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Show Mh hikes NT, MOAB, UTAH " Pet _ IIExcess Weieht tao | ye Cimes-independe ‘Moonshine' _ Vivre' Containers county, Virginirhave fe --"#>> abe? rd VOLUME 65 Grazing MOAB, Board Of [ndians Win San Juan Land Battle District 6 Meets -__---______.., A 10-year legal battle between Indians and white men for possession of about 7000 acres of eTrazing land in San Juan county ‘near Bianding has _ been decided in favor of the Indians. Decision in GRAND |ADVISORY BOARD OF NEW DISTRICT MEETS ' MONDAY The advisory board of erazing district No. 9, which was formed last fall out of a portion of old district No. 6, will meet next Monday at Moab. The board consists of the following members: Charles Marshall, D. L. Goudelock, Loren Wilcox, Lester Taylor and Emmett Elizci.do, sheermen, and Claude N. Taylor, Wallace A. Cunningham, COUNTY, UTAH,: MARCH 7, 1940 NUMBER State Road Commission Will Aid In Street, Roadside Development Gold and Green Ball !° County Plans Staged Saturday Drain Project On Town Arroyo The gold and green ball of the parallel parking on each side: Moab M. I. A. will be staged Satscace for planting trees, sidewalk urday evening at the G. CG. ballroom, and will be attended by a and ditch, the latter being a comcrowd, reports from ‘mon utility in small towns. In record over the case was handed down Monday | |this section the commission pro- the stake indicate. ‘Swamp Condition Through by Fred W. Johnson, commissioner The hall _ will be elaborately poses that the ditch instead of beThe advisory board of grazing | Center of City to be (of the at| office land general ‘ing adjacent to the roadway, be 'decorated in the Mutual colors, and | Eliminated. district No. 6, elected last October, Washington, D. C., ordering A Ss moved back to the private prop- there will be a number of enter- || Brown, register of the Salti Lake tainment features, met for the first time this week including a_| | /erty lines. ake floor land show, office, demonstr mer seasons. /ern Utah he noticed that public to proceed ation of the "without ' Mr. Knowlton emphasized that and organized by electing officers. M. I. A. dances, and coronation of | further delay" to adjudicate 45 allso to come before the board | °#icials and ; citizens generally were! not less th an 58 feet must b In order to permit a continua; - The new district No. 6 comprises : ; 4 the gold and green queen. Identity lotments of land to the Piute and Will be the budgeting of the 5y/@0Xious to improve the appearance lowed for a roadway if the ee, \tion of the street paving work of the queen will be kept a secret all of San Juan county and that Ute Indians, and, if found regular, |Per cent range improvement their farms and communities. |} wants room for four lanes of traffuna, |! ,through Moab city, the Grand land patents. The allot-|Tecently allocated to the district! This is very commendable," Mr. ‘fic portion of Grand county lying to issue and two lanes of paralle: until the dance. commissioners in cooperaMuch interest in the forthcoming | county |by the state auditor, totaling $3,-|mowlton declared, "and the road | parking. south of the Colorado river and/ ments are about 160 acres each. The |commission wants to do what it | land with the city council are commissioner's Cities are advised to plant trees ball is being shown ‘by the people tion action 823.12. the Castle Valley rim. District No. was made committee in ‘planning 'can to help make Utah a more not cnly in residential sections but of Moab, and the over the protest of the the installation of some 9-created last ‘fall out of part attorney general of Utah and charge is looking forward to the | beautiful place for those who live on business streets as well. It is stock2050 feet of drain pipe through the men of the San Juan region. here and for those who visit here, "big city" now of the original district No. 6- to have trees on most successful M. I. A. social event ‘entire length of the old town arparticularly during the centennial the main business artery; it defi- in the history of the ward. Struggle for this land dates back consists of all that area in Grand observance." |royo which cuts diagonally through to 1929, when \nitely is not "small town." Mr.| it was proposed to and San Juan counties lying north Carrying out this desire, the Knowlton add 552,000 pointed out that trees acres to |the center of the valley. It is the Navajo of the Colorado river and Castle commission has prepared a typical have Indian reservation, comprising that been. planted recently on | probable that work of installing Valley rim and extending north treatment for a 100-foot street in Fifth avenue, New York, and on approximately to the summit of area lying south of the San Juan the pipe will be commenced within a residential area, which will be Michigan river. boulevard, Chicago. A cry of protest went up the Book mountatns. S-S Company Held ‘*s next few weeks. made available to civic planners Mr. Knowlton said that if com-)| from the white settlers of the reThe No. 6 board organized by ;on request. A 100-foot street is munities want advice on planting gion and U. S. Representative Don Recently all of the streets in electing Charles Redd of La Sal Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brown. re- found in most Utah communities. they can obtain it from Grant R.| the city lying south of the oiled as chairman, J. Ernest Adams of B. Colton on January 23, 1931, in- turned Thursday night of © last The typical section shows a 66Bowen, landscape engineer for the | highway have been surveyed by troduced a bill in congress carry- week from Syracuse, Kansas, where Blanding as vice chairman, and foot roadway, which will accomThe annual stockholders' meet- |State road commission, whose office is' road engineers, preparatory further they for no provision the ing Frank Halls of Monticelo as sechad been visitiae. |modate four lanes of traffic and in the capitol. |ing of the Scorup-Somerville Cattle | to working out a street paving proallotments to Indians in San Juan ' retary-treasurer. An executive comA farewell party was held for company was held at Moab Sat-|gram for that part of the city. This bill failed of enactcounty. mittee of three with a member Mrs. Ott, who is lea¥ing soon for | urday, with practically all of the |The cld arroyo in that district has ment. each from the south, central and Provo where she will make her stockholders in the it imfiled the 45 Indians Meanwhile, northern parts of the district, was Sethian Che' oon home, on Friday afternoon of last | being represented. Hold vessible to proceed ae with the proEducators the but applicati allctmen t ons, chosen, Mr. Redd, Mr. Adams and week. A social afternoon was en| re-elected officers and directors, as) gram unless drainage is provided in the still unsolved was matter J. A. Scorup of Moab being elected joyed by all present and delicious follows: J. A. Scorup, president | which would permit filling in the summer of 1932. On July 15 of that as such commiteee. refreshments were served by the and general manager: Andrew | arroyo where the streets cross' it. H. George Governor then year, Members of the board present | committee in charge. Somerville, vice president; W. R. At a meeting of the commissionInthe of representatives at the meeting were J. Ernest Dern, McConkie, secretary and treasurer; /ers held Monday, it was decided to Mrs. Harry Tasker spent last | San represen and service dian tative Adams, William R. Young = and | Franklin J. Adams, James Scorup, | secure prices on 12-inch perforatJuan county citizens met-at Bland-| WeeK in Salt Lake City as the) of f Blanding, Roy | ing Alden Stevens Ward, Annie Zufelt and ed culvert to be laid in the botOlson's original "Terrible Swedes" An elementary school curriculum| Etta and of her daughter and son- | agreed that "no further ‘guest Colo., KenD. Akin of Dolores, 'of Cassville, Mo., said to be one state Harvey Williams, additional directom of the arroyo its entire conference, attended by in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harold neth Summers and Frank Halls! a'llotments3 of land to Indians on Sturgis. 'of the cleverest basketball teams educators and superintendents, pri-| tors. The stockholders declared a length. It is likely that an order o S| the public domain shall be made}! of Monticello, Charles Redd of ‘for the culvert will be placed with‘in the world, will play at Moab mary supervisors and_ classroom| cash dividend of 10 per cent. The Pep club entertained their La Sal, and J. A. Scorup and ‘in San Juan county, nor shall fur-| Saturday evening, March 16, teachers of the four southeastern The officers reported that stock in the next few days. | ther Indian homesteads be made in| partners at a leap year: party on' against a mixed high school and Utah counties, was held at Moab wintered well during the past sea-| The drainage and street paving Clarence Holyoak of Moab. H. S. said county under the act of July| Thursday evening of last week. It. town team, according to an an- Saturday. Problems in connection |son and that the prospects for the| work will be financed with funds Rutledge, member representing 1884." was a "penny party" and each year are favorable. /allocated to Grand county and the yesterday by with the revision of the elemen- | coming wildlife, was also present. G. inouncement made Tnis quotation was contained in| participant was required to pay a/| Nielson of McPhee. Colo. electe q| Among those from outside points} city of Moab from the state auto- ~* ‘Coach Ken Soffe. Negotiations for tary curriculum were consideréd in| i wh If, 1933, as a sheep member of the board | the act of March for open forum manner, with repree-|who were here for the meeting mobile registration fund. The alunderway been have game the | game, ne feats ee-|oreatak Se 'the ina Navajo was - not present. < ttsreservati Cheekst care ex-| or take part ini any event. Refresh-| iw ..veral weeks, and Mr. Soffe yes- sentatives from the state depart- were Miss Edith Scorup of Salina,| location was announced this week The | ments also cost a penny. All pre- 'terday received an acceptance from ment of education and the four' Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Adams) by the state road commission and The board convened Monday . morning and remained in session | Ut attorney general contends|;sent reported a very enjoyable counties taking part in the dis-| of Blanding, and Mr. and Mrs. gives Grand county the sum of ithe Swedes. ithat the allotment applications time. $12,527.12 and the city $759.44. James Scorup of Monticello. All funds realized from the game cussion. until Wednesday afternon. Ches| vere not to be considered as an | Mr. and Mrs. Orville Swanson of | The S-S company is the largest In addition to draining the arThose representing the state dewill be used to rebuild the Moab ley P. Seely of Salt Lake City, ,exception to the Blanding agree- |'Thompsons spent the week-end in) school athletic field. It is planned partment were Miss Jennie Camp- cattle outfit in the state and one royo, it is planned to pave six or regional grazier; James S. Andrews. | ment. The land office, however, |Greenriver as guests of Mr. and to level the field and plant the bell, state director of elementary) of the largest in the west. It eight blocks of city streets this district grazier, and Robert J. | has ruled that they are exceptions |Mrs. Weldon Lane and Mr. and/| football gridiron to grass, The old education; Dr. B. K. Farnswortn, | ranges in the Indian Creek, Beef year, and possibly more. Thomson, junior grazier, representbecause they had been filed be- Mrs. John Jones. Present at the meeting of the Dark Canyon, Castle and erandstand will be torn down and dirctor of secondary education; H.| Basin, ing the grazing service. fore the Blanding meeting. commissioners were G. O. B. Gunderson, director of voca- Lake districts of San Juan county, county material used to construct Miss Una Gillis spent the first the Applications from approximately including most of the area be- Patterson, J. A. Somerville and L. tional education, and Dr. Calvin | bleachers along the football field. of the week at the ranch on the 115 stockmen for summer grazing L. Taylor, and Clerk Margie M. teen the Blue mountains and the S. Smith, director of research, state | The work will be done as a naSan Rafael with her brothers. licenses were acted on. An appeal Seven Hurt in Collision. river, extending from Leaming. educational survey committee. The Colorado meeting will be held March 21 to The local Boy Scouts, under the tional youth aid project, with the Seven persons were slightly inThe report of Helen Melich, Indian Crek on the north to the Carbon county delegation of 16; consider any appeals or protests jured Sunday afternoon in an supervision of Scoutmaster Shaw, board of education cooperating. It was headed by Superintendent G. San Juan river on the south. manager of the county hospital, to start work on the have completed the building. of it planned that may be filed. automobile accident at the CCC for the month of February, showJ. Reeves and Miss Ruby Bean, project about March 18. The board partially budgeted camp two miles south of Moab, their cabin in Greenriver. The new ed collections of $1115.81 and exelementury schoel supervisor. Sup"The Terrible Swedes" are on a Scheo! Board Meeting. the 50 per cent grazing funds al- when a pickup truck driven by building is 15 by 15 feet, constructpenditures of $1175.39 erintendent H. Lloyd Hanson and The district board of education ed of ties, and is equipped with tour of the west. They are said to located to the district from re- John Bruckoff, 52, of Grand JuncThe report of the state welfare Beatrice Thornley, primary met be one of the greatest basketball Miss Monday evening, with all department lights and a stove, and ceipts of the 1938-39 fiscal year, tion, sideswiped a new sedan electric listed total expendiheaded the San Juan members attractions, rivalling the Negro supervisor, present, as follows: C. tures for old age assistance, and amounting to $5698.98. This owned by C. A. Loveridge of Moab, | will be used as a club room by the decounty delegation of 16, while Ghosts and All-American Red S. Thomson, Mrs. Emma Dalton, vendent children and needy blind The boys deserve a great money must be expended within ‘and driven by Orson Dalton. One ‘Scouts. W. O. Bicnmore Heads who played hete recently. Superintendent Mrs. Lucile Pace, H. W _ .Balsley in Grand the district for range improvement| of the occupants of the Loveridge | deal of credit for the presevering county during the precounty brought 14 ele- and The team is made up of Jumping of Emery Dr. E. H. Walker, Superinlaudable manner in which purposes. Of the amount, $5,535.42 car was Mrs. Loveridge, who is )and teachers from that dis- tendent Helen M. Knight and Clerk ceding month at $2038.04. Of this Joe Satovich, champion trick play- mentary amount, Grand county contributed must be expended in San Juan recovering from serious' injuries ‘they carried out their project. er; Big George Campbell, 6 feet trict. Grand county was represent- W. R. McConkie. In addition tu $305.71. % county and $163.56 in Grand coun- sustained in a car wreck at Harley | The Woman's club ball was held 8 inches tall, who handles a bas- ed 100 per cent. Helen M. Knight, acting on routine matters, the iat the school house on Saturday Members of the senior class of ty, the apportionment being based Dome on December 23. superintendent of the Grand disand was well conducted ketball in one hand like a _ base- trict, was chairman of the con- boari discussed a propesed salary the Grand county high school, in on the area of federal range in Occupants of the Loveridge car levening ball; Bob Olson, Wiggles Surface, schedule submitted by the Grand charge of G. W. Merrill, attended attended. A floor show was each county. were Mr. and Mrs. Loveridge, Mr. and manager, and Al Fuzzy White, all ference. county teachers' organization, but the meeting of the _board and L. Young of the U. S. Indian Dalton, Mrs. Maggie Moore and put on by students of the Carbon A morning session was held, and took no definite 6 feet 2 inches tall.. The 1939-40 action on the were interested observers of the junior college and the music by service met with the board to dis- the small son of Mr. and Mrs. district was host to the lineup of the original "Terrible Grand croceedings. cuss the trespassing of Navajo Dalton. With Mr. Bruckoff in the Bonnacci orchestra was enjoyed by Swedes" is said to be the best visitors at a noon luncheon. The matter. The senior class of the high both dancers and spectators. Indian stock. It is alleged that cickup was Joe Eachust of Glade home economics class, schcol was present at the mecting white show in basketball and the freshmen Melvin Shaner was in _ Price Must Have Fishing License. cattle, horses and sheep are con- Park, Colo. None of the seven under the direction of Miss Lols and listened to the proceedings. most reputable and oldest barnAll persons fishing in the Colostantly being driven from the were seriously injured, but all re- Saturday for treatment for an in- storming aggregation on the road. Peel, prepared and served luncheon rado river are warned that they jured hand. Navajo reservation across the San ceived minor cuts and bruises. Mrs. to 63 visitors. Mrs. Harry Tasker has been ill must obtain fishing licenses, or City Council Meets. Juan river into the grazing dis- Loveridge suffered from shock. the: run the risk of being arrested for this week with the flu. The monthly meeting of trict, where they trespass on the violation of the state fish and P.-T. A. was held at the school Moab city council was held Tuesallotments of white licensees. It PROCLAMATION game laws. Fishing licenses are house on Wednesday evening with day evening, with all members D. H. Daniels and Mrs. Lettey was agreed that E.. R. Fryer, Plans are being made for the a good attendance. It was decided Dahl, Among the matters dis- new on sale at the county clerk's both of Grand Junction annual all-school hike, which is to present. general superintendent ‘ of the By the power vested in me as to purchase a set of test records married Saturday by Dave A. be held around the first of April. cussed were a proposed new ped- office. Navajo reservation, would meet president of the Grand County Recently State Fish and Game for the phonograph, to be used in Johnson, lers'. license, waterworks and sewer justice of the peace. with the board at Monticello on All the classes, seventh to twelfth, High School Alumni association, I the music department, and to proand the cemetery. Commissioner N. B. Cock' appointimprovements, Dean Allen and Miss Carrie Pat- are handing in their March 21 in an attempt to settle ideas and of mote week the ed a number of deputy game proclaim' The high school senior class mem-~ hereby the project of buying a terson, Hotchkiss, Colo., plans for the hike will be chosen of both the Indian problem. in Grand county. They 16, inclusive, piano bers, headed by G. W. Merrill of wardens 11 to March for the auditorium. The The advisory board of district March married Sunday by the Rev. W. E. from the ideas submitted by the are empowered to make arrests to be membership week of the meeting was then turned over to the faculty, sat in on the meeting Parks. No. 9 will meet at Moab next Monclasses. for violations of the game laws. and observed the proceedings. Almuni association. the program' committee and the Richard Halpin, Lake City, Colo., day, March 11. The class of 41 now have the During this week every graduremainder of the evening was spent and Daubenspeck, Jessie Mrs. Junior Prom under full swing. A by Sunday ate of G. C. H. S. is urged to pay in playing games. married Colo., 22 Marriages in February. Delta, 10 piece orchestra has been armembership annual the Henry Halverson died Saturday Earl her of or justice J. Freeman, Twenty-two marriage licenses his ranged for with special vocalists. of last week, following a stroke peace. were issued by County Clerk dues of fifty cents. If you feel in a romantic mood be re- of paralysis, which he suffered on to urged further are You J. D. Boyd and Miss Alpha Irene sure and come and enjoy yourself Margie M. Leaming during the of Friday a _ pledge to evening and from which yourself Jenkins, both of Delta, Colo., marmonth of February. All but two commit under the Hawaiian moon. This the he in W. never regained consciousness. by Bishop ried Tuesday of the couples were from the state more active participation ‘| promises to be the best Junior association Alumni His funeral was held from' the McConkie. of the affairs of Colorado. Prom Moab has ever had. Presbyterian Community church in the future. Kenneth Carlisle of Moab is atOn March 15, a very delightful (Signed) CLAY PETERSON on Monday with Rev. Shindletending business college at Grand program is being arranged by the Literary Club Meeting. President. decker in charge. Music was Junction. council to advertise the year book. met Beebe The Women's Literary club George Mrs. by furnisned of A summing-up of the year's events |; Features afternoon. with Saturday Simonson, ‘and Mrs. Eugenie in the school will be portrayed. | on the | Mrs. Shaner as accompanist. Mr. the program were a talk The elementary curriculum con-~by Supper," Last "The Norway in picture, was born Halverson vention was held here Saturday, to Mrs. Lester Taylor, and a talk by nearly 76 years ago and came March 2, until 12 o'clock. The quite Mrs. LeRoy Smith on the picture, when States United 'the freshmen home economics girls vocal numSpecial Lisa." Chris, ‘sjona brother his | young. He, with served a very nice luncheon to 63 MenMrs. in the early 80's bers were rendered by to Utah a | came of those who attended the constill went nel Stewart and Mrs. R. H. Dalwhile Greenriver %\and vention. Baldwin with Mrs. D. E. by the name of Blake, they. settled rymple, Mr. Reed is going to show his|§ at j ‘in the San Rafael country, where as accompanist. Friday, Utah, of scenic will be held films meeting next busiThe cattle the in ‘they engaged 8 p. m. All parents and students ThomS. C. Mrs. 16, with his loss March 'ness. He leaves to mourn are invited to attend. in charge ‘| one_ brother, Chris Halverson of son and her committee Miss Campbell, state elementary| of the lesson. schoo ¢ | Greenriver, and several nieces and grade the visited director, the ~ in buried was He nephews. Friday, March 1. James by Elgin cemetery. done superbeing is hauling Jonn Hardis, district NYA Seeley Hawley Mrs. and Mr. Lanigan. visor visited Moab Wednesday, and Zion for morning left Tuesday operetta, "Hulda here he wrote up an NYA school while high The park where Mr. Seeley has a job from Holland," is being rehearsed project for boys out of school to on a with a contracting company on March labor in sodding the footpresented be furnish will and by ball field, tearing down the grand new road project working at bridge 15. The leading parts are taken will reSeeley Mrs. Lois stand, and building bleachers. construction. Ainsworth, Keith Hatt, Vail |: for a short visit before remain There will be a basketball game Brown, Leah Brown, Floyd Baker, turning to Greenriver. Billie Moore, Darrel between the Grand high team and Harris, the Una of meeting money regular The Warren Thompthe "Terribe Swedes." The the Ross, Arel Hunt, at heid was Star is to be Eastern game a . in at this taken Given his choice of death either on the gallows or before of son and Pat Gahagen evening Friday on hall lodge John Markin the project of fixing the forward used going are tions firing squad as provided by Utah's unique statute, Prepara , bleachers last week, with Mrs. Helen Wilson, building firing squad and wil soon be executed. be ball diamond, ham, 25, left, chose the Plans for the Junior prom which will in charge. matron, worthy was convicted of first degree school would appreciate decora- etc. The The 22. March Markham, father of two children, on the held visit of for the made were $20 robbery. garden the aid of the townspeople in this Dutch a depict in the death of a lunch-stand proprietor in a will murder detions and in April, lecturer grand five men. whose identity is kept respect. the of by up d made and are expecte The firing squad is theme served. were ents Stevens, refreshm licious always carries for Mrs. Harps and Mrs. secret. Four of the five rifles are loaded; the fifth her leg of mutton, quite juniors to be the best ever. The atch is shipping Ekker of the WPA, Horace ors Officers are Eelected; Applications for Licenses Acted On. To aid the renaissance of civic pride in Utah communities prior to the centennial observance in 1947, the state road commission Sid Pace, C. S. Thomson and L.| is offering its planning service for L. Taylor, cattlemen. and roadside developments. The board street Will perfect Ezra C. Knowlton, chief engineer an organization ana/| act on applications of the commission, said that on a for grazing licenses for the spring and sum-| recent tour of central and south- | i ‘ Greenriver News | _ Annual Meeting Of | "Terrible Swedes" : j | Play Here Mar. 16 Conference at Moab a we ' : | | | Sy ee MARRIAGES Se > Alita Britain Clamps Pes 0 SCHOOL NEWS. Dies Before Firing Squad for Murder s 4 10 Wartime Ration on Meat ie ‘ate' t Monday meat will go into effec fresh mest rationing eeof tea wartime ee sugar are already on the throughout England. Bacon, butter and ration list. a quantity his mine of near vanadium ore Hanksville. from The music Ralph will be furnished by Magliacci orchestra. the zone visited supervis hot lunch project here. "ahaa a blank. on |