School Board Election Draws Strong Voter Turnout
Voter interest rose in the school board race with precincts reporting large turnout. Precincts show names like Owen Bennion and Hugh Barnes in district tallies, while Neola is not yet reported. The Price River water district vote favors building Scofield reservoir and relocating the Denver Rito Grande track, with district tallies and acre-foot figures listed.
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Necla
Neola
Owen Bennion
Hugh Barnes
Ireland
ER Cope
Fred S. Muller
Price River
Scofield
Pleasant Valley
Hales
Cotton
Carl R. Marcusen
Henry G. Mathis
W. A. Thayne
Glark
Prohibition Shapes Likely 1924 Presidential Debate
The article argues prohibition will dominate the 1924 campaign, with Republicans pushing for stricter enforcement and a dry stance. It notes Ohio’s recent dry victory as a signpost, discusses possible criminalization of bootleg purchasers, and outlines Democratic splits between wet and dry factions.
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Ohio
Drys
Republican
Harding
Polley
Utah dairy push urging Carbon county cows for home market
F W Merrill, Utah dairy campaign executive secretary, visited Carbon county urging more dairy cattle locally. He notes Utah imports dairy products, California buyers, and warns long freight eats profits. Merrill cites Scofield dam plans and carbon county potential to supply milk, butter, cheese locally.
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F. W. Merrill
Utah Dairy Products Campaign
Carbon County
Duchesne County
Mr. Merrill
Mwod
Utah
California
Merrill
LodaAngeles
Cache Valley
Davis County
Sanpeta County
Scofield
Salt Lake City
Wisconsin
Carbon County Plans Dairy Growth and Creamery
Carbon County adopts a broader dairy plan led by a dairy committee including the farm bureau president and dairy chair, the county agent, and two Price chamber members. They aim for more and better cows, maximize hay use, and establish a Creamery to market Carbon and Emery dairy products, feeding their own people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon
Farm Bureau
Price Chamber of Commerce
Emery
Pioneer OXTEAM Driver Dies at Home in Price
Henry Mathis a pioneer of eastern Utah and oxteam driver across the plains died at his daughter Mrs James Pace home in Price after general debility. Born September 9 1834 in Weldchen Switzerland he came to Utah in 1862 and married Elizabeth Hubschmidt. He is survived by daughter Mrs James Pace and three sons James John A Mathis of Price and Albert of New Harmony.
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Henry Mathis
Utah
Price
James Pace
Mr. Mathis
Weldchen
Switzerland
Plains
Elizabeth Hubschmidt
James
John A. Mathis
Albert Mathis
New Harmony
Radium Prices Fall as Paradox Valley Plant Closes
Radium drops sixty thousand dollars per gram after Standard Chemical shuts its Paradox valley carnotite properties in western Montrose county Colorado leaving about 260 workers unemployed. Belgian Congo pitchblende deposits blamed for the price decline with radium now selling at seventy thousand dollars per two gram versus one hundred twenty thousand for four grams previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Chemical Company
Paradox Valley
Montrose County
Colo
Belgian Congo
Dry agent offered bribes totaling five millions
Charles A. Gregory, former federal prohibition director for Illinois, is said by friends to have received bribe offers totaling approximately 56 million dollars during a year in office. The alleged pitches came from lawyers for wealthy whisky holders and syndicates, with one man claiming 750 thousand dollars could be earned in a single year.
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Charles A. Gregory
Prohibition
Illinois
Bond
Gregory
Prohibition Not Wanted In Tulsa Says County Attorney
In Tulsa Oklahoma Prosecuting Attorney W F Seaver announced wholesale dismissal of liquor cases in county court stating the people do not want prohibition. He said bootleggers are less concerned than decent citizens who oppose efforts to force prohibition on the community.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
W. F. Seaver
Seaver
Getting Colder as Temperature Falls to 3 Degrees
The coldest of the winter arrived Friday morning with a thermometer reading of 3 degrees above zero. Snow and ice warnings accompanied the drop as residents battened down.
James A Brummett Dies from Injuries in Utah
James A Brummett of Utah died from a brain blood clot after a derrick pole injury two weeks earlier. His son Wesley, a student in Logan, was at his bedside. Survived by wife May Edith, son Wesley, and daughter Velma Parnds. Funeral held December 6 in Utahn with Bishop G W Billings officiating.
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James A. Brummett
Utahn
Bcame
Price
Wesley
Logan
Mr. Brummett
California
Oregon
Maggie Dickerson
May Edith Hall
Wir
Brummett
New Comet Reported from Cape Town Discovery
Harvard Observatory reports Skjellerup in Cape Town discovered a faint comet on November 26. The object lies in Crater, with telescope photos showing it brighter than Baade's recent discovery and moving faster.
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Harvard Observatory
Skjellerup
Cape Town
Crater
Harvard
Baade
More Men In Trouble In Grand Larceny Case
At a preliminary hearing Judge Dilworth Wealley bound Waldo Jones Gail Squier and Charles Class over to district court with bonds of 3000 each. John Dahling was discharged. The trio await April 1923 district court as they face charges of running off nineteen horses and mules from Joseph Taylor s sheep camp in the Buckliff mountains and killing the stock.
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Dilworth Wealley
Waldo Jones
Gail Squier
Charles Class
John Dahling
Dahling
District Court
Joseph Taylor
Bockcliff Mountains
Card of Thanks for Mrs. J. A. Brummett
The Brummett family expresses sincere thanks for sympathy and help shown during the illness and death of their husband and father Wesley B. Brummett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Brummett
Wesley B. Brummett
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Joseph Wilcken
L. W. Clark
Ballont
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Connecticut
Christmas Chopper
Emery Counties
Wm, Cannon
Los Angeles
Calif
Honolulu
Oxteam
Catanica
Mammoth Cave
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