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Show CCRR. UNIVERSAL. PIERPOMT AVE. Uffliah VOLUME 25 - NUMBER 52 Recoilwd Budget DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1955 $3.00 PER YEAR It PER COPY For Coming Year Drop Is Shown In Office Of Federated Women County Recorder Of U. S. Pledge A $179,655.00 tentative budget was set by the Duchesne County Of fiver Commissioners on Dec. 15 at a Support 1955 Tan Collections In County Reach 85 Percent meeting. Total figure is less than the proposed total of $186,355.00, reports Porter L. Merrell', county clerk. Changes made in the adopted budget, from that of the announced proposed tentative budget was raisspecial $700.00 Jail Escapscs Arc Average Drops Delow 1954 Payments Picked Up Dy Local Police An alert law enforcement group in Roosevelt and Duchesne county were responsible shortly after midnight fast Saturday morning for the apprehension of three, of four Uintah county jail inmates who broke out of jail Friday night. t Herbert M. Snyder, Uintah Co. sheriff, said the men escaped by digging through the north wall of the county jail with a steel punch one of the prisoners had , smuggled inside. The prisoners had been taken to dinner at a restrauant when one obtained the metal object. The break was discovered about 9:30 a.m, by City Policemen Jack Boren and Ray Gee. Whiterocks, George Whitetail, was picked up shortly after the break. Came To Roosevelt The other escapees, Lynn J. Eaton. 29, Vernal; Mernett G. Greer, 35, San Francisco, and Richard Gerlach, 25, yernal, were picked up in Roosevelt shortly after midnight by Lorin Stevenson, Duchesne County . sheriff; Dave Roberts, Roosevelt night marshall, and C. S. Carter, special police officer of the Ute Indian Department. They had caught a ride to Roosevelt with Arbeth Larbum, Vernal, and were apprehended as they arrived at a Roosevelt service station. They were returned to Uintah Co. jail by Sgt, Sammy Hatch, State Highway Patrol, and Morris Caldwell and Mr. Boren, Vernal city officers. ' Turner Building Gets Contract To Dulld School ing from to $1,400. For S50t000; Sale Of tho Week A Pleasant Valley ranch near Myton has been sold in a $50,000 sale of the transaction labeled week in Salt Lake for the period ended Friday. Announcement was made by M. H. Shaw, chairman of the multiple listing committee of the Salt Lake Real Estate Board. Sellers were William A. Jennings, and Mrs. Bertha Neal of Denver. Purchasers were Mervin Robbins, Eugene E. Wilckey and Jay S. Vickers, The sale covered 1,604 acres, without buildings. Of that land, 417 acres are irrigated land for alfalfa and grain production and 1,187 acres of dry farm land and pasture. The transaction was handled by James Rice, Salt Lake City, representative of Bettilyons, Inc. realtors. Admiral's Staff Springville Firm . Gets Highway Job The president of the' General Federation of Womens Clubs Monday wrote Rep. William A. Dawson that the orginiza-tio- n is backing the Upper Colorado River Storage project. Mrs. Marion T. Weatherford of, Oregon wrote the' Utah solon that was ready, to the organization throw its full weight behind the project. May I extend to you and your committee (the House Interior Committee) our sincere commendations upon the decision to delete Echo Park Dam from this project; and to obtain an alternate site for Mrs. Weatherthis development, ford wrote. In lending our support to the Upper Colorado River project, which we recognize as being important to our expanding nation, we would expect the same consideration to be given any national park or monument whose boundaries might be affected, the Letter said. h) Duchesne Ups Its Rates On Culinary Water Culinary water rates will be increased 50 cents each connection beginning January 1. This announcement was made following the December meeting of the Duchesne City Council. This raise will bring the cost of water service to $3.00 a month for homes and $3.50 for business establishments. Allen Bond, city councilman in charge of the water department, explained that the raise was necessary to retire water department bonds in a certain series. Estimated revenue from the increase is expected to be slightly more than $100 a month. The raise in culinary water rates effective January 1 is the first announced for Duchesne during the past decade. Sells Local Youth On si Record Dei Mesaifa; liKselleEJff Program Stalled Here License Pistes Days Get For Duchesne County Leland Wright, county treasurer. announced today that he is planning to sell motor vehicle plates at his office in Duchesne on most week-da- ys and at Roosevelt every Tuesday at the Municipal building. Certificates of assessment (tax releases) would be issued at the place of sale of the license plates. Plates will be available through him for all size trucks and passenger cars. A new ruling this year ownn ers must declare the gross weight of trucks or combination units. Gross ladden weight of the unit or units, in accordance with the ruling, must be stenciled or painted in figures three inches high or mqre on both sides of the unit, the treasurer reminds truck owners. , lad-de- Mrs. Silivia Mecham and Cloe are spending a few days this week in Salt Lake City at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Selby Williams and family. Agency lies Relocated 150 Persons Glnco Feb. 1955; Extended Programs Includes All Utes Uintsh-Oura- y The American Indian set an all'-- f time record this past year in accepting job opportunities off his reservation. Acting Secretary of the Interior Clarence A. Davis announced today. According to figures received by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, almost 3,500 Indians moved away from their reservation homes to areas that offered greater employment advantages. The figures go on to show that most of the Indians who make the voluntary relocation move make a success of their new venture. Of the 16 agencies where the Department has a relocation staff, five have reported' on the number of returnees for the fiscal year 1955. These reports show that, few- program was and Ouray Reservation on February 1, 1955 for the Piautes gnd the mixed-bloo- d Utes. To date they have relocated in Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco, 63 families and single persons, or a total of 159 persons. At the present time they have 16 units of 63 persons awaiting to be moved. Now, that the program has been extended to include the d Utes, it is felt by local officials .that the program will have a real future in offering training and permanent employment to the Utes in the different industrial centers. The relocation started on the Uintah Arthur Rowley To Serve On M lesion HIGHWAY CUT DY RAMPAGING FLOOD V Duchesne MIA lies Strong Teem Appeared At Hearing Persons appearing at the budget hearing, other than county personnel, were Edwin Carman, commThe Duchesne MIA basketball Mrs. Eva Koyen, issioner-elect, team is so far undefeated in the Melvin White, Clarence Baum, have played. Emil Munz, all of the Duchesne practice games they Last Thursday evening they played area. Myton here, and it was a close and exciting game. It was 44 to 44 end one minute to play when Duchesne made' 4 baskets at the last minute to take the game with a score of 44 to 52. The will enter the MIA inter-stak- e competition on January 9. Following is the personnel of the team and the points scored against Myton: Lloyd Grant, 18; Leo Foy, 2; Jay Abbot, 2; Wayne Workman, 4; Jimmy Grant, 18; Carl Wilker-so- For Coming Socaon Tho Weather In Duchoeno City Arthur Rowley, son of Mrs. Noma Rowley of Strawberry, has received a call to serve on a Northern California mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Arthur will enter the Mission Home on Jan. 4th. His testimonial will be held at the Duchesne .stake houce on Sunday 8, evening, Jan. 1st, at 7:30 p.m. The Kip MerkLeys of Salt Lake Myton Team Northern California is where the the are holidays spending City Dean Giles, 4; Russel Gingell, befor lived many years Rowleys in Duchesne and Roosevelt with 12, David Crapo, 4; Lynn Morrill, fore they came to Duchesne. their families. 2; Packy Fenn, 22. n, Scout Roundtable Set At Mt. Emmons Death Changes Sex Of Old Ute Moon Lake District Roundtables 76-Ye- ar Death this week solved the identity of an aged member of the Ute Indian tribe who has lived in the Uintah-Oura- y reservation for many snows, to be of the male sex. rather than a woman. As far back as any members of the tribe can remember has worn womens clothes, and everyone except immediate members of the family had considered the Ute Indian to be of the feminine sex. The er than 13 of every 100 relocatees records of the tribe at Fort Duh give up and go back to their res- chesne had it that ervations after trying life in the was a woman. However, Tuesday cities. of this week, when Ted Olpin, manOne of the best records was ager and operator of the Olpin (Continued on Back Page) Mortuary was called to pick up full-bloo- MAIN budget for noxious weed eradication, or from $8,000 to $8,500; and an increase of $200, or from $1,200 in the exhibits and advertising fund, $315,-200.9- Low bid of $285,500 for the struction of an elementary school at Alterra to be located across highway '40 from Buzzs Service, was accepted last week by the Uintah School District. The bid was entered by Turner Construction Co., which is actually Turner Building Co. of Roosevelt, and was signed by Ben Turner, manager of the Roosevelt branch which operates in Heber and Vernal also. The bid included an alternate of $2,250. The Board adopted a resolution of intent to award the contract to Turner. The award cannot be made until approval is received from the San Francisco office of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, as Federal funds are involved. Conrad B. Hollenbeck, teleman Basic bids ranged from $283,-25- 0 to $317,000. The Turner bid second class, USN, son of Mrs. was just $22.00 below the next Ray Mott of Duchesne, is on the higher bid from a Salt Lake firm. staff of Rear Admiral Thomas' B. Williamson, USN, of the Carrier Division 1 and Task Force 77, aboard . the Paciffic Fleet Carrier USS Remington. Task Force 77 is the fast carrier The low bid on 14.36 miles of striking force of the 7th Fleet in Far East. proposed construction on Highway the 40 between Jensen and Vernal was Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fisher and $83,000 below the engineers estimate. W. W. Clyde and Company family of Salt Lake City are of Springville was the successful visiting a few days with the 'bidder and the cost will be rn Wilsons and the George Fisher family at Altamont. $728,235. con- the treasurers $5,900 to $6,100 and decreasing the recorders budget from $7,500 to $5,900. These adjustments lowered the general fund amount $1,400 or from $66,055 to $64,655 OtheT fund changes were: an increase of $500 Tax collections in Duchesne Co. amounted to $402,565.27 as of Dec. 17, reports Leland Wright, county treasurer. This represents an 85.27 per cent collection out of the possible $472,066.54. In comparison, Mr. Wright states that in 1954 as of this same date, 1 89.03 per cent of the total had been collected, or a total collection of $280,630.96 was recorded. Some $35 to 40,000 of this collected amount was paid under protest, Mr. Wright estimated. This action by Duchesne County taxpayers will result in the tie up of portions of Duchesne County as taxes for a period, taxes? paid under protest cannot be apportioned immediately to other taxing units.. In this case, cities and the school district and the county government in Duchesne County will not have the usual tax money upon which to, operate during the early months of 1956. The county treasurer is obliged to hold tax money earmarked under protect for a period designated by Utah law in order to give the" protesting taxpayers an opportunity to seek legal recourse. The burden of proof lies on the property owner to prove he has been unjustly assessed', Mr. Wright pointed out. Mytcxi Ranch $1 79,655 County Okeys Appa-Go-Witc- h Appa-Go-Witc- F- will be held Friday evening, Dec. 30, 1955, at 8 p.m. at the Mt. Em- the dead body, he discovered the mons LDS chapel, announces supposed woman, who was wearing Grant Peel, district commissioner. the attire of a woman, was not a Scoutmasters and members of female at all, but definitely was troop committees are urged to be a male member of the tribe. for the Boy Scout Round-tabllittle information was available presentExplorer advisors and memabout the life of Mr. bers of the poet committee will e. Appa-Go-Witc- h, except he has resided in in the ExploreT Roundthis area moot all his life. He is participate table. survived by a father, Douglas a and a sister, Mrs. Starr. He died' about 5 a.m. Tuesday. Graveside services were conducted today at 2 p.m. at the White-rock- s cemetery, where burial took Mr. place. Curiously enough was buried in womens clothes. Once more the American public will enjoy a long weekend as the New Year comes on Sunday. Last week, or was it this week, with Christmas falling on Sunday, the next day being Monday was declared a legal holiby the president, and all day March of Dimes for aid in paying had an extra day to remedical bills and for hope which America cover from the Christmas facomes from knowing that they do not fight alone. Research must go tigue. Next Monday those who over on. The vaccine available now will the advent of the New celebrate protect about three persons out of Year, will likewise have Monfour if everyone were vaccinated. to get back into shape for Scientists are working hard to aday hard stretch ahead withlong, close that gap. Also we're learnout many holidays from their ing a lot more about polio patients labors. to help them. Training of specialNews reporters and advertisists, nurses, and others to bring ers of this newspaper should the weapons to bear must continue. bear this in mind, and-g- et your These are some of the reasons mailed early enough so it copy why the March of Dimes must go will be in our office not later on. Americans have been more than Tuesday morning, Jan. 3rd. than generous in supporting this A few reporters missed the . worthy cause. Thanks to that deadline this week so well have help, we stand today on the thresto print this week news next hold of final victory. Were asking if we hve roorn- week, to stay with us now while we you finish the job. Appa-Go-Witc- h, Eu-gin- One More Double Holiday Greets Appa-Go-Witc- h American Public mil Of Maes Starts January 3 t ipf 4fr $&; It SWIRLING FLOOD WATERS break through highway 101 at Fembridge, Cal., cutting off one of main arterials from California into Oregon. Other sections of Redwood Highway were (Inttnatimal) also cut by rampaging waters of Californias most disastrous flood. .! The 1956 March of Dimes opens nationally on the first working day of the New Year January 3rd. The dedicated efforts of Polio the nation workers throughout brighten the future hope for those stricken with Polio and also brighten the future for hope of the success of immunization to the world. Plans and organization for the Ducshesne County are complete and arrangements are being made for various fund raising activities throughtout the county. The March of Dimes campaign for Roosevelt will Kick Off their drive with a theatre trailer and fund raising drive at the Roosevelt Theatre on January 1 and 2. Thanks to the dimes and dollars donated by countless Americans, medical science has won a great victory over Polio;. We have a polio vaccine now a safe and effective vaccine and it is already protecting millions of children. We can forsee the day when that protection will extend to all. And yet, this year, the March oL, Dimes is asking for $47,600,000 to continue the fight against polio. Why? Because polio is not licked yet. Science has won a battle, not a war, and theres still much to be done before we have finished the fight. The need is still as urgent now as ever before because polio is still striking hard. There were 30,000 victims last year despite the vaccine find many thousands more can be expected' this year. Some 68,000 polio patients pow depend on the ... |