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Show - , ' - . . , ' ' -- - July 11,1948 , , ' ' THE DESERET NEWS ' , . '7:, r - . ,...,. - I - , '4, ;; , , , , , ,,, , k , : , , , , . . , 1 , , ' .. ,.. ,t4r. 1 , :1'7 ,, , ' , ir, , p- , .... ' ''d t. , t ,,,,-- , ie, 1 Ole :'t . :,. , , 3' ,,, , ' , -- - , i o ., , l'.... th,..; ' 1 - Ii , - ' t0 - .0 IN, '''. t i ' - . . , , ' . - , ' . '11,, . . , - ' i.e.- - ,.... - - l'-- - V ''' ' t- - , ' ' I - i 4 - ' ,,:z.,;,'; - - ..- 7, s - , 4 7 ,' , 171.,,,, 4 .4 4 . 44 r - , .,.r,, ''It'-'- ' . ' ' - e . 1 ' , ' ,.-- , , ; , .. , $ , 0- - , . '. I- , .,.. , , ,, ,. ". ; ,. , i , , , ,k,- , . - , ,,,.,,,, 1....-- . ','- - , ' - 1 .. ' '' " i ' ' ' I t '' . ' ..,,.000.0,00' , , - ,,, ,f . ,,, t - , i' - .,,,,),-,- - It - 447'. ''' ' e..- - l' ' , i - : - ,',,,'"reat;r14, 4,,,'-- ,001j4: ! r ,.,' , 1- , el; IV 1:1.' o ::.:0 f ' ,.1 $, ' , L....h.,........... , , ' 4,.' ' I, .0$ .,,,,,,..f,..,-- 4- , , ; -- , - , WELL FOLLOW THROUGHMiss Mary Ann Dobmeier, Public Health .Nurse, (left) assures Marilyn 'June and Mrs. Funk that she will check next fall to see that the doctor's recommendations (if any) have been carried Out, while Mrs. R. J. Hallberg, Garfield chairman, makes a record for the PTA files. In each school PTA Summer Round-u- p drocedure in the fall. with health project and the follow-u- p assists PTA representative 0 , - ,..." 400: 4- , ..;..7..--z,"-- ' '' 47,, 21,1,..1". - ?..1.., , ' RAN JUAN COUNTY. at the southeast extremity of Utah. corprovides one of the "fourcounners," the only spot in the ' 0.".1.,..- . try where four state boundaries meet. From the rim of Great Can- white rpveenr this iczlelitci, the cou ucnotlylir first history Cardenas' Spanish expedition, .14.- - ' A-- ,I1W ,. qappoorniespiet moNTIcaLo . A.,- - , .,--, ,Zga."1a. - ''.41g ..40... - .1) .... Iti.:aled - Monticello itself is an offshoot of the Mormon colonization of Bluff in 1880, Bluff, about two miles long and one mile wide, and hemmed in by Its zliffs.4was too small :for marked expansion, so settlers were called to colonize the- - easterp slope. of the Blue Mountain in 1887. Four families began farming and dairying Operations in Ver- from present-day. Monticello.. NEXT SPRING THEY drew lots and The P. R, Butt and i George A; Adams families re- ' . mained, while the T. I. Joneses and Charles E. to the new townsite. which was later christened Monticello in honor of being in the mountains.- Other pioneers joined them. -- - The - goinrivtisTYeryfbuRlfas they: had to contend with ' By Itainens W. Cannes of Monticello. The pulse-be- at Is strong with hope for the future and why not? With known deposits of uranium in San Juan county, and the big mill about to reopen, with a few in- - . - dividuals clearing, each between thirty and fifty thousand dollars a year on pinto beans, with natural gas and oil discovered nearby, and ' new industries planned and ;, , started ..,,,, yes, why not? . of '1050 ft. Celts. Mbandtown about 10(0 population. , ton, ' has had a hectic and exciting f , past. It is the seat of San Juan, the largest county in the state, ., - claiming more than 3.000.000 , acres. With the highest percentage of tillable land of any tountyo Iit has also the most un. " , explored country and the wildest, most inaccissible regions. It eontains the largest uranium Its range stock has deposits. been pronounced the but in dry-farm- ed - ' -- , 7'es'''''''' . 7.'''' s , - ' ernor West: lens-haire- ...... c , ', i"."401,,,,. ,' --,- 0 - - ' ' As' . $ !I si,,,,,, ., .51 t"t t 't '11, bit r , '.., ,'. , t , ,,; ' , , , ,,,,,,,r 0.",. it '. , ,.,' 4c-,- , , . ' . ' , . . - '"' - 7 -, , - . ' . , , , . ,4 4, LANDMARK .. ) , , .Hoarse ,. , . , - - ,,,,,-( - . t . - 0, . ,, , , - , ! I - : , , ca'rnrnunity. ,t WILLARD , ir-,--- , ,, ,-- -- 14e , --- ',', , ' ; - ' . , , :., :, 4- .- , , ' L , 1 - , 11. - '. - ' , a 41 1 , t - , - i - ' ' , , ,,,A '$ ' - I ' 4 ' kt "' ,..-1'- ''. 0 ...too, , ' . . , ' , ' ' , ' ' - - . . - - ' , - - '' ' , ')' 1 lk ' - Ne 4 ' - , aollat , , Ai. - , l' Altwesimill.00051sUWAktowitailaki,.AQ,WStaubsoltillo,A,11C, te, 4,2' ' ' , ...., . , .. , ... , . .... .. . . .... ' ,. - . ,.,. ' t- ' 'I ' 4 - I -- ' r-- r f , - - -, l' , .1 - A , AT LONG LAST, also, the cowboy 'gangsters broke up of their own volition, One factor which discouraged them was the terrible drought which" destroyed grazing land, tearing up. grass by the toots. and piling dust so high that incredible la- bor.ws involved in getting the land in shape again. Shrewd and inspired Bishop Jens Nielson of Bluff saw here an opportunity to help fulfill the promim that had been made that if the pioneers remained in the face of all their discouragement& they would prosper materially as well as spiritually. - ' . ' . . . , , - , -- . ,. , ftw,smix0Mmwoidost'a4ii..Q)133$A, PEACEFUL area, the Main Street of Monticello now sleeps peacefully under spreading green trees, scarcely hintingat the business and prosperity of the rich region surrounding the town. , . in : -- - 0FrERS A ANO vatI ra..x I 0 I 11 ,NE111 IS 1 11 I i LE ' - i,:' -1 1 JAL' . ' Art - , . I- ' ., . s 'yo't-TR:- , to Rent! ' ' ...: : ' -i- - I -vf ntAr AN'.- C J. LV r r " I '- 1 - 01,007- - ", -.- off - - : ,,, :- ., . , . , . - - , ,, 4 I I I I I I La I ifta , . Th. , , , ' . ,, , :.--- :' . WHEN READY TO BUY .. GLEN- BROS. .11IUSIC CO. - - salt take 'city , , FAL 1907 ,. . , , ogdeo i .4, , ., . . 14 , - Boy! '' ,. 1,st.otomostososs, ,Ptellt a New Sphset$7, $8, $9 and Up Per Month , ' Planes from $4 Up, Plus Cartage - r Used ' ' PICA CREDIT ON RENT toviAlto soinictimt '' . ', lours to " , -- 1 .., BROS. ' - - , ' - t- , Thenaturstgar-antrtitt-t- During the crisis with the east of town is a booming inIndians and the cowboys. the dustry. Redd's store sells every. thing and has been a landmark people of Monticello were hosts to the state militia for two, for years. Four - other stores are and three officer doing business-nowwinters. The chief churches belong to the mor- called on Mr. Carlisle. While still living hetcellars; Ton!, ytt.91tholics and thea )3aptists. Theirs,, however,,ls the settlers were snowed in for ':" community' church., "The San six weeks. One , day while Juan Record," a paper.' teaching, Mrs. Rogerson heard ' is published by anweekly enterprising her son, who was outside playMarie woman, Ogden. on the roof, give a sudden - ing Also two airports have been thinkscream. She rushed licensed, and the most modern ing he was intured. out, no, it accommodations in motels. even was a cry of joy. He and the tiled bathrooms, ere, avail- friends with him had just seen 4 to able thsough the enterpHse of two men on snowshoes appear Proctor of ' California, in the hogizon. No ono ..had ' Odett, whoa hobby is photography. been able to get in or get out, He ,,, photographed the old Dalt A l attached plough ivith a pole ton home for this article. had dragged a path from The town has an atmosphere' house to h7ruhatiroNm"BlInufetnwhiath of friendlinesso industry and tome . ,, the mail. they bad ridden cheerfulness. ., ., horseback as far' as possible, -then tome on snwahoes , TODAY MONTICiLLO RAS CIIIISER JEWELRY one large flour mill, and sends , out a great deal of grain and New ,Location :, flour. The Farmers Cooperative Is building a great cement ele331 SO '1111,11 vator and another finur mill. There is a forest ranger station wonderful deer hunting k ak... , ;. many'people happy, including doctor and nurses. his-tor- ... . , bq - . available in the beautiful Blue Mountains, Only six miles from town, ana acres of exquisite cool, verdant forest. ' The Cooperative Hospitalize, , , , g , t - v BUTE WAS San matches, ' studies your spelling arithmetic and geography, y. pAuslayettat -; -- . 1 . - .1" ,',. I 1 '- ' ' .. .. I Juan County's first sheriff, and Hans Bayles first County assessor. Sarah Jane Rogerson was Monticello's first All school teacher. worked without salary. Mrs. Rogerson was also first county recorder and first choir leader. Mrs. Gov- ,, , ,4 - .. , II 1 WITH A SMILEHolding her record card, Marilyn June' smiles as she leaves the clinic. Cord goes to school this year when she starts Kindergarten. -' -- ' , READY v., .,.- '. :4 , , 4, , . - , , s,. , - t- : - , . ''''"" 1, ; ' ref; I s ,,,. 'es io ,, - '..4 I . - ',- - a "' , - , ,,, -- . s ,:. 114Nkr ',.' I, , N yi 1 ' - - - ,,, , t .. , , - i- , i d lk,!!'" ,'',-si-u , a , i', , ' - i ,a rs,, ',.. , - Mil, it . tti , . N$1,'-v- , , - ' ., ,,,. ,....ea, ti 1 , ,,.0"-,,, .1, I . ' lief Society president. An evening school was held Ute chief maq1a;.1";;;;;;-impassioned tones:'"Our grandfathers owned 'buckskin' here for n,anAun:uhuo7durpd years; Washington Big Chief say all right for Indians to set down in San Juan , County. We stay." C. L. Christensen, gifted Indian interpreter, talked , and pleaded with them all night, end by morning they had agreed to return to the reserva- tion& Mountain, near Monticello has long "'directed " travelers , to this "k Armentans-sinti- lt d country." At the , , . ... pre-scho- Tr,ws,dp0,...40r144,00114'01.4 - can get my squaws and papooses out ,o f your God - forsaken t,11 . ', ' b things Washington the House had voted to return this section of country to the the& They stub- bornly demanded it When Con- gress changed its mind and made new boundaries for the reservations, many Indians, determined to have their freedom, refused to return to the reservations and became renegade bites or Plutes. Some of , them grew very ugly. B of or the question was settled, there was one grand in Monticello with pow-wo- w cowboys, Indians, settlers, In- -, sary, wrote to Territorial , . - , , ' Then came prosperity. The shade trees and gardens and orchards that they had planted were fair and fruitful, and and In in"cGreaisneddustry At first the pioneers had built log cabins and cellars, then spacious homes went up.. The first year a community field was fenced in and a canal worked on at great labor and . expense. In the beginning people had all the water they wanted; then a watermaster and rationing became necessary. Day, the Indian agent, seeing that the colonists were prepar- - raer gov- , , ' , ,,, a .. k On ds. putounotni T H Z INDIAN SITUATION was also extremely tense. In interests to the eastward and southwest. So the new settlers were both cowboys and Indians. ..No tonly did th. ei,cowboys greedily appropriate the range and steal cattle; they would come into town and shoot out the lights et dances, then gallop de"wh the street yelling and The "cowboys" had 'preceded the Mormonsinto the territory ."'".--"'-- -- 7 ' '''''' '. r p drought the settlers owned most , there. Grand scale larceny Indeed!, t1,1 ti 411::27.71 rer,litga.ttLf!,1,111! and a ernment stuck, and eventually were straightened out. 1 Lrs Jeffeiven'a Waltons - sell - ' . Five-Year-Ol- of the cattle and the cowboys had pretty well cleared out. shtierstheoyf hlluemilbeiattitioens,tobthe THESE WERE THE GREAT diil , ooulficta 't't ett.I. iii,irnessuomv ear Ilya, days in cattle piracy. Gordon employed chiefly outlaw Texas "Butch" Cassidy, cowhands, "Kid" Jackson and others who, .some.years liter, organized the notorious Robbers' Roost gang, whose haunts on the west side of the Colorado extended from the Dirty Devil River on the south to the San Rafael on the north. "Butch" was a to wild and reckless Mont Butler, who discovered a secret lord on the Colorado (Butler's Crossing), where he swam his - - back-breaki- the Carlisle foreman, Gordon, is "Lassiter" in Zane Grey's of the Purple Sage. Rider's ' k" -.- -- Malben,registered nurse, June, He persuaded the dispirited outlaws to sell their cattle cheap. So at the end of the . ' ,.,- THIS IS EASYMarilyn June finds the physical examination no ordeal at all as she is thoroughly checked by Dr. Joseph P. Kesler. No remedial Work is done at clinic, but any defect or hondicop is pointed out to parent who is referred to family physician for treatment... Aim is 'normal, well children who con meet the problems of school life without any handicaps. Sometimes physical difficulties hove not been noticed by the parents and calls these to .attention and they can be remedied. this check-u- is shouting. Moreover, they convinced the government for a while that they were entitled to all the water, and the government aotordingly issued an injunction forbidding the colonists the use of the irrigating water which they had taken from the mountain with such labor. This brought despair and a sense of W. E. ' In 1340. ,. C.,' ' -- ' - ..... , , - , -- - , . , - by sight years. "Spud" Hud- -- betause ma .On (who got s.i.....he fed his hands potatoes) discovered the excellent range on Blue Mountain, bought Utah cnttle at $10 per head, stocked them there and sold them in Colorado at $35 per head. He later sold out to the "C sr- - land Utah; and its best in the West. dry-farmi- ng .......-,,s- , ' , and Indians Gave This Town ,an ,Exciting Start 70 Years Ago 'Cowboys r.......4......1 otC , - P I - ' , d ' .. . TIME againbut thte time it's ' lifirat xperience with the outsidi world; generallye it IT'S ROTIND-III hill first contact with the; school. not for eattle or horsesit's the annual summer Everything possible is done to make this experiround-u- p youngsters:. And it's going of ence pleasant and encouraging for the child, so that will err all over the atateso that these boys and girls when he comes to the school as a kindergartener he be ready for their first day of school next September. will have happy associations with the building and the is one of the favorite proj, adults he meets there. The summer Round-u- p While a thorough physical examination is given, no sets of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. remedial work is done at the clinic. Parents are told It is both a health and an educational affairits aim - the basic a principles of hygenic living for a physically perfect child and a child un-f- ood and cloVies and bedtime habitsthey are adafraid of the world, vised as to any physical defects or handicaps--buVh- ey 1925, the summer round-uInaugurated in are referred to their own family physician for any starts in the spring, with a complete canvas of each needed treatment. wil be entering school dietrict tofind what-childr- en DR. KESpER EMPHASIZES the fact that the kindergarten the next fall. PTA members then visit examination family physician can make this to explain to them the parents of these whenever the parents so desire. This is often the beat that soon a clink will be held in their school building at procedure, '. he points out, because it gives the child which the child can. be given a physical examination. t act with his own physician at a time When no the dates of these and Iitti a bulletin the clinics, Later, cbeoen exists. Thus a pleasant relationship can in bringing the little. parentli eooperate'wholeheartedly established that will help greatly in times of stress folks in to meet the doctor, having them receive a and emergency. Special kits have been made up which check-uand then in following out the physician's recschool and take to the famparents can obtain from-thommendations. The record of the child will thus be on ily physician. Is being In Salt Lake City, Where the round-u- p uniform cards and in a uniform technic with those that held almost dilly In some school or other, the project are examined at the clinic. is now under .the direction of the Board of Education. The child brings his card to school with him in The same iIs true i established, the public state, In isolated districts, however, the entire work health nurse follows up the card to see that any recis often directly in the hands of the local PTA group, ommended corrections have been made. which actually handles the rounding up of the youngDuring this month and next, thousands of Utah children will be examined at these clinicsjnaugurSted eters, the employment of the physician, and the follow-u- p work. at the insistence of the Parent-Teache- r Association, , . carried out with all the resources of the local school ROUND-UeduIS as Important from an 'k .THE districtsin a concentrated, intelligent effort cational as from a health standpoint, according to Dr. the state a crop of healthy, normal youngstersable to accept life happily and challengingly because they Joseph P. Kesler, who is examining the Salt Lake are free from physical handicaps, children., This event, he points out, is often the child's p, at ' kkq, . 'tek1 1,47'4, 'sktiZ,AC 4.' 71t1 No,ir ir i., t.,. $ . --.. ,A;.",,g,,t 1'''''' , 4I dr SiOr41,1 it Lt 9. lo 4 ' sft, 74a1.0 t,is' ,!',10, J ,., 7, , , . 'IV , 1. , - k .'- . ., I p I'- ,.. , - - ' 2.' i. 0,01, - ,. two-fold- - -- ' l - 3 . ; i ! 7 I . t i -) : .; , ,, . - -I- I- ' 4' - - ' - 4 1. ' , ' - ' 1 - - - i 1 i d .' i ,'' ' ' p , , , ' , i - , . 1 ,. - , , - '' , of it , I ' .P,', . , , ( I, ' . T . - - Ji ., Round-u- p - . ', 4) - Above, Miss Malben examines the little girl's feet to see that she is wearing A child's shoes are very imp0rtont. proper shoes. t , , 7., s ) - ......, S111G-,---Atieft,MissDo- ra ,-- , - ,,i,,,,,, ,.1" weighs and measures Marilyn ,,,,, , ,i - ..I I', t ,. 1., 1 r. '1' , , , ,, I , tissoimpt. - . ' 4.. - . a l4.,......,,,, , I., , 1 . ., 17. 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