Pageant plans advance for Uintah Basin history
Executive Committee at Fort Duchesne selects Tiugh Calten Vernal Mrs Homer Edwards Roosevelt and D Z Lemby Myton to direct a Basin history pageant. Colton unavailable for summer chairing the Historical Committee with Ray Dillman and Stell Richards named. Porter, Porter to discuss details. Clegg reports Duchesne County funds secured. Salt Lake Chamber contacts set. bands promised. canvas shade planned. KSL talks start May 1. John W Carlson chairs Exhibits Committee.
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Ithe
U. Nd. 1. Co
Fort Duchesne
Tiugh Calten
Vernal
Homer c. Edwards
Roosevelt
KSL
John W. Carlson
Essay Contest Winners Announced for Duchesne County
Winners named across grades from fifth through eleventh in Duchesne County for the annual essay contest. Prizes awarded to top students in each grade with countywide judging for younger grades and combined results for ninth to twelfth. The slogan theme was Young Folks Do Something For Yourself and the Basin Through Education.
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Duchesner County
Ist—Courtney Daniels
Mt. Emmons
Loraine Benson Toka
Ard
Wayne Jones
Tablona
George Tomilson
Duchesne
Leon Carey
Fruitland
Srd
Ruby Durgess
Neola
Meda Rasmussen Roosevelt
D. c
Duchesne 20 Years Ago Weather and local notes mix
The weather regionally swings from strong winds to a cold snap with near zero temps. Mentions of farm activity, church visits, and community movement frame a desolate town scene. Local figures Bishop Billings Sheriff Wall and others arrive or relocate, while sheep shearing expands at Starvation corrals and Indian canyon. Easter celebrations appear, and a wedding tour spans Theodore to Provo with family updates.
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Bishop Billings
Salt Lake
Myton
Wall
Willis
Theodore
Theodore Eckleberg
Figain
Indian Canon
Hon
Pope
Berty S. Lusty
Jack Whiting
Whiting
Tirom Nichols
Pioneer Store
Midview
Holgiale
Wood Alexander
Roy Cook
Canada
Cherven
Grand Tunelion
Colorado
Witewater
John Meadows
Chas, Dickersot
Oscar White
Constable Odekirk
Oscar
Heber
Wm. C. Barton
Denver
Laramie
Provo
Barton
Lusty Duchesne steers fetch fair price on Ogden market
Lusty of Duchesne delivered a car load of fat steers to the Ogden market Monday morning. The herd sold at 6.60 per hundred weight with three lots above 9,000 dollars. Top price on Monday was not specified. Grant Murdock also shipped a truck load on Tuesday.
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Lusty
Duchesne
Ogden Market
Uintah Basin
Poppy Day Proclaimed by Duchesne Mayor
Mayor G C Kohl proclaims May 23 as Poppy Day to honor disabled veterans and ex service members from the great war. American Legion Auxiliary will sell red poppies on streets that day urging citizens to wear and donate.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Duchesne
Uintah Basin Farming Seeks a Diversified Path Forward
The Uintah Basin has evolved through three farming eras from settlement to war era and alfalfa seed dairy growth. Alfalfa has long been the backbone, supporting livestock, seed, and dairy industries as diversification becomes the new focus for future viability. The land remains largely unplowed since initial irrigation, signaling a shift toward broader, diversified farming practices.
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Uintah Basin
Uintah
United States
Thelma Morrell Wins Basins Education Essay Prize
Thelma Morrell wins an Uintah Basin essay prize praising education as the path to progress. The speech extols health habits, self-reliance, orderly living, language, and learning, urging focus on worthwhile efforts to build canals roads bridges and community growth.
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Uintah Basin
Heredlry
Uintah Basin Water Forecast Projects 64 Percent
Water forecast for Uintah Basin streams in 1931 by George B Clyde of Utah Agricultural Experiment Station notes snow coverage above 10 000 feet. Lake Fork Mountain and Paradise Park courses show elevations around 10 500 feet with Mosby and other watersheds listed.
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Uintah Basin
George B. Clyde
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Lake Fork Mountain
Paradise Park
Mosby
Scouts Hold Campfire Meeting at Park
Local troop gathered Monday night at a park campfire site with wood and tires set for the blaze. Assistant Scoutmasters Tennis and Kermit Paulson led games and activities as scouts praised the evening a success and anticipated the next monthly gathering. Scoutmaster says Frank Connor will lead the Court of Honor on Monday, April 27, 1931, with public invited.
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Tennis
Kermit Paulson
Frank Connor
Oscar A Kirkham to Speak to Local Scout Troop
Scoutmaster Bishon says Oscar A Kirkham regional Scout Executive will address the local troop in Ward Tin on Saturday April 25 at 8 00 p m. The event invites all interested in Scouting and notes Kirkham as a leading national figure who can boost the work in this region. Messages have gone to all stakes urging attendance.
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Bishon
Oscar A. Kirkham
Kirkham
Uwinh
Nocky Mountain
Mountain course plans for Uintah Basin snow measurements
The note outlines snow courses at mountain and King's Cabin sites with elevations of 9 500 and 3 800 feet. The two year old programs aim to supply data on stream flows in Uintah Basin. Continued on Page 4.
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King’s Cabin
Uintah Basin
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Ohio
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Arthur Mars
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Clark
Archie Palmer
Aliss Hart
Wills
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McCormick
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V Price
Smart
Edna
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Marin
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Scrubs
J. L. Ewing
Ninta
Bracken
Tiinta
Notics
George Hemphill
Miss Frost
Bliss Lott
Ft. Duchesne
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Lionel
Lave
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Dabcock
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Terone
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Pearl Edwards
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Magdeline Young
Venice Lundberg
Selma Dates
Ada Peterson
Aston Reynolds
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Mary Forsythe
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