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Show Poles Burned At NuhesiaiiI Delta Volunteer Fire was Department called out Tuesday at 10-3- a. m. to a blaze at Sutherland on Max Johnson place across from the The fire consumed about ,$3C worth ot poles before it was put out. Cause of the fire was given "kids and matches", a most combustible combination. Decade Will Mark Centennial Of Alfalfa In Utah By John W. Carlson The 1950s mark a century since the introduction of alfalfa into Utah and other western states. Dm ing the past 75 years it has prob-ably been the most important for- - age crop in the state, having been grown on approximately one-ha- lf of the irrigated acreage. To save importing the seed, early settlers attempted to grow it, and were successful beyond expectations. Utah thus became an important source of seed. From 1900 to 1925 Utah produced one-fift- h of the world's supply of alfalfa seed and from one-thir- d to one-ha- lf of the crop grown in the United States. Origin and Early History "Common Alfalfa" is believed to be native rof southwest-ern Asia. It was probably planted and cared for by men ages be'fore any history was writ-ten, but since the beginning of re-corded history it has played an important part in the development of many cultures and civilizations. It was an important forage plant in the ancient kingdoms of the Medes and Persians, and was car-ried by them to Greece at the time of their invasion of that country in 490 B. C. The Arabs spoke of alfalfa as a plant that thrives best with its head in the sun and its feet in the water. This was their way of tel- - ling of its special adaption to re-gions of intense sunlight, and of its ready response to irrigation. It was carried by the Arabs into Spain at the time of their invasion of that country in 711 A.D., and later by the Spaniards into South America and Mexico, where it gain ed prominence as a field crop. During colonial days alfalfa was brought to the Atlantic seaboard from Europe under the name ." But since conditions there were not conducive to its growth, it did not become firmly establish-ed. Alfalfa is a dry climate crop. For this reason it thrived well in California and Utah after its in-troduction in 1850. According to Hamilton Gardner in his history of Lehi, alfalfa was first brought to Utah by Isaac Goodwin in 1859. As a member of Captain Samuel Brannan's com-pany Goodwin had landed in San Francisco in 1846. He later came to Utah bringing with him a little alfalfa seed which he planted in Lehi in 1860. From this seed seven plants were grown and cared for with patience and perseverance.At last he was able to produce seed to enable him to sell some of it to his neighbors for one dollar per pound from which plantings were established for the production of hay. Alfalfa may al-so have4 been brought into Utah prior to this time by immigrants from Europe, since the plant was well known during the early years of its culture in Utah by Euro-pean name of "lucern." An apt description of what fol-lowed the introduction of alfalfa into Utah is given by an early writer in one of the yearbooks of the department of agriculture, as follows: "Where a spring or moun tain stream moistened a bit of the desert the pioneers planted their precious seeds. When the summers dried up the springs, many of the tend crops brought from the old home died, but the alfalfa lived. With the tenacity bred by thous-ands of rainless summers in its native home, its roots followed the retreating moisture into the earth and held on. Alfalfa supplied the feed for the herds when they came home from the summer range, and in turn the herds have sustained the people." Alfalfa Seed In 1909, according to the census, the commercial growing o'f alfalfa seed was restricted chiefly because of unfavorable climatic conditions, to Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Cali-fornia, Arizona, Colorado, Oklaho-ma Idaho, Montana and Wyoming named in the order of production. A varying seed acreage was re-ported elsewhere over the United States, but in the humid regions the plant set a fair quantity of seed only in the occasional years of extreme drought. In Kansas good seed crops were harvested in seasons - marked by the general failure of other crops because of drought. ' In Utah in the early days of seed production crop failures were attributed to hot winds or to per-iods of cloudy sultry weather, with little or no wind. However, untime-ly frosts seemed to be the cause of the greatest losses in produc-tion and was the factor about which early seed growers were most concerned. Seed Yields and Production Trends The high peak in production of alfalfa seed in Utah was attained in 1925 with a total output of more than 23 million pounds and an average acre yield of 320 pounds. It is estimated that ap-proximately 14 million pounds of this crop was grown within a ra-dius of about 15 miles of Delta in Millard county, and about 7 mil-lion pounds within a similar of Myton in Duchesne county. Production seems therefore to have been restricted at that time to a few areas of the state which for some reason seemed to be best suited to this crop. At this time more than 40 percent of the irrigated acreage in the state was growing alfalfa with 'from 10 to 20 percent of it being devoted to the growing of alfalfa seed. Yields and total production of seed in Utah declined rapidly from 1925 to 1932. Drought and eco-nomic distress added to the troub-les of seed growers and many were forced to liquidate their holdings. More than one-thir- d of the alfalfa seed acreage in the state was lost (CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE) - I Volume 41 Number 52 Delta, Utcrh, Thursday, June 28, 1951 $3.50 a Year in Advance , Hinckley Plans Celebration On July 23 - 24 --"T.y has drawn up their to celebrate here on the 23 P .74 0f July. Committees have !L "chosen fur the different am-- I ements for both 'days. A ballgme has been scheduled each" day under the direction fVndell Swensen. ateUr rodeo will be held both under the direction of Grant S'ardy and Cluff Talbot. Committees for the celebration org: Program, MIA; parade Dillenbeck and Dean Talbot; advertising, Mr. and Mrs. Spendlove; Rodeo 1, Grant Hardy and Cluff Tal-- . ot.' afternoon sports, Randell Swensen; children's sports, Primary early morning gun salute, R. Swen je and Hon Cropper; ticket sales md rodeo grounds, Byron Carter chairman, Lowell Pete-rsen. und queen Queen tryouts wil be held on Saturday, June 30 under the lights ' at the Hinckley Rodeo grounds at 1:30 P- m. Girls that try out must be from Hinckley and sixteen years old or older. They will be judged on horse manship, personality and posture. The three girls chosen will reign ov er the rodeo both nights. The queen will try out for the Deseret celebration the second night of the rodeo. The girl chosen as queen will rec-eive $20 and her attendants $10 apiece. The public is invited to the queen tryouts. Civic Club Meet Set At Manti Saturday June 30 The next meeting of the As-sociated Civic Clubs of Southern and Eastern Utah will be held at Manti on Saturday, June 30 in the Manti City Hall. The meeting is sponsored by the Manti Commercial Club, with their President Ellis Johnson in charge of arrangements. Executive Board meeting at 10:30 a. m. The open meeting to which the public is cordially invited, 2 p. m. Following committee reports the Advertising committee will pres-ent a dummy copy of an advertis-ing folder which will be printed for wide distribution. Cecil Jacobsen, representing the Bureau of Reclamation will out-line the Main Stem Colorado River projects. This will be a report o'f interest to all, and we hope for a large attendance to hear it as the Main Stem Project will bring into development the Joe's Valley, Gooseberry, Central Utah and oth-er reclamation projects. Our field secertary, T. W: Jensen will report an his recent trip to Washington concerning Roads and Monuments and, certain phases of the water program. This will be an interesting report. Kingsley E. Clawson, pres. of the Utah Manufacturers Association, and Ames E. Bagley will attend the meeting. Mr. Clawson will be the speaker at the evening ban-quet, at which a pleasing program is assured. The banquet will be held at 7 p. m. in the North Ward chapel. At the close of the afternoon session, and before the banquet a conducted tour has been arranged to the Carlisle Manufacturing plant and the Hatcheries. Manti is one of the largest hatchery centers in the state, and all who wish to do so may take the trip. Remember - - Manti, Saturday, June 30. This will be a meeting of much interest to all, and a large attendance is expected. Gala Fourth of July Celebration Draws Many To Delta Next Wednesday American Legion Post 117 Sponsors Activities A good Fourth of July celebration- will mark the celebration of Independence Day in Delta next Wednesday. Theo Que Jensen Post 117, American Legion, is in charge of the full clay's program, and invite all to come and join the celebration. The day will start with a BANG with the sunrise salute. Next event is the parade, forming at the corner of Main St. at the Sun-rise Dairy to parade west on Clark street and return. Parade time is 9:30 a.m. There will be many floats, coming from businesss firms and the towns of west Millard. The Legion will have its colors represent-ed and also a float. The Delta high school band will present march music. Parade Entrants The 4th of July committee invites all business firms and towns to be represented in the parade. Any float, large or miniature, will be appreciated. They are not asking for anyone to spend a lot of mon-ey on a float, but the main thing is to be represented. Cash prizes of $15, $10 and $5 will go to the three best floats, first, second and third place. They plan to have the parade one of the best ever seen locally. The parade will lead the crowd back to the high school where the program will be held immediately following in the auditorium. A speaker is coming from Salt Lake City for a patriotic address. There will be a fine program and music. At the same time children's sports will be held at the high school grounds, with a host of prizes for races, a greased pig contest and apple- - dunking. Afternoon Fun The afternoon includes 'free swimming all afternoon at Delta's municipal swimming pool, and a free movie at 2 p.m. at the Crest theatre. Baseball fans will be at the ball park at 3 p.m. for the annual July 4 ball game. Children will have their special dance at the open aid dance floor frpm 5 to 6:30 p.m. Fireworks and Dance One of the largest displays of fireworks ever made locally will be set off at dark at the old Delta race track east of town. This is something all the children must see, and many adults will be just as thrilled. Final event of the big day, after the fireworks display, is the dance at Van's hall. So Wednesday, na-tional holiday time, be joyful on Independence Day, and come to Delta to celebrate. Final Rites Held Wednesday For LW. Hopkins Funeral services for Thomas W Hopkins, 59, Delta resident since 1923, were conducted on Wedues day of last week by Bishop E. L. Moody in Delta First ward chapel. The opening song was "Some-time We'll Understand", by Delta Third ward choir, and opening prayer was by Delyn Owens, of Joseph. Speakers were E. L. Lyman and George Sampson, who paid tribute to Mr. Hopkins, whose sincerity and Christian living had bettered the world he lived in. Mrs. Margaret Callister and dau-ghter, Marilyn sang "Whispering Hope", and the Third ward choir sang "Oh My Father". The clos- -' ing prayer was offered by Robert Wells, of Joseph. Burial was in the Delta ceme-tery, under direction of L. N. Nic-kl- e and sons, mortuary. Oak City Sets Homecoming For July 7th Ward Homecoming is being plan ned for July 7th in Oak City . All former members of the ward are cordially invited to return and en-joy the day's activities. Main feature of the day will be the dedication of the new Ham-mond organ recently purchased in honor ' of Eddie Q. Dutson, who has conducted and led the choir for 56 years. His outstanding ser-vice to the ward in this capacity is greatly appreciate. Special num-bers are being prepared by the choir for this event. Outline for the day is as fol-lows: Program 10:00 a. m.; Free cold lunch, folowing program on church lawn; ballgame and sports in the. afternoon; free hot dinner - 5 p. m. to 8 p. m. in the amusement hall; and a dance at 9 p. m. Everyone remember this and come see your friends and relat-ives. This will be a good time to renew old acquaintances and talk over old time and coming times. Se you at Oak City July 7th. Delta Mother Dies Sunday Rites Wednesday Mrs. Clara Kingsford McClellan, 72, wife of Wilford McClellan, died at the family home in Delta Sun-day near 4 a.m., after a lingering illness. Mrs. McClellan was a life-lon- g member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and as long as her health permitted had been active in LDS organizations. She had been a Relief Society teacher for a number of years and was a faithful tithe-paye- r. She also had been active in Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Her kindly ways and friendly nature had won her many friends in life. She was born Oct. 6, 1878, at Franklin, Idaho, a daughter of Ed-ward and Karie Peterson Kings-for- d. Her early life was lived at Coveville, Idaho, where she met Mr. McClellan in 1907. They were married in the Logan temple May 13, 1908. Their first home was made at Payson that fall, and then they came to Delta in 1909, among the early settlers when Burtner was still the name of the new community. In 1911 they moved to Clear-field, Utah, and then in 1913 went to Idaho. They lived there until 1922, when they returned to Delta, where the family has lived since. Mrs. McClellan was the mother of seven children, of whom five are surviving. Suriving are her husband, at Delta, two sons, LeVer and LaRee McClellan, Delta; three daughters, Mrs. Zola Meinburg, Mrs. Melba Willden, Delta, and Mrs. Melva Parrish, Chowchilla, Cal.; 17 grand-children. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by Bishop E. L. Moody in the old Delta First ward chapel. Burial was in the Delta ceme-tery, under the direction of L. N. Nickle and Sons mortuary. ; Births This Week... To Grant and Dale Bishop Stap-le- Delta, a girl, June 23. Ronald Talbot, son o'f Mr. and Mrs. Roy Talbot, of Compton, Cal., is recovering at the Delta hos-pital following surgery last week. The family was visiting their par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Talbot at Lynndyl, when the boy became ill with a ruptured appendix. John E. Wright of Hinckley, is at the Delta hospital for medical treatment. Ashby's Buy Pontiac igency In a recent business transaction the Pontiac Agency in Delta chang-ed hands. Ashby's Inc. reports they purchased parts, signs, and accessories and the contract with General Motors, from Hunsaker Motor Co. Negotiations have been going on lor about a year between the two companies and final agreement was reached last week. Fay Webb Is Polio Victim Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Webb of Hinckley are in Salt Lake City at this time with their son, Fay, who is having an attack of polio, Fay came home from Wyoming late Thursday evening, where he has been employed for three weeks and was very ill with an aftermath of the flu, which he had contracted there. His condition became critical Saturday night, when it was clear he had symptoms of polio. He was rushed to Salt Lake general hos-pital, where every precaution is be ing taken. He was put in an iron lung late Sunday evening. He is holding his own and condition seems to be satisfactory to attendants. Reservations For Fireplace Persons wishing to use the firep-lace at the Delta Rose ' Garden for picnics are asked by the City Council to make reservations with Bruce Osborne, at the Delta muni-cipal swimming pool. There is no charge for the use ol the fireplace, but persons using It are asked to leave it cleaned up after using it. 4uiz Program At Third Ward Delta Third ward invites every-one to their Quiz Program Thurs-day, June 28, in the Delta high school. Patterned after "Truth or Consequences" radio programs, lots of laughs are in store for the aud-ience. There will be prizes and surprises. The program will begin at 8 p. m. There will also be some con-cessions there for food sales. The affair is a benefit for the ward ding 'fund, and tickets are being sold now and at the door. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barney and three children, from Martinez, Cal. are visiting in Delta with their pare-nts, Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Barney. Two Hanks Given Merger Charter Charters granting permission to merge banks at Duchesne and at Roosevelt into the Commercial Bank o'f Utah system were issued Monday by Roy W. Simmons, the state bank commissioner. Addition of the Two Uintah Ba-sin banks brings the firm of P. P. Thomas, with the home office at Spanish Fork, to seven banking institutions. First merger was in 1948, when the Spanish Fork, Delta, Nephi, Heber and Payson banks were consolidated. Capitalization of the seven banks is set at approximately $15,000,-000.0- 0. May Apply For Naval Academy Or Military Utah residents who desire to compete for an appointment to the United States Naval Academy o rthe United States Military Ac-ademy may apply to Senator Ar-thur V. Watkins any time prior to December 1, 1951, the Senator announced today. Senator Watkins said he would have one vacancy to fill at each academy for the 1952 class. "No political appointments will be made," Senator Watkins said. "Those who apply for appoint-ments must compete in a Civil Service examination to be conduct-ed in January. From the results of this examination, I will ap-point one principal and three al-ternates for each vacancy." Any Utah resident, including those now serving in the Armed Forces, should address his appli-cation to Senator Watkins, 442 Sen ate Ofice Building, Washing, D. C. Applicants must be 17 years of age and must not have achieved their 22nd birthday by July 1, 1952. In making application, each candid ate should slate his age, residence, parents and their address, his sch-ooling and include information as to his moral character, Senator Watkins said. Because physical re-quirements are so high at the ac-ademies, all applicants should det-ermine their physical fitness be fore going to the trouble of taking the examination, Senator Watkins said All applicants, whether in or out of the state at the time of appli cation, wil be subsequently notif ied o'f the time and place of the Civil Services examination in Jan uary State Fair Premium Books Ready Premium books and entry blanks for the 1951 Utah State Fair are .now being mailed. Copies are also available on request to the fair management, Administration Build ing, Salt Lake City, or by addres-sing P. O. Box 2136, Salt Lake City. The new premium book is larger than in the past and not only con-tains a complete list of premiums but all the rules and regulations that will govern this year's fair. Attention is being stressed on the closing time of entries. The dates set forth in the premium list, will be strictly adhered to, and en-tries received after the closing date will be returned. Entries in live-stock division must accompany blanks with entry fees, as well as' fees for the desired number of sea-son tickets. The fair management will acknowledge all entries at once, and will also assign stall space, so that exhibitors will be assured of their allotted space, and will be able to place their exhibits upon arrival at the fair grounds. Special arrangements are being made to provide a special park-ing area for all livestock exhibit-ors. No parking will be allowed on the fair grounds proper, and ho cars will be allowed'on the ground after ten o'clock each morning. Judging will start the opening day of the fair, Saturday, September 15, and will continue until all classifications are completed. A 100 by 80 foot tent is being provided for cattle judging, and plenty of seats will be provided around the ring for spectators. Miss Rayda Bishop returned Tues-day after a month in San Fran-cisco. i Auxiliary 117 Plans lor 4th The Auxiliary of Post 117, Amer-ican Legion, met Monday night, with Mrs. Louise Sly, president, in charge. Main business were plans for observance of Independence Week, Saturday through July 6, as pro-claimed by Acting Gov. Heber C. Bennion, Jr. Two events during the week already have been schedul-ed, religious observances of free-dom July 1 in all churches, and a special program Independence Day. The Auxiliary is making a "Tiny J.OL I'lOclL lor Llie pcunue juij i for the celebration in Delta spon-sored by Post 117. And they request all Gold Star mothers to be in the parade, and state that cars will be provided for them. Other business attended to was shipping boxes of clothing to the Primary hospital and the Martha home. VHOTS WHO? ? f T ttttii mil niim Kmntlmm.mt3.umwmw!wumlMmmmJmmmM9'1'Mm . I V . --V i . ' '" ss I , t . 1 ' ' v., . ' r ) i ; --iv " ( ': t ' I ) - 7 - . t e ,s a little eUow whQ was mot.very Popular with both his the r' an1 the Photographer at this picture was taken. fused f the matter was he re t aw haVe his PicUlre taken femn aI!d t0 keep Peace in he with h- mther had t0 sand giVe nw Wh'Ch seems t0 have t'oelar enough sel' confidence at the camera defiantly, ft, olrtTe' he was only 18 the time, and much yas forgiven him. All dressed up, too, with petticoats and bloomers, too, we perceive. This little fellow was born in a northern county, but came to Millard as a boy, on January first, 1918. His home has been here since. He is married and building a home, surrounded by his garden-ing. He is quite a expert at garden-ing. And he is employed in Delta in a public place where hundreds o people see him every day. Annual 4-- 11 Club Camp Dates July The annual 4-- club camp will be held at Oak Creek Canyon July 9th, 10th and 11th. All club mem-bers must have leaders or chaper-ons with them. Parents and friends of 4-- are invited and urged to attend. Everyone attending must be in-sured. Insurance rate is five (5) cents for each day or fifteen cents (15c) for the three days. Pay this when registering at camp. Come and have a good time. Glen Seegmiller Gives xrt Talk Glen Seegmiller, principal of the Delta high school, is in Cedar City this week at the summer assembly program at the BAC. He will teach some art classes there during his week's stay, and took with him a collection of art work to display. Thursday he will be the featur-ed speaker on the assembly at 11 a.m. in the Bootsstrap theatre. His subject will be famous artists and their work. Prof. A. W. Stephensen, program chairman, invites the pub lie to the program. Mrs. Mabel Eckery and son, Char les of Nampa, Idaho, and Mrs. Jos. Erickson, of Salt Lake City, visited in Delta last week with ' their mother, Mrs. A. E. Stephen-son. While here they made a trip to Bryce canyon with Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bradfield, of Scipio. |