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Show GOOD MUSIC Always A BIG CROWD and A GOOD TIME Assured fanaon and ?tumed aftei tives here ame hom iy when months nd daugh :an Fori here Sun tah i Duchesne Basin ewspaper to Vol. 10, No. 32 SUCCESSOR TO THE DUCHESNE COURIER La TiTnn.. busines 1 Courier MekLUM-t- ' oo. Covers ALL The Uintah Basin. left Wed fire a ROBBERS LOOT SMITH POOL HALL 3t :k. The y nigh j were her ng cattli r visitin Bench. ie xrant Creek and lals ' Du-sn- e River Exchange to Receive W01I Of 200 Men ' of authentic obably the most Urge .ranee of the progress of the one .p Leke project is contained stance announcement by E. O. Lards in .Reclamation Service engineer, them a CCC Camp of over 200 men ahead 1)6611 assi&ned to assist the lamation Service in the con-- 1 811(1 Creek .ction of the Currant ations River and the Duchesne le to lange Canal, folks Tie latter canal has been tied wth the Moon Lake project, : ; its JULY 27, 1931 construction was depen-- n upon sufficient funds being .over from the construction of reservoir. The assignment of men to the bueau now this piece of construction .red, whether there is a sur- or in the Moon Lake fund ' Mr. Larson said, ae camp will start work al-- it immediately on the Currant ek Canal, which is to be used CCC es spare. is xpected that ' bids for the m Lake reservoir construction J be advertised within the next days, according to the report. X second CCC Camp is being Water Conservation Program at Joint Meeting INDIANS TO STAR AT THE U. B. I. C. discover- PIONEER DAY SOCIETY LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Lotus Fisher were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pope last Sunday. Miss Doris Duke of Heber is a guest of Miss Marjory Crocker. Mr. and Mrs. Guy J. Hollenbeck entertained Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Selch and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Liddell at dinner last Tuesday even- "A lazy boy and a warm bed are extremely u difficult to part ing. JULY 23 Steve Brodie jumps from the Brookly abridge, 1 886. DON B. COLTON HEADS G. 0. P. DRAWS CROWD Utah Republicans in their state and congressional conventions on A well staged Pioneer Day cel- Wednesday chose the following ebration drew large crowds to Du- nominees for the election Novemchesnes City Park on the Twenty-Fourt- h ber 5: For United States senator, to witness ball games, races, rodeo performances, and term,) Don B. Colton of Vercelebration The nal. matches. boxing in the park was preceded by a For congressman, first district program in the city hall in the term, Arthur Woolley, embled at Becks Creek near iriam, and will spend the sum-- i on the Ephriam tunnel, mov-t- o the Ogden project for the :ter. Recruiting for the camps be by the amy as usual, but men will be under the super-o- n forenoon. Ogden. of the reclamation bureau The first event on the afterFor congressman, second disbaseball noons program was a mg working hours. term, Frederick C. trict, game, starting at noon, between Loofbourow of Salt Lake City. Duchesne and La Point, one of the attlcmen To Meet For justice, state supreme The court, scheduled games. league term, D. N. Straup Bill Over Taylor visiting team took a heavy toll on of Salt Lake City (incumbent.) the Duchesne boys in the first For state treasurer (unexpired k meeting of all the cattlemen part of the game, getting a lead term! Ivor Ajax, Salt the Uintah Basin who are of 6 to 0. When the game was Lake City. n in the use of Public more than half over, however, the With the first congressional dishas Duchesne team began to rally, trict convention for grazing grounds, starting shortly en called by the Uintah Basin allowing their opponents only after 9 a. m., the Victory theatre estock Association, to be held three more runs, while they came was the scene of Republican acj Roosevelt, Saturday, August to a thrilling finish in the last in- tivity until nearly 6 p. m., when The meeting will convene at ning of the seven inning game the second congressional district Roosevelt Commercial Club, with a score of 11 to 0 in their chose their candidate. The state e 1:00 p. m and will either 5 favor. convention, which opened at there or in a larger room, While the baseball players were a. m., concluded its business pending upon the number pres-I- resting for their second game, the at 5:15 p. m. kid's races were held, with candy Delegates attending the convenSince the passing of the Taylor for the winners, and everyone tion from Duchesne were C. W. at the .last session of Con-- ( won, or at1 least, everyone got Smith, county assessor, and Rulon some candy. Continued on page six) J. Larson. (six-ye- J two-ye- ar two-ye- 24 Waterspout in Nevada kills thirty people, 1874. 25 Bletiot first to fly over English channel, 1909. 2S George Bernard Shaw, great dramatist, born 1856. ar -- 27 '' (LVt) ar t'ZJK ewuu 28 c cable First line is completed, 1866. Austria starts the great World war, 1914. 29 Mussolini, Italy's Black Shirt leader, born, 1883. 10-ye- ar two-ye- ar -- Do--:- ; con-tu- 10:-1- t. ball game, between Arcadia was pretty intah Basin walk-awa- y for the Base Ball League Only five innings with a score of 16 Duchesne. 2 of to favor in STANDING LEAGUE Men's foot races were then run, Homer Fitzwater winning the 100 and 220 yd. dash and Glen, Weston and Wilbur Bates and Mr. Egan of Fruitland winning over Alf Owens, George Kohl and Homer and Lonnie Fitzwater in the relay race. Horse races were then run with the following winners: i mile free for all, Marritt horse 1st, Dick Wash horse 2nd. i; mile pony race, Bob Marshall 1st, Fred Hayes, 2nd, Marritt 3rd. i4 mile saddle horse race, MurItefiiilts July 2 i dock horse 1st. 1 1 mile 4 horse relay race, Mar5 Myton q 9 ritt string 1st. 10 La Point wiehesne 5 Potato race, Marritt 1st. 10 Roosevelt Duchesne 10 The mile rare was not run as 11 Neola tn. Home no one would compete with the Schedule July 29th horse for this distance. Marritt C C C at Ft. yton at Neola; The rodeo consisted principally ichesne; Roosevelt at La Point; (Continued from page 6) .n. Home at Duchesne. The second Duchesne and much of a home team. were played, t At a joint meeting of the Duchesne Gateway Club and the B, P. W. Club, held at the Duchesne Plans are now practically com- Hotel last Friday evening, a conplete for the biggest and best Uin- certed move was started for the tah Basin Industrial Convention Improvement of the Duchesne yet to be staged, aeording to C. Moon Lake road, the promotion of M. Iverson, president. Nearly all CCC Duchesne County, for Camps dates for the various phases of and Investigation into the water the program are fixed, and the with the view of situation, speakers arranged for. Copy for the necessary supply for the programs is to be completed the Uintah Basin. within the next day or two, and The meeting, which was sponwill be turned over to the printers. sored by the B. P. W. Club, was to are This year, the Indians have a much larger part in the called to attention by the Gateway U. B. I. C. than at any previous Club President, Wm. H. Fitzwatconvention. The third evening, er, who introduced Bessie O. Kohl, President of the B. P. W. Club. Friday, the 10th, will be turned over almost entirly to the Red Mrs. Kohl explained the purpose of the meetng, and then returned Men, who, under the able direction the chair to Mr. Fitzwater, who of Lester Chapoose, will demoncalled for open discussion. strate seven of their native dances. Various phases of the three maAnother special feature of the convention will be the reading of jor questions were discussed, and the first prize essays from Du- it was decided that In order to get chesne and Uintah Counties, writ- worthwhile immediate results, the ten ,by elementary students on the cooperation of the North Country The Uintah towns would be invited, especially U. B. I. C. Slogan, Our Home. The winners on the Moon Lake road project. Basin will read their essays and receive Motions were passed creating three main committees, and authmedals. Winners in Duchesne County orizing them to meet with the are: Glen Carey, 7th grader of North towns, and organize with Fruitland, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. them for the work in hand. Marion are: named E. L Carey, 1st prize. The committees Hunter, Cth grader, of Fruitland, Road Committee; C. H. Selch, daughter of Mrs. Golden E. Brown Helen B. Hollenbeck, Dr. W. D. 5th Bishop, Leona Cole and H. S. Lid2nd prize. Colleen Turner, grader of Boneta, daughter of Mrs. dell. CCC Camp Committee; Hil-d3rd W. Johnatun, G. J. Hollenbeck Charlotta Erickson, prize. Honorable mention was given to and Leo Young. Water Commitand tee; Babs Murdock, E. W. Crocker Anna Burton of Roosevelt and L. C. Winslow. Elayne Loveland of Tabiona. The essays were judged by the One of the first concrete results English Department of the U. of of the meeting is to be the big U. road day, to be held during the An intensive drive will be made first week In August, on which in Duchesne the first of next week volunteer workers from Duchesne for the raising of funds for the and the other towns cooperating Each community In will turn out enmaase to work on convention. the Basin has been given a quota the Moon Lake road. The first of 50 cents per family to raise for section to be worked on is the this year's U. B. I. C. and it is ex- stretch through the cedars at the will head of Blue pected that the canvassers Bench, according to have no trouble In raising this present plans. for the cause. The U. B. I. C. is becoming one REMIND YOU of the biggest conventions of its JUST TO kind in the intermountain country, Contract Club, Saturday afterand every family in the Basin is noon, July 28th with Mrs. E. W, to the proattend invited complete Crocker. edugram of free entertainment, advancement, cation and social Typhoid inoculations, Tuesday, whether they have been able to a. m., Town Hall. 9:30 not. or funds to its contribute aafe-guard- of town, by Billy Odekirk, son of E. E. Odekirk. The Sheriff inves- . NUMBER 52 Duchesne Gateway And B. P. V. Clubs Promote Moon Lake Road Improvement, CCC Camps And ut tigated immediately and Year In Advance Moon Lake Hoad To Be Improved The Golden Harvest Smiths Pool Hall, operated by J. Smith, and his son, was broken into some time early Sunday morning, and looted of slot machines, marbble games, candy and tobacco, having a total value of approximately $300. The thieves entered by boring a hole through the back door and reaching thru to unlock it. The loot was carried away in cars, whose tracks were plainly visible at the back door the next morning. The robbery was first discovered by Mr. J, R. McGuire, proprietor of the Hotel Duchesne, which adjoins the pool hall, at 6:00 a. m. Sunday morning, when he noticed the back door open, and tobacco scattered about Mr. McGuire the back yard. heard a noise at about 1:30 in the morning, he says, but thinking it to be one of the Smiths keeping late hours, he made no investigation. The robbery was immediately reported to the Smiths and to the Sheriff, Arzy Mitchell and City Marshall, Earl Jensen, who took records of the car tracks visible, and started investigations. Early Tuesday morning, one of the slot machines was discovered in the Strawbberry river, below the Indian Canyon bridge, south ed the other machines, all near the same spot. They had all been divert waters from Currant broken open and the money in ?k into the Strawberry reser-- r them taken. There had been a during the spring when this pretty heavy rain Saturday and r is going to waste. The men the river was evidently pretty high stay on Currant Creek until when the machines were thrown at the first of October, and in, but the water receding later a will be moved into a winter disclosed them. Duchesne has been No other evidence ip to work on the er Exchange. found, according to the authorhis canal is to be used to di- -t ities, and it is not known yet high water from the Du-sn- e whether the job is the work of loThe into the Lake Fork, per- cal parties or outsiders. iling the Lake Fork water to Sheriff is working on several leads stored in Moon Lake for the but has as yet been unable to find er summer irrgation, when any definite evidence. re is no Duchesne river water j $2.00 Per O. umed t r DUCHESNE, UTAH, ERIDA Roosevelt' Youth Reported Missing Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Lambert of conRoosevelt are considerably cerned over the whereabouts of their son, Jay, who has been missing for two weeks. It is thought possible that the body which was found killed by a train in Salt Lake City might prove to be that of the missing boy. Jay was last heard from in Colfax, Washington, from where he wrote to his friend, Floyd Smith of Duchesne, suggesting, that Floyd come to Colfax where he was working. Floyd accompanied his father, C. W, Smith to the in Salt Republican convention Lake and then continued on to Washington, only to find when he A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS: It is deemed necessary to the welfare and progress of Duchesne and its citizens that the road from Duchesne to Moon Lake be improved for the use of north country communities and Moon Lake Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hanson of Spring Glen spent the 24th as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Murdock. Mr. and Mrs. Wells Murdock of California are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Murdock. Mr. and Mrs C. N. Mortenson spent last week end at Ephriam Mountain at a Mortenson family reunion. Alan Haynes of California is a guest at the home of his aunt, Mrs. H. S. Liddell. Mrs. Melvin Poulson returned Wednesday from Mt. Pleasant, where she spent several days visiting at her old home. Her sisters, Misses Lucile and Chrystal Hanson and Mrs. Lowe Ashton of Heber accompanied Mrs. Poulson to Duchesne. They will visit at their sisters home for several days. ur Mr. Ed Hart motored to Aspen Colorado Wednesday for a visit with his brother, Charles. He was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. James Dalgleish and Miss Jean Walker of Myton. contractors. Mrs. Mary Walker of Mtn. AND WHEREAS: Home brought her 11 year old It is necessary for the speedy im daughter to Duchesne Wednesday provement of this road to call for night suffering from an attack of volunteer workers and volunteer appendicitis. She was taken to financial assistance to provide ma- the Roosevelt hospital for an oper-atoterials, and believing that the situation is of sufficient importance Lou Jean and Russell, to call for the assistance of all the small citizens of Duchesne to join in a daughter and son of Clinton Mick-elso- n of Salt Lake, are visiting at special road day for this work. the home of their grand parents, NOW THEREFORE: I, A. M. Murdock, Mayor Pro Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mickelson. Max Tem for Duchesne, acting under and Hal, sons of Elmer Mickelson and by authority of said office, do also were guests at the Jim Mickhereby proclaim and set aside elson home Sunday. o Tuesday, thirty- - first day of July, Mr. Carl Pryor, Principal of the A. D. 1934, as GOOD ROADS Schools Roosevelt Elementary DAY. Done, Dated and signed this passed through Duchesne Wednesday from Spanish Fork. 26th day of July, A. D. 1934. (signed) A. M. Murdock. Mr. Vem Price and his son, Leo, Mayor Pro Tem. 11 left last week for Salt Lake for medical aid. Leo will enter the WEATHER REPORT L. D. S. Childrens Hospital for a hernia operation and Mr. Price underwent an operation for appendicitis and received care for nose and throat infection at the Veterans Hospital. n, Word was received from Mrs. R. Porter that their daughter, Miss Martha Page has been dangerousknew where he was. ly ill. It was doubtful for a few reFortunately, Jays fingerpmts Percipitation, 19th, Trace. days whether or not she would were available, and they have been EARL S. WINSLOW cover. She is better now, howCo-oObserver ever, Mrs. Porter writes. (Continued on page 6) arrived there that Jay had left some time earlier, and that no one G. p. pretty much a struggle up the hill, And at times the going seems extremely slow. Difficulties block the path ahead until We dont know just what to do or where to go. Yes, the way is often hard, but this is true; We cannot afford to falter or to stopl And men soon forget the hardships when they view All the glories that await them at the top. Life is pretty much a struggle up the hill, But we seldom are compelled to climb alone; There are cheerful hearts and friendly hands that will Help us meet our problems a3 they meet their own. So men learn cooperation! So they find That their greatest satisfaction comes when they Bender service that is generous and kind When they help each other on the upward way Utwtfcorw Life is 1 Uwr.ncf |