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Show A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah m The County Seat Newspaper Volume I Covers ALL The Uintah Basin G. Cruz Held on Voluntary Manslaughter Charge After Fatal Sheep Camp Shooting Sip I f Services Held Tuesday For Joe S. Archuleto, Victim Of Bitter Feud Between Camp Mates i Funeral f CHARGED Sign Bond For Release Of Cruz WITH MANSLAUGHTER Employers $3,000 Sip Cruz, 23, was day on a $3,000.00 I t t released Monbond and a chaige of voluntary manslaughter filed against him In the Fourth District Court for the alleged killing of Joe S. Archuleto, 33, at a sh.ep camp on Anthro mountain last Thursday afternoon, June 17th. The bond was signed by the employers of the two men, Lafe Bown and Sons. Graveside services were held in the Duchesne cemetery Tuesday afternoon for Mr. Archuleto, under the direction of the Roy A. Schoriian Mortuary with Bishop Levi J. Anderton in charge. The two men together with three other Benito Mexicans, Maya, Ben Trujillo, J. D. Jara-millare employed by Lafe Bown and Sons as sheep herders in the Argyle country about seventy-fiv- e miles southwest of Myton. Camp Mates Quarrel On June 13th, Cruz, camp-lendfor Archuleto, accompanied Benito Maya of the neighboring camp on a search for a lost horse. They returned Thursday. The four-da- y absence of Cruz and precipitangered Archuleto ated the violent quarrel which t allegedly resulted in the fatal shooting. Following a fight, Cruz, who was badly beaten, made a dash on horseback to the neighboring camp, a distance of about two and a half miles, with Archuleto racing after him. Arriving there, Cruz ran into the tent, grabbed a U. S. 30 army rifle, common property of the camp, and shot Archuleto through the heart as he was coming up the trail, according to testimony giv- to the party of officers, who en Friday morning in reto a telephoned message. Officers Arrive The investigating party headed by Duchesne County Sheriff Arzy H. Mitchell, included State Road Patrolman Jack Young, Justice arrived sponse Lyman, Bob Wells, Donald Peterson and Roy A. Schon-ia- n of Duchesne. The party left Duchesne about midnight, Thursday, arriving at the Roy Warren ranch In Argyle just at the break of day. Some of the party remained here while others procured horses to make the ride of five miles or more to the sheep took camp where the shooting place and where the body was being kept. Cruz Gives Illmscif Up Cruz was waiting at the camp, where he readily admitted having fired the fatal shot and made no resistance against being taken into custody by the sheriff. His face still covered with dried blood, mute evjdence of 'the fisticuff which had preceded the shooting. He is a much slighter man than Archuleto, and said he received a severe beating from him. Chester I i I talked freely concerning the shooting. He said that Archu-l-'thad threatened to kill him and that he used the gun to save his own life. Witnesses said that when Cruz raced into the camp where tho gun was kept on horseCruz o into the tent to the gun one of the other men there attempted to stop him but that Cruz seemed to be in a frenzy and threatened him with the Sun as he dashed back out of the tent crying, "leave me alone." He then ran some twenty paces hack down the trail up which Archuleto was coming on horseback and without further ado leveled the gun between two trees and fired, killing the rider instback and dashed Spt f I r i antly. Middling Occurred About 2 p.m. Forest Ranger Frank Richards, was camped near the scene m the routine of his regular duty arrived on the scene shortly after the scooting. He assisted in nmving the body a little distance Into the shade and advised Cruz ""t to leave camp until the an horities arrived. Word of the hooting was taken to the War-n- n ranch and thence So the 'tanka ranch in 9 mile canyon Where it was telephoned to Duwho . The shooting occurred about (Continued on Page 8) 2 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS STORES The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as follows : Junior graduate nurse, $1,620 a year. Graduate nurse, $1,800 a year; branches: optional Anesthesia, trachphychiatry, tuberculosis, oma, pediatrics, general staff nursing; Public Health Service, Veterans Administration, and the Panama Canal Service. Public health nurse, $2,000 a year, graduate nurse (general staff duty), $1,800 a year, nurse technician (bacteriology and roentgenology combined), $1,800 a year, Indian Field Service (including Alaska), Department of the Interior. Junior forester, and junior range examiiner, $2,000 a yeatr. Department of Agriculture, Deof Interior. DEPLETED RANGE GETS VACATION Merchants in Duchesne have announced that they will keep their doors closed on Monday July 5th, in observance of Independence Day which falls on Sunday, according to Arthur J Orr, Mayor Protem. This will include all merchandising establishments but will not effect service stations or restaurants he added. There will be no celebration in Duchesne for the Fourth this year, and the sale of fireworks is forbidden. MARRIAGE LICENSE Harold LeRoy Anderson, 32, Vernal and Eunice Larene Simper, 29, Vernal, June 18th, John LeRoy Long, 25, Lapoint, and Katie . May Anderson, 18, Bluebell, June 21st. Local Abstracter Passes State Exam Word was received by Mrs. Helen B. Hollenbeck this week that she had successfully passed the abstracters state board examinations, made mandatory by an act passed by the last State Legislature. Mrs. Hollenbeck has been confined to her home with a serious case of bronchitis since returning from taking the examination a week ago, but 5; back at her office now. WITH A.A.A. PLAN Depleted ranges in Utah are going to have a summer "vacation this year on ranches where stockmen the deferred adopt grazing practice of the 1937 A. A. A. range program, Director William Peterson, in charge of the program in this state, says. Deferred grazing is a new practice in the A. range-buildin- g prorange conservation gram this year, the purpose of which is to let a part of the range reseed Itself naturally by keeping stock off it for a certain period of the grazing season. This practice is considered especially helpful in restoring depleted range as it lets the grass plants get a good r, sheep-lierdestart in the spring, avoids packCrii-q- , Mexican 28, Sip and who was released Monday ing of the ground when wet, mature lets the the fall in grass on bond to answer to a manseed which will make for a betslaughter charge, as he appeared ter stand of grass in the future. The A. A. A. payment for this Friday at the Warren ranch in Argyle just before leaving foir1 deferred grazing practice is 35 Duchesne with Sheriff Arxy II, cents a month for each animal on which Mitchell. Cut courtesy Salt Lake unit of grazing capacity grazing is deferred. This means, Telegram. Director Peterson says, that after the grazing capacity of the WORK SPEEDED range is established for the area ON FOSSIL BED on which grazing is to be deferrEXCAVATIONS ed, the payment will be 35 cents per unit for each month that Removal by early stock is kept off the lafld. JENSEN In order to receive payment, September of overburden burying a wall of fossil bones at the stock must be kept off the range Dinosaur national monument has for the full period designated. been promised by Dr. A. C. Boyle The dates for deferred grazing Jr., acting custodian and project in this state, showing the period superintendent. Increasing of the during which stock must be kept excavating crew to 100 men, off the part of the range on which shifts in alter- application for payment is to be working in k nate periods, will make made, have been established by that completion date possible. the A. A. A., in cooperation with The additional men were order- state officials, as follows : ed by J. W. Wallace regional di3.000 to 4,0000 feet elevation rector of the national park serv- April 1 to June 30, inclusive. ice, Omaha, who visited the pro4,500 to 8,000 feet elevation re1 to July 31, inclusive. ject with Arthur Lindberg, May gional inspector, last week. 8.000 feet elevation and over Once the dirt has been remov- June 1 to August 31, inclusive. ed, technicians, supplied by Dr. Ba'rnum Brown, curator of the Moon Lake Cat museum of natural history, New Foreman Injured York City, will etch the bones in f, in a great panorama By Backing Truck of centuries gone by. An order to lower the excavaMyron Lemke, caterpillar forefeet, man on the Moon Lake dam contion seven and one-hamade by Dr. Brown last Sept- struction project is in the St. ember, will increase by many Marks hospital recovering from thousands of square feet the wall a fractured left leg and severe area in which the bones are em- buises on the left side of his body bedded, now several hundred feet Buffered last Friday morning in length. wrhen a itruck backed over his body. According to reports brought DUCHESNE GIRL IS down from the construction camp WED IN SALT LAKE at Moon Lake, Lemke was lying on the ground repairing a catMr. and Mrs. Charles Pool of when a driver, not noerpillar, announce the Duchesne marriage Miss Faye ticing him, backed an eight yard of their daughter, auto car over ithe left side Kent to John Baker of Salt Lake dump of his body, fracturing his leg The 19th. CUy on Saturday, June the hip. Mr, Lemke mart luge wns solemnized by the just below was to Duchesne and brought the of C. Rev. E. Linn, pastor once to Salt Lake City. at taken of al Methodist-EpiscopChun h Latest reports indicate that he is Salt Lake City. ' Mrs. Baker was a member ot recovering slowly. the 1937 giaduatlng class of the Duchesne High SchocU and her JUST TO REMIND YOU host of young friends here wish Women's Study Club luncheon her much happiness. The young couple will make Saturday, June 26th, 1:30 p. m. with Mrs. Errnst Schonlan. their home in Salt Lake City. A, A. 50-m- two-wee- bas-relie- lf TO CLOSE ON JULY FIFTH ARE ANNOUNCED Mechanical engineer (Diesel design), various grades, $2,600 to $3,800 a year, Navy Department. Full information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. er I DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY JUNE 25, 1937. partment o, Duchesne: Gateway To Uintah Basin LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Francis Brooks of Fruitland were transacting business in Duchesne Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, Aliss Veda Poulson and Jack Skewes spent Sunday at Aloon Lake. Mrs. Tennis Poulson and children are visiting Mrs. Poulson's Mr. and sister and brother-in-laAirs. Thacker in Alt. Emmons. Air. and Airs. Lotus Fisher, Air. and Air. and Airs. Edw'in Carman and Mr. and Airs. Alax Peterson and families spent the week end in Salt Lake City attending the circus. Air. Sayles was in Duchesne Wednesday night after a trip to Salt Lake City, where he purchased some machinery and equipment for his construction project. $2.00 ACCIDENT VICTIM RECOVERING FROM SKULL FRACTURE Howard Alitehell, 19, of Du; chesne is recovering from a skull fracture received on June 12th when the truck he was driving at Aloon Lake Dam construction camp backed over a 75 foot embankment, according to word received from the St. Alarks hospital, where the youth was taken following the accident. Young Alitehell (a son of Duchesne County Sheriff Arzy H. Mitchell), who was employed as a mechanic at the Aloon Lake project, was injured about 2:30 a. m. Saturday when a truck he was driving plunged over an on the road leading down into the construction camp. The truck was loaded with 800 gallons of gasoline, which if it had ignited from the motor would have been a sure end to the drivers life, as well as many others at the camp. The regular driver of the truck called for AlitcheH's help in getting it up the steep road leading out of camp. Alitehell was driving with the regular driver blocking the rear wheels. The blocking evidently failed and the truck rolled over the embankment into the bottoms where the camp is located. Dr. Reed Harrow, a brain specialist of Salt Lake City who has charge of the case, said Alitchells condition is improving satisfactorily. FIELD OFFICES TO TAKE OVER SOCIAL SECURITY ACCTS. Bodies of Daisy Bluemel, 2, and Mrs. W. Rulon Bluemel and Donald Crockett Rowley, 2, son of Air. and Airs. Lorin P. Rowley, Salt Lake City, and grandson of Air. and Airs. John T. Rowley of ARn. Home, were recovered from the Jordan river north of the Fourth South street bridge Wednesday aftenoon by Patrolman Ike Colton of the Salt Lake City police department. Aliasing Since Tuesday The children had been missing since Tuesday morning when Mrs. Rowley saw them playing myir the banks of the river. the rivci A crowd thronged banks during the morning and afternoon hours, while officers and trusties from the city jail cast grappling hooks and dragged the muddy bottom of the river. Patrolman Calton, tossing a d located grapnel, the body of Donald shortly after 3 p. m. It was lodged at the bottom of the stream near the east bank, officers reported. Joint Uunenrl Planned The body of the little girl was 150 yards found approximately north of the bridge on the same side of the stream. Police officers are of an opinion that the children played too dose to the river and fell in. The youngsters were cousins. Joint funeral services will be held for the children, is are sisters. Little Daisy was the only child in the family while Donald in addition to his parents, is survived by two brothers, Lorin William und Paul Clinton Rowley and his Air. three-pronge- who-mot- grandpaicnts. Strawberry Valley Road Is Slated For Realigning And Graveling on New Program New Highway Program Calling For Expenditure Of $2,S2S,13 Is Submitted To United States Road Bureau Discussed Program Includes For Placing Of $20,000 On Mt. Pioneer Monument Road Plans Em.-Bridgela- nd Plans for the erection of a Highway programs calling for monument to hold the honorary an expenditure of $2,828,843 durplaque awarded to the Theodore ing the fiscal year beginning on Camp, Daughters of Utah Pio- July 1st were prepared Thursday neers were discussed at a meet- by the state road commission and ing of that organization Wednes- submitted to the United States day at the home of Airs. Helen bureau of public roads for apThe grading and pre- proval. Odekirk. This figure includes paring of the ground for the monument will be underway soon $500,000 being spent under nearly a parand the mnument will be erected tial federal aid program, approvacwithin the next few weeks, ed several weeks ago, several cording to Captain Alaggie Bill- projects of which are now under contract. ings. The monument is a dedication U. S. 40 will come in for one to the memory of Father Esca- of the largest slices of the fedlante and his band of pioneers eral aid money. Included in the who were among the first white program submitted Thursday is men to touch the spot, the junc- $1,898,000 woith of new construction of Uie Duchesne and Straw- tion under the federal aid matchberry rivers on highway 40 east ing plan from which it is proposof Duchesne. The monument will ed to spend some $200,000 for rebe erected on the north side of the aligning and graveling between highway near the bridge, it was Daniels canyon ,and Frtiltland decided last year at the time the the last stretch of highway 40 in plaque was received. Utah not under contract for surfacing. A contract already has Program Given In addition to the above dis- been let for oiling between Verncussion, a program was given al and the Colorado line at a cost which included a lesson on the of approximately $200,000. "United Order" by Daughter Uintah Basin To Realize Dream Florence B. Madsen; a musical Basin citizens have Uintah reading by Daughter Helen Ode- dreamed and fought for years tokirk, a history of her father and ward the realization of a dustless grandfather, Utah pioneers, by road through the Basin. If the Captain Alaggie Billings. Daugh- proposed plans aite completed, ter Alildred Smith assisted the the hard surfacing of the Strawhostess in entertaining. berry valley road looms in the Present at the meeting v, e near fuluie. The program submitted ThursDaughters Rozilla Poulson, Margie Peterson, Frances Hair, Mar- day also, includes $256,000 In fedgaret Casper, Fern Merrell, Zella eral land roads, $258,843 in grade Cowan, Florence B. Madsen, Lu- separation structures and crossRuth Ilaiyis, ing protection devices and $416,-00- 0 cille Mortenson, Hanna Simmons, CapOain AtagJ-giin secondary roads. $20,000 e.-- e 5, Building. During the month of Alay applications for account numbers e Beneunder the Federal fits provision of the Social Security Act were made in Utah at the rate of 168 each working day, according to Salt Lake CUy officials. The total number of assigned account numbers in Utah on June 5 was 92,149. For Region XI of the Social Security Board, which includes the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, the total of assigned Social S curity account numbers as of June 5 was 538,867, with new applications coming in at the rate of 1,304 each working day. Approximately 41,000 applications are coming in daily to the Benefits Bureau Federal record office in Baltimore from the entire United States, officials Old-Ag- daughter of Number 48. In Advance Begin-nin- y Salt Lake City, Utah July 1st, the Salt Lake City field office of the Social Sesurity Board will take over the duties of handling applications and assigning Social Security account numbers fiom the post offices in the state of Utah, it was announced recently. For the remaining six days of Juhe, the workers in Utah will to obtain Social Secontinue account numbers from curity their local postmasters. FollowBillings and Airs. Anna Bench. ing that date wage earners may The next meeting will be held still get application blanks, known July 28th at the home of Alargie from the post of- Peterson with Hannah Simmons as Form SS-the with exception of the assisting. fices, city of Salt Lake City. These filled out application blanks, howBUSINESS MEN ever, must be sent to the Salt SPRUCE UP FOR Lake City field office, 405 Ezra Thompson Boy Drowning Victim Is Grandson Of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Rowley Per Tear Old-Ag- e here were informed. The national total of assigned Social Security account numbers on June 1st was 27,787,838. Juvenile Judge Escapes Injury In Capsized Car Don C. Sparks, district Juvenile Judge and school coordinator for Duchesne and Uintah counties escaped injury last Tuesday when his car left the grade and tipped over In the twists west ol Vernal. Alfred Lublin of Roosevelt, riding with Sparks as a passenger received a broken should-e- d in the accident, but is reported as not in a serious condition. The car, which was badly demolish'd in the wreck was covered by insurance and Air. Sparks has turned it in on a new car. WEATHER REPORT SUMMER TRADE Renovating, painting, remodeling and erecting new signs during the past two weeks have made a striking difference in the appearance of Duchesne's business section. Kohls At Kohl's store, a remodeling job has just been completed, making the store look much larger and feel cooler with a free circulation of air throughout the entire building. Part of (the center partition has been removed and new low shelves have been erected for the better display of merchandise. Complete painting and! cleaning have given a sparkling new appearance to the store. Commercial Club and repainting Remodeling have completely changed the appearance of the Commercial club. Booths have been built into the front section so that ladies may come in for cool drinks if they wish. Vivians Modern Fashions An interior done in cool greens invites patrons to stop and cool off at Vivians and incidentally look at the new frocks on attractive display there. The whole shop has been done over including new rugs on the floor. The Tavern No one can pass down Alain street without knowing where the Tavern is since the erection of the sparkling blue Neon sign last week. Reed Cowan has done a fine job in making an old rundown building look like a brand (continued on page 8) GATEWAY CLUB POSTPONES MEET The regular meeting of the Duwhich Club chesne Gateway should have occured last Wednesday evening was postponed until the next regular meeting, July 14th. Several of the officers and important members, including the President, E. W, Crocker are and for this on vacations, reason it was decided not to hold the regular meeting (lie second half Of June. Emmons on the Bridgeiand-AIt- . road is included in he latter figure. The figures given for federal aid and secondary roads Include the amounts which must be furnished out of state funds under the plan which calls for state participation up to 29 per cent of the total cost. The cost of the federal land roads and the grade separation (and crossing prptep-tio- n structures will be met entirely by the federal government. The commission said that projects under the new program, por-vidthey are approved by the federal government, will be put under contract as quickly as state funds are made available for matching. There are several projects on the old program which are awaiting the time when state funds become available. This spring, road commission activities were slowed down by a depletion of the reserve fund, but this is gradually being replenished from gasoline tax revenues. It is the hope of the commission that it will be able to place most of the projects in the new programs under contract before the year is out. ed Periodic Examination Advised As Precaution Against Cancer Rage Cancer ranks second to heart disease as the cause of all deaths in this country, according to figures given by Dr. C. L. Anderson of the public health and physiology department of the Utah State Agricultural college. Of 140,000 persons who die each year from cancer, a large proportion die through ignorance," says Dr. Anderson. Few persons know the danger signals when they appear, and they do not seek relief soon enough. If everyone who suffers from small cracks, sores, cr fissure about the body would seek treatment early often which develops cancer, from a chronic sore, would not result Cancer is amenable to treatment by means of surgery, radium and particularly in its enilicr singes, if more people who have been cured of this disease would talk about it, the fear of cancer would be stamped out. Dr. Anderson stressed the im poitance of periodic examination and the repotting to a physician any unusual conditions which ocends cur. Often in more evil tlian good, he said. y, |