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Show 14V Lack of Precipitation Setting New Records v THIRTY-NINT- YEAR H SAUNA, SEVIER COUNTY. UTAH, JULY 18, 1958 NO. 51 A complete list of office seekers in Sevier Cbunty for the Fall elections ' were released tnis week by the County Clerk, J. L. Despain, following the filing deadline July 30th. The Republican Party was well represented in the filings, with only six Democrats filing for four offices. Complete list of candidates and the offices they seek are: REPUBLICAN For County Clerk: J. L. Despain, Weldon T. Richards, Sr. For County Treasurer: Ben M. Ainsworth. For County Recorder: Louise Nielson, Henrietta Thalman. For County Sheriff: Rex L. Huntsman. For County Assessor: Heber J. Christiansen, Homer C. Olsen. For Two-YeCommissioner: Kendrick Harward. r For Commissioner: Verge N. Browm. For County Attorney: Tex R. Olsen. For State Representative: Ferdinand Erickson. For County Justice Of Peace: (Richfield Precinct): Norman J. Holt, A. Reed Blomquist, Wayne D. Campbell, D. Ward Ogden. For Justice of Peace: (Salina Precinct): Grant Jorgensen. DEMOCRATIC For County Recorder: Audra M. Oldroyd. For County Assessor: Milo A. Jensen, Proctor J. Bohman. For Four-Yea- r Commissioner: Calvert C. Bell. For County Attorney: Arden E. Coombs. For Justice of Peace: (Richfield Precinct): Lynn C. Nielson. ar Four-Yea- E Gun Accident Carvel Mattsson Claims Grandson A telephone message came to Mrs. Nellie Crane, telling of the death of a grandson, William Kister, Jr., son of William E. Grant Gyllenskog ry x, ! 11 . and ' 8th of April and talk over their killing of cattle. It appeared the difficulty would be settled but a certain young amicably whose father had died, Indian, continued to halloo, saying ne would eat Mormon beef and kill Mormons. I repeatedely told him to stop and allow me to finish my talk. Just then someone called out, Look out. He is getting his arrows. I rode up to him and turned him off his horse. Bystanders interfered and we separated. I have taken the position that that talk with the Indians showed their hand. Perhaps they started hostilities sooner than they would have done but the trouble wmuld have come just the same. Blackhawk told Charles Whitlock the same thing he had told me. In those days, it was imperative at times that harsh measures should be used. Hamilton killed an Indian dog and whipped some Indians, but that did not start a war. J threw an Indian off my horse, and kicked him off the place, and no war came. We had to do these things or be run over by them. It was bea question of supremacy tween the white man and the Indian. To those who persist in looking upon me as guilty, I will say this: I appeal to a our Creator, who higher court v ill ultimately judge all men. e Instead of focusing our upon one man at Manti as of April 9, 1865, perhaps these facts should be noted: 1. The were already on the after their manner, in and killing livestock weeks and months before April 9th. 2. At the time of the Manti huff, Indians were pushing animals from along the Sevier toward the mouth of Salma Canyon, a day at least before the settlers there got word like Pearl of the outbreak Harbor in the face of Billy Mitchells, and others warnings ) 3. The settlers, or at least (he dominant group among them, were asleep toward the wajs and problems of their Lamanite re them. When Lot Smith in 1857 used of large force by a (Continued On Fage 4) cen-.-ur- In-d.a- ns war-pat- sneak-drivin- 1 d,-"l- g 1 ri Salina Man Conservation Farmer if The Sevier County Soil 1m v -- vl I &j Carvel Mattsson, Richfield attorney, filed recently for the Republican nomination for the office of United States Senator from the state of Utah. He will oppose the incumbent Senator, Arthur V. Watkins, and W. A. Lang, joung Salt Lake City industrialist, in the Republican State Convention, to be held August 2, 1958J at which time one of the three candidates will be eliminated. The two victorious candidates will vie with each other for the Republican nomination at the Primary Election, to be held September & 1$ s , 2, 1958. Who Dunit? h, v. Sevier County S.C.9. Names i 4 1 V CONSERVATION FARMER Robeit S. Jensen of Salina, honored by Sevier Soil Conservation District. r O. IVIE half-centu- fi k children, Marie, Joel and Jean, of Belmont, Calif., are visiting for a month with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Herbert, parents of Mrs. Gyllonskog. Saturday, the family group and Mr. and Mrs. Quay Herbert attended a reunion of descendants of the Samuel Wells family at the Provo Park. Mr. Herbert, whose age is 75, is the eldest male descendant in the family. The Wells family were among the earliest pioneers in the state. The Manti Incident 3C, r.i't'ft Family Group Meet In Provo By When trouble brews one thing that alw'ajs bothers people is Even two kids in Who dumt? a fight blame each other for starting it. What caused the Indians to go on the warpath7 A popular history of Ulan reads: The Blackhawk War was caused by a drunken settler in Manti. And there the matter has stood for almost a century. John Lowry was that settler. Gottfredsens book, Indian Depredations In Utah, gives a picture of Lowry over this caption: Lieutenant in Wm. Benchs Infantry. Indian interpreter of experience, explorer, pioneer, colonizer. Nothing suggests an inebriate. We sing, Hear Deand fense Before Deciding, on is own testimony Lowrys Blackhawk a at record, given reunion in Manti nearly a later. I served as Indian interpreter among Indians were for years some strange notions in relation to their spiritual life. They served Satan, not God, through fear. Should a white man write the name of an Indian on a sbo of paper and give it out that it would be sent to Satan, the Indian would sacrifice his life if of necessary to get possession Inof band small a 1864, it. In Gunnidians were wintering at (sma1-podied son. Many of them contracted from the white..) and they found reason for their trouble in conclusion that the Mormons had written their names and sent them to Satan. their They were directed by bv sickness chief to stop the retaliation. in killing Mormons In February, Blackhawk informwere ed me that the Indians went snow the going to do when to mv off. I immediately went He bishop with the information to nothing thought it amounted several The Indians told me I went to the bishop so times, the second time. He said, there are not enough of them Short- ca,ly after, they were kilingof an skull the found I tle a ox I had owned. I operated wool Indians the grist mill, and come for grinding They agreed TC to pay for the ox w ilh to I agreed did which they the about Manti at meet them To B.S. Senate ' Bailey Roams And Rambles - Seeks nomination and Iris Crane Kister, who died I Sunday at the family home in Sanger, California. Only meager information was received in the message, but it wras learned that William Jr., 26, who resides with his parents, had an accident when he started to clean his gun, and it discharged Survivors are the parents and a brother, Ronald, and a grandmother, Mrs. Crane, of Salina. Relatives left Monday even-ir- g for the Kister home, and ta attend the funeral services. Mrs. Accident Victim Paid High Tribute Candidates Complete For Sevier County lR Mr. Mattsson was born at Salina, and was educated in the public schools of that city; Salt Lake City and Richfield. His father, Carl A. Mattsson, served for many years as supervisor of the Fishlake National Forest. Mr. Mattssons wife, Wanda Ashley Mattsson, is the daughter of the late Dr. George F. Ashley and Mary Kearl Ashley of Montpelier, Idaho. They have four children: Marilyn (Mrs. Morris Buckwalter, Jr.); Jon Michael, Mary Melinda and Carvel Marc. Mr. Mattsson is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, and has served in numerous church positions. His hobbies are sports, music and travel. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1928. During his college career, he served as a student assistant to the Dean of the School of Business, and to several professors, and following graduation, taught school at Jerome, Idaho, for a period of one year. He then attended and received his law degree from George Washington University Law School in the nations capitol. From both that Law School and the University of Utah, he graduated with high honors. He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, National Honorary Scholastic Fraternity, Order of the Coif, National Honorary Legal Society, and was awarded various other scholastic honors and recognitions. Since 1933, Mr. Mattsson has resided in Richfield, and has practiced law as his principal occupation. Since 1950, he has been a member of the law firm of Gustin, Richards & Mattsson, with offices at both Richfield and Salt Lake City. He is a member of the Utah State Bar, which he has served as Commissioner, vice president and president; the American Bar Association, in which he has been active as a member of its committees; and of the American Judicature Society. He is also a member of the Academy of Political Science, and for a number of years, has been listed in Whos Who in America. He attended the American Bar Association Convention in London in 1957, and spent three months in the British Isles and Norway. He is a member of the Richfield Lions Club and South Central Utah Knife and Fork Club, which he helped organize, and (Continued On Page 4) y Con- servation District Board of Supervisors has honored Robert S. Jensen of Salina, by naming him their Conservation Farmer for the year 1957-5This cita8. tion goes to one Sevier County farmer each year, in connection with the Goodyear Rubber Companys program for Greater Service. This program is sponsored by Goodyear, and all the District organizations in the U.S. and its territories are invited to participate. The program seeks to improve and speed up the conservation activities on farms and ranches in America, and those districts participating in it are carrying out a more balanced, worthwhile program that reaches more people, and results in more conservation on the land. Goodyear honors one farmer and one District Supervisor each year from each state and territory, and sends them to Litchfield Park, near Phoenix, Arivacation. zona, for a Litchfield Park is Goodyears show farm. The men chosen from each state come from the list of winners named in the districts w'ithin the state. Three or four years ago, the Sevier Counthe ty selection represented state of Utah at Litchfield. Robert Jensen was selected from those named in the county this year for his recent and sustained interest in establishing conservation practices on his farm, and taking the lead in improved farm practices in his community. Mr. Jensen is married to the former Marjorie Crane, and they have five children. He makes his living entirely from his farm enterprises, and owns 130 acres of land under the Quarry Ditch, North of Salina, of which 100 acres are cultivated. In addition to his own land, he operates 72 acres of farm land on a sha-- e basis, and this year, has 15 acres of sugar beets on still another farm in the vicinity. Mr. Jensen moved to Salina in the Fall of 1945, after 4 years in the armed services. Mr. Jensen is working a full program of improved farm practices. Sixty acres of his farm have been leveled, with 20 acres done in 1958. He has constructed a 15 ac. ft. overnight storage pond to improve control of irrigation water, and has installed 1320 linear feet of lined ditch and 500 feet of pipe to carry the water from the pond to the Lelds without erosion. The ditch lining program will continue until the supply and head ditches are lined. All fields will be leveled if needed before ditch lining is installed. Appropriate control structures are being installed with the lining. In addition to his work in improving irrigation water management on his farm, Mr. Jensen is carrying a good rotation system; is building and maintaining the fertility of the land, and is trying to improve his tillage practices. He is currently bringing in some salt affected land through leaching and the use of Tall Wheat Grass to loosen up and condition the soil. Mr. Jensen is a good district cooperator, and is taking , 10-da- y advantake of the services supplied by Soil Conservation Service technicians and the ACP program to put his farm in good operating condition. Mr. Jensen feeds out 40 to 50 head of beef cattle each year, and plans to step up this operation to about 100 head and feed the year round. Robert is improvement minded, and does a.l the work he can mechanically, and takes the lead in use of new machinery and methods which increase his productive capacity. He made his own metal slip for ditch lining, and got the job done at a minimum of cost, doing his own earth moving work with farm machinery at hand, and laid his own tile. This year, he is cutting his seedings of Lahontan alfalfa, and feels that it is doing much better than the other species he is growing. He better growth reports a on this new variety of alfalfa. Robert's energy is not all confined to his farm interests He has served 10 years in the Salina First Ward Bishopric, 5 years as bishop, and 1 year as Ward Clerk. He has served 4 years as Salina City Councilman, and is currently teaching a Sunday School class, and acting as Scoutmaster. The Sevier County Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors is proud to cite Robert Jensen as their Conservation Farmer of the year. cost-sharin- g ch The home of Mrs. Warren Jensen was a Getting for a summer patio party, given for memp bers in the Club, Monday evening. Dinner was served on the patio, and covers were laid for 20. Husbands of club members were special guests. Hostesses were Mrs. Jensen, assisted by Mrs. Leo Mower, Mrs. Heaps Baker and Mrs. Robert Jensen. A social hour was the pastime. Snip-Sna- Impressive funeral services were held July 12th In Kanosh for Reed K. Curtis, who was killed in a burning accident on U.S. Highway 91, July 8th. Following the services in Kanosh, where he and his family had resided since 1955, the remains were brought to Aurora, his home town, for graveside services and burial. The services in Aurora were solemn and impressive for the joung man called Home" so early in life. The invocation was offered by Vearl Bastian, followed by the male quartett singing Going Home. Leland Lazenby praised Reed for his many accomplishments in church and life in general, and Bishop Samuel Crowther offered remarks. The benediction was offered by Gayland Mason, and a brother, Max Curtis, dedicated the final resting place in the family plot at the Aurora Cemetery. Less than an inch of rain has fallen since April 1st, according to figures obtained Monday from Austin Anderson at the Gunnison Sugar, Inc. weather station. The total for the period was .89, covering a span of 105 days through July 14th. The last storm to record any precipitation was on June 8th, when a total of .12 was recorded. April had .21; May, .56, and July has not recorded any moisture. Reports say many of the crops are dry, but it is generally felt there is sufficient water on storage to assure their development. However, the reservoirs are dropping fast, and cutting down on what was planned to be carry-over- " water for 1959. Temperatures during the period have been about average, with the past two weeks getting on the hot side, and running over 100 in the area. Little relief has been predicted by weather observers, but Monday was on the cool side, with clouds prevailing most of the day. Death Claims Music Teacher Named For NSHS Salina Native Donald Flora will join the faculty at North Sevier at the opening of the school year in September. Mr. Flora majored in music at the University of Utah, and for the past five years, has taught in the music department at the Panguitch schools. Mr. Flora has the distinction of having the Panguitch band win a No. 1 rating at the Music Festival, held in Richfield this year. He plays the clarinet and piano. He is a native of Utah, born in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Flora was born in Meadow. They are active in the L D S. Church, and also in M I A. and Primary, and Mr. Flora was organist in the Panguitch Stake. They have three children: Layne, 8; Janice, 5, and Lance, 1 year of age. Mr. Flora will take over the summer music program, beginning Wednesday, July 16th, as outlined. He replaces Jac Carsey in the music department. Jerry Ard of San Francisco, Calif., is visiting this week with Kirtley Madsen. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ard. Sunday, the Othello Madsen family enjoyed an outing at Fishlake. To Leave For Caiifornia Home Mrs. Louis Merrill, w'ho will join Dr. Merrill in California for a permanent home in Santa Clara, plans to leave next Sunday. She will be accompanied by the Merrill children, Dale, Jean, Paul and Jackie. Dr. Merrill, who has practiced dentistry end dental surgery the past four years in Salina, is taking a special course in the profession. Dr. Merrill is a son of Mrs. Inez Merrill and the late Dr. Leo H. Merrill. Mrs. Merrill is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christensen of Redmond. De-Llo- Mrs. Susie Nielson received the sad information of the death of her only sister, Mrs. Flossie Phillips Bolen, June 9th at her home in Medford, Oregon. Mrs. Bolen was a native of Salina. She was born June 12, 1896, a daughter of J. W. Phillips and Sarah Burgess Phillips. The family moved away when she was 10 year of age. Last year, she was visiting with her sister and renew'ing in Salina. Also joining the sisters here was the only brother, James F. (Garfield) Phillips, of Grand Falls, Texas. Mrs. Bolen is survived by her husband, Harvey Bolen; Mrs. Nielson and Mr. Phillips, a brother and sister. Sevier Cowbelles Discuss Program Vith Gov. Clyde Meeting with Governor Clyde recently on a beef promotion program was Mrs. Gladys Johnson, state vice presideni of the Utah Cowbelles, and Mrs. Fae Burgess, president of the Sevier Valley Cowbelles. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Glen F. Cowan, Payson. Mr. Cowan was chosen by the Utah Cowbelles as the Utah Father of the Year. He will compete for national honors at the National Convention of the American Cattlemens Association, to be held in Omaha next January. The Cowbelles are an auxiliary organization to the Cattlemens Association, and are very active in doing their part in promoting the beef industry. A special drive is being made for members, and all women whose husbands make any part of their living from the cattle industry are asked to join the group. Fills Term On. Sevier School Board Un-Expir- ed Dr. William R. Worley, practicing Richfield physician, was named to fill the term of Mrs. Ruth Rowley on the Sevier Board of Education, during an executive meeting of the Board on July 15th. The term expires December 31, 1958. Dr. Worley came to Richfield from Nephi in June of 1955. He is a graduate of East High School in Salt Lake, and the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is married to the former Jeanne McCarty, also of Salt Lake City. The couple have two sons. Dr. Worley is a member of the Richfield C of C and Lions Club, and is Monroe City physician. He served as head of the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Richfield, and is active in the county Mental Health studies. Active in the L.D.S. Church, he is currently a member of the Sunday School Superintendency in Richfield. Mrs. Rowley resigned from the School Board to accept a position in the school lunch program. PROMOTE BEEF Meeting recently with Governor George D. Clyde in the interests of the beef program, left to right: Glen Cowan, Utah Father of the Year; Mrs. Cowan, Mrs. Stanley Burgess of Salina, president Sevier Valley Cowbelles; Mrs Gladys Johnson of Aurora, State Cowbelle officer, and Governor Clyde. |