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Show , ; a 1 1I 1WONG I WONG SING SINO SINGMerchantCredited SINGMerchantCreditcdFor MerchantCredited | I MerchantCreditcdFor MerchantCreditedFor For Hospital HospitalFund HospitalFund Fund StartAmericans Start StartAmericans Americans In Ulntah Uintah County CountyI Countygive Countygive , I gl give ve credit to a tarslghted farsighted Chinese ChineseMerchant ChineseMerchant Chln s sMerchant < ! , Merchant the th late lat Mr Wong WongSing WonSing | ' , I ISing Sing of Port Fort Ouchesne Duchesne , , for tor hav hav- hav- hav havIng havtng having - ing tng begun the th movement moven\ent moven ent \ for a newhospital new newhospital newhospital hospital hereComing here hereComing I IComing Coming here at the time of the them1l1tary themilitary th thmilitary military m1l1tary reservation at Fort Du- Du Duchesne Duchesne Du-chesne Du chesne - - - . chesne Wong set up a . small laun laun- laundry laun-I laun I launIdry laundry - dry business and by his hard work workand workand . , and thrift soon became a mer mer- merchant mer-i mer i merichant merchant - chant dealing In general wares waresWong waresWong : Wong built a wide reputation fori forifair for forfair torfair fair dealing throghout the Uintah Ulntah UlntahBasin UlntahBasin : Basin and was patronized by the thepublic thepublic thepublic public from all localities At the thetime thetime thetime I IBasin time of his tragic death in 19341 1934 1B34"s 1B34s " 5 . the result of an automoblie automoblieacctdent automoblieaccident automobileaccident acctdent accident Mr Wong had developed developeda developedI a large general mercantile mercantUe company companyand companyand companyand I and was reputed to enjoy a pros- pros pres- pres presperous prosperous pros prosperous - - perous position and had many manyfriends manyfriends manyfriends manyfriendsHis friends friendsHis His legacy which became known knownonly knownonly knownonly only after his death left a sum of of(500 of500 $500 500 5500 ( $ as 88 a trust fund In care car * of the theTunty th "ountv ountv Tunty " " Treasurer to be used to- to toward toward to toward - ward the building buDding of a new Uintah UintahCounty UintahCounty UlntahCounty County Hospl Hospital Hospttai for basin peopleTh1s peopleThis people peopleThis This Th1s monay mores m nq lay dormant for aer/- aer aereral setteral sev sett several : / - eral years year * untouchable until untU ac ; ac- ac actlon ai action - tion tlon tfon could be b taken toward buUdIhg building buildingthe buUdIhgthe buildingthe the hospital Since then thenargelythrough .arge1y arge1y argely .arge1ythrough . -argelythrough argelythrough - argelythrough through efforts of the Vern Vernal J ' .13fl- .13fl . Jun Junior .13fllor n- n nlor - ior lor Chamber Chambtn ' of ot Commerce , , the thefund thefund thefund fund has grown gTOWU to a maturity matut1.t'1 matut1.t1 matut1t1 . ' val- val vall value value val-u val u - - ue of six thousand four tour liw hundred11Iollars hundred Bred Breddollars l 11Iollars dollars and Is 18 the fund DOW now being beingstbollen beingSwollen ! ! Ionen stbollen * by the current . drivehe drive driveTh Th he Th mercantU mereantUe mercantile * Initiated in1ttated and andbullt andbuilt andbuilt ! bullt built by Mr Wong has continued continuedto continuedI I to prosper under the management managementof ' of : t Mr Wong C Wing WiDg nephew of ofI ofhe ofhe ofhe I he late benefactor The Th estab estab- establishmen establishment establishment - - , lishment lishmen t moved several years ago agoi agoInto agoInto i ' Into a new and modem modern buIlding buildingg buildinggsituated buildingsituated I Ilnto situated north and west of the th * or- or orginal orfinal or-ginal or ginal - ' ginal final site on the right of way ofI of ofHighway ofHighway Highway lghway I U S B 40 _ _ |