Show Saturday Mormng- - $!je Salt £akc £Vibun- Reveals Date Celery Group Seeks Sale Idaho Farmer Captures Heart Attack Speakers Laud Utah Leader Chief Shifts Ends Life of Armed In Road Marker Rites Highwayman Office Location Ex-legisla- tor !0f2O0Cars Head of Construction Arranges Move Toipply Depot Growers Outline program for 41 Development Tribune Intermountain Wire OGDEN — 'Offices of the con- pgoVODevelopment of celery pro- Pdwtion in Utah county to mar-!keor °ut°t8tete vide 20® car during 1941 was planned by Irelery growers of all sections of conUtah county In their annual tention Friday at the city and jeounty building at 1 Membership and acreage conbe will and now ready are tracts iienl within the next two weeks the growers with the newly organized Utah Celery Cooperative H Marketing association Clarence Currant of Provo chairman rets u V I )t Tle group appointed a commit' tee to investigate the size and type centof building necessary for a ralized packing shed for Utah county and went on record for a move to secure legislation to consol — the-- ualit)M)l — gift — packages of celery sent out of the state and tor seed certification to stabilize Dr Arvil L Stark of Logan announces Utah State Horticultural society convention pro- grams Growers Slate Horticultural Meeting Jan 4 Utah Society Plans For Annual varieties Committee five members of the board of directors of the celery cooperative compose the committee to investiThey are gate the packing shed Alfred Madsen Mr Durrant McKell Morris Scott and D Recbienry Jones all of Provo ommendations are to be made at next re roundmeeting table discussion the 6owers considered types and varieties of celery the time of planting Cultivation irrigation principles of in celery culture and activities During the past year jmarketing jthe Utah Celery cooperative mar keted five cars of celery out of Otate for which J2300 was received Sir Durrant reported The growers provided a payroll of $450 m preparing the celery for market giving employment to 30 persons Best Time Designated I From May 15 to July 1 was designated as the best time for plant-lin- g Cold frames were suggested for use with the main crop with ‘hot houses to be used for early planting Cultivation in the early stages is beneficial but later in the season is of no great value it was n -- I )? agreed Quests Convention" in S L at the convention in- Tribune Intermountain Wire" LOGAN— The annual convention of the Utah State Horticultural society will be held January 4 at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City Dr Arvil L Stark associate professor of horticulture at Utah State Agricultural college and secretary of the society announced Friday Preparations for the convention are directed by Dr Stark and J A Howell of Ogden president of the society Addresses by horticultural experts from Utah and neighboring states will highlight the program The convention will open at 9:30 a m Mr Howell will give the president’s report and D L Dudrow of Salt Lake City produce warehouse manager of Safeway Stores will speak Other talks during the morning session will be given by Edward O Muir of Salt Lake City produce dealer and Earl G Reed of Omaha agriculture consultant for the Union Pacific railroad Discussions will follow each speech Herbert B Maw governor-elec- t J Wheatley of Utah will be a luncheon speaker The Agricultural college Dr S afternoon session will open at 2 Dr O cluded State with election of new officers H Pollard of Utah experiment station Seth T Shaw chairman the first order of business Afternoon session speakers will Provo chamber of commerce agricDixon of Ogden a ii be Philip J ultural committee Fred W California agricultural trade relations J representative of the Herbert J I Bond of the Anaconda Sales Packing corporation Cancompany D L Dudrow of Salt Barnes of Kaysville Kaysville Sherman McGarry Lake City Edward E Davis Union ning company Pacific railroad agricultural agent of Spanish Fork fruit grower and Professor F M Coe of he hortiand Edward Snyder and Harry J culture of Utah State p m Mer-jri- Stagg representing And Utah Railroad the Salt Lake company department Agricultural college Wyo (UP) — J W (Mike) Williams resigned Friday at (he request of Governor Nels H Smith as executive director of the Wyoming unemployment compensation department Williams who will be succeeded on January 1 by Thomas A Nicholas Gillette Wyo attorney said the governor requested his resignation last Tuesday He blamed “unhappy circumstances” arising since March 1939 soon after his appointment for his resignation Williams said that he and the governor could not agree over the unemployment compensation department merit system but promised in his letter of resignation that “we'll always be aggressive Republicans regardless of our personal attitudes” CASPER Tribune —Officers Elder county sheriff’s depart- ment and peace officers in northern Utah and southern Idaho Friday were on the lookout for burglars who broke into theJ C Penney store at Tremonton some time early Friday morning and hauled way much of in the store the clothing stock were between 75 and 125 men's suits 15 men’s overcoats 'and valued at nearly ttw?mens coa-saccording to Ren Cummings Missing i Ic manager f The burglars evidently backed a (truck to the rear door of the building sawed the iron bars from a window broke the glass then building and pried a from the door according to “PnffFred M Sorensen Deputy raLarsen—an4-WarrJTremonton ujde Posse Rescues Pair Stranded in Auto TONOPAH lx ' Nev UP) — Stranded n their juomobue with nothing to eat °tatoes' Mrs Noma Hart and n "year°ld niece Betty Lou of °und tiori1 c Nev set out desolate area 85 miles east twn en?arly Friday brought the Neither-suffere- d ttj f°i9riopah— tm!e two were en route to Moray °n to spend Christmas witn Mr ii M Lvart 8 sister but were strand-dow n 11 on their Automobile broke the seldom used road Varf PI wiANTSVILLE 32 pftor 1 City OGDEN— The Utah Canners’ association will hold "its annual meeting and election in Ogden on January 8 Ross Notes Birthday PARMA Idaho— C Ben Ross former governor of Idaho for three terms Friday observed his birthday but wouldn’t disclose whether he is 60 63 or 64 years of age Power Vote Today BEAVER — Beaver taxpayers wilt vote Saturday oiv l 30000-bon- d issue for the erection of a municipal power plant and other construction work Registration List Traffic Record Falls LOGAN— The “Z’s" and Y’s and W’s” get the break on winter quar- “A farewell departing for mission es ter registration TWIN FALLS Idaho — With four- - days left in 1940 Idaho’s Crash Victim ‘Poor LOGAN— William H Carter 74 injured in an automobile eve remained in ’poor” condition Friday with a collisi- basal skull fracture and other injuries safety council Friday urged increase of the Utah speed limit to 60 miles per hour for daylight hours leaving it at its present mark "for night driving W enter-a new—plea Monday In Ogden city court ' kilL Beaten and bleeding Smith who gave his "mailing address” as Salt Lake City was led into sheriffs offices here by Robert Milligan New Sweden farmer To Sheriff Harry A Meppen Milligan modestly tqld how he risked his life to save himself and his two sons Kent 14 and Jerry 18 from death in an ambush on lonely South River road across Snake river from Idaho Falls Milligan said he was in the back seat of the family car and Kent — driving— with Jerry in the front as they motored homeward from Idaho Falls “Suddenly a pole loomed across -theroad aheadr We stopped and’ a man with a drawn gun darted out of the bushes at the side of the road" Shining a flashlight in the car the stranger demanded that Milligan lower his window Milligan told him it was stuck Angered the stranger smashed out the window glass and fired — the bullet brushed Milligan's coat as it passed barely in front of his chest Swiftly the gun was turned on the two boys-ithe front seat — but a click told them it had missed fire “That" said Milligan “was when the fun started” Taking advantage of the op- - Four Injured As Skidding Causes Crash - PRICE—Albert F Jorgensen 59 business matrsnd former legislator from Carbon county died at his home In Price Ceremonies Dedicate Lunt Memorial Plat North of Paragonah State Officials Tate Part inProgram days BUCKHORN FLAT at 2:45 Friday portunity ha reached through a m of a heart He had the then glassies window and attack grabbed the weapon Jsimul-taneousl- y been 111 about 10 Jerry former boxing star jumped from the car and grappled with the assailant Both went down in the mud “After that I simply clubbed him over the head with the pistol until he stopped kicking” Milligan related Later examination of the gun showed it was still leaded but a shell missed fire the second time the trigger was pulled Arrest Stirs Study Of S L Slaying Chief of Police Reed E Vetterll said in Salt Lake City Friday night he will conduct ballistics tests to determine whether Harvey Smith arrested Friday in Idaho Falls may be linked to of an Salt Lake murder Mr Jorgensen Iron County—A glowing tribute to the “Christian service" rendered by one prominent native sons the late Heriry dedicatory ceremonies here FrWayTor side park In this northern Irorf county Located on highway' 91 seven' miles north of Paragonah the new roadside oasis has been landscaped Including lawns (reel pools and resting spots for travelers as a roadside beautification project by the state road commission and the Mr Jorgensen federal roads administration county in the The services Friday marked comstate legislature During his resi- pletion of the $7500 project started dence in Scofield he was a member last summer by the road commisof the town board for four years sion and mayor of the town for two Preston G Peterson vice chairman of the state' road commission years He was born in Draper Novemdelivered "the principal address m ber 23 1881 a son of James and the absence of Governor Henry On March 12 H Blood who was unaole to atEmma Jorgensen 1903 he married Minthra Palmer tend due to illness of Mrs Blood Warren H Bulloch chairman of Strange in Draper Surv-ivUnbesidcs his widow ajetlhelroncountyeommissionintro- two sons James Jorgensen of Con- duced Chairman W D Hammond sumers and Lamar Jorgensen of of the state road department who Price a daughter Mrs Edith Pizza presided of Price two foster sons William Other speakers included George Leonard Strang and Ftancis Strang A Abbott of the road commission of Scofield a foster daughter Mrs Hugh L Adams of Parowan Phyllis Wallace of Price three county commissioner and Grant brothers Will Jorgensen of Stock-to- n Bowen landscape engineer for the Cal Ernest Jorgensen of Salt state highway department who Lake City and Sidney Jorgensen of had charge of planning the park Provo a sister Mrs Emma Kend- and J H Young of the federal rick of Salt Lake City and 12 roads administration GovernortfBlood who served on grandchildren Funeral services will be conduct- the state road commission with ed at 1:30 p m Sunday in the Mr Lunt sent his personal greetPrice L D S tabernacle by Bishop ings to the people of southern O HGuymon of Price Flr$t L D Utah and the Lunt family in a S ward Friends may ctfll at the letter read by Mr Peterson home of Mrs William Pizza at 140 Others who sent messages of North Second East street tn Price greeting for the occasion were Saturday evening and until time Thomas H MacDonald chief of for the services Sunday Burial the federal roads administration will be in the Provo cemetery and L I Hewes regional engineer of southern Utah’s most W Lunt featured formal the Henry W Lunt roadsection at San Francisco all personal friends of Mr Lunt Governor-ele- ct Herbert B Maw was unable to attend but sent greetings to the gathering through Mr Bulloch SATURDAY SPECIAL -- 2-Po- Box und Regular S0 Pound 10 g of Bonneville Idaho by telephone county Chief Vetterli pointed out similarities in the death here April 28 of Frank Hendrix Lee 25 and in the Idaho case leading to Smith's arrest Mr Lee was Shot to death while he and a friend were sitting in a parked car near the municipal airport The killer acted after his demand for Mr Lee's wallet was refused Chief Vetterli said revolver slugs used in the Lee murder will be checked against bullets found at the scene of the attempted Idaho shooting Harry Meppen $32922 Value Placed on Savage Estate Martha Washington CANDIES 3 STORES SOUTH MAIN IS EA8T BROADWAY OGDEN— S44S WASH FRESH DAILY SO ROE’S GIGANTIC AFTER CHRISTMAS Lake-Ogde- Hundreds of Items Go on Sale atI Drastically Reduced Prices! Hurry 3 BIG Greatly widow of former Provo mayor will be conducted Sunday at 1:30 p m in the Provo Third -- L -ward Bishop Victor JJ Bird of the P r o y o Fourth ward will officiate Mrs Dixon died Wednesday D-S night at her j' to WHITER COATS Compelling Low Prices! Values Values Values At- - to $25 A big selection of tweeds fleece and novelty weaves in tailored or styles fitted and boxy styles! Plenty of colors to chooae from! Hurry for these values! $p9 OXFORDS or high heels! Priced low! - CHILDREN'S ed 18 1 BOYS' DRESS OXFORDS 178 values! Good looking Regularoxfords with leather uppers dress solesl Sizes 4 composition sturdy to c spo purchase of cotton work Special Well made for long wear! socks! Blue brown or gray Sizes 10 to 12 Bargains! MEN'S-DRESS-PA- felt of men’s regular 181 and hats! A big group of smart styles and colors 2 BIG to select from! $J00 2or$H SKI PANTS fabrics moth-proofe- d! $227 79c COTTON BLOUSES Women’s and misses’ smart shirtwaist blouses in1 solid eolors or patterns! Drastically reduced! Savel CLOSEOUTI-HANDBAG- S- Regular 11 Handbags reduced to clear! Pouch or envelope styles with tipper compartments! Simulated leathers 29 78 SHEET BLANKETS purchase of cotton sheet blankets! Warm! Fluffy! Pastel plaid h size patterns Large Special 70x80-inc- 2 17 BIG GROUPS OF MEN’S s Topcoats - O’coats S 2250 Reg $15 Values Reg $25 Valjies Values M17 models in Single and fine quality fabrics tailored by expert craftsmen! Men! Make your selection JNOW from these low priced groups! double-breaste- 298 DRESSES fleece lined Knit water repellent cuff with nipper double kneel 10 to 20 GROUPS OF MEN’S SUITS-O’COAT- Reg $aoo FELT HATS MEN'S Closeout jaR EG wool Heavy — good looking patterns afl sizes for men! loss price for this event! 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All tizes "- --- Tooele Woman Chats With Distant Spouse - TOOELE — Mrs George H Speirs of Tooele talked with her husband by telephone here on Thursday with connections being made from Venezuela South ' America Mr Speirs who is in the service of Seismograph Corporation of Soulif America plans to return to the United States in April i Tribune Intermountain Wire had lived In Carbon county for the past 45 years coming: first to Scofield at the age of 14 Most of the timet he had lived here he had been engaged in the butcher and grocery business From 1928 to 1930 1 represented Carbon Tribune Intermountain Wire Tribune Intermountain Wire CENTERVILLE Davis County-F- our OGDEN — An estate consisting persons were hurt Friday at ofpersonal property and valued 2:15 p m when a car skidded on at $32922 95 was left by Mrs n the icy Sait highway Vida Eccles Savage of Camp south of Centerville and crashed Baldy Cal who died intestate into another automobile ’ March 2 1938 according to an inTreated at the office of a Center- heritance tax report and appraiseville physiciaij were Miss Carman ment filed in Second district court Crompton 20 of 35 Canyon road Friday Salt Lake City severe scalp lacerThe report filed by Joseph G ation and numerous body bruises Titley of Ogden as administrator Verl J Ferguson 20 of Midvale was signed by T Leland Shreeve facial1 lacerations ‘and Miss Veda Moroni Skeen and Carlos Cardon Judkins 2Qof North Ogden facial as appraisers and showed the follacerations and fractured collar lowing as heirs: bone Her husband Ray T Savage of Miss Crompton was a passenger Barstow Cal five brothers and in a northbound automobile driven five sisters: David C Eccles of by Don Nuttall 27 of 612 East Sev Portland Ore Royal and Joseph enth South street Salt Lake City’'M- Ecdea Q Ogden William J whose machine was struck by a Eccles of Hood River Ore Homer G Eccles of Baker Ore Mrs southbound car driven by Mr Fer- Bertha E Wright of Los Angeles r Cal Mrs Lila Eccles Brimhall guson The latter told Davis Couhty and Mrs Flora E Douglas of Salt Lake City Mrs Laura E Romney Deputy Sheriffs Calvin Roberts and of West Los Angeles Cal and to Evans he turned out Ray pass Mrs Vivian E Richards of Alta-deanother southbound car and lost Cal control of the machine on the Also listed as heirs were 10 rs highway Deputies said a s: and sleet storm made visibility poor Marriner S Eccles of Washington Miss Judkins was a passenger In D C Spencer S George S and the Ferguson car AlWillard L Eccles of Mr Nuttall later was treated bert S Eccles of East Ogden Mill Creek hosat Salt Lake police emergency Mrs Marie S: Caine of Logan pital for lacerations and abrasions Mrs Jessie S Quinney of Salt of his knees Lake City Mrs Emma E Jones Mrs Nora S Treadwell and Mrs Ellen S Merrill of Oakland Cal three nieces Marian Pirrgree of Santa Barbara Cal Louise Glen of Ogden and Bertha Gampton of Houston Texas and a sister-in-la- w Myrtle B Taylor of Salt Lake City Tribune Intermountain Wire PROVO — Funeral services for Mrs Electa S Dixon 57 promi' nent L D S home 33 East Seventh North street followtpg stroke suffered Monday night She was the daughter of A O Smoot former state senator and Mrs Electa Bullock Smoot Burial will be in Provo City Wards Arrange Dance Friends may call Burial park TOOELE— The- five- L D- S Saturday evening at the Deseret hold wards of Tooele-wi- lt mortuary and" at theTarnflyTiome dance Saturday at 9 p m at Bal Sunday prior to the services Tabarin ballroom here Dance directors of the wards who are in charge are Jack Clark chairman 143 Aliens Register Rollin Russell Mark Lindberg Kenneth Lewis and Earl Kelly At Tooele Office committee members TOOELE — Postmaster Frank G Eastman said Friday afternoon Traffic Victim ‘Critical that a total of 143 aliens had regOGDEN — C R Humphries 62 istered at Tooele post office The Greeks placed first posiof Logan who suffered fracture and displacement of two vetebrae tion according to numbers regwhen his car overturned near istered according to nationality second Nye’s corner Wednesday was natives of Yugoslavia tiir in i'crttieaI’r condiJion"at a ItaIiansrthTrd'ErigIish ‘“fourth and Austrians fifth place' hospital Friday int LrigafT-Cae- 'prepared-t- o 6at - Speed Boost Urged M —XOGAN—The OGDEN— Counsel far Harman Peery former Ogden mayor charged with permitting beer to be served after midnight at his Ofd Mill Inn withdrew an ongi mil plea of lnofeent Friday and -- January Utah State Agricultural college Officials of the registration procedure announcedFridaypersons whose last names begin with the lower letters of the alphabet will register first beginning at 8 a m The schedule for the release of registration books fn the college auditorium follows: 8 a m SA to ZZ inclusive 9 a m OA to RZ 10 a m LA to NZ 11 a m IA to KZ 1 p m FA to HZ 2 p m CA to EZ 3 p m AA to BZ 4 p m all late comers traffic death toll for the year all-tialready" has risen to an high with 184 dead despite efforts of various safety agencies to reduce the fatalities Tribune Intermountain Wire IDAHO FALLS Idaho-Captu- red by his intended victims in a thrilling night ambush-robber- y attempt Harvey Smith a transient was In custody of Bonneville county sheriffs officers Friday facing charges of assault with intent to church— wsrxsr — US-ACReIeas- - Peery Changes Plea held in the it7inVJ e °Pera house Sunday p' m- - or Robert Lawrence 6 to enter the Grant00!?1 Canners Set Election on-Christmas Friday near Moore’s mlle front their des- P0S8e which the if broken-dow- Gardnerville Wire — a-S- en city marshal investigated The robbery was discovered Frl-8 a m when Manager Cum-- i uigs and clerks oarne to open the who —Tribune Intermountain ed re Official Quits Wyoming Post Make Brief Items Clothing Haul In Mountain Intermountain Wire Area’s Neivs TREMONON of the (Burgl ars Box structing quartermaster in charge of construction of all army projects in Utah except Hill field army air depot at Clearfield and Wendover bombing range in western Tooele county will soon be moved to the n new Utah general depot near ' Plans for moving the offices of Lieutenant Colonel Elmer G Thomas constructing quartermas ter at Ogden ordnance depot at Sunset Davis county Utah general depot at Ogden Fort Douglas and Salt Lake municipal airport army construction and Boulder City Nev barracks were being com ’ pleted Friday Colonel Thomas announced Friday he is seeking seven engineer ing and drafting applicants for placement under his direction These men will include a superln tendent of construction an assistant civil engineer a chief draftsman two 1u n lor engineers a draftsman and a senior Salaries engineering draftsman will range from $2000 to $3200 annually Rails Unloaded Unloading of rails at the Utah general depot and also at the Ogden ordnance depot for construction of new railroad spurs had begun Friday Excavation for the first of eight large warehouses at Utah general depot had been completed Friday by Ora Bundy Ogden contractor and he had in place a batching machine iri readiness to supply the general contractors A1 Johnson and the James Leek company of Minneapolis with concrete for The footings and foundations total contract is for $1705000 Bids will be opened at Hill field headquarters of Colonel Thomas on January 3 at 11 a m for construction of 51 temporary buildings at Boulder City Nev and at 11:30 a m bids will be opened for construction of the fourth unit of new ordnance depot small caliber shells manufacture and These new ordnance assembly depot buildings will comprise a black powder pelleting plant Bids Tabulated Bids recently opened at Hill field for construction of 67 buildings comprising the first three units of the small caliber shells plant revealed a joint bid by Olson Construction company and Dobson and Robinson of Lincoln Neb was low at $708500 Two of the units the small caliber shells plant will consist of 27 buildings each while the third unit Will be a fuse loading plant of 13 buildings This new ordnance depot construction is to be undertaken on a newly-acquir973-actract north of the old ordnance depot area Og-de- Compose V Foiled Bandit Gives Mailing Address As Salt Lake CitjFollowing Scuffle ip Ambush Robbery Attempt v Wire Tribune Intermountain U December 28 1940 - 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