Show congressman murdock murdoch meets with roosevelt lions club at luncheon fate of 0 junor junior college and federal building Alea measures pleasures discussed at meeting congressman abe murdock who was the guest of honor at a dinner meeting of the roosevelt lions club saturday afternoon when asked about the fate of the roosevelt junior college bill drawn up b by representative daniel F mit chall C he and passed by the last state legislature said 1 I still have hopes but I 1 am not too optimistic about it the bill called for a grant of from the federal government for the construction of a junior college in roosevelt for indian and white students homer P edwards president of the club presided at the meeting and M E lundberg acting as toastmaster welcomed the congressman to roosevelt state senator G V billings spoke briefly on the meeting tang held at the roosevelt ward qa hall representative tull outlined the progress of the junior colle college collee e bill B 0 colton spoke an 01 the tre basin planning league organization he said many of the early homesteaders were misinformed on the water supply in the minlah basin and now adjustments must be made perhaps reductions in the population and what wa cr there is must be used on the land which is best able to produce he mentioned the soil survey that is is being made saying it must be used as a basis for readjustments in the basin federal building dr PL R Q warnock reported for the federal building committee giving past and present receipts at the local post office and the requirements for a federal building cong congressman ressman mui doa suggs t ed that the postoffice post office receipts be boosted through the establishment of a federal agency and promised lion club cambers he would do all in his power to secure the establishment lish ment of a federal building in roosevelt praised cottons talks after hearing B 0 coltons collons Col tons talks to the general meeting in the ward hall and to the lions club congressman murdock said 1 I have heard two fine speeches today both of them made by mr air colton congressman murdock said he realized adjustments in land use would have to be made and said the difficult part was not in the surveys but in convincing the people that the adjustments are necessary for their own nontaxable non taxable indian lands are a vital problem in the uintah basin the congressman said the indians are supposed to be wards of the government but in reality they are the wards of duchesne Du chesna and uintah counties the federal government must make sone consideration to the counties for the many acres of nontaxable non taxable indian lands congressman murdock made mention of how utah had been out of the benefits of waters of the colorado river immediately following the luncheon on meeting which was held at the legion barracks the meeting at the roosevelt ward hall was continued |