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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1929
Page
1
A well attended Duchesne Taxpayers meeting discussed state and local finances. Ay Hollenbeck chaired, focusing on audits, budget reform, and the need for independent reviews to ensure proper accounting and future economies.
A.C. Nord, supervisor of Ashley National Forest, returned to Vernal on Thursday after nearly a month away on fire control in Idaho. He described a massive blaze near Koosky Idaho in the Selway Nation forest that burned from August 1 and spread rapidly, threatening 50,000 acres and forcing the abandonment of several camps as 8000 to 40,000 acres daily were consumed.
Dr J B Zimmerman, once a dentist in Duchesas, Ogden, and Salt Lake City, is found dead in his Salt Lake hotel room. Julio R Mewellyn, tending physician, cites heart disease as the cause. Funeral services Saturday at 2 pm, burial Mountain View Cemetery. Family listed includes Elva, Dana, and others in California and Missouri.
We county dairymen earn over 35 000 weekly from butter fat and expect a large yearly total. Dairy herds improve annually and with modest effort could reach one million dollars in annual output.
A frustrated patron writes to the editor reacting to Supt Paxton's earlier letter about Midview school bus service in 1928 29. The writer details bus delays caused by trucks and mud, student absences, and perceived driver issues, noting a lack of compensation or accountability and questioning blame. The piece includes a related note on airport planning by W S McKensia of the Commerce Bureau.
The Duchesne Literary Club met Saturday at Mrs E W KtT home to begin its regular program. Officers elected include President Mrs BE Crocker Vice President Mrs Arthur Brown Secretary Treasurer Miss Alte Told Historian Mrs R G Porter. Next meeting set for Mrs Poryer home September 28.
Loward Wesley Warren faces attempted check forgery charges at Moosevelt Drug Store. Judge Warthen Ivaay sentences him to 1 to 20 years in the state penitentiary. Prisoner escorted to Salt Lake with a transport crew, departing Tuesday for delivery.
Tomer Price named new superintendent of Congregations Church of Montana at 44 Montana. He will base headquarters in Tilies and begin duties this month after six years on the superintendency in Tot Tele and Uiah and twenty years in home mission work to the Tockles. He previously served at St. George Utah and other pastorates after a journey from Princesa Thee oervem ae ery.
Crop prospects for Utah alfalfa in 1928 show a 30 percent yield of normal by September 1, with frost and insect damage reducing output. Flooding and storage factors push total seed shipments to about 7.37 million pounds from Utah, plus pre-1928 stored seed totaling around 1.7 million pounds. Millard and other counties contribute to a statewide estimate near 6 million pounds cleaned, with seasonal revisions common after harvest.
The Duchesne Ladies Auxiliary met at the Legion hall Monday evening and elected officers: President Mrs. Jess Johnatons, first vice president Mrs. Victor Duke, second vice president Mrs. Emer Bates, secretary Mrs. James Dulgleich, treasurer Mrs. E. W. Crocker, historian Miss Allee Todd.
The Australian Rownson announces a union meeting to be held October 5 at the Capital Hill Recreation Hall on Ward Recreation Hall, 240 North Main Street, Salt Lake City. Attendees urged to arrive early via the Capital Hill Electric Hus No 22 for transport.
A regional group asserts the county trial wrongly targeted a defendant in a grand larceny case involving cattle assets. The statement denies motives of bias by the authors, pledges support for law enforcement, and thanks a named official for his conduct while listing several association officers.
Jonn Heriran operates a sawmill three miles from Moon Lake. A new forest road up the Yellowstone river is finished, enabling trucks to reach the mill. Hardman reports a half mile road completed earlier. with improved access, lumber can be delivered to Myton and Roosevelt at 30 per thousand, a low price unseen in 12 years.
A letter from A T Burton general manager of Sterling Transportation Company Sterling Utah dated Sept 14 1929 proposes free transportation for two winning 4 H teams from Utah Basin to Salt Lake City for statewide competition. The message commends County Agent Leroy C Funk and his Duchesne Alan unit for encouraging 4 H club activities and notes the plan to stimulate interest and participation through travel support.
The report notes western lambs for shipment and feeder lambs remain steady with last year’s totals, but run 12 percent or about 700,000 head above 1927. Ewe movements shift as replacements rise in drought-affected regions, while old ewes demand stays weak in the western U.S. Feeder lamb contracts grow with United States buyers. lamb feeding areas report good crops in Colorado and western Nebraska, and corn belt prospects suggest strong feeder lamb demand if corn yields are favorable.
The White Eagle well resumed drilling with representation from the United States government and major oil firms including Midland Oil and Continental. After entering a hale, the well produced a gas flow exceeding 3 000 000 cubic feet daily with gasoline content measured at high levels, astonishing experts.
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