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Show t sx-at- & iox ialt Volume 70, Number 18 Press Assn. 1327 8L110 Lake Ciy, Utah Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, May 5, 1977 sets hearing on rate 32 Pages TWENTY CENTS Traffic signs inventory planned PSC hike bid The Utah Public Service commission has scheduled a hearing May 17 on Raft River Rural Electric cooperatives application to increase rates in the Beehive state. The public session is scheduled in the PSC hearing room, 330 East Fourth South, Salt Lake City, beginning at 10 a.m. The cooperative which serves west Box Elder county with headquarters in Malta, Idaho, proposes to increase revenues $27,145 or 11.7 percent over present rates. Gary Packer, right, ace of the skies (?) who for Saturday's ping pong ball drop. He and Jeff Packer, merchants association chairman, show off some of the more than 1,000 balls to be used. Incidentally, for those concerned about the safety of the local airways, Packer will not be at the stick for Saturday's run Veteran pilot John Weir will handle that chore. THAT'S is chairman devil-may-car- ... ., In BC e .L.", Saturday pong balls 11:15 a.m. The location will be Forest street between Main street and Second West. Each ball will bear a sticker which can be redeemed for a prize or price reduction at a participating business. Packer said the gift awards range from a value of 50 cents to 50 percent off on any suit. And theres no limit. Folks will be allowed to gather in as many balls as they can. Demos to host governor and wife BE Box Elder Democratic It's gonna rain ping Local skies have generously produced some needed rain this week in Brigham City. But Saturday there will be a different kind of downpour. Intead of ping pong balls. raindrops It represents a feature happening of local merchants annual Golden Spike sales promotion together with the 1977 Mothers Day emphasis. Chairman Gary Packer said the more than 1,000 of ping pong balls will be dropped from an them airplane Saturday, May 7, from 11 to Largest hike would come in power for irrigation service. Its requested to up income from this source from $103,404 to $189,679, a gain of 16.1 percent. Also proposed is an increase from $11,184 to $12,265 or 9.7 percent in large general service. Small general service actually would decline, from $57,421 to $57,210 or 0.4 percent. Raft River says it has received no rate increase since April 1966. It contends that costs of operating the system in Utah have increased so much that it cant maintain a rate of return sufficient to pay operation expenses and debt service. However, the balls (with label attached) must be redeemed on Saturday between 11:15 a.m. and clos- ing time of the business. It may be done on Monday for those stores closed Saturday, the chairman explained. Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. This is a promotion of the Brigham City Retail Merchants association. Packer said 36 local businesses are participating, each contributing from 25 to 100 prizes. It will mark the first ping pong ball drop here in about two decades. Veteran pilot John Weir who owns and operates Seagull Aviation at the city airport, has volunteered to drop the balls at no charge. This promotion is intended to keep people in town to do their shopping. We hope that everyone will turn out to make the event a success, Packer said. Nodding agreement was Jeff Packer, chairman of the Brigham City Retail Merchants association. Box Elder county is not without resources for hauling and purifying water in this drouth year, a fact which might be received with some consolation by communities confronted by dwindling water supplies. Wilbert Cross, director of emergency services, Tuesday informed county that seven or eight trucks mounted with tanks are available for hauling water. And the county has two purification units that can quickly convert river water to use for drinking. will increase the amount to county Commissioner Ted Burt made it clear approximately $82,000. we cant run trucks in for private All cities and towns were given an houses. invitation to take part. Accepting were He said persons whose wells have gone ' Yost, Plymouth, Portage, Fielding, dry have been hauling their own. Mantua, Bear River City, Perry We cant do it for private individuals. and Willard. The county will handle the project, Why there would be at least 200 right now that would need it. Theres no way we can Beecher explained. do it, the county official declared. To set the program in motion, Commissioner Chase was authorized to sign an Communities will be served if they agreement between the county and DOT request assistance. But commissioners for the sign inventory. will have to determine what the cost will be. In still other business, the commission The expense of fuel was mentioned as a The information was given during a certain cost. stamped its okay on three proposed water projects for which financial assistance is Denton Beecher, county surveyor, deweekly commission session in which it was sought from the Utah Board of Water disclosed also that a federally-finance- d tailed the plan to inventory traffic control Resources. in the inventory of traffic control signs is planspeed, stop, yield, etc. signs They include: ned. county. A gravity flow sprinkling system to Cross said fire trucks placed by the state be will to for the received $3,720 Up job in various Box Elder communities have replace gravity (few irrigation, Fisher which is intended to evaluate all markers Creek Irrigation company, Park Valley, tanks which can be used to transport to see if they conform with federal 1,200 acres to be benefited at an estimated in of times in water of standards terms culinary color, size, location, emergency. cost of $125,800. SJy can haul 1,000 to 1,500 gallons.. - , - condition and other criteria. ' c Extend a main line of sprinkler pipeline Two other trucks have tanks with 5,000 The next step then will be to upgrade for about three miles and construct a n and capacity. signs where needed. The director said also that the purificaregulating reservior, Irrigation Company The Utah Department of Transportation of the West Fork of Grouse Creek, 1,150 tion units, utilizing filtering and chemireportedly will use federal funds to finance acres to benefit at an estimated cost of 90.38 percent of that cost. cals, were obtained last fall from federal $200,000. surplus. With them is a mile of steel pipe which Commission Chairman Don Chase said enables us to pump 1,800 gallons a minute Install a gravity flow sprinkler system to about $58,000 will be available in the wherever we want within a mile, Cross countys unincorporated areas alone. replace flood irrigation system. Marble Creek Irrigation company, west and south Beecher explained. Participating communities But who would be served by the county said ten have agreed to join with the of Park Valley, estimated cost of $150,000. apparatus? rs -- leaders issued a reminder this week that Gov. and Mrs. Scott M. Matheson will be guests of honor at a dinner in Brigham City Friday, May 6. The event will be held at the community center with a reception at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of County Democratic Chairman Alma Alex. 4,500-gallo- Spike ceremony to focus on Chinese workers The Chinese role in construction of Americas first transcontinental railroad will be spotlighted at this years twenty-sixt- h annual Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit. The event will be staged Tuesday, May 10, at the site where the famed golden spike was driven in 1869 to link the nation by bands of steel. Dr. Arnand Yang, assistant professor in the history department, University of Utah, will be guest speaker for the occasion. His remarks will focus on The For- the Chinese role in gotten Contribution building the Central Pacific. It seems appropriate that special attention should be given to those thousands of Chinese laborers who played such a significant part in the building of this said Dr. Peter C. Knudson, railroad, president of the Golden Spike Association of Box Elder county. The yearly program of activities will begin at 10 a.m. with a Golden Spike era dress contest, music, drill routine by the and telling of old railroad stories by actor Marvin Moon. The Box Elder High School band will entertain with preliminary music at 11 a.m. and the traditional program featuring Dr. Yang is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. Dr. Knudson will serve as master of ceremonies and the Naval JROTC from Box Elder High will post colors. A tribute to Bernice G. Anderson, .Mother of the Golden Spike, remarks from Kenneth E. Weight, Sr., first president of the Golden Spike association, and laying of a memorial wreath by railroad representatives are other features of the program. Climaxing the occasion will be the traditional reenactment in which a costumed (Continued on Page 20) Water, streets, sidewalks first Planning panel labels priorities The Brigham City planning commission believes that development of the citys water system in conjunction with streets and sidewalk improvements are this communitys top priority. This disclosure was made at last weeks regular city council meeting. The planning commission also listed four other areas which it feels should receive attention. Runner-u- p in the priority rankings was needed expansion of the fire station with a desire to see the city golf course enlarged to 18 holes and the library upgraded deadlocked for third. City airport improvements completed the list. Dr. James Simper, planning commission chairman, has proposed that water system and street and sidewalk improvement could be financed by a bond issue. He also mentioned the possibility of installing a pressurized irrigation system so that we can stop watering our lawns with chlorine and fluorine. The chairman, said the fire station should be expanded as has previously been proposed in an effort to keep fire protection on a par with the citys growing needs. Planning commission members in their discussion on the city library suggested that it might be best to build a totally new building rather than to make the existing one larger. Councilman Peter Knudson said he was pleased to see the library rate a tie for third place. Not long ago it wasnt known that we had a library, he said facetiously. Expansion of the municipal golf course has been under consideration for years. A portion of the land needed to accomodate the project already is in city ownership. As for the airport, it was disclosed that the planning commission will recommend annexation of the airport to the city. This can be accomplished under a recently passed state law. It was also felt that improvements to the city airport were related to improve ments in the citys tax base through development of the industrial park area surrounding the city airport, a report on the planning commissions findings stated. Dr. Simper said also that the city should demand greater use of school recreational facilities. Specifically, reference was made to use of the soccer field and ball diamonds now being developed at Box Elder High school. Having this available will preclude Brigham City from having to further develop Rees Pioneer park, it was pointed out. The planning commission arrived at its list of priorities in response to request from Mayor Harold B. Felt. has begun on development of an athletic field north of Box Elder High school. Here workman removes divider in curb and gutter which has been installed on Sixth West between Watkins park and Second South. INITIAL WORK |