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Show Historic 227 Miles Of Hoads Built By Utah During 62 More ilun 227 rmles of roads were constructed in Utah during 1962. This involved 76 different major projects with an expenditure of over $17 million dollars, according to C. Taylor Burton. Director of Highways Most of the construction was on the 34.000 miles of already established routes, within the State. Some 15 per ce.it, however, has been new right of way developments to help meet the demands of the ever increasing traffic. FOR REASONS of financing and administration, the roads in the State of Utah are classified either as Interstate, Primary, Secondary or State Of the 104 miles of completed Interstate roads to date, 38 miles were this year, with some $12 million dollars expended. With 120 miles classified as State Roads. 101 miles as Secondary, and 66 miles as Primary, the total adds to new heights for one year. This record is in spite of the fact that comparatively few miles of Interstate highways were completed this year due to the decision to presently concen- trate on the Wasatch Front. Section where extra heavy traffic in Salt Lake County alone calls for 15 major interchanges, each complicated by one-- half mile or more of elevated bridge type roadways. Such complex construction is equivalent to hundreds of miles of finished road work across desert areas, Mr. Burton points out. THE FUTURE CALLS for an ever increasing tempo of road construction in Utah, with more than 600,000 vehicles registered in 1962 In 1950, when vehicles the registered of the state were only statisticians estimated our registered vehicles would reach 600,000 To add to this obvious popu- 250.000, that in 1970 lation explosion, it is pointed out that the tourist traffic is increasing some 16 per cent each year at the cross roads of the west which also presents a challenge for the future highway construction Federal funds amounting to $78 million Is being returned to Utah for construction of highways during 1963. and all but 93 per cent have already been obligated for programmed work all set to go. The Tooele Transcript Crossing Flooded The famous "Crossing of the Fathers" on the Colorado River Norway f ,i jf Clair I.lkingion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen H. Iilkington, 450 South 1st West. Tooele, returned Christmas Eve from a two and year LDS Mission to Norw ay. He reports the LDS that Church is growing in Norway with difficulty getting land, cn which to build new chapels, because of State Church opposition. One new chapel has Just been completed and two more are now under construction. The chapels are the same size and type of new chapels here. ' 1963. one-hal- from the US. Engineers Bureau of Reclamation will close diversion tunnels at Glen Canyon Dam and begin storing water in massive Lake Powell, soon to be the largest fresh water lake in Utah and one V e bodies of the largest water in the world, Water backing up behind the dam will soon cover up the - ... man-mad- f three crops (1959-6acreage, as adjusted) Interest in basketball has caused the missionaries to offer their services and Clair did some teaching of basketball in Norwegian schools They really like American basketball, he reports and it has been a means of making friends for the mis- sionaries THE GROWTH p - - -- s , W1 Utes fcxitball team. He was two weeks early from his mission so that he could of the IDS start winter quarter. A homecoming honoring Elder Norway is accelerwill be held January ating with a youth missionary program in which friends are brought to church, to cottage armeetings and meetings the missionaries, ranged becoming an important factor. Elder Elkington worked in Trondheim, Molde, Bergen. Oslo and Porsq-ruSandefjord, in Norway and for two months traveled as companion to the Second Counselor in the Norwegian Mission Presidency. He was supervising elder in Oslo and Vestfold districts and presided over them. THE NORWEGIAN people are program will generally follow for 1961 slow to get aquainted with but program provisions they are your friends for life and 1962 crops by giving feed once their friendship has been gain producers an opportunity participate in the program by gained he observes and states that he enjoyed his association reducing acreages and to receive with them very much. payments Allen Warr, Chair- Economic conditions in Nor- man Agricultural Stabilization and they and Conservation, Tooele Com- way are improving are doing better than they were mittee has announced. As in a few years ago. New house 1962 the program will apply to construction cannot meet the corn, gram sorghum, and bar- Church KL-- in for where a brass plaque was placed in 1938 to commemorate the historic fording. CROSSING The arrow in this aerial photograph rf the Crossing of the Fathers shows the mouth of Padre Creek actually crossed the river a little downstream, diagnally fording the stream over a shallow sandbar. The brass marker was erected in 1938 by Dr. Russell G. Frazier, Charles Kelly and Byron Davies, three well known river runners. 1352 Ete 7 ... ' A. f 3 it steep-walle- Elks Bowlin" W(7 TTKjffv Tournament Jan. 26 - Feb. 3 The annual Elks singles bowling tournament is scheduled on January 26, 27 and February 2 an( ? a the Tooele Bowl. This will be a handicap nament with many valuable prizes to be awarded. Prizes and squad sheets will be at Tooele Bowl after January demands there. On I fojfyr.itFttL hr Af rh (ZrAnxttii Cr.& fit it tU "fr, t - rr xtd t tewsE: Kktrat. JWStn rgnr lift? t$tr, faff t ?n. "3W u mr to c; 6 r . - dtf r: r , v Ate ' it, 'w i..igJiiWr V'V!f'myH' mm. way to feet of snow in Oslo left. 12th. Proceeds from the tournament the Elks charity fund. E 1 his Smii The brass plaque at the Crossing of the MARKER Fathers is now accessible only by boat and is expected to be removed before waters of Lake Powell back up to cover the site. Tooele, he stopped briefly in England and visited the London Temple and the Hvde Park Chanel. AFTER 18 HOURS of flying time he returned to Tooele which he found enjoying better weather than the 18 degrees below temperatures and the three when he Sunshine is limited in Norway during the winter with two hours of sunshine at Trondheim during his first winter there. Summers warm and almost 24 hours of daylight almost made up for it, he reports. HIS PLANS are to return to the University of Utah where for two years he was on the 4, 1963 for any payments or price support on any of the three feed grains Included In the program the farmer must divert the total acreage for which he signs uo. The Chairman explained that farmers may take part in they program by reducing the total of their 1963 feed grain acreage (corn, grain sorghum, and barley) by at least 20 per cent The maximum diversion is the higher of 40 per cent of the base acreage. The acreage of the acreage, as adjusted) will be Missionary Back from in Kane County will be consign-e- d to a watery grave early in of the most popular in western America. of the Fathers "Crossing played a significant part in the first chapter of Utahs history," said D. James Cannon, director of the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council. THE FIRST WHITE MEN to penetrate the state were two Spanish priests from Santa Fe, Father Escalante and Father Dominguez who, with a small party of soldiers and Indians, crossed Utah in 1776 in search of a route to California. While encamped in what later was to become Beaver County, the Franciscan explorers gave up their search and then traveled south and southeast, looking d for a place to cross the Colorado River. After many hardships and weeks of searching, Escalantes party made its way down what later was to be named Padre Creek, chipped steps out of the sandstone walls to give their horses footing and eventually crossed the Colorado on Nov. 7, 1776, at the spot known today as Crossing of the Fathers. The stone steps chipped by the explorers are still visible about a mile up Padre Creek. They too will be cover- ed by the waters of Lake Powell, A PLAQUE AT THE mouth of Padre Creek commemorates the historic rrossine The Fathers Friday, January By participating, will receive diversion farmers payments for shifting acreage from pro- duction to a conservation use and in addition they will receive price support payments on the normal production of the 1963 feed grain acreage. They will also be eligible to obtain price- loans and purchase support agreements for the actual 1963 feed grain production. Rates for diversion payments are some- what smaller than in previous years, but this decrease will be more than offset for most farm- by the pay- payments. price-suppo- rt A MAJOR CHANGE from pre- vious programs, Mr. Warr em- is that to be eligible average will be combined into one total feed gran base for each farm, and the farmer may choose to divert one or more of the feed grains, with the diversion payment being made at the per acre rate to the applicable particular grain or grains diverted. Farmers who have planted their 1963 barley crop this fall will be able to take part In th- e1963 program by reducing their total fed grain acreage by at least 20 per cent. PRICE SUPPORT to d alaR farmers will be available Pary through loans and ptir-chase agreements and partly trough the price support anl partly through the price support payment. Loans-anpurchase agreements will reflect a national average price of $1 02 per bushel on corn. $t 62 per hundred weight on grain sorghum, and 79 cents per bushel on barley. In addition, price support payments will be made on the normal production of the 1963 feed grain acreage at the rate of 18 cents per bushel on corn. ?9 cents per hundred weight (16 cents per bushel) on grain sorghums and 14 cents per bushel on barlev. Oats and rve are rot included ln the f(d rai n nropram. thus n0 payment is providpd and n0 reduction in acreage is reouired for price sunport eligi-t- o biity As ,n 19fi2 the national averape supports for heir two crops fnr jqgj wjj be 62 cents per bushel for oats and $1.02 per busbei for rye Participating farmers will be abe to put all their 1963 crop coril( grajn sorghum and barley under price support loans and pUrchase agreements. This is a change from earlier programs, which limited support to the nor ma production of the 1962 crop, UNDER THE 1963 program, acres taken out of feed grains may planted to guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, and castor beans but at a lower diversion rate with no payment on acres to safflower. Malting planted barley in 1963 will be treated like all other barley. Farmers may received part of their acreage diversion payment at the time they sign up to par-er- s ticipate in the program. The signup period for the 1963 feed grain program will be early next year and it will be announc-phasizeed later Chairman Warr said. particl-release- -- pav-Elkin- d 13 J - d, roRnsTiiTREDumons Ladies and Childrens DRESSES and SWEATERS Vs and V2 Men's and Boy's Dept. off $12.95 $4.95 ONLY Vs off Lingerie Complete Clearance DRESS PANTS Values to Values to $16.95 $9.95 ONLY Drastic Reductions Ladies and Girl's Dept DRESS SHIRTS On AU Values to NOW COATS $4.00 2 for $3.95 KNIT SHIRTS Black Flats 3 98 reg to 6.98 Values to NOW 2 $3.95 for $1.98 (also plenty of other flats. Sale Priced) Vfdh Dress Shoes 500 !00 pair Slippers 30 Matte Jerseys Botany Wools Fuzzies, reg 4.98 50 Materials 20 All-Wo- ol off off SPECIAL TABLES Winter Cottons, Including Bates Assorted Fabrics 59c Yd 4 yards $1.00 IV ' Regular styles as nationally advertised at $9 99 to $)2 99 North Main 0 Dial 19 382-162- 36 No. Main St. Phone 882-227- 4 J 18 Tooele9 s Complete Family Store |