Show f I 8D OGDEN OGDEN UTAH STANDARD-EXAMINE- SUNDAY MORNING FEB 26 of Skyline Conference realignment 1960 SPORTS REVIEW R 1961 talks involving University of Utah Brigham Young and New Mexico of the Skyline and Border Confer- Box Elder Tide Tops Area Mews ence schools and Pacific Northwest independents NO ACTION -- i Open golf tournament the selec- mer defended his title three times lenges of top golfers such as Dow While leaders of the proposed Doug new conference did a lot of talkBox Elder winning the state Class tion of Salt Lake City’s Dave Freed during 1960 and on two occasions Finsterwald Jay Hebert Sanders and Bill Collins to win the A high school football champion- as captain of the U S Davis Cup retained the crown by virtue of crown Johnston sank a eagle ing no action was finalized and the ship was the top local sports team Skyline Conference realign- draws to on final hole the proposals were put in the laps of win the putt event at toe Salt Lake Country the presidents of the schools inFIRST DEFENSE achievement in 1960 while on the ment talks the resignation of EdThe busy Utah boxer went to Club It was the only major victory volved state level tragedy and near tri- die Leishman as general manager of the season for the Provo pro Utah's Mr Eddie Leishman umph on the Bonneville Salt Flats of the Salt Lake City Bees and Bozeman Mont for his first title also Baseball during the resigned Dave Freed was rewarded for was probably the top news Bingham High winning its first defense in April and battled to a his of the as manager in service to general year untiring years draw with Joey Giardello Box Elder had its troubles early state basketball championship also took a later Bees and Lake Salt tennis j by being named Then in the friendly confines of in the season but then settled ranked high on the list of top state Sait Lake City’s Derks Field Full- captain of the US Davis Cup similar position with the San Didown after dropping its opening news mer stopped clowning Carmen Ba-sil- squad This honor was marred r ego Padres of the Pacific Coast undefeated to the somewhat when the Yankee team League go game TRIES FIVE league in the 12th round rest of the way in the zone finals to Italy then j Herman Franks a local boy who lost anIn a grudge match against and failure frustration Tragedy three-way The Bees finished in a good in big league baseball the biggest season on the cient Sugar Ray Robinson Fullmer were charged by the Australians madenamed new manager of the was deadlock for the Region One marked with conduct unsportsmanlike the his title Salt Flats since 1947 once again retained by Benneville of the 1960 camthe close Bees at championship won the playoff then Five drivers tried unsuccessfully margin of a draw Dec 3 Salt Lake City was the center and semiNick in state the beat Bingham Morgan Jr a mapaign to exceed the world land speed at Los Angeles and president of stockhblder finals and Payson in the finals to jority record of 394196 miles per hour set The year also marked the rise of new Honolulu obtained the seaBees in second the four its title take another West Jordan import feathin 1947 by England’s John Cobb the in sons franchise league One xf the drivers Salt Lake’s erweight Don Adamson and the declose of the 1960 campaign the At It came during the first year of Athol 16 Clark Lamar of mise of heavyweight Graham was the first the coaching at Box Elder for Les season to make a record attempt during which the Bees finished in Adamson came from nowhere to Dunn Intermountain Trailer Co opened the red the working agreement car costing battle his way into the top 10 feathNorthern Utah teams failed to Graham’s homemade Pittsburgh Pirates was was picked up by a erweights in the world Clark who ia trailer parts and supply store with theand a new agreement was in the 1960 about $2500 reach the semi-finadropped knock1960 to of in climax a decade of wind and crashed at a set records for consecutive guest tournament In fact basketball signed with the Cleveland Inof about 300 miles an hour outs was counted out himself in growth and expansion Davis’ fourth place finish was the speed dians Graham died shortly after in a Salt an Ogden bout then took a terrific Located at 3776 Wall the best showing of a team in this Lake University of Utah enjoyed a big old is firm and owned from Lake Salt operated by City beating in hospital area Ogden finished eighth Leland Cowles and Ralph G Cran-- 1 year athletically The Utes won Four others followed Graham and Pete Radamaker basketball crown but Davis won the Region Two chamUtah State enjoyed its greatest dall It was initially located at 1828 the Skyline failed including England’s DonNCAA regional com in the while froze River Bear capup pionship ald Campbell who cracked up in athletic year in history The Aggies Washington moving to its present also won SkyUtes The tured its fourth straight crown in his petition $45 million Bluebird n and compiled a 24-- 5 basketball mark quarters in 1950 and baseball tennis line swimming Region One The firm serves Northern Utah escaped with a skull facture and under Coach Cec Baker and won Since The state high school wrestling cuts titles Intermountain its beginning consolation honors in the National and bruises went to Region championship Brigham Young had disappointing meas- Invitational Tournament in New has moved into track and equipsome was however There in both basketball and Three although Weber finished secis and affiliated with ment rentals campaigns York success of ure Mickey Thompson 1960 It did howond Davis Third Box Elder Then the Farmers went on to the Nationwide Trailer Rental Sys- football during enthusiast from speed One of its newest functions ever capture its seventh straight eighth Ben Lomond 14th and Og- El Monte Calif 4066 achieve the school’s best football tem one-wareached 16th den Local state champions in y truck rental Skyline track championship one-wa- y run but his record Coach John Ralston guided is a their respective weight divisions mph on a broke down 1 the to a record and the the Farmers were Gary Flint and Jahn Barger Challenger I and a unwas Skyline Thompson of Davis and Terry Rock of We- dissappointed The Bowl berth in the Sun Aggies able to make the return run ber Nathan Ostich and his needle- lost a close game to New "Mexico Dr TRACK FIELD n game nosed “Flying Caduces” and Art State in that 1 Mile West In track and field Weber fin- Arfons and his homemade racer t Hometown favorite Billy Johnston ished second in the state meet aslo failed as mechanical break- gave Utah golf fans plenty to rave of Davis fourth Ben Lomond seventh downs stopped their bids about when he won the richest and Preston Idaho and Ogden eighth West Jordan’s Gene Fullmer the biggest Utah Open in a pressure-packe- d The big news in this sport was NBA middleweight champion also finish t Davis’ Dave Cunningham winning had a couple of close shaves Full Johnston turned back the chal Cattlemen Are Buying More both the high jump and pole vault while setting a new state record in And Selling Livestock the high jump with a leap of 6 feet 5y8 inches Lou Mickelson of Ben Lomond won the mile while Weber’s medley relay team won that event Region One and Two also missed Hundreds of employes handling millions of having a representative in the state at the Ogden Post baseball finals Ogden did not reach pieces of mail was the 1960 story ' the state playoffs since it was Office forced to forfeit its seven league Idaho Combining the post office and the Ogden Termi-victories because it used an eligible nal placed 630 workers under the direction of postBy Ensign Ritchie ! f 10-fo- ot 15-rou- nd non-playi- ng io j I 15-rou- nd Trailer Company' Years Grows in ls 16-ye- ar ’ i 1 9-- 1 post-seaso- ! OGDEN POST OFFICE SET ACTIVITY RECORD IN WATER FOR CROPS —Irrigation and water association officials hope this scene will be common this summer This is the outlet at Pine View Reservoir during the height reservoir holds water for the of last year’s irrigation season The 110000-acre-foBasin Water Conservancy DisWeber Ogden River Water Users Association and the trict There are more than 15000 users of Pine View water ot 1 -- tracts The parent association a state chartered corporation organized in 1933 to contract with the federal government for construction of the porject now has 22 subscribers each of which is a corporation j These include four municipalities two conservation districts and 16 irrigation companies situated i n Weber and Box Elder counties During 1960 the report showed the South Ogden Conservation District completed a rehabilitation and betterment project costing more than $350000 borrowed from the federal government under a special feet of water project dates back to 1848 when first attempts were made to use river water for irigation A large number of ditches and canals were dug to irrigate lands close to the river The river could not meet needs of growing communities in the valley and from 1915 to 1925 50 artesian wells were drilled in Ogden a-lo- ng This will include construction of equalizing reservoir in the foothills above 5th Street and a pipe system with an equalizing reservoir in Pleasant View IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED Landowners under the Little Mis- 110-0- in Pleasant View are also contemplating construction erf a $50000 pipe system financed by a loan from the Utah Water and Power Board The annual report- noted 1100 acre The history A erf Weber College basketball team to that of the previous year which won the national junior college championship the Wildcats were upset in the finals of the regional tournament and did not qualify for the Hutchinson tourney i Weber met Phoenix Junior College in the regional finals and lost decision a one-poiBehind the salt flats excitement Gene Fullmer’s close calls in retaining the NBA middleweight ' championship drew the major headlines Other events suefi as the Utah 1959-6- 0 sub-statio- ns ’ emu &X-- v S' - 5 aimers - Held Every Wednesday 10:30 a m Anywhere” Bert Winn— 1 59-- R Greene Wells— 467 E Merlin T Whittle-20- 42 Where Buyers and SellersMeet Office Phone 455 Benefitincs Customers! Farmers Grain Cooperative Serves Intermountain West! mwmm v “Largest Weekly Dairy Sales v 1 nt The Ogden River project has under cultivation and residential development 6000 acres of choice land along the foothills of the Wasatch front from South Ogden to Valley which delivered 22 second-- Brigham City on the north vr Busin® f 7s ' PM th i k' v'Jr Combined Bulk Storage Capacity- -' 4700000 At Terminal Elevator In Ogden Plus 3000000 in 32 Country Elevators In I I Jt Utah and Idaho You Can Store Your Grain in Our Elevators Feed 'Em Kngjhtf! With Confidence Until the Price Is Right! f Feed Vitamin Enriched for Faster Growth CO-O- P MEMBERS ARE BENEFITED A farmers' cooperative operates as follows: It is set up by a group of farmer producers to obtain services at a minimum cost and not to obtain profit from rendering We Are Serving Livestock Growers and Feeders With a services to others A cooperative acts as a it agent for its patrons and distributes all net earnings among those who patronize it in proportion to their use of services The FARMERS GRAIN COOPERATIVE operates to render service and increase earnings of its 6000 members who own it non-prof- CUSTOM FEE® FLEET OF GRAIH TRUCKS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE i Our modern mill is equipped to give a The Management custom feed service including grinding rolling and mixing ' and the i' (fopetn 6000 Members of Farmers Grain Cooperative t Farmer Owned— Farmer Controlled "Market Your Grain the Look to the Future Anticipating - farms from 5 to 160 acres receiving water from the project The annual report said gross value erf crops raised on lands irrigated by project water was $2192-00- 0 in 1960 averaging $13832 per 00 -- a large souri Irrigation Co paring the The crew handled 331767000 pieces of incoming and outgoing mail during the year About half of that amount 68452140 pieces originated at the Ogden Post Office A good portion of this mail is directed to the West Coast through flip ippni torminnl Receipts in 1960 totaled $1200000 as in addition to the main branch and the terminal seven and branches were in operation Branches at 28th and Fowler in Five Points South Ogden and Washington Terrace served patrons in those areas while the department also serviced branches at the Utah General Depot Hill Air Force Base and the Naval Supply Depot master Ed Vendell While many followers were com- - contract The Weber-Bo- x Elder Conservation District comprising lands the Wasatch from Ogden Canyon to Brigham City plans $300000 in construction work during 1961 player - iLa iliD VaBOey Preston Pine View Dam was completed by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1937 It was enlarged in 1955 to increase its total capacity to acre-fe- et Csdhe Livestock Auction Co Pine View Reservoir Served 15000 In Successful '60 Irrigating Season The Ogden River Water Users Association ended the 1960 irrigation season its 24th year of opera--" tion with a good record The association annual report by David A Scott superintendant comments that “In spite of the unusually long hot dry summer we were able to satisfy the requirements of all our water users and end the season with a small residue left in Pineview reservoir” The association also announced a new policy on constructing additional- pipelines to serve the increasing number of residential subdivisions “At the Insistence of Commissioner Floyd Dominy of the Bureau of Reclamation and his assistant William I Palmer the South Ogden Conservation District one of the large subscribers in the Ogden River project has announced that a new policy has been adopted “The district will not accept responsibility of constructing or at least financing the contraction of such lines” the annual report said “Anyone interested in new residential subdivisions in the South Ogden Conservation District and especially prospective purchase of! homes in such subdivisions would do well to take notice that from now op the district will refer this matter to either the developers the contractors or the landowners” 15000 USERS The annual report noted that since 1937 when the Ogden River project began operating much of what was formerly farmland has been transformed into residential so that now some 15000 water users along the Wasatch front are using Pine View irrigation water on town and city lots and small suburban '60 at EC COO VV 24TI1 ST - OGDEN a Most Favorable 1961 Year A Fleet of Large Trucks Owned and Leased Serve the Intermountain West Moving Grain From Country Elevators in Utah and Idaho to the'Terminal Elevator in Ogden and Other Outside Markets Cooperative Way" TAKE ADVANTAGE of our CLOSE CONTACTS with California Pacific Northwest and all Eastern Markets the Ogden River I Jr k- - |