Show Fort Duchesne May Be Abandoned Commercial Club Votes Motes V otes to Join With Other Reservation Towns and Ver Ver- Vernal Vernal nal in a Protest Against the Move The Thc Commercial club chub met net I Wednesday y evening in special I session President Dart presiding presiding in ing and a fairly good attendance attend attend- ance A number of communications c of considerable importance importance tance m and cI demanding demanding- immediate immedi immedi- ate attention prompted the cal ca'l for a special meeting Two communications from the V Vernal com commercial mercial club contained the thc information that the thc club was reliably informed that the war department contemplates contemplates con con- templates the tile abandon abandonment of Fort Duchesne during the thc coming corning com corn ing ing- spring spring- or early carly summer and ancl urging that the Reservation Reservation Reserva Reserva- tion clubs join w with th them in in an au endeavor to induce the thc department department depart depart- ment to retain troops at at t the post until c conditions with respect respect re rc- re- re to settlers and Indians are arc a little more settled It was brought ht out in the discussion discus discus- discussion sion h by men ulen who vho have oc had hadJ years of experience and dealings deal deal- j dal ings with th the Indians here on the l Reservation that it had only only only on on- ly been a short time since Red RedCap RedCap Cap and his followers had taken taken tak tak- en cn to the war path and created no little disturbance and tim Uta v while the thc Indians arc are apparently satisfied and docile at at this thiM time some sonic disgruntled l leader might t take hike ke them on a rampage rampage with serious results at any time It would seem that in view of the un unsettled conditions and and since the thc set set- set 1 tiers derv will wilt have Oc their hands full for four or five years yet in ill inI I building homes and battling with the thc thOl thousand and and one problems incident nt to pioneer life that they y should be bc justly entitled to military protection for a while yet vet It hardly seems fair to brin bring people here herc to settle settle set set- tle up and develop dc a new country country country coun coun- try and turn them over to the mercies of the Indians before I their important work is irl fa-irl fairly fairly- begun It Jt was wa the unanimous sense of the thc club duh that our congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional delegation nt ion he be telegraphed telegraphed tele tele- tete-I tete graphed d to use their influence with the department to the end that this ord order r be he revoked George Mulvey and Fred Freel L. L Watrous were appointed delegates delegates dele dele- gates to the state convention of commercial duos os which is to tobe be he held in the new home of the thc Salt Lake commercial club dIU on oil j F r Feh I aw W t l' l Ind id T The rhe object of this convention con is to cons consider the ad advisability of organizing organizing or oro a state development lea league ue along lines limes th that t have proved most successful in other states and incidentally that all clubs dubs sending representatives I tives play may profit l by 3 an exchange c of of ideas and by hy bringing about closer relations between the various arious organizations org engaged in promoting the hc interests of Utah A very interesting letter from George c Nul c Mulvey who is in Salt Lake doing all he hc can towards furthering in the thc new count county movement was read real Mr l Mulvey Mulvey Mul Mul- vey Y has ideas of his own in regard re re- re- re gard garI to the establishment of the proposed new county which to our way of ot thinking J Jarc are arc good g and pr practical If his theory is correct it will tie be bc possible possible pos pos- sible for us to have a new count county coun coun- t ty within the thc next six months The club voted to send Mr lIr Mulvey lul c 50 o with which to hire hire j j an attorney and the clubs of Roosevelt Hoose and Theodore will willbe he be risked to make a contribution contribution tion to the same saute cause Mr N Mulvey is sanguine of the result result re re- sult suit if he can go to Representative Representative Pop Popes Pope's rescue with the assistance of a competent at at- torney The club will ivill hold its regular regu reau- lar tar meeting next TUeS Tuesday H evening evening even even- ing lug and nd a good attendance is ia ur urgently requested as ns matters of importance are to come conic up among among- which is to be he hethe the election election elec elec- tion of officers for the emmin ensuing year It is also ur urged cd by a nU num number 11 ber her of members that everybody be bc on hand promptly at the ap appointed pointed hour 8 o'clock arid that the meeting be called to to order at that time If this thiB con cnn be done it is safe to predict that tune the regular ar attendance will be bei i wonderfully iz increased sed |