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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1934
Page
4
Local notice reports a classified matter involving the Parowan Post Office and the Parowan Times printing office. Limited legible details indicate a dispute or arrangement tied to mail matter classifications and local operations.
An Industrial News editorial argues fire prevention lowers overall costs by shifting the tax burden from post fire taxes to proactive safety. It highlights indirect losses from fires, urging property owners to fund prevention to keep taxes and insurance down and protect town progress.
The article notes ocean depths such as 12 590 feet and 27 872 feet and records the Dewey dry dock voyage from Chesapeake Bay to the Philippines in 150 days 9 hours. It discusses Navy personnel discharge rules and typhoid prophylaxis as well as a pennant win by the U S Pennsylvania during wartime, with Red Sox players serving aboard.
County commissioners halt charity patient admissions as hospital funds are exhausted. Auditor backs the limit on indigent care amid rising demands and unpaid notes, while the public’s overuse of the hospital is cited as the root of the crisis. The Navy and World War I notes follow, listing Smiths serving and George Bancroft’s naval career.
Tarén Pearson argues the Roosevelt administration will be seen as a great money ruler. He contrasts the New Deal spending with World War I totals and claims war spending funded death and destruction. He promotes construction projects as a wiser policy with broad public benefit.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for posts including Junior and Principal Agricultural Economists, Agricultural and Industrial Economists, and related roles in agencies such as the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaries range from 1 680 to 5 600 dollars yearly, with deductions for economy and retirement. Full details from C. Dix, Secretary, at Cedar City post office.
William T. Davenport sues Joseph J. Jones Susan L Montague and others in the Fifth Judicial District of Utah to quiet title to Let Four in Block Four of Plat C Paragonah Town Survey Section 32 Township 33 South Ranger West Salt Lake Meridian containing about 0.9 acre. The state is summoned to appear within 20 days if served in county or 30 days otherwise. Morris & Matibson represents Davenport with address in Cedar City.
Legal notices record a sheriff's sale in Iron County Utah on June 6 1934 for land in Black Eighton and adjacent town survey with water rights and improvements. Also a Department of the Interior land lease notice designating Utah lease unit 1129 with terms 15 cents per ton royalty 1000 minimum investment and 500 tons annual production, with protest deadline June 28 1934.
The State Engineer in Salt Lake City Utah announces Joseph E Lister has filed for 0 01 cubic feet per second of water from an unnamed spring in West Fork of West Cottonwood Canyon Wash to water 450 cattle and 19 20 horses. Filing No 11434. Public comment due within 40 days after publication. Date first June 15 1934.
Notice to creditors of Martha Williamson estate in Iron County Utah. Creditors must file claims with vouchers to administrator Frank Williamson by July 27, 1934. Claims may be mailed or delivered to the administrator’s Paragonah residence. May 19 1931. Morris Matheson attorneys Cedar City Parowan Utah.
In Iron County Utah Sheriff Lewis Fife will sell at public sale on July 2 1934 at noon the property described as the west half of the southeast quarter of section 21 and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 28 township 35 south range 16 west Salt Lake meridian at the front door of the County Courthouse Parowan City Iron County Utah.
Public auction set for June 25 1933 at the front of Iron County Courthouse Parowan Utah. Vehicle owned by Erving Helmus Philadelphia Pa to satisfy a $50 labor and materials claim by LeGrande Pendieton Cedar City Utah dated August 1923. Sheriff Lewis I Fife Iron County with Deputy W M Dalton. Dated June 18 1934. Mining location notices for sale at the Times office.
Extension Service specialists visit Five Mile Forest Camp Ground Parowan for a Future Farmers of America celebration with lecture and demonstration on crops food supply and home beautification. AAA allows contracted wheat and cornhog acres to be used for forage for livestock. Government and state shipments bring poison grasshopper bait to Parowan areas for early morning application to curb advancing infestations.
County Agent for Lou Turther explains ads for Steinway and other pianos band instruments and music supplies. Contact Mrs Beth Leigh at Cedar City by telephone 173. Wanted one hundred feet or more of used galvanized water pipe to dispose of at a fair price. Leave word at the Times office. The Times subscription rate is $2.03 per year.
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