| Show loka a beautiful ful valley by MISS ANNA LEMON mid pleasures and palaces tho we may roana bei be it ever so humble theres no place like home A charm from cie t ae skies sedans to hallow us ul there which seek thru the world is neer met with elsewhere tho the first thing we desire to know about the settling of c a new country is why did the people go there mere what was their purpose the chief aim of 0 the cal eaily ly pioneers of loka ioka was to bu build I 1 id homes to build for their children and their childrens children A community ct cf homes of which they could well be proud it was no nei hn easy task to enter a new country and take up the life of true pioneers many were the ma haid bailys borne by the early settlers settlors sett lors of our country the first difficulty was water which was hauled from the duchesne river in barrels for cattle as ell as for household use the people spent most of their time the first two years building the ditches which now low carry water to our farms after the second year bosle so tle water was secured from the indian department in 1910 the as spent in working on the canal in big cut at the head of dry gulch by upalco which later proy ed CA a failure and w was as abandoned the next year they went to the site of class C canal and succeeded that summer in getting the water out the first patch of green on the loka bench was corn raised hy by john K X Le lemon the first crop in the valley was raised by the baird brothers hyrum and asa also by wim gentry until water was secured teed feed tor kotock was hauled frim the indian bench and vernal people managed to make a living by working on the indian canals some of tile the first settlers in ill the valley john A palmer joseph Rei there who was post master tor for many years peter haglund G E howell who still lives here dou don C rack pack and fred pack and families who both nad kad good homes and added a great richness to the community co ir life they were forced to leave their places but are now news building homes in another state all mrs alls s fred pack says we want to build up just one more home boine then were willing to quit don pack died some years ago and his wife and two sons are living in salt lake city wm gentry came caime with a determination to stay his statement was when people all leave ill be on the last wagon ile he has stayed by his word has built a tine fine home owns a large section of land and Is I 1 a very successful cattleman john angus who had been a pioneer in ashley valley moved here with his family fuller cullel marrell and frank marrell and families ilso also settled on the north side ot of loka foka the marcelis Mar relis moving later to vernal james meranda was the lie first man who stayed on th the e bench mrs meranda was the only woman on the bench for or a year john a and ind J james am e a e mo n moved their families out f from ro m summit county in 1907 they both live acre yet and have good homes jim lemon has the finest home in this part dart of 0 the country charlie lorg jorg and carmilly far milly have lived here since the first winter they moved later to the marrett baim taim i m 1 robert t 0 be r t K kreba re bs john miles fat and ln d J john oh n D benson all moved liera here I 1 later e r a and i i d r raised aae a ae d large families w who h 0 w were er e all li a great aid in the community cua life 11 fe william A wall and family were one of the important families ot of the community I 1 since mrs wall was a nurse murse she nhe was of much service william stone F A rass P C johnson and chas percival were other birly airly settlers here who were a great aid in community life dan lambert became the first firs bishop ti of the roosevelt ward w i ich included all country now incleden inc luden in the roosevelt elt stake Mee meeting feie held at roosevelt tor for the first year the first church organization in loka ioka was the sunday school org organized anizel august 8 1908 at the la home ome of walter balm with john K X lemon superintend tena ent walter baird and P C johnson assistants and amelia baria secretary the first ward organization was a branch brancil with john A angus president walter baird and P C johnson counselors mrs yoma voma mitchell itchell Al was the first relief president and lacade the trip from upalco to loka ioka in a wagon each week for meetings loka ioka branch has now been divided into the following 5 wards loka upalco bluebell mt alt emmons and altonah alzonah Al tonah the mural ward wal wag then organized with john A angus as bishop john J denson benson and john K lemon counselors the name was later plunged to loka ioka named for the indian loka ioka who lived here until his death a few years ago his daughter mrs albert Ches pooch tiow row lives in his home the name loka was given as meaning a beautiful valley which it has always been until changed by the shortage of 0 water the first baby was born la in loka was alton angus son ot of john A angus he died when 4 months old the first girl was pontella merritt and the first boy on the bench was karl lemon who was born the same day as fontella marritt september 10 1908 the first school house was a small frame house 20 feet square built by dOn donation atlon with G E B howells lowells and ephrain Eph Epla raun merritt it doing the work B fontaine Font alne the first school teacher next neit waa wa the tha williams and palmer school houses two neat frame buildings were constructed by the county count one being at the west I 1 at the east end clad of 0 loka jokl tu tiie and 6 low on ano er building was moved to highland after the consoli consolidation datto n ot the schools and was used thern there for a number of years it then moved back home where waz wa th tin two buildings were put together to form a very fine school honio hollie chica i avils gatei ay by fire the county then built a new two room building ehigh has been used for or three years this ak jr the were trang tram berred to roosevelt by bus thui we say goodbye to our schools in loka ioka we hope the removal of file die school will be an aid to the child even though it does injure the th community community life in loka joke has haa always been of the highest t type y p e many splendid young men a and 1 d women have been born and raised in loka john many of whom moved away but are active in the he communities to which they nave gone 1 As was stated at the first the purpose which prompted th the set Ller clement nent of this country waa as a desire for homes many of the abet et llers alers ate aie still here still laboring and hoping that their dreams may yet be realized the following sprayer is symbolic of the idealism of the people of loka give me this day an inspiration something tor for which to took look up to to desire q spare me a part of the blessings which are thine to bestow give me an ideal which will let me do only my best and father mike make me aie worthy of roy my home my church my 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