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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
3
Duchesne residents report visitors from Vesper Provo Roosev elt and Mount Emmons. marriages, licenses, and a fishing opening announced. W T Smith of Mountain Home dies in July heat hits 95 degrees marking a record summer day.
A Supreme Court decree enjoined Colorado from diverting more than 15 600 acre feet yearly from the Laramie Poudre through the proposed project. The ruling would cut state water from that source by about four-fifths, with the Attorney General stating approximately 76 000 acre feet had been claimed. The decision would prevent future irrigation of about 40 000 acres of land per the AG’s office.
Wasatch county political circles expect Hatch, the county attorney candidate, to secure the Republican nomination. He studies law with his half brother, A. G. Fateh, noted attorney in Utah. Hatch also predicts H. E. Crockett will be the next Republican gubernatorial nominee.
State road engineers with HH C Means visited the basin for two days reaching the Jensen steel bridge. They found bad roads and missing bridges and considered plans for a new Strawberry River crossing this side of Duchesne. Travel currently detours through Indian Canyon Bridge into Duchesne.
Senator King and Representative Colton plan to confer with Secretary Fall and Indian bureau leaders to solve water rights disputes between white settlers and Indians. Many claims remain unresolved and critics say past Indian bureau policies stripped settlers of due water. The meeting will consider whether reservation lands belonging to Indians could be opened to private entry.
Reports claim operations at the Duchesne oil well are suspended for flue repairs. Locals note flues were fixed two months ago and question company finances while officials at the land office and Ohio Company action draw interest as Pope's claim gains a prospecting permit.
Ute and Sioux peyote eaters doubted Cactus Pale, known as Sunt Lona Bear, would be arrested but witnesses found him jailed near Watson. Justice of the peace Watter Woolley ordered the double arrest for a duality of the god. Ver nal police saw him behind bars.
Harry Duberstein, manager of the Hotel Duchesne and noted engineer, is instructed by the state road commission to conduct a preliminary survey for a bridge across the Strawberry River east of Duchesne.
Civil service examination set for July 16 to fill the Duchesne postmaster job. The long-serving postmaster Wm. Fr. Fitzwater is not known to be applying or declining to take the test.
A birthday party for George Kohl at the Casper home drew guests including Mrs Margaret Odlekirk James Mair Kohl's father Charles Kohl of Hastings and others from Utah and Nebraska. Du Chesne residents report three weddings Mada Watrous to Y G Myers Maj E J Steele to Wanabelle Hair James J Muir to Aliee Webster.
By order of the Interior secretary the Vernal land office receiver position is abolished effective August 1. All duties of the register and receiver will be held by a register to be appointed. On June 16 President Harding sent Albert Halen, the current holder, to the Senate for appointment as register and special disbursing agent.
About 210 000 pounds of raw wool from Natrona County Woolgrowers Association in Casper sold for 74160 dollars. The top bid reached seven cents a pound but eight bidders offered low bids and nearly half of the fifty growers present refused to sell.
A giant cottonwood in the Duchesne river drifted near Randlett, thwarting efforts to dislodge it with TNT. After a five gallon charge and a 12 minute fuse, the tree shattered into thousands of fragments. A large piece landed 100 yards away and is on display, leaving a larger channel than before.
Ashby Thatcher receiver and former bank directors HE Ward and WM Stew art of the First National Bank of Myton are in Salt Lake City this week summoned to testify before a federal grand jury. No results have been released at press time.
George Stewart of Myton presides over assessment work on Elaterite claims owned by Raven Mining Company above Duchesne. The notice identifies Stewart as responsible for overseeing the mining assessment activities and claim observance.
J J Johnson consulting engineer for Uintah Power and Light goes to Salt Lake to manage important business. He also presides over Lue Uintah OW and Development of Myton and hopes to close a deal for boring a well south of Myton, a project the Jackin-Dollar group plans to bore.
The Uintah Basin Seed Growers association was perfected last Saturday. William G. Gentry of Yoka was elected president and William Zowe of North Myton bench was elected manager and also to act as secretary and treasurer. A 60 by 100 foot building will be constructed and fitted with machinery and two fanning mills.
A surprise meeting at the Roosevelt stake conference led to President War H. Smart being released. Byron O. Colton was sustained as Roosevelt stake president with Ephaim Lambert as first counselor and Fredrick S. Musser as second counselor. Ernest H. Burgess named to fill a high council vacancy.
The Breeder's Gazette notes livestock recovery precedes grain growth with sheep and lamb prices rising, boosting flock owners in Utah. Cattle linger in decline while dairying remains steady. hogs falter due to cheap corn. A diversified livestock base on large Utah Basin farms helps them reduce debts, urging owners to keep livestock in balance.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge warns that after Russia the claim private property is a mistake cannot stand. He argues private property is eradicable and cites a Southern planter protecting a slave’s hat as a parable. The Detroit Free Press reports the remarks.
A young woman recounts seeing a man and a baby carriage on Fourteenth Street when a large inflated balloon in the carriage exploded. The balloon’s rupture allegedly caused chaos and drew accusations from the mother, who blamed the observer as a factor in the incident.
During a Pendleton freformatory site tour, Governor McGray sat with a Fortville boy and asked him to swap seats to continue a conversation. The boy later boasted to his father that he spoke with the governor, who suggested exchanging seats in a humorous exchange.
Translation of a Brazilian newspaper notice describes a furnished room in a respectable family house to let. It mentions two large apartments and one with a magnificent view, with agents of first order listed as part of the ad.
A thin pale man mocks Daniel as a piker and claims superiority. He sneers that Daniel lacked nerve and declares his own ambition to interview a bank cashier where he is overdrawn, asserting he is a greater man.
A disheveled man enters a police station asking for the sergeant in charge. The stout officer replies coolly and continues his work, offering to investigate if anyone is reported missing and promising to “take up the cane.”
In a playful exchange Ethel argues marriage would fail in a small flat. Richard counters with banter about love and space as she insists affection needs room to grow. The dialogue humorously contrasts grand affection with cramped living.
A brief bridge club note reports a husband and wife duo often posting weak scores. They admit their play drags on and accumulates old, unresolved scores in their casual sessions.
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