Show - J f1 Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta 'f i Utah $15 00 in county $18 00 out of county 6 months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) Leamarado Days Labor Day weekend Editors note: 1 his year marks the 41st anniversary of leamarado Days in a tradition inaugurated at the end of World War II to honor veterans was later returning sponsored by the veterans and recently has been sponsored by Leamington City Tie Chronicle Progress is pleased to have this report of the 1985 celebration written by Jene Bradfield She and husband are good friends of the Hoyd newspaper and we thank them for continuing to contribute many items to the paper about the history of I ynndyl and Millard Counts by Mrs Jene Bradfield When we see indications ilin summer is on the way out and the stoics start advertising their we know that it will soon be time for the annual I eamarado I)as This event was first celebrated at of Wot Id War II and although its sponsors have changed a couple ol times it is still the townspeople m Leamington that carry out the respon sibihties to make it a success I very year honoied guests members of the older generation who have had their beginnings m This ycai the or near Leamington childien ol John Johnson lamily and Hettie Roper Walter Johnson Johnson have been selected as honored guests lolm Walter or Walter as most knew him and wile Hettie were some ol the verv lust pioneer childien born He was born to in Millard Counts emigrant Swedes who settled in Oak (its (then Oak (reek) about 1871 ater they moved to Leamington Hettie was born m Oak City and in while living at ool ( teek lat met and married alter hey made a wagon trip to the Manti Temple to be sealed J lies later build a two room buck house on several acres which Walter’s lather had given them alter was a caipenter bv trade and was known as a hard woiker He and partner M Harder built a bridge betHe ween eamington and Ivnndyl helped to build the chapel ol the Old eaniingtoii ( hurch and also woiked on the old two story brick school house He built mans homes in and Ivnndvl and worked on many others and was always willing and thank nl lor work Hettie and Walter were the parents ester 81 ol nine children Mina 84 Hie 81 Mary 80 Bert 78 Alice 76 Max 75 lael 72 and usv Mae who died at fourteen months of age Alter W altet ’s death in 1916 Hettie iintmucd USPS Copy 25c page thru- Yol 76 No 8 August 29 1985 UDOT unmoved by Delta Adult registration at the Vocational Center appeal for traffic control Adult registration will be held on Aug 10 from 9 00 a m to 4 00 p m for the Vocational Center Following is a list of the classes that we are offering on a daytime basis: Structured Software Data Base II Accounting & II Computer Programming Information Computer Applications Processing Business Communications Word Shorthand Processing Advanced Type (alphabetic) Secretarial Procedures Shorthand II Machine W'elding Basic Electricity Shop Engineering Drafting Building Construction Cabinet making and Applied Business Cosmetology Math The cost per semester is $165 00 or $15 00 per class per semester Help can be obtained for the schooling if you qualify through Job Service (JTPA) and other help for those who do not qualify through Job Service Registration for night school will be Sept 5 from 7:00 9 00 p m Independent citizens mass meetings to be held There will be an Indepent Citizens held Wednesday Mass Meeting Sept 11 1985 at 7:30 pm in the Millard County Courthouse Fveryone is urged to attend who in the is interested upcoming municipal elections for Mayoral and two Councilman canidates selection Gene Shireneqger k lit people ciammcd mio ( ouiiul ( hambers Mondav ivcnnu to listen lo stale transpoitation ditutor Gene Sturoneggei explain mice umiii why there- can be no slop lights on Mam not a reduced speed limn vvitlim he citv limits on the east suli Duimg an hour session al leisi im ciliens the entile- council and mivm and citv administrator uuiikcI m sup poit ol Ihc- trallic controls Miiiv m tendance denied he chance to speak as time ran out addressing crowd and council IhoiichMi Sun eneugu aered'o nculv sverv iigunicnt put loith in ll lid u is Hem the e will be no at Ik coniiols because I 1)01 does not wmi lo assume linhihlv loi the chances and anoidim lo 1)01 tlicie is not enoueli all u on M im Si lo “w at rani" tic wctc stop In his Both allegations di Hied bv ciiv ollkials ami lc ns a' ending ills nieitine a propose in diaiiam li no island desn Simi was post n R d as an alter native IiiMk son in Delta lus kUi mo with hole tiol met hod Mi enthusiasm Simouggo lnmsill explained iiiikIi ol tin opposition to the idea sue h as die piohli m ol inhibilme timiL'eniv vchidcs No mention wo wis iiikIi ol a llle )( llVel! slop sit'n pi OpOSll eel a pie mu UK pi ew li lease See “Comments— bv Sue” Sevier “dry” Lake may stay wet for years I or the past two years travelers on Highway 650 southwest of Della have been treated to a sight few people have ever seen: the shimmering turquoise-bluwaters of a full Sevier “dry" ake now the stale’s in Millard County cond or third largest body of waler 2 Since 1982 an unprecedented million acre feet of water has been released to the lower Sevier Rivet reservons System from upstream much ol il making it downstream to the Sevier I ake basin Additional moisture from record ram and snowfall in Millard ( ounty over the past few years has resulted in filling up the normally dry long lake bed to a level known onlv to 19th century explorers and prehistoric Great Basin Indians So long has been since this remnant bav ol ancient lake Bonneville held that ihe only waler at capacity reference to its original sie is a federal government survey of 1872 Less than ten years after that the lake dried up when Mormon settlers diverted the Sevier River for irrigation Today the lake’s volume is a mystery It is so remote and has been dry for so long no official depths have ever been recorded Lower Sevier River Commissioner Roger Walker said that flows to Upper lake Lower Waters Ihc Sevier River delta on the Sevier Lake's north end was known Ihe old days as Lower waters and was a common campsite for Indians and pioneers in days when muc h more waler reac hed Ihe lake hed in lake peaked in mid June his that time he estimated the depth lo be from 18 to 25 leet Since then the rate has exceeded the evaporation river's inflow However the lake's visable sic has changed little Mi Walker explained the lake is so Hat appears to stay the same sie when it actually shrinking in depth The size of the lake has nicani something to locals who would like known they now have the second largest lake in the stale behind the Great Salt Lake displacing Utah ake as number two Walker said Ik Commissioner believes Sevier ake laiger than tali Lake bul otlicials ai lie National Wcatbei Service oiecavt ( eniei in Salt lake City aren’t as cettam Gerald l W illiams head olficial al he on Center said his ofticc has the 10b ol recording the volume ot the stale id lakes though thev have no recordthe Sevier ake “Because the Scvici anvone Lake doesn't impact economicallv we don’! keep nick id it” he said Ncvctthcless he and othei oicci-- i Center hvdmlogists speculate that while the lull Sevier ake mav be as laigcake in surface- aiea pto woulel bablv not as deep and not qualdv as the state’s second larci-- t Of more importance to local tat him and ranchers is the impact id he ex cess water in a mumallv btrun it - that lie ake me A full Sevier ol water coming down he mu for use bv farmers on he tail end id theScviei Rivet Swum lime around the turn id the einiutv when not a single drop ol water icaeb on tla cd Deseret the last taim Sevier River m one id the ( re'pper in chcr farmers nearesi the lake aid lie expects the lake to hold waiei lot at least a few more seat- - “Though - (low mg in waler is cv aporating th think il will stav lull b'r a while We don’t know how mans more reallv wet mils years we mav have hciau-veu- have records or a hundti-ihut wc don know how dtv it can In - ud know how wet it cm cut It iv known that he Gieat ml wciui one time iv cultures ed li Prchistotic u ake s ploitcd Sevier o a wafowl when it ol sears aget V voiding io Ihc state Historical Soe tv the ohlt Indian arrowheads ever loundiil lah omits have been found m Millard near the Sevier ake is Moie I’aiutc and lube- - which the Mormons displaced look advantage ol the marshland and willow lined banks ed the Sevier River delta on the lake’s north end b'r camp sues duimg migratory travels through the (neat Basin I o the white man however the lake lot the past sears has been nothing mote ill in a blinding plava super utllv the salt Hat ol the Great nlike - northern Salt ake Desert has onlv a cousin the Sevier ake linn cl net ol sail covcrim deep lavet ol mud In laiilv eve nl ace- - geoli'gicallv peaking ihc latest onlv U(WK1 in 2i(K)0 sears ago the Sevier lake allev served as oik ol glacier led ake s the bass Bonneville’s large-- I climate changcel and the lake shrank the bav’s water letieated outhward in lo Sevier ake bin al a higher stage il hail di lined north thie'ugh the channel ol the “Old River Bed inlo ake Bon lies ille’v main bods now ihc (neat Sail ake ake has a Ik water id Hie Sev n salinitv soimwlieie neat Hat id the Sail ake and - ml nine h good iic O' either ihc heep in caitle latuhers he winter win' use id the ( like! anil (onlu-iohoi del the lake Mi Cropper said llnil some area fanners peculate at a “I ike ellect’’ mav be adding U' Hu wbe'e e noimul lamlall m Millaul ( ouniv past lew sears bill that has not been eontu med ide from the lake’s attraction as a ciiiu'siiv te'dav diawsa lew ailbe'il and url ail Hoard enthusiasts acce'i them dine O' Mi ( topper who ha- while checking Ins cattle in the aiea mtete-which chaws t ol pond Mill u ( ml in e'linlv tom ists near the - ol Se eier slie’i ake is he ( m iic Some ('I the sR might have been pic Kiel die! ( and teem aptam ss hi en able 10 ci'inpleR-11- h uni exple'i "'ii le' Hr lake which dale I’ ini when lie ms iiiRmipud ell miiidse'n and - parts in a lew miles Horn p eeiiwp tin like poriel le' have hem (uni hi Re lot Ik speclliv pill i inn id ihe verv pose id n lineman ol ' b cal dde in u 'Oi - bv S40mentioned mil I'm ie’ hi :hi Hu ike a Mem topographer-- i mg in di glee- - ol but 'I te is no tCcotel cither ex utie the lake pliutr 1' do Cowboys give good show at West Desert Rodeo Rodeo tans thrilled to eim- id tlu hows in area ndtv t professional and Saturdav night- - in a' 'lie Wes! Desert Rodeo Though then- wete niinv pill- tie' serum- - mimic's were repented and a giii'd time was had bv all Rockx Mountain Rodeo ssovidiim all aiound leader Br Reeder mam - ldss hul nr all te'und I tali tamed Cow box with a lie lot tlu win in bull mg ruling and a pin tom piice in the bareback - id 22 ue Biel Keieki m mi diieel bis leii! lot all aiound Mark Nielson ed Ndi ake ( itv and llle't tli'el leu 'lu ed Ogelcll Sieve birJ was liuid bareback win Me—erlev ol Ogden Reeder ot ( in Ben and Martin tail id line Ogden 1k1nson ol Otkkv ued Ru he Brent remaining monev positions Reedc-and Kars oung ol id Ro I lah te'e'k the bull ruling Raiidv lining e'l Seuilh leirdan Sieve Hope-e(ti'shen and Mike Ragsdale of Sail lake ( its He'd lor the other paving position- eading saddle bie'iu rider Rick Idaho nuild onlv 11stm e'l W manage a lourlh place behind winner W vom Wade otthouve ol Dale I rukson ol looile who is mg second m RMR landings look cond at the Wist Roileo in ihc saiklle bre'ius wink Biadv Ripple e'l ill look Hurd re who hold- - a ciiml n ( andv libit RM R lead in llu bands one al ( uni mm page lltrce r |