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Show j - VOLUME 23 - NUMBER Uintah DUCHESNE 9 4-- H DUCHESNE Winners In Style Dress Revue CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor DELEGATION'S VISIT TO ECHO PARK SITE COULD TURN THE TIDE . . . A tour on Tuesday of the proposed Upper Colorado River damsites and especially the Echo Park site, might become one of the most important days in the history of the Basin. Thirteen members of the U. S. House of Representatives, who constitute a committee named by the congress to visit and investigate the damsites in the interst of additional reclamation project potentials, made the visit to the Basin. There were two specific reasons why the visiting congressmen and a host of state and national men interested in water problems could easily go back to Washington and advocate the passage qf legislation that would approve the Echo Park damsite and eventually see it become a reality. First, the visit to the area which constituted most of the day, where they saw, first hand, why the project is feasible and would not jepordize a part of scenic America, and, second, an address they heard in the evening, delivered by Dr. Ernest Untermann, prominent western geologist and director of the museum of natural history at Vernal. Seeing the site and hearing the famed geologist no doubt proved how utterly uninformed the American people are on the facts of the site and how such a tremendous amount of misinformation has been handed out about Forty-twgirls from counties all over the State of Utah participated in the Style Dress Revue, held Monday at the State Fair in Salt Lake City, among which were Miss Renae El, dredge and Miss Nadene who were chosen by Duchesne County to participate in the annual affair. Both received blue ribbons for their entries. Miss Eldredge and Miss Ottosen are the first girls from Duchesne county ever to receive blue ribbons in the State Style Dress o 4-- Duchesne Stake Barbecue To Raise Stake Welfare Budget Every ward in the Duchesne big family barbecue next .... Little Change In School Program At Duchesne High The casualty list for 1952 96,000 killed and injured! That isnt the Korean war toll. Its the nations accident totals for last year, announced by the National Safety Council. Accident Facts, the Councils statistical yearbook, which is just off the press, shows that one person was injured accidentally every three seconds during 1952. Deaths from accidents occurred at the rate of one every five minutes. During the year, motor vehicle accidents killed at the rate of four persons per hour and injured at a rate of 150 per hour. v E v We wonder if the boys in Korea will vote for those politicians who said a truce that left Korea divided wasnt good enough, and suggested our boys fight on for North Korea. v E v A little education may be dangerous, but the sudden possession of cash is often worse. , v E v Satisfaction is the art of setting a reasonable goal for yourself and achieving it, and then relaxing and enjoying your accomplishment. 30 studen- M Indian Dept. Signs 2D Miles More Roads To Duchesne Co. Three Posts To Be Three offices of city officials in Duchesne will be filled by ballot at the municipal election in November. Incumbent officials are Mayn or Otto E. Johnsen and Ray F. Horrocks and Chester Lyman. All city council posts as well as the office r of mayor, are for a term. Registration agents for Duchesne City are Gracia Olsen, for No. 1 voting district, and Myrtle Wilcken for District No. Coun-cilme- four-yea- Frosh Await Their 1953 Initiation 5 , I I Principal Seminary Elects Group Officers According to' Wayne Hansen, seminary instructor at Duchesne there are 96 students enrolled in the various seminary classes. Group elections were held last week with the following students being selected to lead their units: 8th grade, Loretta Peatross, Lynn Griffin and Jerry Merkley; Old Testament group, Keith Lewis, Mona Dee Liddell and Marlene Brown; New Testament, Viola Sweat, Weldon Brown and Winton White; Old Testament, group 2, Lee Ann Jordan, Cheril Merrell and Virginia Granger; Church ATTENDS CONVENTION History, Louise Liddell, Marie Mayor Otto E. Johnsen repre- Fausett and Judy Hallady. sented Duchesne City at the Utah Municipal League convenMrs. Thomas Mickelson and tion held in Salt Lake City last new baby are home with Mr. weekend. and Mrs. Earl Jensen. above-mentione- 2. Plans are being made for the initiation of freshmen students at the Duchesne High School, reports Principal Walter M. Reimschiissel, senior class adviser. Tentative plans for the annual initiation party calls for a Sept. date. istration of Indian affairs. The agreement was signed by Harry W. Gilmore, superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, and Lon A. Logan, supervisor of construction and maintenance of roads for the agency; Floyd E. Lamb, chairman of the Duchesne county commissioners; Floyd Case and Clinton J. Mickelson, commissioners. It is agreed that Duchesne County will take over for maintenance Indian Service Route No. 25, otherwise known as the Mt. Water Trail, from the Reservation boundary line northwest of the town of Mt. Home to the junction with Indian Service Route No. 7, and Indian Service Route No. 23, otherwise known as the Rock Creek Trail, from the Reservation boundary above Utahn to the junction with Indian Service Route No. 7. The Uintah and Ouray Agency agrees to grade and improve drainage conditions, widen roadbed where necessary and install a cattleguard on the south boundary line, on both of the routes and to improve conditions at Devils Hole, both on road and channel of Rock Creek. The Uintah and Ouray Agency agrees to continue maintenance of these routes until March 1, 1954, to allow this additional mileage to be included in the Duchesne County budget. Home-Pigeo- n Filled This Fall 24-2- The curriculum at the Duchesne High School is basically the same as last year, reports Principal Walter M. Reunschiis sel. There are seven faculty members, including the principal. Two new subjects offered are geometry and vocational agriculture. Allen T. Bond, a new member of the faculty, is instructor for these two subjects. Geometry classes will be given instead of the physics taught last year. Student counseling is another addition to the curriculum this year. Walter T. Williams is the counselor. This counseling is offered primarily to aid the student with choosing subjects and scheduling classes better suited to the student; and to assist with t-teacher problems. History is offered to all grades, including study of civics, citizenship, Utah history, world history and American problems. English and literature are open to enrollment by freshmen, sophomores and junior students. Mr. Williams teaches these classes as well as American problems. Commercial subjects listed are shorthand and typing. Miss Arda Beth Whittaker is instructor for these subjects and for home economics course. Mrs. Barbara Brewer teaches girls physical education and junior high school subjects. Mrs. Brewer taught in the Duchesne Elementary School last year. Norman Long will teach shop, arts and crafts, and boys physical education. Lloyd N. Beckstead is music instructor, and will teach mathematics. Reimschiissel's teaching schedule includes instruction of classes in biology, physiology and 7th grade history. in the wool growers contest this year and won a blue ribbon wool coat with for her tweed wool matching hat, jumper and red jersey blouse. A total of $44.00 was spent by Miss Eldredge for her outfit. This is the third year that Renae has entered the State Style Dress Revue. Miss Ottosen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Ottosen, of Roosevelt, and is credited Club with eight years of work, having taken six years of clothing and two years of home improvement work, and has Club leader for been a three years. In 1951 Miss Ottosen was state winner in the Farm and Home Safety division and received an paid has won trip to Chicago. She two blue ribbons in demonstration contests in Duchesne County and has competed twice in the State Style Dress Revue contest in Salt Lake City. Miss Ottosens blue ribbon winping dress was a light blue orlon and wool combination made from the new Lorette fabric and is washable. She chose navy blue accessories to go with her outfit which cost a total of Elects llew Officer Slate At Roosevelt Meet 4-- H Wed- stake,1 Church of Jesus Christ nesday, Sept. 23, at the Duof Latter-da- y Saints, will coop- chesne Park, is an announceerate with stake officials in a ment made by Bishop Carl Van Tassell, of the Bridgeland ward, who is general chairman. Named on the committee are all bishops in the stake who are v E v e, blue-gra- y 4-- h I Lawn Sprinkling 4-- water-hungr- ' Ban Revue. Miss Eldredge, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Eldredge, of Roosevelt, has had Club work six years of six years in clothing and one year in home improvement work and was a club leader for one year. She was regional winner Club girls pose with their creations that Three top won them top honors at the Duchesne County Fair and the right to enter competition at the Stale Fair now in progress at Salt Lake City. . . Miss Carol Todd. Miss Renae Eldredge and Miss Nadine Oliosen. All three girls are from Roosevelt Club. and represented the Bobbin Winders working with Bishop VanTassell in preparation for the project that is counted on to pay off the stakes $1500 welfare as signment due for the piesent year. According to Bishop Van Tasin sell, special entertainment addition to the beef and mutton that is being barbecued and all the trimming to make an open dinner, will include a boxing card that promises to be an outstanding contest. Cost of the dinner and entertainment is $1.00 per person or $5.00 per family, with no strings attached as to the size of the family. Each ward is contributing to the dinner, with some giving beef, some mutton, other bread, etc. A broad invitation is extended to all people living m the Duchesne stake .to attend the affair on Wednesday, Sept. 23, beginning at about 7 p.m. Legion District all-da- 4-- y vice-preside- t; hold-ove- t; $11.01. Both girls are members of the Bobbin Winders Club, Rosevelt. n; 4-- Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnsen, Sr., of Murray, Utah, were in Duchesne on their way to Utahn to attend the farewell party given for the grandson, Calvin Broadhead, prior to his leaving for the service. They are still with the pictures and he brought them of their people who live in Norway. After returning to Vernal from a tour of the proposed Echo Park damsite on the upper Colorado River, Tuesday night, key members of the House Interior Committee said the controversial Echo Park Dam should be built as soon as possible. These statements were made by the august delegation after they had toured the site, both by air and on the ground of the site in the rugged wilderness near the junction of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. Chairman of the subcommittee on reclamation and irrigation, Rep. Harrison (R. Wyo ), declared, The Echo Park site should be developed without too much delay. On That of course depends, he said, "on the ability of the nation to pay and the ability of to earn its own The city council at their the project which Im sure it lift8, Sept. regular meeting, will. on the restrictions ed the E. O. Larsen, director of sprinkling of lawns. They feel Four of the Bureau of that if the people are careful Region Reclamation, Salt Lake City, with the culinary water, there called Echo Park the wheel-hors- e will be sufficient water, if of plans to develop the to forced put not they will be Basin. Upper back the sprinkling of lawns I think from what weve on turns. been shown, that Echo Park very definitely is the wheel-horsHarrison said. Much of the other development and the over-al- l DUP plan depends on it. both for regulation of river flow and silt and for production of power. Sees No Damage We saw no evidence that the waters behind the dam would inundate any dinosaur remains. The annual district conven- We did see that it would create the of the of tion Daughters a great recreation area, rather Saturheld was Utah Pioneers than destroy one. day, Sept. 12, at the Roosevelt Rep. DEwart (R., Mont.), stake house, with Thelma D. chairman of the subcommittee Duchesne county president, Nye, on public lands, said he agreed session conducting the morning with Harrisons view as did of the meeting. Presi- General Committee Chairman dent Kate B. Carter and her Rep. Miller (R., Neb.). Rep. Mrs. Sumfirst (D., Cal.) said he knew of mers, of the State Central Com- Yorty no real opposition to the Echo and attendance in pany, were project on the grounds put instructions Park gave interesting forth by the nature groups. Leora Mrs. the meeting. during Rep. William A. Dawson (R., Jacobe, Vernal, president of the Utah), who joined the group at of the Uintah County Daughters Salt Lake City, said: I think Utah Pioneers, conducted the these lawmakers have had their afternoon program. eyes opened. They were ' The following officers were impressed with the Echo deeply Park elected to direct Duchesne coun- plan. ty activities during the coming Whether these people will year: Ora Holgate, president; go back to Washington and Connie Lee, first authorize the project is another r second situation. There Marion Reese, are many facLorna Holgate, tors involved, the largest of secretary and treasurer; Rella which is the economic question Alice Moon, in the face of attempting to LaFevre, chorister; organist; Clara Timothy, custod- balance the budget. This entire ian of relics; Myrtle Wilcken, plan for the Upper Basin is so chaplain; Mattie Edwards, big, it certainly will have to Maxine Burdick, be undertaken in stages. hisauditor; Minnie Hamilton, Dawson added that the five-da-y torian; Arwella Moon, registrar. tour sponsored by the Basin The Roosevelt Camp served commission was one of the members best things we could have done lunch to seventy-fivfrom Duchesne and Uintah for the region. He said many of the questions put to him by counties. committee members from other sections have been answered alMr. and Mrs. Duane s spend-newready on the tour. are and wether daughter The visiting dignitaries, which ing part of their vacation in included, in addition to the Salt Lake City. House Interior committee, many high ranking water officials from the west, were honored at a dinner at Hotel Vernal under the direction of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce and Vernal City. A hearty welcome was extended the group by Mayor Henry Millecam and by State Senator B. H. Stringham, who presided as toastmaster. Utahs congressional representative from the First District, Douglas R. Stringfellow, flew to Vernal to make the tour with the group and to attend the dinner. He introduced the congressional representation at the request of Mr. Stringham. Among the visitors at Vernal was William R. Wallace, veteran water authority from Salt Lake, who has spent the last 43 years working for water development in Utah and the West. veteran called The for unity of all groups and 4-- H (Continued on back page) Duchesne Lifts Otto-sen- Park dam. It was a great treat to meet these congressmen and to hear them praise the virtues of Echo Park. A poll of Duchesne County has some 20 miles of additional mileage to be included in the Duchesne County road inventory. This ad--1 ditional mileage was accepted from the Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency Sept. 1 by the Duchesne county commission-- ' ers. The transfer of road mileage is in accordance with the1 current policy of withdrawal by the Indian Service, turning over to counties such roads as are no' longer essential in the admin- - To Damsite & Dinner Tuesday Night 4-1- Echo HIGHWAY DEATHS LEAD IN NATION'S CASUALTIES To Delegation On Trip Two Roosevelt 1 Girls Rate Blue Ribbons at U. Fair the delegation found them enthusiastic about the project and that it would not destroy any scenic or recreational values of the Dinosaur National Monument. The people of Utah and other Upper Basin states were happy that the congressmen had taken the time to study the proposed damsites on the actual sites, so that they could see for themselves the real facts. Misinformation and ignorance on a national scale have been the chief stumbling blocks to' the development of the Upper Colorado. They will be removed only as such responsible groups as the House committee find out for themselves what all the wrangling is about. Until enough people y do get educated to the realities of the situation, this area will be forced to stand by helplessly and watch t of water a year and untold dollars-wort5,400,000 of soil washing away uselessly down the Colorado into the Pacific. PER COPY Congressmen Say Echo Park Vital To Expansion Of West. Vernal Is Host VIEWPOINT acre-fee- S3. 00 PER YEAR - 7c 17. 1953 SEPTEMBER CO VNTY. UTAH, THURSDAY, e I Meri-thrille- d let Lands At Duchesne - Far Sets Fall Confab Sept. 20 Altamont will be the scene next Sunday, Sept. 20, of the fall convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary of District No, 9, with 1 p.m. set as the hour when the delegation from various posts will be called to order by District Commander William Murdock, of Roosevelt. A c c or d i n g to Commander Murdock, the convention will be studded with most of the brass from the Department of Utah, with Commander William a Roosevelt (Basin Post 164) member, leading the delegation of state officials from the Legion and Mrs. Ruby Farnsworth, Auxiliary president of Utah, leading the women officials. It is expected many of the reports from Legion officials of the district and the department will be tied in with the recent 35th annual national convention held at St. Louis Missouri. to Commander According Murdock, who with Commander Sutteer, were delegates from District 9 and Utah, the recent convention was perhaps the highest type affair in years. Many worthwhile projects and programs were planned. The (Continued on Back Page) Sut-tee- r, From Nellis, Nev. Destination Jet trainer, which misat the Duchesne landed takenly Airport, Friday, gave many Duchesne residents their first sight of this type aircraft. The Jet was on return flight to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. First Lt. Joseph S. Pavlikow-ski- , pilot, in an overcast, Wednesday, thought that while he was in radio contact with his base he was in the vicinity of Nellis. A T-3- 3 Kiwanis CSub Awards Dairy Calf Six Listed For Sept. Draft; Others Examined d Class Advisers At D.H.S. Are Named Class advisers at the Duchesne High School have been assigned for the 1953-5school term, rel. ports Principal Walter M. hold-ove- 4 Reim-schiissc- Principal Reimschiissel is adviser to the senior class; Walter T. Williams, juniors; Allen T. Bond, sophomores; Mrs. Barbara Brewer,, freshmen; Arda Beth Whittaker, 8th graders; and Lloyd N. Beckstead, Jr., 7th graders. The Duchesne County Selective Service Board listed six young men for their September quota. Four of them were regular inductees, one was a volunteer and the other was a holdover inductee. Inductees who reported on Sept. 15 are Calvin Broadnead, Duchesne; Richard Moore, Duchesne; Rex Allred, Altonah and Alden Neil Chatwin, Tabiona. An Indian youth, Orville Dean Atwine, of Roosevelt, volunteered for duty. Cecil Roberts, r inTabiona, was a ductee who had been granted a short postponement due to his being in an automobile accident last month. Two others reported for preinduction physical examinations on Sept. 15. They are Fred Brown, Roosevelt, and Bernard Winkler, Bluebell, states Mrs, Vangee D. Morrell, clerk of the local selective service board. NEWELL RICHENS, of Mylon, right front, received Club Calf from Lonnie Carlile. of the 1953 Kiwanis Tabiona, winner of the 1952 calf. The calf is awarded anClub boy or girl in Duchesne nually to the outstanding County. Carl Harrison, right, club president, and Elmer Yergensen, member of club's Agricultural committee, looked on while award was made. 4-- 4-- |