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Show 371 Volume 60, Number 2 Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, January Brigham City Marls Have you hooped and hollered yet today? Well, theres an occasion for it. Yes sir, just 100 years ago today, Jan 12, 1867, the governor and legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah took the necessary steps to authorize incorporation for Brigham City. It was a big day for the northern Utah community which was founded in 1851 and soon became known as the peach basket of Utah for the large and luscious fruit it produced. Actually, the act lncorpora. ting Brigham City did not be. come effective until Feb. 10 but Jan. 12 stills stands out as the citys birthday. City officials are now contemplating an appropriate celebration for this centennial year and likely will schedule It next summer, possibly In conjunction with Independence day. What was Brigham City like on that day long ago? There was no electricity, newspaper, or water or waste disposal system. ACCORDING to one account, water was securedfrom the open ditches for culinary as well as Irrigation purposes. Refuse of all kinds was thrown back Into the ditches. It was on April 16, 1876 that the city council a ppolnted Chester C. Loveland to organize a fire company. The complete foundation for VISITOR Bishop Robert the LDS tabernacle was laid L. Simpson of LDS Presidabout that time but additional will attend work was delayed until 1876. ing Bishopric South Box Elder stake conference. A REPORT published In the Deseret News of July 18, 1868, gave this description of the city as It existed during this period; The first few families had a hard time existing. By 1868 there were continuous orchards, fine public buildings and four hundred families existing comfortably. Although locusts have levied L. Robert Bishop Simpson, a heavy tribute on our crops first counselor In the Presld. this year, still we expect to lng Bishopric of the Church of live and Improve and assist Jesus Christ of Latter-daevery good cause. Saints, will speak at the South Box Elder stake quarterly con. IN OTHER lands we have ference being held Saturday and witnessed famine and distress Sunday, Jan. 14.15 In the Taber, within their borders at the same nacle. time their fields were teeming Stake President LeGrande with plenty and produce was low Tea, 532 South Fourth West, In price; while here in bad will conduct the meetings, all have had bread to eat General sessions will beheld years and rejoiced. 10 2 a m. and p.m. Sunday at We have a fine singing choir Visitors are welcome to attend. aad singing schools led by L. Flshburn and a Robert ON SPECIAL MEETINGS home-maddramatic splendid will Include a welfare We have a little association. 2 p.m. for all ward at meeting difficulty In getting proper men elders quorum for bishoprics, school teachers, presidencies and high council. At 7 p. m. there will be meeting AS FOR THE original bound, for the stake presidency, stake of the city, they were arles clerks, high council, stake mis. thus described In the act of stake high slon presidency, priests group leaders, presl. Incorporation: all that district That dents and unit leaders of Sev. embraced In the of country enty, presidencies of elders boundaries In Box following ward quorums, bishoprics, Elder county, to wit: com clerks, ward executive secre. tarles for home teaching, gen. menclng at the southeast corner Luther Ensigns land eral secretaries of Aaronlc of Martin on claim the territorial end, priesthood, adult and youth; stake and ward presidency or (Continued on Page Four) superintendency of each auxiliary; stake board members of Relief society. SBE Stake Conference 16 PAGES County Road 1 Sat-urda- y e U Aide Rates vi Salary Hi"1 and other organizations in Box Elder county this week were invited to present programs at Pioneer Memorial Nursing home as a source of entertainment for the residents there. Mrs. Leona Lane, activities coordinator, said many of the residents are not able to get out and thus their only entertainment is that presented at the home. Mrs. Lane said programs may consist of anything having an entertainment value, such as musical numbers, slide presentations and I However, he was only tem- OTHER BUSINESS Mon-daMrs. Winnlfred Ryan was appointed to the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home board. Mrs. Ryans appointment filled a vacancy that existed on the board. A new agreement was worked out with Garland city In con. nection with services of firemen from that community In battling county range blazes. LN Groups wishing to respond are invited to make arrangements with Mrs. Lane who is at the home daily from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. FERRY HEADS SENATE PANEL PAST YEAR, Garland the service using Its own pumper, unlike Brigham City, Tremonton and other com. mumties which are furnished a county pumper. It was agreed for Box Elder county to purchase the Garland unit prior to the 1967 fire season, furnish the community with a pumper, pay for Its cost of operation and pay firemen for the time they spend fighting THIS provided Committee Seats Go To BE Legislators Box Elder countys Sen. Miles Cap Ferry (R Corlnne) has been appointed chairman of the Utah Senates agriculture and committee as the Irrigation state legislature waded through Its first week of organization. Senator Ferry who served as a representative one term be. fore moving to the senate, also was named to the committees on revenue and taxation, y tax and equalization, highways and aeronautics and fish and game. As a member of the revenue and taxation committee, the e lawmaker Is serving on a special committee to study tax and equalization. pro-pert- Cor-inn- pro-pert- y BOX ELDERS TWO repre. sentatlves to the state house also drew Important committee assignments. Representative Ruel M. Es. kelsen (R Brigham City) was appointed vice chairman of the political subdivision committee. He also will serve on the re. venue and taxation and public safety panels. REPRESENTATIVE Malcolm was C. Young (R Harper) named to the house agriculture and irrigation, appropriations and revenue and taxation com- mittees. NOTICE The purchase of dog licenses Brigham City for 1967 Is due January through Feb. 28. All dog owners must show ivldence, signed by a veterlnar. Ian, that their animal has re. celved a rabies vaccination which Is still In effect. Tags will be sold at the city hall business office from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m. dally except Satur. day and Sunday. The fees are $3 for males and spayed females (for which proof from a must be shown) and In Senator Ferry also Is acting speaker of the third house, a title given to the senator chosen to handle tickets and arrangements for entertainment events for his colleagues. Other Box Elder county men who are taking an active part In legislative doings are Fer. rls Allen, Tremonton, who is sergeant at arms for the sen. ate, and Willis Hansen, Brig, ham City, who Is a doorman for the upper house. as range fires. PLANT MANUFACTURING Company president Robert R),in stands beside one of four machines which will make barbed wire in Sauk Valley Manufacturing company's new Brigham City Plant. New Barbed Wire Firm P. LON NEAL, Snowvllle, and Dick Manley, Denver, Colo., representing the Colonial Life and Accident Insurance company, proposed a new accident insurance policy for county em ployes. They were given the gieen light to contact county employes about the program which re Brigham City has snagged portedly would cost the county a new barbed wire Industry. nothing and each employe $4 The company, Sauk Valley a month. AMONG THE EARLY mea. Manufacturing company, Is re. The commissioners said its modeling and sirres Introduced this week was been their setting up mapolicy that the re chinery In the old Smith Fro. a measure bySen. ator Ferry to repeal Utahs quest for employe Insurance zen Foods building on Eighth should come from the West. party registration law which coverage themselves. employes met stiff reslstence from voAccording to President ters this past year. Ryan, they expect to be. DENT RICH, East Tremonton Chief sponsor of the mea-suroperation by Jan. 30 and gin the S.B. 1 is Sen. Haven notifiedwas county board that a Initially will employ 18 persons. needed certifying that letter The company will be Involved Barlow, senate president. Sen. a proposed sewage line for East principally with the production ator Bunnell from Price also Tremonton compiles with sew of barbed wire for federal has his name on the bill. age plans of Box Elder county government use. The commissioners directed that such a letter be prepared SELECTION OF BRIGHAM and sent to Ronald Robbins of the for the site Is per. City Farmers Home Loan assocla. haps the first plant success story for at tion Tremonton. Box Elder county's relatively new Industrial commission. DELINQUENT TAXES were Ryan said the prime reason on settled property formerly for picking this area was the owned by Glade Timothy but Brigham City has been in a recently sold to Mrs. EulaWood. locates in Brigham City Ro-be- e Brigham In Deep Freeze deep freeze during the past week and remains there with no hopes of an escape in the near future, according to Charles Clifford, local weather observer. Storms this past week have deposited another seven inches of snow on the ground and .32 of an inch of moisture has been added to the water count for the year. High and low mercury readings, along with the moisture count assessment problem In volvlng equipment owned by Don rash In Beet Growers To Meet Friday availability of workforce, both In terms of quantity and quality. His attention was first drawn to Box Elder county and a numr ber of other areas by the Departments report on emand unemployment ployment trends. La-bo- referred to the county assessor for resolution, Also referred to the assessor Rigby was was an assessment matter In volvlng personal property own. ed by Fred Grover. place. Ryan said the cooperation ex. ONE OF THE POSITIVE fea. of the facility which has tures leased by the new con. dock. side railroad Is cern, trackage. The company will ship all of Its wire by rail. been Veteran Railroad Agent Retires After 44 Years A lot of trains have gone down the track for a veteran Brigham railroad agent and tele, Anyone having changes to be City made in their 1967 irrigation grapher who retired at the first water schedules, please notify of this year. Earl Harmon who spent 44 us before Feb, 1, 1967 at 605 with Union Pacific, reyears South Third East. Phone Box Elder Creek Water ceived his final train order on Dec. 31. Users Assn. May this, your last day, lm. NOTICE 723-337- to you as pleasant a mem. ory as the spendld record you have left with us, the company message read. Harmon who resides at 535 East Fourth North, worked at the Brigham City station on west Forest street for 23 years after laboring for the railroad part com-pan- HE BEGAN HIS CAREER with U.P. at Soda Sorlngs, Idaho, in 1923. And he did It In rath, er spectacular fashion. The veteran railroad was just 23 years old at the time and with only a brief period on the job, one day was In the routine process of readying reports for train extra 5302 East. 2.5.9. phone company HE FIXED THE REPORTS on hoops which would be snatched up by the speeding train as It eight months ago. Although with the exception of a secretary, none of the work force has yet been hired, Ryan said he expects to have the staff, Including semi-skill- , ed and unskilled workmen, lln. ed up and ready to go a week before actual operation starts. Applicants are being screened by the employment security of. flee and Interested persons should contact personnel there, the company chief noted. on THE PLANT WILL OPERATE an basis around-the-cloc- k with three shifts. It's anticipated that produc. tion will total 1, 100 reels of barb, ed wire a day with reels con. talnlng 20 and 80 rods of barb, ed wire. barbed Briefly explained, wire Is fabricated by feeding four continuing strands of gal. vanlzed wire Into a machine, two of which form the cable with the other two strands In. tertwlned and clipped off to serve as the barbs THE WIRE, INTENDED for rocketed past the station at use by the military, Is vlr. tually the same as that pur. chased In any farm store for making fences. And while a government contract now rep. resents the total business for Sauk Valley Manufacturing com. pany, the company will explore other markets also. Ryan who halls from Sterling, 111., has moved to Brigham City A complaintant must visit the MST office and sign a release of responsibility to have such a devise monitor Incoming calls. about 60 miles per hour. As he walked outside, he spot-te- d children playing several near the tracks and told them to move away. The train approached and Har. mon readied the hoops. For some reason at that moment, he turned and a saw a four, year old girl running up the middle of the track toward him. She was crying In fright and confusion. CHIEF FIFE expressed confl. dence that the person or per. sons . responsible be will caught. Both he and Newman urged that such calls be reported at once. The pattern In recent weeks has been a random one. The caller may contact one home several times or just once, talk, lng only to women or girls. THE POLICE CHIEF said he didnt believe the caller rep. resents a real danger. He obviously has mental pro. blems. His chief threat Is the emotional distress which he can cause to a woman or girl. When apprehended, hell be prosecuted to the full extent Chief Fife stated. of the law, Earl Harmon, railroad REACHES RETIREMENT and telegrapher in Brigham City for 23 years, examines final "order which commended him for service. with his wife and daughter. He Is optimistic about the future of his company and HE INSTINCTIVELY dropped the northern Utah area. the reports, sprinted toward the IT APPEARS THERE is op. child, grabbed her by the arm and swung her out of the engines portunlty In this area for growth path as It sped past, brushing and I certainly want to be a his shoulder and knocking him part of It. Its a good place to to the ground. grow and Im optimistic about The act brought a note of com. It, he stated. mendatlon from the railroad Other officers In the new superintendent. company Include James Lex. void, vice president, and Arthur YOUR QUICK ACTION In. Brian, secretary, both of whom are still In Illinois. (Continued on Page Four) A B . t 1 y In Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana and Oregon. for females. Brigham City Board of Health Feb. Jan. pressed In letters and by the three local representatives was an important Influencing factor. There have been some ad. versltles, however. THE OLD SMITH plant, clos. ed for a number of years, lacked a heating system, Including COMMUNICATIONS WITH the natural gas hookup, lights and Brigham City Chamber of Com- water and was In a rundown merce led to a visit here by state of repair. However, In recent weeks the Ryan on Oct. 26. He spent the next three days squired by Coun. utilities have been added and ty Commissioner Grover Har. extensive remodeling under, per, Dale Madsen, employment taken to provide an office, wash, office manager, and Boothe, In. room and large production area. Local contractor John Tel. plant fa. spectlng possible ford Is doing the work. cillties. By this week, four barbed wire By Nov. 1, the president and other company officials had de. machines were In place and be. elded upon Brigham City as the lng conditioned for ru .nlng. An $10 of obscene telephone months. The Incidence of sick calls Brigham City and sur. rounding areas has local police has shown a sharp Increase In and officials taking recent weeks. phone special steps to catch the cul. BOYD NEWMAN, manager of prits. Chief of Police Dell Fife Wed. the local office for Mountain nesday estimated that his de. States Telephone company, said Accompanying him to the con. partment has received 50 com during the past two months, ference will be Paul C. Child within the past six complaints of these calls have of the General Priesthood Wei. plaints risen 700 percent. fare committee. One of the chief hopes to catch the callers Is recently devised Elder Child, a retired district line Identification equipment, manager for the American Ex. some of which Is now In serpress company, Is a vlce.chalr. vice locally, man of the regional welfare committee. A former stake and NEWMAN SAID the devise mission president, he now Is The annual meeting of the which can trace a call the In. an active temple worker In the South Box Elder Sugar Beet stant It Is completed, has been Salt Lake LDS Temple. Growers Assn, will be held placed on several local lines. Friday, Jan. 13, at 1 p.m. in In each instance, female resthe Corlnne LDS ward cultural idents have received obscene DISEASES REPORTED hall. calls. . Paul Holmgren, president of The manager said additional Brigham City reported nine strep Infections and one case the association, will preside and equipment has been ordered for of use here. Influenza, and Box Elder conduct the meeting. All beet growers of the area The devices have met with County reported six cases of Influenza for the week ending are invited and encouraged to gratifying success since being Dec. 30. be In attendance, Holmgren said. put Into operation by the tele. A . porarily forgotten At Monday's regular weekly meeting, the commission act. ed to hike the salaiy of Ed road supervisor, Silvester, fiom $500 to $525 per month. Obscene Calls On Increase calls if 1 he Box Elder County commission in passing out pay In. creases to county employes last overlooked the county week, road supervisor. movies. y former 967 Clubs Incorporation Approved Just 100 Years Ago Today BISHOP SIMPSON, 1 Programs From Groups at Yesteryear president of the New Zealand mission, was chief supervisor of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph companys accounting office In Southern California until called to the Presiding Bishopric In 1961. He holds lm. portant administrative positions In the church and In business. 2, Nursing Home Invites Centennial - A Look 1 '.Mcrofllnin- - Corp. J |