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Show The Salt Tribiinp, m 14, 1968 July Sunday, There Is Santa , Idaho , Isn 9t There? she said, "What Ls even worse, "what are we going to do this Christmas with the mail we reecvp?" More than 1,000 letters from parents begin arriving at the Santa mailbox after Thanksgiving. All the parents want is the Santa postmark. By Norman Martin United Press International Yes, Postmaster SANTA, IDAHO Gen. Watson, there is a Santa, and you've closed the door on thousands of children who write him every Christmas. The state of Idaho and the handful of people living in Santa aim to send you a protest, through the mails, of course, and as soon as possible. Santa, Idaho's little post office in a general store, is on Marvin Watson's list of apparently unneeded post offices. It has been needed on the lists of thousands of children at Christmas time. Too Bi human values being overridden by coma cold machine puter statistics, approach. he said. "I suppose were reaching a point when well call our president number 38." Mrs. Freda said she will miss the letters. The ones she answered have been at tier expanse, and at the expense of the owners of the store and operators of the post office hi this northern Idaho hamlet before her. "We've been talking about what we'll do," she said. "We just dont know right now. The neighbors all say they are going to write letters. "I intend to write postmaster Gen. Watson a letter because he may not be aware of the tragedy he's causing. "The children always ask about the reindeer and Mrs. Santa. They say in their little letters they will leave me some cake and hot cofiee and I tell them that's good because I'D need it. Ill be cold and tired when I get there. This is terrible. I hepe the Post Office Department considers. Answer the Letters Then there are hundreds 300 last letters addressed in a child's scrawl to Santa himself. And Mrs. Freda and her predecessors have always taken time to answer each letter. "This has been a tradition, a heritage. said Louise Shadduck, director of Idaho's Department of Commerce and year Children When the townfolks, a state official, the acting postmistress and others heard the post office would be dosed Aug. 2, there were heartbroken dies, not for their own mail service, but for those children who have been writing t Santa for more than 60 years. Mrs. William Freda, the acting postmistress, said it was a Development. "We surely plan to ask our congressional delegation to do whatever it can to keep the post office ojiened." Bob Hammes, a newspaper publisher in nearby St. Maries, was dumbfounded by the closure report. "If they should close the Santa Post Office, it would be another example of tragedy. Indians Hold Hill Loses bv Nose Sun Dance Ogden Depot Wins Pony Express Race Near Neola Tribune west the hard circle and mail Special to The MOUNTAIN Special to The Tribune Weber Twelve County horsemen from Defense Depot Ogden crossed over the finish line here Saturday to beat riders from Hill Air Force Base by a narrow margin in the NEOLA, Duchesne County The beat of the drums and the swishing of leafy branches here Friday night marked the opening of the annual Ute dian Sun Dance. way. Hill AFB GREEN, In- first Pony Express race over course from Ogden Indians from several tribes a to Weber Canyon. Canyon safe is the type once needed during the days when entered the sun dance corral 12 on Team to sundown about perFriday Montana vigilantes chased and hanged highwaymen. form the sacred ceremonial DDO scored a time of 21 dance. f second over minutes, Dancers are dressed in colthe terrain that was as rought orful costumes and step toward and away from the as any covered by the original huge center pole of the corral Pony Express riders in the from which hangs a buffalo 1860s when the mail moved could Dimsdale have gained two miles below Virginia City. head and other objects. There is a tablet to the possession of the information Build Corral main foe of the outlaws, Capt. he set down later in writing. at Williams, Helena, Earlier present Friday, the corral Witnesses Hangings was constructed by an Indian capital of Montana. Though a timid, indoor-typ- e Without Dimsdale, the crew. Many crew members man, the belief is gaining efforts of the vigilantes of planned to dance without food ground that Dimsdale was Montana, which gave direcor water during the three present at some of the imtion to many similar drives days and nights of the event. later in other parts of the promptu hangings. Attached to the center pole At no time, though , did he West, would have gone unreare 12 lodgepole pine branchreveal the membership of the corded. es. These spread out in a An Englishman educated at circle to meet the poles vigilantes. Special to The Tribune of Oxford, Dimsdale came, it around the corral and leafy Identities of some, YELLOWSTONE PARK -Fseems, to the Territory of branches stand all around the course, seeped out. The capshort more scenic loads Montanan to seek gold. outside except for an opening ive tain, James Williams, for Intubercuy contracted will to be converted Having stance. Apparently the victim at the east where people may losis, he quickly found he was go in or out and watch the traffic here by Monday. of some of the pursued outlaws who escaped the noose, not up to the strength of a proceedings. Park Supt. Jack K. AnderCapt. Williams was found pick and sflovel, and sought son said tiie conversion will Taboo Camera dead of a bullet wound in a tangent avenues of livelihood. allow motorists to drive This eastern opening has He became the first editor clump of willows on his Ruby along the side roads leisurely of The Montana Post, origsignificance also as the IndiValley ranch. off the main artery of trafin as the dance ans a inated Virginia City special perform Starting with George Ives fic and enjoy the parks Dec. 21, 1863, the vigilantes by first newspaper in the terriro-ry- . at sunrise. Many visitors take without scenery worrying A to was this watch. in that he of It capacity advantage Jan. 26, 1864, had sought out, about oncoming traffic. is small admittance charge ridden down and hanged 22 wrote the columns. The change will bring to made but no pictures are alAs the founder of aprivate badrnen. y in is lowed while dance the week school ($2 a eight the number of per pupil) Among Victims scenic side roads in the park he was the first teacher in the progress. y road concept This Amos Perank, Myton, and They included Henry Plumterritory, and, through appointmer, sheriff at Bannack, a ment of Gov. Sidney Edger-toJohn loupe are chiefs for the is being reviewed in more than 250 areas administered was its first superintendgold mining boom town, as dance. was Virginia City. Plummer, ent of public instruction. The by the National Park Service, have Many Indian families he added. in a position to know w hen the position, incidentally, added moved to the grounds during Mr. Anderson also announced stagecoach loads of gold nothing to his income, for it the past few days and set up would start over the Continencommanded no salary. for the event. plans are under way to prohousekeeping In the office of Judge W. Y. Most have tents and some vide additional interpretive tal divide, would tip off the Lovell here, Editor Dimsdale, gang of highwaymen. have made an additional facilities to help visitors betFive of the nurdering who died in 1866 at the age of shade house of tree branches, ter understand the many feathieves were stretched in Vir35, directed the first Episcowhich makes a living room. A tures of the park. Such items leaflets and ginia City, first capital of pal religious service in the few also are attending in as Montana. Their graves on a Territory of Montana. The radio transmitters tuned to campers. event took place Christmas rocky ridge are marked with Visitors are admitted for a visitors car radios are now headboards. One is to George day, 1865. being studied, he said. small charge. Without Dimsdale, the color Lane, called Clubfoot of Montanas opening years George. Ives was strung up at would have largely faded out Nevada City, in Alder Gulch with memory. Gregory Dempster, San Clemente, Calif., examines a safe owned by Darryl Stroud, Cameron, Mont. The one-hal- Vigilantes Vintaged Secret Seeps Out By Carl E. Hayden Tribune Staff Writer VIRGINIA CITY, MONT. -plus year old secret is -100- emerging. Thomas J. Dimsdale, most was a member. it is now confidently concluded, vTas'a member of the Montana vigilantes. And, as it has turned out, he important He wrote a series of columns about the secret organization formed in Virginia City to bring law and order that were later compiled into a Yellowstone Opens 5 New Roads of Montana. Only through having known Vigilantes book, the vigilantes individually Oldest in State one-wa- Chapel in S. Utah to Note Century of Constant Use Special to The Tribune PINE VALLEY, Washington County - A program commemorating the 100th birthday of the oldest continuously used chapel in the Church of Jesus Saints, as Christ of Latter-da- y well as the arrival of the Mormon pioneers in Utah, will be held here July 24. The program is intended to help raise funds to keep Pine Valley Chapel serving as a community center by installing indoor plumbing and electricity. It begins with a program at 11 a.m. at the church. Outdoor sports will occupy the afternoon hours Debris Cleared From Slide On Interstate t Special to The Tribune ECHO, Summit County Utah Highway Department workmen Saturday reopened east- - and westbound sections ofT-8about 2 miles east of here after removing mud and debris that had covered the 0 since Wednesday. A" mud slide triggered by a flash flood Wednesday afternoon dumped and estimated 8 000 cubic yards of earth and debris across both east- - and westbound lanes of the freeway. Traffic was diverted to U.$. Highway 30. The slide occurred less than a mile from where a larger sli(le covered westbound lanes of the freeway May 12. Debris from that slide still remains on the highway. highway Geologist to Give ark Ci,y Ta,k Special to The Tribune Ancient PARK CITY of the Canyon Landscapes will be the subject Country Sunday of Dr. Francis W. Christiansen, The free public lecture, second jn the Fourth Annual Summer Concerts and Lecture Series, will be held at 8 p.mr on the patio of the Park Activity Center. Sikns6rs of the lecture series are the Park City Institute for the Arts and Science, the U. of U. Summer School and- the Associated Students. City-Reso- rt - t and a barbeque dinner will follow at 5 p.m. The finds Valley little churchs history Builds Church Music Clinic Faculty Plans Recital at USU Tonight crash. The architecture was modeled after churches in New England in hoqgr of Church President Brigham Young and Stake President Erastus Snow, who came from New slates. Hand-hewEngland logs joined with wooden pins n into driven holes formed the chapel. Green rawhide was wrapped around the logs to reinforce Beams were the joints. formed into an ellipse to curve the ceiling, and the entrance over the stage was built to match. hand-augere- d Wcck-Lon- e Pam Thorn-le- y, Bountiful, as the new governor. Miss Thornley will preside over next years Girls Staie. Special to The Tribune LOGAN Faculty members of the 1968 Utah State University Music Clinic Sunday will present a music recital at 7:30 p.m. in the Chase Fine Arts Concert Hall in Logan. Four of the faculty members are also members of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. The recital will include a clar- inet quartet, clarinet quintet, saxophone quartet, instrumental and vocal solos. Barbara Miller, Logan, a violinist, will play 'Hills by iccr Inaugural Ends 68 Girls State LOGAN (AP) -- The 1968 Utah Girls State Inaugural ceremony Saturday night was attended by more than 300 high school girls capping a weeks activity at Utah State University. The ceremonies took place in the USU union ballroom. Susan Meecham, presiding Girls State governor, installed Governor-Elec- t r of the Relay Stops Mall saddlebags used in the race were fashioned after an original Pony Express bag to add realism, according to Lee Hill AFB R. Christiansen, rodeo chairman. Each rider dismounted after he reached the relay station next in line. He would then run 50 feet on foot to a feet, jump on his horse and repeat the action at the next of the 13 stops. First place trophy was pre- sented by Maj. Gen. Robert H. McCutcheon, Ogden Air Materiel Area commander, to Col. Robert B. Ladd, DDO commander. He presented the second place trophy to Col. J. C. Whidden, Hill AFB deputy commander. Canada Crash Claims Utalm FRINCETON, B.C. (AP) -A Utah woman killed in a traffic accident near this interior British Columbia town Friday was identified by police Saturday as Velma Claudia Ruckman, 45, of Murray, Utah. Police said four other members of the Ruckman family were among seven persons injured in the crash. Mrs. Ruckmans Clar- husband, ence, 58, and their children, Mary Ann, 16, Claudia Lynn, 17, and Robert William, 13, all were hospitalized. You Get the Best Food in Town g Mouth watering, good . . . fresh baked pastries and rolls . . . delicious broast ed chicken . . . steak cooked to your taste . . . finger-lickin- All OF THIS AT THE FRIENDLY FAMILY CAFE . . . come In today ! Demmans ROWNTOWNER Motor Inn Cafe g The Pine Valley church was built by Ebenezer Bryce, a pioneer who raised cattle in the valley which now bears his name. Of it he said, If the floods come it will float and if the winds blow it may roll over but will never f teams from military installations, all experienced riders, also will compete in the third annual Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo events to begin July 22. The Pony Express ride this year is an outgrowth of this celebration. Winning the toss, the Hill AFB team started the race at 10 a.m. just above Chriss Log Cabin near Huntsville. The DDO team started 15 minutes later. Both completed the race at The Wheel in Mountain Green, up Weber Canyon. Judges along the route penalized riders if they failed to adhere to race rules. During the race the trail was closed to all but emergency vehicles by volunteeer sheriffs jeep posses from Weber and Morgan counties. Twelve-membe- each one-wa- n, The highest community In Utah was built here, at 6,700 feet above sea level. Out of this valley, saw mills' sent lumber to build St. George, Cedar City and other cities of southern Utah. Timber from here became some of the large pipes in the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ. 69-Of- four-tenth- seconds. one-wa- began before it was built when Pioneer Isaac Riddle found Pine Valley while following a stray cow. He pronounced it, the most beautiful sight on God's earth. pass the bag to the next rider. The new rider would run another 50 came close to that time with 21 minutes, 17 and s Lexie Colleen Drage, presiding senator and acting chief justice, administered oaths of office to new officers. The inaugural culminated the 22nd Annual Girls State. The first session of the annual event was held at Utah State (now Agricultural College USU) in 1947 and ws attended by 98 girls. With the closing of this years Girls State, 5,280 girls have participated in the event. Temple 322-113- 1 BEEFEATERS FULL-COUR- SE DINNERS NEW GRILL ROOM 45th So. and Stata Burleigh and Valse Eluette" by Drigo. 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