Show Ten Thousand Attend Opening Day Of Seventeenth U UBI B I C CWhite CWhite White and Red Men Mingle l as U. U B. B I. I C. C j Indian Fair Enters Second i i- i Day Dav of Most l Successful Convention Duchesne Tabiona School Bands Bring Applause More than ten thousand visitors red and white thronged the area where troops once marched on palade parade parade par pal ade when the seventeenth Uintah Basin Industrial Convention and Indian Fair opened Wednesday on what looks like one of the most successful of the now famous U. U B B. B BI J. J C. C Indian teepees circle the area which houses the Uintah-Ouray Uintah agency while the tents of the white men are scattered throughout through through- out Fort Duchesne and cars by the hundreds are parked closely against each other Thousands of people roam the lawns visiting exhibits attending lectures and renewing Dr George Thomas Speaker The principal speaker of Wednesdays Wednesday's Wednesdays Wednesday's Wed Wed- program Dr Dl George Thomas president of University of Utah stressed the great number number number num num- ber of boys and girls leaving Utah to find work elsewhere as one of the states state's most serious problems He declared more farm land should t. t be made advisable by the use of extended water supplies in order that new farms may be made available for cultivation by young people Dr William Peterson director of the extension division of Utah State Agricultural College presided ed cd over the first of four sessions devoted to Uintah Basin land use and agricultural planning L. L H H. H Mitchell of the irrigation agency U U. S. S Reclamation service talked on Proper Methods of Irrigation Wright right Welcomes Visitors C. C C. C Wright superintendent of the Uintah-Ouray Uintah Indian reservation reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion in welcoming visitors to the convention declared that knotty problems to be solved in the Basin include human as well as economic ones nes At the afternoon land usage session Mr Wright discussed the relation of Indians inhabiting the Basin to present day economics inthe in inthe inthe 1 the region Any economic ills will disappear if we develop courage constancy constanc- and charity he said We Ve need land planning but we should not forget tolerance and all the other human virtues in our concern for 1 material elements Among other fair events attracting attracting attracting attract attract- ing attention was the contests W. W W W. W McConkie McConkle of Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roo Roo- sevelt won the lightweight contest contest contest con con- The test with John and King liKing team pulled 2700 pounds Myton Johnson of Whiterocks placed first firstin in the Indian contest His team King liKing and Nell pulled 2200 pounds to win against two other contestants Sports Duchesne beat Vernal 4 to 2 in inan inan an afternoon baseball game Duchesne and Tabiona high school bards furnished concerts throughout the day and won wide applause for their entertainment as aswell aswell aswell well as their trim appearance in spotless uniforms Governor Henry H. H Blood was to tobe tobe tow be w honored guest on Governors Governor's Day Thursday The convention will close Friday night with an Indian pageant Uinta written and directed by Mrs Mildred Dillman |