| Show roosevelt seems to be the bone of contention on the reservation roosevelt is still on the map but we hardly know what map are we in uintah or duchesne county that is what nearly e very every resident in this section would like to know it seems that about ever sa so often that question comes up dont duchesne county want us does docs uintah county want is As far as the standard is concerned we would rather be in county for the simple reason that taxes are much lower the ThoY taxes in in roosevelt are about 63 mills while in uintah county they are 33 33 mills they now tell us the raer meridian idian is orte one and three eights mile west of the point heretofore known as the county line that would take in all of roosevelt to the jas sabey line the assessed valuation of this property being in g in the neighborhood of the importance of this decision is far reaching and creates a muddle such as either of these counties has never before experienced rien ced the affected strip of land is 1 38 3 8 miles wide and extends the entire width of the county 1051 miles in length involving more than square miles of territory the correct line aine is feet east of the center of section four if this is the case how are they going to get around the following facts every election in duchesne county is illegal because uintah county people voted ray dillman county attorney cr craig aig harmston Han county surveyor and nd roy wilkins county sheriff all residing in roosevelt are holding office in duchesne county illegally the new duchesne county high school is situated in uintah county the people voted to bond themselves for for this school the bonds are illegal since the school is in uintah county and the duchesne people had no right to vote bonds outside their county neither county can now lay claim to this school and the sensible thing for both collI counties fies to do is to make it a joint county high school all court decisions concerning people or or land may have e to be modified all deeds and abstracts abstract ts which have been filed in duehesne duchesne county will have to be defiled in this county |
