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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1925
Page
1
The association reports annual sheep losses to predators and range costs, detailing depreciation and overhead. It calculates per head figures including net income from lambs and receipts, arguing small ranches face unfair advantages amid market conditions.
The J. G. Peppard Seed Company of Roosevelt awarded a contract to William B. Owen last Saturday to build a new warehouse beside the current facility. The concrete and corrugated iron structure measures 50 by 100 feet, expected to cost 4500 to 5000 dollars and be finished within thirty days. The expansion will roughly double storage capacity to support the 1925 alfalfa crop.
The Utah Farm Bureau with Utah State College and the state department of agriculture is organizing Utah seeds for entry at the Chicago International Grain Show. Utah plans to submit grains corn alfalfa and clover seed with Uintah Basin and Millard County contributing many apples to the state entry. The piece notes tax exemption disputes involving counties Salt Lake City and others arguing that gasoline sales tax applies to sales, not property, rendering counties liable.
The Uintah and Ouray Reservation Indian Boys' and Girls' Club work is praised by the Indian Affairs Office and Utah Farmer. Thirty five members chose the pig project, with service farmers acting as leaders. The basin clubs aim to send a demonstration team to the National Club Congress in Chicago.
Puitty Van 21 and Dewey Hackford are charged with the murder of Frank Steffon a Lapoint farmer killed February 21. Van was brought from Salt Lake by Sheriff Lafe Richardson and Uintah County jail officers after an escape from Wyoming. Hackford was captured about two months later in Mont.
Reuben Fuller, employed at Consolidated Wagon and Machine in Vernal, returns to Roosevelt and seeks housing while accepting a Basin Pharmacy post. Local officials report road work plans in Halbcock Cove and bridge construction. Mayor Clarence L. Ashton underwent gallstone surgery in Salt Lake City with a three week recovery outlook. Fire drill at Roosevelt High School completes in under two minutes. Various residents and visitors are noted, including school superintendent W. A. Paxton, and lawyers Dillman and Burgess.
The Utah deer season runs October 20 to 30 for eleven days. Hunters must wear red gear or a red cap covered with cloth to be visible. A $200 minimum fine applies for shooting a doe. Shooting is allowed statewide except in fourteen game preserves. A Mutual Improvement Association meeting follows next Sunday at 8 o'clock with a special program. all invited.
Indian club members from Uintah and Ouray reservation take first in the largest number of children in second and third year work. Cherokee North Carolina Quapaw Oklahoma and Uintah and Ouray tied for first in the count of boys and girls enrolled in more than one project.
The final World Series game ended with Pittsburgh defeating Washington on a muddy field after Washington led 4-0 early. Pittsburgh tied 7-7 in the eighth on a CuYer home run and a disputed two base hit that drove in the winning runs. Johnson started for Washington while Pittsburgh used most of its pitching staff. Radio coverage by DeForest aired from Denver and Salt Lake City to an enthusiastic crowd.
The Etan Poultry Producers' Co operative reports Utah turkeys are entering preliminary finishing stages for Thanksgiving and Christmas sales and are in good condition. Utah has earned buyers from California and state producers anticipate a strong year despite drought and alfalfa seed damage. Idaho expects a normal crop with about twenty eight carloads sold last year and similar figures predicted again. Weather in spring reduced baby birds across many states, signaling a potential supply dip.
A joint meeting of officers from Ashby Manti Uintah and Wasateh national forests will be at Beaver Creek station eight miles east of Kamas from November 3 to 7. Representatives from the Ogden district office will attend to discuss timber sale policy with demonstrations on marking and estimating standing timber. The Provo river road plan would open large Uintah mountains timber areas for potential railroad timber shipments.
The first issue of The Gold and Blue, Monsevelt Duchesne County high school, was published Monday afternoon by a temporary staff including Alice Birch Marie Swain Neta Gines Glair Larson Oral Goodrich Mildred Goodrich Ardls Pack Thelma Jiarrison Nedra Stone with Leo Hansen Ernest Burgess as managerial and Prof G P Barber as faculty sponsor.
The Denver Post notes two and a half million dollars new money under the Moffat road reorganization with over 91 percent bonds deposited and bonds due by Oct 15. A court sale is expected next spring as the plan aims to place the tunnel and readjusted lines on a sound footing for a new transcontinental route.
Dr J B Harris president of Brigham Young University told Salt Lake Chamber members at a harvest luncheon Utah has the best agricultural year on record. He cited Uintah basin and alfalfa seed as key drivers estimating Utah 1925 alfalfa seed crop worth 4 600 000 with total agricultural prosperity highlighted for business leaders.
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