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Show Deseret Drifts The Deseret Sampler, Friday, Sept. 13, 1974 By Linda Kay Perry are entering this Fall season, we would like to remind one and all of the many activi' ties the Dugway Womens Club has to offer. THERE ARE the monthly coffees and luncheons, and special occasions such as the art auction, bazaar, and various other activities to become involved with. For further details on possible membership, contact Betsy Dewitt. New to Dugway this month are 2LT John K. Graham and his wife Marlene. Hie Grahams have three children: Julie, 8; Allison, 5, and Adrienne, 1. .Coming to us from the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean are MAJ Carroll Michaud and his wife Gwen. The Michauds have four children: Karen, 19; Mike, 15; Russell, 12; and John, 2. FORT KNOX was foe previous assignment for CPT David M. Fritzgerald and his wife Louise. The Fritzgeralds have two children: Jennifer, 514, and Leslie Ann, 18 months. B. J. and Cecelia Beck-stran- d are recent arrivals from Las Cruces, N. M., and White Sands Missile Range. They have no children. B. J. is chief of foe Training Branch of Civilian Personnel Division. .We would like to welcome these families to Dugway. We hope they enjoy their stay here. Gem And Mineral Sociely To Host lOlh Annual Show As we Doors will open Friday, 13, for the Tenth Annual Cem and Mineral Show sponsored by the Tooele Gem and Min- Sep-temli- er erals PROMOTED Recently promoted to specialist four was Walter S. Szarek, an ambulance driver with the U.S. Army Hospital, before coming to Dugway, SP4 Szarelc completed training at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. He dans to study nursing at die University of Utah following his Army service. SP4 Szarek is living at Dugway with his wife Melloney and , sqn Shane. Will the Veterans Administration counsel veterans seeking guidance in selecting suitable GI Bill training programs? A Yes, counseling will be provided veterans who request it. Dugway Mountains, as seen from the English Village area at Dugway Proving Ground. These mountains and the adjoining valleys, as well as the areas to the west that are now encompassed by the Proving Cround, have a rich and colorful past that is a source of fascination to historians and otliers who are interested in the history of the Old West. never-endin- g (Plioto by Ogden Kraut) Dugway Footpaths , Wheeltracks (About the author: The 6514th CILR has a degree in history from BYU, where she wrote her Seminar paper on Rush Valley. She has had articles on local history published in the Tooele Transcript and Logan Herald Journal. This year she is serving as president of the Tooele Womens Club, which has had for foe past two years foe project of landscaping behind the Tooele County Nursing Home. She is secretary to Mr. C. M. Zaccardi, foe 6514th Test Sq. Liaison Officer at Dugway.) GUACAJOLE TACOS large, ripe and soft Avocado, thoroughly mashed 2 cups Frijoles Refritos, thoroughly mashed 1 medium Bermuda onion, chopped 1 TBSP Lemon juice, 1 freshly squeezed 2 TBSP Salsa Jalapena Mix Avocado and Frijoles Refritos well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Fill Taco shell with the paste and sprinkle with dried grated shrimp and grated, sharp Cheddar cheese. (Crated Parmesan cheese may be substituted, if desired.) Taco shells. Fills (Submitted by C. f. Orr) 6-- 8 Q - If a veteran chooses that proceeds from his National Service Life Insurance be paid in monthly installments, does the beneficiary have the right to elect to receive payment under another option? A Yes, provided the new option requires payments over a longer period of time. I received an honorQ able discharge after two years of service in Vietnam. Am I eligible for burial in a Veterans Administration cemetery? A Yes. All cemeteries VA jurisdiction under formerly have been placed under a national cemetery system within VA, as authorized under PL 93-4- 3 (June 73). You would be eligible for lmrial in any national cemetery having space, .except Arlington, where space is limited. By Ouida Blanthom When Major John Bums selected a region of the Great Basin for what was to become Dugway Proving Ground, others besides foe Major had already discovered foe area, including trappers and mountain men on foot and horseback. The Great Salt Desert foe Major chose as a site was left on foe ground floor when foe western part of a huge lake basin dried up. The lake, called 'Bonneville, had formed without an outlet during foe last stages of foe ice age, when small local glaciers flowed down our highest peaks. The first white man to explore this Great Basin from north to south and east to west was an intrepid Yankee scout named Jedediah Smith, who carried a gun in one hand and a Bible in foe other. In 1826 he had forced a a severe ordeal in passage of foe Sierra Neva das in winter to reach his favorite home on the western dethe snow sert, foe Great Salt Lake. - In July of 1827, he left Fish Springs Valley in Juab County and crossed foe Tooele County line heading north around foe Dugway Range into Ditto (Dog) Area. (Charles Kelly says the route was east from Goshiute Springs around Granite Peak, but Dale Morgan has plotted out this more likely course.) After days of hard travel without water in foe alkali dust. Smith finally reached springs at the base of foe Stansbury Mountains in Skull Valley, but not before he had I was compelled to eat devoured six of his seven horses them as they gave out," and had lost from exhaustion one of his two men somewhere in foe Dugway area. In 1854 LL E. G. Beckwith skirted foe north end of Granite Peak Range looking for a way to the Pacific for a railroad. The railroad was never built over his proposed route, but foe wagon freighters used it for many years. Four years later J. H. Simpson, one of foe Army's accomplished engineers began explorations for a road across foe Great Basin from Cedar Valley. His first explorations took him as far as foe Dugway Mountains (1858). Freighters using the Beckwith route over the Cedar Mountains sometimes used what was called trail wagons (two wagons) and four or six horses, according to Iliram Severe, while others used one wagon and team. The pass over these mountains was hig)i (5,800 ft.), so often- more horses were hitched up to pull foe wagons over, hence the name which Pass. Mr. Severe, an early pioneer persists today of Skull Valley, tells (DUP Tooele County History) of seeing foe freighters returning from Nevada over the pass, their wagons weighted with ore and sacks of pelts and hides. Always a water barrel was strapped to foe side ,of foe wagon. In 1900 after foe Severe family in Skull valley had completed their log cabin with its dirt floor and dirt roof, they took a notion to go to the Dugway Mountains. They hooked up foe wagon, prepared a grub box and piled some hay into foe wagon and were off. The next day they found water for their horses at a mine shaft, ami foe miners bargained with them to bring lumber out from Skull Valley so they could build a cabin. These prospectors had haunted foe Dugway Range and surrounding area, eager for riches, and when tney round nign-grad- e ore, they were willing to pay well for having a cabin built; they were also willing to pay for a commodity the sun-bak- We think rock hounding is one of the best hobbies ever, Mrs. Reed said. We both work at it and enjoy sharing the activity. Mr. Reed added, We do it for the fun of it. And although we sell something weve made mice in a while, we give an awful lot of our things away. We do it because we love to and not with any idea of making money. clubs tenthanniversarv. Historic Mountain Range Q Recipe Corner $140. MR. AND Mrs. Reed have exhibited samples of their stone EVERYONE in the communartistry in every gem show sponity is invited to attend the show sored by the Utah Federation of sometime during its three day Gem Chilis this year. A retired miming. Activities will get un- employee of the Tooele Army derway Friday morning at 10:(X) Depot he devotes most of his when Mayor Douglas Sagers takes time to his hohtiv. part in a special rihlxm cutting ceremony in observance of the as f laminate hand mtilied to a brilliant shine, li is valued at alxiut According to officials door prizes will lie given away every hour. The grand prize, a small rock inlaid coffee table, (you need nut lie present to win), will lie given away Sunday evening at 6:00. Other prizes will include a rock tumbler and dozens of grab bags. One of the featured activities will be a silent auction and a snack liar will lie open throughout the show. Special attractions will include displays of faceted quartz and opal along with a black light display. Two indian boys will demonstrate authentic native silver work. MANY demonstrations will feature visitors from sister clubs throughout Utah as well as TooAccordiug to College and ele area rock hounds. Business University Reports, Comics are so popular that more than 50.INX) students now pay a dollar eaeh to liclong to a comic lxok society with chapters on A more than 1(K) campuses. nuinlier of colleges and universities offer courses using comic books, including Brown, Tufts, Indiana, Texas Tech, Bowling Green, Auburn. Hunter, Brig)iain Young and Wisconsin. The comic book industry, which was liom alxrut 40 years ago, hit its peak during World War II when sales were estimated at fKKl million a vear RAY CROMLEY, non-cred- it - The major prize to lie given away, the inlaid rock table, was made again this year by Samuel W. (Tex) Reed, 186' West First North. Mr. Reed, who (with his wife Rachel) has been a meinlier of the Tooele Gem and Mineral Society almost from its beginning, has made a table for every club show for the past nine years. This years table is inset with cut and polished slices of wonderstone from Skull Valley. The table top is black plastic Samuel W. (Tex) Reed proudly displays the table which will be given away as the grand prize during the Tooele Cem and Mineral Show this weekend. Mr. Reed made the table with polished wonderstone from Skull Valley. ed - SPECIAL SALE Six-Hor- se ON GOOD USED CARS Beginning Friday, Sept. 13th for Ten Days 1970 DODGE POLARA sedan, p. st air, automatic transmission, p. br., radio. A very nice family car. Color - white. Vinyl upholstery. Present Book Value $1450. OUR PRICE THIS WEEK ONLY ONE with 1049 OLDS DELTA 88 sedan, auto-conditionair with brakes, trans., power steering, power ing, black cloth interior, good rubber, radio, maroon color. Another good family car. Present Book Value $1 250. ONE 1969 $995 OUR PRICE THIS WEEK ONLY ONE 1965 MERCURY MONTERAY matic trans., white vinyl upholstery, radio, THIS WEEK ONLY good autotires. 495 ONE 1965 PLYMOUTH FURY III sedan, automatic transmission, radio, good tires. A very good car THIS WEEK ONLY ONE 1970 FORD 4 speed transmission, TON PICKUP. drive, radio, color black. A good clean -- pickup. THIS WEEK ONLY 2195 See These Units at JASPERS 731 North Main or Cal at 882-421- 2 $495 0. or at home T. 882-389- Barrus 4 earth did not produce water. Anyone working foe claims on the Dugway Range had to slop up rain water caught by the rocks, because Fandangle, Bullion and other canyons were dry. then rich ore deposits were located in the Dugway Mountains, people had flocked there. Soon in Bullion (Smelter) Canyon a tent city sprang up toasting in its heyday of 7 saloons. Whiskey was not always valued above water, for according to Severe one freighter, seeing that he would he short out on the trackless desert, dumped 50 gallons of whiskey on the ground and filled his barrel with 1120. One Mormon randier in adjoining Rush Valley, seeing the high value of water, hauled it all the way from Dog Area, where the County (Tooele) had dug a deep well, to Bullion Canyon, some 20 miles, returning with a wagon tull ot ore. (The old road went south of present Stark Road to Dog Area through Charlie "Carr Area.) Today there are still claims in foe Dugway Mountains with tunnels and trails running to alxindoned as well as active mines. On the northwest part of the range, there are the Cannon Mine, Rainlww and Four Metal Mine, and all roads, whether they lie north or south or east or west, at Dugway should be celebrated as highroads to adventure, for they and lead romantic a into past.- fasdnating I |