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Show THE Thursday, June 16, 1949 had been done and no mines had been dug, for trapping and trading being the only industries of the Price Governors Town Featured In Recent Issue of Farm Life Magazine i j ng 4 A A Jti A A y rvtv :$P0T-PPIC- wwww ww (CJ6FS b jfVi rfb A J tfl j j S i J We dont make a habit oof shrinking your clothes, but if you need it for purposes of fit, we can do it for you. Our cleaning and pressing service is depend- able. 4-H- fiflY CLEANER SHRUNK THIS DRESS UNTIL I SAID WHEN Service on Request! Pickup and Delivery Service i Lu-ci- very modern and prosperous and promising. On November 8, 1892, Price was incorporated as a town, with the following officers: J. M. Whitmore, president; Henry G. Mathis, John H. Pace and Seren Olsen, trustees, and A. Ballinger, clerk and treasurer. Twentieth Century In March, 1894, Carbon county of Utah was formed from a part of Emery county, the action given approved by Governor Caleb B. West. On May 1, 1894, Price was named the seat of the CLEANING-PRESSIN- Ik -- m ALTERATIONS AA44AAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAA tU on of the twentieth century, progress began to make its impression on Price. An eight-roobrick school house was built in The Price Mercantile began business in a brick store in 1902. Prosperity and population moved ahead until 1906. Then things 1901-190- G 2. Golden Anniversary iurpri$e Dave Jacobson of Palo Alto, California, associate secretary of Stanford university, was a guest of Superintendent and Mrs. George Jackson at Kenilworth over While in Kenilthe week-enworth, Mr. Jacobson was conducted on a tour of the mine of the Independent Coal and Coke Company and reportedly w'as impressed by the vastness of the operation and the amount of coal still underground in Carbon county. After the mine trip dinner wa served at the Jackson home with Judge and Mrs. Keller of Price in attendance. After dinner the party motored to Moab, where Judge Keller was a guest speaker at the district American Legion convention. Sunday the group visited the Arches national monument and other points of interest around Moab. Mr. Jackson accompanied Mr. Jackobsen to Salt Lake City, where Mr. Jacobsen boarded a plane for Palo Alto. Mr. Jackobsen was a close friend of the late George Jackson, Jr., when young Jackson was president of the Stanford university student body. d. ! Lou. PRICES begin at 2224 d Anniversary Packard line: Exclusive new beauty distinctive, enduring new beauty that spells throughout the world. New 135-Hperformance w ith sensational gasoline economy from smoother, quieter, more powerful P straight-eigh- t engines. New soundproofed comfort new spacious, luxury interiors. And the Delit ered in Detroit -- state and local Godev 390 South -- Moral: Now that youre so close to the price of this great new Golden Anniversary Packard why not own one! THE MAN con-clit.- ' on 1 ed 'Kelleys and Keys Made to Order FOR ELECTRIC COOKING 'J IT'S AT GteOoQQ 00060008 QQCflR Montag brings you these Important features tin. Big, family-ili- t Large, uiaful wrmlr four qultk-htath- at larfttt g pirn " Hi iivbh Automatic timer ted C maid-na- n fha Icammy Catkw. IhtrmeileL eiiHet. onvanlanl epplianci WHO ONE OWNS wV&rsary DeLuxe Motor Company Carbon Phone Ave. i safer retreat, officers discovered that it was not his body, but that of Jim Herron, another outlaw! Price Grows Up Matt Warner, a noted Robbers Roost gang leader who for years terrorized the West from Colorado to Oregon, finally reformed and became a citizen of Price. He died in 1938 after serving as FYiee city marshall and Carbonville justice of the peace, Today Price has a population of more than 6000, and was listed in the last official census as Utahs eighth town in size. v 924-- J P11 F Attractive tilfh fash your wall. Twa daap, qultl tlaragt irawin. CONVtNIME TIIMI NyH Pewit Only 159.95 g, Rich Coal Mines The climate of Price, so its citizens claim, is ideal, with practically continuous sunshine from years beginning to years end. The sunshine puts rosy cheeks on ap pies, pears and peaches, and gives them fine flavor. Bees produce delicious honey from the fruit blossoms. The rich coal mines of Carbon and Emery counties supplement other income. Historically, Price has had a few exciting interludes. It was a stopping place for the outlaws of Robbers Roost and the bandits of Browns Hole. One anecedote tells how Butch Cassidy, The last of the outlaws, rode into Price, hidden in a covered wagon, to view state. The posse claimed that it had killed the bandit in the wild, rocky wasteland of the nearby San Rafael Swell. , After Cassidy had viewed the remains, and passed along to a incomparable smoothness of Packards "Limousine Ride. Two tons of husky roadweight precision-built to Packard standards of excellence. Fact: Of all the Packards built, in the last 50 years, over $0 are still in sertice! And the new Golden Anniversary Packards are the finest of them all! ASK f $75,-00- 0. taxes, if any, and white sidewalls ($21), extra. And just review the fine car values you get for your money, in even the lowest-pricemodels of the new Golden here until 10 years at one time, clerk ton Town Board of ;fte e mother of fWe SOnc Delbert and Green River, SurviVe survivors include e Frank, Ha y, Tidwell of Green Jonn Romjue, also rb-of and one sister, Lin, V:eeH Mrs. Sarah Simmons celebrated on her birthday anmveiary Tuesday of last week by having chilher friends, relatives and durvisit to dren call at her home ing the afternoon. Warsonville, Californi' Mr. Norman Duncan was inThe services when the jured Saturday evening, the huge oil transport which he the Price MeJS? was diiving tipped over m Cat other speaker was Rich. He was on h.s leturn L. Draper. Canyon. presfe. all for the A party empty dancing with youth trip from Moab, Violin was and pian0 mus tanker, and was coming through Carbon Stake Young peopleSchool furnished by Mrs. RuthB the can von when a terrific iam held in the Wellington Mrs. D. B cm storm hit. His visibility nas pool, gymnasium on Friday evening. G' Helen River, Mrs. and and as peoso hundred far two fifty Over in H and, he said, that Price two sang attendance. have vocal he could remember, he must ple weie in Funeral services were conduc- Piano accompaniment'; moved over onto the suit shoulder iof the road to avui i an oncom.ng ted in the Wellington ward chapel Jeanselme, also of prica Internment of last week rem was afternoon he in cn last was the Monday That the car. ton cemetery, under until a passing piotoi-- t was for Fi aims Eveline Romjue Tidthe ,h helping hun out of me completely well, of Gieen River, demolished cab of the truck He Mis Tidwell was eighty years A total of 7,131,ooo was taken to the hospital in Price old. and a former and long time Nr Service Life Insurance treatwas She was were that evening where he inside nt of Wellington. m force January ed for slight concussion His j iboin m Myrtle Creek, Oregon on ans Administration g. as impiov-msaid, ro is now lepuited November 27, 18G8, and moved to we 5,544.150 Wellington in the fall of 1893. Her the remaining 1,586,850 hJ Nine adult leaders and seven- husband, Frank Tidwell, died in converted to permanent tfa teen guls of the Wellington ward 1918, and she continued hving insurance. L. D. S. Guls Youth piogiam on Wednesday of last week from a trip to the Southern Utah parks and Hoover Dam They stopped at Bryce Canyon and Zion's Canyon, visited the Tempe in St. George and spent two days LOCK TOOL SERVICE Leadcamping at Hoover Dam. Mrs. were of the ers in charge trip Beulah Diaper, chairman of the local girls committee. Mrs Rhea Golding, Mrs. Dora Powell, Mrs. Ida Branch, Mis. Violet Peterson, LAWNMCWER . . . SAW . . . TOOL SHARPENING1 Mrs. Leora Atwood, Mrs. Erma Wells and Mrs. Vivian Atwood, Phone 538 69 South Main Helper, Utah Mrs. Trudy Cox. Mr. Ira Wells drove the truck really began to boom. In 1908 the Carbon county courthouse was built at a cost of A new railroad station was built in 1910 to replace the old one which burned. A new school building was erected in 1915, and streets were paved. Electric lighting was established, and business hummed along the neat, wide streets. The prosperous feeling impresses the stranger. There is a spirit of modernity and industry. The homes are substantial and the business district and modern municipal building and wide streets are inspiring. good-lookin- NEW lo m new-Carb- PRICF WJdlincjlon The Daily Vacation Bible school sponsored by the Dragerton Community church ended Friday, The enrollment for June 10th. this year went over 200 and it was considered one of the best schools held in Dragerton. Mrs, T. M. Constance expresses her sincere appreciation to the parents for their fine cooperation and to the teachers who helped to make the school a real success The ladies of the church worked hard in helping to prepare fur 1823. some of the handwork for the In An jut of that same year children and the church wishes the first post office was esUKi-- j to thank them for their kind laMrs. shed, with Grames, mentioned bor. Those helping were: Mike Mrs. Lebron Tratos, Dial, as the postmaster. That above, was the big day for Price the Mrs. Cletos Steel, Mrs. Cedi Gridtown found itself, at least on the er, Mrs. V. Matthews, Mrs. Lee Springer, Sr., Mrs. Nove Roberts, map. Jack Somewhat later that yerr the Mrs. Cecil Stockburger, Mrs The teachers were 'a-- , second frame building, The Rail-- : Rodgers. Mrs. Archie Nelson, Miss was built follows; way Eating House, Katheune Steel, Miss Labertia near the depot. This was done' Miss Knox, Phyllis Rose, Misi in order to supply meals to the1 Miss Earlene Knox, Zele, Kathryne railroad workers and passengers, Mrs. Charlotte Powell, Mrs. Water in Barrel Powell, Bobby Jack Smith, In January, 1884, a log meeting! and Rev. Constance. Mrs. Conhouse 20 by 40 feet was erec-- j stance the school and supervised ted. This was used as a church, Barbara Steel W'as secretary-treasure- r. school and courthouse for several! years. However, folks m Price at the Dragersaw that this meeting house would tonFriday evening Community church, the Bible not house the glowing nui iber of school presented the closing proschool children, and a special tax for the parents. The handgram was levitd the next year for the work which the children had adobe made was building of a three-roodisplaced. The church school. was very proud of the fine work Until 1887, water for the homes accomplished by the childien and business' houses was carried both in their studies as well as from the mer in barrels andj handwork. tanks, but work was being speed- ed up on a canal. By the fall of Stanford Secretary 1887 the canal, which had taken three years to build, was com- Visits Kenilworth, pleted. Water began to flow into the community, making it feel Arches Monument county. With the coming Quality Dry Cleaners punK1r J For nearly 30 years, development of the region around what is now Price was slow. The town-sit- e was laid out and divided into city lots in November of 1882. At this time, Fred E. Grames, one of the first settlers, built the first frame building and opened up a store. On the Narrow Gauge The folowing April, the railroad track from Desere: to Sal: Lck- -i City and Ogden was compa'td. Price was named as a station ar.d a na row gauge box car wit sot up as a depot in the summer cf which the vacationeers rode, and accompanying the group in a private car were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Wagoner, Mr. Delwin Wells. Mr. Vard Wells and Miss Gwenda Wells. Girls who made the trip in the group included the Misses Joy Golding, Myrna Jean Bradshaw, Kay Peterson, Carma Garlick, Burnett, Phyllis Bunderson, Jackie Birch, Gwen Mortensen. Maxine Powell, Mari-- 1 iyn Mead, Mane Wells, IvaLou Stoddard, Epsie Rich, Cleora Thayn. Martha Milner and Rula in Daily Vacation Bible School Concludes Very Successful Term region. He paid two years bonds and inIn a recent issue of The Western Farm Life magazine published at terest, without any city tax levy Denver, Colorado, an article ap- The building and gymnasium cost Price Gover- $300,000 and could not be duplipeared entitled cated today for $750,000 but to nors Town by George Friese. The article gives a brief histor- get back to the town: Caleb Rhodes ical sketch of Price city and is Caleb Rhodes saw possibilities published here to show what readers of the magazine are read- of the valley when he passed ing about our city. through the area with a herd of The article was accompanied by cattle in 1877. two photographs, one showing Farming was begun along the Governor J. Bracken Lee follow- Price river two years later, but acing his election to the governor- tive settlement was delayed until ship bidding goodbye to Mayor the coming of the railroad in the A. D. Keller and City Judge S. J. early 1880s. Folks say Rhodes Sweetring and the other is a had come to Utah in 1840 with his photograph of Carbon countys ex- father, a year before the Mormon hibit at the state fair during pioneers. The Rhodes were trail Utahs Centennial year. blazers for the great influx that The following is the article as was to come. it appeared in the Western Farm It was largely due to the enLife: thusiasm of Rhodes that Price Such titles as The Queen was settled. Rhodes later become City and Biggest Little City on one of the leading citizens of the Earth indicate the feeling of valley. He often spoke at old and pride that citizens of folks parties, telling tales of early Price hold for their pretty, busy, days and of his lost gold mines modern little community. Many in the Uinta mountains. point to it affectionately as The Called Castle Valley In 1879 a few mud dugouts were Gateway to the Eastern Utah EmThis is the town which fashioned along the banks of the pire. gave to Utah its new governor, J. Price river. In these the first setBracken Ixe, who took office tlers huddled, while the rest of January 1, 1949. the country was given over to the It was Governor Lee, who as Indians, cattle rustlers and outlaws from the settled areas. mayor for six terms 12 years is given credit with starting conThe land around Trice was struction of Price city hall and au- known as Castle valley 580,000 ditorium, and having paid off the acres of rangeland, some of it last bonded indebtedness before fertile enough for fine farms. At leaving office. that time, however, no SUN-ADVOCA- up Set 24-P- c. CLUB ALUMINUM Given with each Montag Range sold this month A $24.95 Value bigfamUv s?ze mlin ?utomatlc features, cooking is easier, quicker, better. The for a ful1 meal- An( the large warming even in Fi r3S C rom SerVC Simphfies meal planninS- - lets Ddl nealBpLg - heat fastcr more evenly for quick meals. And theyre the easfpg;tSraCeeiments has e eents made. 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