Show It ti Wont Won't on J t Be Long n g Now NowA o J Ii I aria K X whit gi fN a. a I is r ri p i rte ft p tsa f gEL A it J ew i r. r 0 0 A MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTl As the holiday season again approaches it is fitting that we ve pause for a moment from the hurry and andi bustle of the time to reflect on the true sprit spirit i behind it all and to take stock of the year so swiftly s coming cOIning to a close Peace on Earth Good Will v To Toward rd Men is the Christmas wish vish that has been handed down do to us from froni the days of Bethlehem While this wish vish is is not fulfilled throughout the world it is true and we ve hope will vill continue to be in this country of ours Surely in inthe inthe inthe the Basin itself there is a far better feeling of peace and security generally than at this time a year ago And so to this hope for Peace on Earth the staff of the Uintah Basin Record add their most sincere sincere sincere sin sin- cere wishes to all of you for a Very Merr Merry r Christmas ChristInas and prosperity through the coming year CONGRESSMAN IAN MURDOCKS MURDOCK'S ADDRESS Congressman Abe Murdock did two things that we ve did m not like very well veIl last night when he addressed a gathering of Duchesne citizens in spite of the fact that we ve do like Mr Murdock In the first place he started his address by promising promising promis promis- ing that it would not be a poli political ical speech and th then n proceeded to make a speech which if it was vas not political polItical o ical certainly fooled us This was vas rather to be expected expect expect- ed however ho but when hen he made the statement that every every every ev ev- ev- ev ery newspaper magazine and periodical in the country country country coun coun- try was vas under the influence of Wall Street Plutocrats Plutocrats Plutocrats Pluto Pluto- and enlisted in a campaign against President Roosevelt he rubbed our fur foi the wrong way yay for sure The Uintah Basin Record is one newspaper ne at least which is is under the influence of n no o one but its editor and owner o and if Mr Mi Murdocks Murdock's s 's saying so makes us Wall Street Plutocrats w we ve e certainly have been missing out on something for quite some time and would be glad to have him hand us the checkbook which properly goes with that position We would like to think that Mr Murdock was vas really cow complimenting I us on our financial s success b but l t are aloe afraid that we will vill have to g go much farther than that and admit that he apparently wasn't even classing us we ye e country weeklies as newspaper ne at all but was vas referring referring re re- re- re ferring to the big dailies and the national magazines en entirely Either way wayve we ve look at i it t though we ve still dont don't like the inference very well We know of no one who vho has received more support from the Uintah Basin papers during the past few fv f v years than Abe Murdock has re re- re- re He has earned that support by his fine representation representation rep rep- of this district in Congress and we ve e are glad to give it to him and to continue to give it as he continues to represent us in the fine manner of which he is is capable Not to make a mole hill out of whatever molehills are made out of as a current movie comedian put it we ve must go on to admit that Mr 11 Mur Murdocks Murdock's docks dock's speech though it was vas decidedly political was vas 1 as also decidedly good The promises he hem made ode for his constant efforts toward a fair adjustment of th the Untaxed Indian land problem in the Basin and the hopes he held out t for foi foran foran an early start on a resettlement program for the county were well vell received and are i indeed worthy causes We wish vish him speedy su success cess in both directions directions and we ve know of no other man to today laY who vho can do nearly as much good for us in the halls of Congress as Abe Murdock can in in spite of his comparatively short experience there 1 |