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Show Health Department Service BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, November 9, 1972 struction. Sewer Draspettnmi Meiredl ora fooMlfy (Editors note: Following li the fifth In a series of In order to insure a system which is safe, health authorities have adopted standards which include the following: The tank must be adequate for the size of the house. The drainfield must be sized to fit the system and the percolation rate of the soil. The water table must not be too high so as to hinder the articles dealing with the Bear River District Health department. Questions for the department should be sent to the Health Educator, Bear River District Health Department, ICO North Main, Logan, Utah 84S21.) On of the services provided to citizens of Box Elder county by the Bear River District Health department is inspection of individual home sewer systems. The importance of waste drainfield, Standards Set In addition, standards are set as to how far the system must be from the house and well. This ulations were received from all of the county's the big boards. ELECTION NIGHT This was the scene Tuesday night as election results in Box Elder county were posted in the main hallway of the courthouse. Tab voting districts and marked on State School Board Race (Continued From Page One) found Jesse Anderson winning easily over r term, here Jerry Crouch for a and in the district. The local count was A.L. Smith, 3); DeVere Hess, Plymouth; Lorin Gibbs, Portage; LaVoy Udy, Riverside; Lowell Lemon, Willard. Election results were posted in the county courthouse main hall for the first time this year and attracted many citizens, among them candidates for office. two-yea- 6,963 to 3,311. All four proposed amendments to the state constitution rated voter approval although No. 1, legislative article revision, and No. 2, city school systems, encountered rough going in some rural districts. In uncontested judical balloting, both Justice R.L. Tuckett of the Utah Supreme court and First District Judge VeNoy Christofferesen, Brigham City, fared well. Each was endorsed heavily to be retained in office. Cemetery District In a contested race for maintenance district First District The first district to report in was Brigham City No. 17. This came at 8:15 p.m. Personnel in the clerks office closed up shop at 4:15 a.m. with Deweyville the final district to report its tabulations. All but four of the countys 52 districts had called in by 12:30 a.m. Heavy registration activity prior to election day had indicated a strong showing at the polls. cemetery commissioner, Arthur Erickson outpolled E.M. Erickson, 135 to 34 at Elwood. In other cemetery maintenance districts, these men were elected without opposition:, Miles Cap- - ferry, Corlnne: -Irvin Coombs, Fielding; Bein Van Valkenburg, Garland; William Petersen, Penrose (defeating Jim Petersen. 5, and clerks 52 cannot be stressed enough. Customarily, sewage systems are not inspected at the time they are installed. Contractors are not presently required to have systems inspected. But new zoning laws likely soon will be adopted by the Box Elder County commission which will require inspection of these systems by the health district. Thus, persons building homes should be aware that their sewage system may not meet health public requirements. is important in preventing contamination of the water supply. Contamination of the water supply may cause various types of gastrointestinal upsets. While these upsets are often mild in adults, they may be very severe in infants. It is not uncommon for homes on uninspected systems in this county to have contaminated water supplies. In fact, several physicians from the county have requested water sampling Visitors Way Up At Golden Spike This year over 115,000 visitors are expected to visit Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory Summit. This figure represents an increase of more than 50,000 over 1971. During October over 5,100 persons visited the historic site during the 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours. These hours will be in effect until about Aoril 6. 1973. A number of factors combine to make this a great year, stated Park Superintendent William T. Krueger. Celebration of the National Park and Veterans administration loans have had plan review and approval and e inspection during con on-sit- City Hall CD Area Not Public Shelter The present city hall basement area in Brigham City is not a public fallout shelter area to be used by the general public in case of an emergency. It has been designated as a Special Facility Area by the Brigham City Civil Defense department, and will be used only as an emergency operations center by the governing officials of Brigham in case of any emergency or disaster. This has been an error in the print marking and designation of public fallout shelters and the city hall. Pre-Pric- ed BROKEN CHOCOLATE stimulated travel interest all over the country. Expanded programs at the park and efforts by the Brigham City Chamber of Commerce, Golden Spike Empire, Incorporated, and the Utah Travel council helped make this an outstanding year. e A program attracted 20,584 viewers between June 1 and Labor Day. Ranger-guide- d tours, movie, exhibits, d auto tours all combined to and give Golden Spike its most comprehensive interpretive program to date. Systems centennial full-tim- self-guide- Ideal for dipping and Just plain eating Peanut Crunch Plain Milk Chocolate HACK'S PHARMACY 97 South Main office Road Docroe River High school in Malta, Idaho, a session which will deal with a proposition for the state to turn over to Cassia county a section of highway between Malta and Strevell. The old highway has been reduced to secondary status with completion of near Snowville. The local officials figure they have a stake in it because should such a transfer come about, Box Elder county might be asked to assume maintenance of the old highway between the junction to Park Valley and the Idaho state line. New Keynoter Named for Scout Conclave D.C., in connection with difficulties posed by a militant Indian group which invaded the BIA building. Mills is a director in the BIA office at Albuquerque, N.M. Program for the day includes a tour of Intermountain school, a report on Traces Through Time, the national opportunity to be held in Vernal, and a report on the 39th national convention of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. The keynote speaker for todays 12th annual meeting of the Utah Girl Scout council at Intermountain school has been changed. Billy Mills, the first American Indian gold medal swimmer who achieved prominence in the 1964 Olympics, has been named to replace Wyman D. Babby, Area director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Aberdeen, S.D. Babby has been called to Washington, At HAFB Dinner company trucks and Air Force reserve aircraft during early December. Delivery will be made to Navajo council warehouses at Ft. Wingate near Albuquerque, N.M., and Mexican Hat, Utah. The Navajo council will distribute the food to tribal members, with emphasis on widows, destitute families, pregnant mothers, and so on. AFA to Launch Project Navajo The executive director of the National Council on Indian Opportunity, office of Vice President Agnew, will kick off Air Force Utah the association's 1972 Project Navajo at a 7 p.m. dinner at the Hill AFB Officers club, Nov. 11. Robert Robertson, who also served as executive administrator to former governor Paul Laxalt of Nevada, will speak on the Future of the American Indian. More than 100 civic, Air Force association, news media and other dignitaries will attend the dinner, said Lynn S. Summers, Utah AFA president. Objectives and plans will be outlined for the drive which last year netted more than 100,000 pounds of material for needy Navajos. Eight Indians from the tribes of All Feathers at Brigham Young university will dance in their native costumes just prior to the dinner. Summers said that the em phasis in the 1972 drive will be on food flour, beans, sugar, canned goods, onions, potatoes, salt, corn, wheat and other items. Bottled items are discouraged, since they break in shipment. "We already have ample stocks of clothing on hand to take care of the Navajo's needs, Summers said. "Additional clothing is not required, he added. Will Donate Flour Frank Coppin, local AFA chapter president, said again this year Big J Mill has agreed to donate flour to Project Navajo and will give as much as last year. The local mill T. New Jersey Native Native of New Jersey and a Marine for seven years, Robertson came to Washington D.C. in 1969 to the National Council on Indian Opportunity and became its executive director in 1970. One of the main functions of the council is to encourage private industry to locate on reservation land to provide jobs for Indians. The council also serves as a direct communications link between the Indian nations and the top level of the U.S. government. Eight people from cabinet-leve- l offices and eight Indians serve on the council. matched the first two tons that were purchased with local donations. Burl Ives honored Coppin said all contributions collected in Box Elder county will be used to buy flour, a staple in the Navajos diet. Delivery will be made by IUPII Burl Ives received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts honorary degree from W'estern Illinois University. Whitfield Transportation HOLLYWOOD Actor-troubad- nine rest olFyoyc life. matter where the rest of your life leads, First Security Bank can make the road easier. No With loans, budget controlling checks, savings, credit help, sound financial advice for people with a lot of money or people with a lot of dreams. Wherever youre going, wed like to help along the way. See us. 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It could be a factor in the design and construction of Interstate-1- 5 in that area in the next several years. Commissioner Chase said Mason is faced with driving his livestock two miles to the Portage underpass and he'd rather have a stock crossing closer. The commissioners agreed to be represented at a meeting Dec. 5 at Raft Hill, Bear River District Health, department sanitarians will be t? spokesman said that had registered since the Sept. 12 ,, primary election. Prior to this there were s13,668 regl8tered voters in the county. A complete but unofficial1 vote tabulation can be found on Pages 6 and 7 of todays A 2,920 homes Service Offered According to Willard from Willard Hill, chief sanitarian for the Bear River District Health department. At the present time, only those homes built under Farmers Home administration, adFederal Housing ministration, building thus preventing backflow into the house. disposal system inspection Persons should ask their contractor if. the system will be constructed in accordance, with state! regulations. |