Show 1000 LOADS OR BUST immense turnout of men and teams on gravel day 7 4 M r scene on north main street near public school building budding photo by john P orton is I 1 it 1 ZI 1 scene at one of the gravel pt pits photo by john P F orton one of the most moat enthusiastic crowds of men that has ever been out together was waa that which showed up on main street last wednes day to haul gravel each man worked energetically and earnestly the whole day through and every man was filled with a spirit of jollity and determination at 8 the men and teams beame began to arrive with large loads of gravel and were spurred on by the sight of a large banner stretched across the street near the parowan carowan coop co op which hore bore the words 1000 loads or bust every man who caught sight of this banner became energetic at once and began to shovel gravel tor for all that was in him soon after 8 a 0 clock the total number of teams that were on the job was 75 sad and to keep them going it took men at the gravel beds with shovels and sc rappers with no time to loaf and it kept the mayor mavor and members of the council busy directing the proper distribution of the gravel and the official tally man was kept constant ly on the jump to keep count of the loads as they rolled in at the close of the day the count of loads showed 1061 had been haul ea and spread on main street from the li liman man corner to three blocks and half north entirely covering the street from curb to curo curn besides filling up many low places in other parts of the town and putting many loads on cross cros walks elks at the pits the me men n wr worked kd constantly on and rapidly and ih the lea teams come came in so an rapidly the be men on he had to speed up astall at all times lornes ile several al times time the loading of a wagon was timed and the record tune time made was one load of about 60 hundred pounds in 55 seconds second the times offered a prize of a two years subscription to the man who hauled the greatest number of loads and M M decker won he having hauled 28 loads in less then than 8 hours mr air decker ata oo on the go from start to a finish as was every one else but it seeps seems that he was just a triffle fast faster erkhart than the others winning inning the contest by three or four loads mayor bayles and the city council were highly pleased at the work done by the tati citizens zenit as are the men themselves it is our or candid did belief that carowan parowan holds hold th the e championship for gravel hauling 1061 loads in less than eight hours hour can any other town in southern utah show as all good a re curd |