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Show Join The Duchesne County Stampede, Duchesne, August 22-- 3 The County Seat Duchesne: Newspaper Gateway To Uintah Basin Volume 6. Covers ALL The Uintah Basin DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY JULY 16, 1937. Auditors Pleased Over Finances Of Duchesne County State Road Commission Visits Duchesne County To Determine Program Citizens United On For Bridgeland-Altona- h Highway $20,000 Improvement Appropriation Engineers To Decide On Best Location For Road Improvemen SECOND BABY CLINIC TO BE HELD JULY 20 State Road Commission, by Chairman W. D. Hammond spent Wednesday of this week in Duchesne county meeting with citizens and in' representative specting roads as a part of their recently established policy of in. vestigating road problems on the ground rather than having citi- zens meet them at the state capi- tol. The meeting and trip were results of invitation from the Du chesne county commissioners, and was prompted by recent announcement that $20,000 had been apfor construction of propriated secondary roads in Duchesne The second well-bab- y . preschool Conference will be held at the Duchesne high school building on Tuesday, July 20th, starting at 9:00 a. m., according to Duchesne County Nurse Bertha Becker. Babies who attended the last conference should return for their second diphtheria inoculation. Babies who have not attended a clinic before may be brought for physical examination and immunization. Only children under school age will be admitted to the. conference, and preference will be given to those who are registered, Miss Becker said. She urged all parents to register their children at the County building, County nurses office on Monday, July 19th. The conference will be conducted by a local physician. Miss Bertha Becker and Mrs. Ada Jennings will assist the doctor. The led county. ' Road Designated At the request of citizens depending on this route for access to the county seat and outside the Bridgeland-AItona- h points, road was designated some time ago as the No. 1 secondary highway in Duchesne county on the improvement program. Continued support of this designation came without dissension at the meeting which was called to order in the Duchesne Couiit House At 10:30 a. m. Wednesday. Some difference existed as to which portion of this road should be improved first, and following the meeUng the road commission, the county commissioners and several of the citizens took a tour of inspection over the road to determine this phase of the program. To HINT IDS Mrs. Ivie Was Mother Of First White Girl Born Stretch Work Out the Regulations accompanying On Reservation Federal allotment for secondary highways, calls for improvement Funeral services were held of highways to standard as the Tuesday in the Strawberry L. D. work progresses... It was stated, S. chapel for Mrs. Julia Myria however, that the allotment to Ivie, who died at her home Myler tha county at this time would be last The new chapel Sunday. sufficient to build only three or which has been completed, just four miles of highway to stand- was filled to overflowing with ard, and it was the unanimous relatives, friends and fellow (continued on page 8) church workers of Mrs. Ivie, who has been a prominent L. D. S. worker. She held offices in the Important Events Sunday school, Mutual ImproveAre Scheduled For ment association and for the Timpanogos Retreat seven years, waij president of past the Relief Society. nook that shady Aspen Grove, President Wm. H. Smart, Provo, high on Mount Timpanogos, will have been the scene of three im- President G. V. Billings, Duportant events when the autumn chesne, and Clarence Baum of ivere among the frosts begin to yellow the leaves Strawberry who there. spoke of the life speakers First came the summer meet- and accomplishments of Mrs. Ivie. ing and outing of the Utah Press Musical numbers were given by association. Editors from various the Strawberry choir. Benedicparts of Utah with their wives tion was offered by David Baum. and friends spent most of July The grave in the Strawberry 10th and 11th there as guests of cemetery was dedicated by Irvin of Tabiona. Brigham Young University. The Clegg, a Born At Clarkston journalists and publishers played softball, fished, and engaged in Mrs. Ivie was bom at Clarksother activities becides talking ton, Utah, January 6, 1872 a over problems of the profession. of Joseph Elias and Ann daughter h come Twenty-sixtthe Next will Thacker Myler. On March Hike Myria Annual Timpanogos 23, 1892, she married Alvy Baum 12,000-fothe of to the top peak. at Clarkston. Two children were Several thousand outdoor enthus- born to them, both of whom suriasts from many parts of the in- vive. Mrs. Ivie was married the termountain region will gather in second time to James Gilbert the new Timpanogos Bowl on the Ivie of Wallsburg on December evening of July 16 for a bonfire 17, 1896. They lived in Wallsburg program. Early the next morning for nine years and then moved the climbers will set out along the to the Reservation in 1905, setcascade1-cooleflower - bortiuied tling on the Strawberry river, trail for the summit. After a where they have lived since that magnificent view from the top time. It was here their daughter they will slide down the glacier now Mrs. Alice Firth, was born, to Emerald lake and return home. the first white girl bom on the sesReservation. Finally the Alpine summer Eight other childsion of B. Y. U. will commence ren were bom to them, seven of July 26 and end August 27. whom survive. The surviving ten 150 students are expected sons and daughters are: Alvy to attend. They will study arfj Baum, Encampment, Wyoming; botany, geology and geography, Clarence Baum, Strawberry; English and journalism, zoology James Forest Ivie, Fruitland; and other subjects in the open air, Mrs. Ethel Clegg, Tabiona; Irvin with the balsam forests, streams, Alice Mrs. Ivie, Strawberry; lakes, flower meadows, cliffs and Firth, Strawberry; Raleigh R. canyons for "laboratory equipStrawberry; Dale Ivie, Ivie, ment " Strawberry; Mrs. Juliaette Bair, Strawberry, and Mrs. LaProal Campbell, Cedar City. Other surTO HOLD PICNIC vivors are; her husband, James Gilbert Ivie, Strawberry; a sisDuchesne Post No. 22 of the ter, Mrs. Lizzie Angel, Levan and Pleas American Legion will hold a two brothers, Will Pierce, and Joseph Myler, Grove ant P'Cnic Sunday evening, July 25th, - two grandcording to an announceraenlt Provo and twenty children. toade Titus Jones, Thursday by Post Commander. The meeting place and time is designated as JUST TO REMIND YOU 'be Duchesne Drug store at 6 p. A11 men and their B. P. W. Club, Monday, July Partners are cordially invited to 19th at 7:30 p. m., Duchesne Mend. Hotel. son-in-la- w ot ut Duchesne legion Neola Breaks Ground For $5,000.00 Park Improvement Projest Andrew M. Anderson and Carl G. Warnick of the Wayne E. Maybe w Auditing Co. them- expressed selves as "elated over the improvement in the finances of Duchesne County. The auditors arrived last Wednesday and worked until Tuesday of this week on the county books. The condition of the finances for several years has been worse than most of the counties in the state. PROPOSED CHANGE IN BUS ROUTES GETS BOARD VETO In the face of repeated requests from school patrons, recommendations of Superintendents ever since the question has come up and claimed actual cash savings in school administration the Duchesne county Board of Education turned "thumbs down on the request of Midview and West Arcadia parents to have their students routed to Duchesne instead of Myton and Roosevelt, at a special meeting of the board in Roosevelt Friday evening. This question has come up before the board several times each year for the past five or six years, according to Arcadia residents, and has met with what seems to them unwarranted opposition at each request. Complain on Road Conditions There are some sixty students in West Arcadia who have been transported in the past to the Myton elementary school and to the high school In Roosevelt. students in Midview have been transported with Eastern Arcadia students to the same destination. The main complaint of parents of these students is based on the fact that the students are compelled to leave their homes enough earlier in the mornings, and later in the evenings to allow for the high school students to be transported to Roosevelt. This greivance wsa aggravated during the past winter by the fact that road conditions made it impossible on many days for the bus to get out east of Midview at all, and according to parents along this route their students lost a total of six weeks of school on this account while the road to Duchesne was open Some twenty-si- x Committee Decides To Eliminate Conflict With Other Events first Annual Duchesne Stampede will be held at the county seat on August 22nd and 23rd, it was decided at a meeting of the committee last Tuesday evening. The event will supercede the Labor Day Rodeo which has been held at Duchesne on Labor Day for the past several years. This decision was reached by the committee to avoid conflict with the L. D. S. Quarterly Conference, the new date for the U. B. I. C. The County and Indian Fair and the opening of county schools, all of which center around Labor Day. Committee Chairmen At a general meeting called Monday evening, Ernest Wilson, President of the Duchesne Commercial Club was appointed chairman of the Rodeo committee. Chairman of various appointed were: E. W. Crocker, Program; Edw. Wilkins, Police; G. A. Goodrich, Park and Grounds; B. A, Jacoby, Finance; Roy A. Schonian, Advertising. The general outline of the program will consist of two baseball games on Sunday, supplemented by Rodeo events. Rodeo and baseball finals will occur on Monday, and the day will be filled out with a big parade, general sports and races, horse races and a big dance in the evening. side issues Many interesting were discussed at the meeting, any or all of which, if obtained will add to the already crowded program and make two days full of interest to old and young combined. The entire program will be staged in the Duchesne City Park, which is finer than ever with its large lawns and shady trees. at all times, Roosevelt Delegation Heard At a meeting Friday evening, a meeting which had been called for the express purpose of interviewing prospective high-- ' school principals and which had been declared closed to all delegations by President Floyd Lamb a delegation of Roosevelt citizens was heard, apparently headed by Walter Atwood, an employee of the board. Both of these complaints could be eliminated, according to the sponsors of the change, if the students were transported to Duchesne, where both high school and elementery students could arrive together at the time school starts, and where busses could travel over paved highways for the greater part of the distance. This committee protested the proposed change and, submitted a report of a survey purportedly made by Mr. Atwood, which claim-th- e parents involved were opposed to the change for which they have been fighting for the past five years. After other business of the meeting was completed the board vetoed a motion in favor of the change and decided to route the students as in the past. MARRIAGE LICENSE Marlin Wilkerson, 31, Roosevelt and Emily Merchant, 23. Ioka, July 12th. $2.00 Ter Ground was broken this week on the Neola Community Park, a $5,000 W. P. A. project, according to L. D. Gardner, committee-ma- n with Lionel Jensen for the project. The project is being sponsored by the community, which will put up $1,250 as sponsors share. Improvements will include a grandstand, fencing the park, water piped into the park, new rodeo schutes and corrals, a race tracking and landscaping. Part of the work will include timbering and milling 15,000 feet of lumber for the improvements. Proceeds of the July 4 th Rodeo which netted the community over $300 will go into the project, Mr. Gardner said. READER APPEALS FOR RELIEF ON BUS SITUATION Arcadia, Utah, July 14th, 1937. Dear Editor; The writer has been informed that at a special meeting of the Duchesne county school board, held at Roosevelt the evening of July 9th, that one W. C. Atwood made to a statement the effect that he had made a survey among the school patrons of West Arcadia and found that 50 per cent of them would rather send their children to Roosevelt than to Duchesne, and that Tom Gilbert was one of them. I want to say to t he school board and to all whom it may concern, that the above statement is false and misleading. I did not see Mr. Atwood the day he made the survey, nor have I at any time expressed myself in any way to him on the above mentioned matter or any other school matter. I challenge Mr. Atwood to prove the fact he claims that 50 per cent of our patrons would rather send their children to Roosevelt than Duchesne. I find that under present road condi- tions no more than 25 per cent of them prefer the Roosepelt route. Interview Recounted I understand that Mr. Atwood did interview a member of my family and the following conversation took place: Mr. Atwood I have been sent out by the Board to gather some data on school problems. Have in high you school children school ? Mrs. Gilbert One. How many eleMr, Atwood mentary students? Mrs. Gilbert Two. Chief Yellow Tail of U. S Indian Service Will Be Featured on Program Mr. Atwood How many preschool children ? Mrs. Gilbert Two. Mr. Atwood Where would you rather have your children go to school, Roosevelt or Duchesne? Mrs. Gilbert This year and under present road conditions, to Duchesne. Mr. Atwood made a check mark in his book and left. Perhaps he made the check mark in the wrong column by mistake ( ? ) Personally, apd I believe most of the people ot the community of Arcadia are of the same opinion, I feel that If we had as good roads and could get there and back without subjecting our children to such long hours that it would make very little difference wether we went to Roosevelt or Duchesne, as the distance would be practically the same. But on Page 8) United States Senator Wm. H. King will deliver an address at the Uintah Basin Industrial Convention and Indian Fair to be held at historic Fort Duchesne on August 30th, 31st, and September 1st, according to Program Chairman Russell Keetch, and Chief Yellow Tail of the United States Indian Service will be present and have a prominent place on the program. The Uintah Basin is an area of extremes as noted by its unusual high mountains, the Uintahs, which is the only range in the United States running east and west, joining the Wasatch range a right angles. Equaling this extremity is the U. B. I. C. and InBIRTHS dian Fair. The U. B. I. C. and Inis dian fair cooperating this year Mr. and Mrs. Steve Esauk, Duexpected to be second only to the chesne, boy, July 5th. General Conference of the L. D. Mr. and Mrs. George Jensen, S. church in popularity. Duchesne, girl, July 11th. This years program will fea-- ( Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe Chatwin, Continued on Page 8) Tabiona girl, July 13th. Pioneer Day Celebration Planned By Duchesne L.D.S. Ward Officers Special emphasis will be placed will on efforts to provide an Interest, be staged in the Duchesne City ing afternoon for the children. Park Saturday July 24th, it was A program in the city park at announced this week by officers 11 a. m. will start the day, with of the Duchesne ward of the L. a fine speaker for the principal D. S. church, who are sponsoring address. Kiddles will hold the the celebration. lime light for the next two to A seven-hou- r program with three hours, with tscps, sports of something going every minute is all nature, and some surprise the promise of those in charge of events. are Baseball Game events, and committeemen A baseball game will follow the hard at work making arrangements to fulfill this promise. childrens spo:ts, and after the A Pioneer Day Celebration baseball game rodeo events will complete the day. Myton and Roosevelt will battle It out on the baseball diamond In he afternoon, according to an announcement made Thursday afternoon by Jess Johnstun who is In charge of this event. Mont Poul-so- n is heading the rodeo committee, and the general committee feels that this is "nuff said" regarding this part of the program. Mrs. J. P. Madsen will be in charge of concessions. Tear in Advance Number 51. Basin Planning League Listens To Report On Blue Bench Soil Survey Large Attendance at Roosevelt Meeting Discusses Possibilities of Rehabilitation For Approximately 13,000 Acres L. I). S. CHURCH Final Outcome PLANS PIONEER Still Depends On PROGRAM SUN. Water Surveys Next Sundays program at the L. D. S. church will be dedicated e to the Mormon Pioneers to the 24th of July festivities, it was announced Thursday by Wm. H. Case, who has charge of arranging the program. Numbers have been arranged in the following order: "Oh Ye Mountains Higs," sung pre-ced- by the congregation. Opening prayer. "Kind Words are Sweet Tones, sung by the congregation. "The Desert Shall Address, Blossom as the Rose," by Leo Bennion. Number by the male quartet. Address, Our Pioneers, by W. J. Bond. Instrumental duet, Maurine Billings and Frances Case. "Utah We Love Thee, sung by the congregation. Benediction by Mrs. M. E. Ode-kir- k. Final reports on the soil survey recently completed on the Blue Bench were released to the Uintah Basin Planning League at a meeting held for the purpose in Roosevelt Wednesday evening. J. Howard Maughan, Land Use Specialist for the Resettlement Professor David Administration, Jennings, professor of soils at the Utah State Agricultural college, Professor Preston B. Thomas, head of the department of agricultural economics at the college and DeMoyne Wilson, who is making the surveys in the field were present at 'the meeting to present the reports and participate in the discussions following. The meeting was opened by B. O. Colton, chairman of the league, and water commissioner for the Duchesne and Moon Lake water users associations. It had been called for the express purpose of hearing results on the soil surveys of the Blue Bench, he stat- ed. Ernest Wilson Is Elected Vice Commander Of Duchesne Post James Dalgleish of Myton was elected Commander of the Duchesne American Legion at a meeting in the Legion Chateau last Saturday evening. Mr. Dalgleish, although having established his business in Myton several years ago, has retained his membership in the Duchesne Post and ha3 been active in post affairs. He succeeds Titus Jones of Duchesne. Ernest Wilson of Duchesne was named Vice Commander. Other officers elected were: Wm. H. Case, adjutant; Arthur J. Orr, finance James Price, officer; Sergeant - at - arms; Ernest W. Crocker, service officer. Plan to Build Kitchen Plans were discussed at the meeting for the construction of a kitchen in the Legion Cldateau and the purchasing of a range. At the present time, a kerosene range is being used, but is not adequate for the needs. Plans were also discussed for the mens picnic and outing, to be held Sunday, July men are in25th. All vited to attend the outing whether they belong to the American Legion or not. The Ladies Auxili. ary are cooperating with Legionnaires in planning the event. Duchesne County Bond Refunding Nears Completion F, T. Boise and Carl M. Bur-gi- n of J. A. Hogle and Company and Carl M. Burgin Company securities firms were in Duchesne Wednesday to confer with county officials on bond refunding transactions which are now nearing completion. 'They expressed the belief that unless they get in touch with the commissioners at an earlier date the transaction will be completed at the regular meeting of the commissioners on August 3rd. The total outstanding indebtedness of the county, represented in bonds amounting to $112,000 is to be refunded in a serial basis over a period of 20 years. Annual pay. ments of $7,000 Including the Interest will be necessary to rei ire the indebtedness, $87,000 of the bonds now outstanding are held by the state of Utah, and $25,000 are held by the Beneficial Life Insurance Company, These holders have agreed to accept refunding bonds in place of those now delinquent on a par basis. The new bonds will bear a lower rate of interest. Ouray Valley Being Surveyed Mr. Wilson presented maps showing the soil classifications in different colors and explained them to the thirl members He explained that the present. surveys had been started Jlast fall, halted during the winter, and were completed in June. IBs crew is now working in the Ouray valley on a similar survey there. All agricultual land or possible agricultural land in the Uintah Basin, west of the Uintah Special Meridian has now been surveyed, he said, with the exception of a few small strips along the Duchesne river. Of the 17,000 acres classified on the Blue Bench, 13,800 acres are usable as agricultural land. Of this amount, 7,554 acres are classed as "fair agricultural land with 6,247 acres falling into the "marginal classification. The larger per cent of fair land is found on the Upper Blue Bench or above the old Knight canal, the survey shows. Water possibilities Discussed Following the discussion on the maps and soil classifications, considerable discussion centered on possibilities of proving winter for the entire area. Canal routes have been surveyed last flail and this spring by the Bureau of Reclamation, but to date, no reports have b( en made of these surveys. Mr. Maughan infromed the league that it was his understanding that reports on these surveys are about complete and assured those present that he would bend his efforts toward hastening the completion of these reports. Succeeding discussion centered on the feasibility of perfecting a plan for transferring agricultural activities from some of the pes-eareas now be. ing us.d to the Blue Bench area and utilizing the areas as pasture land. Mr. Maughan emphasized the fact, as he has done in the past, that if such a plan materializes, it must be from the people and with their Bewholehearted cooperation. cause of present unsettled affairs in Washington, D. C., he could make no promise, he stated, as to the extent of possible government participation, explaining that legislation now developing may tend to either curtail or ex. pand this type of government activity. He assured the league, (Continued on Page 8) nt al GATEWAY CLUB MEET HELD OVER FOR ONE WEEK The regular meeting of the Duchesne Gateway Club scheduled for last Wednesday evening was held over a week to allow its Blue Bench committee to yittond the meeting of the Uintah Basin Planning league at Roosevelt on that date. The met ting will bo held next Wednesday instead, according to President Ernest W, Crocker, and at that time members will be able to bear reports on the results of the Blue Bent h surveys, now computed. |