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Show D. U. P. Marker . . (Continued From Page 1) ing to feed on Mormon beef The Utes at this time seemed to have caught the spirit of unrest prevailing among the Indians the country over. It was about the close of the Civil War when the Sioux and other tribes were causing much trouble. The Utes had a chip on their shoulders during this time, and a whiteman finally knocked it off. John Lowry, an Indian interpreter, one day in Manti, had an altercation with two Indians, and while the angry words were flung back and forth, jerked one of the Indians off his horse. It happened near our old home, said Arthur Voorhees. I was about eight years old at the time, and I was across the road watching an old neighbor at work. It is all just as plain to me as if it happened yesterday. I heard Mr. Lowry and the Indian talking in their language, but of course I couldnt understand what they were saying. It sounded as if they were angry. When I saw Lowry jerk the Indian off his horse, I hit for home." The Indians hit for home, too. Their band, it seems was camped out in Arropines Valley, where Funks Lake is, a few miles south of Manti. ' Next day, eight or nine young men from Manti went out to round up and bring in their stock, which had been turned out of the meadows near Twelve Mile Creek. Among the party and on down a gulch into Salma Canyon. As the Indians entered this place, they must have come upon Barney Ward and James Anderson, for the next day, these two men were found brutally murdered, scalped and left naked by the side of a rock that still stands at the mouth of Soldier Canyon, a branch of the Salina Canyon. From Henry McKenny of Salina, we learned this part of the story. Barney Ward, he said, was an old mountaineer, who had joined the Mormons, and was living at this time with his two daughters near Salina. His wife, a Shoshone Indian woman, had previously been married to Jim Bridger. The news of the killing of Ludvigson did not reach us until late at night. When a messenger from Gunnison brought it, we began to inquire if all our people were safe. Ward and Anderson were missing, and we began to fear that trouble had come to them. I went to Barneys cabin and found his girl, Louisa, there alone. Her sister was visiting relatives up in Ogden, I think. She said her father had gone with young Anderson up the can-jo- n after the cows. He had not taken his pistol; it was still in the house, loaded. I took the revolver, and we made our way back into the settlement. The next morning, several of us went up the cayon to look for the lost men, and we found them. Peter Sorenson, still living in Spring City, was one of these men. He also took part in the Salina battle, which followed a day or so later. Blackhawk and his murderous band meanwhile had picked up all the loose stock they could We saw a band of Indians ti ailing their way through the foothills, they said, as we were following the trail through the sagebrush, but we didnt think much about it until they fired a shot at us. Even then, we thought they were just shooting to scare us. But the next thing we knew, another shot came, and Peter Ludvigson fell off his horse dead. I was riding right behind him, said President Shoemaker, and I reined up and looked around, when I saw an Indian about seventy-fiv- e yards away with his gun leveled at me. lie blazed away and missed. We put spurs to our horses then, and got out of it, said We hadnt anyUncle Will. thing but a revolver or two with us, because we didnt look for fighting, and we hadnt brought our guns. The Indians chased us, but our grain fed horses ran right away from them. One of our men went on to Gunnison to take the news, and the rest of us rode round through Antelope Valley to the West and back to Manti. We figured that the red devils would try to cut us off if we took the trail back, and thats just what they did do as we saw by the tracks they had left when we came back for Who pays the bills? governmental services is shared by al1 And mining accounts for a large share of tax taxpayers. revenue. In 1957 mining property was assessed at about of the total 350 million dollars, which represents 28 assessed valuation of all property in Utah. Mining taxes benefit every county of the state, because every county has mining property. The cost of Utah UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION "From the earth comes while the older and younger folk stayed behind to toil in the fields and to guard their iomes by night against the wily and treacherous savages. Settlement after settlement some repeatedly. was raided For BlatKiawk, unlike lightning, would strike twice cr started after them, following oftener in the same place, if the Indians trail that led up there was stock left to steal or Salina Canyon. settlers to kill. For about thirteen miles the whites went on unmolested, but when they reached the place where the canyon narrows to a craggy gorge, with high cliffs sprinkled with cedars on both sides, the Indians, ambushed among the rocks and trees, opened fire from three sides. The had every advantage over their purWidows between the ages of suers. 62 and 65 were given preferred Will Kearns, son of Bishop treatment under 1956 changes Kearns of Gunnison, fell first, in the Social Security Act. While and several horses were shot wives and women workers also down. Then Colonel Allred, who can receive their social security was in command, ordered the payments as early as age 62, men to retreat down the canyon their filing before reaching 65 to a more advantageous position. will result in a reduction in the They hurried back, the In- benefit payments. 'Widows, on dians following and firing, and the other hand, can file at 62 filed up the narrow trail along without reduction in the any so the face of the alum beds amount of their payments as called because of the alum de- widows. posits found there. The Indians widow who is at least from across the canyon found 62 Any whose husband years the whites here a plain target, was insuredold, social securunder and they fired enough to have who has not remarried, and ity, killed every man, for the face who has not checked on her of the cliff was spattered with social security rights as yet, bullets, but the Red men were should get in touch with the evidently poor marksmen. They Soical Security Administration, killed only one other man, to Kesler T. Powell, according James Sorenson. In the hurry district A widow who manager. of the retreat, he seemed o reached age 62 in or before have lost the trail, and before he 1956, may be able could regain it, he was shot November, to get all payments back to that down. month, if she files by November The Blackhawk War was now of this year. on in fatal earnest. The outlying To assist his office in the settlements were in grave dan- prompt processing of her appliger. The Indians, flushed with cation, Mr. Powell suggested these opening successes, and that the widow bring with her knowing the mountain passes certain proofs. She should have well, made a dangerous foe for her marriage certificate, proof the poorly armed of her date of birth, and a restruggling under pioneer condi- cord of her husbands social setions, to subdue the stubborn curity account number. If she land. It was quite as trying a has these proofs with her when sacrifice for them as for us now she calls, Mr. Powell reported to give up their strongest boys that the time to get required to bear the brunt of the battle, her first benefit check to her can be cut by as much as several weeks. the underground water supply, find near Salina, and driven weie Ezra Shoemaker, one of Ludvigsons body next day. the presidency of South Sanpete After killing him and run- these with the Manti cattle into Stake, and William A. Cox, both ning ue off, the Indiana had the mountains to the Eastward. still living in Manti. their own way with our cattle. By night, Men from Manti, I took President Shoemaker They swept round them and Gunnison and Ephraim began to and Uncle Will out over the drove off every hoof, hurrying gather in Salina. The company ground a few weeks ago, and them across the hills South of was made up partly provisioned fur the pursuit of the marauders. they told all about what had where Mayfield now stands there wasnt any Mayfield then A day or two later, the men happened. an abundent life for all" and to a maximum provide quantity for the next years use As a result of last years closing order, there was made available during the past season additional water, which materially helped to mature crops. The strict obedience to this closing orded will further increase the supply. Disregard of the closing order is a misdemeanor, and if necessary, the State Engineer will bring action in the district court to enforce the law, states Mr. Widows Should Check On Social Funk. ftlrffiSSulinSgSun Salina, Sevier County, Utah Page Frl., Oct. 25, 1957 4 TOE SALINA SUN Published every Friday at Salina, Utah. Entered at the Post Office at Salina, Utah, as second-clasmatter, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. s Wesley Cherry, Editor-Publishe- r. Buy Locally It Pays NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOND ELECTION Security Benefits PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held in SEVIER COUNTY, state of Utah, on the 1st day of November A.D., 1957, at which election there shall be submitted to the qualified voters who have paid a property tax within said County in the year next preceding the election, the following question, Shall the Board of Commissioners of Sevier County, State of Utah, be authorized and enpowered to issue and sell negotiable serial coupon General Obligation Bonds of said County in the amount of $50,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring and providing Television Transmission and Relay Facilities for the purpose of supplying television to the people of Sevier County, said facilities to be owned and controlled by said County? At said Election the form of ballot shall be in substantially the following form: BOND ELECTION BALLOT Shall the Board of to-wi- t: Com-missone- rs of Sevier Coun- ty, State of Utah, be authorized and enpowered to issue and sell negotiable serial coupon General Obligation Bonds of said County in the amount of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars in the der.emination of One Thou-- s a n d ($1,000.00) Dollars each, numbered one (1) to fifty (50), both Inclusive, the bonds to bear interest at settlers a rate not to exceed five per cent per annum, and to mature in not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of the bonds, for the purpose of raising money for acquiring and providing Television Transmission and Relay Facilities for the purpose of supplying television to the people of Sevier County, said facilities to be owned and controlled by said County? FOR THE ISSUE OF BONDS (5) Yes No On the reverse side of said ballot shall be the following: Official Ballot of the County of Sevier, State of Utah, Special Bond Election, November 1, 1957. s J. L. Despain, County Clerk. At said Election the polls shall be opened at the hour of 7 oclock A. M., and shall be closed at the hour of 8 oclock P. M. on said day. Said election shall be held in the official voting precincts and districts of Sevier County, except for those districts which shall be consolidated for purpose of this Special Election as hereinafter set forth, and the polling places for said voting precincts and consolidated voting districts and precincts, and the judges who have been appointed to conduct the election are as follows: Underground Wells Ordered Closed By State Engineer New Seriei 31 pickup viragos v. . .. .. 14 v v .. T t ft. nrftldjttl. 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