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Show UNIVERSAL MICHJriUm CORF 141 PIERP0N7 A7i. LAKE CIH, UTAH Umtali Basin VOLUME 26 - NUMBER DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, 14 UTAH, THURSDAY, L Thursday, April $3.00 PER YEAR 5, 1956 County Spent One Ninth Budget For First Month Altamont Senior Wins Years Scholarship At The first month in the' new year, Duchesne County spent $16,197.28 for operation of the county government. This figure is nine percent of the total $179,655 budget Flative Dorn Morse From Turkey Comes to Basin for reports Porter 1956, L. Mer- rill, county clerk. Fund expenditures during Jan. are listed as: $7,743.89 out of the fund budget of $64 655.00, In 1952 Kink Farouk of Egypt general roads, $7,101.77, out of county and King Ibn Saud of Arabia pre- $77,000.00; poor and indigent $156.00 out of $5,000.00; noxious weed eradication, $11.82 out of $8,500.00; exhibits and advertising, none out of $1,400.00; extension service, $374.80 out of bonds and interest, none courthouse out of $16,700.00; building, none out of $200.00: Colorado River Development, $809 exceeding the $800 budget. From General Fund General fund expenditures are listed on the' January budget report as: Clerk $459.71, 7.9 per cent of the $5,800.00 budget; treasurer $705.84, 11.6 per cent of $6,100.00 budget; recorder $463, 7.8 per cent of $5,900.00; assessor $497.70, 8.4 per cent of sheriff $877.44, 12.5 per cent of $7,000.00; attorney $151.60, 8 per cent of $1,900.00; commissioners $385.40, 8.6 per district court cent $620.45, 62 per cent of $1,000.00; $173.20, 8.7 per justice' court cent of $2,000.00; juvenile court $38.66, 4.8 per cent of $800.00; criminal expense $411.32, 27.4 per cent of $1,500.00; courthouse and grounds $610.62, 10.7 per cent of $5,700.00; telephone' $201.10, 13.4 per cent of $1,500.00; none out of the tee inspector $170.00 budget; agricultural inspector $160.00, 20 per cent of $800; printing and advertising, $666.30, 44.4 per cent of $1,500.00; audit, none of the $535.00 budget; juror and witness fees none of the insurance $485.22, $1,000.00; 16.2 per cent of $3,000.00; dues and conventions $504.54, 101 cent of $500.00; general, elecper A missionary testimonial is be- tion none of the $5,000.00; ing planned for next Monday eve- fire control none of the $350.00; ning, April 9, in the' Talmage ward public health $331.79, 27.6 per chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of cent of $1200.00; miscellaneous Latter-daSaints, at 8 p.m. in none of the $1,000.00 budget. honor of Arnold C. Jensen, prior to his departure for the California MEETS LOCAL P-T- A mission. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph WITH OTHER Calvin Jensen, Elder Jensen will LEADERS represent the Talmage ward, and COUNTY was repre The Duchesne will report to the Mission Home in Salt Lake City Wednesday, sented at the Monday night dis trict council meeting at Altamont April 11 for a weeks instruction. Conducting the testimonial will by Mrs. Elma Lundgren, be Bishop Gail H. Anderson, who president, Anthony Pendleton, Haris extending an invitation to the ry Mangus, Albert Potts. Supt. public to join in the program hon- Rowan C. Stutz conducted the oring Elder Jensen. Dancing will meeting during which was held election of officers for the council follow the program. terms. for two-yea- r Other groups from the LIONS CARNIVAL IS county represented at the council SET FOR meeting were Altamont, Myton, and Roosevelt. Neola and Tabiona FRIDAY, APRIL 20 were not represented. Another exciting event is beThe newspaper without any mising planned by the Duchesne Lions Club on Friday, April 20, takes has never been published. where every family can enjoy a wonderful evenings entertaint ment together as a family group. This will begin with a Chuck Wagon dinner, followed by a Carnival and dancing for the balance of the evening. There will be bingo games, as well as many others, with plenty of prizes. Funds from this event will, go for the nev hospital. Come and bring the whole family. Adults, 750; children, 500. Time and' place will be Duchesne High School, at 7:30 p.m. sented their very good friend John J. Knezevich, California newspaper publisher and head of the Army-Nav- y Intelligence in the Middle East during World War II, with two royal horses. They were shipped from Egypt to California early in February, 1952. Today the' pure white Arabian stallion, gift of King Farouk, which is known as Wahib, is becoming acclimated to his new master and t. home', LaFarge Dastrup of The royal stallion came to Altamont a little over a week ago when Mr. Dastrfip purchased the animal from Mr. Knezevich, owner of the Palos Verdas Estate, calif. Mr. Dastrup reported' to this newspaper Tuesday that he was attracted to the stallion when his daughter who lives in California, had seen him perform in a parade, the man who published 3 news-ar.later became acquainted with papers in Southern California. The beautiful stallion is a purebred Arabian, and is 12 years old. It is reported he earned $49,000 during his racing career in Egypt. He can be seen at the Dastrup home in Altamont and will be standing at stud in a short time. Dates will be advertised in this newspaper. Sen. Wallace F. Eennett and Rep. Henry Aldous Dixon examine map showing National Parks and Monuments in Utah which will be developed under the Mission 66 program. More than $16 million will be spent for Utah Parks and Monuments, much of which will go for newaroads Into areas now inaccessible to the average tourist. Alta-mon- The thirteen Utah farmers, who recently returned from Washington, D. C., where they conferred with Utahs congressional delegation regarding farm problems, unanimously counted the Farmers Union sponsored tour a great success. The Utah delegation included, reading from left to right, Back Row: DeVcre Hancock, Myton; Orson Christensen,, Brigham City; Mrs. Orson Nielsen, Vernal; Cardell Snow, Ferron; Lamar Rasmussen, Redmond; Albert Thayne, Price; Dean Coombs, Garland. Front Row: Harry Conover Ferron; Bob Nowers, Beaver; Mrs. Allen Larson, Spanish Fork; Vern Edwards, Myton, and J. Earl Smith, Lehi. Report Made To Board On Achivement Testing Results of the 1955 achievement testing program in the Duchesne County School District were reported to the Board of Education, at their March nfeeting, by Farrell J. Humphreys, district guidance director. This testing program, carried out by Mr. Humphreys, involved pupils i.'T the third, sixth and ninth graucs in Duchesne County. Two type. of tests were given under this program. One' tested the mental ability of the pupils and the other tested their achievement. Duchesne County pupils scored favorably with national averages in their mental ability. The achievement tests showed that Duchesne County pupils scored slightin ly below national average achievement in relation to t'heir mental ability. One reason for these test results seemed to be that class work is not pushing or challenging pupils who scored in d in mental abilthe upper ity. However, pupils in the lowd in mental ability est' scored above national averages. Through this testing program given every year to pupils below the ninth grade, the guidance director will be better prepared to offer guidance to students, and to help them choose careers ant plan courses of study in high school and college. Approximately 570 pupils were given these tests in the Duchesne County School District during the 1955-5- 6 school year. one-thir- CANDIDATE Rendell N. Mabey, Davis County attorney, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He was a a local visitor Tuesday. GOVERNOR Rendell FI. Mabey Asks GOP Bid For Utah Governor Rendell N. Mabey, prominent Utah lawmaker, civic leader, businessman and attorney, . Saturday announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Mr. Mabey is currently state Senator from Davis County. This decision to announce my candidacy has not been an easy Mr. Mabey and Harold Stevens of Heber were in Roosevelt at noon Tuesday, where they met a few Republican leaders of Duchesne County at an informal luncheon. The candidate spoke briefly to the group, pointing out why he was a supporter of the Eisenhower administration and why it was necessary to reelect the president and give him a friendly congress. Mr. Stevens was also a brief speaker and advanced the candidacy of Mr. Mabey. The county committee, with David Watkins, chairman, was in charge of arrangements,, assisted by the Roosevelt city committee, which is headed by Kenneth Labrum as chairman. one-thir- Junior Class Is Ready For Prom Junior class memeers of the Duchesne High School have begun decorating the school gymnasium in preparation for the annual junior promenade Friday, April 13. Theme of the prom is traditionally Class advisers are Allen Bond, Jane Cahoon and Jerry Christensen, faculty members. , The junior class is comprised of 13 boys and nine girls. All members will dance in the floor show. Four senior girls will be partners for junior boys during the promenade. Rendlesback Orchestra from Vernal has been engaged by the junior class to play the theme and dance music for the promenade. Notes Interest From Duchesne Stake Seminary Re-lica- been filed with the Secretary State by 54 Weber County the Davis idents. Already inly Republican convention has le on record urging Mr. Mabey announce his candidancy for (Continued on Back Page) Talmage Ward Will Honor Young LD.S. Missionary y Essay Winners In Basin Announced By Auxiliary Winners Next Monday Is Arbor Day In Utah For the first time in the history of Utah, the governor does not have anything to do with the setting of the date for Arbor Day in Utah The governor used to have the power of scheduling the observation more or less at his discretion. And, recently he has been bombarded with calls asking him when Arbor Day would be declared. But the 1955 Legislature took this power out of Lees hands and officially set Arbor Day for the second Monday in April of each year. Thats April 9 this year. Banks, county and federal officers will have a holiday and be closed next Monday. A A '& REPORT ON WATER IN DUCHESNE CITY IS RELEASED During the first six months of the water year, Duchesne Citys precipitation totaled 2.73 inches, reports L. C. Winslow of the Duchesne Weather Observatory. The water year begins on Oct. 1 and continues through Sept. 30. During these' six months, the precipitation registered at the station was: Oct. 1955, .07 in.; Nov. 1.61 in.; Dec. .60 in.; Jan. 1956 .87 in.; Feb. .58 in.; March trace. in the annual essay contest for high school students of the Duchesne and Uintah counties have' been announced by Mrs. Lily Goff of Duchesne, . Americanism chairman of District 9, American Legion Auxiliary. In the senior high division, Maxine Lewis of Duchesne is first place winner and Virgina Swasey, Boneta, is second place winner. She is a student at the Altamont High School. Miss Lewis is a daughter of Mrs. Max Lewis o Utahn. In the junior high division, winners are Kirk Brotherson of Boneta, Altamont High School, first place; Shirley Brown, Duchesne, second place. Miss Brown is a daughter of Mrs. Lily Goff, Subject of the contest was; Means To What Americanism Me. There were four entries in the the' senior high division, two each from the Duchesne High and Altamont High. In the junior high division, the six entries were two each from Duchesne, Altamont and Roosevelt. Judges of the contest entries were Supt. Rowan C. Stutz, of the Duchesne County School District; Merlin I. Bishop, forest ranger at Duchesne; George H. Wilcken Duchesne Precinct and justice Duchesne city judge. Cash wards to the essay win ners will be presented at the semiannual District 9 American Legion and Auxiliary convention to be held' at Roosevelt on April 22. At Duchesne, school winners in the contest besides Miss Lewis and Miss Brown were Norman Koyen, second in the senior high division, and Judy Madsen, first in the junior high division. Mr. Koyen is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Koyen and Miss Maden is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfonzo Madsen, Duchesne. contest in The Merlin Bishops went to Tooele to spend the Easter vacation with t'heir family there. Duchesne Weather chesne stake chapel. The stake presidency 'will speak to the students. The' junior class Seminary students will present the Sacrament program at the Strawberry branch chapel on April 15. Trace of snow on Easter Sunday and following day. Lifes rewards cannot always be demonstrated by living examples. TO FILL MISSION Eider Arnold C. Jensen will be honored at a testimonial and party at Talmage ward chapel next Monday. He will serve in California mission for LDS church. MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT V. . td to spttk t two-d- y U.N. mtlna (t U. of 0. on Friday, April 20. Runoff Decrease Seen Snow surveys conducted in the mountains of the Uintah Basin during the last ten days by personnel of the Soil Conservation Service, show that the runoff prospects aie not as bright as were indicated by the heavy snow-pac- k accumulated during the early part of the winter, according to Jack C. Stevenson, engineer of the Soil Conservation Service. At the Upper Kings Cabin snow course near the Little Brush Creek drainage above Vernal, the precipitation caught in the drainage was only .15 of an inch during the month of March. The water content of the snow pack decreased from 11.7 inches on the 28th of Feb. to 10.0 inches of water on March 28. The long-tim- e average Hn water content for this snow course pack contained on April 1 is 10.7, At this time last year the water content of the snow pack was 10.4 inches. The water content of the snow at the Lower Kings Cabin course decreased from 9.6 in. on Feb. 28 to 8.3 in. of water on March 28. Last year at this time the snow pack on this course contained 7.9 in. of water. The long-tim- e average' water content is 9.7 in. April 1st. At Paradise Park At the Paradise Park snow course on the Whiterocks River drainage the snow pack contained 15.9 in. of water on March 26. On Feb. 27 the water content of the snow at this course was also 15.9 in. At this time last year the snow T an Altamont Larry Hartman, High School senior, was awarded a one-yescholarship to Brigham Young University, in a contest jointly sponsored by the Utah Junior Chamber of Commerce and Safeway Stores at the state Future Farmers of America convention held in Salt Lake City last Saturday. Selection of Hartman as one of the outstanding high school vocational agricultural seniors in Utah was made on the basis of his scholastic record, leadership talents, agricultural project work and excellent character. Judges for the selection were' vocational agricultural teachers from throughout the state. Covers Tuition The scholarship award which covers tuitions and fees for Kart-man- s first year at Brigham Young University was made by Robert Poe, state president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, at the banquet climaxing the annual convention of the' state Future FaimeTs of America. F. H. Wright, public relations manager of Safeway, represented Safeway in the presentation. The decision to make the' award at Brigham Young University was based on a recognition of the importance and the growth of the agricultural school at that Report Released Of Road Funds Spent In Duchesne Report of expenditure of the of Class C road' funds for Duchesne City in 1955 has been filed by Mrs. Hildur W. Johnstun, city clerk. This report shows $293.60 was $1,346.08 spent on construction, for maintenance, leaving a $449.38 cash balance in the fund. Completion status of projects under the 1955 program as of Dec. 31, are listed on the report as: f block Opening one and of new street at a cost of $293.60, Fourth Street, between "D and E surfacing Streets; four-inc- h with coarse gravel, E Street between Seventh and Ninth Streets, 327.6 tons at 760, $237.51, hauling material from pit, 2.5 miles, at 100 $81.90; shaping roadway and mixing and laying gravel, one-hal- ton-mil- e, $13000. Grading and maintaining streets was done in Duchesne City during 1955 using $603.07 of the Class C road fund allocation, the report showed. NOTES FROM DUCHESNE HOSPITAL BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mountain Lion, of Bridgeland, a girl, bom April 1. Weigh, 7 lbs. 12 oz. HEART FUND DRIVE NETS $33.85 IN CITY Collections for the Heart Fund drive in Duchesne this year amounted to $33.85, reports Mrs. Connie Robbins, fund campaign chairman for Duchesne. The A. B. Madsens and Mrs. Ruth Madsen took a trip on Sunday to Bonanza, Craig and Meeker, Colo. Ute Basketball Tourney Opens Today At Randlett Plans are all completed and en- tmittee, the first game today find in for the third annual the Recreation a tear Ute Tribal Invitational Basketball composed of local players fror Tournament which gets underway the Fort Duchesne area, meetin, this afternoon at 1:30 and con- Bannock Creek, Idaho, an all-i- n tinues through Friday and Satur- dian team. The second game a day. Eight teams will compete in 3:30 sends St. Stevens Missioi tearr the classic that will be held at the Chiefs, another Indian new Randlett Recreation center. against a team sponsored by Oc According to Homey Secukuku, cidental Life Insurance Co. of Ver tournament director, and a mem- nal. Games all three days are di ber of the tribe recreation com- - vided into afternoon and eveninj sessions. Opening the evening games wil be the defending champions fron last year, the Fort Duchesne Hus kies, who meet a second tearr age April 1 water content of the from the Vernal area, sponsorec by the Uinta Oil Refining Co. This snow pack is 6.6 in. The water content of the snow game is set for 7 p.m. and a at the Lower Lakefork Mountain 8:15, Ft. Washakie, Wyoming, an course on March 27 was 5.3 in., other out of state Indian team as compared with the April 1, will meet an entry from Roosevelt Westerr by Bumps 1955 water content of 102 in. and sponsored and average water content of 4.0 Wear. in. On Feb. 29, 1956 the .water Same Time Friday The same time schedule wil content on this course was 8.4 in. At the Brown Duck Lake snow follow on Friday with the after course the water content of the noon games at 1:30 and 3, anc snow was 21.5 in., on March 29, the evening contests starting a as compared with a water content 7 and 8:15. On Saturday', then on April 1, 1955 of 18.8 in. and an will be games also at 1:30 and ? average April 1st snow pack water p.m. with the second session start content of 19.6 in. ing at 6:30, when the finals of tht The water content of the snow Uintah Basin Junior Basketbal at the Indian Canyon snow course tournament will be played. Firs on March 30 was 9.1 in. On April games of the first kids' touina (Continued on Back Page) (Continued on Back Page) tries are Of Mr. Mabey said, to make, rgings of Republican leaders in ious parts of the state convince that it is my duty to seek the Seminary graduation date for Now 1956 is May 20, reports Glen A. nination for governor. t my decision has been made, Mitchell, Seminary principal, of Duchesne stake Seminary. iledge a vigorous campaign. A special meeting for all Semt petition seeking to designate n inary students will be held MonMabey as a candidate for nomination for governor day, April 9, at 12:45 at the Du! d 70 PER COPY Snow Surveys 13.4 in. of water. average April 1 water content of the snow at this course is 12.8 in. of water. On the Upper Lakefork Mountain snow course the water content of the snow pack on March 27 was 15.0 in. On Feb. 29, the water content of the snow on this course was 14.9 in. Last year on April 1 the snow contained 138 in. of water. The average water content of the snow on this course on April 1. is 11.9 in. The snow cover at the Middle Lakefork Mountain course contained 7.9 in. of water on March 27 as compared with a water content on Feb. 29 of 12.0 in. The April 1, 1955 water content on this course was 11.2 in. .The aver The long-tim- e All-Star- s, |