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Show In The M 1 Says 30 YEARS AGO July 30, 1953 Uintah Basin Industrial Convention at Roosevelt will begin each morning at 6 a.m with a flag salute by Boy Scouts. The UBIC event is being held Aug. 5, 6 and 7. Utah State Game Refuge Committee and the State Board of Big Game Control Con-trol last week published their official 1953 Elk Hunting Proclamation. The teacher situation in Uintah School District remained critical this week with many positions still empty. Carter Oil Co. Monday announced location for a 5,000 foot test of the Green River formation at its county pool near Duchesne. Work began Monday on the construction con-struction of a community recreation building at Randlett for the Indians of the Uintah-Ouray Reservation. Thirty members of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce formed a caravan early Thursday morning and visited farms in Ashley Valley, La-point, La-point, Ballard, Randlett and Ouray Valley. The tour was arranged by the agricultural committee of the chamber and County agent Clair R. Accord was in charge. A new division gate on Ashley Creek which directs water for the Upper Ashley Irrigation Company was completed com-pleted recently replacing the old 55 year old cement structure, which had begun to give way. Perhaps no time before have local automobile dealers had on hand such a fine choice of used cars. Used cars have been a scarce item for many years. Now that new cars are becoming becom-ing more plentiful, better used cars are being turned in, according to local dealers. Ashley National Forest and Bureau of Land Management offices in Vernal have reported six small fires on their lands during the past week. Vernal Sand and Gravel was lowest bidder on the Fort Duchesne-Randlett road construction. They bid $202,936.95. Next lowest bidder was Whiting and Haymond of Springville with $206. 118.60. 50 YEARS AGO August 30, 1933 According to L.C. Karrick, U.S. Department of Mines, who made a government study of the Uintah asphalt deposits a few years ago, the Uintah Basin has before it an opportunity oppor-tunity to acquire a mileage of high grade roads unequaled by any similar district in the whole country, if it will but take advantage of the native rock asphalt for the building of highways. As the time for the Uintah Basin Industrial In-dustrial Convention, Aug. 9, 10, 11 draws near, more people are heard to say they intend to attend this unique convention, held annually at Fort Duchesne than at any time in the eleven years of its existence. The board of county commissioners made the county tax levy of the various funds as follows: County roads, 1.5 mills; general, 2.5; sinking fund, 4.0; indigent poor. 0.4; library, 0.3; exhibition, 0.2; old age, 0.2; total, 9.1 mills. Little action was taken Monday by the board of county commissioners except ex-cept matters of a routine nature. All board and county officers were present. The Curry Mercantile Company store at the famous Indian Trading post at Ouray was purchased last week by Clifford A. Broome, who took possession on Aug. 1. The Curry Mercantile Mer-cantile was established forty-eight years ago, or in 1885, by Oran Curry, who established what was known as "The Kentucky Store." The Board of Education met on Monday with all members present and Superintendent H.S. Olson and clerk, Mrs. Fay S. Stevenson. Warrant Officer L.A. Yost, conductor conduc-tor of the 38th U.S. Infantry Regimental Regimen-tal Band, has planned some wonderful wonder-ful musical programs to delight the throngs which will be in attendance at the UBIC on Aug. 9, 10 and 11 at Fort Duchesne. |