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Show English, Science Rate Low In County Hi Schools Two deficiencies in the Duchesne County High School programs of study are in English and science, reports Supt. Rowan C. Stutz, in his semi-annual report to the Duchesne Du-chesne County Board of Education. In light of this situation, the superintendent recommends to the board that English teachers' be employed in this district even to the sacrifice of specially trained teachers in music, art, physical education, ed-ucation, industrial arts; that steps be continued to improve the facilities facil-ities within the district schools for the teaching of science; that through elementary supervision, the science program in the elementary elemen-tary schools in the district be strengthened. To Prepare Children In his curriculum report, the superintendent explains that efforts ef-forts have been continued to strengthen the curriculums of Duchesne Du-chesne County schools to provide the children here with better preparation pre-paration and stimulus for post high school education. He points out that it is recognized that relatively rel-atively few of high school graduates grad-uates in this county continue their education beyond the twelfth grade. At the same time, he says, few of them remain in the' county. He recommends that the county schools, therefore, might best serve at least those who have the ability by encouraging and preparing prepar-ing them for education beyond the high school level. Prior to this year, science was mostly, " if not wholly lacking, in the' program of study offered students stu-dents at Altamont and Tabiona. This year, courses in physics, chemistry and air science have been added to the Altamont High School' curriculum. As yet no science education above' the eighth grade is provided in the Tabiona School, the superintendent concluded. How Is The Title On Your Farm Wafer? By Elwood S. Carter Pres. of Duchesne County Water Users Assn. While the weather is still bad and we can spend a little time in the house' by the fire, let's get out the old record box, and see if we have a water title on our farm lands, equal to the deed and abstract to our home and farm. When you buy some real estate, you make every effort of establishing establish-ing a good title to your land, such as a good abstract, which has been studied by a good attorney. The attorney issues you an opinion on the title' of your land. You may have a title insurance issued of which you go to considerable time and expense to obtain but did you look for the certificate of right to use a certain amount of water on your land? I would like you to ask yourself the following questions: 1. Do you have a cerified right for irrigation and culinary water on your place from the State Engineer? En-gineer? 2. Does this right give you adequate ade-quate water for your needs? 3. Is the right you hold, ditch or canal stock? If it is only rights, in the canal system check with your canal company and see if they have a certified water filing for your property. 4. Does the water right give' you plenty of water for any new land that has been put in cultivation since the original land was proofed? 5. If your certificate to appropriate appro-priate water does not answer all the above' questions, then you better bet-ter do something about it, I have found out in the many years I have studied the water conditions in the Uintah Basin, probably due to having an abundance abun-dance of water to use, that these items have' been neglected. I have seen abstracts of titles showing a definite amount of water from a certain filing number, and in checking at the State Engineer's office, there was not one drop of water proofed for that land. In the early days, you could not proof any lands other than plow lands. Irrigated pastures were not at that time, given any water filing. These pasture lands are still being irrigated plus new lands that have been developed both for pasture pas-ture and plow land, and in most cases have never any water been asked or filed upon for this land. Now is the time for all water users to check into these matters, before it is too late. |