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Show t UNIVERSAL MICROFILMING CORP 141 PIERPCNT AVi. LAKE CITY, UIAH Uintah VOLUME 44 - NUMBER DUCHESNE, 10 in Record. DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1956 $3.00 PER YEAR per Colorado River Project Passes Mouse 7 PER COPY 256-13- 6 Senate Approval Is Expected; President To Sign Takes his Longhorns to Ferron today where they compete for tournament COACH BEARDEN ALLRED Who leads his Cougars in quest of their fourth trip to Class B COACH berth Union, Alfamonf Enter Region Five Tournament COUGARS WON SPOT LAST YEAR Three Scouts Get FOR FOURTH TRIP Star At Court Of Honor Allen Moon, Garry Stutz, and Robert Rowley of Duchesne received their Star Scout badges at the third' monthly Duchesne District Court of Honor held Sunday, March 4, at Arcadia where 89 persons saw 36 awards presented. Hanna, Troop 265, under the direction of Scoutmaster Ted won first place in the boy scout division of the advancement contest.- Second went to Duchesne, Troop 268, and third to Arcadia, Troop 259. For the Explorer division, Duchesne Post 2268 won first place. Second went to Arcadia, Post 2259, and third' to Tabiona Post Wil-cke- 2263. Larry Defa, Hanna, Troop 265, received his first class badge. Scouts from Hanna receiving merit badges were: Richard Moon for music; Larry Defa and Ronald Hackett in fishing; and Larry for fishing, reading, and scholarship. Four scouts of Duchesne Troop 268 earned awards as follows: Berry Jordan merit badges in home repair, reading and scholarship; Allen Moon in reading, home repair, sheep farming, citizenship in the home, and his Star; Garry Stutz first aid', citizenship in the home, and his Star award; and Wayne Brown his second class. Don Davis, member of the Explorer Post committee at Tabiona received merit badges in public health, safety, and firemanship. Robert Rowley of Post 2268 of Duchesne earned his Star. Orin Barker, Post 2268, received citizenship in the community merit badge; and Leon Moon his nature as well as citizenship in the community. Court of Honor was presided over by Cliff Mickelson, Duchesne District Advancement chairman, who announced the next district Court of Honor would be in Hanna, April 1, at 3 p.m. Wil-cke- Duchesne County Gets Priority For Nurse Homes Duchesne County is one of the areas which has been given "A priority for use of approximately $150,000 in federal matching funds to aid in construction of nursing homes this year. These 0 funds must be matched on a basis by the applicants. These areas have until April 23 to make application for the funds. All unclaimed funds then will be open B to application by priority areas. The priorities were established by the State Health Department in January, and were assigned on the basis of need, according to Dr. Joseph P. Kesler, acting state health director. 11 50-5- Phone News Items to 7441 Two Basin schools, Union and Altamont, which finished second and third in the regular basketball season that ended last Friday night with the Cougars upwill leave ending Uintah 48-4today for Ferron where they enter the Region Five playoff to compete for the third spot in the B tournament. At 7 p.m. tonight Union will take' the floor against San Juan of Blanding, third place team in n Juan divthe ision, and Altamont will take on the second place team from that area, which is South Emery. This game is set for 8:30. The two winners tonight will meet at 8:30 Friday for the' championship, and a free trip to the BYU fieldhouse next Wednesday to p)ay in the big show. No Comparisons There is little information available to compare the teams over that way with the' Cougars and Longhorns. South Emery went to the tourney last year, and has a high scoring boy or two, which indkVte they might be plenty tough, especially on their own floor. The Blanding team has played some good ball during the season, all of which points to an interesting tournament. If Union misses this year" it (Continued on Back Page) . The afoove engineers drawing of the House approved Central Utah Project, idea of what is expected in the Uintah Basin when the project is completed. Share Off Costs At Union High For Duchesne Co. Told Emery-Grand-Sa- Operating expenses of Union High School are not included in the summary of school operating expenses inasmuch as the records of that school are accounted for separately. Costs of conducting the high school are shared by Duchesne and Uintah County School Districts.. This information was contained in a recent audit of the school books. Duchesne County School Districts payments to Union High comprised the following for the two years ending June 30, 1955: 1955, Current, contributions, less $52,400.00, 1954, $55,312.98; average daily attendance adjustment, 936,30,; net current contri$51,463.70, $55,312.98; butions, $5,392.29, costs, Transportation $5,702.70; fire insurance premiums paid, $264.53, $999.60; total payments, $57,120.52, $62,015.28. Carter Announces New Wliiterocks Wild-C- at An announcement made by tele- gram on March 2, indicates Carter Oil Company is in the process of staking for a location for a second wildcat test on its Whiterocks prospect on the northern flank of the Uintah Basin. The well will be located in the northwestern part of Uintah Co., so announced R. D. Sloan, division manager for Carter Western division of Denver, Colo. According to Mr. Sloans telegram message, the new location is ll2 miles southwest of the test which was abonded recently at a total depth of 4078 feet. The new test is scheduled for a 9000foot depth, and is located 16 miles north of Roosevelt, and' nine miles north of the production wells in the Roosevelt pool. In addition to Carter, other companies with an interest in the unit are Continental, Phillips, Sinclair and Super Oil Co. This is the first announced activity since the $1 million lease was entered into by the Ute Indian tribe and major oil companies in the White-rock- s Bluebell vicinity. A contractor to drill the well is being selected and drilling operations are expected to be under way in the very near future. V. E Farmer of Vernal is district geologist for Carter Oil. Republicans Plan County, Area Meetings In March An official call is being made this week to members of the Republican party in Duchesne County, for their monthly reorganiza tion convention, to be held at Duchesne on Friday, March 23, at 2 p.m., in the courthouse. According to Kenneth Aycoek, chairman of the GOP Central committee, all precinct organization meetings must be held on or before Saturday, March 17. At these district meetings a new chairman, which is a woman, secretary-treasureand delegates to the county confab, are to be elected. The county caucus will select a chairman to succeed Mr. a (unless he is which is Mrs. Manila Madsen of Duchesne, and a secretary' - treasurer, a position held by Mrs. Howard Harrison before she moved to California. An official meeting notice found elsewhere in this issue of the' Uintah Basin Record and' Roosevelt Standard, designates the number of delegates to be chosen from the various voting districts. Assignment of a keynote speaker for the county convention will be made in the near future by the k state central committee, Mr. Uintah announced. County Burchinal, music department head, will be holding their county conis faculty director. vention the same day as Duchesne Cast County. A cast will present the operetta. This number includes Duchesne Ward Plans two choruses. Plot of the operetta evolves about an airliner which crash Special Easter Music lands on the moon during a storm; Duchesne ward is preparing an theft of the Silver Lamp of Ro- Easter Cantata by members of mance from the Moon Maiden, the choir and practices will be (Continued on Back Page) this Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the stake house. County Liquor Funds interested in joining Received By Treasurer thisEveryone choir will be welcome and Duchesne County's share of the needed to make the occasion a 1955 liquor allocation has been success. If you think you can sing, received by the county treasurer. or even if you think you cant, This amount, $7,413.68, is the same come join us. as for 1954, reports Porter L. Mer-relThe Oscar Beebes spent the county clerk. It has been credited to the countys general weekend at Castle Dale visiting with the Bruce Magnesens, fund. r, will give readers PARLEY NEELEY TO SPEAK AT NEXT GROUP MEET Carolyn Burdick portrays the in the two-ac- t Moon Maiden comical operetta by the same name to be presented by the Duchesne High School. Music Department, at 8 p.m., March 12, at the school auditorium. Miss Burdick, a sophomore, is a daughter of Mrs. Maxine Burdick of Duchesne. Other rules of the operetta will be played by Donna Lundgren, Lucinda McDonald', Loretta Peat-rosr, Chloe Mecham, Shirley Leon Moon, Jerry Hightower, J. D. Wimmer, Gary Robb, Charles Lott, Jerry Moon. Darlene Brady is student direct, or; Rex Davis, stage manager; Burton Cowan is in charge of lighting; ChyrI Merrell is accompanist. Prompters are Betty Jo Jacoby,n Maxine Lewis, Colcen Pulley. Christensen Is costumes and make-udirector and Reginald s, Fitz-wate- Re-no- ), an At the annual meeting of the Duchesne County Water Users Association on Feb. 24, more than 50 men from all parts of Duchesne County went on record requesting the Duchesne county commissionmill levy to ers to add a one-hathe taxes for investigation of small reservoir sites further development and study of land that could be watered and made profitable in this county. This actioq was token following the statement by Marion Ross, who said he felt that the development projects were so important that money should be' made available and a tax assessed. A motion was then made by Lyle L. Young, county commissioner, that the. sentiment of the group be heard regarding the using of money now allocated for water development, and should a levy be made for this purpose. This motion was seconded by Wm. C. Foy of Duchesne. Tax Funds Needed B. O. Colton, water commissioner, informed the group that the Upper Colorado River Development was sponsored last year by Aqualante badges and this year (Continued on Back Page) lf Ten Ewes - 21 Lambs of ten ewes in Talmage produced 21 lambs during the past A flock year. Glen Sorensen, Talmage store r, owns these ten ewes that have borne 53 Iambs in the past three years. owner-operato- Plans Of Duchesne Water Users Told By Chairman President Elwood B. Carter of the Duchesne County Water Users Association discussed the objects of the association at the annual meeting of the group held Feb. 24 at the courthouse in Duchesne. His chief topic centered about Article Four of the Articles of Incorporation of the Association,' which pertains to the Objects of the Association. He stated, The people of the county have' to develop their own water and that nobody else will come in and develop it unless it is money in their pocket. Every day the wateT runs away and we arent doing anything about it. He further stated, We do not get paid for jobs such as mine and the other directors have. All we get out of this is the satisfaction of helping our fellowmen. Mr. Carter stated that he had talked with Parley' Neeley, consulting engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation, and asked if there is any chance for further development in this county in irrigation. Mr. Neeley assured Mr. Carter that there is considerable development possible, mostly small projects. Urge Cooperation Chairman Carter stated that he has met with the Duchesne county commissioners recently on three (Continued on Back Page) We Want To Take A Day Off So Youre . . . Need Help ! Going To The State Tournament! that is If our news reporters and Well, so are we advertisers will help us out by getting their copy to us a day early. . . The boss and the gang in the office and shop are going to close up next Thursday and spend the day at the BYU field-hou- watching B se teams in action. Ay-coc- k, n, of this newspaper Half Mill Levy Asked To Conduct Wafer Survey Will you please help us take this day off and send in copy not later than Monday for community news items, and Tuesday, noon, for all other news items and advertisements. Well publish on Wednesday. . Thanks From The Boss & Gang Will Start Next Week Harley J. Corleissen, chairman, State Road Commission, said Tuesday that crews would start early next week to cut a road through from Kanab to the proposed Glen about 55 Canyon Dam area mites east. He predicted immediate action on the Flaming Gorge road' on the Green River in Daggett County. These will' not be surfaced roads at first, he explained, but will be sufficient to make the area accessible in the shortest possible time. Ultimately, it is envisioned that the road from Kanab will enter Arizona, cross the dam and connect with U. S. 89. The latter meets transcontinental highway Route 66 further south in Arizona. He noted that the U- - S. Bureau of Public Roads already is seeking authorization to bridge the dam-sitwhich would make such a route possible. Sees Tourist Mecca Mr. Corleissen said he felt that Glen Canyon Dam would become easily as great a tourist attraction as is Hoover Dam, which is one of the top attractions in the West." The Utah highways chief also said that Road Commission engineers currently are working on establishing a route' for an access road into the site of the proposed Flaming Gorge project on the Green River in Daggett County. He said it is vitally necessary that Utah get access roads into' the two areas immediately so we wont be left out. Senate Approved Echo Park Little delay is expected when the bill goes to the Senate after consideration by the joint conference committee. Last April' the upper body decisively passed the bill which included the controversial Echo Park Dam. Later last fall before Congress adjourned, an agreement was reached by the proponents of the bill to delete the Echo Park project from the House bill. It was in this form the House approved' it last Thursday. It will be a mere formality, so our congressmen predict, for the Senate to pass the new bill and receive President presidential signature. Eisenhower has solidly and unwaveringly given his blessings to the project. Support Exceeded Hopes It passed its House test in rapid-fir- e action Thursday, with an unexpected show of strengths The e exceeded the margin fondest hopes of the bills backers. Strong bipartisan support was credited with the bills show of strength. The project, pushed all the way by President Eisenhower and his administration, mustered 120 Republican votes. Democrats, who control Congress and also worked long and hard for the bills passage, on Back Page) e, MAKES REPORT Elwood Carter, president of the Duchesne County Water Users Assn., warns of impending disaster unless fanners unite together. B. Changes Expected In Region 5; Hen School Joins Come July first what is now known as Region Five in the Utah High School Activities will become Region 8, so announced L. F. Hutchings, principal of Union High, who with Principal Glen Ovard of Uintah and Supt. Rowan C. Stutz, attended a meting of the region at Price Tuesday. According to Mr. Hutchings a new school, Notre Dame of Price, a Catholic school, will be added to Region 8 for football, basketball and other activities controlled by the UHSA. They will join the schools in that division which includes Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties in basketball and football. Uniop and Uintah may be shifted to another football league. Two San Juan schools, Monticello and Blanding have announced they will play football next year, and with Notre Dame coming into the league.an attempt will be made to assign Union and' Uintah to another region for football. A delegation from the local region will meet with the UHSA at their next regular meeting to ask for a new assignment for the Basin schools football. Basketball', etc. will not change. Mr. and Mrs. Kipp Merkley and family, who have been living in Salt Lake for the winter, returned to Duchesne to make their home, this week, and will farm for the summer with the Wiise Merkl'eys. ' DHS Music Department Will Present Musical p The Central Utah Project In The Uintah Basin The decisive 256 to 136 vote in favor of the $760 million Upper Colorado Storage' Project by the Lower House of Congress last Thursday virtually brought to an end over 30 years of hard work and hope for Upper Basin states. The bill which has already passed the Senate, is now in a joint conference' committee where approval is expected within the week. Utahs congressional delegation. Senators Arthur V. Watkins and Wallace F. Bennett, and Congressmen William A. Dawson and Henry A. Dixon, almost in unison have predicted' that "dirt will fly this year on the Flaming Gorge and other projects listed in the giant program. Announcement this week by the Utah State Road Commission that they expect to begin immediately building roads into two isolated sites of projects has brought immediate hope to this area as well as to the southern part of the House-approve- d 120-vot- ed More Snow Surveys Add Hope To Basin Farmers Ay-coc- Lower Elevations May Reduce Stream! low ; Snow Lay Below Par HOME FROM NORWAY Elder and Mrs. Lawrence Wall, Sr., returned to their home in Randlctt early this week after having spent the past two years as LDS missionaries in Norway. It was going back home for Mrs. Wall, who was born and raised there, and a pleasant return for Elder Wall, who served his first mission in his wifes native land. i Snow surveys were made on Lakefork the Mountain snow courses Wednesday, Feb. 29, 1956, and on the Indian Canyon snow course, Thursday, March 1st, by John S. Strang of the Soil Conservation Service at Duchesne and Leo Foy of Duchesne. A snow depth of 38.0 inches with a water content of 12.3 in. was measured' on the Indian Canyon course. This compares with a snow depth of 38.1 in. with a water content of 9.9 in. last year at this time. The long-tim- e average for this course on March 1 is 35.1 in. of snow with 8.7 in. of water. This measurement indicates that the water supply outlook for that vacinity is considerably better than last year. There is a deficiency in the lower elevation snow pack which will probably result in less total streamflow for the coming season than the' higheT elevation snowpack would indicate. Therefore, even though a better water year than last year can be expected, the totaf seasons runoff will probably not be much above the average, according to Jack Stevenson, Soil Conservation Service engineer at Roosevelt. On the Upper Lakefork on Back Page) Moun-(Continu- ed |