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Duchesne Courier

Location

Duchesne, Utah, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1925

Page

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Colorado migratory livestock law declared unconstitutional

A Moffat County Colorado court ruled the new migratory livestock law unconstitutional. Chester Morgan of Snake River Wyoming faced enforcement for violating inspection provisions, with potential appeal to the state Supreme Court. Routt County Sentinel notes the prior law was struck down and the new draft aimed to remove invalid features.

Moffat County Colosorado J. F. Meador Craig Colorado Chester Morgan Snake River Wyo Wyoming Utah Moffat Jack McPherson Supreme Court Juudge Meador Routt County

U B I C Executive Committee Holds Meeting

The U B I C executive committee met at Ft Duchesne to discuss the convention program for August. Plans include modernizing and equipping the farm with time and labor saving devices shown and demonstrated for farmers. Representatives from several towns pledged to raise their share of the funds needed for the program and the convention.

Ft. Duchesne

Basin Company Files Water Permit for Oly Shale Development

Basin company general manager W C Price filed for fifty seconds feet of water from Willow Creek in Uintah County. The water will support various uses in developing oil shale resources in the region.

Basin Company W. C. Price Willow Creek Uintah County

Neola sisters freed on promise to repay fraud

Nora Olson and her sister Belle Boren of Neola were released on their own recognizance by Judge Thiman D Johnson after pleading guilty to using malls to defraud. They face final disposition on October 4 as U S District Attorney Morris says other family members were involved.

Nora Olson Neola Belle Boren Neala Thiman D Johnson Johnson Uintali Basin United States Charles M. Morris Thes

Davis Fitzwater Wedding at Duchesne Court House

Miss Bessie Fitzwater daughter of Postmaster Fitzwater wed Sammy Davis a Grand Junction Colorado resident at the Duchesne courthouse last Monday afternoon. The couple is greeted by many Duchesne friends who wish them happiness and prosperity.

Court House Duchesne Bessie Fitzwater Sammy Davis Miss Fitzwater Fitzwater Mr. Davis Grand Junction Colorado Mrs. Davis

Dr Earl Douglas to lead University fossil mounting project

Carnegie Institution expert Dr Earl Douglas takes charge of assembling five University of Utah dinosaur specimens. Work begins soon under Douglas and two assistants. two years to mount due to delicate stone encasements. The collection includes Diplodocus, Brontosaurus, a 40 foot carnivorous dinosaur, and two smaller dinos with armored hides.

Earl Douglas Carnegie Institute University of Utah Douglas University

Spawning Fish Offenders Face Public Court Action

G Alexander Vernal W H Johnson Salt Lake Glenn iice Heber and W H Bradford Provo each paid 25 to the public purse in Heber City justice court on charges of modifying spawning fish in the Strawberry. State officials say the judge hinted at stiff penalties for future offenders. Spawning runs on streams feeding Strawberry reservoir are just beginning with many fish showing as last year at peak.

TY. G. Alexander Vernal W. H. Johnson Salt Lake Glenn Iice Heber W. H. Bradford Provo Justice Court Strawberry

Claimants to Forty Miles of Hill Creek Water

About twelve claimants contend for water along roughly forty miles of Hill Creek. Reid Jerman, field deputy for George M. Lacon, state engineer, completed a survey of lands irrigated from the creek and received notice and summons in an adjudication suit. Ninety days of public notice follow for claims to be presented before the engineer’s allotment is made. Hill Creek winds through a box canyon and shale country with irrigable valley widths from about 100 feet to two miles, hosting home ranches and grazing lands.

Hill Creek Reid Jerman George M. Lacon Myr Jerman

Airplane Dusting Planned Against Alfalfa Weevil

Eastern Oregon near Nyssa will test aerial calcium arsenate dusting on 500 acres of alfalfa to combat the alfalfa weevil. The May 20 trial depends on weather and weevil development, with Joand company officials showing interest in the method.

Eastern Oregon Joand Company Nyssa Ince County

Biography of Brigham Young and Mormon Exodus Details

Continued from last week the narrative covers Brigham Young leading the Mormon exodus, hardships at Sugar Creek, scarce fodder, and quail miraculously feeding the group. It notes Brigham Young’s journals, George Q. Cannon’s reports, Captain Pitt’s brass band, and William Clayton’s meticulous camp observations and governance.

Nauvoo Brighary Young Sugar Creek Brigham Young George Q. Cannon Bacama Arong Pitt United States Brigham Youns Watts Madame Cottin Siberia William Clayton Heber Kimball Clayton

Woman killed in Willow Creek Canyon crash near Colton

Mary D. Riggs 48 of Soldier Summit died instantly when a car driven by Ethel Bunzio skidded on a wet road in Willow Creek Canyon and overturned. Bunzio was injured. Riggs wife of Thomas Riggs and mother of three. The pair were en route from Soldier Summit to Colton last Saturday.

Dbesides Mrs. Riggs

June Tenth Final Date For Enrolling Club Members

Local bureau highlights final enrollment date June tenth for club work in domestic art science and health across multiple communities. Reports show 39 members in various age groups including 19 in Cedarview and 26 in Myton, with weekly meetings and health livestock instruction.

Tryland Highland Cedarview Myrtle Eine Kleber Houtz Jersey T Hese Noosevelt Kieber Houtz Ann Ray Dillman Troosevalt Duchesne County Christiansen State Extension Service Harris Jacobs Anderson James Hancock Aira Yke Myton N. WW. Irsfeld Geo. ‘Philipps R. E. Waugh Ioenl Tahnaze Talmage Seerg‘tary Wathlquist Kleher Houtz Cettarview

Settlers Face Possible Bankruptcy Over Reclamation Policy

Secretary Work warns that federal reclamation policy may push settlers toward bankruptcy as banks halt loans to reclamation farmers. He advocates delaying new or extended projects until agriculture improves and urges careful handling of relief requests for those genuinely in hardship while challenging habitual postponement by delinquent borrowers.

Work Worl Ena

Denver & Rio Grande Lines to Build 131-Mile Uintah Branch

Denver & Rio Grande directors sanction a 131 mile line from Soldier Summit to Vernal and apply to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity. President J S Pyeatt says the Uintah route will tap northeastern Utah resources and that data are being prepared for Commission submission.

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Soldier Summit Vernal Interstate Commercee Commission J. S. Pyeatt Pyeatt Uintah Duchegne Utah Territory Commission Denver & Rio Grande Western Uintah Basin Interstate Commerce Commission Denver & Rio ,Grande Western Salt Lake &Denver Utan Salt Lake & Denver Railroad Denver & Salt Lake Western ‘Railroad Dotsero Public Utilities Commission Provo Craig Colo Denver & Salt Lake Moffat) Railroad Salt Lake &Denver Railroad Company Julian, M. Bamberger

Funeral Service Held for Cedarview Boy Wayne R Roberts

A funeral service was held at Cedarview last Sunday for Wayne R Roberts five-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Roberts who drowned in Dry Gulch. The boy wandered into the creek while herding cows during a storm and was swept away. Searchers found his body about 200 yards downstream after the stream rose.

Cedarview Wayne R. Roberts Wayne Roberts Guloh George Roberts

State School Money Distributed Across Utah Districts

Total warrants worth 283097.71 were distributed last week from the Utah state auditor's office. Each district receives per capita payments based on school population, totaling over 24 thousand in Duchesne County and about 35.9 thousand in Uintah County.

State of Utah John E. Halden Uintah

Honey Probugers Hold Annual Meeting in Price

The Utah Honey Producers Association held its annual meeting in Price with strong attendance from Uintah Basin and eastern Utah beekeepers. Officers elected for the coming year include William Marckenzie as president A W Anderson as secretary and manager Joseph Zwahlen John Bassett Leroy Taylor and other directors report solid prospects for a good crop despite irrigation water shortages and a major eastern firm showing interest in purchasing the entire output at top market price.

Utah Honey Producers Association Uintah Basin Utah Tos .Association Uintah -Basin William Mmrckenzle Ferron A. W. Anderson Emery Joseph Zwahlen Castle Dale J. J. Larsen Cleveland John Bassett Price Leroy Taylor Fort Duchesne

Fight starts on Uintah Basin line

OCR heavy briefs report a filing war before the interstate commerce commission over rail routes to Uintah Basin. Denver & Rio Grande Western and Salt Lake & Denver oppose each other on lines from Soldier Summit to Vernal and Provo to Craig, Colo., linking with the Moffat line.

Uintah Basin Line Lagit Lake Denver Lne Rock Island Lines Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Burleton Nfar Great Salt Lake Basin Union Pacific Denver & Itle Granite Western Denver & Salt Lake Moffat Bamberger and Salt Lake Moffat Road James Peak Moffat Tunnel Denver & Tio Grande Western Western Cole Railgs Utah

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Trgciston Supreme 7 Ino- Suuies Bigham Young Merindia Church MLA Werner Ladies Home Journal Willam Orion J. D. Lee Ongy Isafa Israel Willow Creek Canyon Board OF Directors
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