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Show A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basin The Duchesne: County Seat ts Gateway To Uintah Basin Newspaper : One) Covers ALL The Uintah Basin Volume 10 tershj. 55 DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 5200 Per Year In Advance 19-1- 1 Number 32 Ranji. a a h Duchesne Lions Induct Four New Members wai- sts at hi. ment cent geof;,;- At t the et. 't 7 Legislators Regular Meeting Committee Is Appointed To Visit Legislators In Interest of Restoration Of Water Filings On Upper Blue Bench a. r Conte U4 5.17 B. P. W. Supper Dance Nets Small Amount President Names 1.96 5.21 Committee For Highway 40 3.68 5.89 3.30 its is 33 nches i. A supper dance given last Saturday night by the Duchesne B. P. W. club provided a good time fer the small crowd which attended and netted a small sum for the school library' fund. Other social functions being held the same evening accounted for the lack of attendance. Special features of the function were serving of a delicious buffet supper and floor show which included the following numbers: tap dance by LaDean Poulson and Betty Roberts; tap dance by Misses Buckalew and Mayhew; readings by Vivian Barton and Marianne Foster. The Duchesne school orchestra furnished the music, demonstrating the reason why it is rapidly being considered one of the best dance bands in the county. Four members were inducted into the Duchesne Lions club at its regular meetnig- in the Mission evening-Inn Wednesday They ere Axel Birch, manager of the and Tel. Co., Mtn. States Tel. M r v e1 Moore, proprietor of Uoores cafe, Edwin Carman, state road foreman of Duchesne and C. J. Mlckelson, manager of the Mlckelson truck lines. Mr. Carman was one of the charter members of the club, having dropped out shortly after its Mr. Birch is alorganization. ready & member of the Roosevelt Llona club and Mr. Mickelson comes as a transferred member from the Mantl Lions club, according to the report of Secretary W. J. Bond, who introduced the new members. Mr. Moore is the only one of the new members who has no previous Lions experience. Speaks On Legislation L. A. Hollenbeck, a guest speak- . considers , mode-- eery lfc drifted t is in go molstr t under j. le snai fi lied, total Le to i 'i r. 51 )y the a passed ointmen "ive hon night is and or Iso pass- 's pass-- 1 d 23 bill ions, t Cover: measip told, 51 introdiic sen. le esolutir ave V Fir. rtl. en on joint 2: res soncunv bills, : and c si. appro'. 8, prot achines access: mate' 2, for bin lg a B.: at the meeting, talked about water filings, and said that two bills which he had proposed at a December meeting of the club had been taken to Salt Lake City by Basin legislators, but had not been Introduced In the legislature. A substitute measure had been introduced by Representative Abe Jiddell he said, which would accomplish some good, if passed, but which falls far short of the desired results. The bills which had been proposed would, among other things, have restored water filings cancelled by the state engineer through the authorization of 1937 legislation, such as the filings on The bill the upper Blue Bench. now before the House increases the time which may be allowed to put water to beneficial use, but docs nothing about filings already cancelled. A committee from the club was authorized by motion to accompany Mr. Hollenbeck on a trip to the State Capitol in an effort bo have the bill amended to Include a retroactive clause restoring the filings cancelled. Highway 40 Committee President Roy A. Schonian announced the appointment of a Highway 40 committee, authorized at the meeting on February 14, with Chester Lyman chairman and B. A. Jacoby. Appointment of the third member wa3 pending the projected Induction of a tourist park manager as a member, Mr. Schonian said. Another motion called for the appointment of a committee to investigate an apparent lack of proper maintenance funds in the national forests, and proper procedure In sponsoring further on page 8 er JOC & 3c CLAIMS LIFE OF ROOSEVELT INFANT Little By Jim Kent Duchesne basketball fans will have their last chance, to watch the Eagles 1940-4- 1 squad in act- tonight, Friday, February at the Duchesne gym. In this 28, fi- nal league game, the Eagles will take a last stand against the fighting Utes of Uintah. Uintah, the undisputed champions of the Duchesne-Uinta- h n league wall enter the on their own floor as this districts choice. The Utes are doped, to play the finals with Carbon for the region five championship. Duchesne county fans turn their eyes upon Coach Rigbys Longhorns of Altamcnt for the first time on basketball records. The Longhorns have fought their way to the second spot in the district race. They will enter the round-robi- n at Vernal handicapped by three lossesin the district league. Bleazard and Rust, the Longhorn forward combination are the two high Individual scorers of the disround-robi- trict Former Local Fire Chief Aids Beaver Dr. W. D. Bishop, organizing chief of the Duchesne volunteer fire department, received recognition for his effort this week, when bis photo appeared in a group of city leaders of Beaver beside a new fire engine, recently purchased by that city. The pic- Patricia Ann Gardner, Instrumental in the organization Dr. of Duchesnes department Bishop served as its first chief, and it has been his ambition ever since degoing to Beaver to organize a there. partment A city celebration will mark the deorganization of a volunteer fire partment it was stated. The new engine, an American LaFrance, is equipped with 1350 feet of hose and replaces an old cart and a small supof supplemented by a hose, ply baby of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gardner of Roosevelt, succumbed at 5:50 p. m. Saturday in Salt Lake hospital as medical dence fought to save her life after a small cogwheel from a watch punctured her esophagus, her right lung. She swallowed the small, sharp-Prongbucket brigade. cogwheel Friday morn-tn- g ed after her brother, Jay, 3, had the watch as the two Daughter of Dist. Ped together on the floor at to Wed tkelr home. Rushed to Salt Lake Judge on the advice of their family Roosevelt Man Physicians, doctors went to work Judge and Mrs. Abe W. Turner tnunedlately, but fought a losing of Provo announce the engagebattle throughout the night and ment of their daughter, Miss DorSaturday, Dee othy Ann Turner, to William The cogwheel had become Orser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn the side of the esopha-fu- a Orser of Roosevelt. to deeply that respiration The marriage will take place uaed It to pierce the esophagus Saturday at high noon at the Air pressure from the home of the brides parents. Only will collapse of the lung, members of the two families It was this complication, be present. ore than the Miss Turner has attended Brigpresence of the tiny hel. which caused death. At presham Young university. Saturday morning, a needle was ent, she is secretary at the Maeser rted Into the chest cavity and school. Mr Orser will complete his colpressure was applied to B. Y. U. this spring. inflate the lung, but by that lege work at soo the child's condition was He is a member of Val Hyrlc due to the various com- cial unit. home in pletions and she lived but a few They will make their hours. Provo for the time being. broken up the lodg-again- for but ; : st SO Of rite Salt out-caus- n, n, la Officers of Moon Lake Fish and Game, Roosevelt Wildlife Conservation and Vernal Rod and Gun Clubs Join Hands to Promote Interests Beginning of Depicted In One-APlay st P.-- T. A. The Duchesne Parent-TeacheAssociation observed the forty-fourt- h anniversary of Its birth with a special program Monday evening, honoring its founders, Alice McLellan Bimey and Pheobe Apperson Hearst as well as state and local leaders. A one-aplay, directed by Miss Tuddenham, illustrated how the organization which now embraces the nation, started as a small meeting of mothers determined to get more advantages for their children. They decided that cooperation with the teachers and exchanging of ideas would stimulate progress. Mothers Club Work Outlined Mrs. Daryl Smith, representing the Mothers Club, gave a resume of the course bf study carried on by that organization during the past year. At the beginning of the year, the Mothers Club agreed to take up several of the subjects outlined for study groups by the P.-A. The two organizations can work together in perfect harmony, Mrs. Smith said, because their objectives are the same. The study groups are even more ct T. important than the monthly meetPresident Mrs. ings of the Continued on page 8 P.-T.- Myton Honors S. S. Draftees MYTON-- : The Myton school gym. was crowded Saturday evening by the many friends of the boys in this district being inducted for Selective Service and left Wednesday for Salt Lake City for final district who are being Inducted for Selective Service and left Wednesday for Salt Lake City for final was examinations. The dance sponsored by the Myton Civic club and wa loyally patronized by both young and old who gathered in Recompliment to "cur boys. freshments were served during the evening and a Jolly good time was enjoyed by all. There were seven of the draftees at the dance who were introduced to the crowd during the evening. BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thacker of Duchesne announce the birth of a daughter, Feb. 26, at the home cf Mrs. Ida Roberts. WASHINGTON -' 1 NEiWSrf di FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER ' fifty-thre- e goin- g-over legis-ganizati- ses-,4y With 34 day3 of the many Saturday sion completed legislators expressed belief that ene actment of the governor's propos-,thals into law cannot be accomplish-- 1 ed in the remaining 26 days of the session. They foresee an extra session Immediately follow-- 1 ing the current one to complete the job, or sometime during the 60-da- 5. Measures Passed Measures passe 1 last week in senate include S. B. 26, the uniform traffic safety bill regulat,lng highway traffic; S. B. 29, per-prese- nt truckers not mitting hire to pass for trucks operating through Utah without buying a Continued on Tag. 8 Federation Takes Immediate Steps Opposing Legislation rs n; would (Editors note: Because of an4summer. A later session error in delivery, this column had enable the legislators to pass on to be omitted last week. In or- interim reorganization appointder to keep the record complete, ments made by the governor, prowe are publishing the report for viding his proposals are adopted during the current session. An both weeks in this issue.) immediate extra session may be Week of Feb. 10 session extra an necessary to even place the reorfor Prospects loomed ganization proposals on the statof the Utah legislature ute books cr to disapprove of week-en- d action when last large them entirely or In part. state govon the ernment reorganization proposals 310 Bills Introduced Upper house solons last week of Governor Herbert B. Maw was 34 bills in addition to delayed in both senate and house introduced measures. 39 the reorganization of representatives. bills in310 a of make total of They Senate action on the group bills embodying the chief execu- troduced up to Monday. One hunhave been Indred and tive's proposals is awaiting a in the retroduced house, making a of the 39 introduced 393. The senate. of total a measures legal grand by organization In the lower last week passed six measures and legislative expert. house a committee on reorgan Iza-- j killed three. The house passed 23 tion Saturday postponed reporting nine and killed four. Thus far reor- - measures have passed both out its single bill until sometime latlve branches, while 18 have I'111 defeated. The senate has this week 40 measures and the house Session (passed Foresee Extra M Men, Gleaner Girls Hold Annual Banquet ct ture appeared in Tuesdays Salt Like Tribune. Dr. Bishop, who left Duchesne three yeara ago, is a member of the Beaver chamber of commerce public welfare commit' two-wheel- ; Senator Lynne Ashton of Vernal last week voted yes on S. B. 91, prohibiting trespass on state lands for grazing purposes or removal of natural resources. Representative B. H. Stringham of Vernal introduced H. B. 189, establishing a Utah state publicity commission to advertise Utah and Men Leave Duchesne an appropriation of providing By Special Bus $100,000 for its maintenance. Wednesday Morning Representative Abe Liddell of Duchesne H. B. 154, Social functions and patriotic which reates a state proddairy programs were held throughout ucts advertising council with state the county this week honoring fifand provides for reteen young men who left Duchesne authority, search and a dairy products adWednesday morning by special vertising campaign to be financed bus for Salt Lake City, where through an association of dairy they will be inducted into the Se- producers. lective Service military training. Superintendent W. J. Bond gave a brief address Tuesday evening GRADE SCHOOL TO at the ward hall preceding the M. PRESENT I. A. play, honoring Charles Cas- OPERETTA per and presented him with a purse donated by the congregaMrs. Deardons third and fourth tion. Mr. Casper was one of the will present Magic Gingegrade six volunteers who helped make rbread, an operetta of fun and Duchesne up countys February frolic, March 6 at 2 p. m in the quota of 15. Duchesne high school gym. All Monday evening, a dance was parents are invited to attend. held at Strawberry honoring Nile The Libretto is by Sarah Henry Rasmussen and Charles Grames Clark and the music by Casper. A big crowd attended the Stitt. The ccok puts too affair to bid farewell to the boys. Margaret much magic in the dough and tne The home towns of the boys Man and his family each held a farewell party of Gingerbread come to life. This snappy family some kind with American Legion of pep and ginger into posts directing those within their puts plenty things and becomes the life of the S. L. and D. the jurisdiction party. The song hits of the opchurch taking charge of others. eretta are "Making Gingerbread, At the bus station Wednesday The COoky Pan, When I Grow a. 8 at m., School Principal C. W. The Red Hot Pan, and Barton and J. P. Madsen of the Up, The Empty Pan. local Selective Service board, adThe cast includes Don Mayhew, dressed the boys. Lota Davies, Lorraine Wilkins, Ray Casper, Ua Abplanalp, Law-ni- e Bluebell Honors Mayhew, Jay Fitzwater, MelS. S. Draftees vin Nielson, Donna Rae Jensen, Rosanna Foy, Reid Merrell, JewA farewell party el Fullmer, LaMarr Moffitt. The BLUEBELL: was held in the ward hall Tues- ghosts are: Seth Fullmer, Ross day night in honor of Franklin Killian, Leo Foy, Dean Bench, Joe and Harry Smith, who are leav- Muir, Billy Lewis, Daniel Ander-toTommy Mickelson, Marvis ing for Selective Service training. The following program was ren- Bond, Clive Hadden, Kay Peterdered: opening song, The Star son and Ned Poulson. by The chorus includes Ted Neil-soSpangled Banner; prayer song, Bishop Bernard Winkler; Jay McCormick, Thain God Bless America by Franklin Humes, Maurice Cheney, Dale Smith; jokes by Lucille Winkler; Nielson, Beth Sexton, Emma Je3n song by Thelma Cook; remarks McDonald, Coleen Mecham, Irene by Lyman G. Larsen; song by Potter, Donna Lang, Leah Cluff, Goodrich; remarks by Frank- Pauline Marsing, Donna Cluff, lin and Harry Smith; and a duet Betty Sweat, Bonnie Lawson, Le-oand Lela by Cleona Remington Thompson, Dewey Sweat and Refreshments were Norma Grant. Anderson. served and the rest cf the evening The elementary orchestra is apwas spent dancing. pearing with the operetta. Their personnel is as follows: E flat JUST TO REMIND YOU saxaphone, Jay Mickelson and Barthel Mayhew; B flat saxaBasin Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M., phone, Eugene Davies; trumpet, Monday evening, March 3, at My-to- Arlen Caldwell, Tommy Mickelson and Bob Murdock; drum3, John regular meeting. March Gerry; violin, Barbara Burdick Contract club, Saturday, and Mardene Bond. 1 with Mrs. Melvin Poulson. tee. COGWHEEL IN LUNG I5c DUCHESNE MEETS UTES IN LAST LEAGUE GAME ion Basin Sports Associations Approve Organization of U. B. Wildlife Federation With The Basin Civilian Conservation Corps Congress will be asked to authorize the Civilian Conservation of its Corps to use $3,000,000 funds for operation and maintenance of Us motor repair division. Defense Program Stimulates In- dustry Industrial activity during the first year of operation of the defense program has been strongly stimulated by the construction of new defense plants and by the dl rect orders for military equipment but a more important factor in the rise has been forward buying by business men and consumers who have anticipated later short ages or higher prices, American Ship Aid to Britain The United States has supplied Gr?at Britain with more than 755,000 tons of cargo ships since October, 1939. Of this total, 60. 985 tons have been transferred to Canadian Including registry. registry ships going to alien Britain, American friendly to Dinner was served to twenty-fiv- e guests when the M Men and Gleaner Girls of the Duchesne L. D. S. stake held their annual in the Duchesne ward hall ban-pu- Wednesday evening. et Arrange- ments were made by Mrs. C. W. Barton of Duchesne, assisted by Mrs. Phillip Moon of Tablona, stake Gleaner Girls director. Phillip Moon, stake activity director for the Y. M. M. I. A., acting as toastmaster, introduced the numbers on the program which included a toast to the Gleaner Girls by Mrs. C. W. Barton and response by Miss Kay Odekirk; trumpet solo by Howard Powell; reading by Miss Marianne Foster and a talk by Mr. Rhoades of Meeting in what appeared to be an atmosphere of perfect accord officials of the three principal sportsmens organizations of the Uintah Basin unanimously approved the formation of a Uintah Basin Wildlife Federation at a meeting in Roosevelt Tuesday evening. The officials meeting were those of the Moon Lake Fish and Game Association, the Roosevelt Wildlife Conservation Club and the Vernal Rod and Gun Club. Invitation will be extended to two Bonanza rifle clubs located in the eastern part of the Basin, to join the federation. Approximately 20 sportsmen were present at the wee ting, Including presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, and directors of the three Basirt wild--liorganizations. Tabiona. Following the banquet, table games were arranged for the en- To Coordinate Activities tertainment of the guests. The new federation will serve two purposes, if it fills the desires MARCH S. S. QUOTA expressed at the meeting Tuesday; first, to act as a liaison commitFOR DUCHESNE tee between the Basin organizaCOUNTY IS 8 MEN tions, coordinating their activities in local matters, and second to Duchesne county will have to combine their strength and efconscript eight men for induction forts in representing the total into the Selective Service for the combined membership where a March quota, it was announced front Is needed for the proThursday by the local board. The motion of wildlife Interests in the call will go out immediately and Uintah Basin or the state. the men will leave Duchesne A constitution and by-lacomMarch 24 at 7 a. m. by special bus. mittee was authorized to begin Names of the men have not yet work at once, formulating the been announced. rules under which the federation In the meantime, the fifteen will function. The president and nen who left Duchesne Wednesof each organization day morning are stationed at the or their proxies will serve on this reception center at Fort Douglas committee, with V. A. Bair, presiin Salt Lake City awaiting orders dent of the Roosevelt Wildlife Confor their destinations. servation club acting as chairman, All of the men except one pass- lie will also serve as temporary ed the examinations in Salt Lake chairman of the federation until Clifton the organization is completed. City, it was announced. David Chatwin of Tabiona was Committee Members placed on a "limited service qualOther members of the commit-th- e ification and he returned home. meeting Tuesday, in opposition He may be called later when and and Eruest G. Thatcher, If the unlimited service classifl-- , of the Moon Lake Fish and cations are exhausted. Game Association; Carl J. HackDuchesne county will have to ing, of the Roosesend another man to replace Mr. velt club; Bus Hatch, president Chatwin in the February quota. and Myrthen Davis, of the Vernal Rod and Gun club. Roy 'A. Schonian of Duchesne Rough Riders Nose served for Mr. Thatcher in Tuesfe vice-preside- nt it vice-preside- Out Eagles To Take Third Place By Jim Kent The high school Eagles gave Roosevelt Rough Riders the worry of a lifetime in the first half of a game played on the Eagles court last Friday. The Eagles held the Rough Riders without a field goal throughout the first half which ended with a score of 12 for Duchesne and 3 for Roosevelt. Eagle boosters wish that the story ended there, but no such luck. The Rough Riders came back after the half with power to spare and piled up 27 points the Eagles' 14. The game ended with the Riders leading 30 to 26. The Eagles had jumped to third place by defeating Alterra twice Feb. 14 and 15. However, losing the game last Friday dropped the local boys into fourth place where they will remain unless they defeat the Utes tonight. The Duchesne second squad was unexpectedly handed the short end 5 score in the preliminof a ary game against the Roosevelt second team. days meeting. Immediate steps were taken at the meeting Tuesday, in opposion to legislation now before the Utah State legislature which the sportsmen thought subversive to theirs and to the general publics interest, in the forms of resolutions apposing the Senate Trespassing Act. The following telegram was authorized, to be Bent to the State Legislators representing the tah Basin: Uin- Resolutions Adopted "At a recent meeting of the Uintah Basin Wildlife Federation representing the entire membership of the Moon Lake Fish and game Association, the Vernal Rod and Gun Club and the Roosevelt Wildlife Conservation club, totaling some 750 sportsmen, resolutions were adopted opposing Senate Bills 82 and 158 as being extremely detrimental to sportsmen Utah without offering any Continued on Page 8 of 30-2- Pioneer Woman Honored On Natal Day Tribute was paid Wednesday afternoon to Mrs. Chris Merkley Sr., on the 70th anniversary of her birth when a surprise party was held in her honor at her home by members of the Relief Society of which she is a member and by members of the Variety Arts club. More than sixty guests called during the day to offer their congratulations and good wishes. Detransfers affecting the British ov licious refreshments, prepared by erseas lifeline total about 1,200, the women, were served to the 000 tons. Transferred to England callers. Mrs. Merkley came to Duchesne were 199 ships and to neutral nations friendly to Britain, 85. The from Vernal in 1907, two years nf-- j transfers to foreign registry have ter her husband had established netted the Maritime Commission a homestead here in the year of and American the opening. Mr, Merkley died in about $9,000,000 (Continued on Page 8) 'January, 1940. NEW PATROLMAN SOON TO BE LOCATED HERE Sam Hatch of Vernal, recently appointed State Road Patrolman for Duchesne county, was in Duchesne Thursday evening with Jack Young of Vernal. A recent release from the State Road Commission announced that Mr. Young would be transferred back to Duchesne county and a new patrolman appointed for Uintah county, but this order has been changed, the patrolmen said, and Mr. Young will remain In Vernal while Mr. Hatch comes to Duchesne. Mr. Hatch expects to move to Duchesne within the next two weeks, he stated, as soon as he gets his new patrol car. The two patrolmen were returning from Price where they are y aid taking courses. semi-weekl- first |