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Show Volume Eureka. Utah 84628 Eighty-Si- x September 20. 1991 Number .V 40? Clffw dlSei!0 0ilil,lnllnl5I Hisforical scietv meets During the September meeting $6.00 per day, for Frank Peart. Eureka City Council, Mayor Heard a request from Dick Don Treloar and city council- - Maxwell to buy a piece of proper- men... ty from the City. Part of his home Discussed the matter of the sits on the property, which was 1992 Eureka City Centennial once an alley, but over the years, CclcbrationwithColcen McNulty, sheds and other structures have who represented the Eureka been built and the alley is now Improvement Committee at the blocked. Following a lengthy meeting. She inquired as to whe- - discussion, the Council agreed thcr the City had anything that everyone living along the planned for the event. It was alley be contacted to sec is they decided by the Council, that if the would be interested Ls buying the E.I.C could put together a plan property that lies adjacent to their for the celebration and present it own, or that they already have a to the Council, the group w'ould permanent structure built on. be willing to cooperate with them City Administrator Fred on their decisions. Garbctt expressed his apprccia- same vein, Mayor tion to Commissioner Joseph Along the Treloar made some comments on Bernini and Juab County for all the use of the City Park during the help and cooperation they the annual Tintic Silver Festival, have given to Eureka City. Mayor The matter will be discussed Treloar and the Council also at the next council meet- - expressed their appreciation for Heard a letter, read by Fred Garbctt, from the State of Utah, stating the EPA has proposed a new radionuclide rule which will have a significant impact on water systems in the state. The rule Is now in a proposed stage and is open for public comment. Learned that Mayor Treloar has sent a letter to the Bcautifica- lion Committee, thanking them for all of their hard work and efforts in cleaning up and bcauti- fying the community. The next regular Council meeting will be held October 15, n 3 The Tinlic Hislorical Society met at the Depot on Wed., Sept. routine busncss meeting H. held with a report given on 'yas the celebration activities of the society. The expenses for the bus and the money lost because of the breakdown, took its toll on the sales soclcty s profits, but T-sh- irt excited. There is still much to do...arranging and collecting. There is still a full range of T-shirt sizes for those who were unable to pick theirs up during the Silver Festival. Many visitors arc still calling the Museum. Its nice to know that people are finally finding Eureka, The next scheduled meeting of the society is Oct. 9. of wcr aP which helped. A discussion was held concern- . Jn8 ccnlcnmal actlv!ilcs lor as decided an effort would be Because its eyeball is fixed, the lhc lk' makc JPadc.!0 anP, and 10 whale must move its huge body to cxtra special, shifl its inc of sight do something during May, which is always declared "Preservation somkc smells will dissipate Month" in Utah. wcl t0Wcl (wfung whcn a The new store display at the out 1991, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council swished around the room, Depot is taking form; everyone is Chambers. (Cl fifTlfOll OmOCBSS (Pi areF(() cC Jccd ,h band those and interested must for filc eligible Brought up the matter of Approved b September 24, 1991. Three billing procedures for City scrvic- - membership in the Eureka Fire four CCar terms and one two vear DCpar,mCm frm EUgCnC P0Ul SCn Petitions for four year terms rentals and the notification onhl Pomtcd out that the have been filed apm by Tim Hannifin, WaSrcn 2PmcsdclmSJi1 incumbent; Holman, the City Council...u September 2 , Arthur quent on said Tom Pierce, Edwtrd Approved a wage increase to 1991. Bill and Webber Taylor, Hansen. Jay Evans and Lctha Picrcc have filed for two years. J Eureka Citizens interested in IwlJCIIU the welfare, preservation, im- Eureka was basically known as dow n to the pyme, or white or sicking changes for a quiet town, as mining camps go, iron .further sinking was stopped, provemem but on one hot July day in 1886, and it has been the work of the Iff II i 1111 that all changed when Eureka past year of two to demonstrate Tintic Chapter Order of East- experienced its only known lynch- - that there Ls mineral in paying this below 18 held their first crn Star ing by vigilantes. Jim Connor, a quantities and qualities local miner, and Joe Fisher, a iron stratum, and many old claims meeting after the summer recess visiting farmer, have never met will be opened." There were now on Monday evening, with Pat before they sat down to play cards more than three hundred homes Brady, W.M., and Lynn Brady, at the William and Murphy Sa- - in town. W.P., presiding. In 1893, the price of silver loon that morning. They fell into The lime was taken up with a dispute over who had won the started to decline rapidly, this was routine business and "catching up last hand. Jim placed his hand on something the folks of Eureka on everyones summer activities", his hip above hLs gun to make a never counted on. Declining At the conclusion of the busi- point. Joes immediate response prices and the impending labor ness meeting, refreshments were was to draw and fire all in the trouble brought Eureka to a served by Carol Ainge and Virgin- standstill. The biggest blow was ja Badcrtschcr, to these members same motion. Joe swore that Jim was going when thc government repealed attending: Larry and Peg Butler, to draw first and he only fired in thc Sherman Silver Purchase Act Provo; Darwin and Carol Larsen, self defense. Joes bullet struck of 1890. It meant that thc govern- Spanish Fork; Irmina Jim dead center in thc heart That ment would no longer have to buy Springvillc; Carol Ainge, Payson; was a fatal mistake for Joe Fisher, four and a half million ounces of Bob nd Carson, Pleasant It just so happened that Joe silver per month for thc national Grovc; Pat and Lynn Brady, Connor was very well liked in stock pile. ThLs caused silver Virginia Badertschcr, Curtis and town. It wasnt long before Joe prices to plummet to record lows. Mabci Bulicr Eureka. Special was forcibly extracted from thc This event came at a very bad VLsitors were Donna Sutch and jail by a mob and hung from thc time for thc miners of Eureka Dean Adams of Provo. nearest mine gallows. Nine men who were in the midst of the were eventually arrested for thc worst labor strike m their history, seven fifty a month of S 1.25 a day. crime. On May 14, 1887, almost Thc strike was brought about by a The miners were only making ten months after thc lynching, six difference of opinion between thc about Sl.70 a day for a twelve of thc men were sentenced to miners and the company owned hour shift. That would only leave between five and eleven years in stores and boarding houses. Thc about $.45 a day living money miners who worked for thc differ-- which would most likely ha-to thc state penitentiary. d in to do were thc bc ent company-owne1892 mines, thc mines of Eureka compelled spent By haw been producing for over aU of their shopping at their store. Thc strike actually began when twenty years. It seemed that thc companys store and live in their men gathered in angry mobs Even houses. thc would produce forewr. companys boarding families with to dLscuss thc Lssucs at hand and Prosperity and activity abounded thc married miners in the district In an article in thc were expected to live in company- - lhc tenants of the Bullion Beck Salt Lake Tribune on January 1, owned houses and pay the same Mine said they would not return 1892, it states, "...it took years to as the unmarried men in thc t0 work. find out lhat thc rich surface boarding houses. The charge for in the midst of this bitter flat a was were was all that thc town of Eureka was not thirty living space strike, deposits in thc lodes. When these dollars a month. Thc companies incorporated into a city. Hugo surface deposits were worked wanted to raise thc rent to thirty- - Dcprczin was elected mayor. nfLiirvii.-n- n Eureka, a livina leaend fnart lM Fftcfpm Cf En, c SYOFYS thc better arc for orficc ,nd akc an agclivc pfarl in the administration of city affairs. ten vears government1 mandated Ganges which will increase the cost of most, if not all, City services, particularly culinary water treau ment and trash disposal. If you arc cither satisfied or dLssatLsficd with the City officials and employees performances since the last election of officers, make certain that your opinion be counted by voting on clcition day. aL III Tllw J 9e Jn DOok ( lUODllfi) bv Douclas Christensen Elections will be held Novcm-urthc- r her 5, 1991, with all City voting districts combined. Voting for all districts will be at the Eureka City Hall. L JUflO r6SI06llfS TO gCT gU5 - fQf VYlfllGr . . . . TIIL SALT LAKE TRIBUNE An estimated 1,500 Juab County residents should receive service from Utahs first municipal system by early Octo- bcr a sPokesman said, The $4.6 million system Ls natural-ga- s likc a eood independent of the states major A cood rcad ridc A good ride needs to move naturalgas utiIity. Mountain Fuel for scrvicc nd smoothly through SuPPty and ralcs qujckiv Mountain Fuel what should equal interesting country Then it seems its customUtah southern auicklv because charges lhat timc Sorbed in what bin tsaUpnjtfdinxirGtilaiMirn nnc Mountain Fuel lost its bid late nCnnE area Sue Grafton offers iust such a ,asl ycar t0 scrve thc NcPhi whcn a consortium of Ncphi, rcading experience In her latest Mona and Lcvan ,cadcrs chosc to is for Homicide" hardlv lcar thcm: sclves awav from lbe action Thc exciting paces seem to turn them- murder and danger combine Ia lhis her eighth alphabet SCauenccd novel Mrs Grafton hPcf coiier-d H organize a municipal system in cacb community, Whllc munic;Pal 6as ytcm arc uncommon Utah has scvcral municipal electric systems in place lhroughout lhc slalcMountain Fuel would only to serve Ncphi, bypassing commit unravels automobile 'insurance communities .Juab C fraud and its ugly playmates. Kin- - lhfcraLs0 wanlcd 8as- - Ironically, our street smart y .Millhone . d Lake Salt thc utility wilh jvalc . int0 lhc Kcrn Rivcr toulh smart and vet Plans t0 s pipeline a rcon we feel comfortable inlcrslate natural-ga. j, few miles west of Ncphi that will Tn thk f h strance underworld bc uscd t0 SCIAC western Utah nHHh,k to ,nlr.P ,hP tukird residents to thc south, Ncphi, Mona and Levan, p which organized thc Juab Dcvel-minc- s amo insurancc d N Agency to bond for and rales are so far out of sight If this opment the municipal system, will illegitimate scam is being used manage from Questar VCIS widciv manv a cr0ok is into in.slead Ect lhc.ir gas lich goes through he breasy money - or he is in Payson Canyon, 23 miles north of - City-base- J You will cniov reading this Ncphi- Questar Pipeline and Moun-goo- d Grafton novel even if mvstcry is Fuel are separate subsidiaries not high on vour list. It Ls a good lam of parent Questar Crop. rcad indeed! |