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Show ' '" : - - r - .. . .. , . ; - r ' v .... ; THE PRESS-B-U LLBTIN VOLUME 49 BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1920 NUMBER 47 FATHER, MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN KILLED ALMOST INSTANTLY BY THE WORST SNOWSLIDE IN THE HIS-TORY W BINGHAM. SLIDE OCCURRED ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING OF LAST WEEK. SEARCH-ING PARTY RECOVERS BODIES WITHIN FEW, HOURS AFTER SLIDE BUT TOO LATE TO SAVE THE LIVES. LITTLE DOG RESCUED UNHURT. ft k I p P X l i ' 4 j ; LEONARD WOOD. have resulted from a snowslide in this district for three years. In the slide three years ago William Sharp, an aged and crippled miner, was killed. This slide occurred about a half mile above Bingham. Eight years ago two men were killed in a slide in the dis-trict Owing to the immense amount of show in the district, coupled with weather conditions, further slides are feared and every precaution against danger is being taken. The worst snowslide in the history of the camp occurred last Thursday ight in the upper end --of Highland Boy wheifthe entire family of Enoch " X., Parr, a shift boss at the Utah iMetals, met a tragic ending under many tons of snow and debris. tV The slide started up near the ridge Of the mountain and swept down the --:tlde of the mountain, filling the gulch i. with over thirty feet of snow and ice , and crushing everything in its path. " The Parr home, which was a few rods above the mouth of the Bingham-Ne- Haven tunnel and directly in the path ' of the slide, was crossed like an egg vv.hell and the entire family, consisting of Enoch M. Parr, his wife, Hilda, and the- - two; sons,, Elmer, 14, and Harold, 4, were crushed and , suffocated to death. . Everett Studebaker antsht watch-.jna-n at the Bingham-Ne- Haven, dis-.- .' oovered the .slide about 1 o'clock Pri--. 4ay mornins and gave the alarm. All the men availably, about eighty in all, began immediately to dig above where the Parr home had been. In the , course of about an hour a dog belong-- . V ing to the family was uncovered from the snow nnhurt. This gave the work ri hopes that posilbty members" of e the family were still livlrg ad efforts jrere renewed. 8&rtljafVr o'clock the two boys were dug up. Se oodles , were still warm and Harold was not quite dead yet but all effort to revive "Wa proved fruitless. Both hoys had died of suffocation. The parents were recovered a little after 10 o'clock In the other end of the house. Their bodies were mutilated, Indicating that : tttey had met death by crushing. The ' face of a clock which was found in c the house was broken,! in by the snow and the clock had stepped at 3:30 a. m. Elmer had been seen down in High-land Boy as late as 12 o'clock the evening before, so the slide evidently eccurred between those hours. The snow was over thirty feet deep above the remains of the house, which was crushed Into kindling wood. A rabbit kennel which stood at the lower I side of the house was not damaged and the rabbits were rescued unhurt The following is the story as pub-lished in one of the Salt Lake papers: The dead are: ENOS M. PARR, 42 years of age. MRS. HILDA PARR, 39 years of age. ELMER PARR, 14 years of age. HAROLD" PARR, 4 years of age. The Parr cottage of three rooms was in the direct line of the avalanche Of snow, rock and debris, which swept down the mountain near, the mine of the Utah Metal and Tunnel company and it was covered to a depth of fully twenty feet. The slide, which covered a large area, occurred about 4 o'clock, as nearly as can be judged, but the fact that the Parr cottage was in its path-way was not discovered until 6 o'clock. As soon as it was learned that Parr and his family had been engulfed by , the avalanche, a force of sixty men, under the leadership of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Fullmer, formed a rescue party and began the search for the bodies. After working vigorously for about two hours the body of Harold Parr , was reached. - The child's neck was broken and he was otherwise mangled and bruised. A few minutes later the searchers, cameupon the body of Elmer Parr, whose body gave evidence t that he. had met death from suffoca- - Uon. The two boys had occupied a room ' at one end of the three-roo- cottage and there was one room between i them and the room occupied by Mr. ? and Mrs. Parr. Rescuers' Work Difficult i Owing to the wrecked condition of r the cottage, It took the rescuers fully an hour to reach the far room, where they discovered the bodies of Parr . and his wife. Parr's head rested upon ' his wife's breast and both were crushed and mangled. As soon as possible after the bodies had been taken from the wreckage they, were conveyed to an undertaking establishment in Bingham. Mr. Parr was shift boss at the mine of the Utah Metal and Tunnel com-pany, which position he had been a resident of the camp for four years, having come here from Denver, Colo. He made considerable money through leasing after his arrival in Bingham. He was energetic and courteous and was Immensely popular with all classes. He is survived by one brother, Samuel Parr, of Denver, who has . been notified of the tragedy, Mrs. Parr is survived by her . mother, Mrs. Bilbertson, residing at Jennings, Kan., and a sister, Mrs. W. O. Tatmon, who resides at Oakland, Cal. ' First In Three Years. The deaths of the four members of the Parr family are the first that i f i ti , ..: I. . BIGGEST SNOW OP THE YEAR LAST WEEK w ;v The heaviest snow of the year fell in Bingham last week. It commenced snowing to. earnest last Thursday afternoon and at least two feet fell here in the 4 canyon. ' The weather " lias . not been severely cold, but at that the long icicles have been very much in evidence. 4 - There is now a great amount of snow-i- the canyon and on the hills and should the weather turn 4 suddenly warm there will most 4 likely be a most disastrous flood. 4 x W.S.GANNON KILLED AT THE MX "I ask not a stone to be - sculptured with verse. I ask not that fame shall my memoir ' rehearse. But I ask as boon when I give up the ghost, That men shall all know that I died ' at my post" Portrayed, perhaps, in the above lines id the greatest wish of W. S. Gannon, who died at his post who fin-- lshed his course and completed his race Sunday, March 28, and passed on ' to join "the innumerable caravan, which moves to that mysterious realm-.- , where each shall take his chamber ia the silent halls of death." "Billy"' Gannon, as be was familiarly known, . was one of Bingham's stalwart citi-zens and one whose heart beat in sym pathy with his fellow man, and one who was loved and respected not only by those who served him in the capac-- , ity as employes but by all who knew him as the model husband, com-panion and friend. His life was "an open book known and read by all men," and he was one who endeavored to put into all his actions the Golden Rule, one whose purse was always open to every worthy need and one who tried to bind up the wounds when the great sorrow came. His removal from the community is little short of , a calamity and the void will be hard . to fill. For something over sixteen years Mr. Gannon haa been a resident of Bingham, having served with great credit what was formely known as the Bingham New Haven Mining company, the Shawmut Mining company and the -- last ten or more years the Utah Apex Mining company as master mechanic. - Mr. Gannon was one of the found-ers and promoters of the present: f Bingham volunteer fire department and at the time of his death was ar member in good standing in company No. 1. He servedJbjempany in-th- e " flacttrEWjKalrman and also as chief, . ' and his appearance in the fire hall aa well as in the Joint meetings of the two cotnDates was hailed with ' .v, - , J claim. He also took pjfft in organising , - ' , " the Utah State Firemen's association .. " and served one or more terms M r president. His wise council and ad-- V vice will be greatly missed in the - L firemen's gatherings.' ' W. 3. Gannon was born in the town of Hermitage, N. Y., May 15, 1871, tn son of Sarah Forncrouck and John Gannon. While still a youth he emigrated to the west, and served for some time as a druggist apprentice in Butte, Mont. Being of a mechanical bent of mind he severed his connec-tion with the drug business and took up the profession of machinist His young manhood days were spent in the famed mining districts of the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Button, Mont. - Something over twenty-fiv- e years ago he was united in marriage to Susan F. Bennett at Helena, Mont, who survives him; also two step-daughters, Mrs. Edward Q. Hull of San Francisco, Cal., rMs. E. G. Locke of Bingham Canyon, Utah; his mother and one brother in the aPnama canal zone, and one sister in New Tork. The sympathy of the community goes out to those who mourn his loss. "Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen in Israel." HOME AND SCHOOL LEAGUE GIVES SPLENDID PROGRAM The Home ' and School league of Highland Boy gave a delightful pro-gram at the school building there last Thursday evening which was. enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience. Music 4or the occasion was under the direction of Miss Lenore Smith, a popular member of the Highland Boy school faculty. The program was as follows: - v - ; Vocal solo by Miss Hilda Praggastis. of the minutes and business session." v. - . r J Remark by illenkin. Readffig, Entertaining TheTHlBBT ter," by Garth Jones. ' . ' Vocal solo by Frances Ball Discussion, "What the 'Home. Ex-pects of the School,'' W. A. Cole, Sid-ney Praggastis, (Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Scarld. "What the School Expects of the Home," Miss Alice Smith, Mlsa Anna. Snow. . Piano solo by Mrs. Cushwa. The next meeting will be held Thursday night of next week and the committee which has charge of ar-rangements is composed of W. A. Cole, chairman; Miss Lenore Smith, Miss Vena Ball, Miss Snow and Miss Jones. The public Is cordially in-vited to attend. Refreshments will be served. LIBRARY GETS A BOOSUBBI It is a matter of pride that at last Bingham people will have the benefits of a real library. This Is due to the good work of the Woman's club, which was recently :. organized here.. The libraty committees have secured suit-able rooms and books are now becom-ing available. - s - Bingham has been on the map for a long time and is one of the most Important towns and commercial com-munities in the state, but never before had. tn benefits Of a library. The matter tas from time to time been talked, of,, but no effective action was --takenimlll;i 'v: "movement-- : .".. tU: :': The plan under 'way Is a good one and will mean much to the camp. It Is the crying need of the community and the cultivation of the reading habit will have a great Influence for good on the ' rising generation. It will also afford a great pleasure for those who enjoy good reading but have heretofore lacked the oppor-tunity. Many donations of books have been received, but many more are needed and all publlc-spirit- d citizens are asked to help in increasing the num. her of books. Most everyone can af-ford to give a few books and they should do so without delay. Bingham is a good town and should have all the benefits of its' sister towns. Some four years ago Garfield started out with no books and today it has more than 3,400 books and a cir-culation of more than 1.200 per month. Donations may be left in the city hall or at the school, or given to the children to take to school. FRANK DEPRATTO'S SENTENCE REDUCED TO 25 YEARS FOR BINGHAM MURDER , SUytr-- of Eugene Allen of. Highland 5J!rojTrni Commuted to UV' ' - . - vars jn Pen. - ..v Instead of serving a life term in the stato prison, Frank De Pratto will have to serve only twenty-ffv- e years longer for the murder of Eugene Allen at the Highland Boy store, Bingham Canyon, according to the decision of the state board of pardons Saturday. . This is the second time the board has meted out clemency to De Pratto. On April 12, 1916, he was sentenced to death by Judge M. L. Ritchie. Four weeks later the board communted that sentence to life imprisonment The prison authorities made favorable re-ports on his conduct in the prison at the meeting Saturday. De Pratto's was the only commuta-tion allowed by the board of pardons at its regular meeting. The sentences of two other prisoners, sent up for in-determinate sentences, were termi-nated. Five paroles were allowed. Petitions of thirteen convicts for clem-ency were denied, and those of seven others were continued, two subject to call, three to the April and two to the May meetings of the board. homicides cases up included the petition for pardon of William Mc-Ve-convicted of the murder of a Gar-field storekeeper in 1911, and sen-tenced to life imprisonment fThis bearing was continued to the May meeting. BASKETBALL PLAYERS ENJOY 03 GIVEN BY OS.B0CAN i fth'eredjround a heavily laden board-- ind wafr-ieteUsden, too, and that's no Jest so the story! goes about the feed set before the! local basketball quint by iMrs. J.I Bogan. As "Stubby" said, the only think they didn't have which was on the market was hard-tac- k and dog biscuits. The feed made the boys think of hard-tac- k and biscuits be-cause it was so different. In fact the players declare that if they can get another ipread from Mrs. Bogan next year they will all be back to school and steal a championship if necessary. Mrs. Frank Croy assisted Mrs. Bogan in arranging and serving the dinner to the boys and those who were lucky enough to be in attend-ance declare everything, service, food, etc., was perfect. The rooms were decorated in the school colors of blue and white while the centerpiece on the table was a Cinerera, a blue and white flower of rare beauty. Individual baskets were placed at each place containing the place cards and Easter eggs and a re-membrance of some kind for each player. The dinner was a five-cours- e affair with turkey as the leading feature and the gusto and satisfaction which those present obtained from sinking their molars Into such a spread need not be elaborated upon. Besides the entire basketball squad, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Peterson and Mr. Nielsen, principal of the high school, were present i tically-everythin- they are said to have taken was recovered. . , The robbery occurred at 2 o'clock the morning of March 14, entrance to the store being gained by breaking , t through the portion used as a post-- office. Although nothing is missing: j from the postoffice, the entrance con-- i stituted an offense against the gov-- ernnient. The boys have been taken to Heber " City and a burglary charge made i against them. . BURGLARY LAID AGAINST TWO YOUTHS OF NINETEEN Robbery of Postoffice and Store at Soldier Summit Is Cleared Up by Arrests Made on Sunday. Caught with nearly $300 worth of groceries, cutlery and other wares, which they are charged with having taken from the store and postoffice of Eugene Nichols at Soldier Summit on March 14, John L. Kelly of Salt Lake and L. Hutchins of Kansa, each 19, were arrested last week by Soldier Summit by Sheriff J. R. SpYinger, ac-cording to a report to the postoffice inspectors. The boys had concealed the goods In a passenger coach in the yards at Soldier Summit,- which they were using for sleeping quarters. Prac- - to get a divorce, so most anyone ought to be willing to take a chance. Dr. Straup, Francis Quinn and Joe Berger received copies of the Appeal to Reason this week. It's hard to tell what's coming next. It Is said that a prominent local at-torney is contemplating uniting' his destiny with the Bolshevik!, and that an equally prominent local banker has simply gone wild over the n league. It has been ordered, adjudged anil decreed that little ones not 16 years old must be at the homes of their parents at nine in the evening. And there are a bunch of them that do like so well to stay up town long after that hour. Wise and Otherwise Boys, look out for the vamp. She's getting readfy. to strike. One dejected lover is trying the 'absent treatment" on his lady love to see If that will bring her to terms. What do you know about the girl who is so Jealous of her girl friends that she Just can't stand for them to have a beau? Bless that sweet little girl who is so good to visit the sick. The Republicans staged a little get together social this week. Next Sunday is Easter and it is said that some of the young couples might stage a fitting celebration for the oc-casion. It's about time that the Peerless Penman of Lark was coming around. His friends are looking for some of his unique wit, humor and philosophy. Put one across, George. It's easy to get married and easier Old maids desiring husbands should place an advertisement in this column. It might meet with success. The wedding bells are scheduled to ring soon and when they do the former editor of this paper will be in line to collect a small wager. PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE, INTER-MONTAN-Of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Universal Free Masons of the - World, In the American Masonic Federation. This order on Friday evening, March 26, held its quarterly meeting in Copperfield. . The weather was not very favorable "for the occasion, but the delegates and the officers of Healther Bell No. 12, of Salt Lake City, braved the storm and arrived about 7:30 p. m. with 'five big cars. The meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge was held at once. Every lodge in the jurisdiction reported to be in splendid condition, financially and in membership. After the close of the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting, the officers of Heather Bell No. 12 of Salt Lake 'City ladies' auxiliary of the Scottish Rite of adaption by special request of Bingham No. 12, A. A. S. R. Masons, worked the first and second degree, also the side step degree of the Easter star, for the benefit of the Rite of adoption, that was formed In Bingham March 26, nearly every mem-ber of Bingham No. 72 Joining the Rite of Adoption and promises to be one of the biggest lodges In the juris-diction. After this a splendid banquet was tendered the visiting brethren and sisters, which was enjoyed by all. Close to 2 o'clock Saturday morning the five big cars blazed ' their way through a terrific blizzard to Salt Lake City, arriving there in safety about 4 o'clock. The Bingham breth-ren and sisters certainly showed their visiting brethren from Idaho, Wyo-ming and tUah as well as their sisters from , Salt Lake a good time and was highly appreciated and long" to be re-membered by all. ANNUAL PROM TO BE HELD APRIL 9, 1320 One of the most c'.a'r.rat; r.r.V.irs to be held In Bingham will be bold April 9 at the high school gymnasium under r " the auspices of the junior class of I 1921. J- - Tho affair is well under way and the color scheme is to be an Kaster J, decoration and large Easter lilies. I , The members of the committee are S Leonard Hyland, chairman, and mem- - s bers of the Junior class. The class . ! committee will be assisted by Mrs. j Spitzenberger and Roy Gardner. j LAST MURDER AT HIGHLAND BOY DISTRICT The last murder in the Highland Boy district occurred a few. weeks ago when a guard, recently discharged from the Salt Lake police, in connec-tion with the shooting of a returned soldier who had gone to the rescue of a woman, shot and killed John Mor-gan, a miner of that place. This murder came about when Mor-gan went to the place of Caddie Staker to follect a bill. In this mat-ter a controversy arose and the offi-cer took a hand and struck Morgan. A fight ensued and Morgan was too much for the guard, and when he saw that he was going to be worsted he whipped out a pistol and shot Morgan, who died some weeks lated from the wound. ' The murderer has been released without punishment because he bad only killed a man who was causing a woman some trouble. At the hearing In Salt Lake things were patched over so that as little trouble as possible would result from the matter. ' It seems that it is not much of a crime to kill a man if he is molesting a house ol this kind. While it was cold murder and under the law one of the most serious crimes in the whole category it is passed up with the view of the matter that the less said the better. Human life is very cheap when some decide that It should be that way and those who ordinarily cry out for law enforcement and the upholding of the government have folded their hands and allowed the whole scandal to be closed with as little formality as possible, thus bringing the law into general contempt. It's not so bad to kill an ordinary man If you have the right element be-hind you and you can have the whole thing hushed up if you use wisdom in the matter of who you serve. So let It be with Morgan. He was in line to be killed and he passed away at the hands of a man who is said to be a in the line of shooting things up, but he was on the side that . pro-tects in such killings and so he is safe from the rigors of the law. Getting off so easy it may not be long before he will take another obance. It is said that after a killer gets started he likes the game and If he Is properly protected he can put away a great number and get away with It and the more he kills the better he likes it. Were all the facts in this case brought out in court It might be that the man was Justified in the killing, but for the protection of the public the case ought to have been tried In the district court and all the facts pre-sented to the Jury. That would have had a better effect on the public, but under the system In operation gunmen must be protected. So let it be for-gotten. CURFEW LAW TO BE ' RIGIDLY ENFORCED Youngsters, both male and fe-- V. male, under the age of 16, will . ', have to turn In strictly at nine In . - the evenings hereafter or suffer : ,. the consequences. .This action was brought about ) by the good work of the woman's civic club. The ladies of this or- - . : J ganization felt that some strong - j steps along this line were neces- - ' sary for the protection of the 4 youth and made the recommenda- - - I tions to the town board. So It was decided that every child under J.6 caught on the i street after nine at night would ? be arrested and no excuses taken. So look out, little ones, look out. The "coppers" '11 get you if you , i don't watch out. - , cri f CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. An examination for carriers (male) will be held at the postoffice in this city on April 24, 1920. Age and height arid weight requirements are waived In the case of honorably' discharged soldiers, sailors and marines. Age limit, 18 to 45 years on the date of the examination. Women will not be admitted to the examination. Applicants must be physically sound, and must be not less than 5 feet 4 Inches in height In bare feet, and weigh not less than 125 pounds without overcoat or hat For application blanks and for full information relative to the examina-tions, qualifications, duties, salaries, vacations, promotions, etc., address Immediately Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Bingham Canyon, Utah. ' |