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Show A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basin and 2 i, Duchesne: E CARRr, ' 59 and Gateway To Uintah Basin e and FARLa; Board Approves Band Transporlalion To Price Band Festival cafes and hotel CLEAN UP School I illing nces Of hi! Three Day Program To Be Broadcast , Price Radio Over ocy of two Attendance County bands Duchesne Price regular meeting of the d.strict-owne- d Conti; a i ruling. IS j xhe Price meet is scheduled for to Suyay 4, 5, and 6, according compbut W. J. Bond, perintendent leted programs for the event have lot yet been determined. The days on which the local bands will part- dPatf icipate will be icited the determined after programs are announced. Duchesne Bands First Trip Roosevelt band, with some 80 with 60 pieces pieces and Duchesne the two local bands which will The in the event. The Roosevelt band, an organization of several years standing, attended the meet last year, and expects to make a fine showing this year. The Duchesne band, organized alonly last year, and made up most entirely of elementary students, has never before attended the meet. Despite its youth the band has made rapid and constant progress under the able leadership of its instructor, Frank Postma, and the school and townspeople have full confidence that it will make an excellent showing at the participate cv lane; f con a mi tram According to snow masurements made by Uinta Forest Rangers this coming- music at week, the snow depth and moiswas at the approved the Board here Tuesday. The Of Education three of the d strict will furnish busses and pay the Expense of costs, it was decided. will have to busses the for drivers of by the schools tie taken care to the lending the bands according festival in :kels d Snow Measurements Drop Below Long Time Average Uf on of of FOR SPRING Duchesne and Roosevelt Bands Receive Permission to Attend Annual Event; Schedules To Be Worked Out Later ; meet. Announced Features of the meet as announced by Dr. H. B. Goetsman, chairman of the festival include a special concert in the new Price civic auditorium on Friday evening and the band demonstration at Kiwanis field on the final evening. It has been announced that radio station K. E. U. B., located at Price, has made arrangements to broadcast all phases of the event, including the parade of all hands ture content is considerably lower than a long time average as of this date, indicating from 60 to 72 per cent of water content. The Strawberry-Daniel- s canyon snow course was 72 per cent of normal in water content when pared to a average. com- The snow was 31 inches deep with a water content of 10.3 inches. Last year at this time, the snow measured 47 inches in depth with a water content of 16 inches. The Indian Canyon snow course was 60 per cent of normal in water content when compared to a average. The snow had a depth of 24 inches with a water content of 5.4 inches. Last Year at this time, the snow was 41 inches in depth with a water content of 12 inches. The moisture condition might not be as unfavorable as indicated by the snow measurements since the past two weeks have been exceptionally warm which has caused an early run-of- f. During most years this does not occur until later. The fall storms were unusually heavy with considerable rain going into the ground before snow and freezing weather came. BEAR DANCE GETS UNDER WAY AT MYTON Features i iiarr one2- - on Saturday. the local bands will he outfitted in new uniforms which have been ordered, to arrive in plenty of time for the Both of completely Di meet. LYCEUM PLAY TO BE PRESENTED HERE WEDNESDAY Duchesne citizens will have the opportunity of attending a real Broadway show in their own com- munity next Wednesday night at P' m. in the high school auditorium. The Bob Pollard Players of Wa- tfflio, Iowa, brought to us by Fred C. Graham Salt Lake lng Lyceum circuit of City, will present, Tam- the Shrew," a comedy in three acts. The Bob MYTON The Indians have completed the brush corral which will be used for the annual Bear dance. Many of the Indians from all parts of the Basin are now settled in their camps to enjoy their usual spring festival. The dance beginning Wednesday, is expected to draw a large crowd as this is the first dance of the season and the early imspring weather may make it Indians begin the that perative their spring farming so that they may be untable to hold furthera dances this year. This dance is very colorful festival as many are unique and clever costumes worn by both Indian men and women. The coming of the bear is scheduled for Sunday or Monwill day morning and the dancers and entertain the general public danccarry on their usual rites by Saturday the night ing through Sunday morning. until sun-u- p Come out and enjoy the one event of the year that portrays the party festive occaspirit as well as the of spring in sion of the coming celethe manner the Indians have the before since event brated this man. white the of coming Superintendent Adds Textbook Samples Pollard Players have organized since 1926 under To School Libraries the direction of the Eextension Divisions of the Suerintendent W. J. Bond hasg Universities of Wisconsin, Kansas and Minnesota. been busy the past week d'ut-in-litextbook samples to school urmg that time they have ap- were subpeare(1 over 1200 high schools braries. Over 300 books 140 and colleges by examination for throughout the coun- mitted Bond in y and in to Superintendent of these places many of the member ave been a as brought back seven con- his capacity Nearcommission. secutive years. state textbook many valProceeds from the including of all these, production ly been turned be given to the Duchesne Band uable volumes haveschools by Mr. Mthers club. over to the various Bond. the More books were adopted by forSlot Machines in than commission this year due Must Go mer years, Mr. Bond states, law governing the in Sheriff Says to a change In these their action. Included S Anthmetic on nSot machines operating in were textbooksHistory, AH A cial Science, ucesne County must be Vocational Agncultu elation, will immediately or they Economics. Home and confiscated and the operators in the state Prosecuted, according to a state-eAll school districts from textbooks issued must adopt their Thursday by crnthe iinty Sheriff the list adopted by Dewey Mcri-- e os a large ler. Following several ts This list usually carr from books . against the operation of Per cent of adoptThe machines, Sheriff Meriweth-conferre- d the previous list. ac years ed will stand for four wilh County At. of six law, Instead new ney George to Stew'art and ceding years as previously. of - l Attorney General eg The commission Koth attorneys work on M their 'ra that the machines are 'l, completed City am TJ"llc,y Against the law in on in Sait Lake individually coian that it is his members had duty to o0 e"1 hat the law is enforced. ned many samples 1 (Continued On Fagpub-lishe- ; re-)v- nt - com-PWin- e TRUCK ACCIDENT The New Palace Cafe is undergoing a complete repainting and redecorating job inside and out. The interior decorating was necessitated by fire and an of burning grease in theexplosion kitchen about two weeks ago. A pan of grease in the oven became overheated and exploded when the oven door was opened. Flames out into the room and spurted damaged cupboards and walls, but was extinguished before any serious damage resulted. Remodeling and redecorating was completed last week on the Mission Inn and spring cleaning and painting began this week at the Plaza Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cohom, proprietors of the Plaza hotel contemplate extensive remodeling in their lobby and dining room within the next few weeks and floors and upstairs halls are receiving a new coat of varnish and paint. Board Surveys List Of Teachers For New Contracts At the regular meeting of the Board of Education here Tuesday, Superintendent W. J. Bond went over the entire list of teachers in the district, giving his recommendations on the offering of new contracts for the coming school year. With the exception of about 9 teachers, every teacher in the district will be offered a new contract. Of this approximate number, four have definitely indicated they do not desire reemployment in this district next year. The others are those classified as "doubtful Superintendent by Bond, and may or may not be ofOf those fered a contract. who do not seek employment it is known that several are planning marriage soon after the close of the present term. Same Salary Schedule The salary schedule as adopted for the coming year will be the same as last year. It is graduated with increases of $45.00 or $90.00 per year, as the amount of college credit increases, and allows for an increase of $45.00 per year for each additional year of experience in each of the various credit brackets. This experience increase does not continue for as many years in the lower credit brackets as in the higher brackets, however The salaries for teachers varies from 3720.00 per year for the minimum college credits with no exto $1350 per year for perience (Continued On Page 8) Fire Department Will Give resistance In Weed Burning; been j BAI) SFOT IN ROAD BLAMED FOR C. C. C. Uintah Parents Seek Use Of Myton School Problems concerning the coming school year were predominant among those considered by the Duchesne County Board of Education at its regular meeting here Tuesday. Among these were: Teachers contracts, salary schedules, buildings, budget and finances, busses and the request of a group of Uintah County Parents that their students attend the school at Myton next year. In connection with the last named, a group of parents whose homes are in Uintah county, near the county line on the south side of the Duchesne river met with the board. Their children must travel a long and circuituous route over bad roads to attend the Ft. Duchesne and Alterra schools where they are enrolled, they said, and they would very much like to have the students brought to the school at Myton. The road over which travel is much shorter and better, they stated, and they believe the school itself, after the students arrived, would offer many advantages over the smaller Ft. Duchesne school. The delegation was told that as they are Uinutah County residents they must take their request to the Board of Education of that district, but that the Duchesne county board would be glad to meet with the Uintah county board at any time to see what arrangements might be made if they desired. G. C. Kohl, representing Duchesne citizens met with the board, advising them that he held deeds to property acquired by the citizens for a shop building for the Duchesne high school. The Fruit-lan- d school building which has been moved to Duchesne is badly needed for a music room he explained, and since the citizens have invested money in acquiring a fine site for the shop building they would like to have the district make provisions for its construction in the new budget. There has been no shop program in Duchesne since the old building was razed three years ago. A WPA project set up at that time for the con-- ( Continued on Page 8) Mrs. Vivian Wilkins Elected Head A. Association Of P.-T. travel. A. J. Gerry, Les Maxwell and Ed Hart were appointed as a committee to raise the required amount for Duchesne. They will canvass the business houses in the near future, soliciting the investments in tourist business, edu-catio- To Gather Funds ist camp Camp Holds Open House e Serv-A- n National The Duchesne feeder canal inviItation to the general publa under construction ice finds men from the camps their dam version CCC lie to visit the Bridgeland best trained men, officers of the sixth anniversary of now. The Aitonah spike camp, Camp on the on the Yellowstone ex- camp have been told. Similar reweek working by this issued the corps was house change canal will be open for visi- ports have been made by th Buofficers of the camp. Open tors along with the other projects. reau of Reclamation. on the projects and the camp at Officers of the camp are proud for Saturday; has been announced be furnished of the record of the Bridgeland will Guides 8. April the camp. The project at Midview is to conduct visitors through - the largest undertaken by any CCC projthe various camp and over camp and is of real value locally. Of equal value is the opportunity Dam Almost Completed is completed offered the enrolloes of the camp The Midview dam a small gate to advance themselves educationof with the exception Reclamation of- - ally and Many vocationally. Bureau of your.g men are now earning indeSals have offered much praise the exon their many visits pendent livlihoods through of this project perience gained in the CCC camps. to it. 4-- H $24,-231.1- 4; After the conclusion of business a series of educational films were shown for the entertainment of those present. Only about 15 members attended the meeting as many were at Tabiona attending thle Junior Prom. 50-5- i DEL1UEB Service station operators, Tourand hotel owners and businessmen comprising the highway 40 club of Duchesne met Thursday evening in response to a call by Chairman Chet Lyman to discuss plans for raising funds for Duchesne's share of the general drive to start soon for tourist rs Advertising Folders; Stickers Will Carry Dinosaur As Insignia Official Map Is Adopted For Use On Pheasant Projects Scenic Attractions Will Continue Here Will Be Stressed On Enlarged Basis In All Publicity 2000 pheasant Approximately eggs will be distributed to Utah club boys and girls sometime in May for hatching under hens, and 2400 day old pheasants will be also distributed, Carl G. Davis, assistant extension poultryman with Utah State Agricultural college, announces. The pheasant projects are being sponsored cooperatively by the extension poultryman, J. Whitney Floyd, extension forester; D. P. Murray, state boys and girls club leader, and the state fish and game department. At the end of the growing season the fish and game department will pay the club members 75 cents for each bird raised to maturity from day old pheasant chicks and 80 cents for each bird hatched from eggs, Mr. Davis said. During the past six years boys and girls in pheasant projects have turned back an estimated 4000 grown pheasants to the fish and Auditors Advocate game department in 12 different Strict counties. The project work has earned approximately $3200 for Economy Policy the club members. Egg3 have been A strict policy of economy was hatched under domestic hens and are usually grown to the age of advocated by auditors of the 14 weeks. company if Duchesne 10 to Usually the grown pheasants are county is to keep its financial head above water. A copy of released in the immediate locality. the findings of the auditors was received in the county clerks of- MAY TAX SALE fice this week. was SET FOR The economy admonition not a surprise, however, to the TWENTY-TIIIRI- ) county commissioners nor to the was set as May Twenty-thir- d officials, as they have long realized this and have been retrench- the date for the sale of Auditors Tax Deed property at the regular ing as much as possible. the official to meeting of the Duchesne county audit, According three important facts appear in commissioners last Tuesday. On the changes in county operating this date, property, on which taxes fund balances at the end of 1938: have not been paid for four years, (1) Your fund cash balances will be sold at public auction on were reduced from $35,047.66 to an the steps of the court house. The list of property will be published overdraft of $4,554.00. for four successive weeks beginDelinquent Interest Paid week after next. "(2) Your delinquent bonds and ning Most of the time of the commisbond interest have been paid. sioners was devoted to the selling (3) The net financial position of real estate and adjusting time of your county funds has been depayment contracts. creased approximately $3,951.78. George Kohl and Chester Lyman The changes in the cash posicomtion of the county operating funds representing the Highway 40 dowas due principally to the pay- mittee, asked that the county nate a sum to the advertising fund ment of all delinquent principal and bond interest: Bond principal, which will be used this spring and of summer for the promotion bond interest, $25,000.00; 40. The commissioners highway total, $49,231.14. The payment of delinquent in- took the matter under advisement. Various committees met with the terest will relieve the county of to ask that work be the financial burden which it has commissioners done on various stretches of road, been carrying because of paying one of them being the road leading interest on delinquent interest, The position of the county to the Red Creek coal mine. This matter was also taken under ad(Continued on Page 8) visement awaiting a new survey on county roads by the state road commission before the balance of Highway 40 Club the vehicle registration tax maney Names Group is turned over to the counties. Mrs. Vivian Wilkins was elected president of the Parent-TeacheAssociation succeeding Mrs. Verna Larsen at a meeting held at the high school Monday evening. Mrs. Babs Murdock was elected first vice president and Principal C. W. Barton, automatically a vice president according to the by-lawas named as second vice president. This is the first time two have been named. will be A new Secretary-Treasure- r selected after the beginning of school next fall. The members voted to use the funds now in the treasury, approximately $30.00 in payment of a lyre for the Duchesne band on a 0 basis with the board of ts has been set Saturday, April aside for the burning of weeds throughout Duchesne, weather perthis mitting, is was announced The week by Mayor B. A. Jacoby. fire department will be out, cruisto assist ing about the town ready he in control, fires the keeping of announced, and the cooperation weeds and in removing citizens all is trash which create a fire hazard sought. SatShould there be much wind will be postponthe burning urday avoid the ed to a later date to of spreading fires. added danger 8, GOii YEAR FRUITLAND, April 4 Otto Neilson of Arcadia narrowly escaped death or serious injury about noon Monday when his truck, loaded with cattle, turned over on highway 40 at Fruitland. Mr. Neilson and a boy hitch-hike- r, riding with him were uninjured, but two of the cattle had to be killed because of broken legs. The truck hit a soft spot in the and between RockhiUs road Brooks throwing it off the road into the barrow pit where it turned over, resting with all four wheels in the air. Francis Brooks caterpillar was used to right the truck so the cattle could be extricated. Mr. Neilson came to Duchesne and got Bill Hadden to take his cattle to Salt Lake City. Sheriff and Ed Thomas D. Meriwether Carman, local supervisor of the state road commission investigated the accident. Highway 10 Clubs Meet Here To Plan Campaign To Stimulate Tourist Travel Full Distribution Of Road Funds Awaits New Survey Because of complaints that the the State Road Commission has decided to make a new survey of county roads in the various counties in the state before the balance of the vehcle tax money is turned over for road work. Ninety per cent of the money, based on the 1936 survey, however will be turned over within the near future, it was stated, so that projects already started may be continued and ten per cent will be held back to make the adjustments. Duchesne countys share, $24,-90is allotted on the basis of COO miles of county road which is shown by the 1936 survey. Commissioners contend that there are many more miles than this. Other counties are also dissatisfied with the survey. Nothing can be done, of course, about the population census at present. A new census will not be compiled until next year. Duchesne county has already received $5000 of the 1939 funds so that W. P. A. road projects may continue. 1936 survey is inaccurate, 0, Itasln Youths Most of the boys in the Bridge-lan- d camp are Uintah Basin youths who are receiving advantages in this way which would not be open to them otherwise. Visitors are invited to visit the camp, see camp life, educational Mrs. Katie Firth of Provo was facilities, medical facilities, etc. and to acquaint themselves with greeting old friends and taking the magnitude and purpose of the care of her business Inte-estin entire project. Duchesne Saturday. Delegates of Highway 40 clubs Utah met at the Plaza hotel in Duchesne last Monday to further plans for the promotion of tourist travel over this highway dur. ing the coming months. Representatives were present at the meeting from Vernal, Roosevelt, Duchesne and Heber City. A map of highway 40 from Denver to Salt Lake City showing the various points of interest along the route was studied and adopted as the official map to be used in advertising the route. It was drawn by a Colorado engineer and first introduced at a meeting in Craig recently. Local points of interest were added to it at the meeting Monday. It is planned that the map will be used on a folder which will contain in addition many scenic views along the route. From 75,000 to 100,000 of the maps will be printed, it is planned, to be distributed to service sections, hotels, etc. bureaus, The folders will carry the slogans: "Through the Fairyland of Natural Wonders." 100 Miles Shorter, 100 Times More Beautiful." Windshield Stickers Roy A. Sehonlan, a member of the Duchesne delegation was to obtain prices on windshield stickers carrying a dinosaur in colors as the insignia of highway 40 in Utah. These stickers are planned for distribution to service stations and tourist camps who have had calls for stickers from nearly all tourists, those who are in the business stated. Smaller cuts of the same design will be furnished to local printers for use in printing envelopes and letterheads for local business houses to keep their wholesalers and others constantly reminded of highway in 12-pa- travel 40. A committee was appointed to contact the supporters of highway 30 in an endeavor to remove both the highway 30 and highway 40 The signs at Kimball junction. theory was advanced that the two big signs there were merely counteracting each other, and that the money sjent on these signs could (Continued On Page 8) SHEPPARD HOME RAZED BY EIRE The home of Mrs. Vernalia Sheppard in the West part of town was completely destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon, stalled, it was thought, by grass fireu by children. Most of the furnishings of the house were burned None of the loss, it was stated, was covered by insurance. Mrs. Sheppard was in Salt Lake City at the time of the fire, and her brother, Nessa Crouse, who was living there, was not at homo when the fire started. The flames had gained such headway that the fire department was unable to save the structure but directed their efforts in keeping the fire from spreading to other buildings. With the exception of the fire which destroyed the home of Van Killian last winter, this is the first fire of major importance in Duchesne for many years. HIGH SCHOOL ENTERTAINS SCHOOL BOARD Members of the Board of Education were entertained at dinner Tuesday by the Duchesne high school domestic science department. with Principal C. W. Barton officiating in the capacthe ity of host. Preceding board members dinner the watched the high school band and the violin ensemble practicing under their respective instructors, Frank Postma and Miss Twilla Meldrum. The band finished its work with the rendition of a march for the visitors. Miss Dora Moon, domestic science teacher received ttie appreciation of the board members for the fine dinner served. |