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Show A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Umtah Basin The Duchesne: County Seat Newspaper Gateway To Uintah Basin Volume 10 Covers ALL The Uintah Basin Sponsors Adopt New Name For U B I C Substitute Scheduled For August 21-Gathering In Uintah Mountains Will Be Called Basin Short Course Encampment; Educational Features Will Supply Main Program RODEO OFFICERS Yellowstone And LAY PLANS Moon Lake Are Possible Sites FOR ANNUAL EVENT With a committee busy investigating the Yellowstone CCC camp and Moon Lake as to possible sites, plans are going forward for the for the U. B. L C. substitute scheduled for August 21, 22 and 23. gathering will be called the Short Course Encampment, it was decided at a meeting of committee members held at The Basin Roosevelt Monday evening. It was first decided to continue under the old name, U. B. . C., but some objection was raised to this because of the short time for preparation and the great change from the past program of the U. B. I. C. e Program At the meeting of the program committee Monday evening only tentative suggestions were made on which the program will be built. The program will be built in three separate phases, it was decided; one for the group of children under 13 years of age, another for young people between 13 and 18 and a third for adults. The adult program will consist chiefly of illustrated lectures and educational on demonstrations subjects, with speakers participating from the three institutions of higher learning. W. P. A. ISocreatioa A recreational program will be supervised by the WPA recreational project leaders, and will be augmented by band performances and dancing. Boy Scout and club work will be represented. Method of financing has not been fully decided as yet, with the consideration under possibility that a nominal admission per car The encampmay be charged. ment will be operated with as little expense as possible, with the usual U. B. I. C. prizes and eliminated. 4-- Unemployed Youths Urged To Apply To NYA , For Work Youths between the ages of 18 and 24 inclusive, who are unemployed and in need of training and work might apply for certification and assignment to the National Youth Administration. Application blanks are available with the following agencies: Farm Security, County Welfare Departoffices, ments, WPA district school superintendents, local NYA supervisors or the NYA district office which is located in Price, ' Utah. certified Not all youths who are assignmay receive Immediate ment but they will be assigned in keeping with the youths training needs and the employment needs of the area. Plans are being worked out in cooperation with the State Department of Vocational Education and the colleges of the state whereby a number of boys will be placed in these institutions. Here they will receive mechanical training in keeping with the defense and preparedness program of the nation. Youth desiring to attend such training schools should so indicate on their application. Plans for the 1940 annual Labor Day Stampede were advanced at a meeting of the officers Wednesday evening. Several interested citizens were present at the meeting to discuss the event with the executive committee. A rodeo queen contest will be launched immediately according to Verl Meyrick, vice president, under the chairmanship of George Kohl Jr. and Ernest Thatcher. Rules for the contest will be announced in the near future. Participation of the B. P. W. club was promised by Mrs. Vivian Wilkins who represented the club at the meeting. The club will conduct an amateur hour during the celebration and will oversee the sale of hats and handkerchiefs. The two-da- y event is being spon-oore- d by the corporation officers and the Duchesne Junior Chamber of Commerce. FORESTER URGES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRES Rep Ralley At Myton Thursday pep MYTON: A Republican meeting drew a large crowd to the ward hall Thursday evening. Mrs. Stephen Abbott of Randlett was the guest speaker. She touched on Americanism, the two national conventions, the life of Wendell L. Willkle and paid tribute to Vice President John Nance Gamer. Other speakers were Otto Wei-slc- y of Salt Lake City, J. Bracken Lee of Price. LeRoy B. Young of Ogden, Owen Woodruff of Salt City and L. L. Taylor of Moab. A dance followed the meeting. JUST TO REMIND YOU 3. Contract Club, Saturday, with Mrs. Titus Jones. Aug. The Duchesne WPA canning center got into full swing this week, working every day except VegeSaturday and Sunday. tables are scarce, however, and all persons who have surplus vegetables or fruits are urged to bring them to the canning center. Vegetables should be brought to the center the same day they are taken from the garden as soon after picking as possible. In that way, no vitamines are lost and there is no chance for spoilage. The canned produce is used in school lunches during the winter and it is necessary that school children have food of the highest This is the quality obtainable. aim of the canning supervisor and she sees that the greatest care is taken in the canning process. When bringing produce to the canning center, it should be borne in mind that canning is not done Saturday or Sunday and it should be brought early enough in the day so that they can be 'canned the same day they are gathered from the garden Credit on school lunches will be given as usual for all produce brought in. A school of instruction was held In Roosevelt last Friday for workers in the canning centers and supervisors. Instruction and advice was given by Miss Catherine Harpes, state supervisor. A meeting was held in the afternoon for presidents, sponsors of the projects. Instructions in procedure of the canning centers and school lunch programs was given to the new presidents who will take office this year P.-T.- Continued dry, hot weather ha3 left Utah ranges very susceptible to fires, and travelers should be particularly careful of their cigarette butts, pipe heels, matches and campfires, warns J. Whitney Floyd, extension forester at Utah State Agricultural College. When fire bums over the foothills, vegetation is destroyed and the ranges become vulnerable to flush floods during rain storms, thus permitting the first steps of erosion to set in. These fires are hazardous to crops, homes, and fences, and they rduce the humus content of the soil. If allowed to spread to higher hills such fires destroy timber which has taken hundreds of years to grow to maturity, the forester stated. He advised all travelers to carry fi. shovel and axe to be used in controlling fires. . "Small fires can be controlled by one or two men, but if permitted to grow and expand many men and much is needed, he asserted. Forest fires throughout the States annually bum over an area equal to about two-thirthe size of the State of Utah. The state's total area is more than 52 million acres. During the past two weeks, Mr. Floyd has made a tour of the state and reports that he has seen hundreds of fires and bums visible from the road. These have been caused largely through carelessness and thoughtlessness, he said, "and could be citiappreciably reduced if every zen would guard against acts which might start a conflagra. tion. County sheriffs, and officials of the Forest Service and Grazing Service should be notified whenever grass and forest fires are concluded. spotted, Mr. Floyd SURVEYS SHOW BETTER CROPS THAN LAST YEAR The water supply over the state so far this year has averaged from 40 to 100 per cent of normal in natural stream flow and about 90 per cent of that for the same period last year, a report Issued Thursday by State Engineer T. H. Humpherys, shows. The report is based in information received from water commissioners and other cooperative observers throughout the state. Irrigated crops are about 15 per cent better than those of last year, and about 20 per cent below those of a normal year, according to the report. Damage resulting from drouth Is not great in any of the irrigated areas over the state, Mr. Humpherys said, however the ranges are beginning to suffer. Unless rain comes soon to the higher grazing areas, sheep and cattle will have to be moved to lower levels earlier than usual, he declared. On July 1 the principal reservoirs of the state containel 472,-00- 0 acre feet less storage water than at the same time last year. However, it is expected an ample supply will become available to finish out the season on all but Echo and Moon Lake reservoirs, neither of which was filled at hte beginning of the season. Unusually heavy drawing on storage water throughout the state this summer is caused from abnormally high temperatures and This conlack of precipitation. dition reduces the possibility for storage water holdover for next County Advertises summer. Stream flow of Beaver, Millard, For Bids On and Carbon counties is Sanpete Ground Grazing larger than a year ago, and 80 to an average year, iesne county commis-in- g 90 per cent of the to report. Streams this week, according bids for county-owne- d grazing of other counties are 75 to 90 per bids are to be submit-befor- e cent of a year ago aod generally the date of the about 60 per cent of normal. d "Lack of precipitation, r meeting of the com-iguon Page 8 6. They will be it the meeting, ire sections of grazing Airs. Arzy Mitchell d nong the county-owne- Good-an- d Gets Burned A. G. Clerk ty are now open for While Canning1 is Anyone interested Mrs. Arzy H. Mitchell received painful, though not serious burns Monday when she was removing COMMISSIONERS a jor of beans from a pressure cooker at her home. She had reWILL SET moved one jar from the cooker and COUNTY LEVY was reaching for a second one levy when a Jar exploded, throwing the ine county tax face and on the regular meeting boiling liquid into her is thought that a arm. It next her commissioners window might was announced this draft from an open it to Good-i- o have struck the Jar causing A. G. ty Clerk on explode. meeting public Mr. Mitchell has also been ill equlred by law, Mr. of during the past week as the result it Is the desire of a bee sting received last Friliners to make - day. He is feeling much better lnteranyone ed ; st Republicans Hold DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940 PRODUCE WANTED FOR DUCHESNE CANNING CENTER 3 Three-phas- 99 wel-ireti- accom-Continue- $2.00 Ter Year MOYLE OPENS CAMPAIGN IN DUCHESNE Car Overturns When Struck Near Arcadia E. J. Larsen, mayor of Spring City, received a severe head laceration and bruises in a collision when his car was struck by a car driven by Lulan Sherman of Huntington, in Arcadia Sunday evening. Mrs. Larsen suffered a badly bruised or sprained hip and others in the Larsen car received scratches and bruises. They were LaMar, a son, driver of the car; two other small sons and a daughter, and Mr. Larsens sister, Mrs. Porter Merrell and baby of Duchesne. Sherman Admits Responsibility The accident occurred when the Larsen party was enroute to Bluebell to visit with Mr. Larsens father, J. O. Larsen. The Larsen machine, northbound on the state highway, was struck on the right-rea- r door and fender by Mr. Shermans machine, westbound on the Arcadia county road. It rolled over once following the impact landing on its wheels crosswise of the highway, Mr. Larsen said. Mr. Sherman admitted full responsibility for the accident, Mr. Larsen said, blaming faulty brakes for his failure to stop. Received First Aid AU of the party except LaMar, who stayed to watch the car, were brought to the Merrell home in Duchesne by passing motorists, where they received treatment by Dean Powell and Mrs. Hildur Johnstun of the First Aid squad, prior to the arrival of the doctor. to Mrs. Larsen was unable walk when the family left for home Tuesday, Mr. Merrell said, but added that he had received a card from the family Thursday indicating that nothing serious had been found when she stopped off for and further examination in Provo on the way to Their car, a new Spring City. sedan, was badly damaged and is in a local garage for repairs. STATE EDITORS PRAISE MOON LAKE Proof that Moon Lake is an spot for entertainments such as the annual outing of the State Press Association held there two weeks ago, is seen in articles the outing appearing in weekly papers of the state. Several such articles have already appeared in these columns last week. We reproduce additional stories concerning the outing: American Fork Citizen Frank Gaisford, editor. Members of the Utah State Press association were royally entertained by the Duchesne Lions club and Editor and Mrs. Roy A. Schonian of the Uintah Basin Record of Duchesne, at the annual summer pres3 outing held at Moon lake, Saturday and Sunday. perUpwards of seventy-fiv- e sons, including editors of weekly and their partners newspapers from over the state, publishing and sales executives, and a number of guests, Joined in the two days activities. Rustic Moon lake lodge, on the shores of beautiful Moon lake, forty miles north of Duchesne was headquarters for the outing. In the championship softball game Saturday afternoon, a team Fork of southerners (American being just south of the Mason-Dixo- n line) defeated the northerners by a score of 23 to 19, regaining the trophy from the northerners. A. F. Gaisford, editor of the Citizen was pitcher for the Continued on Page 8 ut Trailer Chapel To Be In Duchesne Pauls Fathers Trailer Chapel which has just returned from a trip through the southern states, will be in Duchesne next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, It was announced here this week by Father Murphy of Roosevelt. The trailer chapel will be located on the school campus, he said, and will show the religious motion There picture, King of Kings. is no charge, and the public is Invited, Father Murphy said. Henry D. Moyle, candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination opened political camin Duchesne with a paigning Democratic rally here Monday evening. He was the first of the many political aspirants to address a Duchesne audience for the com-in- y elections. The development of Utah Industries was Mr. Moyles recipe for greater incomes In the state, he said. Discussing ways and means of fostering Increased Industry, he declared, The way to make Utah a better place in which to live is to increase incomes. The way to increase incomes is to increase Industry. The way to Increase industry is to give constructive leadership to it. Illustrating the loss to Utah through lack of sufficient industry, Mr. Moyle cited the copper from Bingham which is shipped across the country to tile eastern coast for processing and then shipped back again in the form of the finished product at a muen higher figure, and the wool which is raised in Utah and shipped to the eastern coast for fabrication and then reshipped to Utah. "We must take advantage of our raw materials," he asserted. The way to increase the income of farmers and ranchers is by processing and refining their products right here rather than shipping them out of the state for further manufacture and then expensively buying them back ralMr. Moyle also addressed lies in Roosevelt and Vernal before leaving the Uintah Basin. Grass Gets Spotlight At Conclave In Salt Lake City During the Western Grassland Conference held at Salt Lake City recently numerous important ideas and opinions were expressed concerning the role played by grass on the ranges and farms of the western states. Stockmen, ranchscientists and ers, researchers, others Interested in range use emphasized the need for maintaining an abundant supply of forage and economic livestock units All agreed that In many instances the western anges have been misused, but that through proper management and cooperation of all concerned this great natural resource can be maintained and even improved. Following are pertinent exerpts taken from the addresses given before the conference: P. V. Cardon, assistant chief, Bureau of Plant Industry, has "In recent years America experienced a notable awakening with respect to soil conservation, erosion control and watershed And with respect to protection. of national all these questions concern, grass has come in for unprecedented attention. Grass is a crop, we have reasoned, it will cover the land, improve soil texture, minimize erosion, and therefore, may be used to advantage as a substitute for surplus crops, generally regarded as soil depleting crops." In Advance Number 2 Centennial Coininitlee Sets General Discussion Of Proposed Projects Civic Organizations and Geographical Units Invited To Send Representatives To Meet With Committee August 17th Abe Murdock Club List of Projects Discussed To Be Ready For Duchesne By September 1 Flans for the formation of an Abe Murdock for U. S. Senator Committee in Duchesne county were discussed with local Democrats by R. L Olsen of Ogden, chairman of the Utah Murdock for Senator Committee, in Duchesne last Friday. Mr. Olsen, in company with S. M. Welsh of Ogden, made a tour of Uintah Basin communities. He stated that Congressman Murdock will receive the Democratic nomination for States Senator at the primaries September 3 of only his followers go to the polls and vote. A meeting of Murdock backers will be held in the near future at which time a county-wid- e committee will be set up to get out the vote for the Congressman. Road Commission Studies Patrol Report The State Highway Patrol la determined to stop traffic violations, and is making a vigorous drive against careless motorists, acording to the six months report of patrol activities submitted to the State Road Commission by R. W. Groo, Superintendent. During the first six months of 1940 the highway patrol made more arrests for traffic violations than for the entire year of 1939, with a total of 6,054 arrests for the six month period as compared with 5,823 for the year 1939. In addition, 3,242 warning tickets were isued from January 1 to June 30. In its drive to curb speeding, the highway patrol during the first six months of this year issued 1,584 arrests for this traffic vio- lation, as compared with 1,325 arrests for the same reason during the year 1939. Running stop signs resulted in the arrest of 1,074 motorists from January 1 to June 30, a total of 240 arrests more than were made during 1939 for this cause. The report discloses that 452 arrests were made for lack of official inspection. In commenting on this phase of the report, W. D. Hammond, chairman of the State Road Commission, said that it is difficult for the commision to understand the reluctance of some motorists to have their cars inspected. It would naturally seem that men would be anxious to have their cars Inspected for their own It safety, said Mr. Hammond. is, after all, done for the protection of all motorists, including the man who objects to the inspection. If all automobile owners would keep their cars in first class condition at all times there would be he conno need of Inspection, Protects watersheds The commission Is deReed W. Bailey, director, Inter- tinued. mountain Forest and Range Ex- termined that there will be no letup on the matter of safe cars as periment Station, The miracle of grass, with Its well as safe drivers so long as roots that bind the soil particles there are any traffic fatalities on together, provides channels for ab- our highways." sorption of rain or snow melt, furnishes forage for livestock and DUCHESNE COUNTY protects the functions of watersheds is everywhere revealed as CATTLE SHOW we pursue our researches or apply CLEAN TB RECORD sound practices to the management of the plant cover on our and Dr. Dr. Shirley Nebeker watersheds. Winward who have been In DuOver Grast'd chesne county testing cattle for Dr. George Stewart, ecologist, tuberculosis for the past month, Intermountain Forest and Range have now completed the tests with Experiment Station, Ogden, Utah, very satisfactory results. Only The best estimate that can be cows in the entwenty-fiv- e made regarding the area of aban-- ( tire area were found to be InfectContinued On Page 8) ed, allowing the county t,o keep its accredited area rating. The infected animals are immediately NEW CAFE WILL disposed of and a fair price paid OPEN SOON to the owner for the loss. IN DUCHESNE Dr. W. II. Hendricks, state veterinarian, will be in the county A new sign,, Moores Cafe" ap- within the near future to test catpeared on the front of the cast tle for Bangs disease, County room of the Schonian building this Carl Davis slated. The test week. Marvel Moore will be the will not be compulsory, but will proprietor of the new cafe, and be be available to all growers who expects to be ready for business make a request to the county on about the 10th of August. This disease In cattle is the During the past week the room source of undulant and Malta feand Mr. ver in humans, and it would be has been 'redecorated, Moore and his helpers have been wise, Mr. Davis Bald, to apply for busy building counter, backbar, the test so that if there is an inbooths and tables. All fixtures fected animal in the herd, the dis'are being built in a completely ease will not spread to other modernistic design. ut nt A list of proprsed projects for the Improvement and beautification of Duchesne county a part of the Utah centennial program is to be completed for submission to the state centennial commission by September 1, it was announced at a meeting of the Duchesne county centennial committee, by Willard Day, chairman. The meeting was held at the county court house in Duchesne Tuesday evening. Representatives from all civic church organizaorganizations, tions and other groups, and each geographical section of the county will be invited to meet with the committee, to present proposed projects, according to a motion which was passed at the meeting August 17 was set as a date for this meeting, at which the representatives will discuss plans for the centennial and submit written lists of proposed projects. From these lists the committee will form a list to be submitted to the state centennial commission. Public Meeting Planned In order to more thoroughly acmembers quaint the committee and civic bodies with the centennial plans, an invitation will be sent to Gua P. Backman, executive secretary, or some other member of the commission to attend the meeting and explain the plan as formulated by the commission. Another m o t i on empowered Chairman Day to add four more members to the county committee, to represent the northwest, north-centrand northeast sections of the county, and a representative of fish and game interests. Members of the committee, already named by the county commissioners are as follows: Willard Day, chairman; G. A. Goodrich, secretary; Mrs. Dorthella Dastrup, Mrs. Helen Holder, Leandrew Gilbert, Clyde Larsen, Roy A. Schonian, and Clyde Lambert. Created by Legislating For the benefit of some of the members who had not attended a preliminary meeting with Mr. Backman several weeks ago, Mr. Day outlined briefly the plans of the commission as they had been explained by Mr. Backman. The state centennial d on Page 8 al commls-Continue- New Busses Enter Service On Highway U. S. 40 The Denver Salt Lake Pacific Trailways, "pioneer transportation bus line of U. S. 40, now offer something new and different for their patrons new, modern, cream and crimson liners Two of these modern busses are now in service between Salt Lake City and Denver, and about September 1, two more will be placed In service, said T. L. James,, general manager of the company. These new busses have many new developments to guard safety and Insure comfort", said Mr. James in announcing them. These he listed as follows; Lower center of gravity smoother riding no roll or sway. Horizontal type under floor motor more powerquieter ful. Bigger Westlnghousc air brakes smoother, safer stops. Full, unobstructed vision for driver. Modern air conditioned system provides a complete change of washed, filtered, cooled air every three minutes. Insulated against dust, heat and noise. Individual form fitting, adjustable seats cushioned with sponge rubber soft, pillow type head- rests. Individual reading light at ev- ery seat. Overhead racks for light lugunder floor compartment for cheeked baggage." gage MARRIAGE LICENSE Albert refers, 34 of San Antonio, Texas and Josephine Zeman, 18, of Alliance, Nebraska, July 22. |