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Show bin The Duchesne County Stampede, Duchesne, August 22-- 3 The j Duchesne: Seat County a Newspaper Gateway To Uintah Basin Covers ALL The Uintah Basin oiume 7. DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY JULY Mountain-to- p v t. if Scene of 30, 1937. $3.00 Annual Wolf Creek Outing "f&. iff DEMON Basin Record enters mem-10- 1 the Meuse-Argonat Montfaucon, France, to word received by Pest Commander Titus a-- mes. To represent the American Le- at the dedication of ,the fiapels and memorials commem-- a ting the service and sacrifice ,y more than 2,000,000 American -. j idlers, sailors and marines, ovseas in the World War, Com- ander Colmery sailed for France i the S. S. Berengaria on July - - the ... ; The campsite at Wolf Creek pass, as it looked last year are expected to attend the outing this year on August 6 and National T&imander on the voyage were jp. Colmery, Lyle O. Armel of 'j.eka, Kansas, the Commanders iu and Mrs. Armel, and Harold T Philips, national publicity of-- 4 dates of dedication are as fol-J- v when campers were gathered Gov. Henry H. Blood Will Address Throngs From Three STAMPEDE Counties at Wolf Creek Meet FDD s : Montfaucon, Sunday August 1; Montsec, loanee) Sjnday, (France) August 2; SomPy, Tuesday, (France) August t" Tours, Thursday, (France) l, jgus'. 5; Flanders Field . August (Belgium) Vierstraat, Sunday (Belgium) Large Purses Expected To Monday Bellicouht, gust 8 Widespread lance) August 9; Cantigny, Local Attention nday (France) August 9th; 1st, Thursday, (France) Aug-1Prizes, mount money and fees Brookwood Cemetery for stock to be used at the Duipel, (England) Sunday, Aug- -' chesne County Stampede, as '4 15th. by committee heads at , This will leave to be dedicated a meeting of the general commit-te- e 1 (Continued on Page 8) Tuesday evening approximated $1000 when added together it I was learned. PORTS ARRANGED While this is a considerably MIDVIEW FOR THE larger expense than ever before DAM DEDICATION undertaken for the Duchesne rot deo, planners were confident that At a meeting held Thursday, large crowds will be illy 22, Karl G. Bunnell, Camp sufficiently to witness the event to present f Educational Adviser, was appointwarrant this expense. Increasing ed i to handle the sports for the Interest is being shown in the indication of the Midview Dam. all from parts of the Stampede - It is understood that events basin according to committeemen af-r ill be carried out during the who have been traveling into variemoon. The list of events will ous parts arranging for stock and ybclude a baseball game between constentants. Ayton and Bridgeland CCC Camp, The bulk of the money is set and many oxing exhibitions for rodeo events and horse up ,tber interesting features. feels V The cooperation of the entire races, and the committee to are the enough ' large prizes ompany is expected by those in attract in best talent the barge. the Basin for these contests. Only race horses from Uintah, DuLOCAL TELEPHONE chesne and Wasatch, counties will A OFFICE TO HOLD be allowed to enter, according to the committee, T OPEN HOUSE MON. presentfeelplans ofthis who that policy will 1 local horsto the most fair .Announcement was made today prove even , iy Mrs. Nina Burger, local man-- . es which are more on an standing. ,if er of the Mountain States Tle-Will Vole For Queen shone and Telegraph Company After many suggestions it was held be House will hat , "Open decided that a queen 'or Mon-Ma"A the finally telephone office on the stampede should be chosen the between 2nd August through a vote of readers of the . hours of 2 and 5 p. m. and 7 and 1 newspapers. Coupons will be found k. m. which An open invitation is extended elsewhere In thi3 paper on in name of the lady young any ay the Telephone Company to both Duchesne county may be entered subscribers and '.o' be (guests of the company in for this honor. The results will be ispublished in each succeeding .he afternoon or evening. The "Behind the Scenes viait sue so that voters may watch them and concentrate on the lead111 show how local and long distance calls are handled and the ers as the contest nears its clos16th. operation of the equipment will ing date, set for August be explained. In addition, many The winner will be crowned queend of the Stampede, will be furnih-e.interesting exhibits have been arwith a cowgirl outfit for the ranged showing progress in teleevent and will have her expenses make materials up phony, that he telephone, Information about paid during the two days. She he service here and in the state, will lead the parade on Monday,md highlights in telephone August 23rd, accompanied, If ar(Continued on Page 8) Ceme-Chape- Attract 2; . . Free Barbecue Planned For Thousands Visitors; Seating Capacity In Natural Amphitheater To Be Enlarged ACCUSED HORSE THIEF BOUND TO DISTRICT COURT Barney Walters, aui employee of Bernell Singleton, sheep owner, was bound over to the district court last week on a charge of horse stealing by Precinct Justice Chester Lyman. He was relearned under $1000 bond. The horses which were alleged' ly stolen belonged to Walter Hayes of Duchesne. In September his and horses of others In the vicinity disappeared. Wit nesses at the hearing said that the horses later were put into a pasture belonging to Russell Thompson of American Fork and that one of them wais taken from the pasture by Wailters. When Walters attempted to sell the horse to a trapper by the name of Nelson and could not produce a satisfactory bill of sale, investigations were apparently begun and news of ffie horses eventually reached Sheriff Arzy II. Mitchell of Duchesne county. Walters was bound over to the district court on July 23rd. His case will come up In the September term of court. 1 ! y, Teber Posse Searches For Lost Child on Wolf Creek ! A possee of men from Ileber City was still searching Tliurs-la- y old Tom night for eight-yea- r fUarlyle, who has been missing pince Tuesday in the wild moun-.Marea mar Wolf Creek pass. I The youngster, a son of Fred He-P- r jmd Sarah CTodd Carlyle of CityiAeompanied his father pud ottff cattlemen to the area T a rCundup of cattle, He start i '. j. A- - from the camp to meet his father, who was expected In camp within a short time, and has not been seen since. Searchers expressed the belief that the boy would likely find a sheep camp as there are several In the vicinity. His mother, who before her marriage wtis Miss Sarah Todd of Roosevelt, Is word at the forest ranger's cabin. ed DATE SET FOR THE ERECTION OF PIONEER MONUT. August 12th is the date set for the erection of the monument on which will be featured the honorary plaque which was present-of ed last year to the Daughters Utah Pioneers, Theodore chapter. The date was set at a meeting Wednesday, held at the home of Daughter Margie Peterson, The plaque is in commemoration of the arrival of Father Escalante arid his party, who were the first white men to visit the Uintah Basin. The monument will be erected beside highway 40 near the point where the Duchesne and Strawberry rivers con verge. All pioneer camps In the counit ty will Join in the dedication, was stated. Present at the meeting were County Officers Mrs. Mazella Gardner, Neola, county president; Mrs. Rose Mainer, Neola, county secretary and Mrs. Margaret Wlscombe, Roosevelt, county custodian of relics. Others present were Daughters Maggie Billings, Emma Wimmer, Cowan, RuRozilla Poulson, by Stephenson, Mildred Smith, Rachel Bell, Hannah Simmons, Fern Merrell, Helen Odeklrk, Ruth Price, Grace Hale, Margaret Odeklrk, Minnie Wheeler, Sarah Despain, Faye Merkley, Florence roulson, Mrs, Susan Tltcomb and Mrs. Simmons. '4 IcS V '"J for the Wolf Creek 7. PRIZESflRESET hr. Ihe sites of the memorials and A-- : Memorials To Be Dedicated .Accompanying its seventh year as such, the name having been changed from the Duchesne Courier six years when it went under the management of J. P. May. Since then the paper has had its ups and downs, fortunately, mostly ups. While this Is our birthday, there is no celebration, no cakes or bouquets, merely a renewal of the editors promise that the Record will continue Du-Mes- ." Will With this issue the Uintah at Of Governor Henry H. Blood will be guest of honor and will address throngs of visitors from Wasatch, Summit and Duchesne counties on Friday and Saturday, August 6th and 7th when the three counties for the ninth annual outing at the beautiful Wolf Creek Pass. A free barbaque Is being provided by the Uintah Forest Grazers association, the Heber City Cattle company, the Hoytsville and Coalville sheep men and the Duchesne livestock men, which will be served at 5 p. m. Accommodations Increased The seating capacity of the amphitheater which accommodated some eight hundred guests last year, is being enlarged and tables, and Stoves are being added to the already large supply on the camp ground. The evening program, beginning at 8 p. m. Is to be presented with Harrison R. Merril of Brigham Young university, as master of ceremonies. Community singing, a comic stunt, instrumental and vocal numbers, an adagio dance and a group of speakers will constitute the program. August 7th Program The program for August 7 will consist of four hikes in the forenoon. They will be a forestry hike for members from Wasatch, Utah and Summit counties, conducted by J. Whitney Floyd and Professor Paul M. Dunn, dean of the U. S. A. C. school of forestry; a botany trip led by one of the regional forest heads; a recreational hike led by C. L. Pearson, chairman of the recreational committee, and a geology group trip. A sports committee has arranghorseed for baseball, softball, shoes, checkers, nail driving contests and other games for those In attendance, 1 outing. Thousands to carry news from the county and the county seat aJ faithfully and as fully as the abilities and best efforts of its staff will permit. Duchesne Family Escapes Death In Automobile Crash Van Killian, his wife and two sons escaped death or serious injury Friday when their car collid' ed with the car of a typewriter salesman on the Yellowstone park road near Downey, Idaho. According to reports, Mrs. Kill ian was driving the car when a tire blew out and the car swerved from one side to the other. She was able o slacken the speed, but had not righted the car entirely when the salesman's car crashed into them. Mr. Killian was thrown against the windshield, it was stated, but received no serious Injury, beyond several bad bruises and minor lacerations. They were brought back to Duchesne Saturday night by relatives; who were traveling with them in other cars. FIVE NARROWLY ESCAPE INJURY IN CAR ACCIDENT MYTON Sunday evening a party of five young people from Altonah and Boneta narrowly escaped serious injury when the car in which they were riding failed to negotiate the turn as they entered Myton from the west. The car left the road, overturned three times and finally landed on its wheels. The occupants were badly shaken but none received a serious Injury, although the car was decidedly .damaged. The party consisted of Robert Snyder, the driver of the car and John Clark of Altonah, Ruby of Boneta, Jaekuelln Fietkau Snow and Jack Fletcher of Salt Lake City. the resignation Duchesne, and Lundberg, Ro- Billings, election of M. K. osevelt, to succeed General him as Committee Chairman, was the first Older of business taken up Fair by the U. B. I. committee at its meeting MoMany other nday, July 2Gth. im- portant matters relating to coming convention were taken and show the progress in the rangements for this the Notes on the up, ar- year. proceedings of the committee, as submitted by the secretary are as follows: Resignation of Mr. G. V. Bil- Chairman lings as of the Exec- Committee was read to the committee and accepted by them. The Executive Committee unanimously elected Mr. M. FL Lundberg of Roosevelt, Utah, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Bil- utive Aid of of Duchesne the Pub- vacated by Mr. he COC-I- re- D quested permission to conduct softball games between CCC-Icamps and other teams during the Convention and his request was approved. CCC-ID Langley of the permission to establish 1st aid stations on the grounds, put on first aid demonstrations and also to exhibit handiwork made celebration by CCC-Iboys. Permission was a fine Dr. Herbert B. Maw Recalls Early History Of Uintah Basin The Pioneer Day here July 24th, brought crowd to Duchesne, and according to comments from many of the spectators, supplied them an enjoyable afternoon. Only a light attendance was present to hear the address of Dr. Herbert B. Maw, principal speaker at the program In the were presforenoon. Those ent however, thoroughly enjoyed his talk, which dwelt mostly with the history of the early Mormon pioneers, and the pioneers of Duchesne and the Uintah Basin. Many of the names he mentioned were those of citizens still living among us, such as A. M. Murdock of Duchesne. Baseball Game Close o w-h- Roy D on Page 8) (Continued MAN DIES COLO. AFTER COLLISION WITH NEW BUS A Colorado man, whose name was not learned, was fatally injured Tuesday morning when the car he was driving collided with a new Trailways bus bound for Salt Lake City from Denver. The accident occurred near Bertheud Pass on highway 40. The passenger car was reportedly being driven at a high rate of speed on the mountain road and got out of control when It met the bus. None of the other passengers in the car Entertainment furnished by were seriously injured, It was Garol Kelsey, dancing, the Lid- stated. Passengirs and driver of dell sisters, vocal, Merle Goodrich the bus were uninjured. and Merle Sexton, vocal, a male The bus, which is one of the quartette and the singing cowboy new push type models, was damwas enjoyed by all. Senator G. V. aged to the extent of about $300 Billings and Representative Dan and driven back to Denver for re- lization A. J. pairs. Mr. Gerry, Duchesne Trailways agent had gone to Craig to ride baik on the new bus. Miss Phyllis Wimmer and Mrs. Melvin Poulson, who were returning from a Denver vacation in the regular Denver-Sal- t Lake bus saw the wrecked car as they 0, board. And Indian Fair Programs To be Printed by Uintah Basin Record U. B. I. C. Copy for the Uintah Basin Con v nil on and Indian Fair program and premium list was turned over Monday to the Uintah Basin Record, ithe only bidders on the Job. The material was gathered and submittd by Bussed Keeteh, Uintah County Agent, chaiiman of the program committee. Varying from their usual cus- - of V. licity Committee, Lundberg. Rex Curry of 50-5- B. P. W. club. For Acceptance of O. Offered Indian Fair Indian f irst Mr. E. YV. Crocker was elected Chairman h, 8 p. m. Be ; lings. Mitchell were both on hand to introduce Dr. Maw. The ball game between Roosevelt and Myton was an extremely well played game, ending with a 0 score in Roosevelt's favor. The run was made by a Myton man, however, running for the AMATEUR HOUR crippled Roosevelt pitcher, Dennis. So even was the game that TO BE FEATURED purse was split AT STAMPEDE theRodeo were: Saddle winners K. FnaugliCon; bucking, roping, The Duchesne B. P. W. club is Chris Merkley and Ike Hamilton; sponsoring an amateur hour to be Bare back riding, Tommy Hall; held following the rodeo at the Horse race, Allen horse from Duchesne County Stampede on Vernal. Only five saddle buckers Monday, August 23rd. This will were released, but they put up a fill in the gap between the rodeo good show, and the speed with and the big dance which climaxes which they and the 30 head of the two day event. calves and steers were released prize which will with their riders added to the enMARRIAGE LICENSE be The five dollar awarded to the winning num- joyment of the afternoon. Is expected to attract talent ber Ioka Leland Dan Anderson, 21, from many of the surrounding and Thrassa A. Bowden, 17, SALT LAKE VISITOR towms as well as Duchesne. July 2Sth. Duchesne County Clerk G. A. JUST TO REMIND YOU Performers may file their entries at the Duchesne Drug Store Goodrich went to Salt Lake City or with Miss Veda Pouhon of the Tuesday to meet with the naturaB. P. W. CLUB, Monday, August 2nd at 1. E. Lundberg Succeeds G. V. Billings, Resigned E. W. (hocker of Duchesne Assumes Duties Of Publicity Committee Chairman. $300 Cash Prizes BIRTHDAY IUJT NO CAKE ' American Legion National Commander Harry W. Colmery may : heard next Sunday, August 1 18 a. m. Mountain Standard me over a national radio hook as he delivers a dedication ad "I Number in Advance Roosevelt Man Assumes Vacated Post To Head U. B. I. C. - Indian Fair M. egion Commander To T Dedicate World War Memorials in Europe ; esfe Ier Year in. tom, the general committee de5000 copies of Approximately cided this year to carry adver- the program will be printed this tising in the programs, thus cov- year, to be distributed at least ering the coA of printing and two weeks before the event. This raising funds to assist in olher large circulation und the wide Inexpenses of the annual celebra- terest these programs command tion. This proceedure, It is should make them an ideal adverthought will eliminate to a great tising medium, thus making the extent the mcissity of soliciting use of this space a good business contributions and donations from investment as well as a contrimerchants throughout the baa- - bution to a worthwhile cause. CUN SHOT VICTIM AGAIN BROUGHT TO LIGHT OF DAY The body of Joe S. Archuleto, victim of a shooting fued, on An-thr- o mountain, June 17th, who was buried in the Duchesne City few days later was cemetery a disinterred Tuesday, under the direction of county sheriff Arzy The di.slri4eTnnent IL Mitchell. was ordered to further complete identification the murder Sip Cruz, Archuleto. In connection with trial next month of admitted slayer of Evidence had been obtained which tended to Indicate that Archuleto had at one time served time for robliery in the Colorado State prison, and the was ordered to make certain, if possible, the identity. disin-terrnie- nt Ilf tun a from the Colorado authorities were compared 'the dead prison with and tallied closely, several years ago. though The body, which Is still In perfect comb tion was photographed and body taken finger-printe- d after the sher- iff and others present satisfied themselves as to the resemblance. Definite ill i.tity will be estab- lished after the sent to the Coloiado for Identification, finger-prin- ts are authorities |