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Show A Newspaper Devoted jpEFENSE to the People of the Umtah Basin FpEFENSE BUY 7l Cover ALL The Uintah Basis DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913 SCHOOL BOARD CANVASSES ELECTION RETURNS County Agent Asks For Consideration Harden Broadbent, Co. Agent. By The State of Utah was requested by the Food Distribution Ad- ministration to increase her production to a point she had never To obtain this before reached. result, the counties of the state received their pro rata share, according to her possibilities and past production. For many counties, there was not much more they could do. They had reached their limit. It lay within the possibilities of such areas as Duchesne county to come to the rescue and send her food and fibre all over the world. Since 1905, we underdhave been considered an og. Just some place to go and exist. Farmers Move In It is a peculiar turn of affairs when the same people who have New us in pity so long will now do their you can buy more articles here than in the city. And it is amazing to notice the kin of many of these sympathizers now settling on some of the farms and ranches. Perhaps the war had something to do with it. County Rallies To Call Let us take a minute and review the requests made of this county for the war food program we have and how successfully come to the call of the colors. This county was requested by the government to increase our hog production by 25 per cent. We have accomplished this and about that much more. In fact, we have gone to the point of diminishing returns. Twenty-eigcarloads of government wheat has now been distributed for feed purThere is poses in the county. no feed to be obtained and is such a price that farmers cannot feed hogs, under the present prices, and make profit enough to pay the feed and labor required. But nevertheless, the boys out there may have received some of the choice pork shipped out of this county. More finished bogs have been produced here than any period of time previouslheld make extra effort to shopping here, because ht y. Plenty of Beef Our request was to market 16 per cent more cattle this year than in 1941. Since the calf market has been so strong our numbers of cattle to market have increase but the total weight of cattle marketed has fallen, way off. No one could anticipate what the OPA had in mind and the present curtailment on slaughter has built up a 15,000,000 head surplus in the Uinted States. This carries with it an ill omen. Should Continued on page 5 The Duchesne county board of education, at their regular meeting last Tuesday, made the official canvass of the votes cast in the school election held December 1. Nothing was found to change the unofficial results as reported last week. Eighty-seve- n votes were cast for Lionel Jensen ,and one vote was cast for C. A. Brown of Montwel. Mr Jensen will serve as representative from District No. 1 which includes Neola, Montwel and part of Roosevelt, for a term of five years. A delegation consisting of Mr and Mrs Clarence Wright, Mrs Dick Muir and Mrs Guy Giles met with the board to ask that transportation be furnished for ten school children, who live on the far side of the river, off the regular school bus route. The board took the matter under advisement. The board approved the Christmas vacation plan and will allow December 24, 25 and 26 as holidays for the students and teachers. The board authorized the sale of one acre of ground, owned by the district, to the Arcadia L D 5 ward. During the afternoon, board members met with the county commissioners to authorize the purchase of a garage to be used jointly by the two bodies for equipment and busses. , SGT. II. II. LEFEVRE HOME AFTER PACIFIC BATTLES TABIONA: December 7, 1943. Sgt. Heber K. LeFevre of the U. S. Marines, is home this week on a furlough, after spending 22 months on active service in the South Sea islands. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jesse H. LeFevre of Tabiona and husband of Mrs Lillian Magera LeFevre of Magna. Sgt. LeFevre spent most of his life in Tabiona, attending the Tabiona schools. He enlisted in Nov. 4, 1938 and the Marines was stationed at San Diego until Jan. 6, 1942 when he was shipped He marto the South Pacific. ried Lillian Magera in 1940. Sgt. LeFevre, due to poor health, has spent several weeks in a navy hospital and is home but on a convalescent furlough expects to go back on duty after reporting to the navy hospital at San Diego. 30-d- County Agent Attends Convention At Logan This Week Word was received from W. W. Utah director, Extension Service, that all county agents were officially called into convention at Logan from December Marden Broadbent, to 10. 6 Duchesne county agents, left Sunconday to be in Logan for the clave by 9:00 a. m. Monday. Since war time emergencies are exacting strenuous effort from all workers civilians the extension will hold night sessions to facilitate conclusion of the conference Continued on Page 8 Owens, I HARVEY NATCHEES USES SKILL OF ANCESTORS Pfc Harvey Natchees, native Ute Indian of Arcadia, has come into his own in fighting for his country, according to the following dispatch received from Headquarters, European Theater of Operations: Fifteen soldiers from the west including Harvey Natchees of Arcadia, Utah, are combining all the dash of the old cavalryman with the skilled stealth of the Indian scout as they take part in the program of their Armored Reconnaissance unit in England. The cavalry horse has given way to more modern steeds of war peeps, Jeeps, scout cars and light tanks but the Indian scout tactics remain the same. Like antennae they precede the main body of fighters, these Armored Reconnaissance soldiers serve as feelers, learning what they can of the enemy and transmitting their knowledge to the intelligence branch. Infilteration of enemy lines, scouting and patrolling, and use of individual weapons, including .the knife, are phases of the commando tactics in which these Armored Reconnaisance soldiers are expert. Since theirs is ordinarily the first contact with the enemy, these men are the ground eyes for the generals who make the decisions, corresponding in that way to the observation planes which serve as the air eyes of the armed forces. "The English countryside, with and its woods and fields, hills valleys, downs and moors, offers all types of terrain which the reconnaisance men expect to enTo counter on the Continent. prepare themselves for the Big Push, these soldiers are among the hardest working troops in the European Theatre of Operations. half-track- s, SISTER RECOGNIZES BROTHER IN PIX PRINTED IN RECORD Mrs LaRene Einerson Briggs of Roosevelt is certain she recognizes her brother Corporal Floyd Einerson in a picture of "Mormon Marines in the South Pacific reproduced in the Record of December 3. She says he is the one on the bottom row, holding his hat. He is not a Marine, but is an L D S boy and would go to a church service such as the one pictured if it were in his neighborhood. Corporal Einerson, son of Mrs Ann Einerson, is 25 years old. He joined the Signal Corps of the army in February, 1941. He was first stationed at Camp Crowded, Missouri for five months and later transferred to Fort Ord, CalAfter three months of ifornia. desert training, he was sent to the Southwest Pacific where he has been for the past nine months. furHe recently had a ten-da- y Australia. in lough (Note: our attempts to have the boys on the picture identified have met with no success. PerEinerson himself haps Corporal can clear up the mystery.) County Agent Presents Farm Situation article entitled Duchesne Countys Agriculture Produces Food, appears this week in the Record. It is well worth your time to read it regardless of whether or not you are a An farmer. It presents the agricultural picture in the Uintah Basin today in clear concise statements. It is written by Marden Broadbent, Duchesne County Agent, who is in a better position to see the true situation than anyone else. He travels about the county, sees the crops, talks to the farmers, hears their problems and He gets and advises them. s, studies that vast mass of orders and requests issued by the government on the agricultural situation, and he is a farmer himself. bul-etin- JUNIOR FAT STOCK SHOW OF 1914 SET FOR JUNE The 5-- 6 annual Intermountain Jun- ior Fat Stock show for 1944 will be held in North Salt Lake on June 5 and 6, J. H. McGibbeny, secretary of the show association, announced this week, following a meeting of the board of trustees. The dates were set tentatively by the board. Four new members were elected to the Board of Trustees. They are Don Kenney, of the State Agriculture department; John E. Booth, of Spanish Fork, president of the Utah Livestock Shows Association; Jess Conover,' Ferron, L. Theurer, stockman; Ray Providence, stockman. The manager of the 1944 show will be named early in January at a meeting of the board of directors, according to Mr. McAlthough the premium Gibbeny. list has not yet been announced, it will equal that of preceding yearn. DearDoug Here I sit in the same old bed, with a hip in one hand and my no, its not pencil in the other my hip, but, as Bill McQueeney would say, Well, now le me tell ya. You remember my writing you in the early fall about the party we had on Lake Fork when we raided my corn patch. Mothers cellar for dill pickles, the creamery for butter, etc., and I dont know how many North Country farmyards for chickens and ended up on the Lake Fork for a real and how Stan and Ethel feed had a whole Dutch oven full of chicken between them, except for what "hips Ged could pilfer for himself and me? Well, RATION REMINDED hT u w i .1 1 i" 'ift 1 vS 7!' Jr ' .1, 7.v, r ;v ; . i-- . Bureau of Public Relation U. 5. War Department S. Army Engineer, "doing mor. . practical ITALIAN TRAINS ONCE MORE American railroads. Th... boy. at of restoration in the Italy, job than ever dreamed of by Mussolini into turntable the woiking and ai. getting roadbed back into hape Naple. are putting the grass-growfkfdtr to bandlo tbi DtiQUtd loconiotivo. ON TIME-- U. In Advance FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR YOUNG TABIONA MOTHER Reductions, effective December in the point values of meat and processed foods by OPA resulted from the release of larger stocks of foods by the War Food Administration for civilian conReva Merkley, comsumption, service member of the munity Duchesne war price and rationing board said today. When estimates of food supply are Increased by the War said the Food Administration, board member, even, as In this case only for a temporary period, OPA tries to do everything pos-- j sible to increase the supplies available to civilians by at once lowering point values. The larger the supply, the easier the job of Funeral services were conducted Monday at 1 p. m. by Bishop Olus Johnson in the Tabiona ward hall for Alta Jane LeFevre Turn-bo22, who died at the Heber hospital Friday night of complications following the birth of a daughter November 20. Bishop Robt. Moon of the Hanna ward assisted in conducting the service. The Tabiona choir sang, O My Father; prayer was by Leonal Webb; duet, Sometime, Somewhere by May Atwood and Vida Curry; Bernell address, Turnbow; duet, Softly and Tenderly, by Florence Johnson and LaBerta Wadley; address, Wells Wright; address, President Heber Moon; song, Jesus Lover of My Soul; benediction by Ray May-heInterment was in the Tabiona cemetery with the grave dedicated by Wm. G. Michie. Mrs Turnbow was born December 22, 1921 at Duchesne, a daughter of Jesse II, and Nora McClellan LeFevre. She was a lifelong resident of Tabiona and a graduate of the Tabiona high of school. She was a member the L D S church and was married Sept. 2, 1942 in the Salt Lake .emple. Survivors Include her husband and daughter, Alta Jane; her parents and four brothers and sisand Mrs ters, Walter LeFevre Nettie CarLile of Tabiona, Mrs Minnie Carlile of Heber and Sgt. Heber K. LeFevre of the U. S. Marine Corps. 5, rationing." Reduction of the entire list of rationed beef items, ranging from porterhouse- steak to hamburger, from two to three ration points, represents the most sweeping cut since rationing of meat began last March. This cut followed - close upon the twenty-fiv- e per cent reduction in the point value of pork in At the same time, the OPA table of processed foods reveals the greatest number of point reductions made at any one time Fifteen since rationing began. varieties altogether were reduced from one to ten points. A temporary increase in the supply of beef and pork, resulting from the seasonal rush at caused the slash slaughter-housein the value of meat points, the board member said. The peak period of beef as well as pork production normally occurs during the last two months of the s, year. Fairly sharp increases in the point values for ail types of cheese and major canned fish butter were registered. , Both and margarine remain at the un- changed point value of 16 points and six points per pound rein increase The spectively. cheese points reflects a sharp seasonal decline In November production, which fell an estimated 25 per cent under October. Farmers Must Meet Victory Tax Deadline Dec. 15 Farmers are required to file declarations of estimated 1943 income and victory tax and make a payment by December 15. Farmers who elected to make September 15 when most other persons made them, will need only to make an installment payment December 15. Persons who made declarations September 15 and wish to amend them or those who made no declarations but since have had a change in income to require them, also should file by Decemdeclarations 15. Mjton Legion Calls For Addresses Of Sen ice Men Wm. Sands Post No. and Auxiliary of the American Legion held their regular joint meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs L. P. Anderle Friday eveMYTON: 5 Number 21 Commissioners; School Board Purchase Local Garage A joint meeting of the Duchesne county commissioners and members of the Board of Education Tuesday resulted In the purchase by the two bodies of the Axel Pierson garage for the storage and repair of county equipment and school busses. E. A. Call of Brldgelund has been hired as mechanic to keep the equipment in order. Option Exercised The two boards took an option un the building two weeks ago, to complete and expect the transaction today, December 10, It was announced by County Clerk J. Lamar Johnson. The purchase price is $5,000, half to be paid by the county and half by the school board. The salary of Mr Call will be apportioned between the two In proportion to the amount of work done for each per month. Mr Call has been doing the mechanic work on the equipment for some time, but not In a centrally located garage. The new arrangement is expected to be more satisfactory and much more economical. Other Business Other business transacted by included the the commissioners sale of seventeen pieces of property and the usual routine business. The budget meeting to set the budget for 1944 and revise the budget for 1943, was set for December 28 at 10 a. m. County Assessor Levi J. and the county commissioners were authorized to attend the assessors convention in Salt Lake City December 9 and 10. Anderle conning. Commander ducted the usual brder of business. The secretary reported on the funds raised for subscriptions for the service men and it was decided to start about 20 subscriptions with the next issue of the Uintah Betty Jo Morrison Is Basin Record, that being the num- Commisioned In ber of addresses that have been Nurses Corps reported for the local boys who Army have left here during the summer Second Lieutenant Betty Jo and fall. Morrison of Duchesne, daughter Upon receipt of address of sev- of Mr and Mrs Joseph Morrison, eral others, more subscriptions recently commissioned in the U will be sent The Legion calls niled States Army Nurses Corps, to report to staupon parents, relatives and friends has been ordered at tion White, OreinCamp hospital recent of to report addresses gon, for active duty, it was anductees and also changes of of others in the service nounced today at headquarters of Major General David McCoach Jr,, from Myton. Delicious refreshments were commanding general of the Ninth served by the hostess at the close Service Command at Fort Dougof the meeting. The next meet- las, Utah. Upon completion of a six weeks ing will be held with Mrs Tuttle on January 7. training course there she will be assigned to Bushnell General hospital at Brigham City, Utah. hew Sells An-dert- ad-die- Ray May Farm; Buys Home In Salt Lake Persons with tax installments due on that date will receive or Mr and Mrs Robert R. (Ray! have received bills from the local collector of Internal revenue. Mayhew have sold their ranch up the Duchesne river and will leave On Cattle Program about December 15 for Salt Lake Change Date City where they have purchased The effective date of the Cat- a home. Mr Mayhews failing tle Price Stabilization program health has made it impossible for has been changed from December him to take care of the 110 acres 1, 1943, to the beginning of the of farm land. Kenneth L. Wilkensen of Profirst accounting period after December 15, 1943, for each cattle vo purchased the farm and Is living there now. slaughterer. KEEI LOCAL DRAFT BOARD INFORMED OF ADDRESS A farm worker who fails to keep his local Selective Service Board informed of & change of address or occupation may be reclassified or possibly inducted into the armed forces. Only the Selective Sefvice Board with who the individual has registered has authority to grant him a tempowork rary release from non-farwhich will protect his deferred classification. m Washington News Lellcr Congressman W. K. Granger GASOLINE A-- 8 states coast In 17 east The Declaration of Cairo is a coupons are good through Feb- firm statement which precludes ruary 8. i In state 3 outs cle the the east coast area coupons are any scepticism concerning the of 21. Big agreement complete good thiough Januaty si g n Four Allied Nations. Stamp No. 29 in fcork four is Singularly speaking, it Is a good for 5 pounds through Jan- commitment to completely destroy uary 15. the present Japanese Empire. SHOES When the terms of this agree- Stamp No. 18 in took ore. good ment have been put Into effect, for 1 pair. Stamp No. 1 on the '111 be completely destroysheet in beck three, Japan "Airplane ed as a powerful nation who has good frr 1 pair, for the past half century con-- 1 MEATS, FATS quered and plundered the helpL, M, and N Brown stamps less. By these terms Japan must good through Januy 1. Brown be drivn from China, Manchuria, stamp P becomes good De'e liter Formosa and all the Islands of the 12 and remains good through pacific, including Korea, and such ' January 1, 1944 a loss will materially reduce her PROFESSED FOODS to an ineffective nation without Green stamps A, B. and C in the natural resources with which book four, good thiough December she could ever again wage war. 20. Creen stamps D, E, and F Stalin Recognizes China In book four, good through JanIt must be remembered that 20. uary A-- Ier Year REDUCTIONS MADE IN POINT VALUES OF MEAT I think it was that night ber or soon after that Floyd Farnsworth revealed the fact that he was fattening up a goose and perhaps we should help him eat it. Did Stan light on that Idea and stick his claws into it, sort of? Just about anytime some of the bunch would gather In the shop, hed bring up the subject of the goose, and when were we going to take care of It, but something always came first and finally I dropped out of the picture. Well, last week, seems like Axel Birch was in Duchesne on Page 8 $2.50 UHlTf although Stalin was not at the conference to sign this pact, yet at the recent Moscow conference he agreed to recognize China and her interests, which explains the confidence of Churchill and Roosevelt in announcing these terms since they know these decisions will meet with the approval of Stalin. And bo the Importance of the recent Moscow conference takes on new degrees of Importance and satisfaction. There Is no greater proof to be found of the solid and complete understanding which exists between the four great powers. Will Liquidate Japs of the With the liquidation Japanese Empire it is Certain that Russia will continue Its policy of friendly relations with China. For Russia has adhered to this policy of friendship with China for the when it past 20 years, and even German-Japanese was threaten! d by the combination, it refused to appease Japan at the expense of China. And it is well for Rus- sia to continue to follow this policy for the sake of Its own national interests, since a satisfied China and the exclusion of Japan from the mainland are her best guarantees of peace on her own borders. In fact, the destruction of the powerful Japanese maritime empire will be Russia's assurance of free access to the sea, which she has so long desired. Thus we find food for our hopes that this will be the last great war for at least some generations to come, since there is every indication that the coming order of tilings is set and is being welded together very smoothly but firmly. There is now every right to hope that around this nucleus of mutual interest and reliability, will gather other nntions, until gradually but surely the world Is organized, not by paper charters but in fact, for its own security. |