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Show r Balancing act f Eagle homecoming f i Our photographer recorded some events from the college homecoming last week Chinese acrobats entertained local residents at the Geary Theater, Page 6 Page , 11 v 0 Thursday October 29,1987 96th Year Price, Utan No. 87 35 Cents 200 miners to be remembered Memorial to miners dedicated Saturday "Ellen, darling, goodbye for us both. Elbert said the Lord has saved him. We are all praying for air to support us, but it is getting so bad without any air. "Ellen, want you to live right and come to heaven. Raise the children the best you can. Oh how wish to be with you, goodbye. Bury me and Elbert in the same grave by little Eddy. Goodbye Ellen, goodby Lily, goodbye Jemmie good Horace. Is 25 minutes after two. There is a few of us alive yet I I "Jake and Elbert "Oh God for one more breath Ellen remember me for as long as you live. Goodbye darling." said a letter found on the body of one of the miners who So died in the May Day, Winter Quarters mine 1900, ex- This will be the second memorial to miners who died in explosions in Carbon County to be dedicated this month by the Friends plosion. Saturday, a memorial to the 200 who died in that disaster will be dedicated at the cemetery at Scofield where most of tiie miners were buried. Wooden grave markers of the dead miners will be a backdrop On to the ceremonies. The memorial dedication will be held at 10:30 a.m. following a continental breakfast at Fins In. A noon luncheon will be held at the LDS recreation hall and memorial then an service will be held at the cemetery at 2: 30 p.m. all-fai-th of Carbon-Emer- y County Historical Sites, a new organization begun by the Hellenic Cultural Association in Salt Lake City. Earlier this month, dedicated organization similar memorial to the miners who died in a March explosion at Castle Gate. the a 172 1924 The May 1, 1900 explosion at Winter Quarters remains the single most devastating mishap in Utah mining history, killing 199 miners outright, along with one would-b- e rescuer, and leaving 107 widows and 286 fatherless children. A celebration and dance was to be held that Tuesday evening in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall in Scofield in honor of Dewey Day. The day was clear and bright as 302 miners went underground at Winter Quarters No. 1 and No. 4 for the morning shift. At 10:15 a.m. the ground shook and a low rumble could be heard in the narrow canyon. Suddenly a teriffic force blew timbers, horses and mine cars out of the entrance to No. 4. Then a stillness settled over the canyon. According to Noel Milan, a former Mine Safety and Health Administration writer, inside No. 1, William Wilson and his partner were waiting for a car so they could load their coal from a room off the back-entr-y e from the about a workings in No. 4. They felt a peculiar shock in the mines air. While they were trying to determine what had happened, a young boy with a car being pulled by a horse came into the room and said he had been nearly blown off the end of the car. Soon came the cry, Ex-- ( half-mil- Continued on Page 2) Most of the miners who died in the mine were buried in Scofield. But some bodies were loaded onto a train and taken from Pleasant Valley to other places of burial, Here pallbearers and families wait for the train the first week in May. Few listen Helper candidates speak By Walt Borla staff writer A sparse crowd HELPER than 20 people attended a of less public meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters to acquaint Helper citizens with the candidates for the three seats on the Helper city council to be contested in this Tuesdays municipal election. Four of the five candidates were present, Gene Carlson, Mike Dalpiaz, Jay Sillitoe and Bryon Matsuda. A fifth candidate, Keith Ockey, was not in attendance. Many of the questions to candidates concerned the lack of service businesses in Helper and what could be done to entice businesses such as a shoe shop, clothes cleaning establishment, clothing stores or others to locate in Helper. Each candidate expressed a desire to work towards getting such businesses to locate in Helper. Enticements in one form or another were offered as a possible means of convincing businesses to locate in the city. A great deal of discussion centered around just what enticements could be offered, a subject which brought forth a rather pointed question to in cumbent Matsuda who is seeking The question was posed to Matsuda of what type of enticement might have prompted his family to locate in Helper when they their clothes cleaning business in Price. The business was lost in a fire approximately three years ago in new quarters and in Price over a year ago. Matsuda replied that he had taken a computer survey of the origin of their business and that Helper only accounted for 10, that there was not enough (Continued on Page 16) ed Valent pleads guilty to murder think more clearly and understand what is being said to ByANDYWRIGHT Staff Photo by Brian Hauhart Holy pumpkins! and Tracy Anderson, 5, struggle to move the "king of jack-o- - Kassandra Gurule, 3, lanterns" in Kassandra's grandmother's back yard. Arlene Bonello raised the 155 pound pumpkin for her granddaughter for Halloween this Saturday. writer him. A preliminary hearing was held for Michael David Valent in Seventh District Court Monday. Valent is charged with the stabbing death of his grandmother, Yolanda Armstrong of Price. The incident occurred on June 9 in Price. Seventh District Judge Boyd Bunnell read the formal charges against Valent and asked him if he understood. Valent answered that he did understand. I understand that Mr. Valent is presently taking some kind of medication, said Bunnell. Is this true? Yes, said defense attorney Marlynn medication Lema. The helps Mr. Valent Valent is presently enrolled in the Utah State Hospital undergoing studies to prove that he is mentally ill. The court heard that mental illness means a mental disease or defect. A mental defect may be a congenital condition or the result of injury or a residual effect of a physical or mental disease. Mental illness docs not mean a personality or character disorder or abnormality manifested only be repeated criminal conduct. After making sure Valent understood what was being said, Bunnell asked Valent what his plea is in the case. Guilty and mentally ill, said Valent. In the Code of Criminal Procedure, it states that the shall be defendant (Valent) advised that a plea of guilty and mentally ill is a plea of guilty and not a contingent plea. If the defendant is later found not to be mentally ill, a guilty plea otherwise lawfully made remains a valid plea of guilty and the defendant shall be sentenced as any other offender. Deputy County Attorney John Schindler advised the court that an official from the Utah State IlOvSpital will be in Price today to testify in district court about Valents mental capacity. At this point, said Schindler. we feel that Mr. Valent does not need to reevaluated. |