Show ilk bu channe chessie coilty n t imir y presented n afi fad 0 to state A 00 officials y bials day daar draws large CAL V to revelt tuesday governor blood talks to high school students in roosevelt chapel state officials outline progress made and future plans da ns for basin from early morning until late tuesday evenin evening citizens of duchesne county were th thrashing out the problems that confront basin folks they talked among themselves with county officials with governor henry H blood and state officials in an endeavor to take an inventory of land soil and water conditions in an attempt to find out what can be done to make living conditions safer and more secure for the residents of duchesne county governor blood and state officials showed their interest in the welfare of the county by attending the meetings and spending the entire day listening to the discussion and talking to the people chairman dan mitchell called a ane rine eting of the various committees outlining the main problems problem for presentation at 10 tuesday morning the program tor for the afternoon was planned ind and the speakers announced during ili the meeting governor blood arrived A committee consists con consisting sisti ng of senator hyrum calder and mayor heber T hall was appointed to receive and entertain the governor until time for the hearing after lunching with the reception dept 1 oil committee governor blood went to the roosevelt ward chapel he rad addressed dressed four hundred high school students who had marched in orderly file from the high school and assembled in the hall As the men and women of tomorrow governor blood told them thein the responsibilities ties of the country tall fall on your s shoulders hould ers it is up to you to prepare to carry on the duties and functions of your state we are here to help you in that preparation with an excellent talk of encouragement the governor thrilled the students alio at 2 returned to their lessons at the school over citizens of duchesne county gathered in the roosevelt ward hall at 2 p in to hear the presentation tation and discussion ot of county problems to governor blood and state officials gathered on oil a very patriotically decorah ed ad stage brightened with american flags flowers and ferns were governor blood and various state and federal officials including K N C wright and W B hammomd I 1 of 0 the state road commission david S smith state commissioner of agriculture T 11 humph ices state engineer E 0 larsen larsell engineer in charge of reclamation la service poi vice for utah wm peterson state AAA director E 0 stott state resettlement resettle men director george S glen regional manager of the federal credit administration and judge chambers of the same organization also seated on oil the stage were county officials and committeemen ready with their speeches tor for the governor purpose of meeting to discuss problems the meeting was calel to by daniel F Al mitchell itchell chairman of arrangements who wel omed the governor visiting ot of and citizens of duchesne county ile he explained the purpose of calling the meeting and expressed his appreciation to the governor and officials tor for their time and interest in attending lie ile then called on the first speaker of the day ray E Dl ilman who outlined the program tor the afternoon and presented tho the ave I 1 subjects that would be discussed they were water storage rehabilitation county finances the matter of livestock and the range and roads he told visiting officials and county citizens ns that the purpose of the meeting was not to make flowery speeches or to the condition of the county before state executives or even to sympathize with ourselves ile he told the assembly that the morale of the basin people was at ebb and they needed to know where they stood A sober deliberate discussion of county problems will be presented to you for your careful intelligent analysis in the hope that you might be able to offer to us some bo solution lution to our difficulties I 1 sir I 1 r dillman said in discussing discuss ng county Y finances bances nances he be said the burden must be moved and placed where it can properly be carried county indebtedness arthur goodrich county clerk was called on to give a statement of the financial condition of the county who presented a long iong list of debts and said in the past few years the county has been spending more than it takes in in order to operate he said tho county has a bonded indebtedness of they owe on the county poor house they have been defaulting on all interest payments they ato behind on supply bills on salaries have borrowed n wed from the county general fund and from roosevelt city funds the financial condition ho announced as very serious fred ferron president of the As associated civic clubs of eastern utah then spoke on the roads this meeting lie he said Is hardly the place to discuss roads roada itis it Is a county meeting sor lor county problems he asked one question of the road officials will the uintah basin get what was promised in the way of loads schools explaining how the schools can run when the county Is tn in such a bad financial condition superintendent reuben D law haul that bat only 24 per cent of the vital amount required to operate county schools came from county funds tun 1 I s last year the county paid the equalization fund which la is money coming from other a counties and the state money from the smith sinith hughes fund etc amounted to indian service paid 2000 and the FERA this enabled the school to continue nearly nine months ho said the ver iper capita rost cost of a student in duchesne county is over 2000 less than in most other counties thus to compete with other places in the state more money must be secured tor for school in duchesne county he mentioned the grant from the indian service for build ings inge which he be said will greatly help tho the building program and he also paid agh respects to the wise wase and prudent school board who control Duc duchesne besne county school affairs in that they are able to keep the school going and d decrease acre ase the bonded indebtedness ot of the school when county 11 nances bances are ara in such a condition small reservoirs and canals creed byron 0 colton water corn com continued on re page go f ivi five GOVERNORS DAY IN ROOSEVELT continued from page one iniss missioner ioner tor for the uintah basin j was the next speaker ile he told the audience that the people of the uintah basin had come to a crossroads and that full information was necessary beffie another attempt was made to rebuild these lands A vision of security must be caught by the people of this country in order to make it worthwhile to remain here mr colton gave star statistical information concerning the number of acre feet of water available over the last period of years explained what measures have bave been taken to store water and what measures are now being planned ile he strongly advocated the building of small reservoirs and canals over the entire basin saying we recommend for present approval the moon lake program with related canals and the construction of 01 the reservoir and urge the extension of the duchesne feeder canal to uintah river lands under the bench and henry jim canals we recommend the completion of the montez creek lake atwood and pala paia dise park reservoirs also the construction of the other mountain reservoirs under water filings and which can be shown to be valuable additions to our supplementary tary water supply such as chapeta Che peta whiterocks cliff lakes on the whiterocks and timothy lakes as well as others on the yel low stone we urge that this program be sustained as tar far as possible under the set up and other governmental agencies which are planned to provide make work projects so as to lighten the repayment burden as much as possible wo we feel th that t the duchesne and yellowstone canals are particularly applicable to the setup furnished under the U S reclamation service also the blue bench and john star projects could be handled by the mr air colton stressed the use of the for irrigation and water storage projects rather than lor for forests and roads work A A proper balance should be struck upon the supply used and the lands on which it is used it should only be used on oil good land and the other land should be retired back into the public domain mr colton urged a definite plan be formulated and then every possible step be taken to put over tho the best part of the pr program that will benefit the greatest number of people plan for rehabilitation K E W crocker presented a plan for rehabilitation and said that thai perhaps in this section more than any other section relocation was necessary in order to remove the fai tanners from lands ile he outlined a dogram which consisted of 0 a comprehensive study of soil boll and water conditions or the county to determine the and suitability of resettlement the second step was the planning of 10 to 40 acre farms tor for farmers and the third the building of community canneries creameries crea meries merles and markets to handle the distribution of tarm farm products and eving people jobs in the construction and management of those these with enough salary to get them started in their now new places under the plan the marginal lands and grazing lands would be withdrawn and turned back into the public domain it also included the building ot of houses acco according iding to federal plans but in them to use local materials and local labor the problem of 0 the range was presented by horace L allred who said that this was primarily pil marily a stock raising country and that the count rys greatest revenue lay in sheep and cattle yet ho he said people of duchesne Du chesno county cannot use the range because it is all taken by outsiders two or three large concerns have iDer mits covering the greater part of 0 the range land in the county in ashley forest there are permits granted while in any other forest this size in the state there are around this shows that a few large concerns control this range this range must be used by the people of the county it if they are to got get results said mr air allred ray kay 13 dillman then summarized the various problems that were arc presented dented urging the use ot of the camps in reclamation work and the restoring of the camp at altonah alzonah to build the h yellowstone Yellows tono canal lie he askel asked t tor or e consideration on the range roads oad and nontaxable non taxable indian 1 lands and again stressed the county indebtedness and tho the need tor for a work ing plan state officials outline work done and future plans dantel daniel F mitchell itchell Jl thou then introduced trod governor Gov einor blood who that he had bad listen listened ed car carefully ebald to the problems and that although they would have to be worked over before a solution could be presented suggested that a committee be appointed from the county and the a tate state to investigate the tax situation and other problems reports would then be submitted to him and some action taken ile he called on the var various lous officials visiting to give reports K C wright announced that everything that was promised uintah basin roads would be given them and that before winter got under way wary work would begin on the road between fort duchesne and the halfway half way hollow between fruit land and duchesse Du cheshe and between myton and roosevelt governor blood spoke on the school system complimenting the school board boand members for the work and expressed his hope and desire to keep the excellent system in operation era tion mr humphreys state engineer stated that survey and investigation work tor for reservoirs and canals had been carried on here more than any county of 0 the state ile he said that if money was available they hoped to go on investigating and building E 0 stott of the resettlement administration said that tour four projects were already under way tor for the uintah basin although has yet no noticing tIrIng had been definitely approved ile he said investigation and survey work was getting under way in the basin mr air peterson AAA representative said that this county was overrated both in soil and water conditions when entries were made mace lie he told the people that it the land they were riving on was not good to have enough courage to 0 o leave it and start again the resettlement administration will of course help with this david A smith discussed the decline in agriculture products and george glen told of odthe the seed and teed feed loans that have been made in the county and that they hey are being repaid as rapidly as they should be committee to investigate conditions and remedies Suez suggested ested governor blood spoke again urging the people to cooperate and work together and with state and federal officials to solve the problems that confront them the otate and the federal government is interested in the uintah basin he said and will do everything possible to help the people who live here ile he said a committee should be appointed and get started to work on investigation after thanking the people for attending and expressing his appreciation at being here ali the e meeting was adjourned and the governors party was taken t to the roosevelt hi high gh school where a banquet was served |