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Show Bulk Rate U.S. Postage P.O. Box 224 Milford, UT 84751 Paid. Milford, UT 84751 Permit No. 15 Formerly Dodge City News Serving Beaver County Since 1991 50 Cents Historical Tidbits News Briefs COLUEN RULE STORE, CONSTRUCTION DAMAGE: Milford Man and Machine City Council will be keeping an ongoing record of damage related to the water and sewer construction project. They request that all incidents be reported to the city office. Western Wel-Tek and Milford City have combined efforts to minimize future damage. Trespass on private property with equipment and material will be avoided as much as possible. Water pressure will be decreased in the construction area when work is in progress to prevent flooding in the event alineis broken. As requested, city crews will notify residents before turning water off completely. Whether breaks on the 9th, 12th, 13th, and 15th are due to carelessness or, as Councilman Dotson suggested - engineering errors - existing waiter lines have sustained damage. By: Norman BaxterHave you ever known a person that was so knowledgeable with his machine and so in tune with it that they operated as a single unit? Out Post Office crew watched many times, as Train #5, a passenger train from Salt Lake came in. The front unit always stopped a few feet short of the EXTENDED AREA SERVICE between on into the crossing. crossing. If the Engineer was out of the cab, down the ladder and walking back to the Depot before the unit came to a stop, we knew that it was 'Smokey White’. That unit would not have dared to go Milford and Minersville actually went into effect February 15 as planned. However, complications with computer Another such man was the Engineer (Hoistman) at the Horn Silver Mine, named John translation have not yet been corrected, making it still necessary to dial 1-801 plus the number. Calls will be billed until the system has been properly adjusted. According to Gary Harrison, U. S. West Community Affairs Manager, the company will deduct charges between the two exchanges at customer request. Sale of the two exchanges by U. S. West to South Centtral has been approved by the Utah Public Service Commission. Application for FCC approval is still pending, awaiting the outcome of negotiations with Arizona Public Service Commission. FCC requested Arizona approvall because the Kanab exchange, a part of the total sale package, is linked with telephone service on the Arizona Strip. Goodwin. He too, was so in tune The 48 star flag is displayed, indicating it was sometime Note the license plates with only two or three digit numbers; the railroad The picture above, courtesy the Hickman Family, is circa 1915. after February, 1912 when Arizona became the 48th state. water tower at the south end of town; the tree.on the east side of the street, where the Hong Kong Cafe is now located; the Why-Not? Where is Contact Mr. Baxter with comments or clues to the actual date or occasion. Cary Cooper Wouldn't Do It That Way with his machine that they operated as one. He stood on a raised platform with the gauges: and levers in front. The hoist was powered by steam. There was a large steam cylinder on either side, with a long connect-rod running to the double drum hoist. A dial on each drum had had a single hand that told John of the precise location of each cage. The shaft was a triple compartment. The outer contained the ladders that zig-zagged upward to the surface. This was the emergency exit; The other two compartments were for the cages. Each cage was Or western movies aren’t good at the box office anymore double level with one above the other. The two cable drums could By Alice Smith: When. Gary Cooper rode into town on his white horse everybody knew just where be operated separately but usually he stood: principle came first and his word was his bond. Not necessarily so with the frenzied were run so that as one was going lobbyists who are pulling out all of the stops in an effort to woo legislators as this year’s session down, the other was coming up. It heats up. Countless dollars ride on the choice of holding out for appropriations or adding a simple acted as a counter balance and and totally unrelated- sentence to a bill that is sure to be passed. reduced the power requirements. Of all the tools lobbyists have at their disposal, media is perhaps the most direct, effective John was never one to waste a and inexpensive. Promoting an issue through the media is as simple as leading a hungry reporter to second and operated at full speed. a hot story. When opportunity knocked last weekend for the Monitor, I chose the option of an I don't believe he ever slowed the interviewing convicts,, either recently released or soon to be released. Certain restrictions were | cage as it neared the surface, but imposed, including withholding names, location of release and various aspects of their crimes. when the clevis at the end of the Otherwise, we spoke quite candidly. Here are their stories: cable appeared he applied the “John” is a 29-year-old man, in his 58th month of a five year term on a drug charge. Before brakes. The cage stopped about | of time his During chain. store sentencing, he was a computer programmer with a large grocery two or three feet above the collar incarceration, technology has passed him by. A re-entry training period will provide some of the shaft and was then lowered educational upgrades, but not enough to make him employable in his competitive field. To him it down on the chairs. It was a very makes very little difference. He has a greater worry: the AIDS virus. Two of the individuals who The MHS new score Te werere installed and in use for the last home smooth operation. One day Max “welcomed” him to the facility tested positive shortly afterward. One died in November. basketball game of the season, thanks to donations from First Security Bank, Baxter was working as the Top “Jean” is in the release process after serving 8 months of a 10 year sentence as an accomplice -Circle Four Farms and the MHS Band Mothers fund from previous years. Man. When the Clevis a the end to an auto theft. She still maintains that she simply accepted a ride with an acquaintance in his new of the cable appeared John car - which just happened to be stolen. With two prior misdemeanor convictions behind her, she was applied the brakes and they failed. off to prison. She was a beautiful young woman when she entered the facility - now, she is The cage went up through the permanently disfigured. An encounter with a guard and another prisoner left damages that will roof, tearing out a large hole, then require extensive plastic surgery - which she, of course, can not afford. “Jean” is angry as she ‘lodged against the Sheave wheel returns to society. She was a waitress before prison. Her scars now make that an unlikely at the top of the high gallows occupation, so she willl be working as a motel maid with subsidy from welfare. frame. The are cars fell down and “Jim” is perhaps the ultimate success story for the prison system. At 23, he has just been narrowly missed going down the released after serving 15 months of a 1 to 5 year sentence for burglary. Two years ago “Jim” was shaft. max said that the man unemployed and unemployable - making a living at the expense of his victims. “It was almost a relief working with him, was half way when I knew, after the second arrest, that it was all over,” he said. In prison, “Jim” enrolled in a down the mountain before he woodworking class. . “I was real lucky to get in a class.so soon,” he said. He demonstrated an could stop. Max dove under some immediate aptitude, and within a few months, moved to a training program that distanced him from large timbers that were near by. regular prison life. “Some people will say that I didn’t pay my debt to society because my live is a Continued next week: The day lot better than it was two years ago. Maybe that’s true......,” he said. Does “Jim” also fear the AIDS the cable broke. virus? It’s a question I didn’t ask. Milford Hospital News “Jane” is a 63-year-old great-grandmother, incarcerated in 1992 for fraud. She proved to be a difficult - not to mention, expensive - prisoner, and has been released on probation. She organized bible study classes and prayer meetings, which resulted in complaints of civil rights violations from | other prisoners. Add this to hospitalization and surgery costing well over $200,000. and, whether or not a“ ane ” paid her debt to society- society certainly paid. “Jean” served the shortest percentage of her sentence of any of the prisoners. Ironically, she also appears to be the most prone to violence. Is the message here that having more prison beds will Left to right: Joseph Kanell, 3rd; Benjamin Lee, 2nd; Jamee Kobinson, Ot protect society, or is it that the system needs closer scrutiny? One thing is for sure: When news stories follow a particular theme, those stories usually have more to do with an agenda than with “Truth, Justice and the American Way.” Last week it was the critical need for prison beds; this week it’s shelters for battered women; in the early “80's it was an industrial park to promote growth in every rural Utah town. Lobbyists promote agendas that make money or create power, whether they work in Washington, D.C. or Salt Lake City. And.......if we singly, or collectively as a society- consciously choose to ignore the advent of such profit and power, Heaver Help Us All! TRIVIA QUESTION. GO Bonding capability for Beaver County (2% of property market ee is slightly over $6 million. What is the Lease Revenue Bond limit? ANSWER: There is absolutely no limit. According to Eckhard Bauer, of the State Treasurer’s Office, legal period has been set since Building Authority legislation in 1990 and 1994, eradicating all limitations except- of course- those imposed by the lender. Not only can such bonding be entered into without a referendum........it requires very little notification for the taxpayers.’ That's a long, long way from Article XIV Section 3 of the Utah Constitution (1896) which maintained that there shall be no debt in excess of the taxes for the current year without a majority vote. In 1911, Section 4 changed the rule to no indebtedness exceeding two per centum. Special Service Districts, which came on the scene in 1975, still required a majority vote - but, without regard to Sections 3 and 4. District Spelling Bee Twenty-four hopeful contestants lined up in the MHS auditorium Tuesday evening competing for the District Spelling Bee Ist place trophy. “Hygienist” - “Ominous” - “Indemnify” - “Anecdote” and numerous other difficult words were the downfall of well prepared and proficient students in the single elimination competition. After about 45 action packed minutes Jamee Robinson, a 7th grader from Beaver High School, was the last speller standing. She will compete March 29 at Woods Cross High School with state level entrants from all 40 school districts. The second and third place winners, Benjamin Lee and Joseph Kanell, are both 6th graders from Belknap Elementary. Belknap also took home the traveling trophy - again. Minersville chose to not participate this year. Congratulations to all of the students for their hard work! New hospital board members elected at the annual general board meeting are: Tammy Pearson, Minersville (retained); Dwight Potter, member at large; and Rhoda Browner, Milford. Mrs. Browner, who was nominated from the floor, will be retuming from an LDS Temple Mission next month. A special “thank you” was extended to Gladys Whittaker for service during her term on the board. Mrs. Whittaker has been working with USU Extension Service to landscape the enclosed garden on the south side of the hospital. Plants will arrive soon and volunteers, willing to bring their shovels, are needed to help with the planting. Bids for the Minersville outreach clinic were opened Tuesday evening. The board will meet again February 26 at noon selection. John administrator, contracts on the for actual bid Gledhill, hospital expects to sign 28th, construction next month. and begin |