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Show SALINA, UTAH, FRIDAY, VOL. 7 Onster JUNE 20, 1924. Minis Salina Suffers Big Loss When Midnigt Fire Rages Are io Be PustieJ The Maple Grove division of the Boy Scouts of America was represented at the scout convention held at Richfield last Saturday, by Lamont Christensen, scout master, and J. 0. of the local Anderson, scout organiation. The meeting is said by those attending from Salina to have been one of the best and most inspiring of its kind ever held in this section. The organization of the Bryc Canyon council of the boy scouts of America was completed by the selection of the following officers: Henry E. Beal, Richfield, president; J. W. Jones, Tom Gunnison, first second Sevy, Panguitch, F. C. Hill, Mohrland, third vice-chairm- , vice-preside- vice-preside- vice-preside- S. M. Nielson, Mt. Pleas- Alfred J. ant, fourth Bird, Richfield, secretary; George II. vice-preside- Ogden, Richfield, treasurer; Wm. B. Hawkins, Richfield, executive. Counties included in the Bryce Canyon Council are Sevier, Sanpete, Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Piute, Garfield and Wayne. Representatives from all the counties, excepting two, were present at the Richfield meeting. Charles Miller, regional executive for the twelfth region, which includes Utah California, Arizona and Nevada, was one of the noted visitors present at the meeting. Mr. Miller came up from Sacramento, for the express purpose of aiding in the organization of the council. He gave and timely some very interesting talks at various times during the convention and was warmly received on every occasion. Before adjournment every division promised to aid in securing finances that will aid the boy scouts in the ,big plans and it is proposed to start , a drive early this fall. Simple lo Compie limn Boms It is easy for the World War veterans to find out how much insurance they are entiled to from the Government if they will follow the simple computing method used by the Veterans Bureau. Director Gen. Hines has issued instructions with an explanation of how to include the 25 per cent increase: The increase of 25 per cent should not be added to the number of days served in the army before the service credit is multiplied by the factor. The factor was compiled by Gen. Hines and is the official method devised by the Bureau. Gen. Hines gives the following directions for the use of the factors. Allow $1 per day for each day of home service. Allow $1.25 per day for each day of foriegn service. Deduct $G0 from this sum. Multiply the balance by the factor opposite the age (nearest birthday) as shown in the table below. The result will be the amount of the adjusted service certificate. As an example. Age at the date of issue, 27. Home service, 175 days. Overseas service, 110 days. One hundred and seventy-fiv- e minus 60, tiipes $1, equals $115. One hundred and ten times $1.25 equals $137.50. Adjusted service credit, $252.50. 2.532 factor at age of 27. $252.50 service credit multiplied by 2.532 equals $639.33. $639.33 is the adjusted Service Certificate. . .To compute your bonus use the table of factors as to age as compiled by the Veterans Bureau. V, We are going to push our case to the very extreme and before we are through we expect to know positively whether or not the Denver & Rio Grande railroad will be forced to complete its line in Salina canyon or be Thus spoke Chas. M. Morousted. ris, United States district attorney for Utah, to a Sun reporter last Saturday. Mr. Morris, accompanied by T. L. Holman, prominent attorney from Salt Lake, was in the city for a brief business visit. They were on their way to Richfield, leaving the same evening. Some six weeks ago the government filed a bill to cancel the right of way of the railway company in the continued Mr. Morris, and canyon, the action is now in process. We are y has contending that the been forfeited from every standpoint. The first grant to the railway company was made in 1902 and at that time the company erected some twenty milels of its road. This road ras used only for work trains in the road building. In 1903 the road bed was badly washed out and since that time very little work has been done to complete the line as proposed. The first grant was forfeited for failure to rehabilitate the line within a period of twnety years, and the government wrill contend a forfeiture to this particular grant for failure to rebuild. In 1914 a distinct and separate grant was made giving the railroad company the right of way through the canyon to build beyond first limits of the first grant. This second grant, we will contend, is forfeited on account of failure to construct within the period of five years as provided by the statutes. The railroad company has demurred to the bill filed on the grounds that it is in' the hands of a receiver. To sue the receiver the government must obtain permission from the federal courts of Colorado, which has jurisdiction over the receiver. Application to this end will be made and until that time the matter must stand as it is now. Demon fire, fanned by a strong northeast wind, caused a loss to Salina Main street business property Tuesday night, various'y estimated between and that the entire business section on the south side of Main street was not entirely burned was due to the fact that the volunteer fire, fighters did yoeman service and held the fire from spreading to $6,000 and $10,000, the adjoining buildings. The fire broke out in the Star restaurant, owned by Larson, and was discovered about 11:30 by Miss Leora Dastrup, who was returning from a dance. An alarm was immediately given and Gilbert soon volunteer firemen were on the scene. Realizing the danger with the and would fearful fire that strong blowing get beyond control, messages were sent to Gunnison and Richfield and both cities responded with men and fire fighting apparatus. By the time the recruits arrived, however, the fire was gotten under control. wrind Booling For right-of-wa- at The main road leading from the city to the entrance of Salina canyon has been materially changed and with the new routing, and with the improvements made, the thousands of tourists and travellers from local points will be better able to reach the The crooked road which is canyon. to be found by turning south at Second East, will be abandoned and instead all travel will be directed to turn to the south at Third East. The high mound which has been a source of much grief and which detracted from pleasure as well as beauty, has been removed and now it presents a much better appearance. To provide for safety during night travel two electric lights have been placed at convenient points and there should be no reason for accidents, as the lights will serve as beacons for the many travelers who pass ever the highway during the day and night. The improvement work was decided upon by members of the city council Most Pleasant Surprise. Mrs. John P. Jensen was given a and the streets committee at a late most pleasant surprise last Friday, meeting of the council reported that when Mr. and Mrs. Glyndon Jensen the work had been completed. and children, Mrs. A. S. Gates, Mrs. Robert Evans and children, Mrs. G. A. Gates, of Salina, and Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen of Axtell, invaded the Jensen home in this city and made merry. Friday was the birthday anniversary of Mrs. J. P. Jensen and the visitors brought with them baskets loaded with cake and good things to eat, and this and The citizens of Sigurd have not luncheon furnished an elaborate which was served during the after- given up their fight for location of noon. Mrs. Jensen has been an in- the state road in such a manner that valid for the past ten years and the it will go through Sigurd instead of visit of her friends on this occasion west of the railroad track a:i surwas an enjoyable one. Gunnison veyed by the road engineer and approved by the bureau of public roads Valley News. at Ogden, represented by District EnUnion Meeting at Aurora. gineer B. J. Finch, says the Reaper. Sunday School workers of North The people of Siguid claim that the Sevier stake attending the union new survey does not shorten the road sufficimeeting at Aurora last Sunday after- between Richfield and Salina make for to disadvantages, up noon felt greatly rewarded for their ently effort, to resist the call of the moun- like more expensive rights of way and tain streams. The department work more expensive construction, and was given excellently and at the after all, they are right in their consecond general meeting a delightful tention that the first purpose of a to program was presented. Miss lone road is to serve thee people and live.' connect where people places Redmond the ward of Christensen The Sigurd people again had a con- When Winter sang the song, Comes; Miss Gail Johnson of Au- ference with the state road commisof one informed we are sion and by rora gave a reading, Chicheta; Brienholt played a their spokesmen, ,W .?. Payne, gen- Miss Beulah manager of the Jumbo Plaster & brilliant piano solo; and Moroni company, that the commission Lazenby delivered a sermon on the is heartily in favor of doing what the keeping of the Sabbath day. The want. Mr. Payne was assured people Aurora ward was more fully reprecommissioners that they the this county by at other wards the than sented demand for routing will the suppoit meeting. the rOrd through Sigurd and also re- Ernest Lewis, an employe of the ceived cooperation from Richfield and road construction company, met with Salina banks and business houses in a slight accident last Saturday when a the request to have the load routed horse stepped on his foot. Mr. Lewis through Sigurd. If the request is is still unable to work but his foot is not complied with, in spite of the asroad commissionstate of the surance gradually healing. ers, it will be clear that the only one opposed to the route as asked for by the Sigurd people, is Mr. Finch, Mil Ml ice-crea- m No. 3. . Sigarfl Me Salina baseballists, though inactive for a number of years, paddled down to Marysvale, on the banks of the Sevier, last Sunday, and literally tore the scalps from the miMers. The score, after nine long innings stood 12 to two, and had it not been for a fumble or two by the beet diggers, Crow Crane, the mighty hurler, and his assistants would have scored a clean shut-ouIt was a remarkable exhibition, particularly by the local boys, and of course our home people are mighty proud of the opening achievement. Manager Emmett Robbins, soon after the organization of the Salina team, started his youngsters to work, and only a small amount of practice was gotten before the Marysvale trip. It was satisfactory, however, and everyone of the gang promises to develop into a real player before the season advances very far. The box score is not available and for this reason it is not being published. The sport reporter, though, has been advised that the errors on the part of the Salina boys, were very few, and it is also said that the slugging ability of a number of the ccals shows highly satisfactory. The great American sport has been started and though the season will be short, lovers of the game will be afforded as many exhibitions as can be arranged for. Marysvale will come to this city next Sunday afternoon for a return game. The play will be held at the Salina ball park apd will start at two thirty. To help defray the expenses and to make it possible for all to attend the admission fee has been set at 25 cents for adults and ten cents for children Marysvale is a liny bit grieved at her defeat last Sunday and is coming to Salina in the hopes of carrying home the bacon. Salina will oppose any attempt like this and is going in for victory. A large delegation it coming from Gunnison and it is expected that many of the immediatt settlements will be represented. At any rate, everybody turn out and give baseball the moral and financial support it is justly entitled to. t. I Interesting Conference. The Relief society conference, held at the First ward chapel, proved highly interesting to those who were present. A great many people from Salina were out of town and for this jeason the attendance was not as large as it would hav$ been other-era- l wise. The program consisted of ing by the congregation, a report of teachers and charity work, by Mrs. a Roxana Crane, following which lesson report was made by Mrs. Ellen Atkin. Reports were also made on social and work meetings, by Mrs Martha Fenn and Mrs. Mina Steele. Miss Wanda Erickson gave a splendid solo and the main address on Relief society work was given by Mrs. John Tholman, stake board representative, sing-Ceme- nt Will Give Kensington. and Civics The Ladies Literary club will entertain the members at a kensington at the Salina Park. The festivities will begin at 2:30. Mrs. F. A. Mattsson will report the book. Ella Mrs. The Covered Wagon. Gates will give a reading and refreshments will be served following the Mrs. K. W. Bird, after staying with her daughter, Mrs. Francis Nielson, at Richfield, for two weeks, came home last Monday morning. Mrs. Nielson has been very ill but is now program. recovering. Just how the fire originated is not known as yet. Some believe it was from a defective wire while others think it started from a gasoline stove. Soon after it broke out, however, it spread rapidly and soon the entire front of the restaurant was a seething mass of flames, making fighting very difficult. The organization of the fire fighters, however, was soon effected and the fire was confined to the restaurant building. A gust of wind and the intense heat caused the spread and soon the roof of the Rex building, where the Legion pool hall is located, broke out into flames. Efforts were doubled and after a half hours strenuous work, this was gotten under control. The Star restaurant, the scene of the fire, is located between the new meat market and the pool hall. To the east and west are brick and stone walls. This fact, perhaps, saved further spread of the fire. Had it gotten beyond these two points, the new Victory theater, the new Scorup building and the Brown building on the west, and the new meat market, the postoffice and the Fair mercantile to the east would have made a quick fire, as most of the buildings are constructed of wood. The contents of Jhe restaurant, except a few pieces of furniture and some clothing, was a total loss. A $1,500 piano, the silverware and most of the wearing apparel went up in smoke. Larsen carried $2,000 in- mission. Manager Olson has a crew of men at work and he expects to havehis service in commission again in a few days. It was a year ago last May that Salina suffered a big fire loss when the Rex theater building, the Scorup building and the Brown Mercantile store was burned to the ground, entailing a loss of about $50,000. The theater building had just been reconstructed, as well as that of the new structure which is to be occupied by O. G. Nielson as a hardware store. Mr. Nielson had moved a portion of his goods to his new quarters and was planning to have his formal opening soon. Fortunately, however, only a small amount of the stock had been taken to the new place and the loss will be nominal. The attention of every member of the Lions Club of Salina is focused just now on Omaha, Neb., where the International Association of Lions Clubs holds its annual convention June Every one of nearly 800 lions Clubs of the United States and Canada is entitled to send delegates to take surance. part in the deliberations and plan The pool hall suffered considerable the work of all Lions for the next The damage by smoke and water. Omaha expects between 3,000 Rex of the floor building, just year. upper and 4,000 delegates and visitors. was occuwest of the restaurant, The pied by the Royal Neighbors. furniture and fixtures were badly damaged by smoke and water. The Curfew barber shop, at the front of the pool hall, also suffered by smoke and water. The new meat market which was recently opened by August Peterson in the building just east of where the fire started, suffered a loss estimated at $75. The 'damnge, however, was not sufficient to cause the store to close and Wednesday morning the new market was open for 23-2- 6. This is only the eighth annual convention of the Lions International, for it is the youngest of all the service clubs; yet Lions have won a high reputation everywhere for their good work. Their purpose is to build better citizens. They attain this in various ways but their methods always include such fundamentals as with the local chamber of commerce, the city and county officers, churches, school boards, and especially by helping such organizations of youth as Boy Scouts and Camp Fire business. While the fire was confined to thv Girls. Each Lions Club is highly importtwo buildings stated, there was fea? ant factor in its own community, partof its spreading and the volunteei firemen, in their eagerness to pre- ly because it i3 made up of the best vent a loss, broke into the Victorj men, working with no selfish ends theater and carried out many of hi for the good of the whole commuseats and other material. Many ot nity; and partly because it is an intthe seats were broken and Manage egral part of the great Lions InterWillardson estimates his loss at national, made up of 40, 000 such men, all giving their prestige, their time, about $600. The postoffice and the Fair mer- their energy, to back up the work of cantile buildings to the east were each individual club. For this reason the deliberations threatened for a time and much damcontents in the of the delegates at Omaha this week resulted carrying age from the buildings to the street. At are of deep interest not only to this the postofficc the boxes, mail tables city, but to every community in the and everything movable were taker United States and Canada for the from the building. After a desper- good influence of a Lions Club extends ate struggle Mrs. McKenna was able far beyond the confines of its home to resume business in a normal waj town. by noon Wednesday following the fire The Fair Mercantile was closed all Embark in Turkey Business. P. A. Poulson and Robert Osborne, day Wednesday. Practically all the large stock of goods was removec. well known Salina citizens, are to emfrom the building when ihe fire wai bark in the turkey business and if raging and there was fear of its plans mature as now mapped out, a few years will see one of the largest getting beyond control. The Salina Telephone company ranches of this kind known in the came in for a loss of about $100. Only southern section. The ranch will be inrecently a new cable was strung on located at Round Valley and it is in every Main street and along in front of the tended to have it restaurant. About fifteen feet of the respect. Breeding pens, coops and in new cable was melted by the intense fact everything will be so arranged heat. Practically every rural and that the business can be carried out most of the business phones, in ad- on a large scale. Round Valley, sitdition to all the long distance lines uated as it is, offers a splendid place with the exception of the Gunnison for turkey raising. The ranges are and Ephraim and the line leading to large and fee4 can be easily supthe forest station, were out of copi- - plied from the fields. 1 te . -- |