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Show A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basin 9 FCSPEFENSE BUY W almost . theref:, raining men if a. l,j v UNITED STATES SAVINGS ftivONDS AfcDSTAMW t' visions, ti and of l Pends up jcated p. Covers ALL The Uintah Basin Volume 15 like. vestment o invest he best in id Spotlighting possu hum;., vhood. not T nm. ranee, t as muchi rs could live j en insurant; n the wi, trained t in office :table wor sath or it lequate u and educ Money le soon t rob us and of n Give yoi years t send the jet it; in ur best from i cc Presiden' IE t 11-1- 2 VS IN NT IE and :ll nd 10:0 15-1- 6 riME and and ,9:30 8S a es s Word from Our Warriors UTAH DUANE GRANT OF DUCHESNE GRADUATES FROM NAVY TRAINING SCHOOL Award for Noise Abatement Utah people are proud when any institution of the state is recognized nationally for worthy effort. The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce has again been awarded first place in the United States for its promotional proNational Noise gram during Abatement Week. This same award was given in 1943. Fishers and Hunters Take Notice Sportsmen will be glad to hear that the water level on Navajo Lake on the road from Cedar City to Lonk Valley Junction is to be raised two feet at a cost of $20,000.00 to protect the fish. The low water in winter caused suffocation. The fish and game commission which is doing this work announced that the 1945 duck season will open October 13 and run to the end of the year. The commission invites all who desire a free copy of the Fish and Game Laws booklet to write for it. Utahn Writes Song Bob Hopes vocalist, Gale Robbins, is singing Mom Says Not To Worry, a popular spng by one of Utahs gifted young woThe song men, Alene Dalton. n the was introduced by Utah singers, the King Sisters. well-know- Looking Into Three States J. Edwin Baird, a church leader and boys man of Box Elder county, will lead the hike again this year up Willard Canyon for a strenuous three-da- y vacation, beginning August 16th. The sight from the top of the mountain, nearly 11,000 feet high is one of the most dramatic On a clear day in America. without field glasses the mountain climber can see into Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. The bird sancutary, the fields and orchards of Box Elder, the city of Ogden the and military installations, smelters of Bingham lie below. The trip can be made by automobile for those who are not equal to the climb and sleeping on the ground. Every man, woman and child in Utah should find time to get to the top of the mountain and look down on that beautiful scene. ' Ski Area Superior Mr. Roger Langley, president of the National Ski Association of America, writes to the Pub- - licity and Industrial Development Department: "I feel that you have wonderful opportunities for skiing at Alta and at Snow Basin. I had the pleasure of visiting Alta in 1939, 1941 and 1942. Also in 1941, I went up to the l, Snow Basin area with Mr. the present supervisor of the Wasatch National Forest. I can assure you that I have been greatly impressed with these beautiful skiing areas and I feel that they will be very popular areas in the future. Ko-zio- Iianab Prospers The economic benefits from the filming of the 20th Century Fox and in Smoky production, around Knab comes to the Public Welfare Department in a letter from its field representative. families make enough Many time it takes to film the during ite. sin- - :cd. ic 451 a picture to last the entire year. The movie company has their When own employment office. additional people are needed it Is widely advertised and vacancies are soon filled. The movies are responsible for many tourists in that county . . . Although Kanab 13 a poor community as far as taxable property is concerned, it is growing in richness for its moving picture industry and the tourist trade. Save Underground Water The state engineer appeals to the owners of artesian wells to shut them off when not needing the water flow, in order to conserve the underground supply. Under state law, this officer controls the use and development of water below, as well as that on the surface. New wells must be drilled so that they may be closed without permanently stopping the flow, uncontrolled wells where the water forces itself up around the casing should be plugged, and old wells must be all but the equipped to save Duane Grant graduated from a motion picture sound school at the navy training center in San Diego, California on August 10th, according to a letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Parry Grant of Duchesne. He has now been transferred to San Francisco for further training and assignment to duty. DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1945. A delegation of citizens from Duchesne County visited Governor Maw last Tuesday, and discussed with him various matters which are of interest to the county. Those making up the delegation were Mayor Wm. H. Fitzwater, Sheriff Dewey Meriwether, Porter L. Merrell, Ralph Halstead, County Commissioner Floyd Case and Bishop Levi J. Anderton. They discussed with the governor the question of putting sidewalks along the state highway, but did not receive any assuro ance that the state could assist S. SGT. ALMA E. SORENSEN in that work. The Governor OF TALMAGE IS HOME to assit the however, agreed, FURLOUGH FROM EAST ON county in securing a county arnurse, and also a patrolman and SSgt. Alma E. Sorensen a juvenile court officer for this Thurson a home rived furlough area. day night. The committee left Duchesne He was inducted on October 15t 1943, and was in training at early Tuesday morning and reCamp Grant, Illinois for eight turned the same day. weeks, and was then sent to Fort and his advanced training George Wright, Washington, and fornia, was assigned to the army Air in the Mojave desert in California. He landed in the Aleutian Corps. He spent eight weeks at the Islands in May, and was wounded Letterman General Hospital at at Attu on May 23, 1943. He participated in four major San Francisco, California taking advanced medical training and battles, they were: Attu, Leyte and Okinawa, being then went back to Fort George wounded again in Okinawa. He Mounto went He then Wright. tain Home, Idaho, and from there was returned recently from a to Wendover, Utah, and was as- Saipan hospital. He is authorized to wear the signed to the 461st Bombardment Heart, four battle stars, Purple was at He Hammer Field, Group. the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, California for a while before beone Oak Leaf Cluster and a Comin arrived sent and overseas, ing bat Infantry badge. Italy in February of 1944, where He returns home in good health the Bombardment Group was asand we all congratulate him on signed to the 15th Army Air his splendid work, and are happy Force. He is wearing the American to welcome him home again. o Defense ribbon, Overseas Theater SON HOWARD D. POWELL, Good Battle Stars, ribbon, eight MRS. MR. DEAN OF AND Conduct medal, Presidential CitaPOWELL WRITES HOME tion and one Oak Leaf Cluster. o Howard D. Powell, the son of PFC. HOLLIS BOWERS, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Powell of FORMER TABIONA BOY, Duchesne writes from the IS HOME AGAIN to his parents in Duchesne. follows: His letter Pfc. Hollis Bowers returned home July 30, 1945. He health. in week last very poor Dad: Mother Dear and is a son of Mrs. Hazel Nye. now I can tell you now that I am of Heber. Pfc. Bowers was rein the Ryukyus. I leased last week on the point somewhere dont suppose that you have even system. of them. The climate is He entered the army June 15, heard almost the same as the states, in 1941, and took basic training and the vegetation is somewhat Colorado, and advanced training same also. There are even a the in Arkansas. He first saw active trees. raise sugar few pine duty in the Pacific theater of cane and sweet They potatoes mostly, war, and then was transferred and some rice. to the European theater, sailing The natives are orientals and from the eastern coast December are quite small. They are most he 1944. Soon after landing 15, them of ugly and dried up. They joined the 5th Army in Italy, are a dirty looking bunch, quite in where he was wounded early ones I have seen are. the the spring of 1945, from which anyway are some pretty there say They wound he has never recovered. have yet to see but I He is now in the Veterans Hos- girls here, one. pital in Salt Lake City. I am sending some of the monHe is authorized to wear the sen we use here. The ey Purple Heart, three battle stars note is worth a nickle fifty and the ribbons. two and campaign ten sen notes are worth a penny We welcome Pfc. Bowers home, each. A .grand total of nine cents. reand wish for him a speedy When we get our ten dollars each covery. we have a whole pocket month x full. WILLIAM DISTEFANO 'OF The island is covered with TABIONA IS RELEASED tombs for the dead, and they FROM MILITARY SERVICE are quite artistic. They are made Another of our Tabiona boys out of stone and some sort of has been released from military cement. They place their dead in service, TSgt. William Distefano them until all the flesh is gone enlisted in the army and reported from the bones, and then they for duty at Fort Douglas on scrape the bones and place them January 23, 1941. He took his in a jar in the tomb. They say basic training at Fort Ord, Cali- - that there are many generations of families in them. I have also needed water. looked in them, and there are Under the law of i935, the use some really pretty vases and of underground water with less jars. I havent ventured inside of waste has been encouraging. In one yet to get a real good look, one or two areas the benefits so I suppose there is a lot. that derived are beyond expectations. I haven't seen. Many wells that had not been Well, I guess Ill sign off for flowing for years are now sup- tonight. Tell all the folks hello. Love, plying needed irrigation, because waste water has been shut off Howard. at lower and more favorable levels.. SGT. JOHN F. YOUNG WRITES Kwa-jalei- Ryu-ky- Drainage Planning Cooperation of state agencies for the reclaiming of land made partly or completely useless by has been effected by a contract under which the Agricultural College supplies part time of an irrigation engineer together with stenographic help and office space, the Extension Department gives helpful experience of the county agents and the Department of Publicity and Industrial Development the time of a trained engineer. Regional and Individual drainage problems will be given attention and valuable land will be reclaimed for use. It is an ironical situation that here In the desert country where water is life, some of our good land is spoiled by too much of It. water-loggin- g r' Delegation .From County Myton Stages Happy Visits Governor Maw Celebration On The At State Capitol Tuesday Historic V-- J Day FROM GERMANY TO IIIS MOTHER n, us HERE Sergeant John F. Young, one of the Duchesne boys writes a letter to his mother, Mrs. R. D. The letYoung, from Germany. ter follows: Dear Mother: IIow are you all by this time? I am fine and just got back from which was a England, trip. I left at Suimfort and landed In Bedford, England, only stopping at a base in Paris for a few minutes. We went on a fortress. One of the other cooks went with mo. We went from Bedford to London and stayed for two days. Then went up to Ipsmieh, where we Bpent about all of 1943. The old places sure looked the same and we 10-da- B-1- y 7 were treated very good. We Day was indeed a day of celebration for everyone in Myton. When the official announcement was received at about 5:00 p. m. that the war with Japan had come to an end the sireii, church bell, car horns and every thing that could add to the din joined in creating as much noise V-- as $2.50 ' LOCALS J possible. Happy voices resounded with cheers and shouts; tears and laughter mingled, and everyone joined in the wild display of joy. Within a few minutes plans were made for a free dance at the Oasis, with free refreshments for everyone. Volunteers appeared from all sides to help with the work, cash and material were quickly donated, and In record time the celebration was under way. Musicians donated their serdance that vices for a jolly brought a great throng to fill the dance hall and to enjoy the refreshments. The end of world war II was celebrated in a manner that will always be remembered, even as everyone carried thoughts of our boys who were not here to celebrate victory over Japan. Funeral Services For Parley Nathaniel Turn-boHeld In Tabiona w - - Mr. L. P. Mayo and Mr. David H. Gustaveson, who are drilling the big oil well In the Vernal area, were in Duchesne last Tuesday, looking over the Duchesne area. Mr. Thomas Broadhead, who was injured recently, Is improving, and is expected to be home again this week end. Edward S. Rich made a to Salt Lake over the week end. Mrs. Owen Wright went with him to Salt Lake, and from Salt Lake she visited in Payson and Heber before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lyman are having their home reroofed this week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jensen and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hodges of Bingham, and Mr. and Mrs." Merl Bolton of Murray have been enjoying a holiday in the Basin. They have been fishing on Rock Creek for five days, and report excellent fishing. Mr. Reed Timothy is ordered to join the army on the 21st of this month. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Stocks made a business trip to Helper last Friday, returning the same busi-nesstr- ip day. Mrs. Ella D. Hellekson left on held on a business trip to Salt Lake City Funeral services were Monday at Tabiona ward house for Parley Nathaniel Turnbow. He was born at Woodland, Utah, February 2, 1890, the youngest O. son of Milton and Mary Mitchel Turnbow. He married Pearl Reid June 30, 1911 and passed away August 10, 1945. The people of Hanna wish to extend their most heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved family. The services were carried out as follows: Song by mala chorus, Let the Lower Lights be Burning; invocation by Ervin Clegg; were A. Foster the speakers Rhoades and President Heber J. Dear Moon; song, male chorus, to the Heart of the Shepherd; remarks by C. Douglas WadsGod Be worth; closing song, You Till We- - Meet With benediction by Bishop Again; Olous Johnson of Tabiona Ward. Graveside prayer was offered by a brother of the deceased, Frank Turnbow of Woodland. The pallbearers were Benjamin Mick Reid, Turnbow, Parley Jensen, Haward Turnbow and last Tuesday. Mrs. Robert Belt gave birth to an eight pound baby boy at tne Heber hospital on August 7th. Mrs. Rachel Wilson left Wednesday to be with them. Mrs. J. H. Partridge left for Bingham last Sunday, and will spend several weeks with her daughters, Mrs. J. A. Jensen and Mrs. Grant Hodges. Mrs. Rockhill returned from California last Wednesday. She has been in Oakland caring for an invalid sister. Mrs. Emma Birch was a Provo visitor four days during the past week. Mrs. Ida G. Tanner left Duchesne Tuesday morning to meet her grandson, Morland Tanner in Salt Lake City. He is on a furlough from the Pacific, where he has been for more than three years. Miss Jeanine Lyman will leave for Salt Lake about Sept. 1, and will attend the East High in Salt Lake during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Wilkinson Mr. Lefler. and daughter from Oakland, California are visiting in Duchesne Lt. and Mrs. Harold D. Broad-hea- d with his mother and her husare In Duchesne visiting his band, Mr. and Mrs. Jess John-stugrandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Mrs. Mont Poulson is going to Wright and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Mickel-so- n Salt Lake for the week of Augand family of American Fork ust 27th to take a special course visited his twin brother Cliff and in welfare work for the Red Cross. family over the week end. n County Attorney Ray E. stayed there for a few days and was transacting business in went back to London vhere we Duchesne last Thursday. left from. We got on a transMr. and Mrs. Ver Dastrup of was London and at port plane Upalco spent Monday in Duback in Suimfort in less than chesne on business matters. They Sure was a nice have three hours. sold their ranch at recently trip and I liked lt fine.. Upalco and will make their home Going over we flew over Par- in Salt Lake City for the present. is, which was very beautiful, and Lawrence Pack of Roosevelt on our way back we came over was to business matthe channel at Dover. It was a ters attending in Duchesne and Fruitland very clear day and we could see on Monday ofth is week. all below us, which was many Lyman Burdick of Bluebell and ruined towns, but the green Wiliord Workman of Roosevelt fields were sure a beautiful pic- are some time in this spending ture. We are still here at of the county doing some part but dont have any Idea very much needed when we will move on, but I on the roads here. patrol grading think we will see the U. S. be- , Mrs. Edna L. Peterson made a fore many more months. trip to Salt Lake City last week Well, Mom, I hope you are all to get her son Larry, who has well and doing OK at home. oeen with relatives there visiting There is not much more to write for the past two weeks. so will close. With love. JOHN. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrin Van Wago oner, Mrs. Fern T. Moffitt and IFC. WILLIS A. POTTER, OF Miss Faun Oman were Mt. EmTALMAGE, II S RETFKNED mons visitors on Wednesday eveTO MIAMA, FLA., AIR FIELD ning of this week. David G. Smith of Salt Lake MIAMI, Fla. Returning overseas veterans pouring Into Miami City spent a few days in the Army Air Field by the thousands county on business this week. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McDonevery day In Air Transport ald of Command them Talmage attended the planes flying g bock from battle fronts joint meeting of the American Included among the latest arri- Legion and Auxiliary held In vals a group from Arizona, New Duchesne Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Nello Ilicken of Merico, Colorado and Utah. After a few days for pro- Tabiona were Duchesne visitors by Tuesday evening. cessing and transportation Bliss V. Lott and W. E. Broom rail, all will be at their homes, cither separated from the ser- of Myton were transacting busivice on on furloughs before re- ness matters here on Monday and Thursday of this week. porting for new assignments. Therein Wardle, who has been The group included Pfc. Willis A. rotter, one of the boys from serving with the armed forces in Talmage, a member of a Tank the Pacific area for the past two Destroyer Buttalion, with 21 years, arrived in Duchesne Tues-la- y months in Europe terminated in evening In time to join the France. lie wears five battle J day celebration. He is enstars, furlough at joying a n. Dill-ma- Mass-heis- s, far-flun- V-- 45-da- y ( Per Year In Advance Number 5 Duchesne County Rejoices In Tlie Victorious Ending Of The Japanese War Celebrations Are Staged Throughout The Nation When Word Comes Officially That Japan Had Accepted Surrender Terms Mrs. Susan Grant Of Duchesne Celebrates Her Eightieth Birthday Mrs. Susan Grant, a resident of Duchesne for many years was honored by a gathering of her friends last Wednesday, August 15th, the occasion being her 80th birthday anniversary. The party was held at the home of Mrs. Perry Grant. Mrs. Susan Grant was born at Manti, Utah August 15, 1865, a daughter of George and Adelia Cox Sidwell. At the age of 16 she moved to Pleasant Grove, where she operated the telegraph office for two years. She then went to Gunison, and operated the telegraph office at that place for some time. At the age of 21 she married James Grant of Mill Creek. They settled at American Fork, living there for about six years, anu then moving to Theruer, Wayne County, where they lived for 15 years. They came to the Uintah Basin with their six children in a covered wagon in 1907. They homesteaded and lived on their place for a short time, then they operated an eating place on the other side of Hilltop on Willow Creek. The only travel on the road at that time was by freight teams. Daddy and Mrs. Grant built the place that is now the Duchesne County Courthouse, and operated it as a hotel for many years. Mrs. Grant was the first organist in the Duchesne ward, when A. M. Murdock was bishop, and it was then called Theodore. In 1909 a son, Rulison, was drowned in the Strawberry river during the high water. James Grant died in June of 1927. Grandma Grant, as she is lovingly called, is a member of the L. D. S. church Relief Society, and likes to entertain the D. U. P., as she still plays the piano. Her children are: Mrs. Pearl Lee, Provo; Mrs. La Vie Stott, Mrs. Eva. Parsons, Duchesne; Modesto, California; Mrs. Irene Duchesne, and Parry Pulley, Grant of Duchesne. the home of his mother, Mrs. Leila Wardle. Mr. R. S. Jordan, cashier of the Roosevelt State Bank was transacting business in Duchesne Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Johnson and son Teddy, arrived in Duchesne this week from Corona, California, where they have spent the past several months. Mr. Johnson received a medical discharge from the navy medical corps. Announcement was received in Duchesne this week of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Marley Davies at the St. Marks hospital in Salt Lake on August 9th. Mr. Davies is serving with the armeu forces. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Pulley ol California are visiting in Duchesne with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Partridge. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Pulley also came with them. Lloyd Grant, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Parry Grant of Duchesne received a bad cut in his hand Wednesday evening when he was crossing an irrigation ditch with a hay knife in his hand. The bank caved in causing him to slip and fall. He was taken to Roosevelt where it was necessary to have three stitches in the cut. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hurd of Independence, Kansas are visiting In Myton and Duchesne during the week. They came in WEATHER REPORT E. C. Winslow, Cooperative Observer. Radio Announcement Monday Night Causes Many To Celebrate Duchesne, along with every other town in the Basin, and every city and town in the nation gave itself over to joy and rejoicing over the glad news that came last Tuesday evening at about 5:00 oclock that Japan had accepted the surrender terms of the allies, and that the war was over. Immediately after the news came over the radio there came the blowing of auto horns and the fire siren, along with fire crackers and almost anything that could make a noise. Late Monday night the new3 was sent over the radio that Japan had announced the acceptance of the terms of surrender, and although it was not official, and came at about 1:30 in the morning, it was heard by many, and a noisy celebration was held' for the rest of Tuesday morning. At least, until time to go to work. Early Tuesday it was learned that this news was not official, and the rest of the day was spent anxiously awaiting the official word from Washington. Then the official word came at about 5:00 p. m. Tuesday, and there was another celebration, with a holiday being declared for the next two days for all gov- ernment workers, and many others had a holiday for either one or two days. The nation is now awaiting the occupation of the Japanese Islands and the liberation of the prisoners of war that have been held there for so long. Quite a number from the county have relatives who are prisoners, and word is anxiously awaited concerning them. Throughout the nation there were celebrations, and the radio brought news from the various cities as to the manner of these . celebrations. As far as we have heard San Francisco staged the rowdiest event of any of the big cities, as the crowds in that city broke store windows and pillaged shops until they were dispersed by police from the city and the mili- tary forces. Possibly the reason for the boisterous celebration in that city was the presence of many soldiers and sailors who had been under great tension at the prospect of an ealy invasion of the Japanese home islands, and the relief they felt at the conclusion of the war may have been the reason for the exhuberance manifested there. Any way, the war is now officially over, and we are all very happy that it is ended. Among the very welcome news that has follows the end of the war Is that gas rationing is no longer necessary, and that also many of the items of food have had the points taken from them. However, meat is still on the ration list, and from all indications will remain so for some time. Strawberry Baum and and Mr. Mrs. I. R. family, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baum, all of Heber, were here visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Williams and family last week. Bill Gallyer, Clarence Baum, Clyde Rice and Alvin Baum have been' working on the road for a rew days last week. The county patrol crew 1ms also been grading this road. They ore doing excellent work and it is appreciated very much by the people of this locality. Frobble Williams of Pocatello, Idaho, was here visiting with his brother, Ed Williams and family. Their mother, Mrs. Catherine Williams, who is now residing at Heber, returned to Pocatello with her son for a visit. Gib Ivie has been visiting In Duchesne for several days. A dance will be given in the Strawberry ward hall Friday, evening August 17, to welcome our soldier boys home. Every body la invited to join us. f |