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Show Remember (Continued from Page One) and Marie Patten was solem- nized at Nephi, the ceremony being performed by Judge Orme in the presence of close friends of the couple. The groom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Buys of Eureka and the bride a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Patten of Payson. The Tintic District was well represented on Miners Day at Utah State Fair at Salt Lake Prizes totaling nearly City. $1000 were awarded for drilling, mucking and other con- tests. following members of Tintic Lodge No. 9 F&AM attended the grand lodge sessions at Salt Lake City: Ira Miller, W. T. Riley, M. H. Howes, John F. Rowe, Fred Milliman, Gus Rowe, Harry Randle, Leslie Randle, Albert The Johnson and Ike Barnard, the last mentioned October 16, 1959 THE EUREKA (UTAH) REPORTER Page Four being from Grass Valley, Calif. The general storm which hit the state apparently settled its fury in Tintic and when it subsided it left behind destruction and ruin on every hand. It caused the entire city of Eureka to be in darkness for a few hours and certain sections were without current for a great many hours. Literally hundreds of wires both light and telephone were forced to the ground with heavy wet snow. There was hardly a tree in the entire city of Eureka which was not stripped of most of its branches, while the smaller trees were broken to the ground. Manager Louis Kay of the telephone company had his share of grief with approximately 35 private phones out of . commission and some of the main lines damaged. T. A. Clement, government weather observer for this dist rict, gave figures showing that the moisture which fell in 16 hours was 1.34 inches the total for October up till that time was 1.68 inches. Under the supervision of A. D. Manson, the fire hydrants on Main Street were being moved and reset They were being set on the inside of the gutter and partially into the sidewalk. Previously they were on the outside of the gutter where they were always in danger of being broken off by automobiles. Approximately 3500 workers of Utah Copper Company of Bingham and Garfield were receiving a wage increase of 50 cents a day. The increase affected all employees paid on a daily basis and represented a total monthly increase amounting to $38,000. Nels L. Nelson, who had a lease on the Scranton mine in North Tintic District, was contacting Tooele County Commissioners in an effort to have the road improved to his property with a view to starting production from that mine. With the revised prices for metals, Mr. Nelson said that a good tonnage of ore could be mar- keted from the Scranton. The Tintic School District was honored by a visit of a group of state officials who spent the entire day inspecting the buildings, visiting the classrooms and getting better acquainted with the teachers. In the party were Charles H. Skidmore, state superintendent of public instruction; David Gourley, assistant state supt., Burton K. Farnsworth, state supervisor of secondard education and Miss Jennie Campbell, state primary supervisor. In company with Supt. Alex Blight they spent the morning at Mammoth, returning to Eureka at noon, where a nice luncheon was served at the Little Theatre to visitors and teachers. The afternoon was taken up by visiting the class rooms in Eureka until 3 p.m. when a general meeting was held. The city council session was a quiet one with only matters of a routine nature being taken care of. The reports of city officers for September were read and accepted. Water master A. D. Manson, reported that 598,425 gallons of water were purchased from the Homansville well at a cost of $299.12 and that the operation of the city well was $63.74. Lon Sandstrom, marshall and street supervisor reported the expenditure of $327.02 most of this for the supplies for WPA projects. Justice Fred Dittmer had seven cases in his court and five of these paid fines to the amount of $61.00 The recorder, Mrs. Carlson, gave a report which showed receipts of $1,427.23 and disbursement of $2,254.07. The report of the treasurer, Mrs. Katie Towers checked with the recorder. The Atherley brothers, S. B., Hugh and Lorin returned from Colorado where they spent the summer working on placer property, having abandoned the work because the returns were not satisfactory. They brough with them the heavy machinery they had been using in that state and planned to use it on their mine operations in Tintic. Local pinenut hunters had brought back reports that the crop in the Tintic District was very poor. For this reason local people were predicting a mild winter and backing up the prediction with the old Indian adage few pinenuts a mild winter and plenty of them a hard winter." However, reports from many sections of the state were to the effect that the crop was the heaviest in many years. Members of the Eastern Star entertained in honor of e Away Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson, who were recently married. A hot dinner was served to 30 people and a short program. The honored couple were presented with gifts. The members of the Fedilis club were entertained by Mrs. Ben Thurmond. Bridge was the diversion followed by a delicious luncheon.' In the card laying Mrs. Dean Beck, won the prize for high score and Mrs. Wm. Manson the all cut. Others present were Mrs. Charles Zabriskie, Mrs. Frank Bris-keMrs. A. D. Manson, Mrs. Mary McMurphy and Mrs. George Tinsman. The members of the Lady Elks club held its regular meeting at the club rooms. After the business meeting, bridge was played under candle light The prize winners were Mrs. George Gourley, Mrs. Floyd Dudlow and Mrs. Theo. Haynes. Mrs. Carl Galloway was hostess. Mrs. Stella Shea was confined to the Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rife and daughter Joyce and Mrs. Junior Bigler, the latter of Payson spent two days in Ogden visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fowers. Mrs. Fowers is another daughter of the Rifes. The Reporter received a communication from Mrs. Helen R. Green, former resident and former employee of the local post office, telling of the y, death of her mother, Mrs. Rose R. Ish. Mrs. Ish died in Los Angeles after a lingering illness. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Greaves and children left Eureka to make their future home in Santaquin. Tintic nimrods were not very fortunate in the Elk hunting permits, the drawing for which was held at Salt Lake City of the under the direction - State game department. Successful Tintic men were as follows: Nebo District R. E. Ferguson, N. S. Sanderson, C. E. Rife, G. C. Lindsay all of Eureka; George Davis of Divident. Manti District, E. W. Wolf, Eureka. Mrs. J. A. Martin of San Bernardino, Calif., was in Eureka, visiting with her mother Mrs. Sophia Carpenter. Mrs. Martin was formerly Miss Stella Carpenter of Eureka. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edwards were at Tooele, getting acquainted with a new granddaughter, bom to Mr. and Mrs. Dan EEdwards of Eureka, at the Tooele hospital. The regular weekly meeting of the Kiwanis club was held. The program was under the direction of Lionel Fairbanks of the attendance committee. The American Legion Auxil- iary held its regular meeting in the Legion room. President Afton Obom gave an interesting report on the State Convention held at Spanish Fork. in (Utah's sthrongfth Oron Iron mining is tho starting point of important economic benefits for Utah. The mines themselves have about 550 employees, with payrolls of nearly $3,500,000 annually. But oven more Important, tho mines have attracted steel and Iron processing and fabricating plants that have about 10,000 employees who earn In the neighborhood of $60,000,000 a year. 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