at Parowan. showing Utah's tmd that we Nephi Virgin River, and in 1864 thaca liurricaae at Utah. October 17. 1115. Schune.burg into Enterpns, trail agricultural developments, eapand Indian an Johnson, following Parowea at Cadar City industries, early buildings, histories into Zion Canyon in I Suit, found a were 45 peo; le living there. The site at St. George; Hurn(at covered about 100 acres of land at monuments and present day edifices strip of fertile alluvial land nearly and Creek Schunes of mouth The display is a comprehensive story It is SBticipatad that a the 20 miles long and in some places a Le readily irrigated. The peoba bald around Fab of Utah in pictures. The collection will could Because wide. mile bout one-hal- f ( town of tin. successfully grew has keen brought to Utah by th there was ple to of water 'irrigate plenty Department of Publicity and Inrus the "bottom lands" below "Uppet irops of corn, grape., fruit and grain trail Development and is now on were for about 30 year.. The conn. true materials building Valley," tour of tho stato. ion of "Wriggle Trail" allowed the.e available, timber and pasture land above 01 ia AJI Kinda follows schedule as The eahibit for The Boot la "at hand, Juhnson was asked to people to u.e the high pa.ture. Vir of the Widening Leonard F. McCollum, 45, pictured November vchunesburg. Provo, (B.Y.Us) establish a settlement at the most bank dur Dec cutting amber River, through baa just been elected pre.id above, (U.S.A.C.) gin Logan suitable location in this area. tbe cau.ed water U. .ea.on., of Lake high Continental Oil Company, Salt .ng of ent (U. road Speech crude City a Johnson first built LIFE FIRE be abandoned dur to own Hotel December except BONDS effective Convention, front SURETY Ulabj Twist I, succeeding Department AUTOMOBILE called the "Johnson I ; December ng .ea.on. of planting and harvest-ng- . Dan Moran, wbo ba. resigned beRive Ogden LaVerkut across Toquerville The old .tone hou.e which be- cause tf ill bealtb. W. ROWLEY (Weber College) January over the Hurricane Cliffs and select Cadar City, (Branch U.S.A.C.) Jan ed bis sits which he called "Virgil longed to DeMille .till .tend. a. Bora ia Bradford, Tenn., in 1902, irominent land mark. St. Georg (Disia Colin moved families now becomes ona of th McCollum The first FOR SALEl 10 fool grain drill witb uary City. The .mall .ettlement of Northup Price (Carbon Vorn Frailey, Beryl, lege) February horse hitch. youngest major executive of a fully during the early spring of 1858 and ; Salt Lake 1859. During their first year at Virlong the Virgin River wa. fir.t act integrated oil company in the United College) February Utah. City (Board of Education, Art Do gin City, crops were harvested from led in 1861 by four familie. led states. Ha launched bia oil career Coal for aalo. Wood in tho alick or partment) March and April, and St tan acres. A road was constructed jy Janie. Lemon. They cultivated ollowing graduationn from the Un50 acre, along the river banka, aawod. Contact Scott L Orton or Mary of tho Wasatch, May I IS. Be up North Creek where a few settlers iversity of Texas in 1925 by joining sura to see it when itcomee to your founded Mountain Dell. A few years vlo.t of the farmland, were "wa.bed tho Humble Oil and Refining ComGaylea Baylese. out" by the Virgin River. A .mall area. pany, an affiliate of Standard Oil following the settlement of Virgin Living room furnituro rocororod, in use, Communities desiring to bring City, everyone despite .mount of the land i. (till prospered and rapairad. Write South Utah Company (New Jersey), a a geoloout the lavt hou.e wa. vacated in tboir this or caused to town eahibit In 1934 ba became chief geoloby to city croplands call 525R Cadar gist. damages or City. Eichanga can get full details by writing De- .loods, and the production of cot- 1910. gist and manager of exploration for FOUND: A Boys Hatmal. Ooa rain partment of Publicity and Industrial About the umt time Rockville, tho Carter Oil ton proving unfavorable. In 1864. Company, another and Northup were set-Icbandana. Ona mans brown auil coat. Development, Salt Lake City. ochune.burg it was 1940 336 Standard affiliate, and later the population was Jersey 7 . Boyt twaatar the colonial, moved into Spring-Jale- . became Mana hat tie 154. Mountain Dell has now been a: 73!. OF UTAH LAND a president of the Carter Com-panI ad The fir.t group of familie. ar and gray. Girls red felt hat. house ranch one moved to New York in and He bandonad only OWNED FEDERALLY Yallow atraw hat cowboy. Rod huntrived in November 1862, and by 1943 as assistant coordinator of North Creek. proPress ralaasea have recently point- remains in Alladin At Thaator. 1864 nine families had built July ing cap. of 1859, four or December Oil Standard for activities During ducing ed out that 73 of Utah's land is and cultivated land. After lomei town the established families and a five (New Company location. Jersey), Homs year SALE: FOR good federally owned and administered Rocksix miles above Virgin .wo year., the group moved to later advanced to the position of Contact Wallace Hulet. Of the 38,386,018 acres under fed' of Grafton ville in an effort to more easily forethe led C. Nathan Tenney coordinator, which assignment he ity. eral administration, 24,970,216 acres Moods completely destroyed stall Indian raid. They moved back held at the time of hi. election to FOR RENT: Small apartmant for are under the direction of tho group. gras the town during the winter of 186i-62- , o their farm in 1874 and relocated head Continental Oil Company. tho winter. Mrs. Frona Cartwright. ing service; 7,838, 035 acres under and it was. moved upstream two .heir farm hou.e. away from the tho forest service; 4,149,275 acres Building Lot For Sale: Saa John H. of lodian miles to its present location. Today Virgin River flood plain.. Send a subscript 285,481 acres in lands; After a few year, all of the avail-sbl- e DECKER FAREWELL Continued Jansen. once fertile fields national parks and monuments; 62, most of Grafton's land in the Virgin Valley wa. river bed, washed 816 acres, fish and wild life; 92,305, and gardens are the Parowan Tic and the available pa.ture readings and was followed by FOR SALE: Young Hampshire Ram, irrigated flood damage. Today through away Bennett who sang a solo. More comand. utilized. can be registered. See Lloyd DeMille. Navy; 1,943,063 acres, Army; 355, Graftons 16 peopla derive their live851 acres, General Land Office; 265, the old friends & re-The town of Springdale wa. once munity singing followed from outside sources 159 acres, Reclamation Brueau; 41, lihood chiefly familiar by noted for of raw manufacture it. songs being enjoyed s Another town lost through the 929 acres, soil conservation; 1,117 Wether it be a w floods was hide bottom chair. For almo.t 50 everyone. River the of Virgin acres, Farm Security; other agencies then The committee refreshment did the town not materially founded in 1861. year, scription or a run federal works, public buildings, etc., Duncans Retreat, This town was located between Vir- grow even though it wa. an outpo.t served pie alamode and hot chocolate 5,292 acres. at the end of a long treacherou. Cafeteria Style to the group, before gin City and Grafton. Before the OGDENS LIVESTOCK SHOW The farmland irrigated in they adjourned to the recreation hall Ofi lands these fertile supported road. floods, has established enviabla an this vicinity compri.ed about 375 where they participated in an evenOgden about 20 for of 50 population position in tho livestock world. From years. The only marks of civilization acre., and their range for live.tock ing of old time dance with music As a special of small beginnings back in 1917 the left at Duncan's Retreat are a few wa. far diatant. They had to travel being furnished by the local old time orchestra. The benediction wa. yards have increased in size, capacity foundations and fruit trees. over a roundabout trail through RockChristmas, the Tin and business until now approximately offered by Walter C. Mitchell. and Mount Carmel ville, Canebed., the K. Smith established Philip 1 1-- 2 too to 10 tons send a wrapped 500.000 hogs and 2,500,000 Mr. & Mrs. Decker and their famheep town of Rockville, then called Ad- with their .lock. The .hortcut trail, are handled annually. in 1896, wa. dangeroua. It wa. ily left Wednesday for Beaver where built Wash mouth of Huber the at venture, the Christmas issue? Their livestock show has grown in 1860. After ithe settlers had contrail out in the rock, of Zion. they will make their home for atime, GREATER DRIVING POWER Mr. Decker having been transferin the same proportions. Last week structed their It wa.nt until after 1923, with a card statiil irrigation system they Canyon. red U.S. this to location the the when new which animals 2.000 for 100 wa. by railroad, $25,000 found that a lot of their good land competed GREATER DURABILITY whom the subscript-i- s in prizes and 238 purebred animals lay above the ditches and that most mile, diatant, came into Cedar City, Government Department of AgriculAND DEPENDABILITY were sold at auction for $126,705. of the land under the ditches was hat a useful market was made avail-ibl- ture, for whom he works in the Soil sent, for all tie The top animal, a Hereford bull, sold Conservation Program. This disastrous flooding. subject to SUPER DELUXE CABS take advantage In recent year. Springdale, for $3,550. Average sale price per was The proven after the flood of 1860-61- . animal including all sold (heifers offer. The subscripts The town was then moved a mile Gateway City," ha. become the larin the Upper Valley. This and bulls) was $538.00. town gest named Rockville. and upstream CEDAR MOTOR CO. is only $2.50 per l MILLIONS FOR SUGAR BEETS The increase in Rockvilles pop- wa. brought about the Zion. National what can be a bet? The two major sugar beet com- ulation shows that in 1864 there were Park access road from the we.t in 14S North Main Street and the 1919 of the construction bein 1879 there were 95, and panies with headquarters in Utah will 70, of keeping your h Cadar City, Utah there was an in- famous sandstone tunnel in 1930 pay to sugar beet growers in their tween 1880-190Mowing travel from the east. Telephone 1080 districts during November and De- crease to 200. The 1940 census In touch with the Another small village called little cember more than $47,000,000. for hows 307. Rockville was noted as For Free Estimate town? and keepiN ne of the most beautiful and pros- Zion should be mentioned before we the 1947 sugar beet crop. This year t the settlements of eave the Upper will ba the biggest year in total tons perous towns in Utah. Stone houses, the holiday greet call at This shown on was the Virgin. Army of beets as there are more acres and flower gardens and orchards adorned 1873-76- . A few families lk. ' entire year. a higher yield. These facts automat! -- .he town and the streets were lined maps of ally assure the greatest payment to with mulberry and locust trees. The then cultivated small farms in Zion al aff beet growers and the greatest ton- fields nearby were well tilled. As a Canyon near the present Zion CanEVERTITE ROOFING The Zion was yon Lodge. given lands to of their the finished pmt supplement nage irrigated product. correc In Utah there are 44,000 acres of along the Virgin River, the farmers the Canyon by Isaac Behunin accord& SIDING CO. "Our metallic minharvested producing sixteen tons to have cultivated the "big plain," an ing to James H. Jennings. i the acre. Payments will average be- extensive area of successful dry tween $14.00 and $14.50 per ton, farmland. Orval Jenkins Rep. including government benefit payCHAPTER IX wholly the product ments. This will give Utah growers Spring-dal- e Northup Schvnetburg of changes which well over the $10,000,000. mark as Little Zion their share of the beet checks. took place in The lands owned by Schunes, Chief FREIGHT RATE HEARING f the Piute Indians, was purchased world forming periRailroad freight organizations are From I by Oliver DeMille in 1861 for a ... Marsj j aski ng for a 28 increase in freight homesite. Thus, Schunesburg was od. Such will not AILWANT WHAT WE THAT'S rates in this territory. One of a series of held IN OUR HOMETOWN the Interstate by meetings come again while Commerce Commission to hear an- to this district should be reduced 10 YOU CAN NEWSPAPER CLARl man exists. Hence swers to this petition has just conpercent. HEIR BYCAUIN6 (TIN. cluded a three day session in Salt In either event, if the contention we develop Lake City. The third day of the hear- of the P. I. D. is ELMO favorably considMa Hoskins couldnt understand ing was turned over to Mr. H. W. ered, Utah a beer. and guard our minI will hunsave enjoy Myself, shippers ft Prickett and his witnesses. Mr. why she got a fit of sneezing every glass of beer or two with dreds of thousands of dollars. time Harpo, the cat, came in the . . . but Its whit PARO eral resources." is employed by the Department them to up ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR room. Finally figured Bhed have to of Publicity and Industrial Developerage they choose. SNOW BASIN get rid of Ilarpo altogether. ment and through the department From where I sit, the Interest and popularity of skiing Then Doc Hollister explained all is not to let our represents shippers of the state n Snow Basin has increased in such thing she had an allergy. Cats fur at this and other hearings. Working result in antih allergies proportions that an original appromade her Bneeze like strawberries taboos. not critic Lets on the premise that freight rates in priation of S4.000.00 advanced by give some folks rash. He gave her fellow who likes beer if this territory are and have always he Department of Publicity and Inan inoculation so she and Harpo cider. A little inoculation been high. Mr. Prickett said Any dustrial Development has proved incould live sneezelessly together. can help us sufficient I guess a lot of us have allerincrease that is allowed on class rates adequate in providing happily together. gies in the social sense. Some folks for the western trunk line system as parking space at the skiing resort. An addit ional $1,000.00 has just been cant stand movies, or radio just a whole, should be reduced by lOO'T MiTAl Mi NINO INDUSTtY made available by the department, comedians. Other folks dont go for in the mountain-Pacifi- c district, and nd the parking area will now be Of UTAH if no increase is allowed the rates made to accomodate 500 on. CARD LETS GUARD Spotlighting UTAH In WHAT IS LEFT OF I 1 u 16-3- 0 INSURANCE CLAIR 16-3- 1 1 16-28- lt 1 y. For year (UIIISTJ! ;iit your rav-lge- NEW FEDEIIAL TRUCKS Special e. PAINTING or HOOFING 0 CLARKS CABINS I'AIKHV timel erals are almost the A" NEW$'5Mf , must where sit li Joe Ma Hoskins Sneezed at Cats! Pri-cke- jr live-and-- k' fa I'1 17. I nited Stales Breuers fMnr |