Show Duchesne Du 20 Years Years Years' ears Ago It is not generally known that maps and profiles are on file in the the state engineers engineer's office for a reservoir forthe for tor forthe the so called Lott Iott ditch on the Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berr berry river just west of ot the time fown own of Duchesne to cover CO the greater portion of three homesteads and to hold about about I seven seYen billion Millon gallons of water to be I e conveyed ed through the time canal fifty miles to the Carey act benchland south east of oC oCI I Myton ton but but your our correspondent is reliably Informed that this is a fact Another gigantic i undertaking for Theodore John Moffitt lo fHt our faithful county commissioner returned Monday from his monthly visit to the he distant county seat He lie rides each month miles to attend the monthly nl meetings and gets ets the magnificent sum of 14 14 per pel month for his services This trip c called called call call- ll ed 1 him to Salt Lake where he was in consultation with the thc state roads com cony He reports that that the prospects are bright ht for an nn active summer of road and bridge improvement He says I th time the state will lead lend in these matters matters' and will spend 2 where the counties are required to spend but 1 1 In other words the state will conduct the worland work worl I and the c counties will defray third one of the thc expenses Sam H. H Wood of Helena Montana after looking over o the time Reservation has decided that flint Theodore suits him and has taken up his residence with us lIe He Heis lIeis lieis is a member of our comm commercial club and has allend already proven pro himself a n live wire Hans Axel Pierson one of Blue bench's hench's homesteaders has grown wear weary for another glimpse of of- his former former former for for- mer home Aspen Colorado and left Continued on page 5 j j i Duchesne 20 Years ars Ago I from First Page Pae for that place last Saturday Mrs alias W W. Brown of the Blue bench has started up the old Crites l' l restaurant Her lIet dau daughter Cora earn is with her IIer Her daughter Grace has been for the past six months a n student as ns I I nurse in St. St Marks Mark's hospital Salt Lake take Tie The ci eighth grade candidates for tor exams ex ex- nuns ams to be held at nt Myton are determined ed not to get left so o the they are rire attendIng attendIng attending attend attend- ing IlI night ht s school hool conducted by Prof Shelton n. n Marcellus l Pope went to Vernal on business connected with his office as as' game warden Tuesday Dan Powell who has hns been staying in the city cUr this winter to school the kids has moved ino back buck to the farm The Commercial club gives a n smoker er Tuesday evening I have haye ordered in brown biown bread brend baked beans heans and coffee coffee coffee cof cof- fee instead of Dukes Duke's Mixture and Piper Pip Pip- er cr Heidsick I. I The inquiries that are aie rushing in I from persons from sail all o over r the nation from lom Maine to C California are arc a splendid splendid did forecast of coming coinIng events and a large influx of home seekers into the Uinta basin the coming coining season Theodore Theo Theo- Theodore dore should shou see that those automobiles I are ure put on between here herc and Colton CoHon 1 as soon as possible a and ld then advertise al time the fact As we go to press R. R M M. M Pope is submitting his report of his meeting with the state land board to an assemblage assemblage assem assem- hh blage c of E Pine Elue uc benchers Let Iet us hope bope that something good rood and definite will come of it it Phil Walston who has spent the time winter outside returned last week and 1 13 f. f Again J. J n l lr tc a nt hon near town Miss Mliss Mae ae Murdock daughter of James Murdock of Heber Heher is the guest I 0 of other her aunt Mrs Irs A A. M M. Murdock The fhe recent hi high h winds seem to have ha blown the breath out of our popular rumbles They have hae s seldom been heard of late Inte and only faintly Truly temperature temperature temp temp- seems to tp have hn to do with them hence the more mystery There are nine river rl cutoffs In and around 1 Theodore Much land Is being thus reclaimed besides preventing O overflow of the streams The four made mad on the ne last summer r by bythe bythe bythe the government now give promise of affording complete relief this season and most of them then will take the entire entire en en- tire stream after atter the high water |