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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
1
A garbled Duchesne column notes last week’s hot days swelling rivers, local officials and residents, including Postmaster Perry, W. C. Perry, and Fredson, with community events, visits, and upcoming celebrations tied to Theodore Roosevelt.
Interest in painting projects has grown as 50 works are completed and the Literary Club and Navy committees decide to extend the contest beyond the first of June. Plan calls for a monthly cleanup in town with praise for improved general appearance and redecorated homes.
In this fragment a duck sits off a fence while a man hesitates to wear a fur cap and dress. A gardener wears improvised clothing with near misses to work. The text notes incorrect tools and misplaced garden items including stones and a chicken among carrots and wheat.
Washington, D. C. A bill by Rep William P Holaday proposes a 657000 mile national highway system linking state capitals and major cities. Cost estimated at 5 billion dollars funded by bonds and motor fuel taxes with routes built straight and widened to at least 60 feet where needed, completion target five years.
Last Friday night Duchesne citizens organized a country club. Elected officers are President Lloyd Pope, Vice President George C. Kohl, Secretary and Treasurer Lowe Ashton. Directors include Orron J. Smith. Charter members include Victor Duke and Fred Huddy among others. The club plans a fine golf course three miles below town on the old road. The group expects an active, inclusive membership.
Altonah residents share visits with relatives including Mrs Willard Stoddard and Norman Todd in California and Los Angeles. road repairs east of town noted as the town booms. Various locals attend sewing clubs visits, with several traveling to Salt Lake and Pleasent Valley for medical aid and business.
An abbreviated form of fish and game laws lists season dates for various waters from June to October, special closures, and permitted hours. It sets bag limits for trout, mountain herring, and black bass, and outlines license prices: resident $2, nonresident $3, alien $7.50.
Merle Thorpe argues taxes take from daily labor and total about 15 of every 80 billion annual earnings. He notes rising public employees and bureaucracy, and that corporate taxes pass to customers. Also reports the marriage of George Gray and Marie in Salt Lake Temple and travel notes about Roy Schonion.
Thos P W O'Donnell died June 1 1923 in San Diego California. Born 1876 in Longmont Colorado he served in the Spanish American War and later practiced law in Vernal Utah. Elected to the Utah State Senate in 1921 he was noted as a gifted orator and capable legislator. His illness led him and wife Mrs Garrett O'Donnell to California where he passed away.
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station releases Circular 83 on yellowing of plants. Dr F G Wann identifies nitrogen magnesium and iron deficiency as primary causes with factors like excess water low light and alkali salts contributing. Control ideas include foliar iron application or soil amendments such as manure ammonium sulfate or sulfur.
Mrs Hunt and sister Alrs Mary Clark visited Loakefork last week Tuesday. Captain Hall and Jag Bryant came from the Post in the captain's car. Residents plan road work along the Grey mountain canal with a temporary bridge at Babcock crossing. The Lott Carey act lands outfit loss, stove and gear, totaled about fifty dollars. Local lodge No. 51 I O Q F organized. Rev J D Stromont leads. J E Jarvis seeks eye treatment in St Louis. Ladies Aid forms to raise funds for a chapel. Public notices on tax assessment appeals scheduled by county commissioners in Heber, Theodore, Myton, and Roosevelt.
The U S Bureau of Public Roads estimates expenditures for highway construction and maintenance in 1980 will reach 1 001 167 455 dollars. Of this amount 928 200 455 goes to state highway departments and 663 067 000 to local roads and bridges.
Members of the Duchesne American Legion Auxiliary plan a Salt Lake and Ogden trip Wednesday. National President Mrs. Macrea, from Council Bluffs Iowa, will be hosted by the state department with a luncheon at the Newhouse Hotel and a banquet at the Bigelow Hotel in Ogden. Dr Donald Macrae served as first lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the Fifty-first Iowa during the Spanish American War.
Cecil D. Pope, longtime Helper lawyer and Utah Legion leader, is named superintendent of the Veterans division of the government employment service in Utah with Salt Lake offices. He assumed duties June 6, has been active in public affairs, and is a state commander of the American Legion and an officer in the Forty and Eight Society.
President Natklway urges fiscal restraint and thrift to lift the per capita burden and avoid excessive taxation. New arrivals in Duchesne report births and local attendances note Halstead in turnout for cases.
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