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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1923
Page
1
The Sanitary Market announces updates with a new gasoline tank and a Sherer counter fixture. The store touts its modern, clean layout and complete stock, promising convenient shopping without needing to go elsewhere.
The article compares farm day labor wages with building trades and uses farm product barter to illustrate costs. It notes rising living costs, falling farmer purchasing power, and yields a hypothetical value of labor as hay, pork, beef, eggs. It also discusses U S fire losses per capita rising from 1913 to 1921 and urges fire prevention over complacency.
A Courier representative tours near Duchesne with Emil Munz and notes fertile land with strong alfalfa and hay crops, good corn and grain yields, and overall promising prospects. The Duchesne basin shows potential if an unlimited market and railway access arrive, praising Munz’s work on the Rocky Point ditch and urging faster development of water rights and rail links.
La Forge Dastrup, son of Albert Dastrup, was accidentally shot last Sunday morning by Leslie Maxwell, son of A F Maxwell. The ball entered the right knee, traveled to the thigh, and a probe may be needed. He was taken to Ogden for X ray tests after a fishing trip with other boys above Altonah.
Ashton D. Hillman formerly of Vernal now in Salt Lake received the bronze medal for general excellence in the blue course at the Citizens Military Training camp at Fort Douglas on August 22. Salt Lake boys won medals in the white course, the next highest. Hillman is not yet 20 and may pursue a military career.
The clerk issued licenses to Virgel Mecham and Martha Lennon of Toka and Karl B Lumsion of Springville with Katheryne Calder of Vernal. Leo Calder and Luede Waxing of Vernal are also listed in the license records.
Pony Express riders pass through the Uintah basin in the forenoon of September 5 with Roosevelt around 7 20, Myton near 9, and Duchesne about noon.
Local opposition to the Avintaquin canyon highway from Duchesne to Soldier Summit is registered with the state road commission and Governor Mabey. Delegations from Wasatch County and Uintah basin towns argue the route would cut winter traffic on the Heber Fruitland line and may reroute the Victory Highway, while urging better maintenance of existing roads and limited federal expenditure.
Mrs. Edgar Adair and her daughter drowned in Dante's creek last Wednesday after a car plunged down an embankment. Mr. Adair, bruised, freed himself but could not lift the car to save his wife and daughter. The couple, previously divorced and remarried, had wed again last Sunday in Salt Lake, planning a fresh life in Vernal.
Moffat tunnel commissioners extend bid opening to September 12 while reporting progress on portals camps and power lines. A $25 specification fee screens bidders as the district readies to start winter construction and secure bonds and financing for the project.
The Courier previews a serialized story The Brown Mouse by Herbert Quick noting its original, entertaining and instructive nature. It promises action romance humor real character studies and a human focus rather than mice. The paper also announces eight page issues and new feature sections.
The article discusses how simple signatures are hard to forge and flourished marks can aid forgers. It notes a bank cashier spotting forgery by date placement, warns against writing checks on blank paper, and urges use of protected check forms with locks and crossed checks.
A young man visits a loan office asking to borrow 37.60 to buy an automobile. He offers no current security and promises to provide collateral after obtaining the funds. The agent explains the car would require a mortgage and chattel lien, but the youth concedes he cannot proceed.
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