Show n Inaugurates Beginning Service At Ft Fl Duchesne The inauguration of natural gas service service ser ser- vice in Fort Duchesne was celebrated Wednesday of last week at a brief ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony at the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Fort Duchesne followed follow ed by a luncheon in Roosevelt PARTICIPANTS IN the event included ed representatives o of the Ute Tribal Council and Bureau of Indian Affairs members of the Uintah County Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission and officials of Mountain Fuel Supply Company the natural gas utility that extended service to Fort Duchesne A symbolic picture signifying the Inauguration inauguration inauguration in In- of natural gas service was taken outside the BIA offices where the natural gas meter is located after which the assembled group toured the woodworking woodworking wood wood- working facilities of the nearby Ute Fabricating Fabricating Fab Joab Company AT THE luncheon meeting Mountain Fuel officials told how pleased they were to be able to bring gas service to Fort Duchesne Ever since we first made contact with Fort Duchesne we have been Continued on page 5 Gas Continued from page 1 working to try to find a way to bring gas service here said C. C R. R James Mountain Fuel vice president divisions Another speaker Davis Watkins vice president marketing and customer services services services ser ser- vices said the advent of natural gas service should bring a better way of life to Fort Duchesne STANLEY LYMAN superintendent Bureau of Indian Affairs spoke highly of the work being done by the Ute Indians to improve their situation I think the tribe Is doing more than any other government in Utah to make things better he declared Speaking for the tribe Homey Se Se- vice chairman and administrative tive officer Ute Tribal Council said getting natural gas at the reservation was a great opportunity for the Ute Indians and would do a lot to help them lie He said the future of the area looked particularly bright Victor Wilkins chairman Uintah County Commission also spoke opt optimistically I m I s tI call y of the future future fu fu- ture for Fort Duchesne We like to see Mountain Fuel come in here he said because we think natural gas service can be of help particularly in Fort Duchesne |