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Show il u.Mivss3Af- - 147 BOX 227 SALT 6TH : LA-- :c:.p. AVSM'i or. 'l A . VOLUME 22 - NUMBER 4S OUCKZSKZ. DUCHESNE urn mm DP1VE Cedar Chest Sale Duchesne Co. Fair 1&AFIK CASOAUTEg WOUMNS KILLED H 3600 ll a y9roISt VIEWPOINT NEWSPAPER PEOPLE? DO YOU SAY, "OUR NEWSPAPER?" WE RATE AS Two Bridges Arc Toll Of Diver .... Recently the following article came to my desk, and ever since its arrival I have wondered just how best to answer the question: Do They Say, Our Newspaper?" . , . The thoughts are being passed on to our readers to answer by each reader individually: all-tim- - - Do your readers refer to your newspaper as Our Newspaper ? According to a Montana publisher, the answer to that question offers an easy test for determining whether a newspaper is really performing its true function in a small town. A newspaper, he believes, should be thought of by its readers as a semi-publi- c institution. Although your readers may not actually have ownership in it, thty should feel that it is their paper in that it is watching out for their interests and covering the news which is vital to their lives. We believe this is the way readers do think of most good weeklies. And they also think of the editor and pub-lish- r as public servants who can rightfully be taken to task if they do not do their duty in behalf of their community. Even though the weekly editor may not serve his community in any official capacity, he should probably think of himself as holding a public office with his from time to time, hinging on the votes he gets in the form of new subscriptions and renewals. If the great majority of families in a community are willing to plunk doyn a few dollars each year to follow the newspapers reports to the people, it is pretty good evidence that the publisher is performing his duty in an adequate manner. v Ev HEART OF THE MATTER . . , . At birth your heart beats 140 times per minute; an adult elephants 25; a canarys 1000. An earthworm has 10 hearts. Music peps you up by making your heart beat faster. It strives to keep in step with strong rhythms. , A days rest saves you 12,000 heart-beatDaily your heart does enough work to hoist a man to the top of the Empire State Building. Hudson Newsletter s. 150-pou- A drug concern is toying with the idea of combining aspim and chlorophyll to get rid of those si inkin headaches. 30 Participated In Ceremonies parcel-mailin- g con-tens- Cougar Catch Shows Sample At Post Office Soon Take Effect i 26 Young People . Join J j bridgTclea of Trashand sturing ijvestock away from the fl0(Kjed river bottoms. water is washing into the road in S0me places between Tabiona and Duchesne accord- jng t0 reports in Tabiona. MIA There were 28 young people from the Duchesne Stake who were among the 10,000 dancers participating in the M.I.A. Dance Festival held in Salt Laker City Last week. The dancers from Duchesne who participated in this artistic affair were: Miss Renon Christensen (who helped train this large group), Luane McDonald, Virginia Granger, Lou Ann Cole, Doris Ann Moore, Arlene Hadden, Cheryl Merrell, Resa Simpson. Karen Carmen, Kara Lynn Smith, Nancy Lott, Coy Michie, Clive Moon, Lynn Barker, Lee Ann Jodan, Shirley Harris, Joe Lance, Erl Simpson, Jimmy Grant, Rex Pearson, Alton Moon and Winton White. The parents who accompanied the group were: Mrs. Molly Rasmussen, Mrs. Orven Moon, Mrs. Joe Beebe, Mrs. Ray Horrocks, Mrs. Veretta Granger, Mrs. Mildred Carman and Mrs. Doretha Allred. y court-ches- ne s exploration in the Uintah Basin will be expanded in the near future with the drilL ing of wildcat wells on two undeveloped leasing units, major s companies disclosed recently. First well on Sun Oil Co.s Firewater Canyon unit in the extreme southwestern comer of Uintah County will be drilled by El Paso Natural Gas Co. 0 This unit comprises about acres, adjoining the U. S. Naval oil shale reserve. For this project, El Paso will use the drilling rig currently engaged in completing a promising gas well at the Peters Point Unit, across the Green River in northeastern Carbon County, awarding to Warren Taylor, El Paso superintendent. ' Casing pipe has been se jn this velj q oeptb of 4530 feet, but no' producing sands were encountered in coring to a depth of 4750 feet. Higher up in the hole, however, a flow of two million cubic feet of gas per day was reported from previous drilling tests. The second wildcat will be drilled in the New Brennan Bottom Unit, a 10,887-acr- e 20 miles southwest of Vernal. Gulf Oil Corp. is the unit operator and Gulf, Carter Oil Co. and Phillips Petroleum Co. all have acreage in the unit, located at Township 7 Soutn Range 20 East, in Uintah County. R. W. Chase, acting area manager for Gulf, said his firm would drill an 8,000-foo- t test to the lower Green River formation, upon final government approval of the unit. 25,-00- i Taken By Trapper Five adult mountain lions were taken in the Tabiona area by Walter Nelson, government trapper, at Duchesne, during the first week in June. Three of these cougars were taken in Little Valley, northeast of Tabiona, and two others were taken on Blacktail Mountain across the Duchesne River South of Tabiona. The three lions in Little Valley had caused an estimated $1,000 worth of damage to the Melvin Hackford sheep herd within ten days prior to the hunt. They are charged with the destructive killing of approximately 75 head of ewes and lambs. One of these lions was a male and two were large females, one with suckling kittens. All three were trailed from sheep kills. Noteworthy effect these kills will have on the deer in this The following claims for area can be estimated by figurhave been filed with ing the possibility that each bounty lion would kill one deer per the Predatory Animal Control week, or approximately 50 per Board in Duchesne County since the latter part of March: March year for each lion. Destroying 27 11 Bobcats taken in the these predators gives at least 250 hunters a better chance of Strawberry river area by Alden 22 bobcats Thomas; March 30 getting a deer next fall. Consid- taken in Mt. the Home area by offthe of the "appetites ering Stevenson; April 2 spring of these female cougars, Aaron the figures on the deer kill are 17 bobcats and 1 coyote taken in the Tabby area by Darr likely estimated rather low. 1 bobcat Mr. Nelson reports that he Addley; April 2 has trapped 230 bobcats in the and 1 coyote taken in Antelope Duchesne area during the last by Edward Barton. three wintres. The coyote predator menace is under control. MEASLES ONLY NEW There is very little coyote DISEASE CASE trouble reported in the area he Thirteen new cases of measles said. were the only new diseases reported for either Duchesne or Mrs. Jack Wimmer, of Nine Uintah counties by the Utah Mile, was in Duchesne on Thurs- State Department of Health for day doing some shopping and the week ending June 12. All were in Duchesne County. visiting with friends. - son-in-la- er the Duchesne County Clerk, Porter L. Merrell, in Duchesne, for constructing the new combination county house, school board and city of Duchesne offices. According to a Notice To Bidders found in this newspaper, copies of plans and specifications may be obtained from the office of Fetzer and Fetzer Architects. 415 Zions Savings Bank Bldg., Salt Lake City. A deposit of $30 is required to be made with the architects for each set of plans. According to the published notice, the construction work to be bid on will be under one general contract, including general work, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating work. A certified check of 5 of each individual bid must accompany the contractors bid, drawn payable to the Duchesne County Board of County Commissioners. The board of commissioners will open and examine each bid following the deadline data, and will select and announce the successful bidder. oil-ga- area-abou- t "Guard Our Water Rights and Develop Uintah Basin's Thirsty Acres." How appropriate this years U.B.I.C. slogan is. I was going to add and timely, but my second thought is that this warning should have been sounded earlier and we might have pre vented the loss of water rights which have already been taken from us and that might have been used in the developing of Uintah Basins thirsty acres. At least we would not have lost them while we peacefully slept. The right I refer to as having DIES been lost is the right to make IN CALIFORNIA e as follows: 8:00 to 10:20 a,m, filings on water for the Mr. J. A Morrison- received and General Board mem- - pose of developing Uintah Ba- word that his Ernest bers; 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, sins thirsty acres. Pollock, of California, had died Stake Boards, Priesthood Ad The reason for legislation pro- Saturday at noon. Mrs. Morrivisers, Ward Bishoprics and hibiting further filings on water son has been with the family Ward Presidencies (stakes meet to be used in irrigating land in for some time. Mr Pollock spent separately); 12 to 1:30 p.m., the Uintah Basin is that the wa- one winter here in Duchesne lunch; 1:30 to 4:00, afternoon ter is needed in other parts of and his many friends will be meetings for Stake and Ward the state. It is high time we sad to hear of his untimely Primary workers and Priest- were guarding our water rights death. hood; 1:30 to 2:30 p m., depart- that are left .to be guarded. He was to have graduated mental meetings; 2:40 to 4:00, No one, I am sure, doubts from Dental college in June. foT a minute but what the Cengeneral assembly. Leaders urge all Primary tral Utah Valley Project would Mrs. Elsie Gunter is workers to be in attendance to be a wonderful thing for the the summer with her spending children receive the valuable information state of Utah, but the people of in Idaho and Washington. She to be given by the Genral Board the Uintah Basin are going to was happy and thrilled about members. have to guard our water rights the fun of taking a trip. or we will find ourselves holding the sack from which our to develop Uintah Basins thirsneighbors have eaten the candy. The Central Utah Valley Pro- ty acres. Howard D. Roberts ject as originally planned, Myton, Utah The annual Welfare Dinner would have benefitted all conparty, sponsored by the Du- cerned, but an alternative plan chesne LDS ward, is scheduled which is now receiving serious for next Thursday, June 25, at consideration would benefit only 3-Y- ear those people in parts of the the LDS stake house. An outstanding program has state who would be recipients been arranged, including some of the surplus water from our special numbers from the Brig- Basin streams. The original plan was to build ham Young University, as well as local talent. storage reservoirs to be supplied A chicken dinner with all the with water from Green River The Uintah Basin suffered its downstream from the Muni trimmings, topped with pie ala- to replace the water taken from first drowning casualty last Sut- home, Both parents were away at mode, will be served. The pub- our streams to other parts of urda.v, June 13, when three-yea- r lic is urged to support this pro- the state, This would have been old Darla Muni drowned in the 'the time of the mishap. John ject, profits from which will be a great benefit to the Uintah Indian Bench canal while the! J. Muni, father of the girl, was used for the welfare program. Basin farmers, as they could child was playing near its home working as a cattle herder for Cost of the dinner will be $5.00 have been supplied with water just east of the city of Roosevelt, the U. S. Indian Service and at the times needed and in the The little girl had been play-- Amber Taylor Muni, the girls per plate. amounts needed. This plan ing with neighbor children mother, was shopping in Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Ander- would eliminate the hazards of she was discovered to be velt. A sister, Anna Beth, 12, son and Mr. and Mrs. John Rob- low and high water. missing A neighbor, Claude was taking care of the house. Darla Jean Muni was born We the people of the Uintah Taylor, immediately started a inson, of Price, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Basin must indeed be on guard search along the canal. The March 30, 1950, in Ft. Duchesne, of our water rights if we hope body was found about a mile Uintah County. She is survived Powell recently. pur-Stak- , Oil-ga- Tabby Area Dance Festival I cut-ov- Ms Two More Wildcats To Be Drilled In Uintah Basin Five Cougars SON-IN-LA- In the top photo Mayor Wm. Bill Linck, of Myton, makos the first call on tho new Dial Telephones that began operating recently folcerelowing monies at Myton and Ft. Duchesne. . . Looking while Mayor Linck 2 , phoned his wife were Axel Birch, Roosevelt Mgr.. Bob Knepp, Salt Lake, and W. H. Morton, district manager of Ogden. Supt. Harry Gilmore of the Uintah-OuraIndian Service, placed the first Call on the new Dial Phone in his office at Ft. Duchesne. . . Cutover took place June 9th. 500 yards which early this week washed out a couple of bridges and washed away approximately 300 yards of a dike that was built a year go when the city of Duchesne was threatened by floods, On was rapidly returning to normal, is a report coming from Mayor By Tholma D. Nye E. Johnsen. of Duchesne TABIONA (Special) High Otto waters and floating debris of According to Mayor Johnsen, the Duchesne River are taking 4the Duchesne began acting up toll of bridges during the past fSaturday evening as the sudden few days and flooding much of warm day started the spring s which had been held the river bottom pasture land The greatest blow is the loss back because of the cool spring. of the two bridges on the North It was estimated by Mr. Johnsen Fork of Duchesne River halting that the Duchesne reached its e all traffic over Wolf Creek sum. high Sunday (above the 1952 level), as the waters threatmit and making a sevently-mil- e detour necessary for many local ened to completely wash away sawmill workers who have to the dikes and river bridges near travel U. S. Highway 40 via the north city limits of Duchesne. Heber to get to their jobs. The one bridge was the old A crew of approximately 30 North Fork bridge which had men worked Sunday to patch been condemned, and the other the dike which was crumbling was the new bridge, nearing completion, which was designed Of to take its place. Work on the new bridge had been temporarily halted because of the strike affecting the. construction industry, but it was reported the cement abutments and streamers of one side were in, but have been washed away. It is not known at this time if any can be salvaged when high waters recede. A truck, driven by Ferris Giles. Hanna M.I.A. president, which was loaded with twenty-thre- e Hanna and Tabiona young people who had participated in the MIA Dance Festival in Salt Lake City, crossed the old bridge late Saturday afternoon with one abutment already washed away, but unknown to the driver at the time. . , A close enough call for an unsince only scheduled dunking a very short time later, the entire bridge was gone. Other cars are reported to have traveled over Wolf Creek WALTER NELSON, Government trapper in this area, summit and forced to turn back, one of the five adult mountain lions he trapped in displays on he road was posted the Tabiona area during the first week in June. He resides -th other ide at Duchesne. w'atem of 'the 'Ducfiesne of the because were late coming backward spring, but now seem In to be pouring into the lower once. at proall Many In valleys are working to perty run-off- hand-mad- Postmaster William H. Case wishes to inform patrons at the Duchesne Post Office that a new postal regulation - has been effected which will enable the public to seal all packages as tightly as it wishes. The Post Office Department recently put into effect the order which requires only that sealed packages be marked as to contents and that they be inscribed with permission to the post office to open them for inspection. In the past, the packages could not be sealed unless they were mail, or unless they were marked with printed labels as to Now sealed packages may be sent third and fourth class However, such packages sent by third and fourth class mail must not contain any written enclos- ures, Mr. Case pointy out. Typewritten or instructions were acceptable until tois postal regulation went mto effect, and the package was either rated first class or the sender had to put on a printed label. The old method was seldom understood by patrons and was cause of much lost time at the parcel post windows, particularly in holiday times, the postmaster explained west of the steel bridge which spans the Duchesne River within the Du-- j City limits on State Highway 35. About 300 yards of the dike in this area was washed away about half its width. The river kept changing its channel from one side to the other. Wire baskets were made and filled with four or five tons of rocks and lifted into the rift in the dike by heavy equipment. State road crew men were working' under the direction of Alfonzo G. Madsen, foreman, and Chester Lyman, city councilman, was directing mending operation for the city. Monday, the road equipment of Duchesne County was called in to help with the dike repairing. Trees were hauled in as well as old car bodies. Much of the labor was volunteers who responded without appeal when the danger to the town was made known to them. A rampaging Duchesne River about Upper Duchcsn lieu Regulations CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor HOW DO 7c PER COPY i'WsSS Bridges, Parts Of Dike Are Washed Out finished cedar The blonde chest on display at the Uintah Basin Record Office will be delivered to the holder of a lucky ticket during a dance at the 1953 Duchesne County Fair days at Duchesne, states Mrs. Barbara Meriwether, recently elected president of the Duchesne Unit, American Legion Auxiliary, sponsors of the fundraising project. The cedar chest project is being directed by Mrs. Grace Bench and Mrs. Vinda Merkley. Mrs. Dorothea W. Allred is handling ticket sales. Tickets may be obtained from Auxiliary members at $1.00 each. In addition to the chest, the lucky ticket holder will receive e of the chest-fuhousehold linens, dish towels, pot holders, bed clothes, and other articles which are being donated by the Auxiliary mem- bers. Proceeds of the project will be used for the Duchesne Health Center, and other projects sponsored by the local Auxiliary Unit. It is planned to display the chest at various business establishments in Duchesne during the summer months. cmkT.'.Dmiujow 3.00 PER YEAR Rampaging Duchesne River Again Threatens; ITill Aid zys2 VteasD QffiEFllLLYl mmr. Utah, Thursday. June it. xass CO Welfare Dinner Set For June 25 Bounty Claims In County Reach High Proportions Old Drowns In Canal, First Uintah Basin Casuty -' I 1 j , , Roose-whe- n by her parents and sister and a paternal grandmother, Mrs. Harold Ambler, Roy, Weber County. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Ft. Duchesne Cemetery under the direction of Bishop Golden T Collins, of the Ballard ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where burial took place under the direction of the Dillman Mortuary of Roosevelt. i |