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Show A Newspaper .Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basin The Duchesne: Seat County Gateway To Uintah Basin Newspaper SUCCESSOR TO THE DUCHESNE COURIER Covers ALL The Uintah Basin Volume 6. Security Program Provides Principle Theme At 107th LDS Conference Social Three-Da- y 4 1 Sessions Close Sunday Afternoon With Record Breaking Crowds Listening To Prayer of Church Leader MILLER FILES Ready PETITION FOR Aid Needy EIGHTH PARTY President Says Church 1 To I . . is I I with a crowd of nearly 20,000 lp0M jamming the tabernacle out. d assembly hall and standing lie listening to proceedings over systems, the Church 'Amplifying: of Jesus Christ jlints end:d their y conference fly last Sunday. R. E. Miller of Myton, Saturday, filed a petition, naming himself as candidate for Governor of Utah. The rump Republican or. ganization, calling itself the party and adopting Blind Justice" as its emblem makes the eighth party which will in Salt Lake appear on the ballot in Utah in Latter-Da- y 107th semi-innu- al November. Most of the petitioners Gubin t are from Duchesne J. and Uintah three-da- y session to counties, with a few ought the scattered in a benediction close with other counties. on his followers at home Mr. Miller announced himself Ad abroad. It will meet again in as a Republican candidae for Govl.pril, 1937. ernor in the race, but his I The L, D. S. social security plan name early was not placed before the la the chief topic of the address convention which nominated Ray l the and members E. Dillman of Roosevelt for the meetings, Are told that the church is ready gubernatorial post. At the Dumake good its pledge to allechesne county Republican conventhe' want of its destitute ge tion, a resolution was passed askAmbers during the coming winding Mr. Miller to withdraw his er season. candidacy, which he refused to do. The Venerable President Grant, Prohibition Party ao will be 80 years old next The Prohibition party, with a jnnth was the principle speaker camel as an emblem, also filed a : the opening session, opening petition Saturday, as hth a reading of a prepared nominating the time for filing petitions clositatement announcing the success ed. Thi3 names D. Leigh the welfare plan, started only Colvin for party president and Claud A (Continued on page 8) Watson for vice president, and the ticket, if accepted, will have Church Groups To electors only four presidential Take Charge Of thereon: Julius Sheppard of Salt Anna M. Flewelling, Seminary Campaign Lake City, Ogden; C. E. Smith, and Leota K. The Relief Society and the Mu-t- Hutsinpillar, Ogden. Secretary Welling acknowledg Improvement Association wiU Jonduct the L. D. S. seminary ed receipt of the two latest peInscription drive in Duchesne, it titions Saturday, but reserved the iis announced Thursday by J. right to check the signatures on i Mickelson, who is in charge of the petitions before finally acceptle dnve for the Duchesne stake. ing the tickets for the ballot. i"J. J. P. The eight parties are: Madsen, president ot te Rellf Society, Mrs. Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Margie Communist, Progressive-Independen- t, rterson, President of the Y. L. Union, Lib: i I. A. and Leo Bennion, presi-o- f I Heber President ed pro-imnc- i al the Y. M. L.e charge of tfesne. to all M. I. A. will the work in Du probability the Relief So-- Jj Md Mutual l'es Improvement 9 ganizations will take over the rlt in other wards of the I ordsr to cover the entirestake, as quickly and efficiently fc ter-a:o- i7 passible. Start Oct. To J DurlnS 1 icially 12 the drive, which opens Oct. 12, and continues r weeks, every Swal to 6 the subscription or Uintah Basin Rec-9- whether waters or sent direct will amission V' to 1. solicited by the to the Record Of-- 5 earn a handsome be turned over to Duchesne Stake Seminary These funds will be used W for the ". construction of the pnaries just completed at Du-po- e and Mt. Emmons, and for flr maintenace if any amount puna. Actual will soliciting in Duchesne I Monday or Tues- be spread over the a3 raPfdly as poa-- I Tterritory lie Ah i3 not necesary, however, a solicior, as subscrip-- s I 8 .for nt in direct earn just as M thase given to the solicit-- I ';d , I, eLIEF SOCIETY I HLI)S OPENING I JQIT MEETING if1 Duchesne Spdeti meeunir !! for Ward and start .e 193G"37 'efidcdmBbfra t Fite follow! r?me VVardle: Mofnri Ladies duett, Fern T. IMerson, trl Franc(,s Hair, and Margie IVter- - Marpie address 1 Mrs J G piano retold . fruitland; reading, u. weitd n Du- - was giv- - Mickelson; inn'frZ r,0dekirk; ill at Fruitland program ChnstL'1Ia 1 Si:S5i()n. Tuay. from DUrty.five from vsne. 7. Fruitland joint len' tlieir actlvi- - " was ii killings of given Du- - 'q,orwe was given by sMetyPl"Sllnt of the Fruit. flayed r,0(1 nf, proHram, games watermelon was DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY DEATH CLAIMS SON OF FORMER BASIN RESIDENT Dean Fortie, 32, sales clerk for the Heber Mercantile died Sunday at the homecompany of his parents, John A. and Emma Jane Jeffs Fortie, in Heber of s 11 OCTOBER 9, 1936. COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE TO SELL PROPERTY PJLl compli-cation- following an influenza attack several months ago. The Fortie family is well known in the Basin, having lived in Duchesne during its early days. Dean was born October li, 1903, in Midway. He graduated from the Wasatch high school and in 1924-2- 6 served an L. D. S. church mission to the Northwestern states. He was president of the twentieth quorum of seventies in the Wasatch stake. He married Adelade Davis of Great Falls, Montana on July 13, 1927 in the Logan L. D. S. temple. Surviving are his widow; three children, Vaughn, Dwain and e Fortie; hi3 parents; a grandmother, Mrs. Rachel Giles, tod five brothers and sisters, Alton A., Rachel and Mark Jeffs Fortie, all of Heber; Mrs. Deon Carlile, Beaver, and Mrs. Belva L. Smith, Los Angeles. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 1 p. m., in the Wasatch L. D. S. stake tabernacle. Buriel was in the Heber City cemetery. Ra-din- Thousands of Ballots Sent to Citizens In Every County. The selling of property again took up most of the Duchesne county commissioners time at their meeting last Tuesday. The greater part of the property sold was that advertised for the May auditors tax sale. Many people are buying back property formerly owned by them, which was deeded to the county following the sale. Other matters coming before the commissioners for consideration at the meeting were: Myton City Attorney B. L. Dart asked that a change be made in a property description, which had been recorded incorrectly. The City of Myton purchased a strip of Utalms are voting more than two to one Democratic but Ray E. Republican, is leading the field in the race for governor In the statewide straw poll being conducted by the Salt Lake Tribune. Close behind Dillman in the gubernatorial race is Mayor Har- ground for a right-of-wato be man W. Peery of Ogden, Progressive-Indeused for drainage purposes. pendent. Governor Henry Forest Ranger Frank Richards H. Blood, candidate for reelection on the Democratic ticket, is in made an offer to the Commissionthird place despite the large ma ers for the purchase of several jorities being given to President Duchesne lots on which may be Roosevelt and the Democratic can- erected a forest station house. didates for congress Abe Murdock The matter must get the approval in the First District and J, W. of the Forestry department before Robinson in the Second. transaction can be With 11,002 votes tabulated in any definite the poll the various candidates have m8.de. received the following totals. It was decided that the county will join Duchesne city in cleaning up the jail house and providing new bedding. Renovation has been needed for a long time, the commissioners said, and it is thought that action will be taken in the near future. Dill-ma- y, i The most popular candidate listed on the straw ballots Is Repre- Three New Buildings To Be Occupied For Monday Classes Final acceptance of the three new school buildings at Duchesne. Myton and Roosevelt was scheduled for today at the regular meeting of the board of education here Tuesday. Inspection of the buildings will be made by W. H. Grow, resident and Prohibitionist. engineer inspector for the P. W A., Carl Scott of Scott and Welch, architects of the buildngs, C. A. Young Republicans Talboe contractor, and the board Will Take Active In Campaign of education. Finishing touches on the paintThe Young Republicans, organ- ing of the buildings was complet-at ized at the Republican county con- ed Thursday, it was announced and everyvention in Roosevelt Sept. 28th, the hoard of education, are planning an active part in thing is in readiness for occupancj after the inspection and acceptthe fall campaign. ance. dance a with jamboree Starting Move During Week End at Victory park next Wednesday, the is the organizaion will hold a series It expected that most of over be will accomplished throughrallies of free da'nces and moving out the county to help stimulate ;he week end, and classwork wall interest in their parly and its jegin in the new buildings next candidates. The list of dates and Monday. renot yet places for the dances are Mick-elsoApproximately $2,000 still buildthe for fund the in complete, according to C. C. mains in charge of arrangements, ings which the board has decidadvertised be but will probably ed to apply toward the purchase audinext week. of 1100 folding chairs for the chair.-no- t Officers of the organization are: toriums. The cost of these covered by the balance in the Leslie Maxwell, Altonah, County taken cart chairman; Ed. Conklin, Altonah, building fund wall be was statit Stewart, Geo. district funds, Mrs. of from secretary; ed. Roosevelt, county chairwoman. Heating riant. Operating central heating plant Installed The New Pipe Duwith the high school at sevefor use Power in Company By chesne has been and is heating the To Improve Service ral days now, elementary building satisfactorily the plant Steam is piped from With the installaion of 4200 which is on the West side of the feet of new pipe from the end of school across the street to their canal to the Uintah river high ie elementary building. and Light the gymnaplant, the Uintah Power Charge for use of eliminfunctions extra-schoCompany believe they will for sium meeting board ate much of the trouble they have the , set at with a hour, experienced in previous winters. $2.00 at per -:sday Installation of the pipe has just of $5.00. be minimum haul-o- f been completed, and it will schedule of prices for Sun' next was connected to the plant coal for the district announcean to $2.7j Duchesne, day. according as follows: To ment made Wednesday by M.com-E. to Myton, Neola. or Hosevdt the $3.2o. ine Lundb.rg, manager of $3.00; all other schools, at the be purchased will pany. coal orders and 3teel pipe, board, 24 inch the The pipe is mines by local truck-a- t and replaces a wood stave pipe delivery given to the above prices. line which has been giving durtrouble, especially several ing the winter, causing JUST TO REMIND YOU Contract club, Saturday, Oct. inand furnished was M. Pope. Th3 pipe )th with Mrs. R. ManuOct. 2ith stalled by the R. Hardesty dates, Restoration an eastein Mrs. Ab: of home company, facturing Mr. and 28th at the concern, at a cost of $15,000. o Lidd. Albert Dev:y was in charge WED the installation. With the excep-aJ tion of an experienced welder jo local labor was us - d on the emClifford Morris Woodwaid, 23, Hamblin, Mr. Lundberg said, providing the past of Neola and Lotah Mary 6th. October ployment for 8 men for Montwell, of 23, week. Tart sentative Murdock with President Roosevelt as a close second. The Peery vote shown by the Tribune poll 13 coming largely from Governor Blood, although a considerable number of Republicans sre scratching on this office. Out of the 11,002 ballots included in the shove tabulation 6,2S9 were scratched on the office of governor alone. A total of 34C5 Democrats scratched Governor Blood for Peery and 11S5 scratched him for Dillman. Dillman was scratched 478 time3 for Peery and 161 times for Governor Blood. Neither presidential candidate Is losing or gaining much as a result Governor of shifts since 1932. Landon, the poll shows, will receive the support of 1010 voters who supported Roosevelt in 1932. But this is almost wholly offset by 957 Hoover supporters of 1932 whs now say they will vote for Roose-vel- t. s. licensed to 111 F Contractors Arrive Ready To Begin Work On - Fruitland Section Final approval of Federal Aid project No. 94 D, the section of Highway 40 between Roosevelt and Ft. Duchesne has just been received by the state road commission, it was announced in Duchesne Wednesday by R. A. Gillis, resident engineer. Preparation of native rock as- phalt at the state plant at Vernal will begin at once, Mr. Gillis stated. Advertisement of bids for the graveling and laying of the asphalt will be advertised shortly, the graveling to be carried on Lemke of the Union party has the winter in preparation through received only 101 votes and Normal of laying the asphalt next spring. Thomas, Socialist, has but 19. Earl Browder, Communist canUnbroken Stretch didate for president, has polled only two votes one from Sevier and one from Salt Lake. Dr. Herbert B. Maw, who was defeated for the Democratic nomination for governor, has been written in for that office 85 times. The Tribune 13 polling of the registered voters of th state. This will require the mail-o- f The list to be 62,390 ballots. sampled was compiled by taking every fourth name from the ofrolls in each ficial registration county of the state. Tho poll will continue until the Sunday prior to the election. one-fourt- WEATHER REPORT con-necte- d shut-down- $2.00 For week beginning Oct. 1. About 75 men wll be employed at the asphalt plant. Local men will be employed for the project, through the National Reemployment Office, with headquarters In Duchesne. When completed the Roosevelt-Myto- n stretch will coman stretch of highunbroken plete way surfaced with the native asphalt from Vernal to Myton, and with the project just being commenced between Duchesne and Fruitland, an unbroken stretch of hard surfaced highway through the basin from Vernal to Fruit-lan- d. W. W. Clyde is now moving his equipment into the basin to begin work on the Duchesne-Fruit-lan- d stretch and work will begin almost Immediately. This stretch is to be surfaced oil mulch. The with road-mi- x has the privilege of mixing the mulch either with power graders on the road bed itself or using one of the road mixing machines. Mr. Clyde has one of the machines but has not yet indcated which method he will use, Mr. Gillis said. con-tract- Precipitation, .06. E. S. WINSLOW, Cooperative Observer. Duchesne County Nominees Democratic and Republican Nominees who will appear on the ballots for Duch.sne county In the coming election. Democratic G. V. Billings For State Senator Duche.me & Uintah Co. Duchesne For State R presentativeDanl F. Mitchell Neola For County Attorn y L. A. Holhnbeck Duchesne L. D. For Co. Commissioner Lyle Young Duchesne term) For Co. Commissioner Edgar Miles Mt. Emmons term) Willard Day Roosevelt Austin Taylor Mt. Emmons 1 Gardner Neola Merrell II. Lars n Duchesne Per Year Number 11. Advance Survey On Blue Bench Will Determine Costs and Routs For Proposed Reirrigation Possibility of Watering Both Upper and Lower Bench Will be Included in Survey Conducted By the Bureau of Reclamation JUDGES SELECTED Ground Crew Will TO OFFICIATE AT Start During Week GEN. ELECTION State Engineer Says Judges for the 1936 General A survey of the Blue Bench, Elections were selected by the Duchesne county commissioners at North of Duchesne, to determine their last regular mealing last costs and feasibility of again putting it under irrigation, is now Thursday as follows. Claud Wagstaff, being conducted by the Bureau of TABIONA: Marvin . Mitchie and Mrs. Guy Reclamation, according to W'oird received Wednesday from State Jonas. T. H. Humphreys. Engineer NEOLA: Den Gardner, Dumont The survey is being conducted Arbuckle and H. L. Spencer. and through the coat the request S. A. Russell, MONTWELL: of Utah water storthe James Bacon and Wm. Labrum. operation and the Knight age commission, ROOSEVELT: Jesse Allen, Arowners of Investment company, nold Reef, Mrs. Harry Sprouse, much of the land on lower .the and Robert Lambert Sam Page, who are contributing tobench, Deon Galloway. ward the costs of the survey. ALTONAH: Ellis Maxwell, R. A detailed land classification W. Snyder and W. E. Davis. has already been completsurvey IOKA: Joseph Robinson, Robert ed the bureau of reclamation, by Benson. M. and J. H C. Marchant the land into four diviHaNNA: Frank Defa, May At- classifying sions. For the past several days wood and Wm. G. Mitchie. have been at work on TALMAGE: Elray Larsen, Stan engineers office work, and the preliminary McDonald and Louise Anderson. crew will be In the field for the Mrs. HARPER: Mrs. John Winn, actual survey of locations and Roy Warren and Frank Alger. costs within a week, Mr, HumARCADIA: Thomas Gilbert, S. phreys said, Wednesday. O. Solmonson and Chris Larsen. Survey of Canals MYTON: Wm. Stewart, H. C. M. work will include a surTodd. D. Field Ward and MT. EMMONS: Ed. Holder, vey of the canals and ditches under the old Knight system, to Floyd Case and Lucia Mahaffey. how much of this system FRUITLAND; Ida Clifton, Gold en Brown and Mrs. Ernest Sweat. can be used, and the cost of reDUCHESNE: Helen Hollenbeck, storing It. Andrew Clements Zella Cowan. In connection with this, routes Nellie Jones. J. M. Mickelson and and costs will be determined for O. A. Halstead. a pipe line, running from Rock UPALCO: Leslie Murphy, Claud creek along the river bottom to a point opposite where the presIorg and Oscar Nelson. BLUEBELL: Lyman Burdick, ent canal enters the bench, tod Wm. Larsen and Gardner Good- then straight up the side hill, rich. (Continued cn page 8) STRAWBERRY: Clarence Baum, Orson Mott and Mrs. Clarence N. Y. YANKS WIN Ivie. WORLD TITLE IN BONETA: Andrew Madsen, Darwin Brotherson and Mrs. William SERIES OF THRILLS Erickson. J. LAKE: Mrs. MOON Pope, By winning the sixth game of Carvel S. Evans and Almon I. the world aeries last Tuesday in a smashing Riggs. inning, the New MTN. HOME: Don Nyberg, York Yanks won the 1936 world derson. series from the New York Giants Ralph Rowley and Mrs. O. J. by a score of 4 to 2. The series went down In history as one of tho most thrilling ever played, with record after recAtty. L. A. Hollenbeck ord being smashed by (the two Addresses Duchesne New York clubs. B.P.W. Club Members The Giants won the first game, addressed playing in a driving rain throughL. A. Hollenbeck Hub-be- ll members of the Business and Pro- out by a score of 6 to 1, with hurling for the Giants against fessional Womens club at a meetfor the Yanks. ing at the Duchesne hotel last Ruffing The next three games went to Monday evening. The subject ot his talk was Economic Security." the Yanks, who won the second 18-- 4 with Gomez The address followed supper at with a score of Cofthe hotel. Plans were discu&sed for pitching against Schumaker, Gum-bert; and Gabler Smith, fman, in attending the district to be held the third, 1 with Malone Vernal tomorrow. About a dozen members of the local club will at- pitching for the Yanks against Fitzsimmons, and the fourth 2 tend, It is anticipated. Present at the meeting were with Monte Pearson successful on Mrs. Helen Poulson, Miss Veda the mound againt Gabler. The Giant staged a comeback Poulson, Mrs. Bahs Murdock, Mrs. Alice McGuire, Mrs. Victoria Hal- in the fifth game, when Schumaker pitched a thrilling 4 win stead, Miss Edna Lemon and Mrs. over Ruffing and Malone. Vivian Wilkins. The sixth game proved the Giants undoing, " when a game B. Y. U. Professors which was hard-fougand nearly even for eight innings ended in Visit Duchesne To unprecedented rally for Organize Classes an the Yanks, giving them the game Professors Clarence S. Boyle, with a score of 13-- 5 and the serGomez and Murphy hurl-e- d director of presonnel and Profassor ies for the Yanks, while Fitzsimof Accounting and Business Administration and II. R. Merrill, mons, Castleman, Coffman and Director of the extension division Gumbert all took their turns on and Professor of Journalism at the mound for the Giants. Brigham Young University are in the basin organizing extension NOTICE classes in guidance and personnel and Social Security. The Uintah Power and Light They held a meeting In the Du. company hereby notifies its conche.sne L. D. S. seminary Thurs- sumers that service will be interday afternoon. Another meeting rupted for a period of not to exwas held in Roosevelt Thursday ceed 12 hours beginning at 2:00 evening, and one will be held in a. m. Sunday, October 11th, 1936. Vernal this afternoon. A new steel pipe has been in. The first class in Duchesne will stalled to carry w'ater from the be held Friday evening, Oct. 16th, lower end of the canal to the at 6 00. Everyone who is interest- Uintah river plant, and in order ed in the classes are invited to at- to make final connection it will ba tend. necessary to interrupt the service. Classes will be conducted in Du-c- h Unfavorable weather conditions ne, Roosovi It and Vernal. occurlng on the date set would While in Duch sne, Mr. Merrill, make it impossible to do this who is d.epiy interested in all work, and under such conditions phases of journalism spent some the first opportunity following will time at the It cord office, getting be us-acquainted with the staff and UINTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. Paid Adv. making helpful comments. 2-- 5-- 5-- ht 4-- 2. d. |