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Show SERVING Smithfield, Richmond, Lewiston, Hyde Park, Amalga, Benson, Cove, Cornish, Trenton, Clarkston, Newton, Cache Junction and Petersboro UTAH SMITHFIELD, VOL. XI NO. 51 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1973 SMITHFIELD CITY COUNCIL Richmond Subdivision Chairmen Named Approved for Beautification . , The Cache County planning arguments from both sides,, Russ KearJ, Wendell Hyde and and zoning commission recently including objections from ad- Ray Hugie. Taylor explained one of the approved the rezoning of ap- jacent property owners who fear the 160 acres of land proposed development problems to be encountered. proximately will result in water-pollutionorth of Richmond. Owned by Although the territorial right-of-wa- y on this road is 132 feet, over Mountain Shadows, Incorporatthe years the fence line on some ed, the land was changed from Voicing the concern of many of property has moved an agricultural (A-1pieces to a Vernon Johnson said income of less than $3,000, $3,750, $4,500, $5,250, or $6,000 and Belva Hansen accepted the respectively are elegible for chairmanship of the citys assistance. Larger families beautification committee. Sher- with similar incomes are, of man Lindhardt was the chair- course, also eligible. Applica- -' tions for assistance should be man last year. During the meeting the Han- made by families' to the sens discussed goals and gener- governing body of their comal projects for the city with the munity before February 24, 1974. mayor and council members. At the last meeting of the Smithfield City Council Delbert Also The council also discussed methods of dealing with the low income housing project. Each city has been given state funds to use for improving low income housing in its area. After talking to Mel Foster, who is running the Community Action porgram, Kathy Belton,' who is working with him on the program, and Noble L. Chambers, a member of the board of n. ( neighbors, residential agricultural area that he thought the culinary toward the road. Litigation (RA-1in order to to be 0) Corporate planner Ken Hugie, e, at the weekly council meeting Ed Steed, animal control officer, reported that during the period of August December 1, 74 1 to dogs were . picked up by the city. Of these 15 were 56 claimed, 1 was sold, and were killed. For the entire year 150 dogs have been picked up, 39 claimed, six sold, and the rest killed. In 1973 more than 500 dog licenses were sold by the city. , Also at the meeting approval was given to dose the city offices at sometime between December 17 and January 1. This will allow for remodeling. When a definite time has been set, citizens will be notified. adjustments and the zoning commission, the council decided to inquire of ward bishops and other community leaders for help in finding persons who might be eligible for funds from this program. Families of one, two- three, four, or five persons with an - Richmond Development Curtailed t The Mountain Shadow housing development in the northern part of Richmond, formerly anticipated to include 12 to 14 homes, will be temporarily limited to the four houses now completed on the project. . Lynn Skabelund, director and r of Mountain Shadthe said ow, project was intended to provide housing mostly for employees of Farm. But rising building costs and other problems have caused a temporary curtailment of the development. part-owne- Pep-perid- ge They are completing only the "houses which are almost ready expenses are up and the return on investments is slow. The houses, two of which have been sold, are in the $25,000 range. Commenting on the rising costs of construction Mr. Skabelund said, "You bid on a project and 3 or 4 months later costs have increased tremendously. Land prices are going up. Curbing and plumbing prices are going up. The day of the cheap lot is in the past. "The cost of building a house is as cheap now as it will be for some time, he said. Some people are delaying required water, supply for many houses might in the area it is water piped retrieve some of that property. Because the highway is not a representing Mountain Sha- from springs might be jeopar- controlled-access road, as is the dows, said that the development dized by the septic tanks which one between Logan and Wells-villwould include 55 lots ranging in will be used in the project. "the state is almost boung size from one to four acres. With to RA-1 the give a property owner ingress zone, residents of the John and Nelson, county bulding egress to the road, said development would be allowed t commented he is that inspector, Taylor. keep horses. With Bert Taylor of the Utah Water rights to a spring concerned about setting a on tanks State community septic Highway Department, the formerly controlled by the when so communiof the many commission discussed the deLewiston Sugar Factory were, in ties the are valley working partment request that a frontpurchased to serve the subdivitoward lagoon systems. sion. age road 50 feet wide be built on both sides of US Highway 91 The motion passed 2 after the commission had lkistened to Voting for the rezoning were between Smithfield and Logan. ). 3-- Dairy Distributes Dividends in Amalga reached over a half in developing new cheese foods million pounds per day during that will increase our dairy tion, today announced the the year. This brought a dairy sales throughout our marketing payment of the annual cash income of $2,000,000 per month area. into the valley from the sale of dividend to the members. "In addition to the annual Cache Valley Cheese and its i dividend the Dairy Association of butter and whey also made a substantial payChecks totaling $140,000 solids. ment to the retirement fund of have been mailed to members, the plant workers. We value representing a big percent of those folks whose the earnings for the past year, "During the past few months we it is to make ourresponsibility cheese and o he reported. Nineteen seventy-twhave been operating our new then see to it it that was a very good year for the gets to our g This markets in plant. he good shape, Cache Valley Dairy Associahas added five or six new cheesd adds. even dairy-fartion; though .items to our line of quality costs rose sharply, our cheese "We are very proud of our cheeses, he reported. We prices gained to offset them. have been working closely plant in Amalga and invite folks with the Food Science Depart- everywhere to pay us a visit and "Milk production at our plant ment at Utah State University see how good cheese is made. President Ted Roper, of the Cache Valley Dairy Associa- cheese-processin- m their homebuilding, thinking the interest rate will go down. But by the time the interest rate comes down, the cost increase will have erased any savings they might have realized. estimated the cost increase at about 1 per cent He monthly. Racing Begins in Smithfield The official racing season of the Skyline Cutter Association began Saturday at Forrester Acres in Smithfield. The 22 teams are divided into two divisions. Division A teams are competing to represent the The Skyline Cutter Association at the World Championship Cutter Races at Pocatello in March. The 10 teams of Division B are competing for trophies and awards that will be presented at 12 (See page 3) A NEW CHEESE-PROCESSIN- G machine is seen above, speeding- - the production at Cache Valley Dairy Associations Amalga plant. |