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Show Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basm JL Gentrj enson A the Duchesne Courier Basin 3arty lr Uintah S(, h Vowsoaper 1V Johnsot VoL 10, No. 32 fnenjj elt SUCCESSOR TO THE DUCHESNE COURIER who 'UffionT ved, John Lej, "ed in t nd dang- - the I at re Covers ALL The Uintah 4 Volume Basin. DUCHESNE, UTAH. FRIDAY February 1st. 193, i $2.00 Per Year In Advance Number 27 giving on was at' Myton sp. Homestead Exemption SSJldpair iles Passes Upper House Exempting Homes, Homesteads and Personal Property up to $2000 Sent to House of Representatives Measure Stewart n Hadden ' a fine s labor bill fc ael Esauk ain. -- siting Mr Sunday a! '(HILD LOSES -- PASSES HOUSE VOTE IN ROAD PROGRA1M the board of time was spent by the county commissioners, returning after State senate Wednesday In from Salt Lake Thursday, of Ira A. an interview with the state road proving the proposal and J. Francis Fowles, commission, report that the projj: ggins ft it the eople of the state should posed Duchesne county road proasked to approve a constitu-fma- l gram was well accepted by that amendment which would body, though they could give no Little nded the Home Fr ert Lang onday, is on ng V-a- legislature to exempt assurance rmit the nalp and spending ne of Mr that it would be added and home-ad- s to the state system complete. their value Although the commission agreed j personal property up to $300 that all the roads asked for were The proposal was important and necessary, they did its value. Ait to the house of representa-J- i not feel justified in adding any es by a senate vote of 19 ayes more mileage to their system than Adi four absent. they had funds to take care of, In the house meanwhile, the they explained. resolution was passed labor Just what portion of the sugpd 31 to 29 vote, after having will receive designagested ta rejected on Monday by the tion willroads evidently be left to the Am majority. It will again road commission and the road up for consideration, on mo--n committees of the legislature, of Representative Grant with the report drawn by road taxation homes up to $2000 of 3m il UR IT PIE Coffee me ENJOY Mac-irlan- e, successful in get-i- g the rules suspended to allow second reconsideration. Mitchell Changes Vote Darnel F. Mitchell of Duchesne 'jnty and Will R. Holmes of Box If he is IEER YFE Utah .ier county 5ALE the two repre-itativ- es and and Wednesdays that they had ?at confidence in President osevelt and had decided to sup-- it .'.".day's balance arn were who changed their votes favor of the resolution between him on this question. P. A. Service By U. S. on, Confronted with nearly 200 ed laws, the twenty-first prosses-- i state legislature is its third week of delib-pio- n p-i- n "down to brass tacks" in jte consideration of legislation My affecting every man, wo-- p and child in Utah. The 83 legislators traveling li steam ahead have before of the n re, for adoption Mures affecting of the commission engineers and approv- ed by Duchesne county as a guide. This action was the result of a meeting held at Duchesne Jan. 21, at which civic and service clubs of Duchesne county met to decide on a road program for the county. The report, on Duchesne and Uintah county roads, prepared by state engineer Kno.vRon was read and adopted, and a resolution passed, requesting the legislature to incorporate certain roads described as important and lesser important into the state road system. Mr. Billing3 and the county commissioners were appointed as a committee to carry the resolution to the road commission and present it to them for approval. Dance Proceeds Go To School Library A grand ball will be held Sator rejection s the pocket-ik- urday, January 9th, by the local of citizenry in some B. P. W. club, the proceeds which will complete, it is hoped, the fund for the purchase of reference books for the elemntary taxation bills; the con-r- 1 of hquor sales machinery; the Mclng and management of and educaUonal funds; la-- ' working conditions; saf-t- ; on the public highways; court jcedure, and many miscellaneous trty-od- grades. The Junior Britannica, the most reference complete and already has be to had, library jposals reaching into practical-ever- y been ordered, and the club memrealm of public, corpor-an- d bers urge all citizens to cooperindividual endeavor. with them to make this dance ate Taxation measures now ready successful so that this splendid V consl(leratlon in addition to the project may be completed. Posed increases in corporation ochise and income taxes and 200 Families Benefit Ption from taxation of home- up to $2000 include By Sewing Project a increase of. the state benes tax 200 families or more were from two to three sewper county Duchesne 8everal constitutional amend-- ' fited by the t halted January which and bills Lettle providing for the ing project bution of 24th, according to Mrs. taxes. supervisor. Brown, county Many Tax Changes Mrs. Brown stated that the priwas to amendments pro-- i mary object of the project y 71. W, Jensen, Sanpete educate the women on the relier 1 in ,representative, would give rolls to care for the clothing they t ''egislatures practically un- - have, so that it may be utilized to Mt:nrfWer in fixinf the state's the full extent and to assist them A ,S',3tem through classifi-ProPert- y on in replendishing it at minimum for expense. enThey have Wn PurPse3. The instruction was received of farm, labor and and Mrs. BrowIJ A The last nam' thusiastically favor lgrUP3has been of( project the that feels because they raise benefit. lj3sreWe of state school great of some of Following is a list varIcUcau0!? out by the ?enerally deem it a the work turned coun . in the centers I dint . ertainty that several lm-- I ious sewing 2GS; slips. xraiaing measures will ome Quilts, 232; dresses, Ve effw,,8 after mlnor changes 36; shirts, 89; sleeping garments, unless a concerted 105; skirts, 9; blouses, 9; bloom.t'l poWpl pressed h mije by ers, 27; coats, cleaned, new, and repaired or made 33 pra.; sweatLi(Uor !ontroi Bi11 I stockings mended, lo measure held ers cleaned and repaired, p'y S yieduction ant cleaned vests coats and the layette", infants 12; of paired, other Infants garments, 6j, 3 properties tops pieced. r ust' week by the from rags, 2; quilt articles were fty rm.r n bot-:;U houses of and many other exvr f,16 or made new. Mhon fl !S t'10 period for re- - cleaned, repaired said, It is expected, Mrs. Frown January 1. 1935 to 1. 1935 approvbe will It was the second that a new project not ed soon, its exact nature has 1CgUnucl os , Rag, P yet been disclosed. 411(1 te con-Pl&t- ' a 4'tJ owcr-bod- y-v easy . Safety lass 11 Its eryone. Jealef. jnd 8 P agJ. home-Owne- rs "Plough deep while sluggards sleep and you will have corn to sell and JANUARY 29 Congress bins all titles of nobmty in United States, 0 WELL RECEIVED G. V. Billings and Supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Liddell last Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Guy J. Hollenbeck, Mr, and Mrs. C. H. Selch and Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Bishop. J, Mrs. H. S. Liddell was hostess to the Women's Study club last Saturday afternoon. A most interesting program on American Music by Mrs. Nellie Muir, supplemented by Mr. L. Sullivan, who gave several piano selections. The members present were: Mrs. J. P. Madsen, Miss Emily Madsen, Mrs. Nellie Muir, Mrs. Ernest Schonian, Mrs. C. H. Selch, Mrs. A. M. Murdock, Mrs. C. M. Iverson, Mrs. L. C. Winslow, Mrs. Roy A. Schonian, Mrs. R. M. Pope, Mrs. Lloyd Pope, Mrs. J. R. McGuire and the hostess. Miss Emily Madsen entertained at a bridge dinner Thursday evening in honor of Mrs. Bliss Hoover. Covers were laid for the following guests: Mrs. Geo. Kohl, Mrs. Grant Murdock, Mrs. Lloyd Pope, Mrs. K, Soesbe, Mrs. Ed Carman, Mrs. Lonnie Fitzwater, and the guest of honor. Mrs. Hoover won high score prize. o- - Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pack at a dancing party entertained Tuesday night in honor of Mrs. Lonnie Fitzwater, whose birthday anniversary fell on that date. The following guests were present: Lt. and Mrs. K. Soesbe, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carman, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Cowan, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Fitzwater, Mr. Vern Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. Lotus Fisher, Mrs. Lee Merkeley and young daughter left Sunday for Salt Lake where she will spend the next two weeks .visiting relatives and friends. 179S. I- 30 Franklin Delano Room velt, forceful president, bom 1332. , Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bullen arrived in Duchesne Thursday to make their home for the present. 31 Benjamin Franklin invent the rocking chair, 1760. Titus Jones was passed to the Fellowcraft degree at a special meeting of Basin Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M. last Monday night. Duchesne Masons attending the ceremonies were Arthur Brown, Roy A. Schonian, Guy J. Hollenbeck, Emil Munz and J. R. Pope. - FEBRUARY 1 Confederate dollar quoted today at 20c, 1363. . 'Arctics are patented 2.Thomas Wales. by 1858. 3 Kansas suffers in thirty below rero cold wave, 1856. 4 Newr Start of the Philippine American war, 1899. Works Program Discussed at Meet With Local Officials 0 E. II. Gardner of Neola was a Duchesne business visitor Tuesday. County Attorney Chas. Sehwen-ck- e of Roosevelt was in Duchesne transacting business Saturday. Mr. Roy A. Schonian and Mrs. E. W, Schonian made a business trip to Ft. Duchesne Monday. o J. Loa Decker of the Salt Lake of Roosevelt was Phillip Horsley FERA offices met with Duchesne in attending telephone business county relief officials last Sat- Duchesne Thursday. o urday to discuss plans for a new Mrs. Afton Crocker made a works program. Present at the meeting, besides business trip to Roosevelt WedMr. Decker were: County relief nesday and Thursday. O manager, Wm. H. Case; The Board Ted Thomas of Price was a Duof county commissioners and the chesne visitor Thursday, Social service workers of the county. Edgar Moffit of Boneta was in discussion Duchesne While considerable Thursday. was held on the new works plan in anticipation of Pres. Roosevelts C. P. Dauwalder of Myton was projected plan, it is still too un- transacting business in Duchesne certain for according Thursday. Miss Elsie Johnson was host- to Mr. Case. publication, afess at a bridge party Sunday In connection with the new Jowett Fortie of Mt. Emmons ternoon with the following guestsr of a has the in Duchesne Saturday. was county survey plans, Mrs. Reed Cowan, present: Mrs. been completed, classifyClarence Rollins, Mrs. Ed Carman, recently those on relief into unemployJoe Defa of Hanna was in DuMrs, Lloyd Pope, Mrs. ,K. Soesbe ing and unemployables. This is in chesne transacting business Wedand Miss Veda Poulson. Miss John- ed son was assisted by her mother, anticipation of the Federal gov- nesday. ernments warning that the latter Mrs. Fred Johnson. class will have to be removed Earl Case of Mt. Emmons was from government rolls and taken a business visitor here Thursday. Wed Juanita Couple care of by state and county ageno cies. was Word receiced conby Rulon J. of A wedding JUANITA Results of the survey show that Larsen that a daughter was born communthis in interest siderable Jan- there are 566 individuals or heads to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Larsen of ity occured Saturday evening, of families classed as employable Salt Lake City, Jan. 29th, Wardle Freda Miss 1935. uary 26, o Warunemployed, and 160 unemploydaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lawr- ables. These two, totaling 726 reL. D. Gardner of Neola, governMr. of bride dle became the a total of 3315, including ment cattlt inspector was in Duence Curran, son of Mrs. Ethel present children and dependents, on the chesne Tuesday. took place Curran. The ceremony o Duchesne county relief rolls. at 8 oclock at the home of the Dan Capener of Sale Lake was ceremony The groom's mother. in Duchesne on business the first Was performed by Bishop Eldredge Boncta Boy Drowned of the week. charmwas of Myton. The bride ' O In Lake Fork River with white acing in pink crepe Gillis of Price was in DuRay encessories. The bridal couple 22 chesne on business last week end. Ned Wendell Johansen, tered to the strains of Mende- months old son of Mons and h lsohns wedding march, played by Joe Wilcken of Hanna was in of Ross Johansen Boneta, and Misses Ida and Ailene Curran was drowned in the Lake town on business Monday. Utah lova in Mrs. Emry. They stood o Fork river near their home Thursand white. 3:00 p. m. ely archway of pink of Mtn. Home was at about afternoon Clyde Rowley day was A delicious turkey dinner the The body was recovered some 3 a Duchesne visitor Monday. served to nearly fifty guests at o hours later after the father and conclusion of the ceremony. It neighbors had removed most of E. James Bacon, deputy counthe was notable that this was also assessor was in Duchesne Tuesimin the the river from ice the ty s of the bnde wedding anniversary day. who have mediate vicinity. The couple o parents. to the Wendell had barn, are gone Mrs. Fern T. Moffitt and her grown up in the community and located near the river to watch receiving the congratulations his father unharness a team, and mother, Mrs. Susan Titcomb left friends. best wishes of a host of wandered from there to the river, Tuesday for Eureka to attend the of Sherman services funeral evidently falling thru a hole in brother-in-laa of Mrs. Haynes, WEATHER REPORT the ice, used to procure water for Moffitt. His absence and stock. home 24th. the For week beginning Jan. was soon noticed by his father, Da; Low Bob Brown has returned home High Date tracked him to the hole in who Clear 0 33 from the CCC camp, where he 24 Jan. the ice by footprints in the mud. been has employed and is attendcall a out sent Clear He immediately 7 43 ing school in Duchesne. Jan. 26 for help and began chopping o the ice. They found the body Wm. H. Fitzwater, postmaster about three hours later, only abou' made a business trip to Salt Lake 15 feet from where he had fallen last week. - JUU1. uu in. No 26, s mNsi ow Wendell was born March JUST TO REMIND YOU 1933 in Ioka, Utah, at the home of Co-oObserver his grandmother. His parents live Contract club Sat. Feb. 2nd, on the Lake Fork river, close to with Mrs. Geo. Kohl. . the flour mill on the Boneta-MtChateau Club dance, Sat. Feb. road. He is survived by Emmons 2nd, announces Legion Chateau. Halstead Mrs. O. A. his parents and a brother Neldon, Basin Lodge No. 20 F. & A. M births: the following age 7. regular meeting, Monday, Feb. 4, Fargeant and Mrs. 12Lafayette Funeral services will be con- Myton. lb. boy, Duchesne, Bingham, ducted in the Boneta Ward ChapQuarterly Conference of the DuJan. 23rd. 1:00 at afternoon p. el chesne Stake, Saturday and SunDuSaturday Mr. and Mrs. Arch Hayes, E. E. Cox of Bon- day, Feb. 9th and 10th, at Mt. Emm. with Bishop 29th Jan. chesne, 10 lb. boy, Goodrich. eta conducting. Interment will be mons. Time of mectlny will be Mr and Mrs. Arthur announced next week. Jan. 24th. in the Boncta cemetery, BrUlgeland, 10 lb. boy, Ar-dat- mdnuu. p. TimT FRED C. FERRON Rehabilitation For NEW PRESIDENT OF Duchesne County to ASSN. Bring Many Benefits Highways - Railroads Extension of the rural rehabilInto Discussions Enter itation program of the Utah FER A for relief clients among the at Meeting TRI-COUNT- farmers, started some months ago in five counties, to Duchesne county, along with the other counties of the state was announced this week, with the arrival in Duchesne of Dvvain Pearson, county rehabilitation supervisor. Mr. Pearson, who arrived Sunday, started Immediately Monday morning in setting up an office in the county court house, where he will receive clients, and work with them, toward a satisfactory solution of their problems. In the five counties in which the work already has been started Salt Lake, Millard, Juab, Tooele and Utah, about 30 loans have been made to relief client farmers for the purchase of capital goods. The loans are made thru the Utah Rural Rehabilitation corporation, financing agency for the division. One of the first duties of the county supervisors will be to make close studies In each county to determine the number of farmers who could be rehabilitated by making loans for the purchase of capital goods. These studies will be submitted to the headquarters of the division In the state capitol. May Purchase Lands In conjunction with the rehabilitation program a home economics program will be carried on in each county, to aid the women on the farms in gaining the most from available income. This work will be carried on locally through the field workers In the counties. Mr. Pearson warned against a wholesale rush of applicants to his office for his services, explaining that clients whom he works with must first be certified to him thru the local ERA office. The program, which at present is set up for the assistance of farmers only, is intended as a long time program, and embraces financial aid, trained supervision, and That the oiling of highway 40 from the end of the oil In Daniels canyon to the Colorado stats line should be completed before the end of 1935 was the text of a resolution adopted by the Associated Civics Clubs of Eastern U tah at a meeting held In Roosevelt Wednesday eveniny. Copies of the resolution will be sent to the State Road Commission and the Bureau of Public Roads. The election of officers and other matters of interest to the clube represented, chiefly concerning the of highway 40 and development the territory which It serves were also taken up during the meeting. Fred C. Ferron of the Roosevelt Lions club was elected president of the associated clubs, by unanimous vote, succeeding J. L. Hiatt of the Ileber City Lions club. J. C. Jensen of the Vernal Lions club was elected vice president and Homer Liddell of the Duchesne Gateway club, sec. trees. Record Vole of Thanks A vote of thanks to past president Hiatt, and the retiring Wm. B. Wallis of Vernal for their efforts during the past year was passed and entered on the minutes, John O, Anderson of the Heber the City Lions club addressed meeting, calling attention to the promise of the state road commis-- secy-trea- s. sion that highway 40 would be oiled from Fruitland to Vernal during 1934, and pointing out that only a small portion of this work had been accomplished. A general discussion followed, with many members expressing disappointment at the apparent neglect of this important link In the state's highway system. L. C. of the Wasatch Montgomery Chamber of Commerce drew attention to the several hazardous turns in the highway in Deep Creek and the Strawberry valley. Gas Tax Split Discussed A motion was then passed, that a formal resolution be drawn requesting the complete oiling of highway 40 from Salt Lake City to the Colo, state line. It Includes suggestions that the oiling be accomplished jointly by the Bureau of Public Roads and the State Road Commission, the former to commence at the end of the oil in Daniels canyon east of Heber City, and continue eastward as far as their funds will permit, and the latter to commence at Fruit-lancontinuing eastward as far as their funds will permit. Copies of the resolution are to be sent to in some cases, the complete removal of fanners from lands to more pr&ductive locations, in which case the land is purchased, the purchase price being applied as partial payment on more suitable ground, and the rest placed on easy terms for repayment. Mr. Pearson, along with the other county supervisors la under the direct supervision of C. O. Stott, state director. al al Water Content of Snow Found above Average on the Indian Measurements canyon summit made on the last of January by Frank Richards, Forest ranger, show an unusual amount of water contained in the snow there. Averaging seven different measurements, all made within a short distance of the snow stick erected there, gives a depth of 32 and one half inches. Water content, found by weighing cores of the snow taken at the same places, shows an average of 7.71 inches, or approximately 24 per cent water, Transposing this to inches, we find nearly 3 inches of water to a foot of snow, as compared to the usual ratio of 1 inch to a foot for new snow. Partially explaining this the statement of the road crew stationed on top of the hill, who state that six feet of snow has fallen in the various storms, which is now packed down to the differ-- 1 enoe, is 32 inches measured. From all of this it appears that there is a good quantity of water stored in the watersheds, In spite of the unusual short and dry winter we have been having. Y d, I both agencies. J. M. Mickelson of the Duchesne Gateway club road committee then introduced the subject of the proposed senate measure to require 10 per cent of the gas tax funds to bo spent in cities and towns, and after considerable discussion a resolution was adopted opposing this measure as being detrimental to the rural districts, and as providing an opening wedge which might eventually split this fund Into many channels. Resolutions Introduced Several resolutions were Introduced by Wm. H. Paul of Myton, representing the Uintah Basin Railway League. One pertaining to reimbursement by the Federal Covt. for untaxed Indian lands In the Uintah Basin, another requesting a U. S. geological survey of mineral resources, and a third, endorsing the Murdock bill advocating free stumpage of trees for assistance in building a RR for the Uintah basin were approved and are to be sent to Senator Caldor (Continued on Tag 8) |