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Show LOOKING BACK Did you know That people do not complain when they can see what they get for their money, but they do get upset when they know that undue advantage ad-vantage is being taken of them! j SO years ago W. H. Leigh, proprietor of Leigh Furniture closed a deal whereby he secured the agency for the Savage Electric Ironer, a machine that would enable the housewife to do her ironing in a third of the time that could be done by the old method. A representative . of the Electric Company from Salt Lake City was here to explain the ironer and newer improvements on the Savage washer, of which Mr. Leigh was also the agent. ' 25 years ago For two weeks in a row, Parowan residents won the "Big Fish" contest. S. M. Clark had a 17 lb. catch taken from Panguitch Lake. Dressed out, it weighted 11 lbs. 10V4 oz. Leonard Orton won the following week's catch with a 5 lb. 6 oz. native trout, also taken from Panguitch Lake. In the ladies division, first prize went to Mrs. A. F. Geigerwithallb.2oz. rainbow. j 10 years ago-One ago-One hundred twenty one fire fighters were dispatched to battle a major blaze three miles south of Enterprise, according to Dixie Forest Supervisor Jack B. Shumate. When the fire was controlled after two days, it had burned approximately 750 acres of range and watershed land. BLM personell and equipment from Cedar City, Caliente, and Las Vegas joined local fire fighters and two especially trained fire crews were flown in from Idaho to help fight the blaze. By Dorothy Rogers |