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Show e i.l 4 J bj.i ::jJ i i - ir j..u :uoi V 'iDl (0 m 0 In an attempt to determine the Impact of growth In the trade area of the Uintah Basin Standard, a study has been conducted during the pu tro weeks. Inquiries were made erf utilities, schools, post offices and other companies In the area to determine the extent of growth during the past year. It would appear, as the study progresses, that most areas of the Basin have experienced a population and economic growth factor of 25 or more during the past year, with prospects good for continued growth. In order to cover some of the Information obtained to date, the Standard will highlight data In two articles. The first will deal with the area around Altamont and Roosevelt, and the second, to be published next week, will study growth In the Duchesne area, the rest of Duchesne patrons In the area. School enrollment Is also up greatly. At Altamont high school 23 more students registered this year than were attending classes last year, bringing the total to 187 students. In the elementary, there were 28 students entering school tills fall that A were not anticipated last spring. teacher has been hired to teach half a day in the second grade liecause of 42 students In this age group. There are also 38 students In the sixth grade and 37 In the 4th grade. At Bluebell Leonad Goodrich of the Bluebell Cash Store reports that business in the area Is up about 30. He says that people who have lived In the area for 30 to 40 years are thrilled about the expansion that Is taking place. "Nothing like this has ever happened before, they say. Because of oil and gas exploration and county, and the west end of Uintah County, The area now experiencing something really "new, Is the area around AJ ta- For a number of years agricultural areas such as Altamont have dwindled In population as It takes fewer people to operate greater quantities of acreage. But during the past year the trend Is rern on g. 0 versed. In the town of Altamont proper, several new homes have been built, two Just recently. Several trailer courts now house approximately 36 trailers, with 18 In one large unit owned by Lamar Stevenson. Retail purchases are up sharply from last laundroyear, and a new mat has been opened. The postmaster reports that mall service Is at Its highest peak ever. All post office boxes are presently filled, and a rural route has been started In order to care for some 24 coin-operat- ed development In the area, It Is reported that bonus bids of more than 8100 per acre are lielng made. In Roosevelt, since the first of this year, has Issued for new buildings and remodeling which totaled over 470,000. The figure Included 14 new homes, at a cost of 8225,250; eight mobile homes at 845,900; two duplexes, 840,000; 2 four-plex872,000; store Improvements, 839, 000; remodeling, 839,150, and garages and car ports, 82, COO. Besides the building, there are presently approximately 110 trailer homes In various trailer courts throughout Roosevelt. Arvln Dellon, postmaster at Roosevelt, reports that gross receipts of the post office are up about 20 In the past year, from 854,552 last year to 8C3.722 In the es, (Continued on page 3) Four-Ple- x VOLUME 59 ROOSEVELT, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH NUMBER 40 : 0 1 : V :? THURSDAY, OCTOBER . . s, now under ronstructnn, which are designed to help lift tin- limit as mnny newcomers are moving in and ure finding it diflcull to lorate a place In which to live. One of the four-pleve- 7, 1971 School Lunch Week is scheduled Oct 10 -- 16 i (Vi This year Is the 25th anniversary of the Lunch Program and President Nixon has proclaimed the week of Octo6 National School Lunch Week. ber For twenty-fiv- e years school districts throughout the nation have been working with the United States Department of Agriculture to provide hot lunches for school "You can't teach a hungry children. child. That Is the theory behind the school lunch program. Good food Is an Important part of the learning process. The lunches are prepared according to planned nutrition standards and supply about l3rd, of the nutrients boys and girls need each day. October 13, the schools Wednesday, across the country are celebrating National School Lunch Week together by serving the same menu. The menu Is Pizza, Green Beans, Tossed Salad, Applesauce, Milk and Brownie. The public Is Invited to go to the school and have lunch with their children. Please send word ahead In order for the lunchroom manager to bc prepared for extra guests. The Duchesne School District has provided a way that every student who desires to participate in the program may do so. families are encouraged to apply at the school office for free or reduced price meals. School If a man has complete control of his own conduct, he generally wont control that of others. After bids were opened the other day for the Installation of a sprinkling system for the new golf course, some alternatives had to be weighed. The costs ran over the engineers estimates, partly because of the lack of Interest In bidding the project, so at the present time It looks like the bid for Installation will be rejected. However, plans are being made to possibly accept the low material bid and then rely on local donated labor as well as "Green Thumb and other groups to Install the system. If this Is the case, are there enough Interested citizens In the area to donate some backhoe work for trenches? There will be miles of trenches to be dug, so It will take a lot of work. Jf you feel you or your company could donate a few hours of equipment work to see that the golf project Is realized, call Gordon Harmston, Jr., committee chairman and discuss the project with him. Your fyelp will certainly benefit the community. A pessimist Is someone whose dreams day- are nightmares. 10-1- i . is - ,yi i ' ' - '! 9 yj vKr Mm SBlV Royalty Selected a quern fur the homecoming activities held at Union High School last week wan I.ynette Fmndsen, with Glenna Jenks, at left, and Metric Muntyki as attendants. sale Friday night on Have you noticed, the advent of tele -vlson has turned the family circle Into a semi-circl- e. We've finally compiled a good deal of information necessary for a story on the expansion In the area. However, there Is still more pictures and Information to come. Consequently we've decided to break the article Into two parts, the one this week covering the Altamont and Roosevelt areas, and next week Duchesne area and the balance of the county. We hope you find the articles Interesting, since It Involves a lot more growth In the area than we had originally anticipated. Right now things look good for the Basin. We would hope the steady growth continues, giving us a broader economic base from which to work, and thereby provide greater employment opportunities, and better facilities. We all need to tie aware of the growth patterns, however, and be able to do our part to assist In the orderly progress. Farewell pow-wo- w for the Stan Lymans The Ute Indians and the Fort Duchesne community will bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Stan Lyman Monday evening, Oct. 11. Singing and dancing will begin at 8 p.m. at the Randlett Gymnasium. Refreshments will be served and everyone Is welcome. On the planning committee for the Pow Wow are Miss Maxine Natchees, Mrs. Keith Muir, Mrs. Carlene Mangum and Mrs. Ed Emmons. Mr. Lyman has been the superintendent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, for the past four and a half years. He Is leaving Oct. 17 to accept the position of superintendent at Ilne Ridge, South Dakota, home of the Ogalala Sloulx. New home nearing completion and being built by Lamar StevenMin near the trailer court and laundromat In Altamont. Oil Industry bus Increased all business activity in the area. Low-inco- .. Don't forget the Moonlight Madness In Roosevelt. This idea Is comparatively new In this area, but promises to increase In Interest as each event comes. Although not all stores In Roosevelt will be participating In the madness Friwill be day night, a good cross-sectiopen from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. Friday night to serve you. We wish we could give you a list of the stores to be open, and those to be closed, but have found this Impractical. Anyway, for those of you who want to shop In the evening, and want to find some values that are not available during the day, be around Friday evening for the fun. Altamont Duciesnekai deadline lor y eimieaiions Since the Duchesne City office Is reguon Saturday, the deadline for larly closed accepting petitions for nomination for councllmen has been set at 5 p.m., Friday, Octotwr 15, reports Mayor Vernal Bromley. Three four-ye- ar term council positions will be filled by ballot at the Noveinlier 2 municipal election, In this third-clacity. Nominations may lie either by convention or by citizens' petition, thereby endorsing the candidacy of an Individual candidate, or two or three , on a single petition, which Is to be filed with the city clerk, Goldie G. Wilcken. The Democrat and Republican parties precinct officers have announced no nominating conventions will be held to select candidates for this year's municipal election. Two petitions are circulating within the city, carrying the names of tlie three Incumbent officials, as candidates for These are being circulated by friends or of the lncumlent officials, Ferron J. Peterson and J. Dennett Josle on one petition, and that of Roy Kllason on the other. Mr. Ellason's petition was the first to be circulated. ss U & O schedules oil bid opening Nov. 9 Bids for leasing for oil and mining purposes will b opened at 2 p.m. November 9 at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Ft. Duchesne. There win be 46 tracts of tribal land containing 9,085.25 acres, more or less, and 121 tracts of allotted land containing 11,295.43 acres more or less, all trust or restricted Indian lands of the Ute Indian reservation, located In Uintah County. Bids must lie accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check or postal money order for at least 25 of the bonus offered. Sportsmans Club Oil production continues to rise in Duchesne County drilling Duchesne County's oil production pushed The Duchesne County Sportsmen's Club will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. In the meeting hall atiove the Commercial Club. All members are urged to attend. A speelal invitation Is extended to those who are Interested In Joining the Club. Membership fees for the year are 85 this Includes a membership card and an embroidered patch of the club's logo. One well west of Neola, as shown a pro- over the 200,000 barrel level In July this an example, had previously year, according to the monthly report duction record of less than of the Utah Oil and Gas Conservation commission, and promises for August and September are even greater. Total oil production In Duchesne county for July was 214,697 barrels. During the same period a total of 123,625 MCF of gas was also produced. Oil people are looking with Interest at development In Duchesne County. Nut only are the wells being drilled lnthe Altamont area, and further west showing great promise, but also activity In the Bluebell field west (f Neola has also tapped great Bids received on sprinkling system Bids were opened last week at the Roosevelt City offices for the furnishing of materials and the Installation of the sprinkling system for the new municipal golf course. Since bids for Installation (with only two received) ran considerably higher than estimates, the city rejected these bids. Three bids for materials were received, with the apparent low bid routing from E. C. Olsen company at 828,4 19.26. (.niter bids Included Conely Co., Salt Lake, at 829,892, and Justin C. White numbing and Heating, 836,983.73. The city Is currently studying these bids, with no decision made as to their acceptance at this Further study will be made writing. before a decision Is made, as well as the study of methods of Installation. It Is hoped that a solution can tie found so that work ran lie completed before winter weather sets In. to meet today, 7:30 p.m. expectations. (iteorffi caanasD CO-- o 1,000 barrels I is IrOUrl r3llr For July, however, of oil per month. after having been deepened and Improved, had a production figure of 42,871 barrels, making It the largest producer in the county for that month. It Is reported that similar work on other wells In the Bluebell field Is bringing the same results. During the first half of 1971 a toal of 1,043,151 barrels of oil were sold, bringing revenue totaling 83,062,037.04. 30-to- n Trailer courts are filled to capacity in the Roosevelt urea. New courts are being completed to take care of the surplus trailers arriving here. corn grown in Uintah Basin trial The rewards of good farming were clearly demonstrated this year In the corn trial on the Dee Jenkins' farm In Maeser, north west of Vernal. Utah State University Extension personnel carried out a corn variety test with the cooperation of the major seed companies on the Jenkins farm. One variety produced 30.9 tons per acre when harvested after two frosts. This variety was moderately mature, but not as dry as some of the lighter yielding varieties. Ten varieties selected by the seed companies as their best for the area were included In this trial. The average yield of all varieties was 25.3 tuns per acre. The final results of this trial and others across the State will lie made available at a later date. Dr. Vaughn llunsaker, Agronomist and Soils Specialist for tlie Uintah Basin, said the high yields were made possible by the use of excellent soil fertility, weed control and water management In addition to the use of well adapted varieties. The value of high yields ran be seen by comparing the returns In dollars and cents. Fixed costs for a 10 ton crop are tlie same as for a 20 or 30 ton silage crop. The variable costs will vary only In this slightly between these yields. area It Is estimated that It costs 8114 per acre to grow corn silage. This average cost figure lneludcs all factors like, land, water, labor, machinery amt so forth. With silage In tlie pit worth 88 per ton, a 30 ton crop produces a net return to the farmer of 8136 per acre! The farmer operating at the 10 ton level Is prutably loosing money at tlie rate of 834 per acrel More homes Mure homes are being constructed In the sub-divisi- in the southeast purl of Roosevelt. r Riillrlincr DUIIUmg clto Work has started on the new building to house the Montgomery Ward Nelson Agenry In Roosevelt. |