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Show ' iMLa CJiaJ3terI-F-A-. Nakes Plans for Comina Year , I 1 -- riWw,7 1 ! 1 'v -- :" (:':'v Ma' ,. ,, " ,!' p- . -- """' t"" f : 0 Officers of the Delta Chapter ,of Future Farmers of America meet to outline their program of work as an entry on the na-tional contest. From left to right they are tKMmmMmMut Maylon Erickson, assistant re-porter. Gill Hilton, reporter; Ed- ward Skidmore, secretary; Sheld- on Callister. president; Marven Ogden, advisor; John Gardner, treasurer; Heed Bunker, vice president and Donald May sent- - inel. The Chapter reports activities in their column in this issue and this week they feature their an-nual carnival dance, Friday night, November 5. Volume 39 Number 19 Delta, Utah, Thursday, Ilovomber 4, 1948 $3.50. a Year in Advance!--' Ilelicf Societies Are Honored At Achievement Way Deseret State Relief Society held an impressive achievement pro-gram Sunday Oct. 31, honoring wards of the stake for achieving over 100 percent of their building fund quota. $365.06 has been sent to the General Board of the RS by the women of Deseret Stake. This is well over .$5 per member. This amount will be added to that paid by all RS women of the LDS church, and a Memorial build-ing will be built. The names of all those who have contributed will be placed in the cornerstone of this building. Democrats Win f: Big Majority , Of A!l Offices j; Irl the national and mainly iT"t the state balloting Millard Countj a, went Republican, but for the loca' candidates they switched ove into the Democratic column am"' voted all the Democratic candi" dates into office. Eliason was thij only local Republican candidate ti get a majority and he led his opp1 onent, Pickett, by about 650 votes but there are four more countie i to be considered in this office, am at this time we have no report oi them. Lee ran the highest of all th Republicans getting 2366 votes io'A governor as against 1630 for MawSS Highest Democrat on the tickej was Mark Johnson who got 222: votes as against 1748 for Warner! The race between Smith and Freei for state representative was th closest of all. Without the Bladi Rock votes in yet Freer had 1961; to 1963 for Smith. Unofficially wci" learn that Black Rock cast 11 bal' ' lots and all eleven went to FTeer I which gigves him a majrity of 1 votes. The Black Rock votes an' not accounted for in the totals be low, as the toals we are publish' iing this week are the official bal1 ' lots from the County Clrek, anCi. " Black Rock is not yet reported. ' Burbank was the highlight of thi " Republican hopes. They cast i:, votes and all of them were straigh Republican ballots. No nccratche and real easy for the judges t(' count. We believe this sets a rec ord or some sort. Below is a record of the voting in county totals, and in the boj' at the botom of the page is th west side voting by precincts. Bott listings do not contain Black Rock Truman 18Ht Dewey 215y Granger 209:1 Wilson 1881 McDonough 184? Hansen 208! Maw 1631 Lee 2361, Bennion 195:' Anderson 1991 Reese 189' " Preece 205( i Adams 185. Clayton 2091 Vernon 185' ( Kessler 207: 1 1 Bateman 213 ( Greenwood 18& Pickett 165 i Eliason 2291 i Freer 196' Smith 196 J Johnson 222 i Warner 174 j Robinson 199 i Robison . 196 :. . County Figures In News As Hig Envelopment One of Utah's biggest oil devel-opment land plays is underway in Western Millard County, about midway between Hinckley and the Nevada line, is was learned last Tuesday. In townships 16 to IS south, ran-ge 18 west, major oil interests and land speculators have assem-le- d oil leases totaling more than 100,000 acres in preparation for projected exploration. Holdings totaling about 36,000 acres are understood to have been assembled by Sinclair Refining Co., N. G. Morgan Sr. and Jr. of Salt Lake are reported to represent holders of 34,560. About 21,000 acre are understood to have been ass-embled by Phillips Petroleum Co., Sun Oil Co. represents holdings totaling 15,00 acres. Although no announcement has yet been made, it was reported reliably Tuesday that Sinclair plan to sink a wildcat well in the area next spring. The leases center near Sevier Lake, 25 miles east of the Nevada line and about 30 miles due west of Hinckley. The present land play represents the first time major oil companies have shown inter-est in the area. Armistice Day, November 11f Is Gala Day, With Fun Set Up by American Legion Post 117 and the Odd Fellows WAKE EARLY AND ENJOY FULL DAY IN DELTA Opening with the sunrise salute by Post 117, American Legion, Thursday, Nov. 11, all Armistice Day will be celebrated in Detla There will be the all-da- y turkey shoot, sponsored by the Detla Lodge No. 59, I. O. O..F. At 8 p. m. are the big fights in the Big Hall, sponsored by Post 117, and all proceeds to go to the Delta Municipal swimming pool. And to top off the gala day is the big dance at Van's hall, concluding of the program. Good Shots Win Turkeys The turkey shoot will be staged at the range on the sandhill north of Detla. Crack shots, or otherwise will bring their own gun and am-munition. The Odd Fellows have procured the turkeys. All turkeys must be killed to win, scared ones don't count. The ranges vary, in price and yards, from 60 to 110 yards, and from $1 to $3. There will be a free shoot for ladies, clay pigeon and trap shooting. Winning score gets turkey.' Local Marks-men are in fine trim for this big event, well practiced from deer and pheasant hunting. Boxers to Battle On the fight card is a fine array of scrappers, with the main event matching Paul Blair, 171 lbs, Delta, vs. Kline Percal, 184 lbs., Mt. --Pleasant. In the semi-windu- p ara Bob Draper, Mt. Pleasant vs. Bud Park-er, Delta. Three more bouts are Leo Theobald, Hinckley, vs. Smith Johansen, Mt. Pleasant; Bob Har-ris, Delta, vs. Howard Hunsaker, Delta; Eldon Poulsen, Sugarville, vs. Clyde Stevens, Hinckley. Delta high school boxers will put on an-other 3 bouts. ' All this points to a memorable occasion, with shooting all day and fighting and dancing at night. A large crowd is expected at all judging from the enthusi-asm of local citizens for all these sports on the preceding years' pro-grams. Contract Is Let For Improving Municipal Airport Last week the Whiting and Ray-mond construction ccompany of Springville was awarded the con-tract, for improvements at the Del-ta Municipal airport amounting to $18,307.85. Of this amount $11,317. 91 will be furnished by the fed-eral government and $6,989.94 by the state. The project calls for hard sur-facing of the area in front of the hangar and connecting up with the warm-u- p apron and taxe strips and a parking strip to be oiled and fenced. Other improvements will be an adequate sewage system for the hangar, and construction of a steel cattle guard at the highway entrance. A large air marker will also be installed which can read-ily be seen by any plane in the air. According to Mayor Golden H. Black, work will commence in ten days. All the work will be carried through to completion except the g oiling, which will be done next spring. The money will be received shortly by the city and be paid out to the contractor as certain phases of the work are completed. Increased activity at the airport is noted. The runways are long enough, wide enough, and so con-structed that they can accomo-date anything that flies. A numb-er of arrivals have been hunters in by plane for deer, ducks and pheasants. Last week a big army plane landed, a C82 Fairchild Packet. They were flying with a skeleton crew and a light load, only2 Jeeps and a trailer aboard. So 6 men landed, rolled out a Jeep, and taxied to Delta for a meal. The City Council has made appli-cation for federal funds to con-struct a fine administration build-ing ou t of the 1949 funds. Hunters Crowd Fields and Marshes For Opening Days Hunters found both ducks and pheasants numerous this weekend when the duck season opened Fri-day and the pheasant season at noon. The hunters observed the noon opening on the ducks very well, but there were a great many who started shooting pheasants a long time before the noon open-ing. Ducks were plentiful wherever the hunters went and none had any trouble getting plenty of shooting and those who wanted limits were able to get them very easily. Geese were not seen in any great numbers and be have not heard of any hunters getting one. The duck season will run well into December with one half hour before sunrise to one hour before sunset, being' the legal time in which to hunt. The greatest number of hunters ever assembled in this area Satur-day to start on the pheasant hunt. Cars from all over the state were here, as well as a large number from California. As soon as the hunt started every field was filled with hunters, including many of them that were posted against trespassing. Hotels and cabin own-ers report that they were booked far in advance for reservations, and turned away many who appli-ed later. Hunters slept in cars, tents, abandoned houses and any-thing they could get. Cafes were taxed to the utmost to feed the hungry crews, and license sales centers ran out of all kinds of licenses early Friday. Duck stamps were not to be obtained even ear-ly in the week. Even with the large crowd here and every bush and weed trampled down 27 times by the hunters, in the main they all had good luck with practically everyone getting a ljmit the first day. The second day found even more hunters out but by that time the birds were pretty well under cover and the shooting was not nearly so good. The third day was good again with not so many hunters out, but those that did go out were mainly successful in getting a limit of birds. Many fields were posted this year, and the reports from the farm ers who posted were that the hunt-ers observed the posting better this year than they had done in the past. In the main it was a successful season even though the hunters walked elbow to elbow through the fields. There were plenty of birds and there are still plenty of birds left for next year. Lone Fireman Houses Flame One of the handiest fires ever to rouse the siren came Monday afternoon, about 3 p. m. As the Delta volunteer firemen dashed to the rescue, there was the fire, park-ed handily right in front of the City Hall. The blaze was under the hood of a car. The driver, a stranger to these parts, was startled and also pleased with the quick aotion fol-lowing the fire alarm. Fire eater Newel Iverson was on the job within seconds with a fire extin-guisher, and aimed a few squirts in the fire. The fire was doused and out just as the siren ceased. The driver tested the radiator with a wary forefinger, and finding his motor warm, got in and drove away before he was given a ticket for parking in front of the fire station door. Fire Consumes Hay Chopper At Hinckley Farm Delta volunteer fire department was called to the Walter Ekins farm north of Hinckley Wednesday early, about 3:15 a. m. where a hay chopper was on fire. The chop-per stood near several big stacks of hay, about 200 tons or more, and it was feared fire woudl consume them, too. The fire may have been caused from a short, or a spark from the day's run. The machine was con-siderably damaged and it was est-imated repairs would cost $4,000 or better. Such a machine costs close to $7,000. Between two and three tons of hay were burned. Farm machinery belonging to Mr. Ekins was in a shed at one end of a hay stack. To the great relief or the firemen and other workers, the wind was blowing the flames away from the hay-stacks and to shed. The fire de-partment worked there until 6 a. m. After their departure several small fires sprung up, but were put out. A watchman was kept --there Wednesday and will stand watch over night to prevent more out-breaks. The hay choppers is the property of Marion Pratt and was brought in this fall by him from Idaho to handle contract work here. Delta 2nd Ward Holds Farewell For Missionary The program at the Delta sec-ond ward Sunday evening honored Glen S. Gardner, who is leaving in November for the Hawaiian mission field of the LDS church Elder Gardner is the fifth member of the Sesond ward to leave for the mission field since September. He, and Elder Ladd Black and Elder Kimball Hansen, will enter the mission home in Salt Lake November 8. In September Elder Joe Moody and Elder Ralph Bar-ney departed. Sunday night's program opened with a song by the Youth Chorus, directed by Kimball Hansen, with Miss Bonnie Black, organist. This was followed by prayer by Bernard Fackrell. Preceding the sacrament was a reading from the Scripture, by Dorothy Bishop, and the youth talk by LaRae Chetley, who read a poem of "Time for Prayer." Speakers were H. J. Schlappi, Elder Gardner's grandfather, and Kenneth Gardner, from Salt Lake his older brother. Mr. Schlappi told of his missionary experiences 49 years ago, and Mr. Gardner told of his service in Hawaii 9 years ago. A sister, Mrs. Lila Bell, read an original poem, which was fol- - lowed by talks by Elder Gardner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gard nerner. By special request, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Schlappi sang a duet, and Miss Elaine Gardner, a young-er sister of the missionary, played an organ solo. The program was conducted by Bishop June W. Black, who gave the concluding talk. A special an-nouncement was made by Kenneth Gardner, who said that after Glen's return from Hawaii, the family planned to send their parents on a 6 months mission. That would make five from the family serving in that field, as Kenneth served there, Ray is there now, and Glen will soon be there. The program was closed with music by the Youth Chorus, and the prayer, by Quinn T. Sheppard. ' Mrs. Olive Esplin and daughter, Judy, from Provo, are visiting in Detla this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Ward Moody. Ross Esplin, who attends the BYU, will come for the weekend and take the family home again. Hinckley Local Holds Meeting For Membership The Hinckley Farmers Union local organization held their reg-ular monthly meeting Wednesday night of last week in the Hinckley Semin ary and discussed farm pri-ces, farm security and the cost of food. The local pledged to cohuct a membership drive to build their organization up to 75 members to make the local eligible to send a delegate to Washington in Feb. with free transportation furnished by the National Farmers Union. At the present time the Hinckley local has 25 paid up memberships. Walter Ekins, president of the Hinckley local led the discussion at the meeting and the read the message of James Patton, presi-dent of the National Farmers Un- - ion. ' "The only thing that, stands be-tween the farmer and disaster is our parity price support program. The prices of many of our great basic crops have fallen from 20 to 50 percent since January 1948. Only price floors keep them from dropping further," Mr. Patton's message said. "It must shock farm people to-day, with the cost of everything they sell going lower, to hear themselves accused of being the cause of high prices," the report continued. The Hinckley local is one of three Farmers' Union locals that have been organized recently in Millard County. The other two are at Sutherland and Flowell. Tigers Tij Helta 8-- 2 in Game By Don Greathouse Wasatch Academy broke through the strong Delta forward wall in the second period for a touchdown to rack up an 8 - 0 victory over Delta higgh school football team at Mt. Pleasant on October 29. The Delta line was slightly weak er after the first quarter due to Niel Rawlinson's hip injury which prevented him from playing the remainder of the game. Early in the second quarter Bob Hortin snagged an Academy pass and was caueht behind his goal line to give the Tigers two points. Later a line buck provided another six points. The defense of both teams was superb, and little yardage was gained through them. Leading the Rabbits' attack were Winston Christensen, De Von Roper and John Whatcott, who sliced through the Academy line for considerable yardage. Sam Petroni played a brilliant game for the Tigers. Wasatch Academy's victory en-ables them to enter the state semi finals for football. They will play Cyprus high school of Magna, on Friday, November 5 at Mt. Pleasant Cyprus won the Jordan division two weeks ago with a 14 - 0 win over Murray high school. Hail of Shot From Broken Gun Peppers Hunters Howard Hunsaker, 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hun-saker of Delta, is kept to his bed this week recovering from a spray of shot originallyintended for pheas ants that speckled him Sunday. He was brought into the Delta hospital Sunday afternoon, where 27 of the 31 pellets that hit him were removed. Howard was with a party of pheasant hunters, hunting below the dam at the reservoir. The oth-ers were his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Giles, of Del-ta, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Giles and Mf. and Mrs. Duane Walker of Garfield. It was Howard's first time in the field as a hunter, and he had bought a new gun for the event. He had one shot, and was just aiming for the second when a loud blast smote his ears, as well as a load of shot down his left side. When the smoke cleared away, Clayton Giles was discovered stand ing with just the butt of his gun a borrowed one, left in his hands. He had aimed at a pheasant and shot and gun blew apapr, and the barrel sailed off in the air. Howard was about 50 feet away, well out of the line of fire, but got well sprayed with the wild shot. Shot was in his legs, in his ribs, on one hand and arm, on his face, and even one on top of his head! One shot hit just at the in-side corner of his eye, but bounced off. But it did plenty of damage with the bruises, so he wears a dressing over that eye until it will clear up. Mr. Giles brought him into the doctor at once, and he is now re-covering at the Giles home. He still has four shots embedded m him one on his forehead, one on his left wrist, and 2 on his ribs. However, that doesn't daunt How-ard who is looking forward to next pheasant season, and getting some use out of that new gun. Mr. Giles who was unhurt but badly scared by the accident, is of the opinion lie will hunt, from now on with nothing more lethal than a net. FJcction Held For County .Ir. Livestock Ass 11 I j Virt S. Barney was reelected a president of the Millard Count Junior Livestock Association at th Q recent annual election. The ne j board of directors elected are M Barney, Earl Greathouse, Mar Johnson, Cluff Talbot, Rex Bunkt Bernard Munster, Ted Nielson, Dai B rel Christensen and Rulon Andei I son. I Legion Post 119 Plans Hanqiaet For Armistice Members of the Arthur L. Ca-ho- Post No. 89, American Leg-ion, and their partners and guests will mark Armistice Day, Nov. 11, at a banquet. Gold Star mothers and fathers wfll be guests of hon-or. All veterans and partners are inviter to attend, and a nominal charge will be made per plate. The committee on arrangements is George Cahoon, Fenton Gardner and W. C. Cole. The banquet will be served promptly at 8 P. M., in i the Hinckley lunch room. Guests are asked to assemble there earli-er, for a short social period before the banquet. should be made (Reservations commander, be placed with Mrs. Angie Cahoon. First Ward Harvests Potatoes for Welfare Project ' , --;.. '-- ; ' 1 Ac!-'- - ..'j The Welfare Project of Delta Firsi ward Seventies and Elders Quorums was "in the bag" when this picture was taken last week. The workers had just sacked the last of the potato crop. They are Robert Webb, on the tractor, and James Nickle on the digger; LaMcmt Works, Hale Albert Nickle, Jay Bunker, Oak Dutson, Truman Jeffery, Robert Faris, Richard Gardner, Arthur Jensen, Fera Little and Evan Gardner. More than 5 tons of Red Bliss potatoes were harvested, mak ing 110 full bags. The ground io the project southwest oi Delta by the railroad track, was don ; noted by Will Killpack. All labo . was donated. The potatoes wil be sold to ward members and th. TJ public, and the iunds go to thi Welfare Project. Third Ward Program For Forster Sunday A farewell testimonial for Merlin Forster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen-ry Forster, will be held by the Delta third ward Sunday night, November 7.a The program will be presented in the Delta high .school auditorium by Bishop E. L. Moody, opening at 7:30 P. M.. Elder Forster leaves for the Span mission field of the LDS church in November. He is a former member of Delta second ward, and there will be no Sunday night meeting in the second ward, so that all may at-tend the program in Delta third ward. Elder Forster is the first missionary called from Delta third ward since the reorganization last February. AT DELTA HOSPITAL Patients at the Delta hospital this week are Miss Helen Christen-sn- , of Oasis, appendectomy, and Ladd Kelly, Oasis, a broken lei?, tors. Sherman Tolbert was released this week, after several days med-ical treatment. MIA This Week MIA Leadership meeting will be held Monday night, Nov. 8 at the Delta high school at 7:30 p.m. DELTA THIRD WARD The Gleaner Girls will have charge of the opening assembly. Opening prayer will be bv Utahna Morrill, and a song bv the entire group. Mrs. Nettie Clarke, their teacher, will give a short: talk. The theme will be riven by Nola Heyborne, and the closing uraver by Aldene Skidmore. The Manual period will be taken as outlined. DELTA SECOND WARD In the assembly on Nov. 9 there will be a special speaker. Special music will be a vocal solo by Mrs. Ada Johnson. Leaders of (he Sne-ci- Interest group have asked Ru-lon Callister to give the lesson, which will be an interesting talk on modern communication. MIA officers were more than pleased by the large attendance at our alst meeting. They invite everyone to come and participate in the manual and recreational periods. ) g ! . 0 f . 5 2 2Sfo 8 .5 "S 2 a o u $ a Q J w p O O ,J Pickett (D) 60 87 ,54 35 J7 i CD) Rep. 118 94 77 30 128 120 15 277 195 133 M j 44 Smith, (R) Rep. 61 73 29 56 126 30 308 212 125 63 50 fctaaon, (D) Com. 120 101 67 35 Wamer (R) Com. 56 66 40 51 l1 57 61 1 307 210 j 118 j 9 4 KoMnson, (D) Com. 88 117 Rohison, (R) Com. 86 . 50 49 26 1 iu Itirths this Week To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nickle, a girl, Oct. 25. To Mr.'and Mrs. Lindeau Christ-ensen, a boy, Oct. 28. To Mr. and Mrs. Leo Day, a girl, Oct. 30. To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shurt- - liff, a girl, Nov. 1. |