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Show A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basin The Duchesne: County Seat Gateway To Uintah Basin Newspaper i Covers ALL The Uintah Basin 7. Volume DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 193S. $2.00 Per Year In Advance Number 24. X r i, c. i IBS I BEET FIBSI OF 1338 f- Committees Appointed; Resolutions Passed At Authorizes Purchase Of New Automobile For Sheriff First Meeting C. Kohl, owner and manager Kohls I. G. A. store was elect G. i of d president I the Duchesne at the first meet-,B- g of the year, held In the Plaza Gateway Club dining room Wednesday evening. He succeeds E. W. Crocker, who is now residing in Salt Lake City. Roy A. Schonian was elected to succeed Mayor B. A. Jacoby and C. C. Mickelson : was reelected secretary-treasure- r. The meeting was called to or-- s oer with Jacoby in the chair. After the election of officers Mr. Jacoby turned the chair over to Mr. Schonian in the absence of the new president. Road Sign Discussed Mr. Jacoby reported on a recent meeting at Roosevelt, at which representatives of the civic clubs of the basin discussed mutual problems. A committee was ' appointed which will endeavor to have a highway ; sign erected at the junctions of highways 40 and 30 near Park City to direct tourists over highway 40 to Denver. It was proposed that the balance of highway 40 bumper signs printed last fall be sold at a reduced price, and that money raised in tnis fashion be directed to the con-- ; struction of the road sign. A committee was appointed to contact forest ranger Floyd Al- , len to arrange for a showing in i Duchesne of a moving picture taken last summer of scenes in the Uintah Primitive Area. This picture was shown recently at a forestry banquet in Salt Lake hotel i City. Plan Mayor R. E. Miller and Eldwin Wall, committemen of Myton met with the Duchesne County Commissioners at their first meeting of the new year, held last Tuesday to discuss Myton's indebtedness to the county. The owing the county is My-toshare of the assessing and collecting of taxes. A motion was passed to the effect that the commissioners agree to postpone any collections . from Myton for the present and hold out sufficient money from tax collections to take care of assessing and collection bills as they come due. Mayor Miller on behalf of the City of Myton, agreed to the arrangement. Real Estate Sales Other; matters coming before the attention of the commissioners included the usual selling of real estate and adjusting of taxes on various parcels of land. Payments of several contracts were extended. The Board authorized the purchase of a new Chevrolet car for the use of the sheriff, and a minute was made to the effect that Sheriff Mitchell trades in his car, the county will pay him the amount allowed on it. Heretofore the sheriff has owned his own car and the county has paid mileage and expenses. The amount paid has not been suffiof cient, it was felt, to take care the upkeep of the car considering the bad roads the sheriff must sometimes travel in the execution of his duties. Expenses will still be paid besides the purchase of the new car, it was stated, Special Meet Plans for a special meeting of the gateway club some time in the near future to be held in the t form of a party will be formulated by a special committee appointed for this purpose. Resolutions were authorized, one seeking a recreation camp to be constructed by or under the - er supervision of the forestry department on Tabby mountain and another to be sent to congressman Abe Murdock, opposing the pro-. posed transfer of the forest deof the from department partment Agriculture to the department of the I i Interior. OF C. OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS TOURIST TRAVEL The 6, to bring campaign tourists west in 1939 year of the Golden Gate International on San Francisco Bay will be discussed at a conference of chamber of commerce officials Salt Lake City, Jan. $3,000,000 $ I ( states, to the held here January 10 and 11. The meeting will follow a general conference in Denver January 6, attended by travel and tourist organization men, railroad men, air and bus line executives and of be Inter-mountai- n state officials of the states, who are mapping their part in the campaign. Gus P. Backman, executive secretary of the Salt Lake City chamber, who attended the Denver meeting, will be the host at the conference here. One of the principal speakers will be Clyde M. Vandeburg, director of promotion for the Western World's FairVandeburg will outline the progress that has been made on variot ous fronts in the travel and tourist organizations Inter-mounta- i i i in - t. i to i make 1939 the greatest west- - Anniversary Dinner Mr. and Mrs. James Dalgleish of Myton were guests of honor at a surprise dinner party New Years Night in celebration of their 20th wedding anniversary. The dinner took place at the home of Mrs. Dalgleishs parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hart in Duchesne. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. C. i SOCIETY E. W. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Orr, Miss Alice Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Murdock, Mrs. A. M, Murdock, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Pope, Mr. Tom Holdaway, Billy and Arthur Orr Jr. and Doris Ann Murdock-china breakfast set was presented to the honored couple. Sunday Night Club Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Orr and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferron entertained the Sunday Night Club at dinner this week at the Orr home. enFollowing dinner, bridge was joyed by the following guests: Mr. an Mrs. E. W. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Gentry, Mrs. Grant Murdock, Mrs. Nellie Muir, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Selch, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Chambers, Mrs. Nina Burger and Mrs. Ralph Walker. High score prizes were won by Mrs. Crocker and Mr. Gentry. Farewell Parties Miss Bessie Kirkham was guest of honor at a farewell party Wednesday evening at the Ward Hall of given by officers and teachers and Ladies Young the Young Men's Mutual associations and the ward Bishopric. Some twenty-fiv- e guests were present. They presented Miss Kirkham with a Navajo rug as a token of their appreciation for her work in their organization. She will leave today to assume her new duties as home demonstrator for Utah county. The Sewing Club planned to entertain in honor of Miss Kirkham Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. R. M. Pope. Miss Anna Stark and Miss Pearl Jefferies were hostesses. Invitations were issued to Mrs. Frances Hair, Mrs. Lincoln Rasband, Miss Bessie Mickelson, Miss Bertha Becker, Mrs. ward travel year in history, and the chamber of commerce men will discuss their states plans for participation in the exposition. re expected Representatives from Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The 11 western states, of the 1939 Worlds Fair, will spent $1,500,000 in addition to their regular tourist advertising expenditures as their part in the travel campaign. Transportation groups moving land and air tra-v,- ,l westward will spend another 1,000,000 and the entire promotional force of the Exposition has Frank Postrna, Miss Floral Lemthrown In its resources to guarant- on, Miss Jennie Edler, Miss Loree the success of the vast raine Sheranian, Miss Elizabeth Lindsay and Miss Leona Winters. Indian Canyon Snow Measurements Less Than Year Ago NEW DUCHESNE CITY OFFICIALS According to snow measurements taken this week on the snow course at the head of Indian canyon by Forest Ranger Frank Richards, there is much less snow this year than last, but there are nearly eight inches more than in 1936. A complete report on the measurements follow: At the present time there is an average of 18 inches of snow with a water content of 2.78 inches. On January 4, 1937 there was 31.4 inches of snow with a water content of 5.03 inches. At this same time of year in 1936 there was 10.02 inches of snow with a water content of 1.6 inches. According to Ranger Richards the snow is not drifted, as there has been very little wind. He also reports that there is little moisture in the ground as compared I to that of a year ago. Five new Duchesne City officials took the oath to administer the affairs of their city to the best of their ability last Monday noon. Frank Davies, four-yecouncilman, was out of town and will be sworn in later, Lotus Fisher, reelected treasurer, did not appear for the installation. His taking the oath is a mere formality, however, as there was no change in the office. Mrs. Helen Poulson, city clerk, acted as installing officer. The ceremony took place in the new council office in the fira department building. Two Officials Absent The following officials were installed: B. A. Jacoby, mayor; C. C. Mickelson, councilman; councilEdwin Carman, man; John P. Madsen, councilman and Mrs. Hildur John-stuclerk. Charles H. Selch is the holdover councilman. Payments of city water rental will continue to be handled by Arthur Orr at the Duchesne Hardware, the new clerk announced. Mr. Orr handjes collections for Work On Well For Bridgeland CCC Nears Completion TAKE OATH F. S. A. RESTRICTS FUNDS TO EMERGENCY LOANS ar n, Work on the recently drilled well at the Bridgeland CCC camp is rapidly nearing completion, it was stated Wednesday. A gallon storage tank has been raised above the well on a twenty-foo- t four legged derick. The tank is filled by a two hundred gallon per hour pump which is incased in a pump house directly beneath the tank. The two pipes running from the pump to th$ tank will be kept open and in running condition during the cold part of the winter by a warm air shaft which will encase them at a radius of about six inches. The height of the tank is sufficient to force a stream of water to the top of any of the buildings in case of fire, it was stattwo-thousa- ed. War department specifica- tions state that a camp should have a certain amount of water for use and if that amount is used, the tank will have to have over seven thousand gallons pumped into it each day. MISS KIRKHAM School Bus Operators Preseii I Recpiesls As Organized Group New Contracts Sought by Delegation Of Bus Contractors Who Admit Affiliation With C. I. O. FIRE DAMAGES Long Session Ends With Agreement Still Unsettled FLOOR OF PLAZA HOTEL What might have developed into a disastrous fire for Duchesne's Main street on New Years Eve was averted by the quick action old Bobby Montof fifteen-yea- r gomery and the Duchesne Fire Department who extinguished a fire under the kitchen floor of the Plaza hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cohorn, proprietors of the hotel had retired about 11 p. m. Bobbie, who makes his home with the Cohorns, discovered smoke coming from beneath the stove. He immediately aroused- - Mr. Cohorn, ran across the street to a service station for a hose and called the fire department, which arrived within two minutes. A trap door under the sink was opened. This Created a draft and the sub flooring which eviedntly had been smouldering for some dime burst into flames. It was necessary to chop through a large section of the P.oor before the fire was finally extinguished. New Flooring I.aid The fact that the large range which has been standing directly on the wooden floor for a long period of time with no protective asbestos underneath had gradually charred the floor, was blamed for the fire. The stove has now been raised on metal blocks and new flooring laid. Most of Duchesnes citizenry were at the high school gymnasium enjoying the P. T. A. dance and were unaware of the excitement on Main street. the Uintah Power & Light Co. Present Farm Security Admin- and the system of paying water LEAVES FRIDAY istration budget allocations will rentals at the same time light and FOR NEW POST not permit the writing of new re- power bills are paid, which was habilitation loans, it was announc- inaugurated some time ago, has Miss Bessie Kirkham expected ed this week from the Duchesne proven sosuccessful, the system to leave today to assume her new duties as home demonstration county office F. S. A. Only a lim- will be continued, it was stated. agent for Utah county. Miss Kirkited budget has been allocated to ham, who has served as field sup; Duchesne county to he used for ervisor for the resettlement adwriting supplemental loans for ministration for Duchesne county clients already listed in the files of the Farm Security Adminisduring the past year, received the appointment to her new position tration. from the Utah State Agricultural Because of this, only supplecollege. namental .loans of an emergency Miss Leona Winters arrived ture will be written and only to this week from Ogden to succeed provide funds for the immediate Miss Kirkham in the Duchesne ofemergency needs. fice. There is no exact limit on the New Home Supervisor Here amount of funds available for loans under the Community and Miss Winters is a graduate of the University of Wyoming and Cooperative Service program, it Average Monthly was stated. has taught in the Otto, Wyoming Inventory Law returned schools. She recently Numerous cooperative loans for Is Explained L. D. S. states the Eastern from are sires and purepred machinery Mission. While in the East, her contemplated to be made before Stocks of merchandise will be church activities took her through the beginning of farming operaassessed this year on the average Pennsylvania, Delaware and New tions during the coming year. monthly inventory owned or held York. Her appointment to the Beginning the week of January by taxpayers during 1937, ac- Farm Secunty Administration 9th, the regular office days of the cording to word received during came C. O. Stott, state through Farm Security Administration the week from Irwin Arnovitz, who resigned last week director, will be changed from Wednesday chairman of the State Tax Com- to " accept a position as state dito Monday for the Duchesne of- mission, who released information rector of the L. D. S. church sofice and from Saturday to Wed- pertaining to the new law govMr. and Mrs. Nello Hicken of cial security program, nesday for the Roosevelt office erning this assessment. were in Duchesne on busiTabiona with office hours trom 9:00 a. m. The law calls for the taking ness , Monday. until 5:00 p. m. on these respec- and recording of inventories on FORMER DUCHESNE Miss Erma Stevenson of Salt tive days, Richard Nelson, county the 1st of each month, but since COUNTY RESIDENT Lake City spent the week end in R. R. supervisor announced. few merchants did this during DIES IN PRICE Duchesne and Mtn. Home visit1937, it will probably be necessary relatives and friends. ing MARY LOUISE KOHL to compute the inventories for Joseph Rulon Bird, 44, Price Clyde Jensen of Bingham spent this period, according to Levi J. coal miner, and former resident the week end with relatives and DIES FOLLOWING asAnderton, Duchesne county of Duchesne county, died in the friends in the Basin. LONG ILLNESS sessor, who has additional infor- Price Vity hospital Thursday, Claude Allred of Bluebell was mation on the methods of mak- December 24th of injuries suffer- a business visitor in Duchesne on Tragedy Sunday visited the ing these computations at his of- ed when his left leg was mangled Monday. home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kohl, fice. Miss Emily Madsen, who spent in a cutting machine Monday. in Decatur, Illinois, former resiExtracts from the law and othmathe the holidays with her parents, was in Mr. Bird caught dents of Duchesne, when their er information governing its ex- chine Mr. and Mrs. John Madsen in while Monday morning eleven year old daughter Mary ecution as released by the State returned to her studies Duchesne, He mine. In Wattis the working Louise died following a serious Tax Commission follow: the L. D. S. business college at workmen fellow when freed was Word two illness of about years. Revised and in Salt Lake City early this week. of her death was received by the Statutes of 1933, as Amended by cut away portions of the machine Albert Crumbo of Fort Dutorches. with in acetelyne Kohl Mr. childs uncle, George 98, Laws of 1937. was a business visitor in chesne Chapter Mrs Duchesne. Funeral services were General Duties of Co. Assessor Surviving are his mother, on Monay. Duchesne his widow, held Tuesday. She is survived by The county assessor must, be- Cecelia Gerber Bird, of Tabiona was Ervan Clegg three Demmick Bird; her parents. fore the 15th day of April of each Mrs. Lucille business matters care of taking The Kohls lived in Duchesne for year, ascertain the names of all sons and seven brothers and sis- in Duchesne Monday. B. Cecelia Mrs. Dougan, about two years, leaving in 1933 taxable inhabitants and all prop- ters, Mayor R. E. Miller and Eldwin for DeMoines, Iowa. Mary Louise erty in the county subject to tax- Ivan and E. Wayne Bird, Salt Wall of Myton were meeting with Duattended the Duchesne schools ation, except such as Is required Lake City; Mrs. Leda B. Mess, Mrs. Har- the County Commissioners in and had many little friedns here to be assessed by the state tax Mrs. Mary B. Savage, on chesne Tuesday. B. who mourn her passing. The sym- commission, and must assess such riet B. Monks, Mrs. Cardelia Jesse II. LeFevre of Tabiona Boswell. friends whom Kohls of the to the many person by was a business visitor here on property pathy Funeral services were conduct- Tuesday. in Duchesne go out to them in it was owned or claimed, or in their bereavement. whose possession or control it ed Sunday in the Price L. D. S. Mr, and Mrs. Austin G. Burton was, at 12 oclock m. of the 1st tabernacle. of Talmage were in Duchesne visiting day of January next preceding, Tuesday Monday and WEATHER REPORT and at its value on that date, ex- JUST TO REMIND YOU their daughter Janet. E. J. Prescott of Hayden was in For week beginning Dec. 30th. cept in the case of a person who owns or has in his possession or Womens Study Club, Saturday, Duchesne on business Wednesday. David G. Smith of Salt Lake subject to his control personal January 8th at the Plaza Hotel. property within this state, with Mrs. Nina Burger, hostess. Mrs. City was looking after his business Interests in Duchesne Wedauthority to sell it, which has been A. M. Murdock, program. conbeen or in either nesday. purchased out Jack Skewes Js spending the signed to him from the place BIRTH of week in DucHesne, a guest of of this state for the purpose Mrs. Alma Poulson and Miss being sold at a place within thi3 Mr. and Mrs. Herb Firth, Strawasthe instance Poulson. He will return on which Veda inch. in .29 state, Precipitation, January girl, 63$ pound berry, such assess sessor must property E. S. WINSLOW, Monday to resume his studies at 5th, the University of Utah. (Continued On Page 8) Cooperative Observer, R. L. Dart of Myton was a business visitor in Duchesne on Thurs- LOCALS 80-5- -4 80-5-- Mr-an- Bids Called on Deer Creek Project Bids for construction of the Deer Creek Dam and railroad and highway relocation for the Provo river reclamation project were called for on December 28th by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. The work is to be located 16 miles northeast of Provo. It will be part of the Provo River reclamation system, and will bring the 0 benefits of Irrigation to some acres of land which noyv are under cultivation but which are 40,-00- in need of a dependable water supply. The Deer Creek reservoir will run along the Provo River on the west side of Jordan valley. Lands to be irrigated stretch for approximately 15 miles toward Salt Lake City. In addition to the direct irrigation benefits, the project is designed to afford an increased supply of water for the towns of Provo, Orem and Salt Lake City. Bids will be opened February at 0 a. m. A construction period of 1,350 days will be allowed. Construction of the Deer Creek Dam will call for excavation or some 2,800 cubic yards Of earth for fill for the dam. It also calls for 2,500,000 cubic yards of sand, gravel and cobble fill for the dam. Also involved will be the placement of 1,932,000 pounds of reinforcement bars and the construction of 6,000 linear feet of to pife drains. 10, 1938 12-in- day. President Owen Bennion of Mt. Emmons was in Duchesne Tuesday. Charles Eertola of Tabiona was a business visitor Tuesday in Duchesne. M. R. Mitchell of Neola was business here Wedtransacting nesday. Bliss V. Lott of Myton was a business visitor in Duchesne Tuesday. Paul Nelson of Neola was in Duchesne Tuesday. Frank Smith of Bluebell was in (Continued On Page 8) The only evidence of organized labor yet experienced in Duchesne county was made known at the regular meeting of the Board of Education Tuesday evening, when school bus contractors of the district met with the board to demand new contracts embodying several changes to their advantage. It became evident during the discussion that most of the men had previously been organized Into a unit of the CIO by an organizer who had visited the county some time previously. It was the first official notice to the board of such action, though rumors have been spread around to that effect for some time. Oppose Registration Law The men, some twelve In number, representing the majority of the bus contractors of the district, entered the board offices shortly after noon and presented their requests their through Marvin Mitchell of spokesman Neola. Their requests were all made in a friendly and Business like manner, with no trace of trouble-makin- g or radicalism. One of the chief points of contention of the bus contractors is the new license registration fee which became effective in Utah by act of the 1937 legislature. While all paid a fee last year of $35.00 the fee required this year, based on the unladen weight of their busses will range from $60.00 to $90.00 in some cases. The contractors requested the Board to assume this expense, though the contracts already signed with them makes the contractors personally responsible for its payment. Minor Changes Allowed Other requests asked by the men included payment by the board of casualty insurance on the students they carry, also stipulated as a contractor expense by (Continued On Page 8) CAREER ENDS FOR NOTED SANITARY ENGINEER Funeral ervices were conducted Tuesday at 2 p. m. at 344 East First South street, Salt Lake City, for Charles Oscar Pickel, well known civil engineer and international authority on sanitation problems. Mr. Pickel died Saturday in a Salt Lake City hospital after a long Illness, He was 59 years old. The services were conducted by Rev. Theodore G. Lilley, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Mr. Pickel was well known in the Uintah Basin and particularly in Duchesne, where he was vitally concerned about the sanitation of the culinary water supply. He made numerous trips to Duchesne in the interests of finding ways and means of purifying the water. Awarded Medal He gained fame as an engineer and sanitary Inspector during the construction of the Panama canal. He surveyed the headwaters of the Chagres river, in the Central American jungle and was resident engineer on the Panama City outfall sewer in 1909. For hi3 work in eliminating unsanitary conditions in the canal zone and in the creation of uncontaminated sources of culinary water supply, he was awarded a service meal by distinguished President Theodore Roosevelt. President Taft and President Wilson added bars to the medal. He served as chief sanitary engineer in Chile for five years. In 1930, he accepted an appointment with the state of Utah as state sanitary engineer promoting the improvement of water systems with particular reference to reduction of typhoid. In 1933 he was engineer-examinin charge of W. P. A. projects for the United States. Remaining in this capacity until last summer, when he entered private activity as a civil er |