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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Delta, Utah, Thurs., July 26, 1951 Mrs. Loa Black Is Club Hostess The Delta Garden Club met ct their regular meeting Wednesday evening at the home o'l! their vice president, Mrs. Loa Black. Ladies present brought copies of their favorite recipes and exchanged them with one another. Light re-freshments were served at the end of the meeting. The Bluebirds of the Delta 2nd ward Primary filled their high-pat- h requirement In the field of health Tuesday by holding an early mor-ning breakfast at the Gunnison re-servoir. Class members attending were Diane Hannifin, Colleen Bar-be- Ethelyn Sorenson, Barbara Bisnop, Marilyn Larsen and Linda Cahoon. Mrs. Jonel Nielson was their leader. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Killpack and Mr. and Mrs. Max Robison vacation ed at Lake Tahoe and points be-tween last week. Mr. and Mrs. Norris Larsen of Brigham City were in Delta Wed-nesday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stephenson, and Mr. and Mrs. Van Bishop. Their daughter, Marilyn, who had been visiting here for the past three weeks, re-turned to Brigham City with them. Mr. and Mrs. Don Bird drove lo Salt Lake City Sunday. Mr. Bird returned to Delta while Mrs. Bird remained there for a few days to visit with friends and relatives. Visit In Delia From Alaska Sharon, daughter ofl Major and Mrs. J- Clarence Rollins, came to Delta on a honeymoon trip with her husband, Major Wm. F. Hed-rick. Sharon was born in Delta, where her father was leaching in the Delta high school. Flying from Anchorage, Alaska, to Los Angeles, they drove by car to sunny Delta to visit Sharon's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pace and family. Fourteen fam-ily members met and honored them at a dinner given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Robin-son. Major Hedrick says this is the land of milk and honey. The far-mers' cows, eating on rich hay, just wait to pour down the milk milk which cost 45c a quart in Alaska. Cantaloupe there sells for $1 each, but in spite of the cost f of living, thousands of new homes for new people are being built con tinually. Some sights in Alaska give one the feeling of awe - - like flying up over Mt. McKenley and Fair-banks to the land of the midnight sun. The sun shines night and day, travelling to the horizon and stay-ing there one half hour then starti-ng up again across the sky. The scenery is most beautiful - - miles of snow peaked mountains and gla ciers. Major and Mrs. Hedrick are now on their way to Mexico City, then later to his new assignment near Hampton, Va. Mrs. H. R. Parker, her four dau-ghters, and sister, Evelyn, visited in Delta with her Mr. and Mrs. Bert Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Nels Bogh. They were en route home to Oakland from Kansas, where they had been visiting her family. They said most of the farm land was under water from the con tinuous rain. One day it rained eight inches. ' - - r - "Don't you big oil U . , companies get P"J together to set prices?" t , s ' ! x ' t The question of gasoline price affects every ' j ' motorist: Standard Oil Company of California re-- ' ' ' " ' ceives some letters along these lines: "When I drive i" r , ' "I downtown, the prices of all the major gasolines seem jj" ( s f I to be about the same. I've heard it said that the major iv X Is oilcompaniesgettogethertosetprices. Isn't this trueV I ' 'J N ( ' The answer is an unqualified NO. Oil com- - t , ' - ' J panies do not get together to set prices, nor do we i s , '"J " in any way set prices by agreement. But we do I 1 V ' j thnk it's in order to tell you about gasoline prices vsi and how they're arrived at: wi hJ Jterak T'f Siti f These imaginary exam- - d3X3Ljifc&V Suppose a gas dealer were forced to pies of set-pric- e policy sell at 2c a gallon more than his neigh- - show what any gas seller is When you shop you find not bors. Business would soon pass him by. actually up against. He only gas but many products of Or suppose he had to sell for 2c a gallon must sell for enough to the same kind and about the less, still giving full quality and service. cover his costs and make a same quality priced about As his competitors cut price to hold cus- - living, yet if he charges too alike. Prices just naturally tomers, his income falls. In time he much he'll drive business tend to even up. Here's why would go broke. away. It's as simple as that. i:lil('f Lr f " Theresult:betterproducts ' at low cost, the benefit you At Chevron Gas Stations the oper-- always get when free com- - ators are completely independent. They petition is allowed to work. We "set prices" only at sta- - make up their own minds about price. Note this: aside from taxes, tions we own and operate You occasionally see a range of gasoline and in spite of inflation, Standard Stations, Inc. Ex- - prices for the same or different brands gasoline today costs about 4 perience shows what to charge in a single area, until competition finally what it did in 1919, yet two to cover cost of product and forces the prices of similar products and gallons now do the work service, yet sell in competition. services back to a common level. that required three then. I'd Like to Know . . . Many people write to Standard asking pertinent questions about the Company. We answer all letters individually, but some points seem of general interest. 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See us for oil Biters, service parts and maintenance suggestions. We want you to get full returns from the "workingest tractor in the country. Vh;NNDToNMAEl PIUS-CHALMER- S HOUR NBC Every V SALtS AND SfVCt Saturday. VODAK TRACTOR & SERVICE mmamm Visiting Carol Dawn Sorenson this week from Orem are her fri-ends, Ha Jean MacDonald and Shar lene Peacock. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dalton, Jr., spent last week in the Cedar City mountains on a vacation. 40 YEARS AGO . . . From the Files.... From the March 23, 19H issue: ENTERPRISING LEAMINGTON The town of Leamington an the northern border of Millard County is situated in a small but fertile valley of the winding Sevier River. It is surrounded on the north, east, and south by the Wasatch range which is noted for its rich mineral deposits of gold, silver, copper and lead. Away to the west across the level plain are the Drum or Saw-tooth mountains, as they are com-monly called. Leamington was first settled in 1873 by John.W. Radford, Edward Morgan, O. C. Jensen and the s, father and two sons, also Christian Overson, but the latter did not locate here permanently until 1881. A few cattlemen and sheepmen were located in the val-ley, and for a few years there was a rough element among the sett-- ! lers and disturbances and theft were frequent but that element finally disappeared. For the first few years the soil would not give the yield expected, due mainly to lack of sufficient moisture. But when the canal was built in 1884-- the settlers began to prosper and have done so ever since. Lars Nielson presided over the branch from 1874 until the ward was organized In 1884. He then became bishop with W. A. Walker and B. P. Textorius as his council-lors. He remained bishop until 1901 when the present incumbent, R. B. Ashby was elected. The railroad was built through the valley in 1879 and a new era. of Prosperity dawned. George Mor-rison and Christian Overson began shipping large quantities of Cedar posts, timber and charcoal. They received part cash and part store goods in payment. This was the first time cash and store goods became plentiful. In 1875 the Ibex Mining Com-pany built a smelter at the point of the mountain northeast of the settlement, but for some reason it run only seven months and then closed down. It was perhaps Just as well for Leamington as the element working at the smelter were not very desirable citizens. The old settlers tell o'f some thrilling experiences in those early days, and their descendents hardly realize the hardships they passed through in building up the town and making a living. Where in early days there were only a few acres under cultivation today there are 1600 acres yielding abundant crops and with an ample and per-petual water supply. Samuel Mclntyre alone has 1000 acres mostly in alfalfa. Where in early days they had to travel by team and the mail by stage, we now have an excellent railroad ser vice and telegraph and telephone communication with the whole wor Id. The early settlers dealt in nic-kels where we deal in dollars and nearly every citizen has a check book and a bank account. In early days the town was a collection of shacks, today it is a town o comfortable brick and frame houses, embowered in or-chards and gardens with two sto-res, a blacksmith shop, fine school house and meeting house, and sev-eral hundred prosperous and con-tented people. The town extends along the river bottom for a dis-tance of six miles - - the longest town in the county. The farms ar-ound Leamington have produced this year about 6,400 tons of hay worth $12 a ton. Also 75,000 lbs. of alfalfa seed worth 14c per lb. The farmers have also shipped in-numerable cattle and horses. So much for the past and pres-ent. The future possibilities are unlimited. Southwest of Leaming-ton are thousands of acres of fer-tile land only waiting the building of a canal to put it under cultiva-tion and make prosperous homes for hundreds of farmers. Alma Harder Mr. and Mrs. Ward Moody and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Moody, and five oldest children, and Mrs. Vaughn Moody and children of San Jose, Cal., who have been vis-iting in Delta left Sunday for Lake Tahoe for a short vacation. A group of friends that get to-gether often met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Robison last Saturday evening Tor a dinner par-ty. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nickle, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nickle, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Step-henson, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Bunker, Mr. and Mrs. Thurmon Moody, Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Christensen, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Schlappi, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyman, and Mr. and Mrs. Jan Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Wright and daughter, Barbara Morgan went to Salt Lake City Wednesday for a few days. |