Despite a dry and warm March, irrigation water storage prospects in Franklin County should be adequate based on normal precipitation in the next four months.

The Montpelier Ranger District is seeking public input on a proposal to relocate fencing around Willow Flat Campground and camping areas in Hillyard Canyon.

Seventeen young ladies will be participating in the Franklin County Junior Miss Program at the high school auditorium. With a variety of talent the evening promises to be entertaining. The program is sponsored by Farm Bureau and is directed by Julie Smith and Vickie Henderson as co-chairmen.

A billboard has been on display at Fourth West and Oneida, featuring students from West Side High School’s art class. The sign, designed by Cheryl Savella’s art class was part of a national campaign where high school students participate in Youth Art Month. The purpose of the sign, which features photos of the art students, is to get people in the community interested in the arts through music, singing, dance or visual art.

50 Years Ago, April 11, 1974Two of the biggest slides in the history of the 55-mile long West Cache Canal have blocked the irrigation channel in Riverdale this winter and spring. The first of the two sand slides which cascaded off the edge of the Bear River drainage channel, actually blocked Bear River for a period of about two hours. The second in the series of expensive landslides occurred near the Meek ranch section of Riverdale.

Gilbert’s Auto Repair of Fairview emerged the champion of an eight-team “outlaw” basketball tournament held in the Preston High School gymnasium last week. Led by all-tourney team members, Dave Nielsen, former Sky View High School standout, and Jan Hall, Gilbert’s team defeated Kelly’s American of Lewiston, 68 — 47, in the title game.

Paul Jeppesen, head coach at West Side School, submitted his resignation recently to take the head basketball coaching position at Bear River High School in Tremonton. Jeppesen has piloted the Pirates to two district football titles and two district basketball championships during his three-year tenure.

Preston City and the surrounding area will stage a clean-up, fix-up and paint-up campaign next week. City and county officials have agreed on the dates and crews will coordinate efforts to help in the massive effort. Doug Webb, executive secretary of the Area Chamber of Commerce said Preston City residents are encouraged to set their trash at curbside for a sweeping pickup Saturday, April 20. On Friday Preston school will close for a half day to allow students to assist in park and curbside cleanup.

75 Years Ago, April 14, 1949West Side class A school district is finishing plans for construction of its new high school unit and expects to open the project to bids within the near future. According to Reed G. Anderson, superintendent, Karl and Wesley Schaub, Logan architects, have plans almost completed and expect to

meet with the Idaho state board of education at Boise to obtain final approval on the building..Some landscaping already has been done at the chosen site for the school. This site is at Dayton where 14 acres will be utilized for the school grounds.

With the induction of 52 new members into the Utah Power and Light company’s veterans’ club, more than one-third of the concern’s employees have been on the job for UP&L 20 years or more.

A quarter-horsepower electric motor will do as much work in a day as the average farm hand, recent tests of Westinghouse Electric corporation discloses. Ken’s Electric Co., the Westinghouse farm dealer, said tests reveal that on a nickel’s worth of electric power a quarter-horse-power motor will pump 400 pails of water, shell 20 bushels of corn, milk 20 cows, or cool 25 gallons of milk.

Miss Connie Viehweg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lott Viehweg of Clifton, a senior student at West Side high school, won first place with a superior rating in original oratory against 25 other students from all over the state for honors in the state declamation meet held in Boise. Miss Viehweg’s oration was entitled “Peace at What Cost?”

100 Years Ago, April 9, 1924The American nation, reputed to be the richest in the world, is worth $320,803,862,000 the department of commerce reported Monday. In ten years between Dec. 31, 1912 and Dec. 31, 1922, when the last survey was made, the national wealth increased 72.2 per cent.

The Chautauqua is scheduled to be in Franklin County June 20th. Please make note of the date and let no other community event stand in your way of making this year’s Chautauqua the greatest possible success. They hope to give such a program and service this year as will give the word Chautauqua new significance to our community.

Rearing of chickens is a most difficult problem. Unfortunately many people seem to think that when chicks are hatched in an incubator the worst of the work is over. Such, however, is not the case. With a first-class incubator, good hatches are comparatively easy and sure, but rearing the chicks is more difficult. Besides proper feeding and care, the right kind of brooding is necessary. That means that plenty of warmth, plenty of circulation of pure air so that foul air does not collect under the hover and poison the chicks, is absolutely necessary.