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Show Page Six - The Pyramid - February 16, ,1994 Nineteenth century saloon listed to county sites register MT. PLEASANT-- - A stone and frame structure between Mt. Pleasant and Spring City, off Highway 117, and once used as a saloon, was listed to the Sanpete County Register of Historic Sites at the Jan. 13 county preservation commission meeting. The building, now the residence of Thomas H. Lusk, was known as the Hunter Saloon when it was first built in 1889. Jim Hunter had it constructed before the coming of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The home was actually constructed by Adolph Merz, who was only 20 years old, and his brother, Hyrum, then only 10, both from Zurich Switzerland. Merz also started The Merz Monument Company and later sold the business to his brother. Merz constructed the home with oolite stone from the same quarry as the Spring City Chapel. The cornerstones are unusual and beautiful. According to research compiled by local historian and presemember rvation commission Tessie Pyper, the home was used as a saloon with "ladies of the night." A large tower was built y on top of the home, "in order to be able to see unwanted visitors arriving." It is unknown this business oper- -' just how jong ' ated. y The home had a porch on the south side which' provided an entrance to the upstairs. A rock stable with a loft for hay accommodated customers," the remnants of which can still be seen. Hunter also built an ice house, part of which is still standing. The 90.43 acres on which the house was located was part of a parcel in the original patent which Hunter received on June 5, 1892. However, Hunter did not record the property. two-stor- two-stor- 160-ac- re - ' :' V:. Once a saloon featuring "ladies of the night," this structure between Mt. Pleasant and Spring City, along with its colorful history, has been added to the county historic register. City discusses pavilion access, park camp sites MT. PLEASAN- T- Changes will be made to the city park layout based upon recommendations during the Feb. 8 city council meeting from Lions Club spokesperson Jon Schuhmann. Apparently, local people have complained about their inability to access pavilions due to the number of campers during the summer. The camp sites will be moved to the north end of the park and the rest will be posted "No Camping" with an aim toward freeing one of the pavilions for local use. Councilman Grant Peel offered $100 toward the purchase of concrete parking barriers which the Lions hope to install on the east side of the park to walkfacilitate a way to the pavilion area. The second annual, baseball tournament will be held May 19, 20 and 21. The club expressed concern about traffic on the south end of town and the number of recent accidents. They will write a letter to the Department of Transportation requesting that the lower speed limit on State Street be extended to 500 West, which will be added to a number of other letters expressing the same concern that Councilwoman Shauna Brotherson will take to a DOT meeting in Ephraim later this out-of-to- four-foot-wi- Lions-sponsor- ed month. No immediate action was taken on a request by Todd Poul-se- n for a future long-terlease on the old city dump property north of town to use as a trapshooting range. A club is being organized and they hope to eventually hold sanctioned meets. The group is purchasing an automatic thrower which will be temporarily housed in the trap house at the airport range. The council said a lease could be granted when the club can afford to build a. trap house at the m dump site, providing there is no objection by adjoining property owners. Councilman Peel distributed a list of city properties in need of sprucing up and said some of the items could be done by the Pioneer Day celebration. The rest should be finished by Memorial Day. He felt that if property owners are asked to beautify, the city should do the same. Councilman Peel also said he has been involved in Twin Creek Irrigation meetings, trying to determine how to get the system to pay for itself. The city is being billed for $1,000 every year, which is being taken out of the other irrigation funds. He hoped to devise some plans and recom community involvement in the program. Program objectives are to: 1. ensure that communities establish effective organizations for implementing the Main Street Program at the local level; 2. ensure that communities have access to adequate resources for design, rehabilitation, construction and design management; 3. assist communities in local marketing efforts and conduct a statewide information campaign on the program; Action was tabled until the Feb. 22 meeting on formation of an employee advisory board to handle employee grievances as set forth by city ordinance and whether or not to join the Utah Association of Special Districts. of Utah LOOKING FOR A GREAT MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICY? Call Tom Dych es to inquire about a Blue Cross & Blue Shield policy . Still the right ch oice with many plans available The only insurance company with automatic claims filing For details & rates call: TOM DYCHES 4. assist communities in plan- ning and implementing programs for strengthening and diversifying their economies; and 5. administrative provide oversight for the program. Mt. Pleasant was fortunate to be selected as one of four pilot cities under the Utah Main Street Program last October. "We are hopeful the project will have positive outcomes such as increased expenditures in the historic business district," Mr. Oliver said. He also expressed hopes for increased jobs, wages and salaries, and diversification in the historic business district. Business and service operators, citizens and others interested in the Main Street Program are encouraged to attend. Deducting expenses Blue Cross Blue Shield 462-284- 4 Tom installed two bathrooms, one downstairs and one up. He also removed a wall between two of the downstairs rooms, making a large living room. Another pioneer home, the Thomas Balle Sorensen House, a y brick and adobe structure on the Pigeon Hollow Road, was also listed to the register. one-stor- rise other Sanpete area youth city councils, a "Super Saturday" is being planned for county young people. Permission was granted for Chad and Deena Gordon to move a trailer onto the Boyce and Judy Morley property, with a years variance to bring it up to code. Other matters included updating city ordinances and a report from Fire Chief Lester Anderson about the trip to pick up. the new fire engine. Chantelle Dawn Thompson, daughter of Roger and Eva Thompson, Orem, celebrated her first birthday Feb. 11, 1994. Grandparents are: Don Ray and Ramona Christensen, Moroni; and Ron and Joanne Thompson, Orem. are: Ila Christensen, Moroni; Don and Jean Wise, St. George; and Mr. H. Thompson, American Fork. Great-grandparen- ts Radio waves from space were first discovered by American engineer Karl G. Jansky in 1931. City to enforce parking violations on roadways MT. PLEASAN- T- People parking vehicles and farm equipment on city will be asked by city police to remove them or be cited for violation of city ordinances under this years city clean up effort. right-of-wa- ys As Beautification Chairman, Councilman Grant Peel submitted a list of violations to the city council during their Feb. 8 meeting and said that vehicles parked on are hampering snow removal as well as violating ordinances. right-of-wa-ys The council supported Peels concern that city property should, also, be cleaned up if theyre going to ask private property owners to do so. Over the next few weeks, notification will be sent to residents which will invite them to take care of the problems on their own before police are activated. Fountain Green The Fountain Green First Ward held their adult ward party the evening, of Feb. 12 in the ward cultural hall under the direction of the bishopric: Bishop Joe Collard, Dwight Cook and Rowen J. Monsen, with activity leaders Dean and Annette Hansen. Dinner was served by the Relief Society and a program was presented by Karla Coombs, Judy Beck and Laurie Hansen. lap-to- Main Street meet scheduled Feb. 23 MT. PLEASAN- T- A public meeting to nominate a board of directors and committee members for the Main Street Program is scheduled for Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Blue Room. Bim Oliver from the Department of Community and Economic Development will speak on property was deeded to Thomas Lusk. Lusk in turn deeded the home to his son, anticipating that one day it would be his. Water, sewer projects studied by Ftn Green FOUNTAIN GREE- N- SunEngineerings Val Kofoed when Ole P. Syndergaard purreported that the water project is chased it. Joseph Syndergaard, 35 to 40 percent complete during brother to Ole, received it on the regular city council meeting July 23, 1919, and recorded it on Feb. 2. Fifty-si- x days remain on the Aug. 13, 1919. Sometime during the next nine years, the roof contract and direction was needed caught fire and the tower and on which tubing to use. Accorddouble porch were destroyed. ing to city minutes, iron pipe size the Peel (sic) was chosen over copper Orange purchased home Sept. 8, 1928. He and his tubing, which will add $3,500 to brother owned a shingle mill and the projects cost and will come they lowered the second floor of from the contingency fund. the house and added a new roof Greg Potter, also of Sunrise, with white pine shingles. They said that 60 percent of the plans also replaced the porch. have been completed on the At this time, John Hasler of sewer project and they are awaitMt. Pleasant closed up the origing results of a test from the inal northwest entrance and instgeologist. They will report back alled a new entrance on the south on Feb. 17. side. There were four rooms A motion was passed to close and four 100 down. to 200 South between 300 upstairs and 400 West for the site of the new elementary school provided agreement can be reached to acquire the old school and the lot on its east side, based on Principal Clark Walkers update. The council also supported the school boards trading of property with Vonda Bowles provided the city can continue using the ball fields mendations before the city irrigauntil the new ones are finished. tion system is turned on April 1. Youth City Council Mayor A plan was unanimously Griffin Lund stated that the approved to purchase a $54,527 young people plan to attend all computer system to partially run city council meetings and that Hydro Unit 4. they plan to attend the convention The system proposed by in Logan next month. He also Sunrise Engineering would be said Siat in conjunction with paid for from a $180,000 hydro project contingency, and would p include a $4,000 computer with color monitor which City Manager William Way opposed. It was first recorded in 1919 " ; Since it sat on a hill and was a tall home, it was often called "The Peel Castle." During this time, Orange built a garage, chicken coop and outside toilet. They are still standing. He also dug a well and planted a long stand of trees on the south side of the house. In 1957, the roof once again caught fire and had to be replaced with red cedar shingles. Orange Peel deeded the property to his daughter Carolynn Peel in 1953 and in 1971 the MT. PLEASAN- T- You can deduct or take a tax credit for several hundred expenses including: medical insurance premiums; expenses while doing charitable volunteer work; expenses for collecting taxable income; ' educational Work-relate- d expenses; expenses within the same occupation; costs of making your business accessible to the disabled; investments job-seeki- ng in d housing; child care expenses, expenses related to hobby income; and losses from bad debts; and others. low-inco- work-relate- rtk S anpete Hjj Presents An evening meeting conducted by your Sckool B oard Member with the intent of gathering information that will provide for tke continual improvement of education students receive in Nortk Sanpete Sckools. Specifically, a strategic plan will ke developed for the kigk sckool tkat will provide tke process and direction we need to meet student, community, state and national needs well into tke 21st Century. We need your ideas and concerns to ke akle to represent you as we plan for tke future. Tkis is an opportunity to truly kave an impact on tke future of us all. Meeting Time: 7:30 p.m. Meetings will ke keld at: Fairview Elementary Ftn. Green Elementary Spring City Elementary. No. Sanpete Middle Sckool (Moroni) No. Sanpete Higk Sckool (Mt. Pi easant) ' |