| Show highlights HIGH LIGHTS I 1 OF THE PAST YEAR january 1 john D bottino I 1 net let ti mrshall and aud for many yea a rui cr of tle the company store at latuda died at the family home at helper fol following loning a brief the budget for carbon county for the lie year 1031 1931 was placed at by the county commissioners january 2 robert birker 19 of was fatally injured in a automobile accident maw years ne cie han he crawled to the side of the car while in notion motion and the wet of the car accidentally col idad aided with another cir died in the city hospital january 12 the belr Me relan ile do and produce at helper aas totally destroyed destro ed by fire of un cinowa origin broke out early in the morning and hod practically ci es troyed the entire structure before 1 the lie alarm was turned in LOBI logo was at Ji and ana wai was not covered by insurance januar january 12 brigham dently of was instantly killed in A nine mine accident in Co colombia lambla when I 1 e was knocked under a loaded car ni ad run our this was the first mine fatality of the year january 16 carl Gund gunders ets 28 tot his ex wife at her home in price following an estrangement and ahen turned the gun on himself hoth both mr and mrs gunderson were fatally injured january 17 mo than knights of columbus Colun bus from all parti parts nf of the th state attended the fi cation of the second and third decrees rees of knight knights of columbus Colun bus at ericc irce janvar january 17 baptiste flaim hel cr hotel man died at his boat home in hairo following an et extended ended illness january 18 county attorney walter C bease booke over radio tation in a speech advertising barbon county count male possible by t abc h e national ati oual building and loan t lop january IS 18 dempsey bigney rigney 33 I 1 wis fatally injured when hot bough through tho the neck neek by special deputy sheriff jesse nals nelson ibn of em fry ory county while raid fy ly carlon carton and emery county author ties the tile shooting took place at an isolated farm arbon and died later at the city hospital while nelson was ib of blame in the killing january januar 19 A 17 clyde was named president dento athe carbon a ty fair board january 19 tour four prisoners in the carbon county jail escaped early monday morning by fashioning a crude key from a spoon tte the es e men were fred bocoat be angio jaime dewey shepperd Sher pera and henry fleary palmer january 24 0 11 madsen delivered address oer mer radio ad carbon county january 26 orson J hyde utah manager of the mountain baates telephone A delepho re company was a guest at tie ile weekly chau chamber iber of commerce meeting january 28 two masked bandits held up and robbed the company attore at of 2400 31 carlson store manager was ciuti ci uti ly beaten by tie bandit bandits who es c january januar 29 ark began on a senoir intended int to hold bold storage water unter for price city supply work sing begun as a me aai of aiding the unemployment situation FEBRUARY february 2 construction ot 0 the highway beewen ato anti ind inti vas uns assured by action if the state road commission february 2 the new ederae building in price was opened nd dedicated without formality the building had been under eon con 41 action for or about six months con ressman ress raan don B colton attended the opening ceremonies february 3 the price city commission set a bond election to deride doride whether or not a gal ion on reservoir for the price city water rater line should bo be built estimated cost was aas preliminary work had I 1 agun before the bond election was set february 5 it was definitely do ciden that he ibe carbon county high school bund would enter the in band contest at grand Ju action the decision was wits later revolted reo ked february 8 sam jensen was kill cd ed and tally evans and glen stev ensen were injured in a mine icci acel dent in the columbia vine february Feb 10 the price chamber of commerce nai nas completing plans for the first annual high school band contest bolice sky head of the music department of the still water oklahoma A and al college anc d to ts le one of the judges I 1 12 1 dan of con turners was instantly killed in hel ile per when by an automobile driben 1 I men by tom jenkins on the corner of main and janet streets jenkins was charged with in vollan tary manslaughter february 17 A W clyde and illiam if jf toy president and score tiry of the price chamber of corn com merce respectively atten lel the an null meeting and banquet of the arnid junction chamber at the lat ter city february 19 gerall geral I 1 van cox three year old son of mr and air mrs 1 1 van cox of price diel die I 1 in the price ll city hospital of burns sustained when the van cox residence was destroyed by fire it wis believed that the boy set the house on fire while playing with mate es when his father and mother were absent from the farm house which was situated several miles south of price february 20 by defeating ca cat the carbon county hi laih h school miners again won the championship of district 12 and the right to enter the round robin tournament to determine the entrant from this part of the state to participate in the state bourna ment february 24 0 P madsen an bounced the discovery disco iery of considerable deposits of strontium in carbon coety the exact location of the deposits was not divulged strontium is s a compa comparatively valuable metal aued in the manufacture of fire works and gun powder MARCH march larch 3 martin Mil lanch cb 26 was instantly killed in ili t t nun min acel dent in the baring canyon mine when lie was crushed between a run auay abay mine car and a wall in lit the mine march 5 announcement was made that the price chamber of commerce wl the annual fard ford and garden arden contest in price march 5 carbon basketball team non the first game of the round robin tournament at vernal by de feli ting roosevelt 30 29 march 10 mrs emma santeel San Sant tchi ehl wife of former county commissioner ragene San tchi died at the family home in price at the age of 71 march 10 several property owners in price met with the count commission to register b complaints against the proposed propos ed revaluation of yin price march 12 the carbon county I 1 high school basketball team won the round robin tournament by defeating vernal 30 29 in the final gime g ame of the series carbon high miners won tho the round robin basketball tournament at vernal for the first time in the history of the school by defeating vernal 29 21 in the final game of the series march 13 lee 23 springville Spring ville wa was genously seriously injured when struck by in automobile driven by b y slim P P wycoff at the inter of muis ua ia etim 4 march IS 15 edward mort men 40 affee cardy cordy salesman was vas fatally in aured in an automobile ficci accident dent in elt march 10 carbon high school eliminated in tho state basketball tournament ft hen they vere were defeated dt by sprite spring alle ahey lost t to logan 19 29 in the consolation flight march 17 judge P E wood woods suffered a it strove of paralysis paral yeii from which ie Is buffered suffered for about two month months march 17 taxpayer taxpayers of price dc do fuated the rater irater boni bond bisue sue by it three to one ute ote ury precinct in the ile city cit i hd against the proposed bond issue march 18 organization of the eastern utah baseball league aas effected at a meeting at price team tennis which willell entered the league were price helper liel perl kenilworth col hiawatha and spring can yon officers chosen were C L leavitt president frank hills la tida vice president sad nd dr 6 it ft bring secretary and treasurer march 10 kulon craudell Cra udall of ille book binder died of injuries receded when his car col aided with a machine drian by lin nr or johnson Toh nion of hiawatha lawatha II on first east and second north streets in price march ID price post xo no 3 amer lean leg legon on conducted funeral gels ies i es for clarence Ro biliett son of mr dr and na ars 11 S Rohl nett of this city who died at jalla ft alia walla washing bil ii march 21 thomas edward 43 b I 1 a nd a rd vi I 1 le miner in ine rp was w as instantly killed in an accident at the stin dardy llie mine march aj 2 P bids were advertised by the state road commission for the road project berwein Cast legate asid march 23 annual tpring spring conference of the L D S church was held at the price tabernacle taberna ete march M I 1 arch 28 instructor instructors of the car cat bon county school district held in statute IB in helper march 27 carbon county horror borror pel pa on tax anticipation notes from the banow goodart company in salt lake march 27 erin leonard was named manager of the price baseball team APRIL april I 1 utah construction corn com pany was awarded the contract tor building the castlegate Cast legate roa real I 1 job their bid was april 2 matt gilmour was woo re elected president of the carbon county country club at a smoker held at the club rooms other cers elected were dr roy robin s son on vice president george warren secretary and treasurer april 4 production of aldry dry ice at the rate of six ton tons a day was begun at the plant at the Farnha mr donle dome april 5 effort wai being mide inide by the chambers of commerce throughout the state to effect the organization of a state chamber of 0 commerce o m aree m april p r i 1 1 7 wallace wayman water commissioner for the price air arct anater conservation Con district report cd ed that the water supply for the year would be approximately 50 per cent below normal april 1011 10 11 the first annual high school band contest was held in price under the sponsorship of the price chamber of commerce bands from 18 schools in utah and colo rado participated in this first musi cil contest of its kind held in the state not under the direction of the state school department carbon carbo la high won high conors in the parade division while west high school of bait balt late lale won high honors in the music rendition department judges of the meet were boheme makovsky of stillwater oklahoma robert bauer of the D Y U and clarence hawkins awkins II 1 of the universia university sit y of utah apri I 1 8 a dormitories of the carr bon high chool were discontinued as aa a result of a decision of the school beard lack of patronage was given is the reason for the discontinues dis discon continua tinus tion april 12 eced reed alums carbon county agli L gh school student won the tribune championship in debating at the local high school april 13 B P IV clubs of east ern utah beld a successful session at price april IS 15 mike bonzac boniac 40 con sinner ner was killed in an in auto erath when his automobile collided with that dren ly by 0 P senior of at the mouth of spanish fork canyon april 17 E J robertson leased le isad the price flying field and opened a filing fling school and flying service april 23 24 scouts of price took their first over overnight night like to hunt ington canyon april 27 the very kev J 3 mitty D D made hia his first official visitation to the price and helper catholic churches april 21 A group of carbon men including robert C clark H V leonard and robert braffitt were granted permission by the state util itice commission to start a bus list ime to run between bait salt lake and th utah colorado state line april 23 2 old timen timers of the coun ty were looking forward to th greatest water shortage in 34 ear ears 2 ss a r ecat n cf ef the th dry 7 practically ao so rain apiag tie tb a espat april 21 cratil Clog clugstone Claget stone one western manager state states chamber clamber tf commerce uns a guest of the price chamber fit at a luncheon april 23 25 finar jolien charged with ith manslaughter in ion lion ah hh the fatal accident march 17 in glitch eulon rulon crandall bf Spring springville ville wai was killed april 27 the track meet for high schools of district M I 1 would be held in price on may ap 2 it wag was announced by school april 28 clayter oscar Lann Lan dian adion war who was it victim of mistaken identity when ho he was as calely accused of the murder ol 01 john in helper resort in 1022 ree elica a cheel from ironi tho the state of utah for WO 1000 for damages sustained stained lu m I 1 lilo ito incarcerated in the carbon county jail 1 MAY alay may L 1 operations began at the asphalt quarry near sunnyside Sunny side howard C means president of the company v lilted briefly lu in arice 1 may 3 the city of price decided to spend for improvements in tho the water gitcin slay 4 carbon county commission took steps toward the organization of A central committee to provide relief to unemployed slay may 2 T G lium of price sing ft as electrocuted sibille working on a transformer of the utah power and light compa y near castl cast cdale ledale slay may 6 the alue of carbon county not including mines and rail roads uns wa fixel at approximately G tOO OOOO by county assessor silis kowley rowley slay may 7 carbon high school ban I 1 left for salt lake to attend the tate state land contest slay majr 10 first baseball game of the year in the eastern utah league was played may 11 organization of the carbon county dental society nas ag effected at a meeting in price dr H D goetzman of price was named president and dr 1 I S 8 ems of price secretary may 12 frank latuda ent mining man mail of utah and founder of the liberty fuel ruel company died at campa california may 12 carbon county commis signers sanctioned to road projects in the county costing approximately A committee was appoint ed to secure rights of ray for the price cat canyon road A job on the scofield Bc ofield road was sane tinned may 15 commencement exer aises were held at the L D 8 labor nacle for 92 graduates of carbon high school the largest graduating class in the history ti abo tion lion may 17 william L ware domes tic tie trade commissioner of the tie L los 0 3 kegeles chamber of commerce visit cd ed the price chamber ma IS price chamber of corn com nerce merce a agreed reed to sponsor the yard and garden contest may 11 airs ermina stocks blise s j wife of deputy william bliss died following a short illness mil 14 kobert robert shultz carbon count surveyor or nas named coal mine inspector by the state in du dustral commission may 20 organic of the state baseball league was effected with five teams entering helper entered a team in the new loop may 21 wool shipments from price were expected to reach a new record tin this year may was begun on the scofield ofield Bc road under the supervision of erin leonard may 23 jolin join turon inmate in the county jail attempted suicide by slashing his wrist wrists with a razor no reason for his action auld aa be learned may nay 22 billie elli ellis 12 ion eon ol 01 mr and mrs claries charles ellis of spring glen was idled when struck strack by an all automobile driven by jack sullivan of helper on t the he highway was absolved absolve 3 of blame for the fatal mishap may 23 25 american legion announced their junior leagui base ball program clark was named supervisor of the boys way 28 american legion wa wits preparing pre to conduct memorial day jun june 5 approximately 2000 1000 1 elk like from all parti parts of tl if 0 state from all part parts of the state assem bled in price for the state conven lion june I glenry one ant glen olen harmon prominent irico price attorney left lice to establish law offices in ban son Fron francis elsel A farewell party wal was given by the carbon bar association june 2 post office clerks of the state decided to hold the 1031 1931 con antion ent loii in price june jane 7 L improvement improvements 11 the price ity city water system were corn com at an approximate cost of june 10 carbon county tennis league wae was organized with four team teams entering june 8 0 knight of pythias of the lie state convened in price in iho I 1 he annual state conven lIan 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