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Show URICa UBIICa UBIC URIC UBIIC a VitalFactor Vital Vitalr VitalFactor I r . Factor inBasin's inBasins in inBasin's inBasin's Basin's Basins ' . Growtl Growth growthPast Past President DeploresU Deplores DeploresUse Use e of Convention to "Promote Promote " - Promote F Fa.irs Fairs . tr , CamiT Cannvals Carnivals CarnivalsBy l By J P MAY MAYpast , jPast Past President of or U B . B . . I L 1 . . 0During 0 0During During the th last two months sev- sev soy- soy several soyoral ev-eral ev eral - eral oral times I Ive Ve heard that the th U UB UB UB B I C . C . , woufd would would not be b held thLs this thLsyear thisyear thl&year thlyear & year Those makmc making such uch state- state statements statements ttate-ments ttate ments - ments seemed to reBard regard It ft quite quitecasually quitecasually qult qultcasually casually and poss1bly.natural poss1blynatural possibly . jiatural natural that thatthis thatthis thatthis this annual gathering | athexln ( Khould should end endits endits endIta its worthy story In recent days I II Ihave Ihave Ibav I have tried to get ( wt at the bottom of ofthe ofthe ofthe the rumors Implications and .nd nd . un- un uncertain uncertain un uncertain - certain opinion opinions * yet the fact is Is . laIt , , It would appear app ar that three thr sets 'bf bf 'bfopinions bfopinions ' bfopinions opinions circulate circulate cl'culate clculate ; ' probably severaJ several severaJvlz severalviz everalviz vlz viz 1 It has becom become * too much muchInda.tn muchIndaan muchIndain Inda.tn Indatn Indaan . Pair Fair and is l being beln ( transfor tra.nstor- tra.nstor transfor- tra.nstormed transformed . transformed - - med Into Bonrthtnt 80metblng something not to the lik- lik Ilk- Ilk liking Ilking Ilk-ln Ilk ln - ing of ot the averao average person 2 Per- Per Perhaps Perhaps Per Perhaps - haps people arc a.re are . rradually gradually becom becoming becomtog becommr ing tog weary of It no one wlllinc wIDing willing to toR.S5tunt toassume toassume R.S5tunt RS5tunt assume . ' responsibility responslbUlty and It Is just justabout justabout justabout about to the end of ot Its da.ys days day . * 3 9 3Looks 9Looks 3Looks Looks like I1ke we just as well turn it itover itover Itover over to the Indian dep department .rtment rtment . let letthem letthem letthem them make a rodeo-fair rodeo fair rodeo-tl\lr tl lr - \ and op- op op'rate operate op operate - { ' erate 'rate rate It No money In the trell5ury treasury trell5uryand treasuryand treasuryand and no one care a hoot anywayA anywayAs anyway anywayAs A As < ; a citizen I would like to maketine make makethe makethe the above aboV'e ' statem statemen1 statementst < ntat 5l public pudic pu l1c assummations as asnunmatlol18 assunnrations nunmatlol18 sunnrations : , of the Ideas and opmions opin opinion opinions ion ions " that have come to me and asa as asa asa a . , citizen and one who was headof head headof headof of tills this affair the first year andthe and andthe andthe the third year present the followinp follow following following ing as I.S IS ! . my opinions and ideas hurridly hur hum hurrirlly humredly rirlly redly stated and relative to thatwhich that thatwhkh thatwhich whkh which eems seems to me very Important ImportantWhen importantWhen importantWhen When larrely largely after arter considerable considerablepekly considerablet'eky considerableaeekly \\t'eky t'eky teky aeekly \ pekly ' ! publicity In four Salt LakeCity Lake LakeCity i City daily dally papera papers tenerously generously allowed allow allowed allowed ed our committee In Inltlatme 1nltiatlng initiating thisIndustrial this thisIndustrial thisIndustrial Industrial Convention Ulntah U1ntah Uintah BaBin Ba Basin Basin sin people actually believed somethini some same something samething thing waa was certainly roinc going to happen hap happen I pen at Ft lyuchesne Duchesne and planstook plans planstook planstook took on an activ active and operativeappearance operative operativeappearance . appearance locally many peoplevisited people peoplevisited ' visited me as well as a * others of th thcentral the thecentral ! central committee to advise meand me meand . ond and tnem tlfem them there was a decided leclded andwell andj andjwell and andwell well grounded belief bellet SO o It seemed seemedthat teemedthat that no event ; of any worthwhile worthwhilevalue worthwhilevalue I value could possibly poslbly po ibly take plaee place placewithout placewithout , without races raves cbwboys mwboys cowboys and the theI thew1ld thewild thewild I w1ld wild west show atmosphereThe atmocphere atmosphere atmocphereThe , The poBltlon position I held . yms yvas ya under underthe underthe ' the provision provlstan that the ehatnnan chafnnan ehatnnanhad chafnnanhad chairmanhad had the power of ot Teto veto almost dlc- dlc die- die dlcta.torshlp dietatorship dic dictatorship - ! . tatorship ta.torshlp tatorshlp and 1 . I , , loyally 10ya.11y 10ya11y . supported Kupportedby supportedby by the committee comm1ttee fought fou bt this thl 014 old oldand 014and oldand and erroneous belief bellef about a "tair tair "fair fair "fairand fairand " " " ' * " stuff sturt The Thecommittee Theconunittde Thecommittee and the "hoop-em-up "hoop hoop em up - - - committee conunittde worked together well andhard andhard and hard traveling a new road and I Iam Iam am proud to say I ncTer never 1 tad ad to toemploy toemploy toemploy employ my extrenr extreme power of vetoAt vetoAt veto vetoAt At the convention tor for the first firstda.y firstday firstday da.y day . by actual count CO\Dlt CO Dlt \ ( not nQt gue6S1ng guessing cueesinfaa gue6S1ngas guessingas as has often , been the th rule ) there therewere therewere thereWTC were about 3500 people on thegrounds thegrounds the therounds grounds rounds as the peak load of the theday theday theday day The ga rateman gateman man on the west we t the theonly theonly theonly only entering place p1ace had his tally tallysheet tallysheet tallysheet sheet and the east cateman gateman had hadhis hadhis hadhis his and the difference pav gave the thenet thenet thenet net total of people at any time timeAmple timeAmple tuneAmple Ample policemen well assisted bv by bvthe bythe bvthe the two county sheriffs sherllfs offi.cers officers offi.cersand officersand officersand . and very well weU helped by the Indian1t'MeM Indianleaders Indian Indianpader 1t'MeM 1tMeM leaders ' pader < he1pad helped hrip d to irlve Irtve give up just what whatae whatxe ae \ t " pI planned anned On the third day da.y . at atabout atabout atabout about 5pm 5 p m the number on theKTO the thegro thegro ' gro it II + t ds rls cis rlsas \\as as was \ as slithtly sUghtly slightly less than 4500Th 4500 4500Th Th " ' nos " n 11 ' " ; the th tl1 < > fir flI't flIt first flI'tnentlon " ' ' convention \n\entlon n entlon contention ( ' ( \ \ ItwtL It ItW9 Itwas W9 was . < " ; not a tiny enfant eh ? The TIle p n o 0 make It three day days daysof daysof , > of ir-trur-tio ir trur tio iJ1"trur-tlo iJ1"trur iJ1trur tlo itr ' " - trurtio - - ' " ' + fntertalnment PTItfortainment Fmtertainment andpleasure and andpleasure i ipleasure pleasure to all was achieved andtfar and andtbf andthe tbf the ' TJBIC tTBIC URIC bec becuT'f becuTf became ! rr'f rrf ' ' ' greater grea ter Thethird The Thethird . . third year yea.r . by the most exact exa.ct . m mthod me- me method method -thod thod - thod we could emplor emplov employ showed peakloads peak peakloads peakloads loads of ot 1509 7509 to 9300 300 that manyl many manype pe } > ) ( ' c < pie on the grounds at one timeMr time timeMf timeMe Mf Me ' of icnuine genuine Importance and ofv of ofalle ofral \-alle alle ral \ - l ie # e to us came from trom distantpn dIstant distantpa , pa ts is t . of this nation and at t noco no nocot 'l l cot ( ' ) < < t to us Civic relltlous rt'lIglous rtlIglous religious ' and educ-atloral educ atloral ed edueaUoral edueatforal ueaUoral ueatforal - T tlders leaders " ' ! ader k rf f t Ufh Ubah Utah cam canvxilllnlv ca.m cam . < > . aiilingh 1Iingh ! ? and m m\1V m 1V many ! \ nv ' times the great greatmlJltflrv greatmilitary ( Treatmllltflfv mlJltflrv military bond bnnrl band from rom Fort Furl DouglasContinued Dougla'l Douglal Douglas Dougla'lContinued DouglasContinued . 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C I HAS BEEN VITAL VITALFACTOR VITALFACTOR VITALFACTOR FACTOR IN BASIN BASINS S PROGRESSContinued PROGRESS PROGRESSContinued ( Continued from pace page one oneprovided ) provided music such as we hid had not notheard notheard notheird heard out here at public Either gather gather11gs gatherings itn 11\gs 11 gs ings \ 11gsOur ingsOur < Our average aver < e citizens the firtt first year yearwere yearwere yearwere were asked to donate not less than thanlOe thanbOc thanlOc lOe bOc and not more thaji than $100 100 $1 1 $ 00 bust bustness bustness buslness ness houses gave r ve liberally UbeTally and thecounties the thecounties thecounties counties helped with nlc n1c meet < ( sums stuns stunsAfter sumsAfter sumsAfter After the first flrst year there remalned remained remainedfor remalnedI remainedfor I for the next season ea < on more than th n $350in $350 350 $ In the treasury and nd I believe beUeve th- th tha the thayear thethird ththird - ' ' third year did about 85 as s 'ellNothing wellNothing " ' well 'ell ell , Nothlne Nothing like Uke It has t > oeen een seen aeJlvE deilve deilveed aellvred ' I e d ed > to rural people so 50 far as I know knowI knowAttendance knowAttendance I Attendance testifies to the tact fact that thatit thatIt thatIt it was appreciated the first yearand yearand year yearnd I yearI and nd I believe beUeve every yearAF yearAs year yearAs As AF . to h the Indian Indians * tklnt taking * a f I 1 1day Iday 1day day or domlnatmi dominating In a manner tolend tolend to | lend to it the appearance of an In Indian Indian Indtan toI I dian celebration ct'lebraUon ctlebraUon ' or Indian fair I II Iknow 11know IIknow I know little about It In the last lastthree l stthree t tthree three years But I am convinced convincedthat convincedthat convincedthat that to permit pE'rmlt pErmlt ' one day or to al al1 1 1L L . > . ndlan ndtan Ffir Ffllr Fair to b 1 bTomf > comp ccttnP woelite- woelite woeliteivith f1o sseoc sseoclate ; . < : oc 1 late lateIth " - ivith -Ith Ith pith , - the ' UBIC will w1l1 klil kill kiil It ItI Itor itor itor I or at Il'a Ila least ' t chance change It entirely from fromI fromtllC fromthe fromthe tllC the tllCfInal \fInal fInal ginal \ inal b8 basis baits < : ! s and on whichit whichtt which I It tt 1 1 I p e "J J 'i i " ' p e almoM almost almo < ; t ar or Instil Instlt Instit UonIt tionIt tlon Uon tion tlonIt It is 1 i < : < ; natural for the th Indian leadera lead leaders leaders ers era to reek ' eck k prominent prominmt places plac.e5 place5 . and andto andto andto to show forth their worth worthy V Vork \\ork ork work workI \ orkI orkI I with most a all ] ) others honor them themror themfor themfor ror for their thl'ir thlir ' ambition But it may b b-well b well - " ' Wl'll Wlll well ' or not amiss t to , cxll call to mind mindthe mindthe mindthe the fact Urt that Urtontres 'ongres ongres rongress ( ' ( -ontres ontres - & In 1905 1 ] 905 05 op openffi opened opened enffi ened this rescrva-llon rescrva llon rf'Sf'rvaUon rfSfrvaUon reservation ' ' - to settlement settlementthe settlementthe settlementthe the land drawings to totake -take take takf - ' place In In190C 1906 1900 This " ' was 'as as widely widelv adve advertised advertisedPeople advertisedPeople d dProplE ProplE People ' came camp from many states statesThis statesThis statesThis This area . Is not noan now no\\ no \ an Indian Indianrl'sf'TVatlon Indianreservation Indianreservation IndianreservationWhlt rl'sf'TVatlon rlsfTVatlon reservation ' ' rl'sf'TVatlonWhite reservationWhite White Whlt ! people In the two countlE's countlEs counties countlE'snumber countiesnumber countiesnumber ' number nearly nE'arly ' 20 20000 000 and Indiansnot Indians Indiansnot Indiansnot not over 1200 The Indian depart depart- departL'lent departeTent department - - ment L'lent Llent eTent ' In 1 . J.905 J905 1905 05 evidently desired the theIndians theIndiana theIndian Indians Indiana * scattered over a wide area . areaper , , per the th 93 3 000 acres of farm landalloted land landalloted landalloted alloted ( ( approximately ) 'o o .0 0 ' . the In IndiaDs Indians Indians diaDs dians In 1914 1 14 I 1 advertised month monthalter monthafter monthafter alter after month lone long 11.stss 11stss hates . ust & of excess excessInd1an excessIndian excessT Ind1an Indian rttaji farm tann laada landa lands , conridemaic oonsiderable cons1de .ble ble . of _ v which was sold to white whit * people paoplft.But paoplftBut . . . But all this la 15 Is wll well knownAt known lmO\Vl1 lmO Vl1 knownAt \ At UBIC UBIO UBTC ptherngs gatherings i th rtar ! 1 i I am sure surewhite surewhite sunwhif ! white people hav have been b n glad ( lad to toha tohave tohave ha have tha the Indiana Indians take part hear hearour h nr nrour orour our leaden leadenl address them , tener- tener gener tenerlly - . ally lly our governor amony among such uch spea- spea - speakers speakers pea-kens pea kens - kers Indian leaders in music muslo Inrpaaking In InFJ'aking InFp-akln InFp akln FJ'aking FJaking rpaaking ) " ' - and In other wayi WU'b WUb ways ) ' , mixed mixedl.p mixedt.p mixedup l.p lp t.p tp . . had the tame same spirit and play play- played played played - ed rnlehty mighty tood gOOd bas-ball bas ball bas-baIl baIl baseball - , tooHowever tooHowever too tooHowever However to cottvert convert It Into lnto an anIndian anIndian anIndian Indian fair under whatever gui $ guise ruUc.I ruUcI . . I bellev believe means the elimination el1m1nation of ofthe ofthe . the UBIO If Indiana Indians were about 94 4 per cent and whit white " people about about6 about'j aboutS 1194 'j j S ' per cent of the th l local lo < Al population populationIt It mifht might be b ridiculous rld1oulus ( ) to make snake it itlother itother Uother other than domlnately dominately an Indian Ind1a.n Ind1an Ind1a.nevent . lother levent event vent As th the firures figures are reversed reversedIt reversedIt It Is obvious obvioWl that white whit * people peopleshould peopleshould peopitshould controllnlJfactors controllingfactors should be relatively rela.tlvely relatlvely . tha the controllnlJ controlling controllingfactors ! factors In modification In 1n advance adva advancment * * ' ment meet and perhaps In even en- en enthis enlarging en-lartln en lartln - larging this annual p.thertng pthertng gathering p.thertngi p.thertngIn gatheringIn . K th rin i In using ft Duchefn Ducl1une Duchesne * It la Is a aneutral aneutral aneutral neutral place quite quit * centraDyIIlt centrallyelt centrally centraDy IIlt- IIlt elt- elt IIltiuated eltuated lt-uated lt uated - - iuated uated and the th * old campu campus Is fairly fairlysUitable fairlysuitable fairlysuitable sUitable But We w * paid for using usln Itthe it itthe itthe the first year . , anu gnu the th * third year yearas yearas yearas as I well 'bell bell ' know a food good rent too tars toobut tarsbut toobut but I cannot speak for other yearsUnless years yearsUnless . Unless title titl * hag has In quite quit * recentyears recent recentyeah recentyeara yeah years ben been be * n changed Ft Duchene Duchesne DucheneIs Duchesneis DucheSn1 $ * Is not Indian land But If U It Is . is , UIt if U ifIt ifH It waa was should shouJd We w * not be b * welcome welcometo wE'1 wE1 wplcomto ' ome ometo * to use us * It and mutually benefit to- to - tosether together to together - gether sether for three thr days ? I really reaJIy be- be beH"ve believe be bellev - llev H"ve Hve lieve ( " the Indiana Indians are ar * proud ot of thet7BIe the theUBIO thUBIO * UBIO t7BIe And peopi people * always did and andalways andalways andalways always will wUl doubt |