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Show Y 1$ VSiroiSir Conference Sessions UsNE GETS FIRST BANK IN CY THIRTY long years .... Elders Harold B. Lee and Spencer W. Kimball, members of the Quorum of Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, will come to the Uintah Basin next Saturday and Sunday to preside over and address stake conferences in the Moon Lake and Duchesne stakes respectively. According to William Brother-son- , Moon Lake stake president, and Hale Holgate, president of the Duchesne stake, sessions of the conference will begin Saturday evening at 7:30 with a priesthood leadership meeting, to be followed by a welfare meeting at 8:30 oclock. Welfare visitors will be Paul C. Child at Duchesne, and Dr. LeRoy A. Wirthlin, Moon Lake stake. Also visiting the conferences will be two B Y.U. faculty members, Dr. Wayne B. Hales at Mt. Emmons, and Monroe H. Clark at Duchesne. General sessions on Sunday are slated for 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., with lunch prepared and served at noon by the Duchesne SPENCER W. KIMBALL, Stake Sunday School. member of the Quorum of the According to the stake presTwelve, who will preside over a general roll call will the Duchesne slake quarterly idencies, be made on Saturday evening conference on Saturday and as follows: Stake Sunday. Aug. 11 and 12. Ses- stake High Council, presidency, patriarch, sions will begin Saturday eveclerk, stake Melchizedek priestning and continue through hood committee, all presidencies Sunday, and will be held at and secretaries of Melchezedek the Duchesne ward chapel. priesthood quorums, stake mission president, stake Aaronlc priesthood committee, stake committee for adult members of the Aaronic priesthood, bishopi. bishops counselors, clerks, stake Ward Teaching committee, Aaronic priesthood general secretaries. On this same evening at 6:30 the Welfare meeting will be held. A representation of the General Church Welfare committee will be present. The stake presidency, welfare representatives of the Melchezedek priesthood quorums on a ward and stake level, ward and stake Relief Society presidencies, stake Storehouse secretary, agricultural representatives and, all in welfare work blessed by attending this official opening of the Duchesne of-Bank o Utah, and regular banking the in conducted city for the first time since the wg sole financial institution closed its doors. the when t,eSi ago I commented in this column on Several weeks county the advent of the a great boost to Duchesne of Utah could be to the people here a ynercial Bank want to emphasize. . . . Especially should giit I again of Duchesne feel gratified that men jeople of the City saw possibilities here that merited world banking :onfidence needed to establish a bank office for the siience of the people of Duchesne. commented on the fact that the have repeatedly city located in the western part of Duchesne county great potential as a business center providing the will intelligently le who operate its business institutions ote and boost the things they have to offer. . . . Gone he days when one could sit on his stool and wait for in an era when you less to come to him. Were living go after business if yu expect to get it before the " who is followinS a consistent promotional road and akiiig a play for your potential customers trade, gets Yesterday saw the the Commercial L D L ie I i . Ho- - rvisorrf for tW ir. Eatr customer. invited! Commercial Bank of Utah did not open a Dusbank office, nor did they merge with the old Roos-- ; state Bank at Roosevelt and erect a new building under construction) because they necessarily liked ut here. They did it because they saw a chance to nd their service to our area, and at the same time make on their investment. ir return The e nearly a year since I came into Duchesne county every penny I had in the world in a business that night had a future, and offer a service I felt the grand le here (you are the best in the world), were entitled . I am pleased with my first year. I have learned to is It vest . fine people and am ambitious about the future Uintah Basin Yes, true, some have failed ipport us in the manner I might feel they should, but is beside the point. Well continue to serve to the of our ability. . . . Just as the new banking institu-wil- l .... the its regardless of whether every potential cus-- r the first week or. the first year. Like you me, they are here to stay and grow with the country. Once again I desire to express appreciation to the fared men who have opened a new chapter in the progress luchesne county and the Uintah Basin and who will serve, in us all in becoming a progressive part of great commonwealth, whose every forward step has on the pioneer influence handed down predicated by those who came into Utah over a hundred years and endured hardships because they saw a future here, openly challenge the business people of Duchesne City county to rally behind those institutions who are here 6k yu grow and It will pay off In a big 10 expand f try"tpTgmgmbertfaat the dayrfSTpftsf wticrr y I onditic fe will come to you to buy your wares now, today, iicated. pust go to them if you are to meet competition. S Speaker At Moon Lake comes nuch to aid s . - . HAS J D NOTHING ON DUCHESNE'S GROW "SPUDS" .... UTY TO one of Duchesnes progressive citizens dropped RoseveR office to show me four bushel baskets lg risb Gobbler he had just dug from his farm potatoes ia. I saw a bit brought to Roosevelt to market. rs, m yarn in the back of his Dodge automobile and so der a few questions of J. P. Madsen. he told me he had dug .approximately a ton ese potatoes from a 17 x 190 foot piece of ground jd July 18, and had marketed them all locally in Dune and He imported Roosevelt at 4c per pound seed from Dakota. There wouldnt be much to this story except that Madsen says, Duchesne county can be a potato lng county if proper care is taken of the soil, and necessary ingredients put into it. One ton of l0es on a be a very could size of plot ground this table bit of ilo. li time to take not business. Why farming Monday j my C HAROLD B. LEE, Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-DaSaints, who will represent the general authorities of the church at the ) Moon Lake stake conference at Mt. Emmons, on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12. ... J .... . moment, the present is becoming the past and the past there is nothing more we can becomes bout it. -- Practice In Medical Center in a million began drinking alone. All socially and this drinking was accompanied social connotations! Jack London. thousand 30 i Duchesne hold-ove- Names and pictures of all con- testants of the county entering the contest should be in at the Roosevelt Standard office by so they can Try Friday, August 10, next weeks be published in papers. ty Winner of the county contest be eligible to go to the will L,lr' s have entered the Utah State Fair to participate rry arrace of Duchesne in the "Miss Utah contest. yysng . for the .Miss Duchesne County . sv;Veri the Duchesne i os Vucheduled Tor Aug. i For Contest Nino Youns Men is Bonnie u.: are Carmalita y Elaine Whte. Elsie Radden and La- - ssle rouge0" Allred. Join Armed son-in-la- Forces On Monday to Mrs. Vangie Nine young men will report 13 from imillrman Duchesne, for induction on August Board nary contest was to Local Selective Service gt?. held Wednesday No. 7, serving Duchesne county. ,nt . hh time three or wi."1? out o f the seven We to be selected by enter the con- - county outte!hSt ig betn and I , county k held tp e!lt show hown in this whidl AuUSt 24 communities emitted names of their 4ytontfi?y are Roosevelt contes-IW.1- ,. ther Joyce Jordan, Renee Labrum te..Sberry ,nlerson Dennis, Lu- and Helene Dr. John Smith Sets v E v Not a drinker kers began 1 Vernal Williams, ' of Provo, who did the remodeling of the building for the new bank, purchased the Blue Haven Auto Court last week. He expects to do an extensive job of remodel- ing, renovating and building. The locale is ideal, and under Welfare and priesthood meetthe capabilities of Mr. Williams, ings will be held Saturday Blue Haven should, and posevening, with general Sunday the the sessions at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. sibly will, become one of Bafinest tourist resorts in the sin. The court was formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. George Pearce, of Seattle Washington. We welcome this fine family Of from Provo to our community. We are sure that th6y will prove an asset to our town. They are The Selective Service Board active members of the L.D.S. No. 7 at Duchesne has been re- church. organized. Chester Lyman, of Duchesne, has been appointed chairman of the three man board, with Paul E. Nelson and James R. Hall, of Roosevelt, Up as members. a was Mr. Lyman appointed board member to replace ClarWe are indeed happy to welence H. Wilson, of Duchesne, to our community Dr. come Mr. Heber to City. moved who H. r Smith, his lovely wife John Nelson is the only sons, the member of the board since its and three young three weeks just being youngest reorganization. old. who L. Merrell, has; Dr. Smith states that he has Porter served as chairman of the board in our town since 1948, recently resigned enjoyed his stay members The far. family, thus this chairmanship. is now at L.D.S. church, the of of Dpchesne, Patience Larsen, Grant Muris serving as clerk of the local home in the former home. board, which has an office m dock Dr Smith received his medcounty court the Duchesne ical training at the University house. Utah School of Medicine and Attorney Geo. E. Stewart, of of in the L.D.S. hospital, Roosevelt, is the appeal agent interned Lake City. Salt board. for the Guests at the home of Mrs. Mrs. Wm. Case is again at Emma Sagers, Sunday, were her home, having returned Sunday Mr. visit with daughter and night from a weeks Mrs. Carl Hickens, of Heber and Mrs. Harvey City. her daughter. Hatch, in Ogden. Local Draft Board out? Every $3.00 PER YEAR . 7c PER COPY First Oil From Duchesne Well Goes To Market The first tanker, containing 240 barrels of oil, from the Duchesne Ute Tribal No. 1 well left Duchesne at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. Don Kimball, of Salt Lake City, proudly sat behind the wheel. There were 1,000 barrels more ready to go, so stated Mr. Kimball. New Dank Opens At Duchesne, First In 30 Years - Yesterday, Aug. 8, saw a new page of history opened for the City of Duchesne as the Commercial Bank of Utah officially opened its branch office in the Duchesne Hotel building, with most of the officials of the bank in attendance. P. P. Thomas, president of the banking firm which just recently expanded to the (Jintah Basin by merging with the Roosevelt State Bank at Roosevelt, officially declared the branch office open. Named manager of the new office was Robert Montgomery,, who for several years has been assistant manager at Payson, and who will be assistant to R. 8. Jordan at the Roosevelt office. He will be assisted at Duchesne by Miss LaVar Sprouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clive Sprouse, of Duchesne. It has been nearly 30 years since the Duchesne bank closed its doors, which was housed in a building near the new office. The new quarters have been completely renovated and beautiful new office fixtures make the office a fine addition to Main street in the county seat city. .. i Things To Como CORRELATION MEETING Attention is called to the Ward Correlation meeting scheduled for Monday, August 13, at 8 p. m. Opening meeting will convene in the chapel, followed by departmental meetings under the direction of the bishop and his counselors. All officers and teachers of the several organizations are requested to attend. UINTAH BASIN REUNION You, who would like to meet old neighbors and friends of the Uintah Basin will find them waiting for you at Liberty Park band stand in Salt Lake City Sunday, August 12, at 12 noon. Band Rehearsals Started For Fair The Duchesne Band started rehearsals for the U.B.I.C. anci County Fair programs Friday, August 3, at 7.30 p. m. All members boMhaveR been contacted to get in touch stead are urged with him to ,rt Ml as to day and time of which are being held regularly. S whi .Si pU nldto, .11 each rehearsal without interrup tion. Mr. Beckstead is planning to assist the Tabiona Band in order that they might also participate in these events. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bench drove to Provo Sunday afternoon to pay a sick call on Mr. Benchs brother, Grant, who is still confined to the hospital there. They report that an operation was performed at noon Sunday, and as yet but slight improvement is shown. mhesnelnlihQslLevy To Carry On Work At the August 7 meeting four towns and cities in Duchesne county, Duchesne, Roosevelt, Myton and Tabiona, submitted their 1951 tax levies to the Board of County Commissioners, for their scrutiny and approval. The City of Roosevelt has found it possible, the report shows, to get along on less money this year than they did previously, Their levy dropped from 27 to 25 mills. Duchesne city found their planned activities and projects would require hike from more, thus a 25 to 26 mills. Myton also in23 to creased their levy 25 mills. Tabionas 8 mills remains the same as last year. Following are complete reports from the four cities and towns as released by County Clerk Porter L. Merrell: 5 mills; waterworks for tion and other purposes, 1 mill; open, improvement, repairs for streets and sidewalks, 1.5 mills; street light, electricity and other utilities, 3.5 mills; public safety expense, 1 mill; parks and cemetery expense, 1 mill; judgments, interest and sinking funds (bond interest. 4 mills and bond sinking fund, 8 mills), 12 mills: airport, 1 mill. Mill levies set by the Duchesne City Council for 1951 are the same as for last year, except for the additional 1 mill for the waterworks for irrigation and other purposes, which the city to is authorized government levy by Title 15, Chapter Utah Code Annotated, 1943. In addition to these authorized levies set by the Duchesne City Council, municipal governments are allowed by law to levy for construction and repairs of sewers and drains; erection and maintenance of city halls and memorials; expense of city auditor; expense of department of public affairs and finance; establishment and maintenance of libraries, mosquito abatement district cost; metropolitan water district; construction and operation of hospitals, and other purposes as specified in the Utah statutes. Levies set by the city governments within each county of the state are presented to the county commissioners not later than the second Monday in August of each year, and they, in turn, submit a copy of such levies to the Utah State Tax Commission for approval. irriga-lncorporate- Duchesne Duchesne citys mill levy for 1951 has been set one mill high- er than it has been for several years. The 1951 mill levy is set at 26 mills, or one mill higher than the 1950 levy of 25 mills. This municipal levy is set to raise funds for the following purposes; Contingent expense, Fire Department Plane Sports Event For Aug. 17 d Sports followers, especially of the "Grunt-Groaworld, will have a chance to see a former Residents and real property Ira Dern, in action as a promoter a of sports feature that promises 2wnr.r,s jn Roosevelt will pay to entertain, as he brings a,? ,Lty during 1951 than they 'iPj group of wrestlers and ring !cep last year. Roosevelt City levies, performers to Duchesne on Fri- as submitted to the Duchesne . . . . , day, Aug. 17. under the sponsor- - Hooeovclt n year's mill levy was 2f mC'x, Money to be raised tor the According to Oscar Beebe, general chairman of the sponsoring committee, Mr. Dern, who in the early 30s and late 20s was disposing of wrestlers from near and far to become one of Utahs headliners, promises in Don Mayne, another Utahn who has established himself a popular wrestler, and Jerry ..Rough- house Hollis, a bout that is worthy of any main event; plus the capers of "Wildcat McCann, Portland, vs. Cowboy Billy Montana, which should provide entertainment well worth the price of admission. Added to the wrestling antics, Dern presents The Famous O Connor, one of the nations UNO. the man who stands on a finger; a head balancer who walks upside down on crutches, and MITSI, a lot of Paris in one little bundle, who entertains in her own talented way. Additional committee members who are assisting in the promotion of the project that is designed to help defray some of the expense of the fire de- partment in getting equipment. tQ make the City of Du. . safer jAm the always are threatenjng hazard of fire, knd Chester Lyman, fire chief, Mayor Otto Johnsen. operation of the city is by levying various mills for the following purposes; Contingent expense. 3 mills; waterworks fdr irrigation and other purpose. 4 mills; open, improvement end repairs of streets and sidewalks, 3 mills; construction and repairs of sewers and drains, 1 mill; expense of public safety, 3 mills; expense of public property and parks, 2 mills; judgments, interest, and sinking fund, 5 mills; mosquito abatement district cost, 1 mill; airport, 1 mill. Last year 2 mills were levied for streets and sidewalks; 8 for judgments; 2 for airport; 5 for general; 4 for waterworks; 1 for sewers and drains; 2 for parks; 3 for public safety. George R. Hacking. Roosevelt the city recorder, submitted levies to the county commissioners for inspection at their August 7 meeting. topfligh- t-magicians; Myton Mill levy set by the Myton City Council for 1951 is for 25 mills. This levy is 2 mills higher than the levy which was levied against property owners in Myton last year. Purpose of the various levies total which comprise the cam- - levy is as follows: Contingent acve , expense, 5 mills; waterworks for will cet near" future with rmgside1 nl irrigation and other purposes, 1 mill; construction and repair general admission seats of sewers and drains. 1 mill; the fire of member Any construction and maintenance of department or city council will gas, electric and other utilities, hve tieket. for Mle .Her today. 2 mills; expense for public safe1 mill ;expense of departty, Sgt. William M. Reynolds was ment of public affairs and fi- boarding the bus Monday night nancc 2 mills; expense of parks destination, California. He had and public property, 1 mill; furbeen using up his judgments, interest and sinking lough visiting with relatives and fund, 12 mills. This mill levy is friends round about, and spend- the same as for 1950 with the ing much time at home with his exception of an additional mother. Mrs. Jennie Reynolds, levy for construction and mainof Mt. Emmons. tenance of gas. electric and othWillie was in Korea in the er utilities, and a levy for midst of things when his father public safety. Only 1 mill was died, and at that time could notjevled jn 959 for utilities, and be located, so it has been a gen- no jevy was mace for public uine homecoming for both safety. and his mother. Mytons levies were submitted by Mayor Wm. H. Linck. ticket-sellin- 23-mi- ll 25-mi- ll g avail-hearsal- s, i 30-da- y Tcbiona Ute Money Waits President's Signature Tabionas Town Board has set the 1951 mill levy at 8 mills. This is the same mill levy set among sponsors of the Senate bill. There was every indication that the Utes should start receiving their long awaited $1000 checks within the next few months. After the bill clears the House and is signed by the president, the Indian Bureau then would be In a position to start setting up the machinery for distributing the nearly windfall to the individual Utah Utes. domestic, and power plants to serve those residents living within the limits of Tabiona Town. Copies of the town levies were presented to the Duchesne Coun-tBoard of Commissioners by Ernest Stanley, Tabiona town clerk. This is an additional mill levy which is added to the general county levy, school levy, and others to use in the calculation and computation of the county auditor. Those who will answer their are: countrys call next Monday Bry-oA telegram Wednesday afterClive R. Hadden, Duchesne; J. Gilbert. Roosevelt; Howard noon from Congressman Walter W Timothy, Roosevelt; Boyd K. Granger revealed that all at Young, Lapoint (working that remains now forandthe Ute Montana); Lloyd Elmer GuJ3y Indians in the Uintah son, Duchesne; Robert M. Gin?s. tribes in Utah to receive $1,000 S. Fruitland; A. Muir, Tabiona; Joe apiece is President Harry William C. Pearson. Boneta; Trumans signature. A detail Mr. to be John Capson, Arcadia. Granger said, is expected These nine young men are m an absofute certainty. the 22 to 20 age group. to Congressman According No regular physical examinwhich had prebill, the ation calls have come from the Granger, the House, repassed viously months the local board during ceived approval of the Senate of June. July and August. Jon Monday, with a few minor Some of the inductees in thi; back to a post changes, and was sent August rail have received a unanimous where House, the date. this ponement until n d 19S1 Tas Levies WARD Chairman v E v n it Provo Man Buys Auto Court; To Make Chances Chester Lyman .... p it 151 In Duchesne y ,2 ! AUGUST Two Stakes Plan For CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor f 11 ? m 1a NUMBER vote by the lower house accept- ed the Senate amendments Rex Curry, Reginald O. chairman of the Ute Tribal committee. has been in Washington aiding the lawmaker In passage of the bill. He, no doubt, will have a more complete report of the passage of the bill through to Congress when he returns Fort Duchesne. This means the way is virtually cleared for putting into operation a $5,500,000 program for Utes of the Uintah and Ouray reservations. The money of the Utah Ute s share of the $32,000,000 judgrepre-sent- one-thir- d s ment awarded Utah apd Solorado Utes laat year by S. Court of Claims in payment for their western Colorado lands. proThe $5,500,000 three-yea- r gram will cover, besides the $1,000 per capita payment, the getting up of a revolving fund for the Utes to purchase land and livestock, set up schools and improve public health service. The program will be handled by the tribal council under the supervision of the Indian Bureau. The bureau was ordered to make annual reports to Congress on the progress of the program. Senator Arthur V. Watkins for the board last year; and the of the levy is to (R.. Utah), and Senator Wallace purpose for water, funds raise irrigation XR-- . were Utah) F. Bennett or operation of lights $1,400,-000.0- 0 v |