| Show Utah State Press Plans for 1 j Annual Summer Outing j Duchesne Lions Club Members Will be Hosts to Newspapermen On Two-Day Outing at Moon Resort July Plans arc complete for an enthusiastic welcome and interesting entertainment for the Utah Slate Press association whose members will gather here July for then annual summer outing to be held at Moon it was announced this week by Roy A. president of the Duchesne Lions club and chairman of the Press association summer outing Reservations already received indicate that a large number oi the visiting newspapermen ana their families will be in Duchesne Friday evening to register and join in the dinner at the Plaza hotel in These early arrivals will be entertained following the by a showing of films taken at the National Editorial association convention in Alaska last summer and some wild life and trails pictures taken in the high primitive area north of Duchesne and by an ing of cards and Registration of the guests will be made in Duchesne Friday evening and Saturday Following a business session Saturday morning the group will form a caravan and leave for Moon 36 miles to the north in the Uinta where two days of recreation and have been planned for Plans for the outing were completed at a recent meeting at Moon at which Elisha Spanish Fork pres ident of the C. Perry of Roy A. and members of the Duchesne Lions host met to approve the Opening the festivities the Lions will entertain the visitors with a barbecue luncheon served In the camp grounds on the southern shore of Moon Following the luncheon the annual softball clash between the northern and southern publishers will determine whether or not the trophy won for the past two years by the Northerners will become their per The annual banquet will be held Saturday evening in the Moon Lake followed by Sunday's program includes the annual fishing a picnic luncheon in the camp grounds and boating on the The entire facilities of the Moon Lake resort have been reserved for the and it is expected that every available cabin will be filled to capacity by the Arrangements are being made for the erection of auxiliary tents to house the should their use be Moon so named from its crescent lies in the Uintah mountains at the southern of the primitive It marks the end of the road into the the primitive area itself being closed to all but forest It is located on the Lake Fork of the Duchesne in the Ashley National Lying a little over feet in it always affords cool and invigorating climate and has become a favorite retreat for thousands who seek escape from the summer Fishermen find it a the lake itself offers fine catches either from boats by trolling or casting and from the shore where casting usually brings fine Limit catches were made before the middle of the forenoon on the opening day this Fishing on the streams above Moon which will be opened July always provides Ideal sport for the A walk around the lake makes the streams feeding it available by horses may be obtained to carry the ang- ler to either the streams or to any of the many other lakes available in a Of these higher Brown Duck and Kidney about 7 miles from Moon Lake have always been famous for their In 1935 a reservoir project was started at Moon Lake by the U. S. Bureau of with Governor Henry H. Blood officiating ut ground breaking ceremonies at the dam site on June A million dollar earth filled dam was constructed approximately a down stream from the original outlet of the raising the water level over 60 feet and creating a storage capacity of acre feet of This dam was completed sufficiently to catch the 1938 spring runoff and in 1938 the lake was filled to capa It has since proved Invaluable to farmers of Duchesne and Uintah counties and is the only hope of saving most of the crops m the Uintah Basin this Officials of the project will he on hand to conduct tours through the dam and auxiliary units for all the visitors who care to take It has long been the ambition of Uintah Basin residents to share the recreational advantages of Moon Lake with a greater of the state's the Duchesne Lions but housing facilities at the lake and roads into the Basin have been a serious Enlargement of the facilities for housing and the completion of Highway 40 to a dust-less standard during the past have now removed this handicap and the Duchesne Lions club welcomes the opportunity of entertaining the newspapermen there from all sections of the |
