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Show - ,f ,. . ' V..1-- .. ' The Ute BuMetm Vatuw 9 - Nnbw 10 niifchart by Ufa Triba - Fort Duchaana, Utah MOM Thursday, October 18, 1973 .V Comfortable, Convenient Cattle Auction Nets Tribe Top Dollar indeed the "sale of the century. And bringing the top price in tribal history were 2700 head of Ute Tribe cattle which grossed the Tribe approximately the heavier calves from the Northern of a million dollars. three It was quarters Instead of the usual bellow of cattle and the auroma of the sales barns, cattlemen from nine states were greeted at the n Uintah Basin Community Building with the auroma of coffee and doughnuts and the lights of TV cameras. The Ute Tribe was again making history as the first to stage a cattle auction ...with no cattle present. Art Brown, Livestock Enterprise manager, came up with the idea when buyers complained about the sealed bids last ultra-moder- year. Interviewed Art Inm by the Ute IHbe liwatack BOafriw. K8L iww and fWiatraara rfthn ratthi Tan high IrMih- Itt th Prill, managir ratirpriar 2700 head af calves. Two tetovfaloa wwwd da aale aa wel aa the Rooaevelt aad Salt Lake City acmpapen. Auctioneer far the event waa Merv Betta at Roosevelt. Whiterocks Coed Named Ute Royalty at Fall Pageant A 19 year-ol- d people-oriente- carry the Hollow Resort. d "So many remarked they had lost the bid by a small margin.. .and said they would have topped the sale price," Brown said. (Ute cattle topped last years market at $56.15 per hundred weight.) However, Zane Christensen, local buyer for Producers Livestock who has purchased the cattle for the past two years, was again the top bidder purchasing the 1200 head of lighter calves from the Southern (Hill Creek) Unit for $96.10 per hundred weight. Christensen also laced the top bid at $83.30 phw for . Unit. Spirited bidding was heard by buyers from Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho as well as Utah. Most of the visiting buyers had viewed the cattle on the summer range prior to the sale and were prompted to attend the auction from letters of invitation and advertisements in four major livestock journals. WIDE INTEREST CREATED The unique auction drew much interest throughout the state with two Salt Lake City television channels sending cameramen and reporters to the reservation to cover the event. Local papers as well as Salt Lake daily papers made note of the n sale and top price received for the Ute cattle. Delivery of the cattle began last week and will be completed by the 10th of November, According to Brown. Brown places the credit for the excellence of the Ute Tribe's herd with his foremen and cowboys as well as the farm foremen. well-know- Ute coed was named the third young woman to the year at a local pageant last month at Bottle Miss Ute Tribe title for Minnie Card Grant, daughter of Mrs. Violet Starr and the late Herman Grant, was crowned by 1972 title bolder Kathleen Chegup at the conclusion of a smor- gasbord dinner at the Ute resort. r A panel of judges selectfrom ed Miss Grant a field of three candfor idates vying the title, who included Jayleen Willie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Willie, Fort Duchesne; and Sadine Appawoo, daughter of Mrs. Frances Mt. Lion, Fort Duchesne. Minnie's educational experiences are enrollment at Union High School at Roosevelt and Kemper Hall, a private prep school at Kenosha, Wise. While at the Wisconsin school she was elected junior class secretary and senior class president She also served as captain of the varsity girls basketball team. In 1972 she was named the Uintah Basin Industrial Convention Indian Princess and she reigned over the festivities in nearby Roosevelt. Minnie's interest in people prompted her to volunteer at the Whiterocks Head Start Center and to be employed at the Snyder Convalescent Home in Roosevelt. I enjoyed helping the elderly people with their daily baths, feeding, and just being there with them keeping them company," she stated during her interthree-membe- view. All is not work Minnie, however, she enjoys beading, deer and elk hunting; few fishing and traveling. The Ute drill team also chose her as team captain. The new princess presents a rendition of the Lord's Prayer in sign language for her talent Miss Grant will compete in the Miss Indian Utah pageant Oct 27 at the Sundance Ski Resort in scenic Provo Canyon. From the Utah Pageant she will travel to Tulsa, Okla. to enter the Miss National Congress of American Indians contest Minnie will enter Utah State University at Logan winter quarter as a freshman. She resides in Farm Creek with her sister and brother-in-laMr. and Mrs. Ernest Martinez. Serving as judges for the Ute pageant were Mrs. Jose Giles, Gay Head, Mass.; Mrs. Paul Stringham, Vernal, Utah; and Mr. Bruce Parry, Director of Indian Affairs for Utah, Salt Lake City. The evening ended with the presenter tion of gifts to the new royalty. Tribal Chairman Homey Secakuku emceed for the program and gave her a shawl on behalf of the Ute Tribe. Gifts from local merchants included a Bottle Hollow pair of beaded hair-tieResort; a $10 gift certificate, Nebekers Store; two dinners, Frontier Grill; a $10 gift certificate, Grace's Dress Shop and Kays Mens Shop; leather bag and leather belt, Len Ell Shoe Store; and arm bouquet of red roses. Landscape FloraL s. NEW MISS UTE TRIBE - the Mias Indian America pageant ant sooner la Sheridan, Wye. She wen the title at a local pageant in September at Bottle Hollow Resort. . |
