s —————— ) ~- Peo Ss of the Past ee ee of Utah Daughters The one of receive will Pioneers only three specially made half-bushel standard U.S. measuring ‘‘pots.” | brass polished A highly -manu, standard measuring. factured in 1842 by the U.S. government, will be presented to DUP officials Monday by E. C. Westwood, city sealer of weights and Public Safety measures, and Commissioner eee 9 James L. Barker Jr. The 126-year old pot came in a solid oak case, Mr. Westwood said. “T was given the measuring standard when I was in WashD.C., ington, in 1954 visiting federal weights and measures ‘The Salt Lake Tribune, the bushel, peck and pound.” -Mr. Westwood said he felt the DUP should add it to its historical items because the pot has been on display at many places the last few years, The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 37 strong, dedicated a marker Saturday at the sight of the old town of Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon. A busload of the ladies rode up the canyon to present the bronze .marker to Robert Travis, the president of the Alta Historical society, which provided a granite base for it. The marker was planted at the nend of the oiled road in the upper parking lot. The market is headed ‘Alta — Silver to Ski,’’ and it recounts some of the history of the old mining town. “Discovery of silver ore in early 1860s led to the settlement of Alta,” notes the ~~ -~ ~ “More And Better Pioneer The speaker was Dr. David E. Miller of the University of Utah history department. “The DUP has inherited that noble heritage and has a tremendous responsibility to it,” he said. . He told an audience of sevmembers eral hundred DUP from across the nation meeting in Hotel Utah that one way they can live up to this rerecording is by sponsibility as well oe ee ee ne = as preserve pioneer relics and place markers at historic sites. Just off the press is the DUP’s latest _ publication, Volume 15 of “Our Pioneer Heritage.” One of the morning speakers, Dr. Russell R. Rich of Brigham Young University, will discuss the need for thorough research in publishing histories. Mrs. Carter reported that _ work is progressing on the Carriage House being built at the rear of the Pioneer Museum, 300 N. Main. Work started in July and the twostory building is expected to be completed by April, 1973. The Pioneer. structure wagons, will house carriages, handcarts, sleighs and other items too large for the present museum. anaes Mrs. Carter will give her an- Elite Group, DUP Meet Hears produced, and the Mormon Pio- Mrs. Kate B. Carter, president, said the orGanization’s purpose is to gather and pubhistories, Utah Pioneers neer was the elite of this category,” delegates to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers convention were told Saturday. Histories” will be the theme of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers national convention Saturday at the Hotel Utah. lish pioneer — = “Pioneers were the highest has quality people America im. their history. He DUP praised the work has done to date, the and especially commended the efforts of DUP president Kate B. Carter in the field of writing. Dr. Miller said the nature of nate vee DUP officers, Kate B. Carter, Moneta S. Baker, Geneve W. Pingree, check progress of new Carriage House as national DUP conventiion nears. nual president’s message at the morning session of the convention, which convenes at 9:30 am. in the Lafayette Ballroom. Beulah Spencer’ first vice president, will report on the DUP as a history publishing organization, and Moneta S. Baker will. give the progress report on the Carriage House. Wendell historical writing I is such become He encouraged the DUP to see that its works are well written, because its books will honor a eorganization, the haunt __nendins unon_theirmerit, DUP members who attend — that written part of the words writer. ing director of external com- ‘the morning session will be elmunication for the Church of igible to take the afternoon bus tour of Utah Lake at Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be guest speaker at 2p.m. the noon luncheon in the J. Ashton, manag- _ _ Empire Room. ee: nS : ‘, At Old Alta Town Site Ack GCIPGR easur126-year-old Polishing » is Bette L.Stanton. i e + 24, 1971 DUP Dedicates Marker officials,” said Mr. Westwood. “One of the original standards was made in 1836 at the time established the government Sunday, Octo - 25, 1968 The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, February | IA - ¥6C tn : mS ern nnen nnn « ) ; marker, population ‘‘which of attained 5,000, a with Stores, hotels, three breweries, six sawmills, one news- paper and a mule-drawn railroad.” The original town, slightly south of the marker site, was twice destroyed by fire and | avalanche. The marker points out Boot Hill, where lie 110 | gunfight victims and 140 snowslide victims; and the Emma Mine entrance, located in 1868 by Woodman, Chis- holm, Woodhull and Reich. “Ski resorts pioneered by George Watson, who donated his mining claim to the U.S. Forest Service. Alta now world famous for its powder Snow Skiing,’’ it’says.