20 Apr 1933
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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1933
Page
1
Squirrels were targeted with mixed bait arriving from Pocatello Idaho and will be distributed via the local feed store this year. Last year the bait killed many squirrels per pound, making it a profitable investment. tests show 22 squirrels per acre on a 40 acre farm consume feed equivalent to 40 sheep.
Dan K. Conway 48 managing editor died from injuries after a Saturday night crash five miles south of St. George. Frank Haddock for two weeks linotype operator suffered a broken shoulder and head injuries but was able to aid in recovery efforts. both were enroute to Boulder City Nevada when a tire blew out and the car rolled three times. Conway pinned beneath the wreck with a bow fragment entering groin and piercing bladder kidneys and abdomen. Haddock regained consciousness enough to guide passing motorists to aid at St. George hospital. Conway, born in Canada, had worked on Montana papers then Los Angeles publicity before St. George purchase. Simpson ill since arrival. former owner William H. Wallis helping. Conway is believed to leave a widow and two daughters in Great Falls Montana.
J Cecil Alter director of the U S Weather Bureau for Utah spent Thursday in Milford with Mrs Alter. He is a Utah State Historical commission member on a unpaid budget balancing break and is studying newspaper file keeping to improve small town papers.
Milford High School led a strong turnout at the Branch Agricultural College event with multiple placements. Parowan High School seized the cup by finishing first in total points and claimed several sport and judging titles across stock and crop contests, music, and performance categories.
Arthur Meecham 25 lies in Ely hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the liver from an accidental discharge by his 16 year old brother Phillip during a hunting trip near Ely. Phillip placed the rifle on safe and it fired when he raised it. Arthur hobbled three miles for help and remains hospitalized.
Commander in Chief Admiral Robert E. Coontz says the Veterans of Foreign Wars will continue to fight for veterans legislation approved at the 1932 Sacramento encampment. He urges calm and faith in final justice while the organization maintains its drive to aid disabled veterans, widows, and orphans and secure benefits for those handicapped.
Four Beaver people were injured Saturday afternoon when the team belonging to Thomas Watters ran away with a wagon on the main highway in north Beaver. Glen Willison suffered a compound fracture of the left arm and a sprained right arm, his mother Marie Willison sustained a injured nose and cuts, Mr. Watters had two broken ribs and cuts and bruises, and his son Lorin age 10 bore a deep forehead gash. S. G. Cole, though aged, was reported well after a mining visit Wednesday.
Easter Sunday brings Mr and Mrs H A Stahl to Black Rock. Visitors include Miss Ruth Missex and Alice White of Bingham. Mr and Mrs Claude Morris return from Morris corrals at Newhouse. Herschel Weice and Wiley Myers visit from Salt Lake City. Mr and Mrs Karl S Carlton back from St George. Mae Labrum returns to Black Rock after visiting C F Decker. County Clerk and Mrs W A Miller of Besver enjoy Master Sunday with locals. Pearl Morrell takes over a boarding house near the King David shaft. G T Fitzgerald Lula Peterson and H T Hanks travel to Las Vegas and Boulder Dam. The King David drum shaft reaches 430 feet with copper stains seen. Mrs Merrill Miller and son Walter and Miss Benii James visit from Black Rock. attend M E church. Past Noble Grand club meets in Odd Fellows hall with a hot lunch. Milford sends 102 students to Cedar City for high school day, with strong, low-cost turnout. BE Willard and son Earl visit from Anaheim before Provo, joined by B G Clay of Burbank. W F Gohlke and family of San Bernardino stay with L A Wynaught. Gohlke a Union Pacific locomotive engineer. State Senator George Jefferson and Ted Kronholm travel to Richfield for Telluride Power rate hearing, with K G Link and C T Martin among attendees. Milford volunteers battle fire at Reuben Jones farm, stopping spread despite wind. fire reported by South Milford.
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