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W!1 g jofesy sg8smsj W :': i 3$ t 4W‘' ' 9" v :': !'S WATER SWIRLS over the Ogden Canyon highway at BATTLE TO CONTROL the Ogden River is fought by the Idlewild bridge where the swollen river of April 1936 laps across the bridge flooring Damage was severe and it was a year when residents worried and waited out the runoff which could not be controlled Today’s and valley reservoir will hold over 100000 acre-fee- t to the degree shown above would be a rarity flooding a crew of WPA men along the banks of the river in Ogden where the 1936 flood raged and flowed far beyond its normal confines Sandbags were used by the hundreds to contain water from winter snows but damage was heavy that year - LAPPING AT BRIDGE the Ogden River rises to within inches of the bottom of this structure in Ogden during the flood of ’36 The damage was reported in the millions one life was lost and the flood delayed construction of the then new Pine View Dam in Ogden Valley The dam was enlarged in 1956 and has not yet been filled to its newer capacity This year will be no different Water officials are now predicting that the runoff this spring will reach only 50 per cent of the long-timaverage LONELY DOG pauses for a moment while nosing around on top of a makeshift dike along the flooding Ogden River west of Washington Boulevard Such a sight today wouldbe a rarity even in a severe winter and spring e j FI 5 j! Floods of Yesteryear ’ j - v $ - B— Section 1 ? i mid-wyint- The small trickle of water down Ogden Canyon in this period of drought is considerably different from some flows in comer paratively recent times Sudden spring thaws following heavy snowfall have caused several bad floods down the canyon which brought property damage took lives and raised havoc with roads and bridges ' It is doubtful that any heavy run-of- f of water from the top ranges will ever equal the flood damage done in 1936 1950 1951 and 1952 In 1936 Pine View Dam was under cnstruction In 1956 the dam Avenue bridge of the Ogden River -- was raised to boost the capacity WPA workers were called to sandfrom 45000 to 110000 acre-febag the river banks in the west ' of town Many basements were part Since floods were caused by runflooded and rocks and debris were off from the high ranges of North deposited in front yards South and Middle Fork all of which After the flood waters subsided feed into Pine View reservoir now work on the dam went ahead at a the chances of another disastrous rapid pace and by the following spring of 1937 the dam was comflood are negligible with a capacity of about pleted acre-fee- t Early in the spring of 1936 work That flood of 1936 wTas the worst was being speeded on the - new in recent years with 277193 acre-fedam under the direction of the Buflowing down the canyon or reau of Reclamation 90 billion gallons HEAVY SNOW There were other high run-ofin The winter had been marked by 1950 1951 and 1952 but the damage was less as the heavy snowfalls in the upper the floods and reservoir held back permitted a more ranges and engineers were a little gradual release to the lower valley concerned about what would hapIn 1952 the run-of- f was 259000 acre-feet near the 1936 record but pen when the spring thaws began the flood was controlled Most damThey soon found out The spring age in that spring was from Weber thaw began on April 13 A news River flooding In 1956 Pine View Dam was story said “Little 'Fear Felt for Pine View pam as Thaw Sets In” raised to give a capacity of 110000 a figure which has not But the next day the three forks acre-feof the river were roaring torrents yet been reached The lowest run-of- f from Ogden and by midnight the river was 1936 was in 1959 when River since : raging The flood tore out the flume which the river carried only 56237 acre-fe- et for the entire year had been carrying water past the damsite Work on the dam was postponed as the river rose overflowing the canyon highway threatening summer homes and spreading out in the valley west of the Washington Boulevard bridge Motorists were warned to stay out of the canyon as thaws loosened rocks and muddy slides came down A workman for 'the Utah Idaho Central Railroad was hit by a falling rock knocked into the raging river and escaped only by grabbing some bushes He received a broken arm in the mishap The judge of the First District BOY DROWNED Juvenile Court said Saturday he is The flood waters claimed a vic- disappointed that jurisdiction of tim in a boy who fell juvenile detention quarters was not into the torren near the Lincoln approved on a state or regional basis by the current session of the i V Runoff May 45-0- 00 et fs et in Juvenile Bill : Alfalfa Growers Now Use Weevil Control Local alfalfa growers may now use heptachlor to control weevil if instructions are rigidly followed according to County Agent Melvin S Burningham Controls on the insecticide were removed a year ago by the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Agriculture but users came into much grief early from its control : Label recommendation- should be followed to the letter It is to be used before the alfalfa is two inches high and at the rate of four ounces - per acre - One gallon of heptachlor with two pounds per gallon emulsion concentrate covers eight acres of alfalfa It should be applied as soon as the ground dries enough to support ' spray equipment A year ago considerable damage was encountered on the first and second cutting of alfalfa Men Found Guilty In Juvenile Court 1 State Legislature Judge E F Ziegler said passage of SB 34 which would have made juvenile detention a state responsibility certainly would have been a step forward ‘Substitute bill SB 21 which was approved this week will' not change the problem as I see it” Judge Ziegler said “The new legislation appears to be very confusing it is not clear where responsibility lies the state or county” he remarked “This problem of determining policy relative to the juvenile detention problem is with the legislature and I shall support any action of this governing body the judge emphasized MATRON RETAINED To qualify his statement Judge Ziegler said:' “The average youth spends three days in detention This fluctuates daily and at times there are as many as 10 to 15 youths in detention while at other times the quarters are empty ' for several ' r days A matron must be retained at all times for possible bookings the judge explained If this operation could be put on a regional basis the staff could be better utilized During the' first nine months of 1960 418 youths were detained' in the Weber County quarters In less populated counties this number was considerably less and it is only practical reasoning that a joint operation would be less burdensome to the tax structure Very few counties find it practical to establish juvenile facilities and for this reason young criminals are placed in county jails It has long been an established policy by the legislature that coun- ties must provide juvenile detention Two Ogden men' were 'found guilty by Judge E’F Kiegler of the First District Juvenile Court of causing two juvenile girls age 14 and 15 to keep late and unreasonable hours James R Monson 22 188 W Gwenn was sentenced to seven days in jail for the offense Craig Cecil Roderick 21 737 Adams was fined $30 and sentenced to 15 days in jail Judge Ziegler suspended quarters separate from jails Judge the days upon payment of the fine Ziegler said s Hit but 50 s ' v s' ' "s j As Little as 25 Of Average Found 47 Inches on Monte et r SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE WINS RECOGNITION AWARD By Bob Agee ‘ s own Merit pay for teachers a pro- gram dear to the heart of the Weber County School District took it on the chin this past week in At the top of the range the SCS men found 474 inches of snow at Monte Cristo Friday containing 128 inches of moisture The average water content of the snow-pac- k at this date is 227' inches Other measurements on the range indicate the general lack of snow and water At Dry Bread pond the snowpack was 325 inches the water content 8 inches The average is 167 inches at this time of year 15-ye- ar 15-ye- ar 26 INCHES Creeks the snowthis week 26 inches and was pack the water content 68 inches conTALL SLIM COLUMNS give main entrance to Weber College Union Building a clasaversiderably below the sical look Structure is more than 61 per cent completed and should be ready for the age of 116 inches At Sagebrush Flat snow this opening of the 1961-6- 2 term in September Facilities of the $800000 building inweek was only 66 inches deep with clude cafeteria lounge music listening room meeting rooms publications offices a water content of 17 inches The craft shop general recreation area and many other facilities new to Weber students at this date is 42 inches Ben Lomond peak has considerably less snow than a year ago The snowpack this week was 21 inches ' ' x at Ben Lomond lower with a water content of 7 inches as compared to 20-Ye- ar the of 123 inches Little Bear upper on the divide I HILL AIR FORCE BASE— Thir- of North Fork to Cache Valley had About 70 Boy Scouts and Explor- outstanding Eagle of the year will 28 inches of snow this week with a teen Ogden Air Materiel Area mainers have attained the rank of Eagle be the scout speaker of the eve- water content of 63 inches The tenance directorate employes re- Scout during the past year and the mng is 102 inches Little ceived for com- Lake Bonneville Council will honor recognition special James L Gwilliam assistant Bear lower had 20 inches of snow the 23 March scout of 20 executive issued a plea Satservice federal youths years 64 inches of moisture still below pleting new The will be for the Eagles to return their Eagles sponsored r urday Twenty-yeathe pins and certificates of 8 inches at business men and interest by professional questionnaires as soon as this time of year of service went to the following of the area at a banquet to be held possible employes: at the Top O’ the Town in the Ho: Jack-so- n tel Ben Lomond- 3869 L Leo Ogden: Ralph Each boy will fill out a questionLawrence J Bauer 2822 Buchanan Vernon G Moulding 228 naire indicating his future choice Franklin Ingar N Anderson 428 of profession Officials of the Lake Jefferson John A Monk 3413 Port- BQnneville Council will 'try to er Ray R Greer 1728 Lincoln and match the new Eagle with a local Pearce L Hines 1085 E 4000 South man active in this profession Winston Fillmore is serving as Clearfield: M R Bottomly 116 Ross Drive Wilbur L Warn 266 S chairman of the event under the 750 East and Myron P Forbes direction of council president W The Utah Library Association 170 Ross Drive Beverly Howell Assisting with ar- over 200 strong has scheduled its Kaysville: Weston Timothy 383 rangements will be A Walter E 2nd North and Charles W Sal- Stevenson Robert R Parker Rob- annual convention for March 8 Thirty-eigh- t ert Campbell and Don Carlsen students earned high mon 160 E 1st South at the Hotel Ben Lomond ’ has E Milton featured the Terrace honors at Bonneville' High School Although speaker Washington Dr Edward Wight professor of not been selected Willard Maughan Walter 295 E 4475 South for the term just completed librarianship at the University of They are: Maxine Berry Leslie California will be the principal Birch Bonnie Jean Bybee Sylvia ' v : ) speaker Carter Ann Louise Collins KathOn the local scene board memerine Combe Jim Dayhuff Claudine bers of the Carnegie Free Library have deferred action for one month Drysdale Ann Irene English M on a proposal to charge a $l card Suzanne Evertsen Tompson Fehr fee for patrons living outside the Chief Clyde Peterson told the Carol Flint Cheryl Hales Gaylynne Ogden City will now operate under limits city Code in 1960 Prevention the Fire two weeks council that Hall Nicky Rae Hancock Jeanie ago although Also under consideration is a fact as well as technically the city has been operating under plan that would require county Hansen and Milly Halford' The City Council approved an an ordinance to pay by the book A Donnett Johnson Grant Johnson ordinance passed in 1933 a book users into effect all the to officials of the state putting request Diane Karikka Pat Littlefield provisions of the 1960 code as rec- clause provides that the fire de- bookmobile to accept less money Vickie Littlefield Joyce Lundell ommended by the National Board partment has authority to put into met sympathetic ears but no action Marsha C Miller Claudia Nestman of Fire Underwriters effect all changes in the code as according to librarian Maurice y ' ' Wendell T Nilson Ronald Palmer The new ordinance has a special Marchant are adopted by the they Jean Petterson Jill Pettigrew Jean provision that persons can appeal The need for additional funds Racker Emeren Reeder Elizabeth to the City Council any order or came when $7000 was slashed from Chief Peterson said the fire de- the Richard Shreck Rod ruling-madReynolds by the fire chief conlibrary’s Weber County budget Thatcher Katherine Tieszen Lynne cerning the fire prevention code partment has kept up with the code request The county alloted $31000 Weaver Thaynne Wescott and RichAdoption of the code was actually as it has been changed and added! for library service but $15 000 was I ard Wheeler i technicality to over the past years earmarked for the bookmobile- Beaver-Skun- k 15-ye- ar Hill Field Honors Thirteen for Service Council Schedules Fete For 70 Eagle Scouts 38 Students ' - T Ogden Session Planned by Earn Honors 17-1- 1960 Fire Prevention Code Ordinance OK’d by Council ’ - e T j- LEGISLATIVE BLOW a dry year ' ’ pro-rate- d 15-ye- ar : An achievement award for superior perform- ance has been awarded the 12 staff members of the Ogden office of Health Education and Welfare Social Security division Harry E Johnson district manager said Saturday The office received the recognition from the regional office which is comprised of Utah Colorado Wyoming Montana and Idaho The award consisted of a commendation and a cash award of $360 which was among the employes Mr Johnson said It was given for the staff’s efficient manner in handling social security claims the manager said It is the first such recognition given the Ogden office and the only one awarded in the region he added - The season runoff into Pine View Reservoir may reach only 50 per cent of the average this and it was ansummer spring nounced Saturday by Gregory L Pearson Soil Conservation Service official in Salt Lake City The prediction was made by Mr Pearson following reports from SCS snow surveyors who have spent the past three days measuring and weighing the snowpack on courses between Ogden and Monte Cristo While the SCS crew found as much as 60 and 80 per cent of average at some snow courses others checked out as low as 25 per cent adding to the concern of water officials who are worried about At £ OGDEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 26 1961 Utah’s Legislature The program was dealt what seems to be a fatal blow at midweek when the House roundly defeated a bill that would have made merit pay a permanent state program administered by the Utah Board of Education And the Senate delivered the coup de grace Friday afternoon by rejecting an amendment to the school finance bill that would have permitted school districts to use part of their leeway tax levy for merit pay This was a bitter blow to Weber School District officials who less than four months ago proudly announced the first teacher merit payments in the state— possibly in the Intermountain Area Whether the county program will survive defeat of the state program in the Legislature will depend on whether the Weber Board of Education wants a merit pay program enough to finance it out of present county school funds without state aid This is expected to be one of the top questions considered by the board at its next meeting March 7 But school officials available for comment Saturday were not optimistic about the future of the county’s merit pay program “Unless we can devise some way to get some money together to make the payments it looks as if we will have to discontinue the program” said board president John Van Drimmelen “We have no money to meet the payments” - “We will have to do some serious thinking about the matter” said W Klevjord O board member from Washington Terrace “It will be extremely difficult to finance the program without state aid” A third board member Clair M Folkman of Plain City said the Legislature’s action “sets education back 10 years But I don’t know what we can do about it” Perhaps the most disappointed was Supt T H Bell who received news of the Senate’s action Satiir- - ' -- day morning as he prepared to join the other two board members Bryce Jensen and Abner W Allen in San Francisco for the annual meeting of the American Association of School Administrators Supt Bell has been one of the strongest advocates of teacher merit pay in the Intermountain Area “It will be tough to keep this going without a state program” he said “One of the main things we need at this time is the moral support of a state program It is hard to stand alone in this type of project “But it was a serious blow when ‘ I the Senate wouldn’t even consider letting us use our own money for a program to upgrade education” Supt Bell also took issue with House Majority Leader Carl H Taylor an Ogden educator who opposed the House bill making merit pay a permanent state program: “Mr Taylor said he opposed the bill because it would cost $3 million He knew this wasn’t true because he was at the session where the cost of the program was reduced from $900000 to $600000’ Supt Bell said T I i i BOOSTING COST Merrill Jenkins Saturday issued a statement he said was intended to correct “an' implication that my support of merit pay is an indication I favored boosting the cost of education higher than the educators were asking” Rep Jenkins said he believes the merit pay program should be continued and made a part of the uniform school bill This is what the proposed amendment to the school finance bill would have done Death of the merit pay program would mean 120 teachers who volunteered for the prograrn this year will be rated but will hot receive Rep s ii : merit payments It also will mean the second merit payment scheduled June 1 for 27 teachers will be their last 5 i This will be the final $250 install- ment of a $500 merit payment au- thorized the teachers following a merit rating of their teaching abil: ity last year City Council Okays Licenses For Stores Taverns Hotels The City Council has approved renewals of a number of beer licenses ' Class A licenses were renewed for the following grocery stores: Thompson Food Mart 164 22nd $150 Lynn’s Market 702 Wall Golden West Market 2823 $150 Golden West $300 Washington A 4 ' : " Swan 350 25th $200 'Troc Lounge and Grill 2675 Washington Gene’s Bank Smokery 211 $150 Washington: $150 the Club 124 25th The Mint 326 25th $200 $150 Utah Bottling Co 2668 Grant $200 The council approved hotel license renewals for the Weber Rooming Market 1910 Wall $300 House 208 Vi 25th Ben’s Rooms Class C tavern licenses were relllVi 25th and Grant Hotel 275 Vi - 24th Each was for $35 newed for Tiffany Cafe 175 25th ! $150 - ' - - I |