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Show MO . ate a iets EAM aera WL Lions Hold Convention GRAND in Havana COUNTY, UTAH, JULY 200 Marriages In During new Arches nt CCC camp, National located exactly composed pleted, of #2:| as the work new will camp start fasts. is com- eventually Members will cost clubs will from of Lions gather fourth for The summer home convention § in on July 23-25. is Melvin Jones, service club and secretary-general, Another Candidate Goes Into Effect July 27 Throws Hat in Ring CLOSED A total of 46 Tract Law br more ough projects to in Many e girls completed their yardrobes, some _ their yardrobes, while others rojects in cooking and home canning, Jlanning and © knit, and various other Moab Peel srand county board nd the George-Dean "miministered Wy the vocational will the past week. not or/and be Applications the received by until after offices U. oak is a rancher and cattleman of vs. Moab. S.| Next July 27, | Tuesday, July 23, is the! vs. on the of education federal fund state board business intended however. either be purchas- | than sales period not exThe departfavors leases at the present REPUBLICAN - 14, Thursday, Scouters. 44, 20 boys Friday, Moab ...... 1 1 ..... 0 ...... 0 1 0 Moab Co-op Schedule July 18-Dalton and July 19-Meador's 24 | | | Pct. | ..666 .500 .500 000 000 4. 13. | Wells is urged march Main to will enter start street at 9 a float at a. the m., in the ie Thomson and will in corner on proceed up Main street and around the block, returning to the Ides theater where the program will be rendered. The following prizes will be given for the entries in the parade: Best float, $3; best business float, $3; best pioneer float, $3; best handcart, $2. A feature of the parade will be the children's section, in which will be entered decorated bicycles, buggies, miniature floats, ponies, pets, etc. A prize of $1 each is offered for the following entries in the children's section: Best bicycle, best buggy, best float, best pony or pet; best character. boy or girl; best tricycle. Lyman E. Duncan will be marshal of the day, and Miss Ruth Stout will be Miss Utah at the parade and program. The following program will be rendered commencing at 10 a. m. at the Ides: Selections High School band Opening song, ‘Come Come Ye Saints" Congregation Prayer F. M. Shafer Song, "Utah, We Love Thee" ............... Congregation Address, "Utah, 1847" Joseph F. Parrish Song, "When They're Gone Do Not Forget Them" .... Congregation Irgtrumental selection Miss Miriam Taylor "Utah Today" Children Song, "God Bless America" Press getake sk Lees as phases ies tlaceldiel ms dat Siskel acne Commie Hyrum Allen Prayer .... High School band Selection -... vs. Meador's cate. vs. Dalton Wells. vs. Meador's Cafe. vs. Dalton Wells. first round.) Sawin tative |tion, royally entertained Lions club at by State! The wives|so far the 40 to water supply this year has 100 per cent over the averaged of state from normal City and L. of the board, and Mark W. the great majcritv of these sections have been of little or n@ value to the state, for the reason ithat they could not be leased or scold. Under the terms of the Tay| lor grazing act, the state and graz|ing service are authorized to block ‘the state school sections into con| solidated areas that would con|stitute desirable grazing units. The state land board is anxious to block all school sections in the state as rapidly as possible, and the program is already well underway in some districts. The board members are visiting all districts to familiarize themselves with the ‘character of the grazing lands ‘owned by the state. Feted at Duchesne Reported Under Normal Members of the Utah Press association and their Brigham Radcliffe, special agent of the grazing service in charge of lands. They were accompanied by James S. Andrews, district grazier of the grazing service, who piloted them _to the various parts of the district. The state of Utah, under grants from the federal government for the aid of the schools of the state, owns four sections in each town| Ship. Due to their isolated situa- State's Water Supply Kditors Royally Duchesne in Duchesne natural stream flow, and about 90 in the' | per cent of that for the same and beautiful Moon lake and! period last year, a report issued Saturday ‘Uintah mountains, the Wednesday by State Engineer T. was Sunday. The occasion annual midsummer convention of H. Humpherys shows. The report is based on informathe organization. Arriving in Duchesne Friday eve-| tion received from water commisning, the newspapermen were tend-|sioners and other cooperative obwith Roy A. servers throughout the state. banquet, ered a Irrigated crops are about 15 per | Schonian, publisher of the Uintah) last year and of those below cent the|/ of president and Record 'Basin | about 20 per cent below a normal | Lions club, as master of ceremonies. group| year, according to the report. the Saturday morning On July 1 the principal reservoirs ‘motored to Moon lake, about 40) of the state contained 472,000 acre feet less storage water than at the time last year. However, it followed by a_ business same Lions, 'meeting. In the late afternoon the it is expected an ample supply will be available to finish out the sea‘annual softball game between the ‘northern and southern editors was son in all but Moon lake and Echo was which | reservoirs, neither of delegation, The southern held. W.| filled at the start of the season. Howard (headed by Editor on draft heavy unusually The | |Cherry of Gunnison, avenged deat the, storage water throughout the state suffered had they feats MARRIAGES: }. S. Merkins, Former - Moab Printer, Called WHITNEY IS 96 YEARS OF AGE Mose Whitney, for many years @ ‘resident of Thompsons, where he was in charge of the water service for the Rio Grande railroad, last Thursday observed his ninetyisixth birthday at Grand Junction, ‘where he has resided since retiring from railroad service. He is ithe oldest Civil war veteran at 'Grand Junction. The Sentinel pub‘lished the following story about Mr. Whitney: fesa county's Mose Whitney. only living Civil war veteran is | | gray 1 | | 80 to | ) S Church Urges Pioneer Observance Jacob Smith Merkins, 67, known sree at cat He was associated with the Phoe-~ He attracted the friendship aad hot been completed today. of > peasote oie: ar 9 of '96 years old today. time. | But there is just a note of This enactment differs from the J. A. Scorup was an arrival last ‘sadness about it among his old and established homestead hight from Provo, accompanied by long ‘cronies in half a dozen of his iteietivonisic desert entry acts in that it requires | Drange A. Olsen of Ogden, assis‘regular "hangouts" around Fourth ant regional forester in charge of) neither continuous residence on the | Jerry. A. Preston, Jr. Buffalo, and Main-he is missing today, nor a fixed expenditure for New York, and Miss Maude Blackjildlife. They left this morning) land been missing all day. imvrovements. well, Aline, Oklahoma, married 10 the Blue and Elk mountain "He ain't been feelin' very pert In the case of unsurveved lands, Friday by Earl J. Freeman, juslistricts of San Juan county, to recently,' one of them said, shakit will be. necessary for the appli- tice of the peace. mspect range conditions. ing his head. the government Lester Dillard, Grand Junction, cant to reimburse "Too bad that he had to pick for the cost of surveys. and Miss Lois Triplett, Clifton, his birthday to be down. Guess he'll The minimum sale price is $1.25 Colo., married Saturday by Earl be up again pretty quick. Kinda justice of the peace. an acre. The annual rental rate is J. Freeman, ‘hard to keep a good man like Colo., : D. Collins, Sams, left to the discretion of the secreCharles ‘him down." tary of interior. and Miss Jane Ione Carnal, Ridge| Mose, tall and ‘heavyset, with only way, Colo., married Sunday by Earl be made may Applications hair and mustache and only J. Freeman, justice of the peace. and citizens. American by ‘aided by a cane, has been a conMrs. Norabelle and Bill Easley one five-acre tract will be allotted 'stant visitor on Main street and Junction, of Grand both to each applicant. Lough, ‘he hes five or six stores where he Jacob S. Merkins, for many -A. Dave reasons married by valid are Sunday there Unless years a resident of Moab and whvu high ‘likes to sit and visit with other abnormally to peace. irregular of the northerners two is credited justice of the jhands of Johnson, for the lease or sale lack of precipi- |olisters, reminisce on the past and employed as a printer on local plots will be five-acre Edward Pagone, Hotchkiss, Colo., preceding years, and won possesion | temperatures and tracts, the watch every move that of \eritically possibilities jMewspapers some 20 years ago, reducing ‘tation, of the challenge cup. 660 feet. The occupant is and Miss Willamette Hock, Montby the European warlords make. 330 tied last Friday, July 12, at Presby Monday develop rose, Saturday hcldover storage for next season. to held married A banquet was Colo., obligation no | Sanpete. Beaver, for bott, Ariz, according to word re- under nor is the federal governflow the Stream of justice Johnson, A. evening at Moon lake lodge, with) Dave counti es is| Ceived today.by The Times-Inae- water, to obligation any President Elisha Warner of Span-| Millard and Carbonago and ace. under pendent. Mr. Merkins had resided ment than a year M. for It will remain ish Fork as toastmaster. On Sunday larger water. O. C. Adams and Mrs. Mary supply year, t Prescott for about 10 years. Junction, the day|90 per cent of an average the Gilbert, spent out of Grand work to both the newspapermen Streams to the report. He was employed on the Times each applicant Free- Donald T. Adams, district attorney, fishing President | according hiking. and of his water problem in a married Tuesday by Earl J. other counties are 75 to 90 per of t Moab from 1908 to 1917, and for solution the as himself peace. ed the establish of Warner who is candidate for another man, justice year ago and generally brief period worked for the In- satisfactory manner. Miss obbe may term as prosecutor. trout angling champion, winning|cen t of a blanks Elton Elwood Patterson and Application Irou Wependent of Moab. Following the by the Duchesne abo ut 60 per cent of normal. Uv. 8. Thelma various a cup offered June Wiley, married yesthe from as tained dropped flow stream trout county justice a solidation of the two papers, land offices. Donald T. Adams of Monticello Lions for landing the largest A pioneer program will be held terday by Earl J. Freeman, of normal. 1 ‘low as 40 per cent ur. Merkins was foreman on The of the peace. has filed with the secretary of before noon. accom- Sunday evening, July 21, in every on, precipitati of "Lack Be icheemamae femes-Independent for several was one of the) of convention The if the suggestion renominaward for petition and'L.D.S. his state high temperat ures Verde. years, successful ever held by the| panied by Chief at Mesa con- ‘the first presidency is carried out, New tion to the office of district at- most hos- | severe attacks by pests are: lowered)i the to due superintendent on, have associati bishopric press judicial Franke, presiding R. Seventh The following article from a PresThe Paul of the toward torney people | tributing factors park for of the Duchesne is com- pitality Verde National who tott, Ariz. paper gives the details of Mesa tomatoes and|sent a letter to each ward bishop district. Mr. Adams, arrangements | crop yields of peas, transferred complete Of Mr. Merkins' death: a proposed program for the past year, has been states. Lack oO f\offering pleting his first term as district and the report the beets." and entertainZion the of Camp DG-32-Company 234 areas which the meeting. The program suggests will enter the campaign they had made for to the superintendency some attorney, ing affect water is sucgroup. parks, the of newspaper throughout the of National far, be a reading circles ment So there that cticket. M newspaper on stream flow. »| Bryce Canyon re- on the Democrati Finnan, The Times-Independent was rep- depend solely and recorded l prophetic scriptures Marshall C. Central and northern Arizona as MNT ET Te the only Democrat to file ceeding Sixty to 70 per cent of norma Mr. over he is by going take convention saints a the the will in at about ces N. away resented Franke ,;utteran Uintah Therald in fire- signed. Mr. nomination. for the Dad" Merkins, passed crops are expected in Rich, All the men participating es, while to the "Valley of the Mountains." 40cal hospital late yesterday. Sunnyside last his new assignment in a few days. Jensen of Price is a candidate for and Mrs. L. L. Taylor and son. Wasatch and Utah counti fighting activities at of a descendent A pioneer or Republican nomination. | For 35 years he had worked in week returned Saturday night with He will be succeeded aSby superinthe 80 to 100 per cent crops are antici S. John to recount pated in Cache, Boxelder, Weber, pioneer will be asked the of graduate a is 0b departments of newspapers in the report that the fire was under tendent at Mesa Verde superintenBREAKS Adams RAIN Mr. HEAVY the "crossing of es cities. experienc and San-| a few assistant Dalton McLauglin, from LONG DROUTH PERIOD *hoenix, Prescott, and other University of Utah law school, , Salt Lake, Duchesne, men Sixty to National responsibility "Our and Millard plains." the dent of Rocky Mountain good health, conrol. out put served as county attorney of San Sevier, Beaver - femingly enjoying helpe d pete, camp ideals and Wells traditions the on carry weeks. park. fcr two terms prior county he began to fail following a major two Juan counties. in weather dry hot, third of A long period fire, their of the pioneers" will be discussed ma PPeration two weeks ago. had been in to his election as district attorney. was broken Tuesday evening when new me n who Even by another speaker. lo all in Monticel Grazing Districts Named. He has isresided A Mr. Merkins was born in Philaannua) eerege ae and has one a heavy rainstorm swept over the Monticello's married were sent to) life his : districts 0 The idea of the church for holdf| camp only one day perform bei delphia. ion All federal grazing celebrat Days" parched well.| ed refreshing district, and of this kind Moab line fire the '|\danghter. His wife is the former range lands and greatly benefitting | the state of Utah have been as- ing a special meeting 19 andg, 20,boxifeatur July its members Past) dancing the among of and rain the to awaken ng a is hoped characteristic who is It or of en, Rasmuss Dorothy horse racin Miss precipitation signed distinctive such fires. the px Gazette during a period Moab stop At to attheir heritwill for crops. m days gratiture plan a deeper people will identify them /fesidence in the Salt River valley. few Moab of years agO Was a teacher in the storm Saturday Many was 1.17 inches. It\names which With the arrival set at hes camp, tend. The headliner attraction in number people as age and to stimulate more interest Adams |, Mr. Merkins was a pressman for schools. Mr. s | the minds of the local the Moab in downpour Arc heaviest the the of day when of one bethe was of men on the their geographi Clin the celebrati A. George years,| well as indicate boxing card will be a bout N@ Prescott Evening Courier for for many is a son of the late in ed. at top is going on the pioneérs arrived in Utah-the eburger of Mon- Adams, pioneer citizen of San Juan experienced here Fagl : Buster } are tween dam- | locations. 234 ed no or Co. five years, working the majority of work little ly from ern fortunate but men f the south Utah dis- 24th of July. Sixty-five the time in the job department. 0 buildings to ticello, champion The names given the county. age was done by floods. tournament In Salt Lake City, on the eveNo. 1, Proat present rushing up golden gloves are as follows: the Utah is The rain was general all through tricts camp. This Moab, popular -/ning of July 21 in the Tabernacle, ional profess of 4 , in Tibbetts fellow workers with a jolly, complete the h Hershey sent yet Ted althoug Lew and Utah, given crew be stern been on southea ructi special program never a const st ing large amateur who has clown, presented a very interest s the precipitation was }pernal manner that earned him No. commencing at 9 p. m. This will school some district high Escalante; No. 6, "Monticello; 4S- to build the camp. at the district beaten. performance as at Moab. nickname "Dad," r, The public ente heavy ne kindly KSL. so ; Carp over not esne n broadcast Duch Alvi be ain 8, A Capt No. evening. Rafael; to 7, San Tuesday auditorium Sunday on elates recalled today. Range grass had commenced will be invited to this meeting. . of the "rookies" lookinspector, vis ited camp crowd enjoyed the entertain- burn, and the rain came at a very No. 9, Grand. inspection, men. Several of Bos se aaa € leaves his wife, a nephew, his monthly tour The first presidency of the L.D.&, ed good and will be used in goed large inside the detailed which lam Herbison, Rollins, Wyomment, ne very p ‘ es. Due to rain and abcam time. opportu the are asking that members Somerville church Max Herpronounced Mrs. and and rae Mr. workings of a big circus. Mr. enter bid no Carp } & niece, Mrs. Josephine Zieg- satis duty, their flags on July 24 and fire ain on display Salt Lake City men Capt a sence of factory. with his brother, for y y compan HerSaturda in Mr. left shey, Wyoming. _left ; Cheyenne, been played Mr. and Mrs. Verde Duncan several days visiting that they popularize Pioneer day‘ d-bye to the camp personnel league games have Hershey, returned Wedspend mM may come to Prescott for a he se leaving for duty in the the last two weeks, but with fair Norman D. as much as possible. at Monday for the La Sal mountains|/to home latter's the to Lene nesday be al services. will team for a few days' vacation. again, U. S. army. Castleton. Monday weather aIrangements for last rites, in In @& softball game ready to g0. beat the new ge of the Hunter Mortuary, night, the old men | 8 INS wen White R. Anderson of Manti, members of the state land board: J. Warren Taylor, executive secretary, and ‘Edmund Crawford, field represen- |MOSE flayed| were D. E. Baldwin; long-term commis-| sioner, G. O. Patterson; shortterm commissioner, J. Reed Lance; ‘county attorney, Mitchell Melich and Lyman E. Duncan. of Cafe Seeks Re-election Representative, Moab Co-op. -_-_-_--- Dalton Wells Moab Garage Moab Garage Moab Co-op. (End of DEMOCRATIC- Representative, or business | long-term comexception of R. H. Dalrymple; Milton E. Johnson; the tracts are not, missioner short-term commissioner, R. L. source of livelihood, |Holyoak; county attorney, none. The land may ed, or leased for a ceeding five years. ment of interior rather education. sites, as a at the first six months Postponed games will be off in the following order: health, convalescent were | Purposes. With the supervising Emma| births Results Garage 12, Scouters Scouters summarized, the regulations stecify) November 5. To date, the following have filed. that the land may be used for projects|cabin or homesites, recreation, ‘their candidacies for county office: visits in Garage Moab |deadline for filing candidacies. The schcol | however. summer | Full text of the Five-Acre Tract first primary election will be Sep-| tember 3, the run-off primary on| carried |law is printed in the Aucust nvm1, and the election on) baking, ber of the Desert Magazine. Briefly October he work. This program was carried Ihrough the cooperation of tctaled in line lower | remodeling, interior decorating, learning, hE uable to any girl. ‘A total of 402 home nade by Miss one|%"ring home-making completion. during of Standing of Teams Second Half. | Won Lost COURS © ewan she cae 2 1 Moab Co-op ....... 1 1 Federal regulations the direction of| closed Saturday /?2Y American citizen carried 1940 Recorder this week when members of : the state land board and officials of the federal grazinz service visited various parts of Grand county to inspect range areas. The party spent three days in the district, and saw practically all sections that could be reached by car. In the group were LeRoy B. In the evening a special picture show and dance will be given. ; Every business establishment and organizati registrar of vital other interesting, number |Meadors Cafe {Dalton. Wells economics) girls after which there will be a softball game at 6 p. m. } | fruition - City Softball League. Another candidate for under which county | entered the apcroaching |} is eligible to |office | political campaign this week, when | purchase the MNefter a successful season climaxed ™ake application for at|or lease of a five-acre tract of un- 'R. L. Holyoak filed his name for y a summer encampment ithe Democratic nomination for! reserved public land, were made Varner ranger station recreation brea July 24-28. | Dublic by the U. S. Land office short-term commissioner. Mr. Holy-| eram, under Lois Peel. ‘State Officials Inspect Range | Areas in Grazing DisPioneer day, July 24, will be celebrat | trict No. 9. Wednesday with a fitting program being eainaer ci | | the Moab chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers _ rece: cooperation of other Moab organizations. , } } | The proposed blocking or cone festivities will commence at 9 a. m. wi solidation of state school sections parade, followed by a patriotic program at tae es in Utah grazing district No. 9, as theater at 10., At 2 p. m. a children's dance will be under the Taylor grazgiven, and at 4 p. m. children's sports will be staged, | authorized ing act, reached a_ step. nearer were girls. In the same period of 1939,| there were 43 births, 18 boys and 25 girls. | Deaths increased during the first 'six months of the year, the total being 15 ccmpared with 11 during} ithe same period of 1939. playing with a cub mascot of the organization. Karl M. _ Sorrick (inset) of Jackson, Mich., will serve as president of Lions for the coming year. More ttan 500 Lions clubs were admitted to the international association in the past year, according to officiais of the group. nation twenty- about| [ckes. HOME EC. PROGRAM IS the their annual Havana, Cuba, Pictured above founder of the its present 50,000, has been approved by) retary of the Interior Harold L. Frve-Acre UMMER International throughout of County The Moab #of on Arches | improvement| licenses Dalton, who ! is Statistics, give ee jects. Headquarters buildings| il be erected, and construction| entrance road into the monu-| ment will be commenced. An-| uncement was received _ this) week that the construction of the| mtrance road into the monument,| fia - records & for special army ational monument marriage month so far this year in the'| number of licenses issued. During | the first 15 days of July, 25 couples| were granted licenses. If the pre-| Sent rush keers up, July will exceed the former record month, ..May, when 43 licenses were issued. Statistics gleaned from the jg being rushed, several structures being completed daily. The camp will be ready for occupancy by Saturday. Lieutenant Neal Lamb is in charge of constructicn, sucseeding Lieutenant Edward L. Cof_fin who left the last of the week "raining. -) As soon of | 1,| July fore it can be issued to them. July promises to be the banner| uth and North Carolina,enrollees, 7 contingent numbering 195 men. ~ Erection of the camp buildings "for Fort Benning months to 1 rado, which require prospective | newlyweds to wait ‘three days | after applying for a license be-| n the Fourth corps army area Saturday, according to an anHouncement made today by H. G. Schmidt, custedian of the monument..The CCC company, coming In a special train from Camp Ben- will be six : the wedding mart is due, of course,| to the new marriage laws in Col-| west the Colorado river in Moab ey, is nearing completion, and be occupied by a company ning, Georgia, 200 first January issued by County Clerk Margie M.| ‘Leaming of Grand county. For the! Sam? period last year, 25 licenses. were issued. The unusual rush in| monu- just the from 29 Members of Land Pioneer Day to be Observed With Parade, Program, Sports Board Visit County~ Be cet 1940, NUMBER Geum i CCC Company of 195 Men)! Will Arrive from South Saturday. I8, 1940 ] Six Months Here The RES AE MOAB, a Times-Independent he + ie et bs Che |