Show p I I - i 1 6 Zlit Sunday Morning eCntlt akt Ztibunt Novem Ver Ranchers Eye Fire Spares Virginia City Plane Reseeds F H A Slates Early Start Students' for Burned-Ove- r 771:e11 Ragmg Wind Shifts Pocaiello Project Labor Supply Nevada Ranges Official Advises Gate City Chamber Famous Nevada Mining Town Escapes Total Destruction Cause of Conflagration Unknown historic Nevada mining VIRGINIA CITY Nev (UP)--T- his more town from whose surrounding hills than a billion dollars in 1859 since been silver have taken and Saturday was saved gold from destruction when a sudden shift of a raging wind checked f15mes on the outskirts of the business district Driviri along by the wind—a Mark Twain once dewind as a Washoe Zephyr — scribed tte flares started as a brush fire on the butskirts of Gold Hill an adjoining and almost equally fahiotA mining community At iaast 22 residences all old and rneny dof theof landmarks of the Comstock the boom Lode were destroyed in Upper Gold Hilt Divide a small corn- Infinity between the two towns and Virginia City rame-- Mansion Burned The famed Sharon mansion erre the home of William Sharon who built the original Palace hotel was one of Sen Francisco With it went ttioTe ciestroyed many priceless pieces of antique and other relics Nct one of the mines on the Cornstoek was destroyed Early reports said the Combination rnine deepest on the lode was ablaze Those reports arose from the fact blazing embers carried times fired by the wind several siirface buildings of the mine but a:ways those fires were extidamage to ngshed and extent of the Combination was a few charred timbers The Combination Shaft extendof 3259 feet below irg to a depth connects with the the surface 1arT10118 Sutro tunnel ne1oe4 Mr? sten School When the wind shifted the flaniee were dangerously close to the historic Fourth Ward echool —row abandoned as a place of education—which was built only a few years after the camp wee estetliAbed in 159 and where three 2Nevada governors were edu! eated The Divide firehouse which was ore of the earliest buildings on the Corstock went up in flames tak4rg with it an old hand drawn knee cart and many other relics Cause of the fire which was 4ei&covzred about 9:30 p rre FriNo day ztill was undetermined estimate of damage was irrunediatcly available The fire first broke out In ut about one-ha- lf Upper Gold 3bove the mine where the late Sandy Bowers made the r-r- e Ingenious Method of 'Air Sowing' Saves Valuable Land - Tax Collections Show Gain n Sweetwater Tribune Intermountain Wire GREEN RIVER Wyo — With first half 1942 taxes becoming denow bearing penalty linquent and approxlm a tely the full half of Sweetwater county's current tax levy has been paid into the county coffers for distribution to state county school and city funds says Luke Harrigan county treasurer At the delinquent date November 10 for the first half of the taxes a total of $330000 had been collected with the delinquent list being unusually small Harrigan said Good financial condition of Sweetwater county taxpayers has paved the way for the early payments of taxes it is pointed out The few who have not paid their first half taxes have remaining one more chance to avoid penalty under Wyoming law the treasurer said Payment of the entire year's taxes levied against the individual will void the penalty on the prop- erty says Harrigan Mail Stirs Postal Rush VII le V Tribune Intermountain Wire ROCK SPRINGS Wyo—Postmaster D D Spani has issued an appeal for c4operation with the pose office department by mailing Christmas packages earlier than usual in order to make it possible to deliver In time All indications are that Christmas mail this year will be the on record while at the largest same time about 25000 experienced postal workers are now in the war service according to advice received by Mr Span' The use of extra trucks at the Christmas season will probably not be possible this year Railroad and airline facilities are already being RENO Nev (UP)—Thousands of acres of valuable Nevada rangeland burned over by the disastrous fires of this summer are being reseeded by airplane An airplane owned by the U S government and assigned to the bureau of entomology is being used to strew a special seed mixareas ture over the burned-ove- r The reseeding is being carried out through the cooperation of livestock operators with the IL S grazing service Job Proves Dangerous Clyde Bryant an employe of the bureau of entomology and especially trained for the dangerous task of reseeding—a task which It was pointed out is probably more dangerous than the highly publicised job of the airplane doing the job Flying never more than 15 feet above the ground in his specially built plane Bryant uses approximately one ton of seed per hour covering the ground at the rate of pounds per acre In addition to seeding the Humboldt Pershing and Washoe county areas where particularly disastrous lires occurred other areas to be planted include Virginia City Ely and Searchlight grazing discrop-dusters—- is two-to-thr- ee tricts The seeding will continue through the early winter months until an estimated 15000 acres is reseeded Follows IIIII Contours It was explained the seeding is done in strips to follow the contour of the hills and gradually rising ground until the mountain summits are reached Rugged rocky waste areas are left unseeded C F Dierking regional grazier explained a mixture of native bunch grass forage weeds and browse plants is used The mixture includes Indian rice grass blue bunch wheat western and slender wheat grasses rye grasses native blue grass crest wheat grass blue grass alfilaria and chamise- - plane is equipped with Bryant's a large hopper located in the forward compartment with a load of 1000 pounds The botcapacity tom of the hopper is a moving endless belt rotating beneath a slotted opening which drops the seed in measured quantities tilt° a wind-tunnfrom which it is over a ground sprayed uniformly space about 55 feet wide el Of Expansion in Program Would House Many War Workers Tribune Intermountain Wire POCATELLO Idaho—The federal housing authority advised chamber of commerce Saturday it could expect the public agency to "initiate preliminary work immediately" on ' a housing program for this city's population war-swolle- n In a wire received Itt3M George W Cop len of Seattle Wash regional representative for F H A he advised the size of the housing project for Pocatello is larger than originally reported by Idaho's congressiOnal delegates in Washington D C Instead of being for 170 homes and 32 dormitory units with apunits the proximately 1200 family project reported by Mr Coplen includes 250 "family units" and 60 dormitory accommodations of unspecified capacity "Two hundred family units and Idormitories have been approved for 'public construction and 50 family units for private conitruction" Coplen advised "I expect the federal public housing authority to initiate preliminary work immediately" the wire added Meantime - the chamber's housing bureau- reported an unending quest by new arrivals in Pocatello for houses and apartments The housing situation is expected to become even more acute than at present as population of Pocatello air base increases and permanent civilian workers are employed bringing their families to this city Steel is expected to arrive about December 1 for the naval gun relining plant and size of construction crews will likely increase mateworkrially after that Permanent ers though will not be stationed at the plant for several months it is reported The home and apartment situation is equally serious in Pocatello and Alameda as well as immediate environs although for the housing project this area is known as Pocatello metropolitan area In American Falls the housing situation has eased somewhat Although no houses or apartments are available townspepple report housing Is obtainable for single men and there are cabin camp and trailer park facilities Blackfoot reports the same lack of houses and apartments and also no accommodations for single per- UtahnIdahoan Win Stars 1 Army Drills Test Wells - BOISE III—Major O AC Lewis commanding officer of the army engineer corps office reports the army is now drilling wells on land near Mountain Home to Investigate what water supplies would be 'available "if the army were to build an air base there" "If the proper water supply is assured it seems quite likely that a cantonment will be constructed" he said He emphasized there has been no official decision 'yet that any construction will be authorized Boise-Pocatel- lo there "I would say that if approved work on the bases would start some time this winter and be completed by next spring We have had men conducting surveys near there all summer" he reported He declined to elaborate further on the nature of the work under way ' pilot testing a repaired Laird biplane escaped dazed but otherwise uninjured when he bailed out of the plane over Fort Hall reservation Saturday afternoon The plane crashed near isolated Buffalo lodge The youthful pilot William Hutchings of 217 North Hayes avenue told general hospital attaches where he was taken for observation that he could -not remember a thing of the flight He was unaware" they quoted him as saying "that he had even been flying a ship" Hutchings was taken to the hospital by friends who discofered him near his wrecked plane I I trict court calendar for the term to begin Monday before Judge Guy Stevens is the first degree murder trial of Marcus E Cox of Shelley accused of shooting to death his wife Mn Lottie Russell Cox with a shotgun July 16 while they were on a camping trip on Brush creek in eastern He is also acBingham county cused of taking the body in a pickup truck to the Portervillo bridge northwest of Blackfoot and dumping it into Snake river- - t Attorneys J H Andersen of Blackfoot and T D Jones of Pocatello are counsel for the defense H William Furchner of Blackfoot Is Bingham county attorney lAuthorities immediately launched an investigation into cause of the crash Hutchings was flying alone It waa re- ported Worland Schools Set Winter Hours School Board Head Seeks Reelection et 1 i - - ! 3 ° '' r ! -- - -- -A t ' ! f i t t 9 c- - I 1 t t 1: 1 I ii1 Li ' - e- 1--r--- 1 ! liet--- t 1 1 H1Pmqe 1 ''4 ' ' f F f ' lie'°'"1""'(: t t T rl I 1 '' L I ' 1E - r - b- - '''''''''''E-- - - ! 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P-T- A er - b 1 V ar 1 (11r1-' h I rlf iv tot t r 1 t 4 I 1 ' ' - ( Dakotan Gives Stalled Car To Scrap Heap 't - YQUI1 TELEPHONE IS A Vii:1:1 '''' ::' la ' ' or 7 - ''' 4 - f c N444 ' 4 a - 4- ' 75 19-4- NI ' i c ut - ' N 40 -' 1 ' ' 4 s' 41 — ---- ' 3 fr t'P''''I'''': 1 ) ks 's i: - 7' tP '' - - - ' t ' I i t 12 k - - ') 4 - " '''$ -- --- -- - : '‘ T 7'1 17-4- :h Tribune Intermountain Wire BLACKFOOT Idaho—Among the six criminal cases on the dis- help WORLAND Wyo (UP)—WarThe 18 to 19 year old group in time hours go into effect Monday census Nevada is estimated by the bureau at 755 while the 20 to 24 for the school children of Worland year old group numbers 519 Superintendent Frank Watson announced classes will start at LOGAN— Dr E L Richards 9:30 a m during the winter one-ha- lf president of the Logan city school Mt Pleasant Lodges : hour later than usual board and a board member for Since mountain war titne has the last 10 years has filed for Schedule Elections been extended into the winter he reelection to represent the Logan MT PLEASANT — Mr Pleas- explained many children at the far Firstmunicipal ward David Tar-bclerk announced Saturday ant lodge No 20 I 0 0 F will elect ends of rural school bus lines now Dr Richards professor of botnew officers tor the ensuing six must wait in the dark of early months December 1 morning for the bus By delay- any and plant pathology at Utah Ivy chapter No 10 0 E S will ing the time of classes a half State Agricultural college is the elect officers for the ensuing year hour Watson said the schools will only candidate to file so far for December 7 and new officers of Insure that rural children won't the position Monday is the deadDamascus lodge No 10 F & A M have to start to school until the line Elections will be conducted sun comes up will be elected December 14 December 2 1 ' I ! Enters Prison Idaho-Oregon-Ut- 1 i t Gem State Slayer Reduced Debt Six Criminal Cases Wait Disposition Term Opens Monday year-ol- d 7--- two-wee- Nazarene Closes Zone Session - - -1 Defense Aid Asks Refuge Rooms 24-ho- Tribune Intermountain Wire POCATELLO Idaho—A 20- - - I f sons The only other city in which in housing facilities are available this area is Idaho Falls 50 miles north of Pocatello on IL S 91 which gave him fame and taxed to 'capacity for 'war trans fcrtune portation flames The :main body of the The free mailing privilege grantDavidson Mt toward swept along ed to men in the armed forces has three where aed Virginia City the volume of mail at Then increased residences were destroyed least 30 per cent according to the the blai2 again veered and came postmaster If Christmas parcels within about 20 feet of a three- are not mailed ROCK SPRINGS Wyo — As earlier than usual in the house wooden fire AMERICAN FORCES WITH is Sweetwater stery county undergoing It will be impossible for the post k IN CHINA Nov 12 (Delayed) UP) a fighters aided office department series of community city proper Fire to deliver them checked the General Claire L blackouts County Civilian Defense by the stifling wind —Brigadier in time 1:aze and turned it toward Byrnes' Chennault commander of U S air Coorainator Harold E Tannehill ravine forces in China decorated 37 of urged every householder in the officers and men Including one county to prepare an air raid his Ftoddird Reeldenee Saved from Utah and one from Idaho refuge room at once The object It died out in the sage brush today for heroism and gallantry of the blackout he stated is not tafore reaching the landmark in action to have everyone sit in darkness residenLe of the late James StodThe two men from Utah and but to have a room in each home POISE Idaho un — Augustine Idaho are Corporal Karl May of prepared so that shaded lights card convicted Magna and Lieutenant Mason can be left on where the radio All of the residences destroyed Pusateri were tnose of persons who have slayer exchanged his name for a Brown of Caldwell Idaho both of can be played and arrangements resided on the Comstock for many number Saturday at the Idaho whom won silver star awards for made to keep the family 'comfortthe part they played in a raid on able the time of the blackyears the majority owned by state penitentiary Pusateri pleaded guiltyto mur- the Japanese airdrome at Canton out during miners thrown out of work by the recent federal order closing gold der charges in connection with the July 18 resulting in great destrucThe aircraft warning system has rnines slaying of his estranged wife near tion been in operation for several The At tile height of the fire and Challis in Custer county schedule months on a to warn communities enortiv before midnight when the court sentenced him to life imA ready flames could be seen in Reno 22 prisonment blackout will be held countywide He was given No 6589 at the rniles to the north and Carson in the near future His commitment brings to City 18 miles to the west smoke prison was so thick on Main street visi- 178 the number of prisoners in the and to 16 the number servbility was limited to five feet or prison BUHL Idaho—The southern less Residents began loading ing life sentences Idaho Nazarene zone convention into automobiles their oelong-ingclosed a two-da- y session with and bar and store keepers loaded services at 7:45 - p m Friday Green Ward River their stocks into trucks ready to Miss Evelyn Fox- superintendent WASHINGTON Nov 14 (UP) fee the town More than 100 Samaritan and Wyoming have rewho —Colorado hospital Nampa 37aded automobiles were parked Gets New Bishop as a state debts 77 and duced their years missionary on the outskirts of the city when GREEN RIVER Wyo—John W spenteight in South Africa r poke the opening 111 per cett respectively comshifted the finally carrying Taylor has leen sustained as bish- night pared to a national average of 6 the flames up Mt Davidson to op D S ward by L Green of River Rev The Glenn Griffith per cent figures released by the Nampa de Out in the sage brush about Thomas J Brough president of district su- bureau of census revealed Sata m L D S stake perintendent presided at the con- urday night was A maintained Lyman patrol Mr Taylor succeeds Bishop Al- vention The bureau said general imthrouznut the remainder of the bert C Reinsch who resigned be- sermon and preached the closing provement in state finances renlght and still was keeping watch cause hls work on the railroad and sulted from expansion of the over tile srnotildering ruins Satur- his health did not permit sufficient national economy during the peea v to do justice to the duties of Forger Sentenced time war riod of transition to all-oIn had its Virginia City on new construction Restriction GREEN RIVER rrs Wyo—Leo :sastromi fire when two- bishop Two new counselors named were t n rI of trio town—then a city Eldred Toone and Grant Butters Cunningham was sentenced to not has sharply reduced states capiless than two nor more than three tal outlays the- 2 bureau added tn mn cstointed populatIon of debt was $24- Colorado's years in the state penitentiary for A 4r 000 the destroyed Today by District Judge V J 100000 compared to a debt the forgery P'41111-Ix 1000 cr lesA Clerk Relinquishes Tidball after Cunningham pleaded previous year of $26100000 a reIt es alter the 1875 fire that duction of $2000000 guilty Mark Twa:n then a newspaper Budget Duties here named the wind reperter GREEN RIVER Wyo—Helen which fanned the flames a Washoe Club Members Name Y Hamm county clerk and who Zf Firemen and equipment were has also been county budget offiNew Officer Slate hurried here Friday night up the cer for the past three years has anthe she l:r ateop grades to this 6250- resigned budget job NEPHI—Spencer E Forrest foct r27n town from Carson City nounced here this week In resignmanager of the Forrest hotel here Reno Dayton Sparks and Silver ing she recommended that the last week was elected president Ctv person who is to administer the — The GREEN RIVER club for the Wyo 1mck loads of U S troops 1943 county budget- be appcinted American Legion scrap pile here of the Nephi Kiwanis Mr Forrest sucyear coming and two arntulances also were to prepare it received an unexpected donation ceeds VCriiford Pratt First draft of the budget is due and Fent tegether with a portable Red a war worker on his way to Ray Gadd of the U S Gypsum Hamm Mrs I December leaves Cross canteen the west coast completing his company was named vice presithe office of county clerk on JanuNo one was iejured trip in the auto of a friend dent with the following members ary 4 after 12 years of service A South Dakotan whose name of the board of directors: H L was not learned by Commander Gets Furlough Mangelson B A Wilcox Elgin R Harry C Maxwell of the legion Gets Airlines Place GREEN RIVER Wyo—Robert had his auto go bad on him He Garrett J Walter Paxman and ROCK SPRINGS Wyo — Suc- removed the tires pushed the W C Andrews :Bracken on of Mr and Mrs WULam Eracken is home on a fur-- - cessfullly passing her examinacar against the legion scrap Installs frcrn the coast guard where tions under the federal communicaheap and continued on his way he is an aircraft radioman Dur- tions commission Miss Pauline after telling Maxwell who hapROCK SPRINGS Wyo—Mrs C inz the 19 months he has been in Wonnacott is now a licensed empened to be passing by that he F Tomsik was installed as presiassotn service Bracken haa been in ploye of Western Air Lines Miss gave the car to the legion to be dent of the Parent-Teacha RooseNVonn cot a of Mr t and in the war ciation for the Greenland effort Ireland daughter scrapped night Friday England Mrs Bert Wonnacott is a A!aska He was in a two-cSouth Arnerica graduparty so velt school Mrs Laverne Jung along of the Rock Springs high school he loaded into the second autois the new vice president and Mrs roasts f the 17nited States arA at dAltrent points in the At late also attended a Salt Lake mobile to continue his way to Thomas Horn Jr secretary-treasure- r the Pacific coast for work college strke Flier Bails Out to Safety hard-presse- A 113 Illturckr Trial Tops Docket At Blackfoot YouttATIdaho RENO Nev (UP)—Nevada has a reservoir of 4188 boys between the ages of 14 and 24 years of age — now attending schools — from d whom ranchers may to be forced draw emergency help during peak production times the U S census bureau revealed in a report released here Saturday The report showed 2482 of these youths are attending schools in rural areas while the remaining 1706 are attending schools in cities or towns By far the greater number of the youths—and those who it was said may ultimately be forced to bear the entire load of supplying needed farm and ranch help because of the drafting of boys in the elder classes—are between the ages of 14 and 17 years In the 14 to 17 year old group are 2914 boys with 1815 residing already in rural areas and probably doing a full share of farm and ranch work The remaining 1099 who reside in towns it was indicated may in the final analysis provide the backbone of extra 19 12 4 a Ix 1 - 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