| Show r Who Originated Originate U. U B. B I. I C. C Idea I By Dy Hylas C. C Smith I believe in God Tn s morning at e early dawn I gazed through my open bedroom window on the Uintah mountains The atmosphere was Nos quite clear and the scenery was beautiful There was a long tong stretch of home building c country lying between be be- tween me and the root loot hills bUls of at the mountains and houses trees and fields were clearly outlined Whiterocks Whiterocks Whiterocks White- White rocks bench was easily seen lying up against the tho mountains Power rower seemed seemed seemed seem seem- ed to hover over picture An of spiritual force seemed to brood above it as if H creating Hundreds of homes though silent seemed busy Fields and animals trees and grass all aU were busy and you to sense it it but full deep peace reigned everywhere Moved Moved Moved ed by the Inspiration or of r the view I felt Celt like saying Good morning I could see n no II man iman mn much less leas Jesus Christ the word made flesh the tIre creator creator creator cre cre- cre- cre ator of all things that were created I felt however that something was busy out in th that t expanse or of agricultural agricultural agricultural tural wealth and I wanted to greet it ft Not only to greet it but to cooperate cooperate cooperate op co erate with It for It appeared to possess possess pos pas sess sess such unswerving g fidelity in Its fin bonding I that just to be part of it insured d success success While attending the Logan farmers farmers' farmers farmers' farmers farmers' farm farm- ers' ers encampment r recently R R. R J. J Evans came to me and asked that I I with two of f my Indians attend the KIwanis club lub banquet in in the Ithe city of Logan at noon one ne certain day I accepted and took with me Mr and Mrs Long LongHair LongHair LongHair Hair of at Altonah About a hundred business ess and professional men were present We were introduced ed to the assembly and as we arose we glimps glimpsed ed the slogan of the organization printed on a souvenir card lying by bythe bythe the plate It read We Build It stabbed me to the very center of c consciousness I seemed to breathe the breath of f power about me curled curled curled curl curl- ed a tangible atmosphere and before be be- f fore re reme me spread the great Uintah basill basin basin ba ba- ba- ba sin sill and down across It H In massive letters I saw the Kiwanis club sto- sto gan We Ve Build I then knew as I knew this morning from my bedroom window v that sometimes unconsciously unconscious unconscious- ly often orten times blindly once in a awhile awhile while del deliberately we wo obey the In Indomitable Indomitable indomitable In- In command and builds build and that was the full purpose after all of f the U. U B. B I. I C C. C and the Uintah baIn basin ba ba- ba- ba sin ln In people l U. U B. B I I. I C C. Uintah Builders in Co It Is not wisdom t to Intimate that any ny one person originated the big bg Idea The Idea was in the air traveling traveling trav tray eling sling thither and whither W. W W W. W owens of Logan is i a builder and andi as aslIe lIe Jie travels over the state state state-ho he locates building sites and and- Ft Duchesne in instantly in captivated him and his co- co workers County Agent Peterson of county easily saw the possibilities possibilities and needs and proceeded to weave the possibilities and needs to to- to gether Mr 1 Peterson ne needed ded we weavers weavers vers v- v ers and he naturally selected first his nearest and best leader F F. 0 O Lundberg Lundberg Lundberg Lund- Lund berg president of Ft Duchesne farm fann bureau Mr Lundberg needed help so 50 he went to Louis LouIsS S 'S Thompson and had him get set out a circular letter letter letter let let- ter calling for COT all int interested rested parties to td t meet at Ft Duchesne on a certain evening for discussing the feasibility of ot such an undertaking These letters letters let let- were sent to various and leaders The even evening ng arrived ands andi the crowd was small email I will wUl venture venture ven ven- ture to name from memory the parties parties par par- ties present for Cor the sake of history history- F. F 0 O. O Lundberg Louis S. S Thompson F. F A AJ Gross J. J P. P May Chas DeMoisey DeMoisey De- De Moisey y Jr E E. E Peterson and three lor or four others An organization temporary was made with J. J P. P May 1 president and F. F A. A Gross secretary A long discussion was had covering I many phases but not much definite work was accomplished The d date dato te was voted after a long and interestIng Interesting interest interest- ing discussion I remember that the crowd was going to adjourn at one time and nd meet moot again when a larger representation might be present but buta a permanent organization was at last accomplished by a motion making makIng mak mak- ing the temporary organization permanent per per- manent President J J. J P. P May made several orations that night on many phases We Ve smile now as wo we think about it The things mat occurred Mr Gross intimated that he was too busy to be secretary and might not be able to help much Once about out ten o'clock he openly said sad that he was rea ready y to go home and would go pretty pretty pret pret- ty soon whether the meeting ad ad- adjourned adjourned or not But let it be said that later at meetings long after acter twelve o'clock clock the tho the secretary was widest awake and It seemed that he would have stayed till morning if necessary to keep the big idea going go go- ing The fact tact is after it got started it kept ey every ry one busy j Just st keeping up with it Mr Ir May in one o of his enthusiastic nt ou outbursts bursts said that we ought aught to eliminate negative attitudes and assue assue as- as su sue positive Ones ones We should stop saying we wish we hope we trust we want we pray etc and that the commanding attitude of be he ushered in We Ve shall you go you can etc That That busy men must put the big idea over over for idle men would be Inefficient and of poor account ac ac- ac- ac count Busy men understood and could accomplish much more in less time hence hence after that no one ever said that hat he had hadi no time time for anything and from that time this excuse was eliminated The naming of the Ute big idea was wasa a ah- ah show ahw w wand and took the third meeting to arrive at the name Many names names were were- suggested and discussed Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- in- in tah b h Basin jasin Jubilee Uintah Basin Farmers' Farmers Institute Basin Farmers oun r P Uintah Basin Basi Edu Educational I Convention v and man an others but out of the jumble crept the Uintah Basin Industrial Convention The U. U B B. B I. I 0 O. You Bet I I Can like Uke a fateful re re- re sult And wh who could have bettered the name name U. U B. B I. I C. C has stood for scores of things and is still tl 1 being coined Into new ones ones Then to name a athing athing thing that is to become history through the Cars cars First annual second annual etc and t to secure such a dignified one the b basin sin can canwell canwell well wen be congratulated When the big idea was named th the meeting held yes representatives Vernal Myron Myton Roosevelt ana and Duchesne On One of the things that was always noticed in the growth was attitude of ot th the committee t to all people If any riny one h had d an Idea he was put on the committee and put to work The committee was vas was the tho smallest part of the whole thing And they nearly wore themselves out just keeping up with the big committee that composed compos compos- ed edi the whole hole thing and put It over As an illustration Tabiona came down they registered t 32 they took hold of the l I Marks bull proposition Jesse LeFevre sold perhaps perhaps' thirty tickets and was was one of the most enthusiastic en en- boosters when he got down on the ground rid of or a activity The thirty six page i booklet was financed by advertising ng and In the hands hand of the printer in less than two weeks and all done by busy men The Qt of was ac accomplished In all parts of the basin in less than ten days and nobody seemed to be bo overworked I |
