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Show I Duchesne : Gateway To Uintah Basin SUCCESSOR TO THE DUCHESNE COURIER Covers ALL The Uintah Basin Volume 5. Auditors Tax Deed Sales At Commissioners Meeting Net $11,521.81 To County Pieces Of Property Are Sold At First County Commissioners Meeting Following Advertised Sale Of Property. Sixty-Nin- e- U. S. ARMY MAKES Realized Date From Sale $40,000 To ATTRACTIVE OFFER On Auditors Deeds Further sales of Auditors Tax amounting to properties, were 11,521.81 approved at the county regular meeting of the commissioners Tuesday, June 2nd. This was the first meeting of the commissioners, following the public sale of Auditors Tax Deed lands on May 18th. No sales are being made by the commissioners Deed , at their regular statea meetings, the first Tuesday oi The next meeting each month. will be held on the 7th of July. pieces of property were sold at Tuesdays meeting, according to county clerk G. A. except Sixty-nin- e ' Goodrich, who added that many more could have been sold had time permitted. Many interested ' meetipersons were present at the to bid on property, they were forced to leave the meeting to return to their homes and their as evening approached The turn had not yet arrived. ng, anxious but commissioners continued their meeting until after midnight, he said, taking care of those who could wait until that late hour. vacancies in the Infantry, and ten in the Quartermaster Corps irf the Hawaiian Islands are now open to qualified young men of the Intermountain Area, according to an announcement by Colonel William C. Webb, Army Recruiting Officer. The men will leave San Francisco, California on June 23, 1936, on the Army transport Grant. Applicants must be 18 to 35 years of age; single and without dependents; of proven good character, and able to pass the physiThose between cal examination. 18 and 21 years of age must have the written consent of their parents. To be sure of obtaining one of these vacancies, men should make or application at once, in person recruiting to the Army letter by office nearest their home. These offices are located at the Ness NaBuilding, Salt Lake City; the Utah Provo, tional Guard Armory, and in the Post Office Buildings in Ogden, Utah; Boise and Pocatello, Idaho. Twenty-fiv- e Most Sales To Owners Most of the sales were to the Goodrich them were at the taxes, interest and penalties due on the property. In some cases, where the property was unquestionably not worth the full amount due on were it, compromise settlements accepted by the commissioners. A fw properties, upon which there in bidding was competition brought prices in excess of the taxes due. In one instance a telethe meeting phone call during boosted the price of a piece of property by $200. The largest sale made Tuesday amounted to $850.00, covering the property of Les. Murphy at Upal-cwhich was repurchased by the original owner. Two sales of $800 each were made to Paul S. Hansen, one covering hl3 Roosevelt home and the other some grazing owners, original said, and most of the full amount of land. Smallest Sale The smallest sale listed covered some lots sold to Duchesne City for the new high school. These lots were sold to Duchesne City for $1.00 each, to be granted by the city to the. school district. Representatives of the Knight Investment company were present to purchase their grazing land, all of which had gone to the county at the sale. When it was learned, however, that some of their key water holes had been purchased by individuals at the advertised sale, they withdrew bids for further consideration. Total receipts by Duchesne countyi including redemptions during the advertisement of the properties Lsted for sale, the receipts at the advertised sale, and the re- at Tuesdays meeting exto Mr. not re- ceipts ceed $40,000, according Goodrich. All of this was in cash, however, many properties being sold Tuesday on down payments as low as 20 per cent, the balance extending in some cases to November 30th, W36. All previous sales, however, were made for cash in full. All receipts for these proper-liewhether in amounts greater r less than the taxes and costs, are distributed among the various taxing units, in the same manner as all normal redemptions. ceived s, For week beginning May 28. Date High Low Precip fay 29 29 fay 30 lay 31 une une unc i 2 3 Fercip.tation, 1.25. E. S. WINSLOW. Cooperative Observer- The Fourth Judicial District Court will convene in Duchesne next Monday, June 8th, with a and large calendar of criminal M. Martin Hon. The cases. ciyil bench. the will occupy Larsen was The calendar for the term sat at a short session Monday, June 1st, before Judge Larsen. It contains eight criminal cases, three probate, five law and motion and eight civil trials. Gale Nye was tried at the June 1st session on a charge of forgery. check He was accused of forging a cashed of Hanna, on Orin Curry He at the Owl Cafe in Duchesne. sentenced was and pleaded guilty to a term of from one to twenty years in the state prison. June 8th The calendar for the which session, with the dates on where be heard, will cases the these dates are set, is as follows: Criminal Cases State of Utah vs. Ralph Woodard - New Trial. June 22nd, at 10:00 a. m. State of Utah vs. Charles Brackenberry, Carnal Knowledge. Continued from last term. June 22nd to follow Woodward case. State of Utah vs. Max Seeley, term. Felony - Referred back last m. June 8th at 2:00 p. State of Utah vs. Ed Taylor Felony. -State of Utah vs. Guy Came 9th. June Felony. State of Utah vs. Clarence White . Grand Larceny, June 8th, to follow Seeley case. Mec-haState of Utah vs. Charles White to follow June 8th, case. State of Utah vs. Lee Snyder and Clay Snyder - Felony. June lOh, 10:00 a. m. The three probate cases concern the estates of Emma G. Shis-leBrown, Wm. Tait and J. I. - SOCIETY B. P. W. Club Members of the Business and Professional Womens club met af the Duchesne Hotel Monday for their regular business meeting. Prior to the discussion of business, a supper was served to the following: Mrs. Bessie Kohl, Mrs. Bonnie Bishop, Miss Phyllis Wim-me- r, Miss Edna Lemon, Mrs. Helen Poulson, Mrs. Helen Hollenbeck, Mrs. Alice McGuire, v Miss Veda Poulson and Mrs. Victoria Halstead. Miss Kirkham of the Rural Resettlement office was ai special guest. Visitor Honored Mrs. W. D. Bishop entertained Wednesday evening in honor of her sister, Miss Evelyn Noble ot Salt Lake City, who has been a guest at the Bishop home for the past week. The following guests enjoyed dancing and games: Misses Lela Colton, Renee Mickelson, Selma Bates, Maurine Billings, Marion Liddell and Edna Lemon, Eddie Reese, Douglas Smith, Mart, McGuire, Glen Mickelson, George Davis, Clarence Shelton, Homer Fitzwater, Donald Peterson, Weldon McGuire and Bob Kent. Sunday Nite Club Mr. and Mrs. Grant Murdock entertained members of the Sunday Night Supper club at their home this week. The following members enjoyed contract during the evening: Mrs. Nina Burger, Mrs. Charles R. Selch, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Kohl, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown and Mr. ana Mrs. Arthur Orr. Mrs. Chester Lyman entertained Thursday afternoon in celebration of her daughter Jeanines sixth birthday anniversary. Eight youngsters ispent the afternoon playing games and enjoying the delicious refreshments. The guests were: Leah Cluff, Norma Grant, Ella Ann Bishop, Willa Dean Hodges, Edith Partridge, Sharon Rollins, Louise Partridge, and Fred Owen Barney. Commencement At B. Y. U. Will Be Unusually Interesting PROVO Many things make commencement at Brigham Young University unusually interesting this spring. First, it will be the sixtieth time diplomas have been awarded since president Brigham Young founded the institution in 1875. Second, the number of gradu340 w record breaking. They include many interesting persons. A man and his wife, both artists, are getting B. S. degrees. They are Mr. and Mrs. Alton Petei son, Jensen, Utah Two pairs of brothers from Price, Utah are getting degrees. They are James and Gerald Anderson, twins, and Wayne and Floyd Mclntire. The first students to graduate from a Utah college with degrees in journalism are Reese Faucette, Sanford, Colo., and Forace Green, Midvale, Utah. Two Canadian students, Althea Marsden ana Grant Larsen, will receive degrees, a3 well as Herbert W. Taylor ot Mexico and students from all corners of the United States. Third, an internationally known of physicist, Dr. Harvey Fletcher, New York City, will address the graduates on June 10. A graduate of B. Y. U., he has made outstanding discoveries in the field of hearing and acoustics. Senior day is Friday, June 5. S. O. Bennion, of the L. D. S. first council of seventy, will preach the baccalaureate 'sermon at 8 oclock p m. Sunday, June 7, In the Utah Stake tabernacle. Next afternoon a fashion review will be held on the lower campus. On Tuesday, after class reunions and proot grams, Dr. Richard R. Lyman, the quorum of the twelve, will address the annual alumni luncheon at 6:30 p. m. I,a v and Motion The graduates will hear Dr. Law and Motion matters con- Fletcher and Darlene Owens, valecern the following cases: dictorian, in the final exercises at George C. Kolii vs. Board ot 10 a. m. Wednesday, June 10, in Education. the tabernacle. Virginia Clark vs. Perry Clark. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. OToole and State Tax Commission, State of son Jack drove in from Junction Utah vs. Irvin Caldwell. II. A. Pierson vs. John G. Friday to spend Memorial Day in Ducht sne. Mrs. OToole and Jack Young. Fidelity Bldg. & Loan vs. Mrs. recently returned from Detroit with a new car. (Continued cn page 8) -- r. WEATHER REFORT lay Judge Larsen Will Hear Full Calendar Of Civil And Criminal Cases I ates advice to fool it he throwing water on a goose." "To give JUNE 4 Grims part- ner, Ward, indicted for fraud, 1889. 5 First Chinese Embassy reaches Washington, 1968 6 John Carroll is confirmed as first United States Catholic Bishop, 1784. 71.000 & 2,000-mil- e settlers start trek to Oregon, 1843. 8 Robert Stevenson, steam engine inventor, born, 1772. 9 v Xjt- NON1 - Royal Charter for Georgia Colony it granted, 1732. j.'78o trality fit 10 France declares its nets--in Civtl War, 18M. MRS. MUCKLESTONE ADDRESSES LEGION AUXILIARY LADIES Auxiliary Head Terms V. F. W. Pranksters LOCALS Mrs. A. M. Murdock was ill Is much improved now. R. R. Hackett, attorney of Park City, was in Duchesne on business Monday. Earl Case and Owen Bennion oi ML Emmons were Duchesne visitors Monday. Glen Hatch, attorney of Heber City was transacting business UJ Duchesne Monday. Mrs. Ernest Crocker is spending a few days in Price visiting friends and transacting business. Mr. and Mrs. Alma Poulson and Miss Alyce Stephenson are in Holden spending some time with relatives. Mrs. Jess Johnstun spent the week end in Heber City with her parents. Her son, Carl Wilkerson last week, but returned to Duchefene with her for a visit. Frank S. Dimon of the Mergen-thale- r Liontype Co. of San Francisco, was in Duchesne Monday checking over the machine in the Record shop. Miss Gwenith Pierson returned Tuesday to her studies at Hena-ger- s Business college in Salt Lake City after spending several days with her parents in Duchesne. Mrs. Albert Stephenson and son Wallace, and Mrs. Ed Carman and young daughter went to Salt Lake City last Wednesday to visit friends. They returned home Saturday. Wallace and Wanda Johnson came to Duchesne Friday from Bingham. Wanda, who has been attending school there, stayed in Duchesne, while her brother returned to his job in Bingham. Eldredge Buckalew suffered a slight injury to his eye last week when the barrel of his gun exploded as he attempted to shoot. A piece of metal from one of the sheila became lodged in his eye. D. L. H. Cline administered first aid and sent him to Salt Lake City to an eye specialist for further 1, th At the Tegular meeting of the county commissioners, Tuesday, a special meeting of the Board of Equalization was set to be held in Myton, Utah, Monday, Juno 15th, 1936 from 10:00 o'clock a. m. until noon. A warning was issued by the county commissioners to all farmers to keep their irrigation waters from flocaling the roads. The county commissioners also wish to warn all peddlers to call on the county clerk and get a peddlers license. Number 45. v Mrs. Melville Mucklestone, Chicago, Natl president of the American Legion Auxiliary was honored in Salt Lake City last Friday by members of the Auxiliary from ail over the state. The national leader was met af 7:10 a. m. by Mrs. Ray Ashton of Vernal, Utah state president; Mrs. J. C. Rebbolz, national auxiliary Mrs. Roland committee woman; Warner, department secretary, and others. She was taken to the Newhouse hotel for breakfast and later visited the U. S. Veterans hospital and attended the noon organ recital In the L. D. S. tabernacle. She ws guest of honor at a luncheon in the Hotel Utah and in the evening was honored at a reception and a banquet in the New- treatment. house hotel. Wives of the legionaires, she Several Thousand Men To Be Employed said, feel gratified in congressional action to pay the adjusted sei By Dept. Of Agri. vice certificates, believing that hustheir due the money Is justly Captain John B. Cannon, Combands. Officer of OCC Co. 1968, manding In speaking of the Veterans ol Camp BR-1Bridgeland, Utah, Future Wars, an organization announces the following has been which has sprung up among col- received through headquarters oi leges recently, Mrs. Mucklestone the Ninth Corps Area, at Presidio termed them pranksters and de- of San Francisco: clared that their patriotism hao "Information has reached this no bearing on the situation to- headquarters to the effect that several thousand men are to be day. Duchesne Auxiliary members employed in the western states by attending the reception for Mrs. the United States Department oi were Mrs. Nora Agriculture for the remainder oi Mucklestone Mrs. the present fiscal year, in white Pack, Duchesne president; R. M. Pope, Mrs. Afton Crocker, pine blister rust control activiMrs. J. M. Mickelson, and Mrs. ties. Hazel Orr. Wage Rates "This work will be conductea from camps located in the forests Myton Ti esbyterian convenient to the work. The wage Services Sunday rates are those prescribed undei Executive Order 7046 t or the Sunday School: 2:00 P. M. territory concerned, varying from Church Services: 3:00 P. M. $40.00 to $44.00 for unskilled and MiJi Ball of Mt. pleasant, Utah from $55.00 to $63.00 for skilled will give a talk on the history of A board charge is made at the the bible in place of the regular rate of one-fift- h of sermon. Special music is planned of the prescribed security wage for the service. rate for each day board is furnishOn Sunday, June 14 th, the ed but not to exceed $15.00 during church will have its annual Sun- any month for any security wage day School picnic east of Myton. earner. The Congregation of the Vernal To Destroy Berry Plants Community Church has been inwork consists of the de'The vited to attend the picnic and a by pulling or mechanistruction, to large number are expected cal or chemical means, of currant drive over. The picnic will start and gooseberry in white at noon. Watch for further an- pine and sugar plants forests to pine nouncement of plans next week. protect the pine from a fatal disease known as the white pine County Commissioners Set Special Date For Equalization Meeting Per Year In Advance $2.00 r ..... Birthday Party Mr. o, DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY June 5, 1936. blister rust. All men for this work will be obtained through the National Employment services. District and Company Commanders will, ever practicable, notify local discharged CCC enrollees of this opportunity for employemnt, and will advise them to register Immediately at the nearest office of the National Employment Service. Mrs. Hazel Smith spent the week end in Duchesne with her Miss sons, Daryl and Douglas. Faun Smith of Salt Lake City arrived Saturday night and spent the night with her mother and brothers. She returned Sunday. Leroy Bishop Appointed Duchesne County School District Superintendent Roosevelt High School Principal Is Chosen By Board Of Education From Among Nineteen Applicants Seeking Position ROOSEVELT YOUTH Extra Class Rooms WINS SCHOLARSHIP Made Possible By Advantageous Bids Gordon Harmston, of Roosevelt, a graduate of Wasatch academy, this year, has been awarded a LeRoy Bishop, for the past year at the Roosevelt high prinripal four-yescholarship at Colorado school, was appointed superinHarmColoiado College, Springs. ston was prominent in athletics, tendent of the Duchesne County School District, it was announced debate, drama and was editor of He will take office ofthe Wasatch World during his Tuesday. 1st, when the resigficially July senior year. nation of Reuben D. Law becomes Alfred Owens of Duchesne, also effective. Mr. Law has accepted a winner of a scholarship from an appointment as assistant proWasatch academy, is completing fessor of elementary education at his second year at the Colorado the Brigham Young university College. Alfred, who is well known and will leave in about three in Duchesne county for his base- weeks for Provo. ball activities, has made a name Mr. is a graduate of the for himself at collego. Recently, Utah Bishop State college Agricultural he was chosen on the at Logan, where he received a baseball team in Colorado. bachelor He of science This team is selected from the has also studied law degree. and educaoutstanding players of schools in tion at the University of Utah. the Eastern division. He will play His included first base, the only place he has the teaching of experience school high position junior never played before this year. Tremonton and two at principal Alf has been busy socially also as head of the social science At an April meeting of the Colo- years at the Bear River high department he Phi Delta of rado Beta Theta, school. was elected to be a delegate to One Among 20 Applicants the national convention in New Mr. summer. York this Bishop was chosen by the Board from among nineteen other educators from in and around Duar chesne county, who had applied for the position. Following the appointment ot superintendent at the regular other matters Board meeting, were discussed by the members, chiefly concerning the new school buildings. The construction of the new school buildings in Myton and Duchesne and the addition to the Roosevelt school was contracted Dr. Albert Reagan Was to such an advantage as to make passible the addition of one Ethnology Expert more class room to the Duchesne At B. Y. U. building, bringing the total to six rooms; and two to the Myton Dr. Albert B. Reagan, 65, remaking nine in all. The building, nowned ethnologist, and author oi plans for the Myton orginal Indian tales, died Saturday nighf provided nine rooms, but at a Salt Lake hospital of a kid- itbuilding was thought necessary to cut ney ailment. the number to seven. That cut For the past two years, Dr. will not now be necessary, It was Reagan has been a special Instruc- stated. tor at the Brigham Young uniDrainage Problem Settled versity. For more than thirty The pouring of cement for the years prior to that time, he had foundation of the Myton building been associated with the Unitea and as States Indian service, gaining an began Wednesday morning the foundation as soon possible, established reputation as an ethof the Duchesne building will be nologist and adding substantially deto the knowledge in this field. He begun, after a halt pending a to of methods as cision drainage. had assisted in the recovering oi A recommendation by the archiprehistoric animals at Ouray and tects and approved by the Board, Vernal for several years. While after a telephone conservation there, he contributed tales of In- with Mr. Scott, architect, provided dian lore and Indian folk tales of drain tile arounu the laying to the Uintah Basin Record. Dr. the foundation of the building ana several contributed speReagan to the slough cial Indian stories concerning thd extending eastward the Mutual north of Creamery. It Moon Lake area for the Moor will Lake Special Edition of the Rec- is thought that this drainage do away with the seepage trouble ord. which has been encountered in Born In Iowa the elementary building. Dr. Reagan was a Fellow ot Mr. Raybeilt represented Mr. the Association for American the Scott at the Board meeting, ana Advancement of Science and the Mr. C. A. Tolboe, one of the conauthor of more than 500 papers tractors also was present at the variwhich he had contributed to the building meeting regarding ous publications in the United program. the of other and States parts Miss Anna Stark, who for world. has had charge three past Born January 22, 1871, at Max- of teachers years at the Weber training Wilson of well, Iowa, he was a in Ogden, was appointed College liam S. and Annie E. Dempsey primary supervisor of the DuReagan. After receiving his pre- chesne School District. She will liminary education in the public have the supervision of all teachschools, he entered the Ontral ers of primary grades throughout State Teachers College of Okla- the county. homa, from which he was graduThe annuli budget hearing was ated in 1898. He received a life set for June 30th. This will serve certificate as a teacher and tor as the meeting, if regular July several years taught in the Polk was stated. schools. county, Iowa, public He obtained the degree of bacheMARRIAGE LICENSES lor of arts at Valparaiso university and also at the University of John Wallace Moon, 23, Jensen, Indiana. He took his masters deUtah. of in at the arts gree University Ella Curfew, 18, Jensen, Utah. Indiana and the degree of doctor of philosophy at Leland Stanford June 1st. Junior university. Mrs. A. B. Cline and Mrs. Leon St mlli-Indian Customs H. Cline went to Salt Lake City After becoming connected with Sunday to attend the funeral serthe United States Indian service vices of Mrs. Cline's Roy on May 20, 1899, Dr. Reagan had A. Schonian and Miss nephew'. Faun Smith devoted himself to the study of accompanied them. American Indian Tribal customs Donald H. Stele of the Record and characteristics carrying on staff, spent the week end in Proon Page 8 vo and Salt Lake City, tJ |