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Show U.IV233AL BOX 147 227 - 6TH t t 7 -All Be T Lets T Register On October 28 BUILDERS Trade At Home VOLUME 24 - Vote Nov. 2nd NUMBER 43 DUCHESNE. DUCHESNE COUNTY. UTAH. THURSDAY. OCTOBER, 21. 1954 USAC President Drafted Issue Reapportionmenf As Congress Candidate Questions - Answers On Seating Plan! EDITORS NOTE It is the desire of this newspaper to present the facts pertaining to the issued confronting the voters of Utah at the forthcoming election on Nov. 2. Last week we discussed the pros and cons of' the Junior College issue. This week we would like to reprint a very fine discussion on the constitutional amendment dealing with legislative reapportionment that appeared in a recent issue of the Desert News - Telegram. Here is what the issue is all about and why it is important to the citizens of Utah. Your editor encourages each reader and voter to study , the issues very carefully and then vote on the propositions the way you and your com. munity Will best be served. non-politic- al What Is Reapportionment? In its simplest terms, apportionment of a state legislature merely means the method by which seats in the House and 'Senate are allocated. Reapportionment, then, is a realignment of seating, or selection of some other method allocation. Utah law requires that the House and Senate be surcensus. Since seats are allotted on veyed after each a population basis, the law requires that there either be addition of more legislators from the populous counties, or some action taken to change the existing ratio between population and allocation of legislative seats. This has not been done in Utah since 1931. Of 10-ye- ar Why Issue Important Now? On the Nov. 2 general election ballot will be a proposed constitutional amehdment dealing with legislative reapportionment. Every Utah voter must either vote for or against this amendment. For this reason, it is important that Utah voters know what it is they are asked to vote for or against. What Is The Amendment? t The proposed amendment has two' major proposals to make. First, it proposes that each of Utahs 29 counties be made a senatorial district, to be represented by a single state senator from each county. Second, it suggests that the House of Representatives be increased in membership to 75 representatives and spells out the increased membership as it affects each county. What Is Present Set-Up- ? At present, Utah has 23 members in the State Senate. The state is divided into 15 senatorial districts. Each of these districts has one senator. Additional senators are given the more populous districts on a ratio of one added senator for each 27,000 population. Of these senatorial districts, eight districts are composed of one county each. One district has three counties, two districts cover a area and four districts n have two counties each. In the House of Representatives, under the present law, there are 60 members. One representative is guaranteed each county, regardless of population. The population ratio is one representative for each 10,000 persons in the county. five-coun- ty Dr. Henry Aldous Dixon, new" candidate of the Republican party for the office of congressman from the First District, said Tuesday in Salt Lake City he was confident his party could win at the election on Nov. 2. Dr. Dixon, for little more than a year president of Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, was drafted late Monday night by the Republican State Committee to replace Rep. Douglas R. Stringfellow, who resigned as a candidate after admitting that his story of wartime exploits was a hoax. The USAC president had informed the committee that he would not accept the candidacy, but later was persuaded to accept after being chosen by a large vote. I think we can beat Mr. Granger (Walter K. Granger, Democratic candidate), he said. But I realize that I am under a terrific handicap. In the first place, this has come so suddenly that I have no campaign plans, and in the second place I am no politician. Dr. Dixon said' that while he had been associated with the Republican party for many years, he had never run for an elective office, except once Elected to Ogden Post This was for a position on the commission to set up a city manager form of government in Ogden. He was elected and served as vice chairman of the commission. At that time Dr. Dixon was president at Weber College, a position he had held for many years. ' was Dr. Dixon Tuesday three-week of leave a granted absence without pay from the presidency of Utah State Agricultural College to conduct his campaign as Republican candidate for Congress from the First District. The action was taken by the Board of Trustees at a special meeting in Hotel Utah. If the proposed amendment is passed by the voters and goes into effect, here are the changes which would occur in the Senate. Salt Lake County, which now has seven senators, would have one. Weber and Utah counties, with two senators each at present, would be trimmed to one. Carbon, Box Elder, Sanpete and Davis Counties would be unchanged, as each of these counties already has one senator. The other counties, which up to nowhave shared a senator with from one to four other counties, would each get a senator. In the House, Salt Lake County would get 27 seats under the proposed amendment. It now has 19 seats. Weber and Utah counties, which each have five seats at present, would get eight seats. Davis County would increase its representation from one to three. Sanpete County, which now has two representatives, would get only one. All the other counties would be unchanged. Only other counties at present with more than one representative are Box Elder (2), Cache (3) and Carbon (2). They would .be How Did It Get On Ballot? The amendment was put on the ballot by a vote of both the House and Senate in the 1953 Legislature. In the House, the vote was 45 for presenting the proposed amendment to a public vote to 11 against. The Senate vote was 16 for, seven against. In both the House and Senate, votes to put the amendment before the people came from members of both political parties and from both urban and rural areas. two-third- s Why Was This Necessary? Since 1931, no reapportionment has been made by a Utah Legislature. Since 1940, nearly every regular or special session of the Legislature saw some sort of proposal made as a basis for reapportionment. Because of the fact that any realignment of seats made on the basis of the current day would give Salt Lake, Weber and Utah counties a voting majority in both 'houses, no legislature has been able to get reapportlonment on this basis. Neither have any of the various compromise plans generated enough support to pass the Legislature. This proposed amendment, suggested several times in the past, is the first proposition to get past any legislature. And then, the legislators voted only to put the proposal before the people for their vote. If Approved, What Then? Not immediately. The Utah attorney general has ruled that the proposed amendment is not specific enough in itself to become law. If approved by the voters, implementing legislation would still have to be passed to put the amendment into effect. Among other things, definite procedure would have to be worked out to stagger elections of senators so that no more than half the Senate would be elected at one time. A method would also have to be devised to take r terms care of senators elected this November for from counties which have more than one senator under the present law. And provisions would have to be made for four-yea- (Continued on page 2) Mental Health Clinic Gets Program Started A representative group of citizens, including school heads, leaders, church leaders, child welfare directors, civic club leaders, public health morses and other interested persons, convened at Union High School in Duchesne County. The discussion was led by Superintendent Rowan C. Stutz, who introduced Miss Eva Hancock. mental health consultant from the Utah State Department of Health. A very .timely film was shown to the group by Principal F. Hutchings. After discussing the mental health situation, the group concluded that the logical group to assume responsibility of organizing and preliminary work in a mental health establishing r clinic would be the Associations. Mrs. C. N. Memmott, director, and Mrs. regional Jesse Allen, Duchesne Council president, assured those present that they would organize committees to work '6n the project with the help of all civic and church organizations in the varA public ious communities. awareness program will be started through local Local physicians, public Lo-ma- health nurses, child welfare coordinators, probation officers, and many others will be contacted in formulating a mental New Nurse health clinic, which the group assembled felt was vitally imFay Pope has accepted the Duchesne County. for portant appointment as public health nurse for Duchesne County. Appoints Health d Land Judging Contest Set For High Schools The supervisors of the Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District have announced their intention to sponsor a Land Judging contest within the high schools of the Uintah Basin. The purpose of the contest is to give agricultural students an idea of what to look for In the of land. Score classification sheets have been prepared so that the students can check the desirable and undesirable features of the land. The district supervisors will present a plaque to each school that enters the contest. The boy Who' places highest in the judging contest will have his name inscribed on the plaque. The three boys placing highest in any school can .be selected as a judging team to compete with the judging teams from other schools in the district. The team placing highest in this contest will be awarded a trophy for their school. .... The Local Rflilk Issue Hi-Lan- d The school board, according to law, sent out a request for bids to furnish for 180 school days 2200 to 2300 half pints of Grade A milk. This bid was sent to Dairy and also to Orvil M. Rudy, agent for Arden Sunfreze Creameries in the County of Duchesne. The bid requested (to quote) daily delivery of fresh Grade A Milk. Two 'bids were submitted: one by Orvil Rudy for Arden Sunfreze Creameries, and one by Hi-La- S'" t f ''& i' WORK IS PROGRESSING on the new addition to the Altamont High School. In the foreground are the gymnasium floor joists which are being constructed out of steel. Right center, is the west wing addition. Picture was taken from north of the building looking south. Witt Construction Co. of Provo is the contractor. C Altamoitf School CoEriratf Dairy. Hi-La- It is Given To Roosevelt Firm Dont Forget Tuesdays Voter Sign-U- p Citizens of Utah next Tuesday, Oct. 26, will get their last (chance to make certain their names are on the voting rolls for the coming Nov. 2nd election. Many Utahns are still on the vote rolls from 1952, when more persons registered in this state than in any other election in history. But, many of these persons have moved. They must, if they moved within a county, get a transfer of registration. They cannot merely register unless they moved completely out of the (county in which they originally registered. Others have moved into the state or have reached voting age for the first time. They must sign up. There is one more chance. Be sure you are registered. And, be sure to vote. . mont Elementary School, according to Rowan C. Stutz, superintendent of the Duchesne County School District. The bdd was for $125,835, which does not include plumbing and heating and electrical work. According to Mr. Stutz the total amount of the contract as approved by the Utah Building Survey commission was for who $168,337.70. submitted the winning hid for the plumbing and heating was the Walsh Plumbing Co. of Provo, Whose bid was $30,332.20. ' Allred Electrical Co. of Duchesne, with an $11,170.50 bid, was awarded the electrical work contract. Work has already begun on the elementary addition with the finish date set for early in July, 1955. Construction of the new addition to the Senior High Schoql has been going on for several months, with the steel work and the walls being erected at this time. Contract for this part of the new addition to the Altamont school was awarded the Witt Construction Co. of ProvO. WATER RESTRICTIONS IN CITY REMOVED The city council has announced that all water restrictions are off now and people may water whenever they wish from now on, with city cullanary When the Survey Commission released its report on school needs in the state, the Altamont program was No. 2 on the priority list as to needs. Next to that came the Roosevelt Junior High School, which wiU be remodeled and additions made as soon as state money is available. Sunday Night Testimonial Will Honor Elder Richard Powell Who Goes To California LDS Mission Richard Powell, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Doan C. Powell of Duchesne, will be honored at a farewell testimonial Sunday evening at the Duchesne ward Chapel at 7:30 p.m. prior to his well to note that bid did not contain a schedule of delivery. representative was contacted before the bid was given Hi-Lan- Hi-Lan- to anyone and the board requested that they make delivery as requested in the bid. The superintendent was advised by Hi Land Dairy that it would be impossible to give daily service to the schools. Because of this fact, and that during the past two years, milk had been delivered two or three times a week, it was deemed advisable to award the bid to someone who could and was willing to deliver fresh milk daily. I am sure this would be in conformity with the wishes of at least of the people of the Uintah 60 Basin. When they learned that the bid had been Jet to' the Arden (Continued on Back Page) The Turner Construction Co. awarded the contract for remodeling and making additions to the Altaof Roosevelt, was s. Our Readers Say Myton. Utah There have been articles in the newspaper, also letters sent out to patrons and producers of the Dairy explaining erroneously to some extent the true facts pertaining to the letting of a bid by the Duchesne County Board of Education. The following are the true facts concerning this matter. ss2sxr", - n P-T- A School District Coun-(Continue- LINCK Oiti Parent-Teache- MISS FAY POPE was recently appointed as public health nurse for Duchesne County. She replaces Mrs. Clyde Johnson, who moved to California in August. She will maintain her offices in the courthouse at Duchesne. Rolling Stock County Assessed At $24,458 Total W. H. PER COPY last Friday night for the purpose of discussing the possibility of establishing and coordinating mental health activities She is employed by cooperative agreement by the Utah State Department of Health, the Duchesne County School District, and the Duchesne County Commissioners. Contract basis is 40 per cent state, 30 per cent each for the school district and county. Miss Popes appointment fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Evelyn Johnson In of Roosevelt, who moved from the county during the summer. Miss Pope graduated from Sisters of Charity School of Nursing in Billings, Montana in The 1954 assessment roll of 1949. She studied Care of Prerolling stock of automobile, pas- mature Infants at Johns Hopsenger and freight lines in Du- kins Hospital in Baltimore, chesne County shows the total Maryland; and has recently finallocation of assessed value to ished a years public health this county as $24,458. nursing experience with the A breakdown of the alloca- Baltimore City Health Departtion of assessed valuations to ment. the various taxing units in the Her nursing work county lists $524 for Duchesne; was completed at the Univerfor sity of Wyoming; and she is $189 for Myton; $1,391 Roosevelt; and $22,354 for the studying for a degree in nurcounty. sing from the Universitv of Last year the evaluation al- Utah. located to this county for this Miss Pope has been assigned classification of property was Room 22 in the Duchesne On Back Page) $25,365. By 7 P-T- A pre-scho- How Would This Be Changed? $3.00 PER YEAR the to mission departure States Northern Where he will represent the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. A graduate of Duchesne High School in 1953, Elder Powell attended the Brigham Young University during the 1953-5term. He was active in student affairs at DHS and during his senior year represented his school as a delegate to the Rotary Youth Conference in Salt Lake City. Always active in his church, Elder PoWell. whose father is a counselor In the Duchesne ward bishopric, held almost every office in the Aaronic priesthood quorums, and has been a ward teacher. y -- 4 ELDER RICHARD POWELL, will be honored at a missionary testimonial Sunday, Oct. 24, in the Duchesne ward chapel. He will enter the mission home Nov. 3, and will serve the LDS church in the California Mission. He will enter the mission in Salt Lake City on November 3 for a weeks training prior to leaving for the California mission with headquarters in Los Angeles. Bishop Porter L. Merrell will be in charge of the testimonial on Sunday which will be in connection with the wards regular sacrament meeting. A program consisting of the following numbers will be presented: Prelude music, Mrs. Arzy Mitchell; opening prayer, Joseph A. Halliday; musical numbers, Ruby and Dian McDonald, and a male quartet; speakers will be Dr. John Smith, Bishop Merrell, the missionary and 'his parents. The closing prayer will be toy Mil-to-n Poulson, Other missionaries serving the Duchesne ward are Elder Howard Moffitt, Japan and Elder Earle Jordan, Southern States. (home On Health Utah's Greatest Hunt Gets Going Saturday Work Center To Resume Utahs greatest annual game hunt gets under way next Saturday, Oct. 23, with, the opening of the general deer season. Upwards of 125 000 nimrods will trep to the hills this year in pursuit of a mule deer trophy, according to game department forecasts. season The general lasts through Nov. 2, with either sex animals legal game over most of the state. Buck only areas are the popular Vernon, Heas-ton- , Stansbury, Tintic units, the West Desert area, and a large portion of the San Juan Desert section in south central Utah. Present field conditions indicate a prime season for deer hunting this year. Much less foliage on trees and shrubs than during the past two seasons with average or heavier deei; populations in nearly all areas indicate a higher hunter success will be the rule. Hunter success has been well over fifty per cent during the past four seasons. Game department sokemen note the following regulations among the many shown in the 1954 deer proclamation covering the coming season. Deer must be tagged immediately at time of kill. It is preferred that the tag be placed in the hock joint. It is unlawful for any butcher, locker, or storage plant to receive an animal unless it is properly tagged. or Any person carelessly negligently killing or wounding another person while on a hunting- trip, shall be subject to license privilege revocation for a period of five years. Every person, while hunting big game animals shall wear conspicuous red headgear and red shirt, sweater or jacket. - Your Next Registration Day Is October 26th The legal pursuit of deer is confined to daylight hours. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to hunt, kill, or pursue deer with a dog or dogs. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to hunt, kill, or pursue deer with a crossbow, shotgun, revolver, pistol, or with The Duchesne Health Center committee met on Oct. 14, and it was reported that they were ready to start work on stuccoing the outside of the building and to put in the windows and doors. Latest donations to the building are: Friendship Club. $200, $32 of which came from the variety dance revue given under the direction of Mrs. Phyllis Stephenson; Mothers Club, $119, from concessions; and the Strawberry ward, $47.60, a calibre, ..22 special or any other ,22 calibre rifle a .22 high power, ..22 Hornet, or a .22 Swift or equivalent. A plea for all hunters to make the deer season a safe and sane The average oil well in this season was expressed by De- country produces about 12.7 barpartment J. Terry Egan. rels per day. 25-2- 0 ex-cc;- k That's Tuesday |