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Show w tpm : fr1 ', ,', 1j: amt Ave. City, Utah -- oaU Population Holds Auto Burglar Alarm Sounds Steady; Home Quake Warning 'TWAS A BUSY NIGHT FOR CITY COUNCIL Brigham City may not have a Richter or Mer-calscale but it does have a devise to sound earthquake warnings. That is the conclusion reached by Robert A. Tills, 325 North Second West, when the burglar alarm on his car sounded. Falling to find any prowlers. he noted the time, 4:48 a.m. He learned after wards that it was the exact minute that a medium strong earthquake Jolted northern Utah. The shock measured four on the Richter scale at the University of Utah. li Buying Said Slow Brigham City appears to have held steady In terms of population level during the first two months of this year, accord, lng to figures released by the city office, The conclusion Is based on utility hookups and dlsconnec. recorded during the tlons period. During January there were 57 connections and 60 disconnections with 31 users In the latter category definitely moving out Council Okays Claim Brigham City council Thurdsay approved a $1,240 da. mage claim and gave Its qual. The tiled endorsement to a resource conservation and development project proposed by three Box Elder soil conservation dis- tricts. Setting lor the action was a weekly council meeting In the city hall. on the recommen. Acting datlon ol a study committee, the council agreed to pay H. Scott Larsen, 522 West Second North, lor damages when the city laid a sewer line across a parcel ol larm ground owned regular , of town. In February there were 54 hookups and 53 disconnections with 22 having left town. THE FIGURES DO not present a clearly defined picture since they Involve families moving within the city as well as those leaving and coming In. However, they are the chief barometer for keeping an estl. mated count on the population trend. CHECK WITH local real Indicates that home buying has hit a rather A estate dealers To Local Area typical Blustery weather confor this time of year tinued to hold the stage as March 20 officially brought spring to the local area. However, the city body made ONE REAL ESTATE fluor-ldatlo- The action came during a reg. meeting In the city tall building. Pursuing a course by Mayor Olof Zundel, the council voted to notify the Box Elder Board of Education that Brigham City was Interest-eIn a cooperative youth corps ular recom-mende- d Weather observer The project would mean 20 "work stations" or enrollees to Brigham City and be by the school beard which would open up Jobs for other youths In the schoolaiea. As originally proposed, Box Elder county also would enter Into the program. Mayor Zundel said the counwould not commit the city to a cooperative pro-graor even to participate In a youth corps project at all. "But the time Is short to make application," he advised. Councilman Robert Keating said he was not particularly In favor of the program, Indicating that often It proved to be more bother than It was worth In terms of administration. He said he wanted first to see projects that might be undertaken by the enrollees. The mayor said he would have a full list of proposed school Including projects, grounds development for city park use and beautification of the Brigham City reservoir line to serve Brigham Apparel plant on north Main street, recommended that cast Iron pipe be used. He cited the durability of the material as the committees chief reason for selecting It. With this, the council voted to accept the low bid of $7,446.68 for cast Iron pipe and related materials as submitted the previous week by Waterworks Equipment company. Also accepted was a $1,733.53 quotation from Whitaker Construction company to excavate, lay the line and backfill. Of the total $9,180.23 project cost, the apparel firm will pay $3,500, based on a previous agreement. The project will Increase from four to 10 Inches the line meeting. the plant. Councilman Bill Davis, re. porting on final costs to en. close the Rees park bowery with cils action area, at this weeks council Councilman Rudolph Kaiser, chairman of a study committee on a new and larger water contacted mission and suggested that its director make use of a car formerly attached to the may. or's office. At the request of Council, man Bill Davis, the mayor said he would arrange an Informal meeting between the council and the Industrial com. mission and Its director. The council approved the fll lng of a lease agreement for airport space at the public works department where It will be available to persons wish, lng to lease ground for a hangar. Volume 69, Number 12 LETTER FROM Adolph Kaltwasser urged action on a previous request of the council to have the citys youth pro. tectlon committee make a recommendation on the curfew or. dlnance. City Attorney Robert Dalnes was asked to obtain a written recommendation from the committee, Indicating Its position on the ordinance. Councilman Keating present, ed a rough draft of a three-waagreement Involving the city, golf and country rtub and golf pro Tommy Wiliams, giving to the golf club the right to sell food at the mu'.lclpal course this year. A A y City council approval Thursday night but the public will have a final day In the matter on April 7, date of a hearing on the new figures. The revised budget shows an Increase of $41,016 In the gene, ral fund which Is set at $791,044. Included Is addltonal revenue from a court settlement and federal and state payments on a past airport project. The new budget also reflects $11,000 more in property taxes than and a expected originally $34,000 decrease In utilities revenue. THE FIGURES represent the product of a recent bud. get and audit review which brought out the need to limit city spending for the remainder of the year to keep In the black. City departments did hack their budgets, cutting back projects to the tune of about into $50,000 savings which helped breath new life into the citys financial situation. SPRING IS HERE And If you dont believe It, ask Jane Bowman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ross Bowman, 124 West Fourth South, who paused here to admire the crocuses of a neighbor. March 20 officially ushered In the first day of spring. County Hies It Formal, Proposes Joint Landfill MEANWHILE SOME depart, ments Increased with an addl. tlonal $11,500 being poured Into capital improvements to cover the cost of city hall and Jail remodeling, Installation of the Seventh South traffic light and purchase of a new gasoline tank for the public works yard. The golf course which had strained Its budget to near the breaking point, was given an addltonal $6,550. In effect, the city has built Its new budget completed with a $52,457 surplus, $34,507 of which Is earmarked for reduc. tlon of a $189,000 general fund deficit accumulated over past years. THE DEFICIT, however, Is actual In the sense that City owes the money Brigham to operate its own landfill and to anyone other than itself, it was suggested the city It represents a paper entry only, wouldnt be Interested In the Intended to comply with state county facility if It meant spend, law that says 5 percent of the lng more money, previous years general fund re. venue must be budgeted to pay "IT WONT COST you any off a deficit If one exists. more than It does now," replied the county commissioner. that helped Developments Harper said that officials of the surplus Included all communities Involved. Brig- create ettlement of the citys price, ham City, Honeyville, Harper, two electri. Corlnne, Perry, Mantua and fixing suit against Willard "should get together cal equipment companies. The to work this out," city netted $22,358 after attor. The county official said he ney fees and other related ex. already had talked to repre- penses were met. sentatives of these towns and IN ADDITION, THE (tat and they indicated their support, Willard and Perry particularly federal governments finally are In need of a new dumping came through with their pay. ment shares on a 1963 airport ground, he noted. Mayor Olof Zundel named project, these amount being Councilman Wayne Jensen and $7,000 and $6,995. Another check for $5,800 li Public Works Director O. Nell Smith to work with the county expected soon as payment for another airport project. In the matter. Insurance agent of record Jack Mofflt told the council that IN OTHER BUSINESS, the based on a recent review of council accepted a $710 bid boiler and machinery lnsu. from Taylor Construction com. ranee, he would advise a sub. pany to do some partition work stantlal Increase In coverage and other remodeling In ths on the city hall, library and city office. Taylor agreed to fire station, do the work In 10 days. Three other bids were re. THE CITY OFFICIALS accep. celved on the project with Ken ted Mofflts proposal to re. Dlckamore the second.low bidder at $723.54. (Continued on Page Five) not ly Science Students refuse. County Commissioner Gro. ver Harper made the request Thursday night during a meet, lng of the city council. The proposal was not a new thing to city officials who have convened with the county board behind the ecenes for many month. SOME 160 ACRES eltuated outh of the old city dump have been purchased by the county and Commissioner Har. per said an access road from west Forest street Is about half completed. But there were still several questions left unanswered after Thursdays meeting, one being Peterson, Richard Green and whether or not the city will Leroy Bunnell, Bear River; and Join In this cooperative venture Robert H. Wendel, Box Elder. for waste disposal, though It Science tours are sponsored Is expected to. each year by the Heart asso. OTHER QUESTIONS Involved elation to provide notlvatlon to Investigate the operation of a landfill . who for students science careers when they en. will do it? . and the cost to communities and families living roll In college. Donald PAGES remodeled budget for the ham Box Elder county has formalasked Brigham City to co. smoldering blaze. in a joint landfill op. operate Poelzl was said to be In satiseratlon west of the city, a pro. condition factory Saturday Ject long contemplated to pro. morning. vide south Box Elder comm, unities and residents of areas a place to dump their garbage and other Simmons, 8 current fiscal year gained Brig- estl-mate- Jerald Jensen for their contributions to the project. Councilman Jensen was asked to handle scheduling for the bow. (Continued on Page Five) Hearing Set April 7 Extensive burns resulted to a Brigham City man Friday when gasoline Ignited In the basement of his home. Confined at Cooley Memorial hospital for treatment of second and third degree burns on the upper parts of his body and legs was Erhart Poelzl, 40, of Roy; He singled out the Lions club, Brigham City Bow. men, Dover Heating company and fellow Councilman Wayne Jaycees, City Adjusts Budget, Man Burned Selected students from Box Eider, Weber, Bonneville, Roy and Bear River High schools will take part In science re. search tours at the Dee Memo, rial Hospital, In Ogden, between March 24 and 31. Ths tours are sponsored by the Utah Heart association and will be conduct, ed by Dr. Farrell M. Calton and Dr. Winston A. Mitchell. Participating science teach, era are Lowlll Cutler and Fred Draayer, Weber; David C. Ba. ker , Orln Anderson and Har. old Brow, Bonneville; Lamont Jensen and Berlin C, Jensen, totaled heaters were Installed to bring the temperaftire up to 72 de. grees, "not Just to take the chill off. And Installation for natural had cost more than gas expected, he added. Davis said the project, to make the bowery available for winter time use, was still a bargain for the city since considerable labor and some materials had been donated. Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Sunday Morning, March 20, 1966 Gas Ignites, To Tour Hospital expenditures 40 dealer 556 South Sixth West. d The fire also caused an llams, course professional. $1,000 damage to the home and $300 loss of contents. UPON THE recommendation occurred at about The of Councilman Rudloph Kaiser, 12:10 mishap p.m. when Poelzl apparen. a move to was approval given was using gasoline to clean house from behind the LDS tly some paint equipment. Fourth ward chapel to a new location at 17 North Fourth FIREMEN CALLED TO the West. The property on which scene theorized that a furnace the house now stands has been pilot light caused the fuel to purchased by the church, he Ignite. pointed out. Reportedly, the victim at. Councilman Kaiser, Claudius to put out the fire and tempted Olsen and Wayne Jensen were then he called a doctor before comnamed as a house moving going outside where he hailed mittee, to Investigate future a neighbor, Sid Farnsworth, requests, with power to act. who took Poelzl to the hospital. Councilman Robert Keating cast Farnsworth returned to the a dlsentlng vote on this motion, home to find It so filled with explaining he didn't believe in smoke he couldnt go In to granting the committee power call the fire department. to act. He ran to his house two doors south and summoned firemen MAYOR ZUNDEL said he had who quickly extinguished the the Industrial com. said $2,945 . some $145 more than the estimate. However, he noted that larger Charles week made a quick this Its approval conditioned on en- sale past to a couple from Georgia Elder Box the dorsement by who said they were sold on County commission, chlelly be. the community even before ar. cause endorsement by the Box by Information sent out Elder commission, riving County the Chamber of Commerce. by ol the one chlelly because Transferred with the Interhad raised a quesnal Revenue service, they ar. tion about relationship ol the rived and bought a house the program to the Bear River same day,' a departure from the project. course taken by many new resMeeting to ask city appro, idents who choose to rent for val were Earl Young and Gay a while before buying. Pettlnglll, South Box Elder SCD, and Don Bralthwalte, Soli Con. servatlon service. IN OTHER BUSINESS, Mayor Olol Zundel asked council mem. bers to Indicate any projects they want to see undertaken during the coming llscal year. He said the proposals should come In with estimated costs to help in making a tentative budget which must be ready by May 1. Approval was given to hire Ken Hailing, Dave Hansen and Von Ritchie for part-tim- e main, tenance work at the city golf course. They will start on Mon. day, March 21, at $1.50 an hour. Employment of the three was recommended by Tommy Wll. serving wood panels and Install heaters, Clifford predicted the continuing ireign of wtlnd, rain, sun, snow what have you - at least for the next several days. slow pace after a spurt during Here are mercury readings the latter part of last year. One agent reported sales by ifor the period Thursday his business to be slower than through Saturday: by him. the same time a year ago. ACCEPTED AS A llnal settle, Another said that activity for ment, the city will pay Larsen him had picked up this month. Other comments Included $1,000 lor not burying the pipe line 12 Inches below ground these: "... been very slow level as agreed plus $240 lor at our place." and "Its picking damage to a corn crop and loss up a little. ol a cow. The city made payment olthe REPORTEDLY, VERY few of $240 In 1063 but the check those buying homes are from was never cashed, reportedly outside the area. Brigham City because Larsen lelt It would residents are doing much of the hinder his chances ol gaining shopping and some buying as a lull settlement. they move from apartments or seek to acquire better homes. THE COUNCIL STAMPED Its "Lots of people who live on applicaproposed approval here shop around to find a D C and an R tion lor project steal but not too many of them by West, North and South Box one agent commented. Elder Soil Conservation dls. buy," trlcts. Brigham City officials Thursday took preliminary action on a new Neighborhood Youth corps project, heard and acted on fin. anclal reports on a north Main pipeline project, enclosure of the Rees park bowery and project. Spring Comes Fluoridate Youth Corps, Water Line, in non.lncorporated areas of south Box Elder county. Commissioner Harper sug. gested that the operation might be bid out to a private operator and the cost be apportioned on a per capita or pro. rated basis. At the present time, Brigham City budgets $10,000 annually Industrial Aide Will Speak At BC Meeting The Brigham City Chamber has scheduled the director of Utahi Industrial Promotion commission at featured speaker at Its monthly Booster Breakfast on Tuesday, March 22. Milton L. Wellenmann will discuss the role of the commission which he heads end the Importance 4 Utah of Industrial development. The breakfast event Is scheduled for 7 a.m, at LaMasters restaurant. Newspaper Columnist Talks at PSA Dinner noted Salt Dan Valentine, Lake City newspaper columnist, will be gueat speaker at the ninth annual Jaycee PSA ban. quet at the Tropical Restaurant, starting at 8 p.m. on Wednes. day, March 23. Valentine will speak on the senior citizens role In the community, It was announced by recipient of the public ser. vice award. This award Is spon. sored annually by the Jaycees and Is presented to a senior citizen who has contributed much service to the betterment of the community. NOMINATED FOR the covet, ed award are William Thomas Davis, John Douglas Gunderson. Mrs. J.E. Ryan, and Ransom Beecher. Judging this years nominees are honorary Jaycee member Lawrence Gelsler and Max Morgan. Special guests r Li fun d will be past winners Eberhart Zundel, WRITER SPEAKS - Guest Hervln Bunderson, J, Ed Ryan, at the Public Service speaker Ruel M. Eskelsen, Ross Bowen. Lorenzo J. Bott, and R.W. (Bill) Awards dinner Wednesday will be Dan Valentine, Salt Lake Forrest. City newspaper columnist. An invitation has been ex. tended to the community to attend the banquet, state John Warnke, general chairmen. The cost of the tickets are $2.50 per plate and may be obtained Airman First Class Jack D. at the door. Hill, has been selected "Out. standing Airman of the Month" GOOD FERTILIZER? for his unit at Offutt AFB, Neb. His wife, Mrs. L.W. Littig, 850 South Marilyn, is the Third West, told Brigham City daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Step, police Saturday that sometime hen H.Roberts of 125 South Se. after midnight of the previous cond West, Brigham City. Airman Hill, an admlnlstra. night, some one took two gar. bage cans from In front of tlve specialist, was honored her residence and dumped the tor his exemplary conduct and contents on the front lawn. duty performance. PSA Airman of Month MEETING SET MARCH 30 Brigham City Site For Junior College? Is Brigham City a logical site for a new junior college in Utah? This question will be explored In a meeting of educators and community leaders at Box Elder school on Wednesday, High March 30. Scheduled to be on hand for the discussion are State Su. perlntendent of Education T.H. Bell and Mark Nichols, head of vocational education with the Utah Department of Public In. tructlon. City officials and represents, tlves of local sevlce organl. zatlons are being Invited to the session "to explore the possl. blllty of establishing a Junior In Brigham City," the meeting Is the Brigham City Chamber of Com. mere with Schools Superlnten. dent J.C. Haws acting as chair, man of the chambers education committee, Mayor Olof Zundel Thursday told the city council "I suggest we should all go down there." Talk of locating a Junior col. lege her has circulated for ome time. But this marks the first public meeting to test Its feasibility. The session will be held In the high school choral room, accor. ding to an announcement made by Blaine Olsen, president of the chamber of commerce. college Pushing i i I |