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J j i tl l no Vi piles up Twenty Feet High on the thet t Mail Route prom From Sunday Sundar afternoon until Fri Fri- lr I r morning the people of Duchesne ere ere re without any news from the side and while it was supposed I at t one cue of the very verr worst storms the t he history of the Wrest West had pre pre- 1151 its severity was not known fit develops that the Uintah basin I J r veil ell as the whole of Utah the ite ate te was at the merc mercy of one o of the 4 ost st severe snow storms that has ept the intermountain In z PV F P period of two thirty-two years Even 1 V it t Lake in m a struggle for the up- up r hand against the storm king e er ely v maintained its communication r th the outside world Small won won- that the Duchesne Stage Trans- Trans o company In its heroic efto efto ef- ef to keep i its long line of oC road 1 1 a ta n single handed was I A to break through s some me of oC the foot renty-foot nigh drifts until Thursa Thurs- Thurs 27 a T f afternoon when outfits work work- I from both ends met met on the eu cutt cut cut- t- t t Salt Salt Lake Herald R Republican Herald publican gives tr e e following account Tuesday orning O During During the twenty-four twenty hours end end- J 5 r at nt G C o 0 cock c last laut night there Ju is u a fall all of approximately eight ties ches es of snow bringing the total i r the month up to more tha tua l IY inches W With th a week yet t- t tto to toj tot j t Decem December er this year has hs pas brol brolet e cl t el e record re tar or any December since 34 v Lo to the 1 local 1 v er cr eren c en 1 L e storm tor l e tended east elt as far as aser asier Ver ier er and Cheyenne In southern pr-do pr the fall of oC sn snow w was unis J ily ly r h heavy VY according to a a. weather ire eri cri from rom De Denver ef while there was lighter precipitation i in southern southen t I If f rZ and eastern Colorado lor do I x ve ev v co bleco Rain i is re ored Fe p 4 to e turned Into snow as faras far farJ J as the Mexican border in Aria Ari- Ari a heavy wind acco accompanied the Jv ow Piling it up in great drifts ji i d filling cuts making malting it to he for the railroads to operate on The railroads entering lit It t Lake hake art are doing their best to toP toI r ri I tep P their lines open having brought iw use IIse all the snow plows a but bust in many instances the ef- ef Gd r was as comparatively useless I Seven Feet of Snow t r eon On Oa the Salt Lake Route seven feet SlOW near Nephi proved too much to the rotaries and it became ary early yesterday to abandon a train due at that point On One Onie ie e Bingham branch of the Denver Denier Rio Rie Grande there has been erac- erac rac- rac cally lIy no traffic for three days and anda 1 a the Heber Heher and Park City branches lams have been pushed through Ir elT with great difficult difficulty The he Oregon Short Line is fight- fight the storm with all the men and andoas 1 jC J oas oa's that it but can can command ties from the north and west are nm half an hour to eight hours as te le j Malls Iliad s generally are delayed par- par Marly those coming from the east two to eighteen hours Fairly ad time is being made from the where the weather is re- re arted ted to be clearing up The street railway company made madea a heroic effort to maintain traffic though schedules were absolutely The line north of Cen- Cen was snowed in early in they theP the P- P Y the drifting snow filling in the I 18 and making the efforts of the pow plow fruitless In clearing the packs T to 1 Murray urray was indent in in- in- in dent while the Ue lines to Mid- Mid I. I jt e and an Holliday practically were f n Headers Double Used headers Double headers e-headers and in some in- in I sac ances three powerful cars made to 10 t trains rains kept the roads on Third ad 4 d Sixth avenue open the greater titan of or the da day but the Fort Ou Blas line line- was line was abandoned g afternoon t T ar 1 telephone ne lines Je ere te down d OWn wn In many places and and the the SOU I bee e men spent a busy and ally 11 na Ch Christmas making repairs Lothe Lo- Lo the telephone service was ex- ex eat ut notWithstanding the storm 1 fie b II Coal al situation locally and a aa as s tat r a aft the railroads from an op op- lug g standpoint and the cities citie s c r I and ana towns tributary to S Salt lt Lake Lalee and as far Car as Boise Dolse Ida is serious According to H. H E E. E Lewis manager of the Standard Coal com corn company pany there is not to exceed 2000 tons of oC coal in the yards yards' o of local dealers In Salt Lake and a fuel famine Carnine is is' threatened Owing to to toa a shortage of coal cars lack of motive power and the severity severi severi- ty of the storm the railroads s are unable unable- to cope with the coal situation situation situation situa situa- tion and through Idaho many of the to towns lS are without a pound of oC coal I and suffering is actual The coal operators are helpless are helpless to r relieve lieve the situation 0 oThe o The Union Pacific railroad for the first time in twenty years was was' closed to traffic Thursday on en account of I heavy storms in Wyoming Not atrain atrain a atrain train arrived in Salt in-Salt Salt Lake from the east over the Union Pacific line Between Between Be De- tween Laramie and Rawlins nineteen trains were held snow-bound snow in including including including in- in the Overland Limited the Pa Pacific limited the the Los Angeles Angel s lim lim- limited limited lim- lim tl the fast mail and aud a number of other fast trains with Southern Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- connections all of which were due here Thursday Freight traffic c elso l o was held up by the heavy drifts driUs Mr and aad Mrs A. A N. N Alt have moved moved moved ed into the Steele r residence 0 0 George Mulvey of My Myton ton was a acou seat yesterday esterday cou county ty A i 0 0 o Otis B. B Brooks and Andrew Andrew J. J Sweat of f Fruitland proved up before Commissioner ner Mackie 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 0 o Fra Frauds Francis peri perished hed in a City on December coomber c- c near Park ity on December De De- cember 24 The slide occurred near the he Daly West mine 0 Sickness during the past week has kept the local doctors busy but conditions conditions con con- are rapidly Improving and the grippe rapidly disappearing 0 0 o Miss H Hilda lda will be deputy dep uty to Recorder Miss 1 Ali Alice e Todd and Hartley deputy to Treasurer Treasurer Treasurer Treas Treas- Mrs 1 A. A AL L. L J. J P. P Madsen Macleon o 0 Fred J. J Davis and S. S M. M Sh Shelton the on oD gers were outgoing pass passengers stage Thursday They will purchase a stock of implements for the spring returning business businesS before o o 0 entertained the F. F F. F AI Mrs rs Me Medaris aris at the Hotel apartment Ds D.'s in her afternoon Mrs Grant on Thursday Bjornson won the prize at Each Christmas souvenir lady received a 0 is recovering bu but t C C C. R. R Barton several weeks weeks' sickness sick sick- slowly fr from m hs condition however seems ness ness- His Unless a better this week little a 0 marked change for the better is noted noted noted not not- Lake Salt Into ed at at once he will go o 0 Heber Heber Allred and wife of Myton l wont up to Dry Canyon yesterday has accepted a position position position po po- where Mr Air Allred Alired with the Raven Raven Mining 1 company com com- people are making making making mak mak- The Raven pany to supply the outside outside outside out out- effort ing every which their product market for side mineral else ese In ill the like everything demand line is in big ta o OJ 0 T formerly managing manag managing manag- manag managing James P. P Casey Ogden tho the the- Ogden n Examiner ing editor of ing manager of the tl recent recently publicity accepted accept publicity bureau has Ogden the of of manager position ed the Duchesne residents were able to read Friday morning papers this m morning the stage having arrived from rom Helper late Friday night bring bring- bring bring- ipg In that days day's Salt Lake dailies Nothing too good can be said of the Duchesne Stage Transportation Tra company in clearing the tho road fox foi travel In so short a time The company company com com- pany in clearing the road for or travel in In so short rt a time The company did the fhe work exclusively Freighters who make a living off of the road can now get geton on to it without t any feat feal but they can get through t to the he railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road little inconvenience or work r l t JI t 0 o r 4 l It Every bodied able bl male citizen tor of the tiro United United t- t States between between the ages of 18 and 45 years Is held lial liable e Cors for Cor s service o in the national l. l guard In war wartime wartime wartime time without further act act of oC Con s greys by war Avar department regulations regulations regula regula- for the government of the i guard i issued sued under under the national al defense de tense act In a circular pr prepared parel nearly two m months ago made p public only a few days a ago ado 9 the h hom mill mill- om ll Ua directs th that l hete a a n na national national 1 guard regiment regimen regiment regiment-is i is c called eci out for war service a a ar r reserve reserve e training lin b battalion to fill vacancies at the front t Herald Mr 1 Case Casey isone isone is isone one of the most capable newspaper newspapermen men in the West E. E H H. Canister Callister the former manager retires to other business 0 o 0 seven Ninety-seven million dollars ingold ingold in ingold gold silver copper copper lead and zinc was the production of the me metal l mines of Utah in the year 1916 a record-breaking record output of of oie of-oie ore are and an increase of 77 per cent derit or 42 42 over the output of 1915 All the metals showed increases and there were record outputs of copper copter cop cop- per ter lead and zinc 0 oA o o A Mr Cubberly who was as one atthe ot of the proprietors 0 of the former auto stage line with A. A U. U Magnum be between be- be tween Veen Craig tween-Craig Craig C Colo lo and Vernal pass passed passed ed through Duchesne the first of the the week He annb announces that he he an ana associates will put on caterpillar trucks between Price and Myton 1 inthe in inthe th the spring and that will be be spent lt in the proposed new enter enre- prise o 4 oGe oGeorge of Ge George rge Stewart has charge Raven Mining camp in Dry Canyon Mr 1 Stewart Is one of the best men meli meliin in the basin in aid aad gilsonite gilson- gilson ite mining and has been connected with It ever since the product was wai company has em employed loyed about twenty country divided divided di dl men In the Strawberry Lake Bov Bolden n vided bet between een put on the mar market et Altogether theand the theand the and Dry canyons o o 0 Old timers like Joe Joo Abplanalp and nd Dave Nye who have had experience on the Indian Willow creek creek pass nearly every year since the reservation reservation reservation res res- was thrown open to entry state that Monday Mon and Tuesday nights were the worst they have ever i peen een eenon on the Ule hump In places the beautiful beautiful beautiful beau piled up more titan than twenty feet At the rangers ranger's station It was two feet and a half halt on the level The autos from here succeeded In reachIng reaching reaching reach- reach Ing there there through much shoveling and snow bucking 0 o 0 The nearest farm loan 1 bank ank to tb Utah will be at Spokane Washing Washing- ton The cities In which these twelve U banks are to be located were an- an I shall be organized out of the national guard reserve and by voluntary en en- o 0 o Revised figures on returns of th the thelast thelast last election show definitely that neither Democrats J nor or R Republicans pub ican I will h leave have e a majority of the next Hoi se necessary to elect a speaker and that a handful of Independents euk will wm d determine termine which si side e will control control con con- the organization Conceding seats to candidates in possession of or certificates tes of oC election because they are arc certain to participate In the or of oC the House the personnel person nel nee now s stands Republicans 21 Deni Democrats hats Independents 2 Progressives s 2 pro i ts 1 i Socialist 1 lj contested 2 A majority Is is 2 8 hence e should either D Demo tn o craW crat or r Republicans win both bOt l of the he i conte contests ts they will be short of a majority I 8 t. t 0 r o j 1 I r Abe Abe- je Ly Lyons Lyons ns and ana J J. B. B l I McIntyre Intyre wel were el passengers aEs e t on the outgoing t ng stage stag yesterday Mr Lyons expects ct to return home with the commission Cor for the district ga game game ie warden varden carefully carefully carefully care care- fully flee t tucked away i in his vest est pocket i- i Townsite Tov x 1 Mr y P a r sw y y 17 r c cy 4 y t t af afi J 5 i 1 The Seat of Government of Du Duchesne County is One o of the Most Desirably and Beautifully Located Little Cities In The West Tuesday and are as follows follows- Springfield Mass Baltimore Md Md Columbia S. S C. C New Orleans La La Tex St. St Louis Mo Louis Louis- yule Ky St. St Paul Minn Omaha Neb Nob Wichita Kan Berkeley Cal Cat and Spokane Wash Vash 0 o 0 Sh ep on the ranges have been saved from starvation starvation by the heavy winds which have characterized the storm of the last few days state state state-C. cD C C. B. B Stewart If 1 the fall had been bee calm caln the food supply of or the herds would have been cut off but hut the gales sweep the slopes barren anden and en enable ble the animals to feed Most of the large herds are kept near the railroads where up hurry orders can be dispatched for hay o O e Be Beginning g inning with year ear th the firm of Kohl Firth have contracted for advertising space in the Record for Cor the ensuing year Each Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day this business house Will vill p put t on ona ona ona a sale which will be of benefit to consumers to watch carefully At these thes sales every article listed willbe will willbe willbe be sold Bold sold sold-at at a price below cost This policy is adopted to move merchandise merchandise merchandise dise that has not sold rapidly and to keep the stock new fresh and up to date o o five Eighty five Eighty per cent of the of Utah are In favor of f banishing banishing banish banish- ing intoxicating liquors from the list ot of drugs which may be ed by physicians according to the biennial report of the state board of ot pharmacy filed with tile governor The board recently sent out Inquiries Inquiries inquiries Inqui Inqui- ries drug dealers of the state and a preponderance of the replies replie indicate that the dr druggists pr prefer not notto notto notto to b be considered peddlers of I Intoxicants cants If a statewide prohibition billis bill billis is passed o 0 Unless the railroads find It possible possible possible ble to to move coal trains In transit between the mines in Carbon Carbo co county county coun coun- n. n ty and Salt Lake ale within the next twenty-four twenty hours this tills city as well vs ts scores s of cities and towns In Utah and southern an and southeastern Id Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho will face faco a coal famine the equal l lof of which has never b been en known in inthe inthe inthe I the west In la southern Idaho the SH sit A ALL PO PO POn VER R n BILLS INIQUITOUS That Is the slogan of Pinc which desires to keep 98 per cent of all water power west of the under federal control while Willie In eastern states 98 p per per r cent of wat at er or powers are private ownership was rejected at recent re cent election and high prices of or coal and fuel oil points to need of developing while coal resources that are running to waste and should I be he utilized utilised country has developed developed de de- de- de and |