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Show In The good Bid Says 30 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 25, 1931 Payday for the Ute Indians began Wednesday at 9 a.m. when 1,679 collected col-lected checks amounting to $500,000 as reimbursement for lands taken from their tribes in Western Colorado. t uneral services for Luke Jenks were held at Ouray Wednesday afternoon under the direction of Bishop Austin Wardle. The 20 year old cowboy from Ouray, was dead Saturday as a result of injuries suffered when his horse fell on him during a Ute cattle roundup at Hill Creek, a section of country below Ouray. Dedicatory services for the new Union High School at Roosevelt will be held in November. The program is being be-ing arranged for the evening and the speakers will include E. Allen Bateman, state superintendent of public instruction and representatives from the Department of Indian Affairs. An unusually successful deer hunt opened in Uintah County Saturday. The roar of shooting began at dawn and could be heard almost continuously for the first two hours. By sundown that night, over 400 deer were checked through the four checking stations. There is a horse on the edge of Vernal that thinks U.S. Highway 40 is a bridle path. Standing on the road by Glines Ward Chapel, the horse caused his second se-cond traffic accident within a week, when he was struck by a car driven by Mrs. H. Hibirt Horrocks, Roosevelt who was traveling east along the route. 50 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 22, 1931 Frankie Pearl Jenkins, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Clifton Jenkins was instantly killed early last Thursday morning. A wagon had just been driven into the yard and backing oui me cnna ventured io crawl underneath when the wheel pressed against the body enough to cause instant ins-tant death. Smithfield's new water system, is nearing completion, according to city officials there. The work was started some weeks ago and has been pushed while the good weather prevails. About 250 people have been employed on the project since it was started. The new water system is located in Smithfield Canyon and according to analysis by State Chemist Herman Harms, the water is free from bacteria. At a meeting held last Thursday a second se-cond ticket was formed and candidates selected for the coming city election. The ticket is known as the Independent ticket and is headed by R. C. Cooper for mayor, Rae Ashton, 4 year councilman; coun-cilman; Irvin Eaton, Driver E. Smith, B. H. Stringham, 2 year councilmen; Mrs. Myrtle King, treasurer and Lewis Moore, clerk. The formal opening of the completed Federal Aid Project from Jensen to Cockleburr took place Tuesday, according accor-ding to J. A. Mulville, resident engineer for the state road commission. The road shortens the distance by about 2 miles between the two points. |