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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1922
Page
2
Local column records a father's day observance, church meetings, holiday half days, and social visits. Notes include marriages forthcoming, residents traveling, a Beehive play, and community members attending conventions. Obituary details for TR B Thompson aged 79 are provided with burial in Myton cemetery and biographical notes.
In Uintah Basin notes Altona cattle buyer Mr Rogers visits Alton as Mr Baird of Realty Investment tours Nah as Charles Foote suffers a serious accident when his team bolts. Mrs Ostler and Mrs Bryner visit kin. many locals travel to Salt Lake City Price and Roosevelt for business and family events. Memorial Day charitable efforts and church gatherings are recorded along with oil and wool market movements and community announcements.
Mr and Mrs R A Powell Jus returned from a two weeks visit in Salt Lake They also visited several other towns While there they purchased a new truck They said they had a lovely time but were glad to be home again They were longer getting home than they expected due to high water Arrived at the home of Sir and Mrs Leo Cluff a fine baby girl Congratulations Henry Nash and family and ne gene Dieter and a family have moved to Lows Allen George Little is running the Nash farm for the summer Mrs Hacon Sr has just returned from Salt Lake where she spent the winter doing temple work We are glad to welcome her home again Maud Timothy is visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Timothy Sr
Irrigation progress noted with headgates nearly ready for sale. Farmers expect busy times once water arrives. Local residents report road conditions from Price to Myton are good. News mentions births, visits to Price, Duchesne trips, and multiple residents traveling for services and social events.
Floyd Verry, summer herdsman for regional farmers, moved a large cattle herd to the mountains this week as alfalfa bloat losses rise. The year sees many farm losses due to warm snaps and moisture causing alfalfa to bloom unevenly, affecting livelihoods of Harmon Mullins Lapoint and Earl Mullins families.
Roosevelt guests hosted by Bishop Korazee Morrill. Vernal trips and family visits noted, with arrivals of a baby boy to the Jongénare family and greetings for Mr Randolph Jensen. Local dances, fishing reports, and summer plans at Hayden and Spanish Fork are mentioned along with relatives traveling to Salt Lake for a summer school.
A gathering Wednesday honored Leslie Mechatu as he prepares for a mission in the northern states. A program and ball followed by supper drew a large crowd, with fifty six dollars donated to support the missionary Bishop Murphy Jett. The party honored Miss Allegra Key who heads to Salt Lake for the summer. Local residents plan road work on Stockmore road and beans were planted for convalescent care.
Mrs. Ramsell a missionary for the Uintah basin visited Randlett with Mrs. H O K Richard. Rev WJ Howes and Mied Richard starter for Salt Lake Monday. Jack Brennan rode bicycle in from Salt Lake Sunday. Campfire girls plan a dance next Friday at the halls. George Mulvey lately returned from Chicago and is at the old Hill Creek property. A man stationed at Ouray school, risk of washout. Roy Wahlquist to serve mission in Santa region. timing pending. Jonny Carver, former Fort Duchesne clerk, dies in Arizona. Judge Edmund A. Hrutehénsin located in Fort Duchesne, handling heirs to Indian land names.
Over fifty seed growers near Myton met last Saturday in the Wank hall to organize the Im tah Basin Seed Growers Association. John H. Davis named temporary chairman Emil Nyman temporary secretary. A committee to draft articles includes Wm Gentry Virgil Neal Glennwoods HW Ray Knox Milview A Larsef Arcadia Emil Nyman. A cleaning plant to process up to 1,000,000 pounds is planned for Myton this summer with two 29 D Chapter fanning mills. Buildings 50 by 100 feet on Moffat lot 38 Bridge street estimated at $10,000.
A special July Fourth celebration is being organized with morning child focused entertainment including games drills races and chorus singing. Afternoon features include tennis tournaments baseball bucking contests and a radio concert with possible messages from Denver Salt Lake and the Pacific coast. Committees led by Wahlquist Wheeler Brown Whittemore and Cook will select associates to run events and secure a radio receiving set.
Caldwell a state engineer and member of the Colorado River Commission received notice of a meeting called by Chairman Herbert Hoover set for August 1 in New Mexico. The group will discuss a distribution plan for Colorado River waters among basin states to present to state legislatures.
A notice in Duchesne County Utah states the Upper Basin Irrigation District petitions the court to cancel a $160000 bond issue voted in 1909. A hearing is set in the District Court on Saturday June 24 1928 at 2 PM. F M Shelton serves as president and J M Mickelson as secretary.
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