Glines Scouts Win Honor Camp Contest at Uintas Camp
Glines Ward Troop 294 led by Scoutmaster Garth Uatly and Assistant John Liebhardt took first in the Honor Camp Contest at the 1959 High Uinta Boy Scout Camp in Uinta Canyon June. Duchesne Troop 268 won the Camp Inspection with 437 points. Multiple troops earned medals across Camp Inspection and Advancement contests as 26 scout troops participated.
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Garth Uatly
John Liebhardt
Uonor
Uinta Park
Uinta Canyon
D. Ter Thacker
Duchesne Troop
Roosevelt
Wacd
Vernal Fourth
Vernal Uirth
Ashley Troop
Jerger
Ashley Ward
Glines
Vernal Fourth Ward
Maeser
Vernal
Roosevelt Ward
Fish and Game Plans Planes for High Mountain Planting
The Utah Fish and Game Department installs planting tanks on two aircraft to stock high country lakes with trout. Early plantings target the Houlder Escalante Thousand Lake area with brook trout from Tea Matchery. From mid July to early August about 3004 lakes in the High Uinta range will receive small native and brook fingerling fish. This year marks the first use of two planes in the program to speed fish relocation from hatcheries to remote lakes.
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High Country
Department of Fish and Game
Houlder- Escalante
Thousand Lake Mountain
High Uinta Mountain
Stancal Reaches 100th Red Wash Producer Milestone
Standard Oil announces its 100th Red Wash well No 43 21A located on the west edge of the field in Uintah County producing about 300 barrels of oil per day with 200 barrels of water and 70 000 cubic feet of natural gas daily Kerr McGee drilled 75 of the 100 wells and Ed Baxendale was toolpusher on the 100th well The pool is a sandstone formation in Green River strata with potential reserves cited by peers at over 200 million barrels and production at times reaching 11 000 barrels per day.
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Standard Oil Company of
California
Red Wash
Uintah County
Callifornia Co
Standard
Kerr McGee Oil Industries, Inc
Ed Baxendale
Kerr McGee
Ned Wash
American Petroleum Institute
Green River Formation
Salt Lake
Duchesne River Damages Sought by Land Owners
Lieven and other Duchesne Utah landowners sue the Provo River Water Users Assn for 30 576 42 dollars plus costs claiming water flow shut off from May 28 to June 4 1950 damaged irrigation systems crops and land by redirecting the North Fork Duchesne River flow. Plaintiffs allege no warning was given and list damages including washed out riprap dams ditch heads fence soil loss crop value and pasture disruption from channel changes and debris.
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Lieven Land Owners of
Utah
Haya
Provo River
Agen
Judgmenta
Duchesne River
District Court
Duchesne
Hill Creek Camp Establishes Headquarters South of Fort Duchesne
An advance group of the Wild Creek youth camp has set up headquarters 125 miles south in Grand County. Led by Duane McNary and Fred Hayash, six boys assist Ross Lerg, Ute Tribe construction foreman, to ready the camp by July 1, per Francis McKinley, general chairman.
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Wild Creek
Fort Duchesne
Grand County
Duane McNary
Fred Hayash
Ross Lerg
Francis McKinley
Utah Crude Supply Now Main Source for Refining
The piece notes Utah relies on a single major crude supply for refining at Salt Lake plants as production mostly comes from western Colorado. It states 85 to 90 wells are in production at Red Wash and two dry holes were drilled in the last eight years.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Colorado
Red Wash
Doctors Urge Polio Shots This Week
Utah officials and the Utah State Medical Association urge parents to ensure polio vaccinations for children and adults. US Public Health Service reports only half of under fives have had polio shots. vaccine is widely available and clinics offer assistance to those in financial need.
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Utah
United States Public Health Service
Utah State Medical Association
USMA
East Lake City
County Medical Association
Applications Dates Set for Special Big Game Permits
Utah Department of Fish and Game announces application dates for special antelope elk moose and deer permits. Antelope dates run July 27 to August 11 with public drawing August 7. elk July 27 to August 1 for Mt Dutton unit, August 7 for other elk units, September after August. moose August 4 to August 22 with public drawing September 1. deer August 24 with first come first served sales. Residents may apply for antelope elk moose. deer permits open to residents and nonresidents. Purchasers must hold a regular big game or combination license. Archery deer season set September 5–20.
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Utah Department of Fish and Game
Dutton Elk
Mt. Dutton
Utah
Board of Big Game
Archery season set with Labor Day weekend and two more weekends
The statewide archery season allows deer of either sex during Labor Day weekend and two additional weekends. The special archery permit costs $3.00 for residents and nonresidents, same as previous years. Permits go on sale August 10 at department and regional offices in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Hit and Run Driver Fined in Justice Court
Alton Bradley HiIpack age 29 of Thermopalia Wyoming was fined 100 dollars after pleading guilty to hit and run driving failure to report an accident and failure to yield right of way. The incident injured Omma Jean Rosmunsen of Vernal as she waited in her car at West and Main. A bystander obtained the license number and Bowden's 64 Service Station, Vernal, tracked the vehicle to Chas McConkle. About 200 dollars damage to each car.
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Alton Bradley HiIpack
Wyo
Justice Court
Omma Jean Rosmunsen
Vernal
Hecht
Misa Rasmussen
Bowden
Chas McConkle
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Blue Mountain Antennas
Asiley Valley
Masbeck
Oaien
Germany
Onste
Game Dept
Thacker
Ronnie Walker
Roosevelt Third Ward
McKee Draw
Stancal
Thousandaires
First Security Bank
Lach Depo
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Hill Creek
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Noosevelt
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