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Show J Duchesne: Gateway To Uintah Basin SUCCESSOR TO THE DUCHESNE COURIER Covers ALL The Uintah Basin Volume 6. DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1937. Bond Refunding Deal ? Authorized By Board Of Education Tuesday Substantial Interest Saving To Be Effected By Deal Necessitated For Retirement ft , Issue Ground Hog Fraud Whether that timid little, cussed and- discussed ground hog saw his shadow last Monday or not means nothing in the lives of Duchesne county citizens. They all know, except perhaps the most optimistic ones, that we will have winter for the next six weeks and probably the next six after that. Board Camera-Microscop- Installed at U. of N. Bureau Of Mines th ies- e - The issuing of $60,000 in refund-lin- g bond3 to replace an issue of ($69,500 which matured on 1st, 1936, was authorized 'at the regular session of the board of educaUon of the Duchesne county school district Tuesday. Lauren W. Gibbs Company of Salt Lake City will attempt to close 4he deal for the school board. A The new bonds are to bear interest not to exceed 3 per cent according to the terms of the which the board authorised for submission . to Mr. Gibbs, ind will mature serially during ai:hs next eight years. As the bonds be refunded bear 5 per cent interest the new issue will effect rein interest saving of $900.00 dufigure de-- g ring the first year, this as the princieraasing gradually pal is reduced. bonds or portions of 'bonds t Thecovered lot by the new issue will ig .e retired by cash payment in the Dec-memb- er Salt Lake City, Feb. 2. With the idea that the mining West should be served in the most efficient manner possible, the federal government recently installed in the U. S. Bureau of Mines located at the University of Utah, a $3000 camera-microscop- e, ac- cording to R. E. Head, chief at the University plant. The camera, which is the only one of its kind west of Pittsburg and is described as being the best of its kind in the United States, was purchased by the government in Germany. Equipped with 150 attachments the equipment is practically universal in scope. Not only is u capable of handing problems m ore microscopy with great ease, but it can also deal with problems of finger printing and ballistics. The camera will be used at the University plant to aid the western miner and to assist in the 'transaction. as on record went board The mining world at large by being ag. in used in important research work. 0 avoring the bill now pending reJie state legislature, providing or a branch agricultural college n the UintahBasin, and authoriz- id the superintendent to take TVhatever active part in its his judgment would diphoto-microscop- ic K'.-- o pro-Jr'noti- ctate Cooperation r Sought Transportation difficulties on chool bus routes throughout the I' nunty, as a result of recent snows tnd winds took up a good deal of time at the meeting. Fully ialf of the busses in the county ire either unable to run at all or ire delivering the pupils late 0 be-:au- of blocked roads. Full cooperation is sought by le board, between the parents g the routes, the bus drivers, g nd the county commission in and Assisting up the roads ie busses to get through so as Jot to deprive the students of the educational facilities unnecessari- - Commissioners Seek State Aid On Duchesne-Hann- a Road According to the Tribune, a Mr. Pepper and his son saw the ground hog out of his hole east of Duchesne over a week ago, which proves that Jie is a fraud if he doesnt even know the date of his debut. WORK IS RESUMED ON DRAIN PROJECT FOR SCHOOL BLOCK Work was resumed Wednesday projeot which is intended to drain the Duchesne school blocks. It has been lying dormant since the end of the December work period. Work done before the holidays included the opening of a trench from the basement of the elementary school building to the northeast corner of the block and laying of the drain and recovering from Seventh street east on E street to where the drain empties into the old river channel. Workmen are now opening the trench along E street between seventh and eighth streets, to connect the finished portion and the trench in tne school block. When completed, the project will drain the terrain surrounding the elementary building and will pick up the water now being dtained from the new high school building and emptied into the basement of the elementary building. Supplemental Project Sought Twelve men are employed on the ten days a project, working month. J. M. Mickelson, foreman, estimates that it will take them until well into the spring to complete it. LeRoy Bishop Superintendent is intending to spend the weekend in Salt Lake City and Provo, and will attempt trr W. P. A. OK on a supplementary project to complete the shop building for the Duchesne school, which is to start as soon as the drainage project is completed. A project is already approved which call3 for the razing of the old school and the construction of a 40x60 manual arts shop out of the salvaged materials. Funds allotted for the project are not sufficient for its completion, however, and it is hoped a supplementary project can be approved for this puron the W. P. A. drainage of Roosevelt, commissioner, was elected chairman of the board of commissioners for Duchesne county at the regular meeting in Duchesne last Tuesday. Most of the day was devoted to sale of property, chief among The board also went on record the was the sale of three thouswhich A I support of a legislative mem- and acres in the Red creek distseeking ap-,t- a orial to congress, to Mrs. R. D. Young of Fruit-lanthe for payment of rict tropriations Mrs. Young acquired the lands, and jjgixes on Indian ownedcontinuation land paying the taxes, penalty by engtfother seeking the acumulated against pose. interest and f tle drainage project started it. at now let ear My ton last year and 1 A request will be made to the l M standstill. Letters were ordered Agnes Turner Coleman road commission, it was destate Titten to the legislative delega-on- , done work 1 cided, to have some Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes informing them of this ac-'- on the road between Duchesne Turner Coleman, 65, wife of Willon. and Hanna. A request will also be iam Coleman, woolgrower and to have the section between businessman of Heber, who died made tifljCENSE PLATE the Stuart ranch and Hanna des- Friday at a local hospital, were REGISTRATION ignated as state road. conducted Monday at 1 p. m. in inag, Indian Taxes Second L. D. S. ward chapel the According to legislation passed Clerk Arthur Goodrich was re- in Heber. the afternoon of January 15, quested to write Senator G. V. Mrs. Coleman was born Septwid37, Utah license plates for the Billings and Representative Dan ember 12, 1871, at Heber City, a sar 1936 expired Jan. 21, 1937. Mitchell to have the state legisof John and Agnes S. If 1937 plates are applied for lature pass a memorial to Con- daughter Wasatch Turner, Ithin 15 days, or before February gress to tax Indian Lands in Utah. Montgomery was married She county pioneers. e ith, one' may operate an auto-obilThis has been done before, but to Mr. Coleman, Dece nber 1, 1896. on 1936 license plates after the effort is being repeated at She is survived by her husband, eb. 15th, but not unless one has the suggestion of R. E. Miller of a Bert Coleman, and a daughson, " ade proper application for new Myton. Mr. Miller also requested ter, Mrs. May Sevy, Heber City; ates. that Senator Billings and Repre- four grandchildren ard the followk According to information receiv- - sentative Mitchell be asked to in- ing brothers and sislers; William from the State Tax Commis- vestigate the matter of funds beL., John M. and Robert Turner n tn "application consists of diverted from the Myton and Margaret Cummings, all of ing to the Tax Commission an drainage project to other uses. Heber City; James L., Joseph C. A request will be made to Ben Turner and Mrs. Josie Daybell, vplication on the proper form, R. Beverage, W. P. A. regional all of Salt Lake City. by a tax clearance and the necessary regis-atio- n director at Provo to requisition Walter Montgomery Bishop fee. some W. P. A. labor to the Gold- had charge of the services. All motorists are urged by tse en Stairs road. Tribune. tah Motorist Association (AAA) t secure new plates as soon as Vernal Businessman is3ible, thereby avoiding loss of s Receives 1st Degree Mem-rrush. he in a last minute of the organization may ob-i- n In Masonic Lodge plates directly from the Salt. ike main office of the AssociaJackson R. Douglas, Manager n. ' of the Uintah Gas Co. at Vernal V Members living outside of Salt received the Entered Apprentice With the collection of approxl- Ike county should send in their degree in the Basin Lodge No. 20, the Duchesne $375.00 Monday M. at the & A. mately Myton, F. 'plication, accompanied by county chapter of ths American gisti ation fee, the tax clearance evening, January 25th. rtificate and the 1936 Certifi-t- e The regular meeting of the Red ross topped theif quota by (if Registration. lodge was held Monday, February $75 00. Contributions of from ten cents Those living in Salt Lake coun- 1st. Both meetings were poorly cold extreme ten dollars poured in daily afto to the may pay taxes and obtain attended, due lies at the Assn. office. Auto-hil- e and poor renditions of the roads. ter the Initial drive which ncttjd deNever have $01 0(3 in Duchesne. property tax valuations Conferring of the Fellowcraft tv be secured in advance by gree is scheduled for two candi-da- t p ople be n so willing to give,. s, Monday evening, February M'S. Hazel Orr, county chairman, ephoning or writing to the said. t.n office. 15th. Parley Lambert, four-ye- ar op-lin- d. pre-htio- cer-Eica- te FILTER BED AT HEAD OF WATER SYSTEM FROZEN The extreme cold weather during the past ten days resulted in the freezing of the filter bed at the head of the Duchesne water system, and the water now coming through the pipes is coming directly from the river. For several days the water pessure in the system was so low that most of the townspeople were unable to get hot water over the tops of their tanks. Examination of the system revealed that the water running over the gravel filter bed at the head of the pressure in the system was so low that it had frozen solid, and the gravel itself was frozen down to the drain Uling which picks up the water for the system. The only water entering the pipes was that filtering through from below. To increase the pressure in the system, and provide a supply for possibly necessary fire protection, a section of tile was removed from one of the filter branches, allowing water to flow directly into the system from the river. It is expected that as soon as the ice thaws in the spring the tile can be replaced and the filter bed again put into operation before the water becomes muddy the infrom the spring run-of- f. creased pressure was turned into the system Tuesday. You one-han- 4 3 2 Altamont 0 Buster Cooper, 16 year old son of Oscar Cooper of Myton is in the St. Marks hospital in a critical condition as a result of injuries sustained Saturday when he was struck by a car driven by Sam Sprouse, near the Myton bridge. Young Cooper, it was stated, was walking along beside the highway carrying water, when the Chevrolet coach driven by Sprouse, allegedly traveling at an excessive rate of speed, failed to negotiate the turn near the bridge struck him and then crashed into a tree. The injured lad was given first aid treatment and rushed to the hospital in Salt Lake City. Latest reports on his condition' indicate that he had not yet gained consciousness. Sprouse was arrested by Myton Marshall James A. Giles and charged with speeding. He is being held, pending developments in young Coopers condition. 1 0 1 2 3 4 ALTONAH Funeral services were held in Altonah January 28 for Mrs. Laura Worthen Olsen, who died in Altonah on Thursday of last week. She had been prominent in L. D. S. church work all her life. Bishop Lott Powell had charge of the services. The choir sang Oh My Father; Mrs. Alberta Beebe and Loreen Caldwell sang a duet, "Mothers Love; C. N. Shiner offered words of consolation to the family. Warren E. Davis Jr. and Bishop Powell each gave a few remarks. Invocation and benediction were given by C. L. Faote. Hans A. Jacobsen dedicated the grave in the Altonah cemetery. Mrs. Ols.n was born in Mt. Carmel, Kane County, Utah on September 25th, 1880. Surviving are her husband, F. A. Olsen, Altonah; two daughters, Mrs. Wells Smith and Mrs. Jennie B. Peterson; three sons, Wm. A., Asel E., and Verl Olsen, all of Altonah. The $375. includes $150 00 from Roosevelt; $140.00 from Duchesne; $68 00 from Myton; $15.00 from Bisin Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M. and promises of enough to make that amount. The complete amount will be sent in, for which the Duchesne county chapter will receive credit. Additional amounts are expected from some of the smaller towns which have not yet reported. i Representative Walter K. GranMill sponsor the new program through the lower house of the state legislature. ger, who Lineup for Fridays game: Measurements At Indian Canyon Show Increase Over Last Year RITES HELD FOR Duchesne Dentist PROMINENT LDS Called to Take Up CHURCH WORKER Active Army Duty Dr. William Delance Bishop, 1st Lieutenant in the Reserve Officers Dental Corps left to report at Fort Douglas February 1st, to enter active duty. Official advice from the Presidio, San Francisco, stated he would begin a five months active tour of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Dr. Bishop, who has practiced his profession in Duchesne since September, 1926, with the exception of two years spent in Salt Lake City, during the early part of that period, has maintained throughout this time his standing in the U. S. Army Reserve, attending for a short period each year one of the summer encampments. Daring 1936 he attended an encampment in Washington. In addition to his professional activities, Dr, Bishop was Chief of the Duchesne Volunteer Fire department, supervisor of a Red Cross First-aider- s class, President of the Duchesne Gateway Club and an active participant in civic affairs generally. He was recently made a member of Basin Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M. As a token of their appreciation of his leadership a dinner was held in his honor at the New Palace Cafe Saturday evening followed by a dancing party at the American Legion Chateau, sponsored by the members of the Fire depai tment, and including a few of his closer friends. Mrs. Bishop, who, with their small daughter, Ella Ann and her sister, Evelyn Noble have remained In Duchesne to dispose of household furnishings and arranging other matters of d 'parture, expects to leave the early part of the coining week to establish their home in Salt Lake City. 2S. Estimated Expenditures Fall Short Of Departmental Requests By Over One Million Dollars Welfare Champion Walter K. Granger Slated To Sponsor Welfare Program ROOSEVELT DOWNS DUCHESNE TO GAIN LEAGUE 2ND PLACE The Roosevelt high cagers sent out a warning that they are still in the basketball race when they went on a rampage to defeat the Duchesne high 45 to 10 at Roosevelt Friday night. This win places them second to Uintah, league topper. d Brilliant shooting by Burton and Wilkins, Roosevelt forwards, sent their team' ahead, never to be stopped. Duchesne was sadly off form, missing both setups and long shots. Bell, Goff and Hatch made the only three field goals for Duchesne. Standing for the first half of the season follows : Team Games Won Games Lost Number Governor Blood Submits Budget To Legislature For Over Six Millions Know Did you know that in Duchesne county during the year 1933, there were 33.6 infant deaths per 1000 live births; 1935 there were 66.4 infant deaths per 1000 live hlrths. And do you know that over 20 per cent of these maternity cases were NOT attended by a physician ? These figures should be an incentive toward learning more about maternal and child health. Ask your county nurse for valuable literature. MYTON YOUTH IS Uintah Roosevelt CRITICALLY HURT Duchesne WHEN HIT BY CAR Alterra Duchesne Co. Red Cross Tops Flood Relief Quota ; Did ?2.00 Per Year in Advance Snow measurements taken at the head of Indian canyon this week by Forest Ranger Frank Richards show a good gain In both gnow depth and water content over the same time last year and a gain in water content over readings a month ago. They fall slighUy short of 1935 readings however. There are now 31.6 Inches of snow, with a water content of 6.35 Inches, as compared to a depth of 31.4 Inches with a water content of 5.03 Inches on January 4, 1937. The present reading shows 17 inches more snow, and 3.39 Inches more water content than at the same time last year. The reading shows .9 Inch less snow and 1.36 Inches less water than in February 1935. Snow Protects Shrubs There Is still a general Increase in snow in the valleys, with below freezing temperatures still prevailing. Records at the Duchesne cooperative weather bureau show the temperature has not once raised above freezing during the e record low wa month. The established January 9, when the thermometer dropped to 43 degrees below zero. High for the month was established January 28th, with a reading of 31 degrees. The thermometer has never failed to drop below zero In the early mornings, and has remained below zero throughout the twenty-fou- r hours many times during the month. In spite of the extreme cold little damage is expected to shrubs and fields, because of the heavy protective blanket of snow. Workmen on the drain project in Duchesne find the frost has penetrated the ground less than two feet. all-tim- WEATHER REPORT For week beginning Jan, 28th. (U. S. P. A. Service) Salt Lake City, Feb. 2 Calling for sound economy In governmental expenditure and adequate financial support for existing state departments, InatftuUone and functions before attempting to finance new ventures, Governor Henry H. Blood submitted the 1037-3- 9 budget to the twenty-secon- d session of the legislature this week. The joint appropriation committee, under the of Senator Ward C. Holbrook of Davis and Gordon Waggeland of Salt Lake began work on the budget at & special session of the committee Tuesday. The budget calls for estimated expenditures totaling $8,341,786.-1- 0 or $1,044,739.15 less than departmental requests. Estimated revenues are $6,082,150 leaving a balance of $259,630.10 to be raised from an expected Increase In liquor control revenues or from relief funds, which under the law may be used by the governor to the extent each year of $300,000 for other than relief purposes, If necessary. Caution Urged lu Spending Governor Blood In his budget stressed that during the depression years state departments and functions had been compelled to exercise such rigid economy that all hut vital funotions had to be curtailed. He pointed out that the proposed budget will, in part rectify these conditions and he urged that adequate financial support be given established functions before money la spent for new activities. The legislature entered the fourth week of Its session with most of its vitally Important legislative program before It in the form of bills introduced by Individuals and committees. Included In these are the homestead exemption plan, fathered by the committee of r.ino and championed in the two houses by Senator Ward C. Holbrook of Davis and Representatives Heber Bennion, Jr. of Daggett and Milton Twitch-el- l of Garfield; the administration social welfare program Introduced in the senate ' by Senator O. O. Lindstrom of Carbon, a member of the governors committee which worked out the program and the bills designed to put it into effect. Representative Walter K. on page 8) Gran-(continu- DUCHESNE STAKE GOLD AND GREEN BALL HELD JAN. 29 The Duchesne Stake Gold and Green Ball was held Friday, January 29th, at the Altamont High School. The affair was well attended and a great success. School busses brought many to the affair from remotely situated wards of .the stake. The hall was beautifully decorated In Green and Gold streamers and balloons. Confetti and serpentine was the event of the evening and was extensively used. Nolsemakers, hats, balloons and refreshments climaxed the delightful evening. Voting for Stake Queen and the Prince Charming took place. The final selections M'ere: Mae Watterson and LaVere Timothy from Altonah Ward and Alice Crosby and Arthur Case from the Mt. Emmons Ward. Marion Shields and Walter Kerksiek of the Stake Mutual were In charge of arrangements. JUST TO REMIND YOU Mathers Club, Thursday, ruary 11th with Mrs. Fern FebMor- rell. Precipitation, 1 05. E. S. WINSLOW, Women's Study Club, Saturday, February 6th with Mrs. Arthur Orr. Juniors Domestic Club, Saturday, February Cth with Theora Shelton. |