Record-Smashing Drilling Race Ventures Toward East Portal
A crew of 51 drillers led by Daniel T. dRooke drives through the East Portal of the Moffat tunnel aiming for a record fast completion. On the 12th they reached 629 feet since start, with 1 423 feet in the last period, and total progress around 4 200 feet in both headings. Transportation upgrades and four-driller drill cars boost speed while the West Portal advances through softer rock as crews accelerate.
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Moffat Tunnel
Daniel T. dRooke
East Portal
Se Dow
Proposed permanent line to settle Daggett Uintah boundary
L Garrison proposes a formal fixed boundary between Daggett and Uintah counties. He asks state land office and forest service to approve a designation to be included in the next Legislature session. The described route follows mountain summits and named creeks to reach the Colorado state line.
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Daggett
Uintah
Liord Garrison
State Capraone
Wretn
Uintah Mountains
Francis Creek
Little Rush Creek
Little Brush Creek
Diamond Bulch
Pot Creek
Kettle Creek
Gorge Canyon
Township 1
Salt Lake Base
Meridian
Gasoline Export Tax Escape Opinion Issued
Utah law aims to tax gasoline exports. an Attorney General opinion for Secretary Crockett states only sales made expressly for export avoid state tax. The ruling clarifies the means to escape taxation on exported gasoline.
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Utah
Secretary of State
Crockett
Harvey H. Clutt
Fathers and Sons Outing at Moon Lake a Success
Duchesne stake held a Fathers and Sons outing at Moon Lake drawing about 200 attendees led by Mountain Home Bluebell Altonah and Mr. Emmons. Activities included hikes swimming baseball and cage ball with a plan to form the Moon Lake Game Protective Association led by Bruce Brown Shirey Daniels and F E Case to restock and protect fish and game in the north mountains.
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Mountain Home
Bluebell
Altonah
Emmons
Duchesne Stakes
M. M
Open Chicken Season Proclaimed With Restrictions
Open chicken season from September 1 to 10 is proclaimed by state fish and game commissioner O D H Madsen. Harvest allowed on sagehens blue and ruffled grouse and prairie chickens in most areas except Sanpete and Beaver counties and designated reserves. Eight birds per day, season limit twelve, possession limit eight. Special preserves to aid propagation. Wardens to enforce, fine up to one hundred dollars for violations.
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H. Madsen
Fish and Game
Sanpete
Beaver
Taylor Mountain
Unital County
Iron
Rush Lake
Iron-Washington Line
Cache
Forest Reserve
Blacksmith Fork River
Logan River
Hyrum
Logan ‘River
Fish and Game Departement
Crockatt Campaign Expenditures Report Filed
Republican candidate H. F. Crockatt for secretary of state filed a campaign expense statement showing 25 dollars for Salt Lake theater rent for the state convention and 3.75 dollars for cards, with total expenses to date of 828.75.
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Cnocket
H. FE. Crockatt
Salt Lake Theater
Eureka Man Denounces Utah Roads Hindering Tourist Travel
C E Huish of Eureka writes to W B D Rishel praising his plea for better Utah highways. He cites an 8000 mile tour from Colorado Utah line via Jensen Vernal Roosevelt Myton Duchesne Strawberry Valley to claim Utah roads disgrace the state and deter tourists, noting Utah lacks paving on key routes while Colorado towns see thriving travel businesses.
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W. B D. Rishel
Utah State Automoble Association
Utah
Mr. Rishel
C. E. Huish
Eureka
Victory Highway
Canada
Colorado- Utah Line
Jensen
Vernal
Roosevelt
Myton
Duchesne
Strawberry Valley
Middle West
Roosevelt warned Europe to curb war risk says Tyler Dennet
Dr. Tyler Dennett of Washington cites Theodore Roosevelt’s early 1900s warnings to France and Germany as key in limiting European war. He notes a 1905 memorandum and Roosevelt’s stance helped align U S policy with Japan and contributed to the Portsmouth peace conference.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Tyler Dennet
Williamstow
Lass
Roosevelt
P2ruius
Far East
France
Germany
Dennett
United States
Allance
Portsmouth
Russia
Japan
England
Pers
Europe
Lrance
Nie
Toosevelt
Portmouth
Nematode Survey Team Checks Basins Alfalfa Health
Dr. B L Richards of the Utah experiment station and the US Department of Agriculture surveyed alfalfa fields in the basin on Monday to detect nematode disease. If not present, measures will protect Basin from outside infection. The disease causes yellowing and crown rot, stunting growth, and poor yields.
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B. L. Richards
Utah
Richards
Iit
Grazing Land Sale Planned in Uintah County
Arrangements by J. T. Oldroyd to sell about 33 000 acres of grazing land on the Tiamend mountain plateau in Uintah county during the last week of September.
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J. T. Oldroyd
Tiamend Mountain
Uintah County
New Voters Seen Deciding 1924 Presidential Race
Simon Slichelet a Washington lawyer who heads the Get-Out-the-Vote club estimates 7 million 1920 born citizens and about 26 million stay-at-home voters could swing the 1924 contest. He breaks down figures by states highlighting Indiana New York Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska the Dakotas and the South as pivotal in shaping outcomes.
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Simon Slichelet
Washington
Ar. Michelet
Micheet
Michelet
Harding
Coolidge
Mr. Michelet
Wilson
Army of First
Indiana
New York
Grover Cleveland
Wison
Tlinois
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Saia
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Dakotas
Fire destroys home in Duchesne under hot plate blaze
A Sunday fire at Andy Clemons' home in Duchesne destroyed the east section of the house, burning contents except for a few items. Firefighters and a bucket brigade saved the log structure. damage estimated at 500 to 660 dollars with no insurance. The blaze started when Clemons left to fetch sugar, returning to a kitchen ablaze likely from a shorted hot plate. Shrubbery and trees also suffered damage. shed extension listed as total loss.
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Duchesne
Andy Clemons
Sneak Thieves Target Duchesne Groceries and Gas
A Duchesne store owned by John Hair & Son was robbed last week with about $50 in groceries taken including nour sugar coffee bacon and lard. The rear door was left open and matches used suggesting local familiarity. Claude Davis' garage was also entered that night draining several cars of gas and abandoning a spare tire.
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Duchesne
John Hair & Son
Claude Davis
Mrs Nettie Wall Dies After Salt Lake Hospital Stay
Myton correspondent reports the death of Mrs. Nettie F. Wall wife of Chas F. Wall at L D 8 hospital in Salt Lake after tumor surgery. Born at Beaver City Utah 56 years ago she married Chas F. Wall in 1886 and left two of four children alive Elden John Parker Clyde Wing Eugene Fern Blanche. Funeral services were held in the Opera House with burial at Myton Cemetery.
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Myton
Nettie Ms. Wall
Chas. F. Wall
Salt Lake
Elden
John 4Arker
Clyde Wing
Eugene
Fern
Blanche
Opera House
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Daggett and
Unitat 18
L. Garrison
Duchesne Stake Fathers and Sons
Moonlake
Uintah Basin
Eureka Man
Denver
Colorado
Dr. Tyler Dennett
Roosevelt State Bank
The
Sevel Millign
NEW Voters
Ms. Cilas. F. Wall
Roosevelt, Utah
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