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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1956
Page
2
May 6 to May 12 marks Soil Conservation Week as American landowners pursue conservation farming for both material gains and a developing moral imperative. Leaders on district boards, technicians, and ministers frame soil care as a divine trust, stressing long term benefits and personal sacrifice over salaries.
John H. Pendleton asks Parowan City Administration to divide the town into districts, foster leadership, and promote a long term streets and sidewalks program. He cites past tree planting and urges a city nursery, before and after photos, and standards to guide property improvements. He postpones parking discussion for a future editor's article.
Chamber chatter notes a dramatic river incident and quotes local figures on faith and farming. It highlights Dairy industry benefits including 15 jobs at Southern Utah Dairy, bi monthly checks, and surplus grain market support, urging farmers to consider dairy for steady income amid low prices.
Two million walleyed pike eggs are being hatched at Utah's Scott Avenue Hatchery in Salt Lake City for stocking in Utah Lake Yuba Otter Creek Borham and Minersville reservoirs and the lower Sevier River drainage. The fish have been stocked in these waters multiple times in the past five years.
Letters from 16 states arrived at Utah Fish and Game offices at over three per day, totaling 96 nonresident inquiries in the past 30 days. Spokesman notes peak interest in July through September, mainly about the fall deer seasons. License records show 246,145 nonresident hunters and fishers, with 15,175 deer licenses sold in 1956.
The department of fish and game outlines a program to establish game fish in unproductive trout areas. Plantings of walleyes continue to test spawning stock buildup in biologically intermediate waters. Records show walleyes now in at least two still waters, Utah Lake and Yuba Reservoir.
A special meeting for officers and committee chairmen of the Parowan Chamber of Commerce is set for Friday night at 8 p.m. in the Court Room of the Iron County Court House. All officers and chairmen are urged to attend.
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