Show Tuesday Morning- - 3 I s -- U S Places Civic Clubs’ r W For A OGDEN — “The greatest frontier left for development m northTribune Intermountain Wire ern Utah is to harness our great natural resource water and proSPANISH FORK— Four generavide irrigation for our barren lands” Dr J Morris Godfrey "of will participate In a gatherRichmond president of the Associated Civic Clubs of Northern tionsto honor Mrs Hilma C Hales ing Utah declared Monday night Simpson on her Dr Godfrey was the only speaker county commissioners of the five birthday eightieth Project Army at a dinner meeting of directors of counties present approved a plea the clubs 'the legislative agricu- of E J FJeldsted executive secrelture and reclamation committees tary of the associated clubs to levy of the clubs county Commissioners of a mill tax in 1941 to aid of Weber Cache Box Elder Davis the association In its program of P A project for and Morgan counties and state development of this section of the legislators from these hnd Rich state A total of $1263 would be improvement of countiesTTbAbe Ben Lomond hotel raised on present valuations it was field Ogden ordPrior to tta dinner meeting the pointed out arsenal and the anniversary at the Spanish Fork Third L D S ward chapel Thursday from 3 to 8 p mFriends relatives have been InHostesses vited Wins Approval $523821 W A t k ' i construction and facilities at Hill nance depot and Utah general depot Monday received presidential approval Darrell J Gntfwell state W P A administrator said Projects for Perron street improvement and armorv construc- at tion JL I & Garland also ed The defense protect were at Perron improvements “"also Ingutter and sidepalk construction The W P A share is $5508 with Ferron tow n'' contributi- Flu Cloxns U I Tribune Intermountain Wire- POCA'I FILLO Idaho University of Idaho South classes were suspended Monday evening and plans wen made (o close ’"uesdav night until January 6 end of the Christmas holiday-b- i c ause of influenza Fire Destroys Lodge curb armtu-'boar- v ' Unveils Plaques LOGAN— Four bronze plaques will be unveiled on "pillars of (he new entrance to the Utah State Agricultural college pus Thursday at 11 a m Small Croups Start Hard ware Convention Set ‘Messiah’ Rehearsal d 000 Idaho — The Hardware and Implement Dealers’ association will convene here January 15 to 17 BOISE Army Moves To Expand Work at Ogden The in- cam- scheping Mrs Simpson den December 19 1860 the daughter of Niels and Johannah Peterson Johnson With her mother and three brothers she sailed from Sweden June 1 1863 They experienced many hardships in crossing the plains and one of her Brothers died on the journey and was buried on the plains They came to Spanish Fork where the mother supported the family by weaving carpets and what other When 18 work she could fijid years old she married Stephen F Hales November 14 1878 in the Salt Lakfe Endowment house Daniel H Wells performing the ceremony ’Ihev lived in Spanish Fork where Mr Hales died January 14 1900 leaving her with eight children one of whom died at the age -- December 17 IQjq Session Seeks T raffic Toll Idaho Deaths (Total) To Dec 17 1940 To De? 11 1939 Entire year 1939 179 157 163 Utah Deaths (Total) 159 To Dec 17 1940 To Dec 17 199 Entire year 1939 150 160 Idahoan Dies Of Traffic Crash Injuries AMERICAN FALLS Idaho-T- he traffic j’uggernaut struck Monday for the fifth time m Power county when Max Palmer 28 son of Mr and Mbs Ben Palmer of Rupert succumbed to Injuries suffered Saturday night when the car in which he was riding overturned near Massacre rocks 11 miles west of American Falls on U S 30 north highway His death brought Idaho’s traffic fatality toll for 1940 up to 179 as compared to 157 at the corresponding time last year 1940 Mr at 10 35 a m hours after the accident Palmer ‘ shops died deputy county clerk Blast at Milford Destroys Gasoline Storage Plant Action on Land Problem nearly 36 which also resulted in injuries to Harold Mahrer 20 son of Mr and of 10 years Mrs Louise Mahrer of Rupert and In January 1917 while visiting to Lea Becker 35 of Rupert her children in Salt Lake she met Mahrer who incurred a fractured Robert F Simpson and they were skull and fractured pelvis was remarried June 4 1917 Mrs Simpson made her home in Salt Lake City ported “gaining” Monday in AmerAttending until February 15 1939 when Mr ican Falls hospital physicians Monday held hope for Simpson died Ldb Becker who Since then she has spent most of his recovery her time visiting her married sons escaped with minor cuts and bruises and daughters She has recently and shock continued in “good” conreturned home from visiting her dition — i son Wallace M Hales' and family in Washington D C Her other Board Studies Budget children are Mrs T E Ludlow of TOOELE — Tooele county com-n- i Benjamin Mrs Thomas Markham Mrs W llford Stev ens o n R ejy be n A and John H Hales all of Salt to approve the county budget acLake City nad H Lee Hales of cording to Miss Virginia Martin Rehearsal for small groups to take part in the Salt Lake Oratorio society presentation of “The Messiah” was held Monday night in Bairatt hall 60' North Mam Truck Strikes Train street PROVO — No one was hurt Similar rehearsals will be held Monday night when a Salt Lake there every yyeek day evening Transfer company truckdrailer from 6 30 to 10 with afternoon rea Denver and Rio ran into 16 UP-Dec WASHINGTON Grande Western railroad freight hearsals from 4 to 6 at 47 South war department announced train in Provo Albert L HamMain street Full rehearsal wilh the be held Sunday at 3pm injhe Monday it would spendan addition-T“a- r mond 50 of Salt Lake Citv sktrtded ' the— truck" L D S fabernacleT where the $r730o50 afThe gerieraTTrmy trucker wheels for 100 feet" before it production will be given DecemconstrucUtah for depot in Ogden struck the engine ber 29 Logan tion of warehouses and other Inter-mounta- in - Swe- - LOGAN — Beef cattle prices have shown a greater increase during 1940 than prices of other farm commodities in Utah a study of farm prices showed Monday USAC the am d Mrs Simpson was born in Nor- - - Cattle Prices Rise S GRANGER Wyo — A Oovev Gas and III company official from Salt Lake Cifv estimated a loss of 515000 in the fire at ng $10 279 The Garland national guard arthe lodg building at Little mory will eost£$51 610 of hj£h'"3AmerhkSundav P A will provide $33JA0Snd $18 the Utah state clude will be daughters daughters law In Ii termountain Area -- Ogden and News Brevities Gathered ap-pr- o calk for construction and extension of sanitary and storm sewers and drainage water and gas facilities and railroad road other utilities fence minor building and other construction Sponsored b the armv the proj- n ect w ill use a $156 282 W P A and $367 539 in funds from the army constructing quarter- master Salt £akc Tribune Woman Waits Party on 80tli Birthday Directors Hear Water Use Plea Okeh on Utah Works l ?TIk Tribune Intermountafn Wire POCATELLO Idaho Western' senators Monday were called upon to protect the present status of public lands in the western states pending public hearings on the public lands question The action was taken Sunday at an informal meeting here of persons interested in the public lands question from the 10 western states The meeting was called by Frederick P Champ of Logan president of the Cache Valley Banking company who served as chairman of the meeting and Gus P Back-- " man of Salt Lake City executive secretary of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce Tribune Intermountkin Wire Utah Oil Refinihg company tanks 30000 gallons of gasoline exploded Monday night with" of $15000 No one was injured r MILFORD-Thr- ing ee Measure Asks Payment to State of Utah Heppler manager of the desir had K ton short distance away to flashlight and 300 yards away when was tht blew tank up Mr Heppler said he was Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON D C Dec 16 —Representative J W Robinson of Utah Monday introduced a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to pay the state of Utah ing a tank car into the tank and had It about ng a flashlight he walkecl the tracks and to a ne&r-- l ice station to obtain turning This is 37 ’s per cent of what the government recovered from the Independent Coal and Coke company for coal taken from lands in Carbon county Utah without a federal lease The bill cannot be considered this session but was introduced at this time to expedite a report from the interior department so it may receive early consideration at the next session If this land had been developed under federal lease the state would have received the amount stipulated in the bill but the government having collected under court decree and not under lease the state can only obtain its share of the fund through sanction of Congress W gasoline firemen near t r I JT ' i ( v i Gt : t 1 ij? ( -- month $1 705f000 states During congiessionat hearings officers estimated the depot 0 eyentually would cost about $6 but to date sufficient funds haye not been made available to armv 500-00- meet their estimates in addition to warehouse construction the arrify said the additional money would permit conof an administration struction building storage sheds a garage gasoline and oil storage facilities a Jfire station guard house and telerailroad phone exchange building facilities gas yyater and sewage mains electric lines and payed roads 0( DEN— Allocation bv the war of $3435000 to the Utah general depot northwest of Ogdert was described Monday by - Lieutenant Colonel Elmer G Thomas as merely a new report on allocations already made for construction at this new army unit He said- - that it contained the $1705 000 already under contract for construction by the joint A1 Johnson and the James Leek comMinn of pany of Minneapolis eight large warehouses the first buildings to be erected at the supply depot Pecry Denies Dance Count OGDEN — Harman W Peerv former Ogden mayor and present operator of the Old Mill inn at 1251 Canyon road Monday plead- ed innocent when arraigned in Ogden city court on a charge of “permitting dancing on Sunday His trial was set for Friday at 9a m by City Judge Charles G if I1 i Cowley He was arrested at 12 25 a m Sunday at his place of business A plea from Mr Peery thbt his trial be postponed until “after the holidays because we are pretty busy out there right now” was denied bywjudge Cowley when Assistant City Attorney Samuel H Barker requested an early trial Bralvcmmi Dies Of In juries OGDEN — Wallace Earl Sorensen 35 brakeman for the Southern Pacific Railroad company — died Monday at 3:30 p m in an Ogden hospital from injuries suffered in a fall from a train at Valley Pass Nev Mr Earl accbrding to reports was on top of the train at the time of the accident at 630 a m He was brought by special train to Ogden PE8HKHSE For those who prefer cigarettes give Camels and you can be sure your gift will be Camels than any other cigarette smokers prefer appreciated They are the cigarette’of costlier tobaccos that gives more pleasure in every puff Your dealer is featuring Camels for Christmas inyour choice of the two handsome packages shown above Theres nothing like Camels to say: "Happy holidays and happy smoking” For-mpr- e slower-burnin- g No problem about those pipe-smoke- rs one-poun- d d Pipe-smoke- S J Reynold TobtwoConpiny All substitute teachers in Sail Lake City schools will meet with supervisors Tuesday at 4:15 p m In Lafayette school 61 East North --Temple street--- Dr L Joh n Nu Jr school superintendent " Will be in charge — rs WlnstonS$!m Korth CtfollM GIFTS THAT ARE SURE TO PLEASE IN BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS WRAPPERS " v v g one-poun- Substitutes Will Meet A am ES HKf on your gift list! 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Get your Prince Albert gifts today! long-lastin- “C 1 lOO-f- J ? w The first of the three tanks ex ploded at 6 p m Flames and smoke shot 300 feet into the air eyewitnesses said 'I he entire i surface of the tank-wa- s torn off The second and third tanks at intervals while firemen were attempting to Pupils Pkui Party extinguish fire caused by the first Pupils of St Johns Evangelical explosion conschool will Lutheran parochial duct their annual Christmas party and program Tuesday at 8 p m Stolen Property Case in the school 1030 Fifths East street The patty is sponsored bv Faces Trial the parents’ and patrons' group Suspect and is directed by Raymond J Jimmie Brown 25 of 240 South Mueller State street Mondav was bound over to district court on a charge Cal R C Rich of Burley Idaho of receiving stolen property after L F Parsons of Boise Idaho Wafl preliminary hearing in Salt Lake — Pittman of Ely— City court Rowe and William G Ferguson Brown hs accused of receiving both of Butte Mont Mr Backman four womens coats stolen November 10 from the £ans and Mr Champ rftmpany department f a townsp-- said i : over and standing by escaped Z harmed The building housing a room and offices was leveled hv fire which followed the blast Th building and its contents wer valued at about $9000 The hne was valued at $6000 Plant and contents wdre insured Mr HecnW the armv awarded a contract for warehouses at the depot which made the total funds available for construction The depot will there $3435000 be used as a storage center for supplies Tor army ufuls sa western Last ePu£ T facilities I Zt He conjectured that ' v was caused by fault wthe sparks from the pump which mVj axfugn‘ted the gasolln Although succeeding blasts o other tanks on the proC $49 860 Meeting Series It was pointed out at the session that Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada chairman of the senate subcommittee of the public lands committee had called a series of meetings in 1the western states after The meetings or heariJanuary ngs will review all phases of public lands administration and bther problems It has not been announced when the meetings will be held but the group meeting m Pocatello wired Senator McCarran that “we welcome the proposed public land hearings and urge they be held in each of the interested western states at an early date ” Senator McCarran and other western sehators were also urged to "use your good offices to see that the existing status quo of public lands is not disturbed pending these hearings ” Block Transfer The group also requested western senators to “block any possible revival of the question of transferring the forest service or any of its functions” This referred to a recent effort to transfer the forest service from the department of agriculture to the department' of interior The telegrams to Senator McCarran — and — ether - senators — in Washington D C were signed by Ernest G Dudley of Exeter Cal George H Cecil of Los Angeles when the 7 5?ut |