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Show - - - -- .t , - '4'1 - X ti, tti4 MEGRAt4tSoN'tal(o City, Wedrteseley, Doelimbsi DESEIET t4EW3t AND ' t - ' , - . -.-. ...---------- 1ri e , -, - i t is -- , , 1 ' 4 Nj 4, - ; or jr, 4 11 , , I o. I .' "lo, , - -, L.", e 1 t 0 4 tN t , - - f k. .wa0. N ' . ', ev'Ap f) .7...A19r-- ii, 4, '''', '....'... ,I........ 1 - RALPH SLACKRAM- -- CARROT Ann Haten and Joan Barentsen of Mt. rieasant do soma advertising of Sanpeta County'a -- 7earrOt eaters. "turkeys awn brews Ls Saapets folks: . EATERS-;;Im- u . . GRANT JOHANSEN "Sanpeto needs Industry to hold youth." , - :e Càxra hi ..... 1K1 'Mimtifit Mayor, Gaillonmpny - - trial-itotibopea jor future. , , -S- wire called names flits ear. AI-VITTE rot literal --- . , , - Illard I mom Shoo-,---- and maker-Ha- wn Candy In detereneuto-tattir- : That's se a a t th used to call ey to 11194;1111 folks livingin the most central. nosalren7:2 ty located county in Utah back In the days when neighbors -- - --- -- trade. a - Today, Sanpeters still raise a few carrots. And Scandina sian names still outnumber all, others in the pleasant valley -- between the San Pitch and ,lies ,.. - , lurk in country Chief Jralker asked Mormons to settle. , sixth in the nation in growing tribblers. It's got lots of pro- ductive farms, happy faint- - - - a klildkl, - . - Banhi . , , -- 3k4Prori - TEMPLEPeople - ' . -- )to m - - is-t- - But Sanpete has been good to folks like Peter ll sa lestia Peterson, lltab' dfies; married coupleikho just celf- brated their 76th wedding anreen CIVIMISON once-erode- --- HANTS MIMED trtAs EMIG - or MAN arn.itlFr f, . ,. 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' '4 till- 114kA. i, , , ,,,,,, ,, ::' ' .4 -' ., - : : ' '.... : '' 1 ,....,- - -- 4, g- " '... ,,... 4 ...1.4101."''..0. Niog., .44, ,,. ' . - .0 411 , o , ' VI 4 P' ' - ,- - .... - ... a big new grain - Pleasani,--h- -- tattulturat-sumitvtend- Utah-Idah- are Mount- tiorcand-stiacarrrocesgintraccot- WAY-tow- fort the 1411 Fountain- Green;-- Mama.Company. Income resulting from sugar beet produo Hunt. for 'a' mc6orpartSprizim.CityMayfiektShester and Centerfield. riiic---- Of cmd ars 'fishing Scmpete sports ihsincome .0fthe cotmly and area,: Gunnison is ing and center'. Thedents also noted gui-- livestock andpoultry Good schools. churches and a friendly commis annual Gunnison Valley Livestock Show is held , ritY spirit are found in all of Scmpete County's corm, here .ec.t.ch May niunitiesand the welcetno mért is out to alL . - new-horn- , . .1.' ty- farmsteads, elevator here, finished just last spring We'se impnwed ouuarkint by planting ever. Ireens. Tremrintorfs really 4 , niusi.ng ahead.": -.- , The Optical Shop t77:::',-- and modern new rural homes on the highway to Tremonton. Tremonton itself is barely a half century old. It is a thriving agricultural center iI950 population. 1,662) boast, ss than ninefarm - ing a- - tot of implement stores, es. a luxurious and -brand new 03,000 cityrwatersySiPM. -'"We were about the n in the state, with no water restrictions after July I this year.", boasts Jesse M. DO. Tremonton mayor and ent "We've-g- , 62 ,., - ' . ''' 3-52- Corbin: -- proiotroul-irrigated- well-ke- - - Pio-duTel- : ' hlttery Rut' whether travelers see, ------ Co. Sugar ot ' LJ - le--who-stop-betause--- ; 'they're cr a ticrwatmanufacturors , OPTICAL SHOP - for older pee. She chats with often plc" -- A kcal company representing. many I - - no-le- Idaho Falls I THE:. I prodticztion-and--distributi- - SUl5PLY COMPANY ' ---- i. on , - - 4; Sterling located on Highway 89, half way be tween'Gunnison cmd Mcmti is noted for &drying and' turkey production. nib mcdority of Sterling's 1111110, dents are engaged in these inductees. It is located on the fringe of a scenic area with good roads lead- and other mountain retreats. ing to Fairview. located at the north tip of the county is the Gateway to Scenic Skyline DTIVO. The road leacting fmm Fairview t this famous scenic attra', tin P'asseS tbmtigh beautiful Cttnw1 CanYeln and leads to the natural gas drilling operation which is, contributing substantially to the wealth of the , county and the state. t C)ne el ill CnItStanding c4Pe1at1ves Of fbe In' West Is the, MoFoni rood Cozapany. It leading-- is theinbeii chiefly of turkey The Sempeto Rarnbouillet and junior Livestock Show- live-espe-cially 2 , 4,;4-- - was (as ,..,, .,,2 e,..r.;,.--, '... and Mn. Peter Peterson of Fairview celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary on Sanpete County: gekgraphically the heart of Utah, is noted for its production of turkeys, sheep, cattle, poultry and agricultural crops. One of the oldest counties in the state of Utah it contributes rib- otantially to the economy of the state through the of these crops.7 It is the mother county of the turkey industry in Utah and is known as the Rambouillet sheep 13apiol of the nation. At Mcmti. the county seat, the picturesque IDS Mahti temple stands high on the hill from which the stones Were carved to construct it. It is a landmark of beauty that is visited- by many thousands every year. Mczn ti Is also the home of the annual Sanpete county Fair staged in August.. Ephraim is the home of Snow College, one of .. Corinne or not, they can't land- the unfolding -s- scap - fit it( ,,,,,, - OLDEST, COUPLEMr.- - - LCorinoc,..a Nniceplaceto - 7 ".,,-- i r.;:'''''! 404Leisout! ' , .,. - But Mra Margaret - C. Hatch. postmistress. finds - ,, r,411:; , to' ''''',:. ,. ,.. e.', '. laments- - - - '''.k I ., 1.1,-,..- 7.7: . plying &cross the Great "erilboats Lake fro mthe mines to , the south. L. V. Mills, a friendly re tired farmer with a long mu- -tache. now serves without pay as mayor of the "Burg on the Bears-wh- ich now has , only a fifth G930 population, 427) of its bO.Omtime popula eat 111 -- ....., . , "Oldtimers come in quite often, but most folks pan us by on the new highway: be tittNON IVILDt..1111.A)4$ ' ' 'NkAit. ' pogo -, ,' 'Box Elder ProgressesXL Continued from 13an,lt d '; -- "P. At; :. i1 , HEART OF UTAH . "fanlythingthecounty .7 loaing-- .), 4.'4 (4 t '''',,0 ) , $ ...bolo. . NI. ( - , - n til$4...... t, 1 ' ,k''. W-.:Ir''. e -- ':'-''''- 7 , - ---- -- Ik'N,............... ,.........-- -' - . Peettin - ''.1;;-,.- All'IN' 4.. , tilt .404A,01' . -- re ., .tion. -- '''' ' : ' Pk' '''', - ,' . . , e"..... X, ' '.1'tril :4 i'''--'' ... ' ; f 14.' ''''4"9.. at IP 1 . - . , - l' d o sit nzuJutt trtAll embers Federal Deposit Insurance .:' -- .i., -- IianIi CillrBailk Z. 1 -- : ' ''''''L , .4. -- z unison Valley Bank - , JP Z . , & - 4 7i ,, ,, ;::... '1'- - ' Si ... .''6-- al . EIMIAK MAN - . , : , - Banit of Ephraim - ,, . .' t : only." . . ' y- .75-mil- - - , e i.....-- :,' - 111,, favorite diversion is to long-Skdrive the A. Atort,build Alp ,,our - sound financial advice. fils bank foundation upon which the finances of his area me built. This has been true of Sanpete County's banks. They have always been ready with every banking service needed to encourage the re. gion's sound growth. , i 0 , - ,. .. ;. --"T- eeth he Satipeto Valley - I. ',1 " , ,,-- ,t, - - .,- ,. 'r i emy, - , .1:--' - ' - court-vazie- y. Tour banker. He is not only ready With money, but also with ., i.,,,'..' .4 o' i - - ' I . a ewe capp ed Watch Mountains When th e P14' e ran to catch ast of the valley , a road which sometimes climbs to up with the rest of the sheep. more than 11.noo feet. they became. frightened and scattered throu gh th e fields The drive takes you through and meadows in all direc- the Manti-LaSforest, ,where Is Hons growing again grass ftwe.ve raised a Large tam. on watersheds Invited Settlers . ily and most of our children that figured in three disas- "This proves," Cox- adds have stayed right here in the floods In .Mt. Pleant trous with characteristic Sanpete " In 30 years, the last In INA. wit, that a sheep in wolfs Contour trenching and 'Living Enjoyable' can be as bad as a clothing seeding by the Forest Seri Ralph Blackham, general wolf in clothing!' sheep's fee. which incidentally oper- manager of the Moroni Feed Old Chief Walker and 12 a fine range research at Cm. and Unofficial "Mr.- Tur. of his tribe actually went to " station east of Ephraim, did Salt Lake City in 18410to in. thinks Sanpete liv. keyman-.the trick. Ing ran be "really enjoyable vite Brigham Young to send it a person is willing to share for a Story vim colonists down to the Sanpete in 'church and civic responal. In Sanpete there always is Valley to settle and teach his bilities." $6,000. . time to tell or listen to a braves.the ways of the white Farmers u s e d to support man. Turkeys, Incidentally, bave story. One they tell around e principal role in the big families on 20 acres of Manti it about local dentist played Arropine, Walker's succes' - economy since 1930. now land. But In his recent over this who They sor, deeded the valley along Sanpete sign put with 10 horses, fotir cows, a years farms- have been con-- - accoUnt for five million dol. solidated Into larger unit-s- lars a year In trICOMe. Along extracted with pleas-- - bull.-a- n ox, two guns and $10 sometimes ten times as large with 'sugar belts, grade A ure, without pain and with. of farming tools to Brigham as that. milk shipped to the Salt Lake out price." He explained that Young for ' the Church of the pleasure was his, the pain Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y "Many of our young people market, cattle, sheep and field ..haven't been able to find job- s- crops they.ProvIde .the,breetbelongedto,the, patient, and, Saints. -ter at ltanti. hero in that he performed the service years. So they and potatoes of Sanpete Ilv-7' have left the county or even Ant historians relate, 130 uneasy free. the State," says Editor Vaun Howard Cox recalls that settlers lived within a fort But living Is more than Cox of the Manti Messenger. in the early days a while.10 times that many in. back a in the valley making living ' Population of the 'county once termed the "granary of pranksterish young man herd. dians milled around outsidethe enclosure. Utah." dropped 2.000 f r a m 1940 to ing the towns sheep flock 1930-d- own . to 13,887. Wooing Industry But now aggressive San. FRO.AAIRTV, E M a o like r Grant y peters Johansen of Mt. Pleasant are C;;;011. working to woo industry Into ,,, the valley. Already there are , doomserSe ,........,... two clothing manufacturing ,,.e" plants. A beet factory pur ....... ' chased from the Wrigley xi, ; ., i u m ,..,, .2 interests a g nd -- --chewing ir .......... ' ' '''. "'" '"' '' ...............-11, subildia operated by . s, , Utah-IdahSugar Co., makes tbk.' , ' ',' '' sugar and jobs at Gunnison. "I like it here. We've got a , . fine climate, thelinest-peopl- e , 1 , In the world, a good educe- , , tional setup (includfng STIOW ,, .....,,,,,,4, ' College at Ephraim), and an , .. ,t. ,- - , ' excellent place to raise a 1 am. 1. ..kth, ' : ily. says Mayor Johansen. ,,,,,. L. I ,,,,4,- San-Bernar- - - tack of mactically ,.1,. '. ' ., 4- , ,,,. -- ',' tk' - ., No,.; '',- - - .- At from throughout central Utah trek to Monti to visit the Latter-da- y Saint Temple ---044 MANTI needs is industry to Ice'lpleep- some of the young people at . -- , - Rambouillet Center Irphraim, one of Its typical , country towns, claims to be the Rambouillet center sheelep the Wasatch mountain ranges --- d the world. home.. But folks talk most shout ' townere say, ,wes win' after raising turkiyi 'and' making John Henry Seely, who gresv shirta --- at least monk than up as a herd boy in the Mor- about growing carrots --- in mon colony of the country which Indian dinoi Calif., imported blooded Chief Walker asked the Morsheep into the Sanpete mons to settle in '40, try years ago. Sanpete County, reports that, western sheep sheared only two to threeV pounds of wool apiece. Seelydeveloped - individual sheep shearing as high al 33 pounds -a- nd a ram which sold to the R u a a I a it government for ,,, qr. v ...um.. - - i , , .- e , ,N11,' ..- .- '- . ,,. 1 .-0 4 ' ''. - ' :' c - - .,, ..1 a, - ',..-. , , ,,,,,, ,s,-- , ,, . t s',,..-:. ,,, ' :". it t; 411' ': .4 ------ 4 .'.'4,b.t. ' , , '. '' : ' .,!!. 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