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Show 4 NN.a..:;:::..r:; Group Asks Work On Bear River Area among the states and the comprehensive development of the Bear River basin in Idaho. The request was made in the form of a resolution to be The Idaho Bear River Wa- ter Users Saturday unani- mously asked three state wa-- . ter organizations to move toward "an equitable divi-- i sion of the Bear River water presented at the Idaho State Reclamation meeting in Twin Falls this week. It requested the support of the Idaho State Reclamation association, the Idaho Water Resource Board, and the members of the Idaho Bear River Basin study committee for the division of the water and development plan. The Bear River Basin study committee is now studying the division of the water among the Bear River states. Lester Scars, chairman of the group making '!p the Idaho Bear River Water Users Association from Dear Lake, Caribou, Franklin and Oneida counties, reported ;hai all counties were fully represented at the Dec. 7 "Thi meeting at Preston. representatives voted unani nously in urging the stati roups to proceed with the )rograms of water division ind planning which must the actual development within the basin," he said, wvill be in the counties of the 3ear River basin in the near Mr. Sears reported to the group on Saturday of last week that word had been re ceived from the Idaho Water Resource Board that they future and will be ready to present the factual information that has been assembled and feasibility reports that have been made for the development of the basin for local consideration. four-count- PRESENTS CHECK Jerry Bum, president of the Richmond lions club, presents a check to Floyd White, fire chief, as a contribution from the club towards the The Citizen Photo purchase of air survival masks. Lions Club Gives UTAII 84321 The Preston City VOL. VI NO. 33 LEWISTON, I Ladies Night C of C Names New Officers For ,69 Year Burt Martin, divisional manager of Utah Power and light, was reelected president of the Preston Chamber Persons have been stealing of Commerce during the lights out of the Christmas meeting of the new board of decorations in the county, ac- directors Wednesday. cording to the Franklin counNamed as vice president ty Sheriff's office. was Paul Johnson, One wo"ian reported that of Johnson Drug company. many of the globes had been Mr. Martin has been ser dis stolen from the lighting as president of the chain been had arranges that ving play in front of her home. She Dor 0f commerce, filling the said, sarcastically, that she unexpired term of Dr. Clair has a wish for the ones who "a Cutler, who resigned when he are stealing globes and merry Christmas." , moved to Tanama. er ... light wm 'Spike' Delegati council ..." m UP&L Provides Free Yule Light Power Chairman of the Santa Claus visit to Lewiston, Claire GETTING READY and Odis Talbot Lions club president, show Van and Jay Jorgenson some of The Citizen Photo the goodies that Santa could bring this year. Jor-fen- sn School Board 'Plans' For Snow; Issues Statement On Dress The Cache county school board set up several contacts and asked students to listen to the Logan radio stations from 7:30 a.m. on for any "school emergen- -' cies." The board also issued a statement on standards of dress for students. During the meeting of the board of education last week, Bill For Accidents - $3,230,000 L 00 Prof Heads Santa Claus, who made a visit in Preston last week, will come to Richmond on Dec. 16 and to Lewiston on Dec 20 The Citizen Photo SANTA'S VISIT NEARS . 3. His contacts among board members discussed the nosslbla clnsine of school for '"ct personnel will be the , Slewing people: Guy Ray P Bn(Wnpni oma PulsiPher. EImer Archibald, 01 being better or8an- Ga;y Cawsou, Murray Rig- zea lor sucii an emergency by, Keith Clayson, R.chard d this year. It was that Bagley, Joseph Timmins, Ciche prblic should b3 alert- Hansen, and D;nnis ed to listen to either radio Jensen. Each of these peo- win escuDusn several aa- s:ation lrom about 7:20 a.m. on if any difficulty is suspect- - visory posts in their area ed. The board is setting up w;io u they will contact prior several contacts Suptrinten- - to 6:30 a.m. to gather infor-deBryce Draper can make mation. around the valley 4. On any day when school County itoaa Dept., Highway ratroi, us held if a bus driver exper- bus drivers and board mem-- ienccs difficulty in smarting bers. The superintendent will his bus or gEts stuck, he has make the decisions as to or, whether or not school will, be held, then notification will1 dis-'sno- ' s f1"1 ag-ee- 'c-.:- nt 1 ts . 43,-0- , ; New industries coming into one reason or another. "I think this will always be the valley have increased the a problem, but we can renumber of new jobs about 10 duce it somewhat." percent. Cache's unemployment rate, According to Russell Bor-- j Mr. Borchert notes, has been e Ai i t uicn, manager ui ine Liugan "way down" less than two office of the Utah Employ- percent. This figure can ment Security Department climb to as high as 10 percent this increase has come in the during some weeks of winter as the cold weather closes in last 24 months. and outside job3 diminish. "Cache county has had a He recalls when the counreal good employment year," ty's unemployment rate reached six percent on a yearly he added. He also said that the Utah average falling into the deunemPopulation Work Committee finition of substantial CheThiokol ploymentafter estimated Cache that has mical Corp. cut back its work county's popu 1 a t i o n has in Brigham City. climbed from an estimated "We're no where near that 41,500 in January 1966 to in July 1968 which is now," Mr. Borchert notes about a three percent growth happily. in the last two years. We have felt real good about this past season," Mr. Borchert comments, although acknowldging that the county's job situation is very sea sonalcausing many persons to be out of work during the winter. "There's still one segment sadly in need of jobs," he mentioned. "That's students who need extra money In John Stewart, university school or to maintain their editor and professor of jourfamilies They're pret nalism at Utah State UniverOf tv sharp characters. course, it's hard to absorb sity, has been appointed by that many students into our he Cache County Board of economy. commissioners to "I think a lot of them could county chairman of be Cache the Gold-be absorbed if employers Spike Centennial Celebrawould look around to see jobs that need to be done but tion. which have been put off for As such he will serve as the county's representative on he arrangements committee of the National Golden Soike Centennial Commission which is planning the celebration for next May 10, the 100th anni versary of the completion of America's first transcontin ental railroad. Early-da- y residents of Free electricity to light Cache county nlaved an im some 72,000 lamps that's portant role in completion of Utah Power & Light Com- the railroad. Ezra Taft Ben as apostle of pany's Christmas gift to more son of Logan, Jesus The Church of Christ nf than 160 cities and towns in Latter-day Saints and great Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. grandfather of the current Burton C. Martin, UP&L apostle by that name, was a Preston division manager, major contractor for Central said free electricity is being Pacific, which built road from furnished by the company for aacramento to Promontory. Many cache Valley men holiday lighting decorations worked under this contract installed on city streets and in grading a road through parks in communities where Utah. A number of Cache Valley the firm's distribution lines residents have also participatrun. ed in the Golden Spike annual Free Christmas lighting to ceremonies conducted each custhese communities where May 10 at Promontory. Protomers are served directly fessor Stewart served as general chairman of these cereby the company, is a custom with UP&L. monies for three years. He is presently completing Last year, the utility provided more than 434,600 kilowatt a book on the history of the first transcontinental railhours of free electricity to il- road, to be published this luminate almost 72,003 holi- spring. day bmbs in 169 cities and Any Cache county residents towns. interested in the Golden Of these, some 10,000 bulbs Spike centennial are invited in 31 communities were light- to share their ideas and suged in northern Cache Valiey gestions on it with the county and southeastern Idaho. chairman. & e In Cache County lost their lives as the result1 nf accidents durine the year .nrfin Jan l. 1967. and that automobiles caused nine of them. The figures cover acciaenis of all types affecting local' wherever they mieht have taken olace. Not counted, on the other hand, were injured locally. Taken into consideration were accidents sustained while on the job, while at home, while driving, swimming, hunting, boating and in all o:hcr activities. low. . , . From the standpoint of po- SHOWS If ronnrt Uiai 'ilin ' of Cache county Ipulation, Cache county's toll residents 13, 19G8 County Jobs Up 10 Percent; Population Up , ' ; (Special to the Cache VaUcy Citizen) Where does Cache county stand, with respect to its accident record, in relation to other communities? On the basis of past experof a ience, are the chances local resident becoming involved in an accident greater or smaller than elsewuere? According to figures recentU. S. Publy released by the in its anService, lic Health nual co.ii lilaiion of vital statistics, tlie accident rate in the local area is relatively V30 In Cache County Third East after the property owners agreed to pay for the hook up charges and the frontage assessment In other action the council received three trophies from Ivan Davis, city recreation director, for summr softball achievement The council also: Okehed the hiring of another man at the sewage treatment plant. Approved the retirement of Leo Nelson on Jan. 1. Tabled a request for a city auction license for an out of city individual who failed to appear at the meeting. Suggested that William Hollingsworth obtain additional signatures for approval to operate a dental laboratory business in his home. Agreed to investigate the contracting of garbage service in the city. Approved the flooding of the ice skating pond near the Central School. Ordered the brick layer working the Farm Bureau office to obtatin a city license. Agreed to members of the city council meeting with chamber of commerce road committee to determine assessment on business share of parking project behind court house. Glen Gamble reported that prsent assessments leave the city about of the needed $800 short amount. Approved the appointment of a city inspector for plumbing, building and electrical work. Lions To Hold DEC. THURSDAY, Monday approved the instal has lation of a sewer line between Second and Third North along The fire department The Richmond Volunteer received another conducted several fund rais Firemen contribution toward their air Ing campaigns for this pur survival masks from the and Richmond City Cor. Richmond lions club recent-- , Pse poration contributed greatly Jerry Bunn, president, pre- toward this project, sented Fire Chief Floyd White The mask is very import a check for ISO toward pay- ant and essential for surviv ment tor another mask. al in fires where there is a great deal of smoke and gas These units are very expen sive and the contributions have greatly aided in securing the number needed. LEWISTON The lions club will hold their annual Ladies Night dinner and program Monday. Dec. 16, with Odis Talbot, president, presiding. Willis Hall, program chairman, has arranged for a chorus from Sky View to present the program. Ladies will be presented favors and Santa Claus will be present to give a Christmas gift to those pre- r.er.1 3 Ih TV Sewer Line To Equipment Fund Yule Lights Stolen - BEAUTY City Okehs Block In Richmond C y pre-ed- sent .CACHE VALLEY "unui was below average. It re- - al 10,800,000 people suffered presented a rate of 42 fatal injuries in the accidents per 100,000 people, course of the year By way of comparison, the Thus, for every one who. rate in the rest of the United was killed, there were anoth States amounted to 57 oer er OS who were temporarily loo.COO. In the State of Utah disabled, it was 59 per 100,000. The annual cost of The enormity of the acci- -' dents in the United States has dent problem is evident from been skyrocketing. Current- the figures released by the iv. the emmcii estimates it National Safety Council. They at $21.3 billion, show that 112,103 persons, 1 his takes into account pro-lotheir lives in the year Dertv damace. lost wages, and that 51,100 of them in- - drop in productivity, medical ' and other losses. volved motor vehicles. Home expenses fi acile county s pruyui uu-- , accidents were in second' place with 28,500 deaths, the nvernPe loss oer acci- This tells only part of the dent locally, comes to some, story, however. An addition-- ! $3,2J0,CCO non-fat- al I acci-residen- ts. st 1 A I ttaT , In order to facilitate an or derly handling of a prospec tive emergency situation." the have following procedures been established: 1. All information will be broadcast over both local ra- dio stations on any morning when a severe storm exists Please get your information through the radio rather than tying up telephone lines which will be needed by a few key people to gaiher information ior broadcast. O a. jhC nsa;.ienn:cn:ient i win long-s:andin- g Truck Bought, D ates Set The Richmond eity council recently purchased a new truck, bought a sidewalk snow plow and set the dates for community Christmas ac uviues. The council approved the purchase cf a new truck in the last council meeting. It on order from the Wil- is son Motor company in Logan A nnv snow n'jw is also dj i ing insiairju on me c.iy- A list of some of the events occurring in town during December is as follows: Thursday, Dec. 12, Vette club party, 8 p.m.; Friendship club party, 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, North Cache Jr. High Christmas nii'si:al, 7:?0 p.m.; Hobby club party, 8 p.m. ward Primary Children's party, 3:30 p.m. itiursday, Due. 19, Sky View Band Pops Concert, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, Sky View Ciiristmas dance, tt:3u p.m.; American Legion and Auxiliary party iur children, 2 ;).:n.; Combined Bridge clubs Msniav. Dec. 1G. Ciiv Par . jrcy, 8 p.m. ty and Prngram, Benson St;k. :.unday, Dec. 22, Sky View Center. p.m. J.uir program, 17. North Tuesday, :. J p.m. di'cisinn niH nnlifv tn rrvlin i.r wwv service an ward l'ri:iiary children's parSaturday, Dec. 23, Rider's stations durine the hour fro-i- i fie VtJjw.ilks. accordinij to ly, :J:P3 p.m. 6:30 a.m. and 7:33 a.m. (Continued on page 4) Mavor Leonard Cartwright. Wednesday, Dec. 13, Suulli M n:-- 11 I 41 Ciiri.-vima-s D-c- |