Show vir in I 1 E 1 B 4 L y JI 1 r 1 c 3 OF lah JF r 1 19 i a J 7 about 50 grand officers and aid 1 I 1 men members ibers of the Duve romy chap ter of the order of the eastern star gathered for a banquet and inspection inspect iO i at myton june essis essis A neal worthy matron of athe the local chapter was in charge of i arrangements howard mitchell received seri bous ous injuries in an abc acc ent at moo 1 lake and a mexican sheepherder killed his pal jose S arch cieto aleto in a sheep camp quarrel in the mountains above duchene Duch cne 0 on 1 june representatives from froli uintah duchesne emery carbon and daggett counties cou aties met in roosevelt for a district american legion convention i principal reed morrill of the koo roosevelt sevelt high school announced he had accepted a position i at the kamas high school the utah state road commission announced their intention to realign and gravel the strawberry Straw barry section of highway 40 and had set up funds in ii i i the new budget for that purpose main street received a new coat of oil and as may closet the temperature pera ture soared to 94 degrees july first two weeks of july jula were cloudy and rain fell nearly every day making summer deerr very late arriving the tax tokens reared their ugly heads on july first and everywhere cha iga mak ing was slowed down ane first of july contractors announced the completion of the new di indian hospital at fort duchesne a beautiful building of native stone and one of the most modern and finest equipped hospital pa in the intermountain country tr W afa scourge in the form of the tt tarnish plant bug creapo reaped d destruction fion d if in the uintah basi baan i section in early july by eating the blossoms of the first alfalfa seed crop thus destroying it at a loss of approximately to farmers in this section on the ath of july the ath coming on sunday neola staged a very fine celebration i and close I 1 alto to 1500 people from all parts of the basin at attended tendel the rodeo programs 1 dance etc and a few days after the rodeo the group of ceolas prominent citizens announced that they had secured the approval of a community park through a W P A project and work was to begin immediately on it the park win will contain rodeo grounds with corrals corral grandstands lawn drinking foun dahis tai is etc on july ath the roosevelt baseball team lost its first game of the season to the vernal venial C C C team three previous sundays they had defeated budged id C C C vernal and myton town teams all the world began to fear for the safety of amelia earhart famous aviatrix whose plane was lost friday july 2nd and ii i i the southern pacific ocean on july 7 four new members including nettie reynolds beryl mullins Mullin 3 margaret dart ar an 1 1 l katie were initiated into the roosevelt B P W club early in july mrs L D gardner of neola was elected president of the duchesne county camp of the daughters of the pioneers on july ath a large meeting of farmers and interested people was hid h the roosevelt ward hall and state weed eradication officials i reported a that the state would spar J 1 l during the coming year ear on weed control on sunday july alth open house was held at the new fort duchesne hospital and people mor mar belled at so moden i a structure on the reservation the utah state road commission met with merr members bers of the county commission an aal 1 delegates t r L ti ia the county on july and went over all county secondary lary ary brads to determine in which bevc uon tion it was most feasible to spend alic ta allocated for seco l lary road work in the county chii year after a thorough investigation il lle officials recommended that ni ini prove ments begin on secondary highway no 1 beRr ining ming at the j junction of the bridgeland and loka boals roa ls and traveling north to upalco mt emmons aid ad a id alto nan nah I 1 on 0 n july the laris commission house which was destroyed destroy by fire in may 1936 reopened opened re its doors at a meeting of the basin planning league held in roosevelt july state and ad federal surveys were made public which revealed that the blue bench area in duchsne county is one of th most desirable and most fertile fertil sections of the entire basin plans were made to survey it for cost of canals etc for irrigation at a meeting held july the roosevelt commercial club an bounce noun ceJ ll 11 donation of to the roosevelt hospital fund on july alvin J I 1 was named principal of the alie roosevelt high school by superintendent id W J bond E peterson long time connected with agriculture extension in the uintah basin was appod appointed cited supervisor of an agriculture experiment station in alaska and left with his family on july with the weather warm at last people from all over the basin began to enjoy swims at montez creek reservoir 0 oi i july the bridgeland upalco arcadia and bluebell mutual organizations held a pio eer day celebration at bridgeland many pioneer day celebrations were held throughout the basin and the e entire etire state along about this bixie ame the united prosperity plan made its appearance pe arance and everywhere people were talking about it on july G V billings accepted a position in denver with the plan and resigned as president of the U B 1 I C M E lundberg was named president in his place phil horsley announced that a new battery system was about to be i installed at the telephone company and after thanksgiving it would no longer be necessary to use the crank to summon the operator august 1937 occasional heavy rainfalls rain fal falls s the month of august ani an 1 a warm and sometimes hot temperature prevailed on august first the first as asphalt on the cites new alks was aid ad and sound of the whistle on the little steam roller amused everyone the county commission announced an increase of 4 mills in the tax levy to neet meet the state requirement qui rement for the welfare a ze und fund one of the finest things ever done for the city was the gift of the commercial club to the city of about 2000 worth of street machinery inc including ludin g a truck cat er pillar rp illar and grader due to the rainfall tho the streets of the city were in dreadful condition all summer everyone heaved a sigh of relief and gratitude when the gift of the commercial club was announced on august esth ora lewis formerly of roosevelt was elected state president of the legion auxiliary organization at the co convention i hem heli in pries price on august the work on the roosevelt rort fort duchesne asphalt road was completed and the distance between the two places shortened several mi minutes lutes announcement was made of the appointment of mrs airs harry owens as county supervisor of womans comans W P A projects replacing mrs lottie lettle brown who was tra transferred to cedar city on august lyth an event long looked forward to materialized the celebration in the tha beautiful stake chapel which was entirely completed on that date recital program nd can 2 was held and on sunday august apostle david 0 mckay dedicated the building in the presence ol of about members of the mormon church gathered for the occasion on august 22 and 23 the a inual duchesne city stampede was held aal aej a record crowd witness ed a fine rodeo which ushered in the celebration season in the basin prosperity and better batter kimoi cimei were realized oi 01 july haj ahoi E W crocker of the tha national re employment service announced there was a shafta shortage c I 1 lia in the basin and in order to compete work of moon lake dam men from outside ro is aro f p ben being shipped in this was proof thai tha the unemployment situation in the basin is greatly relieved the calder brothers of vernal began construction of cheese plant ii i i roosevelt an audition to their cream station here luke clegg clagg was named principal of the alteria high school on august cloud bursts washed out a section of the highway and a bridge at antelope on august 30 31 and september 1 the first combination U B I 1 C and indian fair was held at fort duchesne the no celebration was highly successful and will be continued in like manner of special interest was the uintah basin museum arranged by the fort duchesne club in which many things of historic value and interest were vere display d 1 I governor blood senator kin king 9 and Coi congressman gressman murdock were in attendance and all predicted a bright future for the uintah basin at the close of the celebration M E lundberg was elected president of the U B I 1 C for 1938 september 1937 most notable in september were the celebrations celebration is september first ended the U B I 1 C and september ath ushered d in the uintah basin rodeo held at the golf grounds in roosevelt on september 9 10 and 11 the annual vernal rodeo was held and aid after that people were glad to settle down to school and the fall harvest county teachers institute was held in duches iz on Siti iday ay september ath and ronald was elected president of th county teachers organization school opened everywhere in the basin on september ath and an exceptionally fine 1 group grolo sf of ers were em employed ployd throughout the county music art a and health are subjects to be stressed throughout cou v school tills year and teachers especially trained and talented in these fields were employed employ cd on september ath duchesne cou comity ity commissioners announced the purchase of a T 3 W 31 desa da powered combination road grader router and snow plough which is to keep the county roads open and passable this coming winter A coat of asphalt was laid on the tennis courts court built by the B P W club in the city park on september ceredo bics I 1 honoring the completion of the dam were held at the bridgeland C C C camp which consisted of a program on the dam I 1 games at the camp and a dance in i the evening the complete i of Alid view dam re licad at the ll 11 0 o loon lake broje project t is an ant step in the development of uintah basin water conservation projects and will do much toward the progress and advance nt la A f the country the lake formed by the dam was named lake boreham after a C C C worker who lost his life while working there I 1 on september the roosevelt stake security program began the construction ot of a store house on stake property the state a riffi ri fui e inspector issued a warning to that milk produced in unclean surroundings roun dings would be cor embed and urged cleanliness of cows it barns etc un sept september aber city officials left for provo where they submitted another W P A sidewalk project for roosevelt the project was approved on september an abc acc accident d nt due to a washed out bridge on ahe the vernal bemal lapont highway caused til th death of delpha may lalasis ras assen of vernal and injure five others in th same car the reverend willard S spence left for seattle where lie he has accepted a new foy ackers returns returning ig from the utah state fair held september 25 to october 1st ast reported that they h won 23 ribbons fo for grain and vegetable jtb 1 exhibits october 1937 indian summer in all al its iril biant glory descry id d ui oi the aln T tah basi baan i in october and all through the month the days were warm and bright first FH st important meeting of october was on the when joseph G titley gran i 1 master of the utah masonic lodge visited brif blodge fodse 20 at myton i with hirt I 1 v cv a numb r of L ther ether grid gr r vid id f fi fin rs n N ai i october ath th a group of t indians of the reservation made news when they went to salt lake city to present a very excellent program to th tin woman Worn zia republican can club on october ath trio the dry gi G i ch company announced it would N extend the yellowstone feeder fe oder canal from monarch to the black hawk canal east cast of neola during the fall months more building activity went on in roosevelt velt than in a number ol of years started repairs on their service station the bank began remodeling the new sinclair service station got wi underway darway a ai dij the remodeling of the harmston building next to it A group of business men got busy and organized a sewer company and began work o on oi i a sewer line which will take care of many of the downtown places of business several new residences were bun the school board began bean a program of improvement purchasing two new school busses lockers for the roosevelt elementary school a water system at tabiona fabiona Ta biona walks at altamont and myton a ai i city got busy on their water system purchasing 1500 feet of ten inch pipe for repairs on the mains some progress was made on the hospital the architects were vere selected and submitted a proposed sketch for a 20 beu bed hospital on october 7 and 8 and annual indian cattle pool sale was held at whiterocks and ouray and head of indian owned cattle were purchased by local and outside buyers they sold at a total cost of the sale proved very successful being conducted ii ia the newly completed stockyards stock yards at i whiterocks and ouray october ath one of the most important meetings of the year was held for all basin people in the roosevelt ward hall congressman abe murdock was present for the purpose of discussing uintah basin problems chief of which were grazing rights the meeting lasted all day and committees were appointed to work out reports on problems 1 to be s sent t to 0 Congress congressman mai 1 murdock tk ach who 0 edwi will 1 1 attempt through legislation to do 0 something to help the uintah basin 31 a on october alth the annual encampment camp ment of the duchesne Duch osne county camp of daughters of pioneers was held at mt eramo emmons Is ar 1 l mrs dorthea dastrup was elected president of the camp on october the annual district dietrict convention of the duchesne cli esne vernal and roosevelt B I 1 P W clubs was held at duchovne Duch osne Lsne with miss phyllis wimmer in in charge I 1 on monday two tickets for the city elections were filed george H harrison headed oia o ia for mayor arri al E lundberg the other on october the deer hunting season opened and half of the residents of the basin left for the hills john collier commissioner oi of indian affairs at washington D C was the tha distinguished visitor to the uintah ouray reservation on october 21 and 22 and lauded the excellent progress made among the indians Indi ais of the r reservation october 22 and 23 the annual utah educational association convention was held a and ad d all teachers spent the weekend week end in salt lake city octoba 27 H L returned from salt lake where he attended a regional grazing disappointed at the outcome of the meeting if the uintah basin is to progress range rights for th the small cattle grower must aust be provided i november 1931 1937 november had no more arrived than city elections were here and george H harrison was elected mayor of roosevelt with daniel F mtichell leo hanson lloyd labrum E 11 peterson john E and arnom reef on the I 1 council on november 4 the legion auxiliary organization entertained their state president d e nt mrs ora lewis at a banquet and meeting heber T hall fred C ferron and golden mcneal announce the 01 opening e aing of a coal mine in R red ed creek canyon on november athe pheasant season opened and roosevelt hotels and fields were filled with strange faces 11 john E an announced that the city had been successful in refunding in in bonds at 6 and 4 percent interest at the greatly reduced rate of avs percent this will mean a savi savings as to the city of in interest committees appointed to prepare reports tor for congressman murdock on range and other problems announced that reports were ready and were sent to washington on november the annual boyack fathers and sons banquet was held at the chapter house on november E L patry celebrated his birthday in good health on monday november the 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