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Show "News Bits About Yester-Years" The following items were tak-i en from an old Myton Free Press paper, printed in July. 1920: DUCHESNE ATTORNEY IS ADJUDGED INSANE Uintah Basin friends of Fred L. Watrous, attorney of Du-chesne Du-chesne and former newspaper man of Myton and Duchesne, ... ' were shocked when they heard that he had been adjudged insane in-sane in Colorado' and taken to the asylum in Pueblo. Mr. Watrous came here several sev-eral years ago from Colorado and established the Duchesne Record, which he published in Duchesne, in Myton, and then in Duchesne again. After quitting the newspaper business he took up the practice of law. WASATCH VALUATIONS Wasatch county returns a total to-tal assessment made by the assessor as-sessor of $4,994,596.00, compared with $5,980,910.00 in 1919, while the amount assessed by the state board is $1,392,463.00, compared with $982,535 last year, a total increase of $1,220,-550.00 $1,220,-550.00 over 1919.. 5 Years Ago A new American - LaFrance fire truck powered by a 95-horsepower 95-horsepower engine, and carrying fire fighting equipment of the latest design, arrived in Roosevelt Roos-evelt Tuesday afternoon. Friday it will go before representatives of the Board of Fire Underwriters Under-writers for a complete test prior to being approved for use in the city. Republicans from 7 precincts 1 in Duchesne county met at tke GOP county convention at Duchesne. Du-chesne. Saturday, May 4, and elected George Stewart. Roos- I evelt attorney, their chairman for the ensuing year. Fern Moffat, Mof-fat, incumbent chairwoman, was re-elected and a new secretary-treasurer, secretary-treasurer, Ronald Page, was named. One of the attractive social events of the week was the informal in-formal tea at the home of Mrs. H. P. Edwards Thursday evening, eve-ning, May 2, in honor of Mrs. Lynn Labrum, the former Miriam Mir-iam Long. Mrs. Lester Mullins, Mrs. Ned Bellon, Mrs. Jack Hoover, Mrs. Steve Vellon, Mrs. L. C. Labrum. Mrs. J. J. Cook and Miss Beth Broden acted as hostesses. Pvt. Rae C. Scholes, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Scholes. is now assigned to the 7th Air Corps stationed at 544th Base Headquarters, Head-quarters, Oahu, Hawaii. 10 Years Ago V. A. Bair, of Roosevelt, man-;ager man-;ager of the Uintah Power and i Light company, was elected president of the Eastern Utah Wildlife federation following the organization of the federation at Midway, Saturday, afternoon. Robert Arthur Zixker. of Myton, My-ton, a graduate of Roosevelt high school, will be among the 540 students to receive degdees from the Utah State Agricultural college this month. He is enrolled en-rolled in the school of arts and sciences. i Seventy Roosevelt high school students, including members of the band and color guard, accompanied ac-companied by Mr. and Mrs. Rus-sel Rus-sel Borchert, and ten band mothers, moth-ers, left this morning? in two school buses for Ogden. where they will participate in the regional re-gional music meet to be held j Friday and Saturday. i Clay Wimmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wimmer. was elected elect-ed president of the Alterra high school student body for next year. Kenneth Harris is vice-president: vice-president: Orbie Newmyer, secretary; sec-retary; Eula Hullinger. cheer leader, and Wayne Palmer, noon hour manager. 20 Years Ago Marc Wilkins. chairman of the Roosevelt Fish and Game club fish committee reports the planting of 600 rainbow trout in the Uintah river last Sunday. One day last week was declared de-clared work day on Roosevelt's splendid golf course and the result re-sult is a much improved course, t Edna Angus was appointed valedictorian of the graduating class of the .G.HS. Edna has the highest scholastic rating of anyone in the class. Answering inquiries of radio friends for the dates of the Uintah Basin Industrial convention, conven-tion, Fort Duchesne, you are j advised the convention will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 5, 6 and 7. Postal officials of the Uintah I Basin held a meeting Saturday, May 9, at Roosevelt, for the pur-pase pur-pase of organizing a service council. Local postmaster. Luke Clegg, was selected permanent chairman, with Hayden Foster, of Lapoint, vice-chairman, and Geo. A. Wilson, of Ft. Duchesne, secretary. |