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Show Indian Days Celebration Acclaimed As Basin's Best As the Utah Indian Days parade par-ade moved along Roosevelt's Main Street the morning of August 28, lines of spectators became increasingly aware of the fact that they were witnessing witnes-sing the opening of a two day j celebration that would occasion talk equaling sidewalk oil speculation. spec-ulation. Here was a curtain raiser rais-er displaying well executed showmanship, which, with the! events to follow, would prove' conclusively that people still appreciate ap-preciate good celebrations and that good celebrations can be staged through proper cooperation. coopera-tion. Nor was there a let down in the performance foreshadowed by the parade as the day wore on. At the rodeo ground a fast, rough, tough show topped anything any-thing the Basin has witnessed to date. It was run off with speed, the stock was wild, and the participants were downright skilfull in handling it. Spectators were enthusiastic, not only because be-cause they were conscious of quality, but because the show was a local affair from start to finish. Local "pokes" fought it out with home -town broncs, and the dust they bit was Uintah Basin flavored. f The choice spots and the. corresponding cor-responding prize money were garnered by the following; Bronc riding Boyd Mooseman, 1st; Maxie Chapoose, 2nd; Shorty Match, 3rd. Fourth place win-ners'in win-ners'in the bronc, bareback and bull riding were awarded certificates cer-tificates by Ashton's Store, entitling en-titling them to a pair of Lee overalls. In the bronc contest, Long John was the recipient of the britches. Bareback riding Boyd Mooseman, 1st; Shorty Hatch, 2nd; Lawrence Malnar, 3rd, with Church Hendricks taking 4th spot, and Clair Ashton for a new pair of "jeans." Bull riding rid-ing Ambrose Wash, 1st; Maxie Chapoose, 2nd; Hughie Cheegup and Ellis Denver tied for 3rd, while Jack Muny, the "Sundown Kid," won the coveted Lees and undisputed 4th place. Team roping the father and son combination of Ray and Merlin Sprouse, 1st; Verl Iorg and Russell Cuch, 2nd. Calf roping Austin Beebe, veteran roper, tied up first place with a 23.6 second average. Bee-oe Bee-oe nosed out his closest competitor, compet-itor, and long time team roping partner, Fritz Burton, by 4.8 seconds; sec-onds; Burton pocketed 2nd prize with an average of 28.4 seconds, and Duane Oberhansley came in for third place money with a 33.3 seconds average. Boyd Mooseman, top hand in both the bronc and bareback events, was judged by the Uintah Uin-tah Sportsman Center to be the outstanding cowboy of the 1947 Utah Indian Days rodeo. Burt Gardner, manager of the sports store, will present Mooseman with the fringed leather jacket on display in the window of the Sportsman Center. In a natural ampitheater, the likes of which is not to be found elsewhere in Utah, the celebration celebra-tion drew to a close. The pageant which traced the history of the Uintah Basin from the Folsom man to the settlement of the reg- " ion, produced in the great open-air open-air theater south of town, was a memorable event. And if its merits, together with that of the place of Its presentation, are not broadcast to the world, the Basin will have failed to speak for itself. |