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Show Receives Telephone Charter . . . P. -.ir - mr m 9 y m- Tv- - fit " ..I ' . . J J . ' X ' ' ' it1' . . I f , ' '' ' i " ' ' " 1 I ' ," lf . I . . 7 E. Floyd Ross, (right center), president of the Uintah Uin-tah Basin Telephone Ass'n., receives charter to operate in the Uintah Basin from Harold Clark, RE A official from Washington. . . James Patton, left, national president of Farmers' Union, and Myron Brough, director of the tele phone association, observed the presentation. jg"M-rraiH,T-iTfr" -ii . nyi r ; jtj-ww ' ' f ' ' "" I 1 ' f ; : ? . - 1 i ''( JAMES PATTON. Farmers' Union leader, was featured speaker. Newest In Nation . . . Rural Phone System Cut-Over In Official Ceremonies ilonday The Uintah Basin's seven newest telephone exchanges were officially cut-over at ceremonies cere-monies held in Roosevelt last Monday, June 1, as farmers and ranchers from every part of .. If- ' i , ' -. ' . .' " '..:..- .-'.'J HAROLD CLARK, RE A official of-ficial from Washington, joined in Celebration. the Basin who are now enjoying enjoy-ing the convenience of a telephone, tele-phone, or will be in the next weeks, joined together to make the new rural telephone dreamt a reality. Registration of several hundred hun-dred Basinites and guests proceeded pro-ceeded a public meeting held at the Roosevelt LDS stake house, which was presided over by E. Floyd Ross, president and manager man-ager of the Uintah Basin Telephone Tele-phone Association, and addressed address-ed by several cooperative officials, offi-cials, including James Patton president of the National Farmers' Farm-ers' Union, and Harold Clark, REA loans division representative representa-tive from Washington, D. C. Mr. Patton, who was the featured fea-tured speaker on the program, that began at 1:30, reviewed the rise of farmer cooperatives whjch he said had been brought about, "not to compete with private pri-vate industry or busines, but rather because of necessity, to give the farmer a chance to' buy the raw products he uses at a price he could afford. If a farmer farm-er bought his raw products at retail prices, and sold his products pro-ducts at wholesale it wouldn't be long until he'd go 'busted'," Mr. Patton said. He told how a group of fanners fann-ers in overalls marched upon the Republican National convention con-vention in 1928 and asked to be heard briefly, and then after successfully telling their story, they visited the Democratic convention con-vention in Texas and again presented pre-sented their problems to the politicians. "President Herbert Hoover in 1929 called a special session of congress to' consider the farmer's problems and out of the session came the National Nation-al Farm Board. Then during the so-called New Deal was born the P.M.A., S.C.S. and F.H.A. agencies that have brought new opportunities to the farmers' of America," he told the group. Concluding his remarks, Mr. Patton told his audience that, "Government is as good as we make it, and will become as bad as we'll let it become. Today, To-day, more than ever before in the history of America, there is a need of unwavering faith in God and men with faith and courage who' are looking to the future when a world full of hate will become a world filled with love and hope." Mr. Clark expressed the attitude atti-tude of REA in Washington by praising the efforts of Mr. Ross and his board for the long and' (Continued on back page) Telephone . . . (Continued from oaae 1) hard hours of uncompensated work that had gone into the finished product. He presented the charter that gave the Uintah Basin Telephone Association the right to function as the newest telephone system in the nation. He mentioned this was the first REA project to hold cut-over ceremonies and wished them well in their future activities. Other brief speakers were Louis Reese, manager of the Moon Lake Electric Co. at Altamont, Al-tamont, and W. H. Martin, district dis-trict manager of Mt. States Telephone Tel-ephone and Telegraph Co. Following the cut-over program, pro-gram, the annual meeting of the new telephone association was held at which time seven new directors were elected. Those who emerged as the new board are Charles Crozier, Neola; William Wil-liam R. Evans, Altamont; Myron B r o u g h, Randlett; Wanless Shields, Arcadia; James Lindsay, Lind-say, Mt. Home, and Frank Morrill, Mor-rill, Tridell, who were reelected, and Elmer Yergensen. Myton, is the new member. Retiring from the board were Mr. Ross and Leland Ottosen, who are now employed by the company, the former as manager and Mr. Ottosen Ot-tosen as lineman. Activities of the afternoon were concluded ' when several valuable prizes were given away to those whose names were drawn from a hat. A free dance in the evening at Victory Park was the final part of the celebration. |