Show We have always thought that our Diamond Mountain just northeast of Vernal was named after alter the great diamond hoax when two prospectors salted the area with some so precious stones However according to Dick and Vivian Dunham in their book Flaming Gorge Country Country Country Coun Coun- try the Daggett County Diamond Mountain probably had nothing to do with the diamond hoax It seems it got its name from Jim Diamond of Ashley Valley who was first to torun torun torun run cattle there the Dunhams Dunham's state According to the Dunhams Dunham's the area where John Slack and Philip Arnold salted their diamond field in the late IBGOs was on Colorados Colorado's Diamond Peak about 15 miles east of the Utah line and near the Wyoming line It is us reported in the book that Slack and Arnold spent about obtaining their cheap stones from Amsterdam A company of about 25 stockholders called the San Francisco and New York Mining and Commercial Company was formed and bought out Slack for and Arnold for to get the claims to the diamond field Clarence King a scientist discovered the hoax and forced corr company p ny representatives s to reveal his his- report just before twelve million dollars of worthless worthless wor wor- stock went on the stock market King was the hero and the event made headlines all allover allover allover over the country Well the diamond hoax is a good story so guess that is the reason we have tried to share the credit for the diamond salting caper According to an an an- made at the Vernal Chamber of Commerce last week the formal request has been made to change the name of dam and reservoir to Red Fleet dam and reservoir We hope this change will be made in the near future we have been told it will take an act of Congress We are pleas pleased d to see some organizational action taken by bythe bythe bythe the County Commission toward building a new hospital structure The bond election has been set for September 13 Special meetings have been held and many more public information meetings are planned to tell the hospital story We hope the county residents will support the hospi hospital tal proposal so action c can n be taken as soon as possible to provide better medical facilities ties for the area Those who have questions or ordo ordo ordo do not understand the hospital proposal should contact the County Commissioners or some of the hospital staff Lets Let's be informed and support the hospital bond proposal on Sept 13 At the picnic for Senator Orrin G. G Hatch at Mf Markley rHey Park last week we wel at athow athow athow how many Hatches there are in inthe inthe inthe the area Seems like every very one of them is related to the Senator Even the Senator said he tic was related to all aU the Hat lIat Hatches ches O Of course that is a very wise statement for for M politician to make in an area t that at has hasa a lot lotof lotof lotof of Hatches We even claim Hatches in our genealogical lines line From the support shown the Senator he has lots of friends inthis Inthis in inthis this area and seemed very happy to claim them all aU as his relatives |