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Show A Newspapei Devoted to the of the Uintah Basin People n k? ed 5 t Sit,, The !.' Of : County Seat Duchesne: Sb);; Newspaper tLi Ode, y Sti. t6 Uintah Volume . k DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938. fttj hitiiesne County Begins tt for E Legal dac.fc 3 tioaa Title 3l2lg ausat y,5t lied, hooi 0t wve Promise of Action to Quiet On Tax Property kd Water I fj?r J nt APRIL CHILD HEALTH CLINICS Tax Payment Help ' ES? liS Mai-- . TT. nfred ti. resale D asmii ieet: Hit:: Ej IL il, t! toe id, tr.r to as i- - id inj lilt: irghs sg-- r-- i Ed; free of begun office Wednesday after ac-g- pn schedule is as follows: Roosevelt, April county commissioners Duchesne, authorized Attorney Ru- - April 12; Mt. Emmons, April 13; Tuesday J Larsen to begin preparation Altonah, April 19; Tabiona, April s 20; Upalco, April 21; Bluebell the suits. The property in ques-habeen deeded to the coun-- h April 22; Mtn. Home, April 27; deed by non-jUe- Neola, April 29. The clinics will by auditors tax of taxes by the former begin at 10 a. m. and last until 11:30 a. m. Suers. 7-- nt v ad Dates for the infant and of civil suits will preto quiet school child health clinics have Immediately been set for April, thousand pieces according to I eon some intwoDuchesne county, an announcement from County jg property the county Nurse Martha Shanks today. The Was announced from preparation by the s ndslu N n ck ilac: filed in the the name of naming as de- :he suits Will be Strict court under county, viants, mortgage holders, for-b- r owners and persons having an fcthesne The denotices, may appear in court to con-- : ii the action if they desire. In a where the title i3 not conned, the court will quiet title the property and the county war-St- y jay then sell it, Issuing a ti- deed which guarantees Conference Seeks Simplification of Compensation Laws in the property. t viants will be served Simplification of the Unemployment Compensation Law, administrative costs, personnel and inter-stat- e problems are on the agenda for dscussion at the Interstate Conference being held in ) Sait Lake City this week. The dates of the sessions in Salt Lake to the purchaser. City are April 7, 8 and 9. Representatives from Colorado, Idaho, V Pieces to Start i hundred pieces of property Arizona, Wyoming and Montana are meeting with those from jE. be taken through the court to Utah. jign with,' Clerk G. A. Goodrich The payment of unemployment Jred and after they are complet-- 1 action will be started on the benefits has been proceeding on Jraining fifteen hundred pieces. schedule in the state of Utah, is the opinion of the commis-bier- s, Mr. Ray R. Adams, Executive DiMr. Goodrich said, that rector for the State Industrial Is action will stimulate the pay-m- t Commission, declared. But, in of taxes and curb the delin-ifidspite of the fact that Utah has which in past years have been doing extremely well with its cost crippled the financial con-to- n benefit payments, our experience of the county. has indicated that there are many Commissioners the places where the procedure should approved ration of $200.00 by Duchesne be simplified. We assume other to the Roosevelt hospital, states are planning the same a committee which included R. thing. The purpose of this conferJordan, M. E. Lundberg and C. ence is to exchange ideas on the TCte of Roosevelt, met with various problems we have disfcn Tuesday. covered. in appropriation of $30.00 was Utah has paid nearly three f: made for Duchesne countys quarters of a million in Unemployrt of a quarter page adver- ment Compensation benefits since tent in the Salt Lake Tribune, payments began in January. More i gram scenic edition. The ad than 65,000 individual checks have L cost $95.00, $30.00 of which been written and approximately retes from the county treasury, 12,000 individuals have been 1 00 from Roosevelt $20.0C checks. City, ceiving ja Duchesne City and $15.00 Myton City. The ad will HEALTH DAY Prize the entire Duchesne CHILD ej p r:.ty. Project Discussed uchesne Mayor B. Councilman C. City A. SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 12 C. The program sponsored by the discussed with the civic clubs of Duchesne is now the project on- the new h Day to complete for Pi and county jail. The project be held in Duchesne next TuesF submitted to Washington, D day, April 12th County Nurse w stout a month ago, for ap-- Martha Shanks announced today. W. P. A. officials advised the Speakers will be present from P commissioners, and word s state health department to inIpried momentarily concerning struct parents on child health and kelson com-psione- rs Child-Healt- Duchesne City and problems. 8 jointly as The program will begin with an p'sors, the county to pay two--'J- s clinic lasting health and the city one third of and a half at which the chu p sponsors' share of construc- - hourwill be examined by a doctor ren expense. a dentist and immunizations ce rest of the day was devoted and teeth will be le selling of given. The childrens cw property and ad-o- f examined at this time with dur-thtaxes, with the court defects any toward correcting crowded with people from summer. This will be th in the un-e- 1 convened J6 meeting Mrs. Shanks I examination, eJosed at a late hour. only starts next school said, before spring. high ?pry Establishment At 2 p. m. in the Duchesne eneia the Renovation school auditorium, Mrs. Anon program will begin. ;i:. sxwells'. anc formerly the Du-K- ) Crocker will open the meel ng introduc ere, has will undergone a Mrs. Martha Shanks kt eeksIenovation during the the speakers. state since its purchase by Dr. L. M. Earner of the Mwell who will manage the Pron on , board will speak store. health and PfevnJ of bave 'TfUerS een moved to of physical disease among creating a sales floor E,,. school children. e a3 w large as formerly Mr. John Billings of Vernal child J. due been put on a for deal with mental aids yourself m display basis health. visib,e to the w Mrs. Hayes, state social edpa; . , paint has consid-a sT will speak on men worker the appearance children. crippled the giene and parrenovation is not en- Mrs. Shanks will instruct So h p ele. hlr. hca,,b child "fut0 i" Maxwell says ents In local lo serve the pub-- . Mrs. Shanks is well qualUi 1 3 an efficient manner. having talk on this subject, of Duel) capacity the cd in tieBill several Pick erson for nurse arrived county from Sacramcn-lf- , has covered the field m' . , fake care of busi- Dr. Jcppson of the slalL maternal and ci on talk She will is er a puest sister " Mrs LuMt' GUy J- 1IoUen' welfare. lin Burdick of The program will last H t. all P 0 a and m. Sweat of her bout 4:30 p. hter 8(110 l'Jrvln M't I.,1,Pnhpck have children in who ;' f Neola was a about to begin school are urge v7''chr11 b r Buchecne on to attend as well as othns subject. in the ested P approval. r county Comparison shows that while the snow to the North was a little deeper on March 28th. it only approximately 3. the amount of water as that on the con-tam- f fP.T Supply measurements made by hlevrKierS 111 the Uinta ad ,Natlonal forests show that the P WateT suPP1y for the Uintah plentiful tws year Tholf do quite equal the former peaks they are well Srth and oVerage on both the South ranges. dates set for Officials Hope Action Will StiOE II;! Snow Measurements Duchesne County Appropriates $200.00 For Roosevelt Hospital; $30.00 For Ad In Tribune Scenic Edtion I, Gateway To Uintah Basin are named pre-scho- E J - 1 Mill ON BOARD IF STOGKI State Fatrol Pledges Aid To Check Cattle Rustling L. C. Montgomery of Heber Indian canyon summit. City was unanimously elected president The complete reports, together of the Utah Cattle and Horse with the rangers comments folGrowers association; J. A. Scorup low: Snow Fall Measurements on Dist of Moab, first vice president and Horace L. Allred of Roosevelt, . U Ashley National Forest On March 29. the annual snow Joseph T. Finlinson, Lemington and Frank Paxton of Kanosh survey and measurements were made on the Moon Lake Fork Mt. second vice presidents at the close snow course. This snow course is of the annual convention of the located on top of Lake Fork Mt association Tuesday in Salt Lake at an elevation of approximately City. Mr. Montgomery succeeds J. 10,200 feet. M. Macfarlane, w'ho was unable tc (Continued On Page 8) be present at the two-da- y convention because of illness. Highway Patrol Pledge Support A vital issue to w'hich considerable time was devoted is the cattle rustling which has alarmed stockmen throughout the state. A pledge to use the state highway patrol to curb "rubber tire cattle rustlers in Utah was given by R W. Groo, superintendent of the state patrol. Mr. Groo asked the association to send a committee to consult with him as to the most practical Program Submitted For methods of checking trucks bearBalance of Vehicle ing purloined livestock to market In the past, he said, patrolmen Registration Tax Money have been asked to check livestock A road program to utilize the passing through regular highway balance of $10,316.33 remaining checking stations, but have not from Duchesne Countys share of made a special campaign to stop the vehicle registration tax funds rustling. was made up and approved by the Speakers Listed Speakers Monday included Mr. at their county commissioners Groo, Mayor John M. Wallace, last Tuesday. meeting (Continued on Page 8) The program does not include rather new but construction, any bridge repairs, maintenance on roads already built and the purchase of a small tractor and some small tools. Included also the sum of At $165.00 for Tabiona streets. the time the funds were set aside for the road purposes, Tabiona was not a townsite, so could not apply for funds along with the other towns in the county, but since that time it has become a town and is entitled to funds dependent on a per capita basis. To Buy Small Tractor The grading and maintenance of roads and the purchase of small tools will use $8,951.33 of the $10,316.33 and the remaining will be used to purchase a Farmall tractor from the firm of McLea and Nicholson in Roosevelt. This small machine will be tracused to supplement the large last tor, purchased by the county be used to too Is which large fall, roads with success on some of the in the county. the Duchesne countys share of of part $22,681.33, totaled funds was $12,365.00 which a check for monreceived on March 15th. This team for $10,000 used, ey is being W. P. A e hire on the county-widthe road project and $2,365.00 for road the on big 1938 payment is Visitors Inspect Bridgeland Camp And Lake Boreham Some 250 visitors inspected the Bridgeland CCC camp and the project on which the camp has been working at the official Open House last Saturday, sponsored by the camp in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the CCC, according to estimates of Lt. Joseph Commanding officer of the camp. Visitors included citizens from Duchesne, Roosevelt, Myton, and many of the smaller towns and communities of the county. They expressed a keen interest in the in camp life of the enrollees and the project the camp has been carrying on. A dance in the evening attracted grader. enough of the younger couples from the surrounding communities to fill the mess hall to overMARRIAGE LICENSE flowing, and to them at least, was and the high-lit- e 20 of the day. Campbell, Seth Colen both of Reservoir Half Full Mable Ann Hullinger, 19, Visitors during the afternoon 1st. Myton, on April w'ere shown through two of the camps barracks, the infirmary, BIRTH the recreation hall, Including and shops, photography rooms, library Mr. to born was A son and fin-- ( Vernal, on etc., the camp canteen, Mrs. Lot js Fisher in Continued On Page S) April 2nd. Year Duchesne County Mail Route Contracts Awarded Awarding of mail contracts for Duchesne county routes with the exception of the Salt Lake City to Craig, Colorado route were announced this week. Contracts awarded on the following routes: Altonah to Duchesne, previously held by Arnold Robbins, was awarded to J. B. Cochran. Duchesne to Tabiona, route was again awarded to Dean Powell. Duchesne to Arcadia, previously operated by Dean Powell, was a warded to Arnold Robbins. Duchesne to Red Creek, previously operated by Chester Ly man, awarded to Wilder Fairbanks. The contracts are of four yeai duration and begin on July 1st, e 1938. Word is expected soon as to the successful bidder on, the Salt Lake City, Craig, Colorado route which is now operated by the Comet Express Co. Fire Department And City Truck Will Assist In Campaign A city-wid- e next Thursday, cleanup to be held Friday and Sat- urday, April 14, 15 and 16 was declared by the City Council at its regular meeting Wednesday night. City Firemen will cooperate, being on hand to control trash and grass fires, and the city truck will assist in gathering up refuse piled at the curbs. The cooperation of the entire citizenship is sought by Mayor B. A. Jacoby, who announced the campaign Thursday. He promised that everything possible would be done by the city to facilitate a thorough cleanup In the city. Grass Fires Hazard Several grass fires during the past week have stressed the importance of removing the fire hazards in the city and demonstrated the need for the cleanup. Since the firemen are working on a volunteer basis without any compensation, fighting grass fires is an imposition on them, and it hoped such calls' can be eliminated. New equipment is being ordered for the firemen by the city, water was ordered installed In the fire house, and the City Council approved expease money to send the firemen to the convention in Price this summer. As a grand finale to the cleanup campaign the Parent Teacher Association and civic clubs of Duchesne are sponsoring a dance in the high school auditorium Saturday evening, April 16th. Funds received at the dance will be ased for a beautification program for the high school campus both figured prominently in ISoO velopment of the church security since a precedent and are respectively of Cannon, formrt, program, Q and Bonneville stakes. Highland appointed was nresiiing bishop, of all four ol The appointment associate t0the coan' apostle and afforded recognition to men the the at arosties Ml of twelve of untiring church Wednesday of the many years Coring sessions service and community leaderConference. r r S lOSth a six- ship. effect this creates teenth apostle, since members of J. Reuben Clark Speaks Other major events of the Conalso are nposthe first presidency cluding sessions woie: An address by J. Reuben Clark the first Pre Jr. first counselor in .'SS'McCnnnon presidency, cautioning members of the church "against installment and contracting of long- Jgt conn Ionsecond' counselor to buying term debts, and criticizing old de- age "gratuities or doles as a T 'T, u ''P6 Number State Land Board Tax Case Is Argued Before Supreme Court County Attorney L. A. Hollenbeck Defends Duchesne County With Oral Argument Supplementing Brief TEACHERS ASSN. Decision On Case DONATES $100.00 Is Expected TO HOSPITAL FUND Within A Month A check for $100.00 was presented Tuesday to the Roosevelt hospital fund by the Duchesne County Teachers Association, Mr Ronald Wiscombe, president and Mr. Andrew Jones, vice president of the association announced Wednesday. The action was approved at a special meeting of the officeis a month ago and collections from the seventy-nin- e teachers in the district were handled through the principals of the schools, Mr Wiscombe said. Duchesne county commissioners at their regular meeting last Tuesday, appropriated $200.00 to the fund. The question as to whether or not counties can tax lands taken over on foreclosure by the State Land Board in Utah will probably be settled once and for all time by a decision expected to be handed down within a month by the State Supreme Court. Oral argument on the case being defended by Duchesne county was presented to the Supreme Court Monday, April 4th, by County attorney L. A. Hollenbeck. A brief presenting Mr. Ilollea-oeck- s complete argument was presented to the court in March and moat of the time spent in Oral argument Monday was spent in answering questions resulting from the study of this brief by Waler At Moon Lake the Supreme Court justices. Alsd heard on Monday were oral Is Seventeen Feet arguments in a similar case apAbove Old Lake Level pealed to the Supreme Court by Stored water in Moon Lake has Salt Lake County. The same denow raised the level 17 feet above cision, when reached by the SuCourt, will cover both the old level, according to a re- preme cases. port Issued for March by E. J. Keenly Interested EnConstruction Westerhouse, When tried in the district courts There is of a total 5,900 gineer. acre feet of stored water, or ap- Duchesne county, in a decision by district Judge Abe Turner was proximately 20 per cent of the held to have the right to tax the of the lake. capacity This amount of stored w'ater is lands in question. Judge McKinney considered remarkable, as it is all in the Salt Lake district court water which has been collected gave a reverse decision, in favor the State Land Board. Both during the winter months. Storage of will increase rapidly as the spring cases were appealed to the Suf commences within the preme Court. Mr. Hollenbeck, who returned next month or two. to Duchesne ' Tuesday reported The report in detail follows: Reservoir length (when full), 3 that he had received very cordial welcome when he appeared to armiles. the case, and that the Sugue 739 Reservoir area (when full), run-of- acres. 0 Reservoir available capacity, acre feet. of water Elevation surface (lowest in 1937), 8073.3. Elevation of water surface at end of month, 8090.3. Storage at end of month, 5,90C acre feet. Total precipitation for the month, 2.47 inches. The following is a record of the snowfall and W'ater content over a three year period: Nov. 1, 1935 to Mar. 31, 1936, snow'fall, 122.5 inches, water content, 9.10; Nov. 1, 1936 to Mar. 31, 1937, snowfall 116 inches, water content, 955; Nov. 1, 1937 to Mar. 31, 1938, snowfall, 05.5 inches, water con30,-10- tent. 707. APPOINTMENTS FOR AIR MAIL WEEK ARE ANNOUNCED State Salt Lake City, Utah. Chairman, I. A. Smoot, Salt Lake City, Utah, announced last week of District and appointments in the State ol Chairmen County Utah to carry forward the arrangements for National Air Mai) WEATHER RITORT Week. May 15 to 21, which is being sponsored by the Post Office For week beginning March 31. Department. District Chairmen appointed of were: Nello Christopherson, J- - W. and Utah City, Brigham Dangerfield of Provo, Utah. J. Austin Pack of Roosevelt was appointed county chairman of Duchesne county. Pontha Calder will act for Uintah county. Precipitation, rone. 'Governor Henry H. Blood has E. S. WINSLOW, accepted the position of Honorary Cooperative Observer. State Chairman of National Air Mail Week and has assured the Post Office Department that the State of Utah, because of iU keen Interest in aviation, will cooperate in every way to make this an outstanding event. are rapidly Local committees being completed in 46,000 post offices throughout the nation to influence on young and commemorate the twentieth anniold. versary of the inauguration of the Finaneiul Rejwtrt air mail service that was started Presentation of a financial re- by tlie Post Office Department on port showing a total 1937 expendi- May 15. 1913. ture from tithes and other church The Post Office Department has funds of $1,841,058.30 for such announeed two official cachets purposes as operations of wards, for the occasion; one for Kitty slakes, temples, hospitals and Hawk, North Carolina, commemcharities orating the birthplace of aviation schools, construction, and missions, and $1,502,454.17 foi and one for Dayton, Ohio, comchurch security program. memorating the home of Orville President Heber J. Grant Wright and the city in which the brought the conference to a close first airplane was built. There will by giving his blrsdngs to all of be no other official cachets, howthe members of the church "at ever, every town and community home and abroad," and expressing is authorized to issue their local gratitude for the blessings which post office cachets which may be I had been given to his people. of lix:al or historic interest. Church Elevates Cannon To Rank of Apostle at Close of Conference D. S. Advance preme justices all showed a keen Interest in the case. Mr. Hollen- beck who has worked on the preparation of the case for many months feels that he has it thoroughly covered in his brief and in his oral argument, and he has full confidence that the decision will be favorable to Duchesne county. Earl Decision Expected Because of the uncertainty of precedure in the county offices until the appeal decision is rendered, the Supreme Court indicated itg intention of reaching a decision as soon as possible, and it is expected that lt will be rendered within a month. The decision will affect considerably the assessing of property, and the sale of property at the annual spring Auditors sale. Salt Lake County was represented in its argument by deputy county attorney Brigham E. Roberts and the land board by S. D. 70-pa- Iluffaker, assistant attorney gen- eral. MRS. NIELSEN TAKES OVER MOIITENSEN BAKERY The Nielsen Bakery operated by Mrs., Anna Nielsen, opened for business this week in Duchesne in the building previously occuThe pied by Walter Mortensen. interior of the building has undergone a complete renovating and cleaning and i3 now shining with a new coat of paint and a new stock of groceries as well as a complete line of bakery goods. Mrs. Nielsen is a sister of Mr. Mortensen and Miss Marion Mortensen of Roosevelt, with whom she has been associated in business. She will continue serving short order lunches in the bakery. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mortensen have moved to Frice, where their ten-ye- ar nie is in the old daughter, Bonhospital with an in- fection in her foot. JUST TO REMIND YOU Contract Club, Saturday, April 9th, with Mrs. Nellie Muir. Toiter Morrell, Duchesne county treasurer, went to Vernal on Wednesday to attend the funeral services of his niece. Jack Rkewes is spending the week end in Duchesne with friends. Judge Dallas Young and Clifford Young of Provo were in Duchesne Monday, Mrs. Parley Hansen of Mount Pleasant is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Melvin Poulson and her son, Bill Hansen. |