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Show t A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Umtah Basin The County Duchesne: Seat Gateway To Uintah Basin Newspaper Covers Volume 7. ALL Ths Uintah Basin of Equalization Cuts Assessment on Real And Personal Property Board Few Tax Payers Appear To Protest Valuation Assessments; Meeting Scheduled To Discuss Anticipated Increases B. Y. U. Diplomas nine tax payers met with Duchesne county commissioners in Duchesne last Tuesday to for adjustments present claims Only tie Four students from communities around Duchesne are scheduled to receive degrees and diplomas 'this June wrhen Brigham d Young university holds its annual commencement sixty-seconvaluation of their propem number twice that rty with exercises. Roosevelt the following day as These students are: Madelyn eat as the the commissioners Board of Equalization at their Wilkins, daughter of Lillis WilThe Duchesne kins of Mtn. Home, who will rejnnual session. ceive a normal diploma; Ruth A. meeting was a weak contrast to last year when throngs visited Wall of Randlett, daughter of the commissioners asking for adj- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Wall, who will receive an A. B. degree ustments. a speech major and a phywith in were heard Claims as they Duchesne by Commissioners Lyle sical education minor; and Marand Dora Moon of Hanna, lonng Edgar Miles, Assessor jorie G. A. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nephi Devi J. Anderton and Clerk Moon. Dora will receive a B. S. Goodrich were as follows: Valuation degree with a foods major and a Maurice W. Logic clothing minor, and Marjorie will a 360 acres of real estated from $2.00 to $1.50 per receive a normal diploma. With nearly 400 persons listed acre. as candidates for degrees and on Valuation Heber Moon 190 acres was reduced to $1.00 diplomas, B. Y. U. is preparing for impressive ceremonies. Parper acre. The number of horses ents are expected to come from one ar.d to attached piece sheep various parts of the country to af real estate was reduced and valuation on 71 head of cattle witness the exercises in which was cancelled because of a doubl- their sons and daughters will the re-he- take part. LeGrand Richards, 'presiding bishop of the L. D. S. church will the baccalaureate serdeliver mon June 5; and George R. Hill of the superintendancy of the 2. Sunday schools will speak at the commencement program June 8. L. J. Gilbert Valuation on real estate reduced from $210.0 e in valuation. Michie Improvements of $40.00 were cancelled from one estpiece and valuation on real ate wa3 reduced from $40.00 to S20.00, there being 1 acre instead M. R. of $130.00. to W. C. Brundage valuation and W. A. Personal property reduced from $780.00 Shepard FARM SECURITY AIDS FARMERS IN DUCHESNE CO. 1350.00. More than 3000 farm families in Arizona, Nevada, California ert Valuation on improve-sest- s and Utah have participated in Administration reduced from $240.00 to Farm Security 150.00 on 159 acres. community service loans for the Commis-uoner- s Florence Dennis of their farms, improvement accepted $31.87 for 546 Jonathan Garst, FSA regional acres tax adjustment. director announced today. ODriscoll Mary E. Jone3 Utah led the four states in bori'aluation on 120 acres reduced rowers with 213 community sertram $593.00 to $553.00. vice loans and 3316 participants. Alice E. Mrs. Sanford. Aside from heavy machinery, On Page 8) purebred sires led the list of established. community services borrowed total The by Utah Wasatch Academy farmers was $214,382; California Is Scene Of farmers have borrowed $64,692; 0. E. S. Visitation Arizona farmers, $42,000 and Nevada farmers, $7,396. Mrs. Ollea Schonian, wortny 15 Loans in County Mtron of Duveromy chapter, Duchesne county has 15 comloans 17, Mrs. Charles Albright of munity and cooperative Roosevelt and Mrs. A. J. Gerry with 62 borrowers. The total received by these 60 was Duchesne, members of Duve-om- y Chapter, were among the $8,961. Four of the 15 are for PKstg at the official grand registered Holstein bulls, one is of the Order of the East-!for a registered Jersey bull, one Star to Ivy Chapter No 10, for a purebred Clydesdale Stallit. Pleasant last Thursday lion. The b&llance are for heavy Mrs. Albright was also machinery including tractors and present at the graduation exer-o- f plow units, grain drillers and the Wasatch academy to binders and com planting and her son receive his diploma. harvesting machinery. The visitation borrowers and 110 Sixty-tw- o meeting and banquet were held on the campus the benefits receive participants the Wasatch by the accruing from the cooperative academy hostess chapter of which the loans already made. Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Fran- - 25 New Loans Completed J. Gill is a member. Mr. Keith W. Richard Nelson local superdpon, principal at the visor, announces the complef-iowas present in hi3 of 25 new community loans duras capacity worthy grand ing the past two weeks. Ivan O. Patron. Mrs. Jane Barber, a Thueson, cooperative specialist ieacher at the school is also for Utah is assisting Mr. Nelson rthy matron of Ivy Chapter. in the cooperative program. Included also among the Numerous Other applicants will guests was Mrs. Essie be completed at an early date, Mr. Nelson said. (Continued On Page 8) Plans include the possible establishment of a Farmers CoopSERVICES HELD erative Marketing Assn. and a fOR MOUNT medical and dental cooperative in EMMONS riONEER (Continued On Page 8) to Thomas M. and John A. Gilb- No. vis-kti- m g. M n offi-ct- al distln-Wshe- d iIT' EMMONS June 1, services for Mr. Rufus 1 , Fun-ra- l Rog-Wer- e held Wednesday, June at the Ward Hall. An excep-'nall- y large crowd was in The program, was as follows; A chorus sang, "My Father nows". The fjr.st speaker Mr. lrch Bennion y gave a short of his pioneering life and reserva aS lcre 011 tkn hls-(0r- Jome DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, JUNE, Rock Creek Will Be Included BILL COLEMAN RECOVERS FROM LEG FRACTURE Bill Coleman of Heber City, is Jn Duchesne this week for the first time since he suffered a fracture of the left leg more than two months ago. Mr. Coleman, whose sheep are sheared in Duchesne county annually, says this it the first time in 35 years that he ha3 missed time Well Understand" Shall We Meet Beyond the the shearing. p, vor were sung. Stake Presi-eh- t He is using a cane, but his E. L. slight limp is hardly noticeable. Murphy spoke. 1938. 3, $2.00 Ter Year In Advance Number 45. Sheriff Leaves For Illinois To Get In Fish Planting llitch-IIike- In a report published last week on fish to be planted in streams around Duchesne, on six permits for fish to be obtained from the government hatcheries at Spring-villRock Creek was accidentally omitted from the list of fishing waters to be planted. The correct list, according to Wm. H. Lawson, of the Duchesne Fish and Game club includes the Duchesne Rock river, Creek, Moon Lake, Yellowstone, Strawberry river and the upper lake in Lake Canyon. Supplemental to these plantings will be the program to be carried on by the Forest department, which will plant all waters in the national forest, which includes the upper waters of the Duchesne, Rock Creek, Lake Fork and Yellowstone. Rock Creek, since it is probably the favorite of all fishing waters available near Duchesne will receive Special attention in the planting of fish under both programs, Mr. Lawson assured the Record reporter. Lake Claims Life Of Former Myton Resident MYTON The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Offret were greatly greived to hear of the accidental death of thedr son, Ar-v- il (Ted) Offret, who was drowned last Wednesday night in Utah Lake. Ted and two companions went fishing about a mile north of the moujth of the Provo river and when returning the boat capsized. The two boys clung to the boat and finally got to shore, but Ted who was an excellent swimmer struck out for shore, but as he wore hi-tboots at the time he evidently was unable to swim such a distance. A searching party was organized and an estimate made concerning where the boat capsized. Though the search continued it was not until Friday morning that a steel fishing pole belonging to one of the party indicated the spot where the boat had upset. Starting from this point they searched toward the shore and at 11:30 a. m. Saturday the body Ted had been was recovered. able to swim only about 20 or 25 yards from where the boat was thought to have capsized, while the distance from the shoreline was approximately three-quarteof a mile. The water was about ten feet deep. Ted was bora July 15, 1916 in Provo, but had lived on a ranch east of Myton during most of his boyhood. The family moved from here about five years ago and located at Pleasant View. He was married about six months ago to Besides his Amicone. Pauline is survived he widow and parents by five brothers and sisters, all of Pleasant View. rs DUCHESNE CITY MAYOR BECOMES FATHER Mayor and Mrs. B. A. Jacoby proudly announce the arrival of an eight pound daughter, bom early Thursday morning. The baby made her debut during the time the lights were shut off. The Mayor rushed madly town bonrowing gasoline ut lamps. Mrs. Jacoby and her daughter are progressing nicely at the home of Mrs. Albert Stephenson. Results of Uintah Basin Prisoner Survey Are Studied At Salt Lake Conference Salt City r Sheriff Arzy H. Mitchell, accompanied by Bert O. Hoagland, detective of the Lake police bureau, left Tuesday afternoon by automobile for Peotone, Illinois to bring back A1 Brue-bakcharged with assault and battery of Mrs. Edith M. White last April, near Fruitland. The sheriff, accompanied by County Attorney L. A. Hollenbeck went to Salt Lake City Tuesday morning to get the extradition papers necessary in the case. Bruebaker is reported to have confessed to having beaten a woman to death in Utah last April and expressed his intention of giving himself up. Mrs. White was severely beaten and thrown off the highway out of her truck which Bruebaker appropriated as wall as $30.00 of hdr money. He is being held by Sheriff H. C. Ressar in Peotone. e, Four Duchesne County Students Awarded Tax Adjustments Made On Slough Property m 5 er Services Held Saturday For Gust Anderson Civil War Veteran Funeral services were held last Saturday at 1:30 p. m. in Berg Mortuary chapel by Bishop Andrew Jensen of Bonneville L. D. S. ward for Gust Anderson, 94, one of the few remaining G. A. R. veterans in Utah, who died late Wednesday at his home on Springville road of complications following a fall at his home Tuesday evening. Mr. Anderson was one of the first pioneers of Duchesne, having homesteaded on Blue Bench. His farm was located south of the Gardner and Schonian farms and north of the Birch property. He was one of the original organizers of Bluebench Irrigation District No. 1 which started construction of the canal, later taken over by the Knight Investment Company. Moved to Utahn After he sold his property on Blue Bench, Mr. Anderson moved to Utahn where he lived until about 14 years ago when he moved to Provo. Mr. Anderson was bora November 24, 1843, in Stockholm, Sweden, coming to the United States when 19 years of age. He enlisted in the Union army the same year, serving in the 16th Pennsylvania cavalry. Following Shermans famous march to the (Continued On Page 8) Moon Lake Report Shows Reservoir Nearly Half Full Despite a release of 14,000 acre-- released to irrigators during the month of May, Moon Lake storage is still nearly 50'c of capacity according to the monthly report issued by E. J. feet EnConstruction Westerhouse, released the gineer. Including water a total of 24,050 acre-feof water has entered Moon Lake during the month, 10,050 of which has been added to the available stored water in the lake. Approximately three inches ol percipitation during the month haa brought the total winter precipitation figure to practically the same as 1936 and slightly less than the 1937 figure. Also included in the report is a new available capacity figure, showing the more than 15 per cent increase in capacity of the effected reservoir through the change in spillway design. The complete report follows: the final, Today important Reservoir length (when full), installment of "Mistress of Mon- 3 miles. terey by Virginia Stivers BartReservoir area, (when full), et TODAY dn joui Pabez lett. 774 acres. Andrea Leads, a year ago just Reservoir available capacity, another Hollywood bit player, 34,680 acre feet. Capacity inis headed for stardom. Read Vir- creased from 30,000 acre-feginia Vales "Star 'Dust" col- through change in design. umn. Elevation of water surface at Pa Piffle shows what it akes end of month, 8109.0. to be tough. See "Mescal Ike" in Storage at end of month, et 16,-45- our comic section. William Bruckhart in "Washington Digest analyzes the recent primary elections In Florida characterized and Pennsylvania, by him as political phenomena. "Picture Parade" this week looks at the bathing beauties from 1888 to 1938 and finds that times have indeed changed. 0 acre-fee- t. Totl precipitation for the month, 2.92 inches. reRemarks: 14,000 acre-feleased to irrigators during May. The following is a record of snowfall and water content over a three year period between the dates of Nov. 1, to May 31, each et date inclusive: 1936, 127.5 inches For an intimate character of snow with a water content study of Mrs. Joseph P. Ken- 11.55 inches; 1937, 130 inches nedy, wife of the new ambassa- snowfall with a water content dor to Great Britain, and mother 13.08 inches; 1938, 114 inches of nine, read "Whos News This snowfall with a water content Week by Lemuel F. Parton. 11.00 inches. On The Front Page Many exhibitors win places at the livestock show in Vernal. "A fine show they say. Fishing season opens with a Bang and many fine limit catches at Bartons Lake in Lake Canyon. Board of Equalization meets and finds the going much smoothevier than in former years dence of good work in the Assessors office. Editorials, locals, society and on correspondence and five eight. pages four, out-of-to- of of oi of of SCHOOL BOARD MEET IS SET AHEAD TO JUNE SIXTH The regular meeting of the Duchesne County Board of Education will be held at the board offices on Monday, June 6th, instead of Tuesday the regular date, according to an announcement made by Superintendent W. J. Bond. The advance in date was made at the request of President Floyd E. Lamb. Lake Canyon Yields Many Fine Catches For Opening Day Fishermen The upper lake in Lake canyon again lived up to its reputation as being an ideal spot for yielding by several limit catches as well as supplying some fine prizes for nearly all who tried the spot. There was the usual objection of course. Since the lake is practically the only dependable spot In Duchesne county for early fishing, it attracted the usual crowd of fishermen, not only locally but from neighboring counties as well, with the result that fishermen estimated at over 150 in number were elbowkig each other along the banks while several boats were constantly plying the waters in the middle of the lake. In spite of the crowded condition, everyone seemed to be having plenty of good sport and -' success. Large Bucktajl tiles and tne old dependable standby the angleworm were used almost exclusively as the best lures. Among the many limit catches which have come from Lake canyon since the opening are those repot!' ed by Howard MJtchuJl, Bernard Belt, Frank Hale, Clair Larsen and Charles Partridge. Fishermen who wanted to the crowd at Lake canyon tried some of the streams but with little success. A few nice ones were caught on Rock Creek id above Stillwater, mostly in side streams and in Beaver dams ana ponds. .Some have also come from similar ponds on Lake Fork. No reports have come from Moon Lake, though it is certain that some fish are being caught there. No water is leaving Moon Lake now, and the only water in Lake Fork below the dam is that running in from side streams and springs or from Twin Pots. Basin .Planning League Representatives Discuss Range And Agricultural Problems With State and Govt. Officials Recommendations Emergency Project Will Provide Are Promised River Riprapping By College Head Fear of danger from the Duchesne river which is threatening to overflow ita banks in the north section of the city prompted an emergency WPA project, designed to eliminate this danger. Ben H. Beveridge, Regional W. P. A. director was in Duchesne Thursday, and after investigating the danger personally, obtained immediate release of a riprapping project for the river after telephoning the Salt Lake City office. He will ask for men to work on the project at once, he said, and anticipated that work would begin either Friday or Saturday of this week. Approximately eight or ten men will be put to work on the project, according to the number available. Chief point of danger is near the Pope property on the west side of the river, and northward along the river where the city pipe line ig laid between the river and the West Bench. City Councilmen J. P. Madsen and C. C. Mickelson accompanied Mr. Beveredge on the investigation and later conferred with him and Mayor B. A. Jacoby on setting up the project. , Many Exhibitors Are Attracted To Livestock Show A fine and interesting show is the verdict many exhibitors and visitors have expressed of the first Uintah Basin Livestock Show, held at Vernal, Friday, May 27th. The affair was sponsored by the Lions club of Vernal and Vernal businessmen, who intend to make it an annual event. A long list of exhibitors placed in the many classes of the show. Space will permit us to publish only 1st and 2nd place winners as follows: Steer or heifer Class 1 weighing from 600 to 800 lbs. Hereford: Fii3t, Chall Allred; second, Chall Allred. Steer or heifer Clasa 2 weighing from 801 to 950 lbs. Shorthorn: First, Lile Hunting; second, Roland Merkley. Hereford: First, Chall Allred; second, Grant Marchant. Class 4 Champion fat steer or heifer: First, Lile Hunting. Class 5 Snowmanship: First, Chall Allred; second, Venil Johnson. Pen of three fat Class 6 steers owned by one man: First, Chall Allred. Fat Lamb: First, Class 7 second, Ned Rhoades; Joseph Production of supplemental feed to make up for scarcity of winter range land In .the Uintah Basin wels recommended by a committee of government experts at a conference in the Newhouse Hotel Tuesday. Other reports dealt with soil classification and Irrigation. Professor W. Preston Thomas, head of the department of agricultural economics at Utah State Agricultural college, presided at the one-da- y conference. Will Make Recommendations The Uintah Basin is one of the first areas in Utah to make a complete study of agricultural with the intent of resources working out their better use and determining the number of persons that may be profitably supported by plots of land, Professor Thomas stated. "The results of two years study of coordinated agencies are now being realized, he exWhen our investigaplained. tions are completed we will be able to make definite recommendations for the improvement of the area. P. B. Lister of the United States soil conservation service, classified yearly range use of the 4,800,000 acres of grazing land in the Basin, and Dr. R. J. Evans, Utah State Agricultural college agronomist, discussed the feeding program in the Ba.sin. Maldistribution of Land Horace Allrea of Roosevelt, one of the spokesmen representing the Uintah Basin Planning league spoke on the maldistribution of range land. He advocated relocation of the Indian grazing land so that it would extend into the forest boundaries, thus giving the Indians some of the summer range and in turn furnishing some winter range for the Whites. Taul S. Hanson of Duchesne county pointed out dearth of (Continued On Page 8) Lt. Webb Leaves C.C.C. To Enter Private Business Lt. Joseph R. Webb, commanding officer of C. C. C. Company 1968 at Bridgeland, expected to leave Friday morning for Salt Lake City, where he will enter private business, It was stated here Thursday evening. Lt. Webb has spent five years in Civilian Conservation work, coming to the Bridgeland camp from the Clover camp just fourteen months ago. "I regreit leaving Duchesne Lt. Webb said, "never county, have I been associated with more people friendly or cooperative than I have met here." Stringham. Pen of three lambs: Class 8 Lt. Willard Douglas of Fort First, Paul and Ned Stringham; Douglas will take over command of the cSmp some time Friday, second, Clias. Bingham. Hampshire lambs: it was stated. Class 10 First, Joseph Rhoades; second, Alex Sessions. MARRIAGE LICENSES Fat Hogs: or Fat Barrow Class 11 Clyde Lee, 26, Dragon and Gilt: First, Glen McKeachnie; Wilma Ainge, 21, Jensen, May second, Glen McKeachnie. 28. Pen of three tat Class 12 Hugh J. Percival, 24 find Eva Glen McKeachnie; hogs: First, 22, both of Ioka, May 31. Angus, second, Joe Merkley. Dean Joseph Pulley, 27, DuClass 13 Champion fat hog: chesne and Gladys Mecham, 17, McKeachnie. Glen First, Fruitland, June 1. Breeding Sheep: In Ewes dropped Class 14 1937. Rambouillet: First, Weldon AUDITORS ARRIVE TO CHECK Fox. Hampshire: First. Alex Ses COUNTY RECORDS sions. (Continued On Page 8) Andrew M. Anderson and Carl G. VVamick, auditors arrived in Duchesne Thursday to begin their WEATHER REPORT official audit of the Duchesne |