Show I A BIGGER AND BETTER U. U B. B I. I C. C Very encouraging indeed is the announcement made Thursday by T President G. G V. V Bill Billings that all differences between bet the he U. U B. B I. I C. C committee e and ard the I Indian Service were vere ironed out at the meeting in In F Ft Duchesne Tuesday evening and that this annual event will vill continue in the fut future re enriched and enlarged ed by its consolidation with the Indian Fair Great credit is due Mr Billings and Mr C. C C. C Wright of the Indian service for their efforts in inn bringing about this fine settlement of the controversy controversy ersy which seemed at the beginning of the winter VInter to threaten continuance of the U. U B B. B I I. I C. C Very fortunate fortunate fortunate fortun fortun- ate indeed were vere all concerned in the opinion of Mr Billings by having present at the Tuesday meeting Mr George P. P Lavatta Shoshone Indian of the department department de de- de- de of Indian service v whose hose talk on Indian affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs produced a much clearer conception in the minds of those present of the entire Indian set u up p and its relation to theU B. B I. I C. C than had ever before existed That this unique annual event which is now nov preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring for its fifteenth session will vill continue with renewed renewed re re- re- re ved ne strength and with the full cooperation of the Indians now v seems assured and continuing thusly it will vill ill prove an even greater instrument of advancement advancement advancement advance advance- ment for the Uintah Basin and its inhabitants The sort of amicable and cooperative settlement of the U U. B. B I. I C. C question reached Tuesday is c of the thought which has prompted the movement from its inception and is the sort of settlement n needed ceded in in n connection with so many of the basins basin's problems I It t opens the way vay both by example and by perpetuating the machinery for future settlement of such I lems I. I A FINE YULETIDE SPIRITA SPIRIT SPIRITA A pretty fair gauge of general feeling and conditions conditions conditions con con- can be taken from the showing ving of Christmas spirit b by y the citizenry in in any community and anyone anyone anyone any any- one using this gauge must be impressed with the fact that conditions in Duchesne 1 look ook bright this year Material evidence of a heightened heighten ed Yuletide spirit in Duchesne is manifest in many directions Early shopping activities have already made heavy inroads on large stocks of merchandise in the various business business business busi busi- ness houses and the shoppers are continuing to come COlne comein in in increasing numbers Lending its hand to the occasion the tit city council is installing Christmas street decorations on Main street including several strings of colored lights stretching across the street and a large star outlined in in lights at the two t main intersections Rather small in in comparison t to o the elaborate lighting systems of some of the cities but a real improvement and a fine beginning to which w we ve a can add yearly r as the future seasons roll around The fhe council deserves a vote of thanks for its efforts in this direction Augmenting the street store t decorations are the individual individual in- in in in- efforts of the stores and shops along the street which lend much to the entire picture to which nature added the finishing touches es with the recent snows sno KENT RY RYAN AMERICAN Additional athletic fame was vas brought to Utah recently through the naming of Kent ent Ryan of the A. A I C. C on the American All football board of honor te team m I Ithe the first time this honor has ever eves been best bestowed ved on ona ona ona a Rocky Mountain conference player While Duchesne e can lay no particular claim to Ryan himself there i is isa isa s sa a sort of Pro I interest in him hel here heie e due to the fact that his mother Mrs Dora Ryan was vas the first white woman ever to live on an the site of the present tit city 5 r of Duche Duchesne back in in the old days before the opening when she operated a s sort of trading post for the cowboys and Indians of that early period Her lIel original small store was vas in a dugout across the street from the pre present sent home of her father A. A M. M Murdock Duchesne or what there was vas of it at that time was vas first known as plain Dora When established as as a government townsite to in 1905 it took the name of Theodore e still clinging partially y to her ei name but r adopting in in full the name of the he then president Theodore Theo Theo- dore Roosevelt Theo Theo-I |