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Show ynlwrs.i Microfilming Ave. Salt city, Ut'h Corn, J'n. Plan Industrial Expansion Program, County-Wid- e VOLUME 58, 1 56 s WlWi k 1 t . 4 BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1955 NUMBER 23 : EIGHT PAGES I City Council authorizes Survey for East Side Alley; Call foKBilfc on Construction SeverlSystesn A n ofew Mayor Casts Deciding Vote When Council Divides on Alley Project Specifications. Plans Will Be Proposed Improvement Would Give Access on Main Street, Between Jail and First South Ready June 10 A call for Officers, Members of the Bear River and Box Elder Chambers met Monday afternoon to plan a county-wid- e program of industrial expansion. Taking part in the discussions were, left to right, Kleon Kerr, secretary and Stewart Young, president of the Bear River Chamber of Commerce, Tremonton; Ross C. Bowen, secretary ; Doug Miller, chairman of the industrial committee ; and Herb Adamson, president of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce. . . . By a split vote in' which Mayor C. LeGrande Horsley cast the deciding ballot, the city council last Thursday night authorized a survey to be made on the proposed alley on the east side of Main street, between the old county jail and First South street, with an additional meeting of property owners . bids for construc- tion of a sewage treatment plant and sanitary sewer collection and home service lines was authorized at the June 2 meeting of the city council. According to the call, separate-bids will be received and opened at 8 p. m. on June 30 for the construction of the treatment plant, together with and approximately six miles of collection lines with necessary house service lines and three miles of outfall lines, all laid in the public streets, Plans and specifications for the two proposals were prepared by Caldwell, Richards and Sorensen, engineers, SaJit Lake City, and would be available after June 10. One set of the plans will be available at the city hall after that date also. . - planned when completed. ' Natural Gas May Be Piped " County Groups Open Drive to Attract Industries Experts from the Utah Committee for Industrial Employment and Planning, coached Box Elder and members of the Bear River Chambers of Commerce on steps to be taken to attract new industries to Box Elder county at a joint meeting held Monday afternoon , at 2:00 oclock in Brigham City. The meeting was called by Doug Miller, chairman of the industries committee of the local chamber who invited the Tre-- , monton-Garlangroup to join his committee to present a united front. Opening the discussion was Otto Wiesley, chairman of the Utah Committee for Industrial Employment and Planning and also the State Industrial commission Who explained the forming and activities of the state group,' pointing out that their principal concern is providing jobs, either through the expansion of existing plants or securing of new industries. Ames K. Bagley, . committee secretary and Executive secretary of the Utah Manufacturers association explained that all jobs are provided by service and basic industries and that the service industries are limited to communities where people live: "Where do people live? Bag-leasked. "Only where 'there are basic Industries or their equivalent. The physical production Indus mint tries include agriculture, and the manufacturing, speaker reminded the group. Rill committee Palfreyman, executive, pointed out that industry creates job opportunities for our own children, explaining that young people are leaving their home communities in Box Elder county in the quest of employment and that the purpose of the group is to provide suitable jabs. He urged the two county chambers to survey the possi ing bilities, to make a the advantages and disadvantages on the county as a whole, publish and disseminate this information as the first steps in attracting new industries in Box Elder county. Attending the meeting from the newly organized Bear River Chamber of Commerce at Tremonton were Stewart Young, president; Kleon Kerr, secretary; Rudy Miller, Don Redfield and Harold Reese. s of d To Collapse An empty truck rattled across Bear river bridge west of Honeyviile Saturday evening at 5 p. m. and went speeding down the highway unaware that the old structure had collapsed behind him. That was the story told by a young boy, said to be from Lay-towho was fishing from the bridge at the time, who saw the steel overhead support rods snap and one section of the bridge take on a saucer-shapesag. The youth guarded the bridge and when a car came along, he sent the driver to town to notify county road officials. He stayed on guard duty until after dark when a crew of workers arrived to set up batracades, then quietly left without making himself known. Bridge engineers checked the structure Tuesday with county officials. It has been Closed to all traffic and It is not known how long it will take to repair. The old .bridge west of Honey-Vinwas bui'lt in 1907, according to county records. - It had been limited to seven- and a half tons. . Alternate crossings can be made at the Bear River City bridge, Vt miles south or at the Deweyville .bridge, 6 miles north. 48-ye- d e Abandoned Car Was FBI Says The wrecked 1953 Ford sedan, impounded here last week by city police, has been turned over to the Federal Bureau of nvestigatdon having been reported stollen out of Idaho Falls. The abandoned car was noticed by Officer Odell Hatch early last Wednesday morning where it was parked on First South beside Ken Jensens market. The badly damaged vehicle was . , impounded. , , Aaron Leroy Jensen, 68, died at his home in Mantua at 4:30 p.m, Tuesday following a very short illness. He was born in Mantua, August 12, 1886, the son of Christian M. and Sophia Larsen Jensen. He was reared in Mantua and attended the Brigham Young college and Agricultural college at Logan. An active member of the LDS church, he served as a high priest and for 40 years was a ward teacher, an active temple worker and officiated in several of the auxiliary organizations while a member of the choir. He was clerk of the town iboard for 9 years, worked as custodian of the Mantua schools for 27 years. He married Emeliia Nielsen on October 4, 1911 in the Logan LDS temple. He is survived by his wife and the following sons and daughters: Laura Jensen, Ogden; Mil-toL. Jensen, Logan; Mrs. John (Margaret Rose) Turner, Vallejo, Calif.; Rolland A. Jensen, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Richard (Maunine) Robins, Orem; Harvard N. Jensen, American Fork; Gerald Jensen, LDS Danish Mission; 13 grandchildren; the following brothers and sisters: Ezra M. Jensen, Ogden; Lehi Jensen, Los Angeles; Mrs. Cora Hallings and Mrs. Ida Nelson, Mantua; Mrs. Violet Burns, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Mary Hill, Richmond. Funeral services will be held Saturday in the Mantua LDS chapel. Bishop Norman Jeppsen officiating. Friends m&y call at the family home in Mantua Friday eve morning ning and Saturday prior to services. Interment will be in the Mantua cemetery un der direction of the Harold B. Felt Funeral Home. n the City, County Radio Center Plan Approved joint radio communications center for Brigham City and Box Elder county moved a step closer last week when state Civil Defense authorities approved the proposal and It was forwarded to the area director in San Fran A cisco. The radio transmitter, a joint venture on the part of Brigham City corporation, Box Elder coun ty and the Civil Defense council, would also be available to the State Highway Patrol and other agencies. The purchase ap plication under the Civil De fense matching funds program was approved by Col. Alvin Sessions,, director of the State of Utah and Gus P. Backman, chairman, Council of Defense. city-count- y To Be Set for 56 (Farmers on Tuesday Eve Empty Truck Causes Bridge Wheat Allotments land where no wheat was seeded for grain for any of the years 1953, 1954 and 1955 may apply for a 1956 wheat Mantua, Dies y Stolen, Pioneer Dies Aaron Jensen, Jonathan Hunsaker . . . pioneer resident of Harper ward, died at his home Tuesday afternoon. ... John Hunsaker, Harper Ward, Dies Tuesday allotment, according to A. E Buchanan, chairman of the Box Elder county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee. To be considered for an allotment on a farm (which had no wheat seeded for grain in any of those years, the farmer must pply in, writing to his county ASC committee by June 30, 1955, and Show that the established rotation system followed on the farm is such that the year 1956 is (the year in which wheat should be grown, according to those in charge. August 31 Deadline Is Set on Withdrawn Land from Weber Basin public Jonathan Caulkins Hunsaker, domain lands northwest of Og73, died at his home at Harper den, withdrawn for the Weber ward at 2:10 Tuesday after- Basin' Reclamation project will noon following a two weeks have the opportunity to purillness. chase their holdings under speHe was born March 12, 1877 cial legislation enacted by the in Brigham City, a Bon of Abra- Eighty-thircongress, it was d ham and Annie Wright Hunsaker. He iwas reared in Box Elder county where he has been a prominent farmer and an active member of the LDS church, group leader of the High Priest and teacher quorum, ward chairman of the genealogical committee of Harper ward. He served a mission for the LDS church In the Southern States from 1902 to He was a member 1904. of the South Box Elder Farm Bureau and the publication committee of the Sons of Utah Pioneers history book, Box Elder Lore. He married Susan Rolph, De- cember 6, 1905 in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. She died in 1937. He is survived' by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Lovell (Virginia) Wheeler, Duchesne; Mrs. Prank (June) McDonough, Mrs. George (Zoe) Henry .and Wynn H. Hunsaker, Ogden; John C. Hunsaker Jr., Brigham City; Paul R. Hunsaker, Harper; C. DeMont Hunsaker, Compton, Calif.; 27 grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Mrs. Alfred Whitaker and Alan Hunsaker, Brigham City; Mrs. Ralph Atkinson, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Dora Hunsaker BrigThorpe, ham City; Mrs. Harold Practor, Sparks, Nev.; and Oscar Hunsaker, Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be helid Friday at 1 p. m. In the Harper ward chapel, with Bishop Joseph Yates officiating. Friends may call at the Harold B. Felt Funeral Home Thursday from 7 to 9 p. m. and Friday morning until time of services at the home of his son, Paul Hunsaker in Harper. Interment will be in the Brigham City cemetery. To City Area announced this week by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay. Occupants must submit applications for purchase and patent by 10 a. m., August 31, 1955, to the Manager, Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, 312 Federal building, P. O. Box 777, Salt Lake City. Details for making application can be obtained at this address. The law applies to all public domain lands in Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, and 28. Township 8 North, Range 2 West, Salt Lake Meridian. Since the lands may be required for construction of the potential Willard Bay reservoir of the Weber Basin project, all patents issued will contain a reservation granting repurchase rights to the United States and the Weber Basin project for the amount paid by the patentee plus the reasonable value of any improvement at the time of patent. Proceeds from the sale of the land will be covered into the reclamation fund for credit against construction costs of the Weber Basin project Applications must be typewritten or legibly handwritten, filed In duplicate, and include besides name and address, a legal description of the lands claimed, a showing of at least seven years adverse possession prior to survey, names and of any adverse claimants, settlers, or occupants, end of at least two disinterested persons having knowledge of the facts relating to the claim. Applicants will be required to publish at their own expense, five public notices permitting the filing of adverse claims, if any. . Acting on a petition from Lor-aL. Laughlin of the Goodland Natural Gas company of- - Good-lanKans., the Brigham City council indicated their desire and intention of issuing a natural gas franchise at the June regular meeting. The request was presented by Attorney W. E. Davis and would renew a similar offer made to Laughlin .two yeans ago when he was seeking a connection from the proposed gus line, then planned for west of Brigham City and going to the northwest. This failed to materialize because sufficient gas reserves could not be developed at that time to furnish the California market as well as the northwest industrial area from the Arizona field. Present plans call for construction of the big northwest pipeline from the Arizona field, through Colorado and Into, Utah, crossing the 11 pe in (Rich county, then north of Preston and on to the northwest. The Kansas company is seeking franchises from Preston, Logan, Brigham City, Tremonton, Garland, and other towns in this area, to be supplied from this line. The letter at Intention from Brigham City was issued, providing the company secures a certificate from the Public Service Commission of Utah. It would not be an exclusive franchise, but would follow the model gas franchise approved by the Utah Municipal League, it was explained. n A Rotary Drilling Crew to work in earnest last week to start natural gas exploration on a 30,000 acre tract adjoining Brigham City on the west. , By Tuesday afternoon they were down . . . .went 855 feet. . Guard Murderer Has Criminal Record in County ' William Walters, the Inmate at Utah State , Penitentiary who last week stabbed a guard to death at the Institution, is well known to law enforcement officers in Box Elder county. Sheriff Warren Hyde reported this week. I It was .Walters who worked all night cutting a hole in the .vault door at Merrells, lnc on July 10, 1953. according to his own admission. Sheriff Hyde said. He also jadmitted three burglaries at Corinne and two in Tremonton. Walters was convicted of burglary in Sevier county. Drilling of Test Well Continuing ' Drillers had reached 855 feet Tuesday, afternoon with the na tural gas test well being s,unk on the Winn Nichols place just west of Brigham City. The Exploratory well is being grilled to determine if gas ex ists in commercial quantities in the Brigham City area, by Dr. Paul S. Stacy and associates of New York City. The group has leases on over 30,000 acres in this area. W. Dalton Drilling company of Salt Lake City are doing the actual drilling. Their crew consists of Llarry Dalton, driller and M. T. Arnote, helper, Salt Lake City; RaQph Howell, helper, Por tage; and M. L. Davis, company representative, Tremonton. Drilling Is at the rate of 100 feet of hole eadh 10 hour shift, according to Dalton. of gas Sporadic indications have occured at intervals as the well has progressed through the clay, sand, and shale formation, The biggest volume of gas found up to Tuesday occured at the 200 and 400 levels, according to Davis. How much has been found A young Brigham City mother will be determined by later testwho "cant swim, passed her ing. The Brigham City council made test Monday afternoon at 4:15 p. m. when she agreement with the Stacy group that should gas be found in boy from pulled a the city the deep waters of the - north sufficient quantities, would be a potential customer. pond at Rees Pioneer park. Victim of the was Jerry Busenbark, son of Mr. Nine and Mrs. Dee Busenbark, 43 North Fifth West, who fell from old a raft he and his in old brother Michael and of son and Mr. Coleman, Tommy were Doubt was expressed that Box Mrs. Vernon Coleman, Elder countys first case of popaddling around the pond. lio could have been caused by Seeing the boy struggling in a booster' shot of Salk vaccine the water, Mrs. Joyce Kremln, in an opinion given by Dr. Louis 21, left her two small children Gebhart, University of Utah bacwho were at the nearby play- teriologist and polio expert ground, waded into the water and someway splashed out to The ParkeDavis vaccine that Edward Shandrew, the boy, pulling him back to the son of Mrs. Annie E. Shandrew bank with her. of Bear River City, received was "I dont know just how I did checked, double checked, and afterwards. it, she explained checked again and found to be According- to the boys, they good, according ,to Dr. Gebhart. of were about a quarter the way Edward definitely has a mild across the pond when the accicase of spinal polio and suffers dent happened. a minimal paralysis of the Oddly1 enough, the. mother of left leg, according to his physicyoung Jerry Busenbark, was one ian-. Had the Iboy not been of the principals in another lifegiven the immunization, his saving incident at the Malad case could have been worse, in river, in March of this year. On the opinion of the boys doctor. that occasion, Bruce Archibald, No vaccine is 100 percent efold son of Mr. and Mrs. the doctor pointed out Melbourne Archibald, Tremon- fective, in his (belief that ton, was pulled from the muddy the emphasizing shots helped to build some waters of the stream and Mrs. resistance to polio. Busenbark rushed to his aid to The received two youngster apply artificial respiration until shots of the vaccine last year the child regained consciousin the Polio foundations field r ness. i trials and a booster shot two Mrs. Kremln is the wife of weeks ago. William J. Kremln, 87 South The Shandrew boy became ill Fifth West. She was accompan- last Tuesday and was taken to ied to the park Monday by her St. Benedicts hospital In Ogden, two children. Faith, age 2, and Friday. Additional laboratory Billy, age 1, and a friend and tests were scheduled this week to try and determine the ex her children. Willard Bay Area Occupants May File On, Purchase Public Domain Occupants of certain 5 Young Mother Saves Boy, 6, From Drowning g g Property owners involved had been invited to the meeting for the purpose of discussing the alley project which has been under consideration by the council for many months. . ( To open the discussion, Mayor Horsley read a petition signed by a large, majority of the business firms of the city requesting that the alley be opened, along with letters of endorsement from the Box Elder School district, the county commissioners, South Box Elder PTA council, Lincoln school PTA, Box JSlder; High school PTA, Fraternal Order of Eagles and the State Road Com- Electric Firm Has Ironrite Dealership An exclusive Ironrite dealership for Box Elder County has been granted to the Mountain States Electric, it was announced this week by Howard Call Jr. Young Howard has only recently purchased the electrical firm from his father who Is U.S. Marshal for Utah. His wife, Mary Call, is an authorized demonstrator for the Ironrite line. Speaking pro and con on the Issue were Earl Knudson, J. C. Knudson,- Vosco Call, John Howard, Leon Packer, , Roy Thompson, City Attorney Walter G. Mann, Supt Kenneth E. Weight representing the board of education, and Robert Potter and Lewis Wight representing the j county commissioners. The petitions and accompanying endorsements favoring the project represented approximately 5,400 local residents, Vosco Call told the group,. In pointing out that the alley was needed in order to eliminate th blocking of Main street by trucks unloading at the various places- ot business, for 'better fire (and po; lice protection. . The State Road commission strongly urged the opening of the alley to prevent blocking Main street, and the route of U. S. 30S while trucks unloaded, pointing out that such a' step s would delay plans for a highway if taken soon. Action on the matter was taken Upoh a motion by Councilman Boyd Packer authorizing that a survey be made to determine possible route, the cost and what property would be involved. - Included also was. a proposal that the mayor and city council call another meeting to discuss the situation with property owners when this Information wag available. . Councllmen Packer and Morris Glover supported the motion and Glen Burt and Richard Hansen opposed it while Mayor Horsley cast the deciding ballot in favor of th proposal. In other actions taken at the council meeting, the group voted to allow $100 from the recreation department to help finance a Fourth of July celebration for the children, upon petition iby- - Mrs. Thelma Larsen and Mrs. Gene Davis of he - - - - - k, . by-pas- Jay-ceette- , Year Old Bear River City Boy Is First Polio Victim mission.- Box Elder County act cause of the disease. His doctor reports that he is Improving daily and should be able to use his leg again in about three weeks. Dr. Garth Myers of the Utah State Public Health department is also investigating the case. Hot Weather Hits Brigham City Area Sunny skies and warmer temperatures this week bathed the Salt Lake valley this week, a welcome change from the cold and blustery weather of the past several weeks. According to official temperatures, the mercury rose to a warm 87 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, Charles Clifford reported. , The rains of the past week tapered off last Friday when .12 of an Inch was measured. Minimum and maximum temperature readings were &s follows: High Low . - June 3 ...( June 4 June 5 June 6 June 7 44 52 ..... 44 53 55 . 58 67 75 77 87 They also passed a resolution calling for condemnation proceedings if necessary to open Fourth North street between First and Second East. Involved Is property rights belonging to Marie BeTgen and City Attorney Mann was given authority to proceed and take . ... appropriate action. Carl Wold was named to represent the city corporation on the Brigham City Planning Board being sponsored by the erf the Box industry committee Elder Chamber of Commerce. . The governing body authorized the cancellation of ' employees bonds in order to take advantage of reduced rates under a new blanket policy with all local agents participating. - Preston Merrell To Receive Medical Degree Preston Rees' Merrtil, son of Dr. W. R. Merrell and Mis. Vera Merrell of Brigham City, will receive the degree of doctor of medicine from Washington university, St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday, June 8.- Merrell is one of 1400 students who will receive degrees at the universitys 94th annual commencement today. Ethan A.' H. Shepley, chancellor of Washington university, will deliver the commencement address. -- I r j: iu f & J |