Progress in Moffat Tunnel Drilling Advances West Portal East Portal
Work continues at both portals. Transformers and motors arrive from General Electric for drilling. A power house is needed before tunneling expands, with post offices opened at East and West Portal camps to pay workers and handle official mail.
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Keays
General Electric Company
Pioneer
Ear
East Portal
West Portal
WO Tunnel
Moffat Tunnel
Rockies
Colo
orWest Portal
Moffat Tunnel Commission
Denver
B. L. Allin
Arthur Sehmidt
Fast Portal
Potter Boneta dies at 86 in Boneta area
W Potter Boneta passes away at the age of 86 after a stroke. He was born December 6, 1837 in North Carolina and married Elizabeth Angel January 17, 1866. Survived by widow, four sons, one daughter, many grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Funeral held at Ward house Boneta December 6. burial at Bo-Bela Mt Home cemetery. Local sheep men report winter feed conditions improving.
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North Carolina
Elizabeth Angel Januay
President Coolidge outlines policy in address to 58th Congress
The message asserts American restraint in foreign entanglements yet willingness to support world affairs like the world court with reservations. It favors war-time claims protection, rejects broad tax hikes, opposes general tariff changes, promotes shipping and infrastructure, and calls for education welfare support alongside immigration reform and anti prohibition enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Elected Board Members Named in Upper Bina Beach District
At the Upper Bina Beach Irrigation district meeting J W Clement was chosen for the second precinct and George W Bowers for the third precinct. The board will include M D Morrison, J W Clement and George Bowers. The note hopes water delivery starts next year for Purple and Blue benches lands.
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Bina: Beach
J. W. Clement
George W. Bowers
M. D. Morrison
George 8
Ute Indians Seek About 100000 In Reservation Aid
The Indian department has recommended an appropriation of approximately 100,000 for Ute Indiana on this reservation for the coming fiscal year.
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The
Indian Department
Indiana
Save a life for Christmas Seals call to action
A Christmas Seals fundraising appeal urges readers to support the Tuberculosis Association. It stresses that buying Christmas Seals and Liberty Bonds aids life-saving work in the war against consumption and promises the Great White Plague can be stamped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuberculosis Association
Rio Grande to Abandon Two Colorado Branches
Interstate commerce commission authorizes the Denver and Rio Grande Western to abandon the Blue River branch from Leadville to Dillon and the Hecla Junction to Calumet line. Both routes in Colorado have ceased operations after the order.
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Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blue River
Leadville
Dillon
Hecla Junction
Calumet
Colorado
Moffat Tunnel Project to Use 22 Million Pounds Powder
R H Keays chief engineer says twenty two million pounds of powder worth three hundred thousand dollars will be used for the Moffat tunnel construction. Drill steel costing about sixty thousand dollars is also planned.
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Moffat Tunnel
R. H. Keays
Tunnel Commission
Rangely Oil Field Shows Shale Drilling Yields Oil
In Rio Blanco county Colorado Rangely field expands with shallow shale wells producing high grade oil. Output about 20000 barrels yearly fed to a Raven refinery with local demand. Geological work notes two sands at 3200 and 3700 feet and oil migrating via faults. A major drill plan to reach deeper horizons is reported for next year.
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Colorado
Rangely
Rio Blanco County
James Griffith Levins
Wyoming
Raven Oil and Refining Company
Oze
Hoyt S. Gale
United States Geological Survey
Frontier
Wall Creek
Dakota
Meeker
Grand Junction
Craig
Denver Post
Slow Drilling at Hamilton Well Delays Dakota Sand Reach
The Hamilton well of Texas Production faces heavy water in Wall Creek sand and soapstone formation. Progress is slow with days of only ten feet drilled as crews try to clear water and decide if cementing the ore is needed before reaching Dakota sand.
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Hamilton
Texas Production Company
Wall Creek
Craig Empire
Ruth Roland in The Yukon Trail at Duchesne Theatre
Ruth Roland leads the Yukon Trail in The Timber Queen serial episode showing Wednesday night December 19 at the Duchesne Theatre. She travels with Don to find Silent Smith who knows where her father is. Action includes dog-sled races snowbound valleys and daring ski jumps.
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Ruth Roland
Alaska
Yukon
Yukon Trail
Pathe
Basket Dance at City Hall by M I A December 21
The M I A hosts a basket dance at city hall on December 21. Ladies bring baskets of edible goods to be auctioned to the highest bidder while men bid with their change. The Duchesne orchestra The Jazz Hounds will provide music and a prize will be awarded for the best basket.
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Duchesne Orchestra
Jazz Hounds
Myton Stockholder Files Counter Claim Against Bank
Dan Barry a Myton State Bank stockholder sues to recover $2,295 paid for stock he says was worthless. He alleges the bank and its president misrepresented value $153 per share and that the bank was bankrupt. Judge Hanson rules counter claims wait until creditors are paid.
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Dan Barry
Myton State Bank
Seth Pixton
Barry
Hanson
Utah
Honey for Radiator Mix Touted by Utah Autoists
A 50 50 honey and water radiator mix is claimed to resist freezing at 20 below zero and to evaporate less than water. Users say it benefits motorists in hot weather and expands the market for honey producers. One Utah beekeeper predicts honey use could double, boosting demand for 60 pound cans in mining regions.
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Utah
No Bounties Until February Owes Funds Delay
Mark Tuttle of the county auditor writes to county clerk Rulon J. Larson that due to omitted funds becoming available for bounty payments, payments will not begin until late January or possibly February next year. He notes funds come from taxes collected by various counties and are usually remitted in January.
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Basig
Mellon
Mark Tuttle
Atea Auditor
Rulon J. Larson
Card of Thanks for Sorrow and Funeral Notice
Mrs EB W Potter and family thank friends for sympathy after the sudden sickness and death of husband and father. The Rev Meow Freer will conduct services at the Episcopal church Duchesne at 7 30 o clock next Sunday evening.
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EB. W. Potter
Duchesne
Oil surplus to end by mid 1924 say Bain
Dr. H Foster Bain director of the United States bureau of mines testified before the senate public lands committee that the present oil surplus should be absorbed by consumption by the middle of next year. He cited expert opinions and noted government storage costs and the Teapot Dome context during December 1921 discussions in Three Rivers New Mexico.
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H. Foster Bain
United States Bureau of Mines
Senate Public Lands Committee
Walsh
Montana
Dr. Bain
Three Rivers
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Harry B. Sinclair
Reserve No. 3
Wyoming
Bain
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
California ‘Bureau of Mines
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Wade
Ewill
Poth
Moffat
W. Potter Boneta
Potter
Honeta
President Coolidge
America
League of Nations
Harding
Soviet
Russia
U.B. E
Rio Grande
MYTON
Foster Bain
Uintah Basin
Silair
J. G. Peppard Seed Co
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