| Show isawa s aview WHO is WHO IN ROOSEVELT HEBER T HALL when heber T fiali walked into my office the other evening and I 1 told him I 1 wanted a little story about him for the paper he turned and started to walk out no stories about me he said 1 11 I want no publicity I 1 kive 1 ive my own life in a quiet way ay and 10 lo do the best I 1 can and all heie is to it I 1 explained hur lierly that I 1 putting 9 on an all advertising adier campaign in his Ills name but that I 1 simply wanted to write a weekly column ac qua inting the citizens of the basin with the men inen and women who are endeavoring to accomplish things for this community ind I 1 could think a of f no better person with whom to begin than heber T hall ile he sat down in a chair and said aid in his modest way well if the case youve chosen the wrong man to be bein begin in with I 1 explained further that tbt we needed some local interest both in the paper and in the community and that run nine Lr a column of this tyre type might add a bit of home town color ile he put his hand on oil ills his chin and raid paid 1 I dont approve of 0 it and I 1 dont see why you had to begin with me but it if you need the material and think it will do some good ill help you out all I 1 can so t was this of heber i T hall to help out all lie he can in his unassuming way wa settling back in h his hal chair ile he pave kave me a tew few of the facts acts of ins his life a few of his ideas and am bivions bif bit ions lie ile talked in a deep voice but even then I 1 had to be all ears and pencil to get down what he said as he thinks andl and talks as quickly as he moves heber T hall was born in salt lake city in 1889 and spent his boyhood in that city attending school As a young man he filled a three year L D S church mission in italian holland it until the summer of 1922 that mr 1111 hall hall came to the basin ile he w was s sent here to manage the uintah power light company T thirteen ir yea yeas years s ago he 0 could a see opportunity port unity in this country and grew to understand the gaill t of it and loved it A couple of years later he became interested in a flour mill and established a firm terni known as wolf and hall late as the flour macket lagged and wheat growers glowers became fewer his interest turned to gilsonite mining and in 1926 lie he in ili partnership with fred C fe ferron ron opened tile the gilsonite mine located seven miles east of roosevelt each year this mine has been developed further and its production increased until gilsonite from the uintah basin is shipped all over the world bioni to calcutta business ii i only ono of the activities tivi ties in the busy life of heber T hall for he be is also known as mayor hall and bishop hall each in ill itself enough to occupy the time of one man mail and yet mr air hall says there is time tor for everything As mayor of the city of roosevelt heber T hall fought long ind and hard but quietly without honor without glory for the one great reat need of 0 this community water vater and his tight fight ts is not in vain ivain since taking office in january 1911 lie and his colleagues have tripled the supply of artes ian an this acing accampo accomplished tali by means of drouth relic funds and they ae ate not ready to stop yet law enforcement follows close on the heels of water supply and seeming to think no progress had bad been made along this line by the number of offenses and drunkards on the streets mayor hall announced tibt he had just received word that boist co diction on ft P city jail would almot almost immediately ilow how better can law lal be enforced than to have a punishment h ro for r punishment puni its offenders As lie he talked e about abou t roosevelt it and what it needs a thousand things came to ht hla mind roads sidewalks trees a swimming pool veis s drainage but he be said youve got to po 0 after oil olla thin thing until aou ou gt it and ibber hi ber T hall Is going after it and getting gelling it |
