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Show Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basin A sn Oj toes are t( fy. Uintah al(ler mac esne oa Duchesne Courier Basin ' WaJijjj f Night ( derso Vol. 10, No. 32 ) lesh iad SUCCESSOR TO THE DUCHESNE COURIER i p4 The -- Newspaper ti "ardej son. who jlume Covers ALL The Uintah Basin. 4 feland c sod with and hi are m-- , itch retui 'end the e Wm. H. Case took over his new duties as postmaster of the Duchesne post office Wednesday morning, May 1st. He received a ir fanuhti s spent eat atten ty nurse, s DOB S tnuuact n Weda itiss Chrj: ark of the Monday, , 29th, a unified program or projects was tene County for m up presentation to the emors committee on Public dint on Commissioners, "uty elson o( the UP meeting ). a special McCj Eaa 'ItS. principal towns of the Duchesne, Myton and ity, :velt were represented by their C. H. Selch, ective Mayors, and Heber T. p, Dauwalder supt- Charles Iverson of the eshman Utah three ie pub.i &b Chron, ipaper. aork. County Sesne s and present Bennion, a in G. School District B. O. Colton, G. V. Billings, Burton and Horace Duchesne the League and Lining was Irrigation pro-shou- ld head the list with ol building and improvements tect and city water systems illation and improvements ing next consideration. ement and building of county iis was placed on the list as i a project for the erection a new county court house. "ie estimated cost of the city er works program is listed as FOR e Floui lay Irriga-interest- s. generally decided by all that the ent the and srs: temporary appointment to the office from Postmaster General, James A. Farley, pending his civil examination. Wm. H. Fitzwater, postmaster in Duchesne for over 26 years, will continue on in the post office for some time, working half days. Lotus Fisher, deputy, will continue full time. The Duchesne postmastership is the last of the three principle Duchesne county cities to change since those from previous administrations expired. Miss Alice Todd took over the Myton office several months ago, and Austin Pack of Roosevelt took over the office there just recently. labor, $2,000, Prial $2,000. new elementary school labor $12,500, materials Aton, hng: 500. iuchesne, high school labor $12,500, improve-"ts- : materials 500. ask3 for a new comity hall with estimated cost dtonah hbor, and materials, $1,500, JO. 0. Colton, water commission- ed county ey commissioners, and Lambert, Lyle Young Merle Murdock Ingersoll Mrs. Merle Murdock Ingersoll, 39, resident of Duchesne during her girlhood and lately residing at Helena, Montana, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Oscar A. Kirkham of Salt Lake City on Thursday at 7 p. m. of carcinoma. Mrs. Ingersoll was born in Heber City, September 21, 1895, a daughter of Alva M. and the late Josephine Micol Murdock. She received her education at Brigham Young University and later attended the University of Utah. In 1918, Mrs. Ingersoll received special training in a course given by the federal government at Reed cbllege, Potland, Ore., for preparing nurses for overseas duty. She was a member of the graduating class, which numbered 150 nurs- Her first active service was in the U. S. Veterans Bureau hospital at West Baden, Ind. She later served at Fort McPherson, Ga., the army regional office at Seattle, Wash.. Fort Prescott, Fort Lyon, Las Animas, Ariz., Colo., and prior to the illness that caused her death was stationed at Fort Harrison, Helena, Mont. Surviving are a son, Robert Ingersoll; her father of Duchesne; nine brothers and sisters, Mrs. Ida M. Kirkham, Salt Lake City, Mrs. Dora M. Ryan, Logan, Mrs. R. S. Lusty, Grant M. Murdock and Willard Murdock of Duchesne, Mrs. Hazel M. Kroupa and J. Wells Murdock Fresno, Cal., Mrs. Eva M. Hansen, Helper, and Ralph Fowler met with the on Public Worlds of h Ray E. Dillman is a mem-i- n Salt Lake City Tuesday iing and presented the pro-- s program for their consider- - C. Murdock of Big Horn, Wyo. Funeral, services were held in Heber Sunday with interment in carrying out an advertising the Heber City cemetery. paign it does not pay to wob-fo- r Tuesif you do Moon Lake Celebration, you may get off straight road to success. 21st. May day, A, Jsittee fjQl Mr. Thomas Broadhead of Tabi-on- a announces the marriage of his daughter, Fern, to Condie Crandall of Springville. The young married Tuesday couple were morning, April 30th, at Provo, and motored to Duchesne, arriving here Tuesday evening. They were guests of the brides sister and brother-in-laMr. and Mrs. Cliff Mickelson. Other guests at the impromptu wedding supper were the brides father and sister, Miss The young Chloe Broadhead. couple returned Wednesday to Springville where they will make their home. Mr. Crandall is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Crandall and is employed with the Clyde Construction Company. Phil Horsley of the Mtn. States Telephone Co. was in Duchesne on business Wednesday. tie ulio no cure of !.::T things tt il! not have the care of great cries." J of the Uintah Power and Light Company was a Duchesne business visitor Tuesday. yt ly 1 ;c Dutch buy all of Manhat-ta- n Island for $24, 1626. 2 Coinage Dick Johnstun took a car load of CCC boys to Price Wednesday evening to attend the Band Contest which will be held there on 20c silver pieces d.scontxnued, 1878. f 3 Brazil discovered by Portugese Cabral, 1600. 4 Andrew Carnegie sells bis steel business, 1699. 5 Marie Dressier gains star- 1 Crop Loans Starting ! ttjtv y i ' .i Is':- - lhiukr j Y-- m A Protest ni s A .Vr ' ; A f,-- ! ' $ v w-.- d-- ! f, 8ti f 11 b 1 l(iyntoiui ,eus the Dfcflclency mu. making the $60,000,000 loi Cr. 8ee1 Production Loans available, was good news for fuioei now buying seed, fertilizers, and other supplies. Th- - t American Industry, since the Farm Credit Aduiuus that borrowers buy American-madsupplies. have tong felt that farmers should support American In- tog fertilizers made in the United States, such a r American oda. sulphate of ammonia ami potash, toi,lglUD8 tlon fr A-i- Moon Lake Committee Develops Plans For Coniine Celebration DATE SET FOR MAY 21ST; CEREMONIES AT LAKE; FESTIVITIES AT IJRDIG ELAND STATE OFFICIALS WILL TAKE PART Contests Fitzwater Places Fifth In All-Arou- nd Three record breakers, coupled Tuesday. May 21, was definitely Thursday, Friday and Saturday. to his own weakness in two events set aside for the official groundThe District Track Meet i s local breaking ceremony for the Moon an added attraction on Saturday. forced Homer Fitzwater, fifth place in the Lake Project at a meeting of the into contender, Bob Kent accompanied them. B. Y. U. champion- celebration committee In Bridge-lan- d on Monday evening. Tentain Provo last Saturcontests ship Lyman Burdick, Wallace Stevof the fact that tive plans for the celebration inenson and Walter Remington ot day. This in spite Homer placed first in four of the clude the ceremony to be held at Bluebell were Duchesne business nine events, while the three re- the dam site in the forenoon, with visitors Tuesday. cord breakers took first in only an afternoon of addresses, barbeone each. cue, and sports, and an evening of Retiring ERA Manager, Wm. H. school dancing in Bridgeland. of Delta Snow Taul high Case, his successor, G. V. Billings, Two meetings wrere held during record for broke the and ERA Engineer W, R. Weyman week by tile general committhe him the 1,000 pole vault, netting made a trip through the upper tee in charge of the celbration, In and the champpoints, winning country Monday inspecting proto several subcommittee ionship for him with a total of addition jects. meetings. 5009. Ilafen Leavitt of Bunkcr-villof Though many differences Nev., took second place with J. M. Alexander of Ioka stopped have presented themselves, the opinion score shattered and of a 4550, in Duchesne Tuesday on his way to be ironed out, slowing progress home. Mr. Alexander has been record for the javelin with a toss to some extent, good headway has of 171.8 of Jensen James feet. enjoying a tour through the Northbeen made. 4493 already with was third tallies, Payson west during the winter. To Invito Dignitaries and a 47 ft. 4 in. record for the Ray E. Dillman of Roosevelt, Mrs. Sumner of Helper passed shot put. Fourth place went to Don attorney for the Moon Lake assothrough Duchesne Saturday with ciation and a member of Gover. to Altonah to visit her Greenburg of West high, 3709. lie excelled in the high nor Henry' II. Bloods project siftdaughter, Mrs. C. Moffatt. jump, and scored heavily in the ing committee of nine, has been instructed to give personal inviMrs. Martin Lindsay, Mrs. Dew- broad jump. tations to Governor Blood, W. R. Dick Mrs. and ITaci-Johnson Four First Lindsay ey Wallace of the Utah Water Storof Heber City, spent Sunday in were Fitzwaters first places E. O. Larson, Duchesne visiting the hubbies, taken in the 100 which he ran in age Commission, reclamation and other engineer, who are shearing at Antelope. 10.9; the 440, 55.1; the hurdles, state dignitaries. Mr, Wallace and 25.8; and the broad jump, 20 feet Dan L. Capener of Salt Lake 4 in. None of these were phenorn. Mr. Larsen already have promised to attend the celebration. City, Feed and Seed Loans Agent, enal marks, however, and did not Work on the project Duchesne in already several days record spent bring the high scores the has started, in the form of preweek. on business this feats breaking brought. A new system of scoring ad- liminary clearing at the dam site, with reclamation engineers on the of G. Burton Austin Talmage opted for the this year was a Duchesne business visitor bases points not only on the com- job, doing, further survey work. Const ruction Starts Wednesday. petition with the other contendo Lumber passed through Duers but with previous records as Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Leavitt of well, allowing a broken record in chesne Wednesday, enroute to the Hayden were Duchesne visitors on one event to overshadow several lake, to be used for buildings for Tuesday. first places, as Saturdays events the reclamation crew during the showed. Other contenders were: construction of the dam. Carpen. Ray Gillis and Levi J. Muir of Ivan Hall, East high, 3641; Char- tors left Duchesne Thursday to the St Road Commission were les Norton, Ogden, 3525; Leland work on these buildings. business visitors In the Basin this Earl, Davis, 34h6; A large crew of carpenters and Frank Page, week. Payson, 3420; Lloyd Elves, Rock helpers have been employed thru All-arou- CAAXit! dom in Tillies NightThe 500 Club met at the mare, 1910. gion Chateau Saturday evening, C British destroy U. S. forts April 28th, with the following , fc18l4. vlJ at Oswego, N, members present: Messrs, and Mesdames: Lynn Casper, Chris Cluff, Carlo Marsing, Ernest Evans, Vance Larsen, William Earn-stroLorin Caldwell, Joe Davis, and Walter Charlie Partridge Mortenson. Cards and dancing We, the Gateway Club of Duwere enjoyed and at midnight, a chesne, hereby protest the action delicious supper was served. of the Moon Lake Committee in superseding their authority, by enterMrs. Beatrice Thomas the Moon Lake Celebratained at dinner Tuesday evening splitting tion and diverting part of it to Miss Miss Virginia Stewart and Bridgeland, after it was definitely Sylvia Probst Mrs. Thomas has decided to hold it at Moon Lake recently moved into an apartment by the mass meeting assembled in the large house belonging to April 22, and we invite the citiMrs. Lulu Kohl. zens of Duchesne county to join us in this protest The Mutual Improvement AssoTHE GATEWAY CLUB ciation held its closing program of Duchesne for the weekly meetings Tuesday sumthe evening, hereafter during mer months, only one meeting a County Nurses To month will be held. A very enter, Post Quarantines of taining program consisting was readings and musical numbers The Duchesne' County nurses, enjoyed by a large crowd. Mrs. W. A. Jennings and Mrs. Jos. Mrs. A. J. Gerry entertained at Shanks were authorized by the a bridge luncheon Friday in hon- County Medical Board at a meetor of Mr. Gerrys mother who was ing Wednesday, to quarantine for a guest at their home. Other contagious diseases. Their close guests included Mrs. Bessie Bar- contact with the school children ton, Mrs. L. C. Winslow, Mrs. A. enables them to keep a fairly acJ. Feller, Mrs. R. M. Pope, Mrs. curate check on the prevalent Ernest childrens diseases. In many inO. A. Halstead and Mrs. stances a doctor is never called in Schonian. to diagnose a case, children are to go to school or mingle allowed Will Team Base Ball with other children and conseHave New Uniforms quently the disease spreads. In giving the nurses this auVV. C. Baker, president of the thority, the Board feels that they Duchesne Commercial Club, spon- are using the best possible method and soring the Duchesne ball club, re- in preventing epidemics. Present at the meeting were Jess Johnstun, club manager, Tuesthe Lake following Medical Board memCity, turned from Salt Saunders and Dr. Whitday, with the report that they bers: Dr. had' made arrangements for new more of Roosevelt, Dr. Bishop and Manuniforms for the ball players. The Dr. Cline of Duchesne, ERA Case Social V. short G. a Billings, within ager suits will arrive a Supervisor, Mrs. Afton Crocker, time they stated. They brought Mrs. fine outfit of new gloves, bats, Womens Projects Supervisor and Superintendent Brown Lettie direct. them with etc. balls, Friof Schools Charles M. Iverson At a meeting in Roosevelt was Miss Lcda Whitmore, District Suschedule tentative a day, the two worked out for the Basin for this pervisor of Nurses and how-e'Q- r, also were present. Nurses out not County was given year. It due to possible changes, if the Bridgeland CCC camp joins Duchesne Athletes the league. are, the in now league Those Enter Price Meet Roosevelt, Myton, Ft. Duchesne, A Moon Lake CCC and Duchesne. at Eight Duchesne high school be will played practice game will enter the district athletes Roosevelt Sunday, May 5th, and et at Trice, mi Saturday, May 4th. the first league g ime in which it was stated Thursday by coach Duchesne plays will be at Moon Homer and Jack Bliss Hoover. Lake May 12th. Fitzwater, Bob Kent, Eldon Potter, Eisvvorth Curran. DArmand Young. Norman Stott and Doug Fish And Came Club Smith will make up the team las Will Hold Meeting if present plans remain unchangA meeting of the Fish and ed. Winners in the district meet Game Club of Duchesne has been he taken to the state meet will May railed for Monday evening. at court house, Lake City, May 11th High Salt at county at the 6th Carbon. Hal-teapres-idrschools competing are: 7.30 P. M. O. A. Uinof U'e club, who called the Helper, Duchesne. Roosevelt. South and av.vo.-North Central. tah, meeting is parttcidanlv Dale and to have all members and prospec- U.m.erv, Moab, Castle that so L Green River. tive members prr-.-contest-as-.- : . xi juM what events the plan for 1905 can tv defm-'.:Gbeen not has inter . termme.1 Vid- - though it Is BIRTHS the enter will Homer g...;e sure J.uk a- -i bread 2:0 jump, tiV u eve-mMr. and Mi W.'.Vd 9. !u-Fetter the 220 190 an I 22 U-" 5; ivn . uet,e.n g'tl. Ijv-- d half mdo. and the .th So 40, at 3..'.,"' Mrs. Yi.Iotia U i c.-- g a i K. -- t the pole vault. t Pew U , v.d Mr ard M nuihe-.no- , bov. ls'-our politicians v nr. L. H. Ob re atle "S us d to of i security, prosUivwn Uv-mt..i goe Mr. and Mis from freedom ev.d heavy v U! ihn, boy. bon in But when are they go-irti.Gi.-- i April 27th. l'r L. H. CM'. to do ItT d. Number 40 Ter Year In Advance o Mel Lundberg APRIL y" 30 Huge had stone kill 230 natives m lnda, 1888. y Le- es. improvement: is, $2.00 New Postmaster Takes Duchesne Post Office PLAN OF tt DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY May 3rd, 1935. g.-.-- g, iv.-he-o- g e, en-rou- te s Springs, 2490. W. A. Jenning3 of Myton was in Other Duchesne athletes comDuchesne on business Wednesday. peting in the events were: Potter, who placed fifth in the 410; MurBill McQueeney of Utahn was dock, who placed in the trials for a visitor here Wednesday. the 100, and Douglas Smith. Roosevelts star sprinMr. Wm. H. Fitzwater, Mr. and ter in the 220. fourth placed Mrs. G. V. Billings, Mrs. Virginia Mathew-s- , and Mrs. Sam Davis Kirkham motored to Salt Lake City Sunatday. They stopped in Heber to tend the funeral services for Mrs. Merle Ingersoll and then continued on to Salt Lake, where Mr. and Mrs.iBilIings met the young son of Lavon Billings of Washington, D. C., who returned with them to Duchesne to spend the summer. o Mrs. V, V. Osborne has been seriously ill for the past week, suffering from a nervous breakdown. She is still confined to her bed. Her daughter, Mrs. H. A. Pierson is staying with her during her illness. New Social Case Worker Appointed Mrs. Ida Conklin, of AltonaU, ease worl.er for her district to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of F. Earl Case of Mt. Emmons at a meeting of the Soi iul Case Workers, held Tuesday'. Heber Taylor of Salt Lake, District Supervisor and Mrs. Afton Crocker, County Supervisor, were Case present at the meeting. workers present were Mrs. Harry Owen and Mrs. Paul Hanson of Roosevelt, Earl Case of Mt. Emmons. Harold Eldredge of Myton, and Mrs. Elmer Bates of Duand chesne. Doctors Wallace Cakier R. Lloyd Shimmin of Vernal and Roosevelt of passed Q. Warmxk through Duchesne Thursday, So-to attend the Utah State Dental ciety' meeting to be held in Salt Lake City, Thursday. Friday and Dr. W. D. Bishop of Saturday! Duchesne also left to attend the convention. JUST TO REMIND YOU was appointed Cecilia Boswell MT. EMMONS, May Boswell, 3 year old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Loren Boswell, died at her home here Friday morning of pneumonia. She had been ill only a abort time and died before a do tor could be summoned. Funeral sen ices were held Sun- supper, 7.30 day afternoon under the direction 6th, at the of Bishop LiKoy Rust, Words of May evening. Monday Duchesne Hotel, meeting w'.th comfort to the family were spokMrs. Bessie Kohl. Election of of- en by Mr. Bereh Bennion, Mr. Joseph Case, and Mr. Earl Case. ficers. Musical numbers were given by a Kish and Game meeting, Mon-dathe 7 at m. mix'd quartet, Mr. and Mrs. 30 p. May 6th. at Claud Thacker, Alice Hardman Room. Court County be will and Mrs. Vera Holder and Edvin Club Women's Study IN arson. it when to lMh, May postponed Inti rim at was in the Salt Lake will be held with Mrs. Melvin City cemetery. 1'ouKon. The child is survived by her Basin Lodge No. 20 F. A A. M., ts and several brothers and Utah. 6, Myton, Monday, May sisters. Regular. B. P. W. Club, pa-en- the NKS at Roosevelt, to start the construction of the contractor's camp as soon as the lumber which is now enroute from Oregon ar- rives. Weather conditions at the lake have changed materially in the past two weeks. Lee Alger, resort operator at the lake moved in r,n Sunday, April 21, and had to fight his way through mud holes and snow drifts waist deep. Last Sunday, just a week later, a party from Duchesne made the trip after the CCC dance on Yellowstone, with no difficulty, finding the roads dry, though rough, with all the snow at the lake gone, except for a few drifts here and there under the trees. The lake Is still frozen solid, and presents a beautiful picture. Those familiar with conditions expect the ice to be out within the next week or two. Barbecue Planned Just what entertainment will be provided for the celebration has not yet been fully determined, n the though with L. D. Gardner of charge, Neola at the head, is in hopes that sufficient funds can be made to include a barbecue as the main 1 attraction. Greatest controversy has arisen over the location of the festivities, with some in favor of Moon Lake and others in favor of A compromise was Bridgeland. finally worked out by the committee, with the ceremonies scheduled for the morning at the dam site, and the festivities in the afternoon at the Bridgeland CCC camp. Influential in this decision was the offer of Captain Cannon of Bridgeland to lend the assistance of his men to make the celo. bration a success. George Harrison of the Roose. veil Standard stopped in Duchesne fur n short time Wednesday morning minute home from a business inp to Fait Lake City. |