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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
5
Births include a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Grant Bench on December 2 and a wedding license issued December 24 to Milton Hacking and Miss Mary Allen of Vernal. Residents travel from Duchesne and Roosevelt visit stations, churches, and relatives. local businesses expand, and temperatures plunge during a severe cold spell.
The palace throne room of Meneptoh, linked to Moses and plagues in the Exodus narrative, will be reconstructed in the University of Pennsylvania Museum under Dr. Clarence Fisher. The ruined chamber, flooded by the Nile after Memphian fires, poses unusual restoration challenges.
In Buffalo New York practical garment making is taught at Butchinson High School. Classes involve clothing projects for senior charity groups and children's homes. Materials provided by the institutions. Second year covers remodeling with cleaning tearing salvaging and mendwork leading to a new garment.
State Engineer Lloyd Garrison lists German Buchanan of Provo Utah as filing for a water appropriation from Arvintaquin Creek to irrigate 140 acres across Sections 33 32 28 Township 5 South Range 8 West. The plan covers May 1 to November 1 annually and uses water for domestic purposes year round. Public protests must be filed within 30 days with a $1 affidavit fee. Date range December 19 1924 to January 16 1925.
Albert B. Atwood of Hanna Utah has applied under Utah law to change the use of 1.67 cubic feet per second of Duchesne River water from irrigating 77 acres in part of Section 32 and Section 29 to irrigation of 90 acres across new section boundaries. The filing is recorded as File No 8500 in the State Engineer's Office.
Public notice items reveal two applications to divert water in Duchesne and Uintah counties. Marshall Land & Livestock Co. applies to take 10 cfs from Sowers Creek for 360 acres near Sec. 27 and 13 in T58 R6W, Salt Lake City with first publication November 28 1924 and completion December 26 1924. Upper Blue Beach Irrigation District seeks 649 acre feet from Lower Cliff Lake for nearly 19320 acres across multiple sections in T1-3N R5-8W and Uintah Base Meridian, with similar publication dates and filing details.
Notice from the State Engineer announcing applications to appropriate large volumes of water from Glacier Lake No 1 and Low High Lake in Duchesne County Utah. The plan includes an earth and rock fill dam, conveyance in ditches, and a yearly irrigation supply for thousands of acres, with detailed legal descriptions of land parcels and sections, plus filing deadlines and publication dates.
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