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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1922
Page
3
Duchesne notes report visitors from Duchesne and Salt Lake, local guests at Pine Crest, and a marriage announcement. J L Dougan and J A Kroupa visited Helper and Price. Otto Roblins welcomed a baby girl. Giordini Natale, brickyard owner, died at 65. F. M. Shetton family bid farewell as they plan to move to Tahage.
About forty depositors of the Bank of Duchesne met to hasten liquidation. Deputy examiner Robbins explained securities held by the bank await release by the Federal Reserve until debts are paid. A permanent organizing committee was formed to protect depositors, and resolutions urged the governor to uncover and punish any gross negligence by officers and directors.
Flooding along the Duchesne River near the Tom Pitts place and up river threatens alfalfa fields and state roads. Workers build a dyke to save crops as the river swells and bridges may submerge. A new channel near Shaw and Garrod farms swashes existing fields while Lakefork river rises. Duchesne prepares for July 4 celebration led by Woodmen of the World camp with an energetic committee.
Readable fragments show valuations for Myton Roosevelt and Duchesne with figures for 1921 and 1922. Myton 1921 347361 1922 255464 Roosevelt 1921 462172 1922 433818 Duchesne 1921 251460 1022 211848.
District court heard two youths Lee Clark and Sherman Miller who trespassed near Altonah and broke into an Indian cabin. Judge Janson urged pardons without sentencing but the board required a formal sentence. John T. Rowley was found guilty of assault on F L Marchant and fined 260 dollars or six months jail. Viola Johnson was granted a divorce from Howard Johnson and alimony of 10 dollars per month.
The county commissioners in regular session appointed health officers and registrars of vital statistics Lidia S Mecham Mt Home Mrs Edward Anderson Talmage Mrs Lionel Jensen Neola and Mrs Perenthal Tl White Tabiona as well as emergency road supervisors A M Murdock Duchesne Wm Ivie Strawberry to Fruitland Jos Draper Talmage R B Maxwell Myton Wm Pogger Bonela W A Martel Allonah C A Larsen Arcadia Int Fred Case Mt Emmons Thos R Todd Cedarview John Fuell Neola John Jacobs Roosevelt Dan Mitchell Hayden.
With the Strawberry River threatening a bridge five miles west of Duchesne a new road is being built to connect the Duchesne Heber route. Duchesne residents fund the dugway. Edfort leads the project as the county and Strawberry district finish the rest.
At a June meeting the Duchesne city council instructed the streets and alleys committee to meet with J J Johnson of Uintah Power and Light Co to decide light locations. Forty lights were deemed sufficient for now and due to the dentated treasury citizens will have a chance to save on street lighting.
The Duchesne County well has drilled beyond 2000 feet with reports suggesting possible shale oil indications. Officials anticipate a 2600 to 2800 foot target, noting a $126,000 total cost and road access from Indian Canyon to the cedars, with a high quality rig in use.
The board reports a high volume of applicants for limited teaching positions with 90 contracts signed for near future placement. Grade schools will run up to seven months next year, with Lth and Loth grades at Roosevelt to be taught as before, and Tokas added in others.
Calvin Perry Bingham died after a prolonged illness due to blood poisoning. Funeral services were conducted by Bishop Austin G. Pack and others in Roosevelt hall with choir performances and hymns. Interment followed at Roosevelt cemetery. He leaves a wife and seven children, plus siblings, all of Vernal Iowa born.
Four German orphans travel from New York toward San Francisco awaiting adoption by an aunt. The children aged 12, 11, 8, and 6 journeyed 7000 miles with tags asking Travelers' Aid officials to expedite. They crossed Ellis Island alone as the youngest family to do so on such a long trip.
A 1922 essay warns that wireless communications may expose all spoken conversation as public record. It imagines conversations is stored, checked, and remembered, suggesting caution with talk and thoughts as waves of force persist beyond secrecy.
The Tas ton Transcript quotes O'Brien arguing that flattery elevates perception of fate beyond reality. He contends no living man can be so, urging readers to reject undue praise.
An expert argues there are ten causes of crime and cites the adage the good die young as one factor. The remark ties a familiar proverb to broader explanations of criminal behavior.
A string of aphorisms and witticisms on intellect feeling duty and social vanity appears. Observations note the limits of pleasing others and the humor in describing human nature and appearances within a playful, if eclectic, tone.
The article traces early attempts to educate the deaf from medieval Spain to modern England. It notes Benedictine monks near Madrid, then George Townsend founding a London asylum in 1702, Edinburgh following in 1810, and America’s first school in 1860 after William Van Praagh promoted oral methods.
James St. Hackett recounted at a luncheon a Mac Beth incident when a stammering stranger sought a role. He admitted he could not help, and the man sighed that he would keep on teaching elocution for the present.
A father with a traveling job tells his five year old son about his trips. The boy asks if he came home on a train and if engines have ears. The father says engines do not have ears, but the boy insists engines have ears because engineers do.
Miss Alice Robertson, the lone sworn woman member, clashed with a group of male congressmen including Representative Kowner of Iowa. She retorted that she is not the only old woman in the house as observations sparked peevish humor among the attendees. The scene left counterparts puzzled over whom Alice glanced at and what exact moment prompted the reaction.
A novice angler asks about the price of a fishing lure while a seasoned friend provides gear. The experienced fisher explains the fountain costs twopence and the novice quips about the loaned line having a gyunk, a quaint exchange from London Tit-Bite.
During a visit to the Edison Ford Firestone camp in Maryland Bishop W Anderson praised women and warned men against folly. He said some women make fools of men but most women make men out of fools.
In a heated English courtroom the barrister defends his conduct as justified by legal argument. The judge notes incidents of perceived rudeness and warns that decorum must be maintained during proceedings.
A compact survey traces slang coinages from varied origins to common usage in American cities. It notes terms like flop slang, nicknames for taxis, and professional titles morphing as demand and novelty drive language evolution. The piece highlights realtors, orthodontists, and morticians adopting modern terms amid shifting urban speech.
A short piece extols the go-getter mindset as a path to success. It notes that time is used to seize opportunities, earn respect, and build confidence through progressive achievement. It portrays youth learning work habits from an example and links effort to broader personal power.
An exchange notes that many with rheumatism can sense approaching storms by increased pain and tingling. The body’s response to falling air pressure raises outward cell pressure, aggravating pain in sufferers, with an old couplet illustrating the idea.
A New York gossip item describes a dean at a Hudson River finishing school growing wary of large numbers of male relatives calling on students. She requested names and ages of all men in a student’s family and keeps a register for each pupil to enforce chaperonage rules.
The piece recounts Greek baptism customs from village to Athens, describing salt and pepper dusting at birth, hair shaving with altar taper wax, amulets, and naming traditions. It notes naming occurs at baptism and tracks terms for life stages from baby to full-grown man at twenty-two.
Secretary Conrad Jenny of the Swiss embassy at a dinner discusses diplomacy. He notes many diplomats are as diplomatic as old Mr. Pea, a village character. A local political meeting featured Cue, the leading speaker, who meets the stuttering Pea after the event.
Quotes from General Herbert G. Maxwell at a Chicago banquet mock the peace process. He says leaders claimed to end war yet arm more rapidly, comparing the situation to a joke about a broken dinner plate and advice to buy tin plates.
The late George Boane Tucker, a movie pioneer in Los Angeles, was dining when a nearby movie king loudly praised the soup. Tucker replied with a quiet, wry remark about good taste, reflecting the era's refined manners and anecdotal wit.
A countryman finds a stone bearing Ere transit gloria mundi and asks the sexton its meaning. The sexton explains it refers to the deceased passing away and going to glory transiently, humorously misinterpreting the Latin phrase as a Monday morning departure.
Quotations from the Boston Transcript retell an informal exchange about a boy’s childhood, noting a mother’s memory of a schoolteacher’s daily back pat and a humorous remark on the patting being too low. The piece evokes a lighthearted social anecdote about parental pride and classroom moments.
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