Petition for Utah Valley Craig Railroad Approval
Horace W. Shelby urges Utah petitioners to seek Interstate Commerce Commission permission to build a Salt Lake and Denver Railroad line from Trova to Craig. He argues hard times justify public works, cites need in Uintah Basin, and requests coordinated action through Utah and Colorado delegations with a February deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commission
Craig
Utah Valley
United States
Uintah Basin
Imarket
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado
Utah
Walntah Basin
G. Western
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Oregon
Don B. Colton
Congress
Commission
Salt Lake
Neglected But Not Forgotten Utahn Heritage Recalled
A reminiscence of the Duchesne valley and Vintuh Basin recalls pioneer achievements such as the Pioneer Canal firsts, log cabins on the Duchesne river, and early alfalfa. The author lists pioneer names, reflects on transformed farmland, old schoolhouses, and memories of Willow Creek and Blue Bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vintuh Basin
Duchesne River
Trahn
Murphy
Woss
Me Eeney
Juelke
Abplunnlp
Carlisle
Fortie
Weereen
Wells
Mayhew
White
Kofford
Brennick
Henimyr
Utihn
Joe Smithles
Willow Creek
Theodore
Blue Bench
Utula
State Press Association Meeting Set for January 25 26
The Utah State Press Association plans its annual business conven tion at the Newhouse hotel in Salt Lake City on January 25 and 26. Tax revision and other matters will be discussed and officers for the coming year will be elected. Current officers are C A Epperson Kaysville Reflex Ogden Standard president A B Gibson Nephi Trans News vice president and Mrs Grace A Cooper Price News Advocate secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah State Press Association
Newhouse Hotel
Salt Lake City
C. A. Epperson
Kays- Ville Reflex
Ogden Most
A.B. Gibson
The
Nephi Trans- News
Grace A. Cooper
Price News-Advocate
Farm to Market Roads for 1930
A 1980 record is projected for feeder roads to main highways to open back country and distribute funds to inaccessible farming districts. It argues for a moderate-cost program using modern road building methods to build or improve these roads.
St Pauls Church Sunday Schedule Altered for Convention
Sunday services are canceled on January 26 due to the Utah Convention. Sunday School times are listed as 10:30 and 10:20. LeRoy Funk, county firm agent, has left to attend the livestock show in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salt Lake City
LeRoy
Funk
Myton Notes Reflect Winter Travel and Local Happenings
Myton updates report visits from Vernal and Lakefork residents, a candy-pulling, and a New Year’s masquerade ball. Birth of a baby girl at the Brown home. deaths of Elmer Epperson in Midway and funeral travels delayed by deep snow. Stockholders elect directors for 1910. a 10 percent dividend declared and a plan to sell hull for a business building. News on rail service, irrigation district meetings, and a Salt Lake Route California train excursion amid winter storms.
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Preston
Leslie Brown
Mirritt
Mr. Mitchell
Lakefork
Morgan Calvert
Charles Milne
Price
Myton
Baril
Taxter Pass
Sadie Treaton
John X. Palmer
Theodore
Clarke Thompson
W. Mathews
Elmer Epperson
Midway
Sle
Red Creek
Epperson
North Myton Beach
Danny Epperson
Myton Tull Company
E. Calvert
D. Barry
I. W. Odekirk
M. Jones
J. ©. Hahn
B. Bivens
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Sentinel
Mrton
Tolaho
Nevada
Coder
Fred T. Warner
Chieftain
South Myton Bench Irrigation District
Wagoner and Carlisle
Hahn
California
Salt Lake
Beaver
Milford
CL Kerr
D. Poa
Salt Lake City
Highway Officials Inspect Wahsniteh Canyon Right of Way
J F English of the US Bureau of Public Roads and Henry T Colenin of the Utah State Road Commission joined Wahsniteh County commissioners on a Dasnels canyon inspection tour. They reviewed planned improvements on the lower end of the Timber-Fruithind project and discussed a sheep trail to the forest boundary. The group will seek aid from the road commission and Forest Service. Road damage from animals dislodging rocks on dugways is costly each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. English
U.S. Bureau of Public Rounds
Henry T. Colenin
Utah State Road Commission
Wahsniteh County
Dasnels Canyon
Road Commission
Forest Service
What’s Wrong and WIlere
Noted faults include missing hat band on a man’s hat and a handkerchief pocket on the coat’s wrong side. The porter wears knickers, the cane won’t stand alone, the suitcase lacks a handle, the coat has no side pocket, and the car boards should run up and down.
Bridge to Connect With Forest Road Bridge to Connect With Forest Road
At the Jan 6 county commissioners meeting an agreement to build a bridge across Lakefork north of Mountain Home opposite Dinner Springs was approved. The Forest department funds 350, Indian department 250, and Duchesne county covers the remainder. The bridge, costing about 2, will link Boneta, Talmise, and Mt Home to forest lands, boosting a summer resort potential.
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Lakefork
Mountain Home
Dinner Springs
Yellowstone
Forest Department
Indian Department
Duchesne County
Money Orders Issued Last Quarter 1929
Postmaster Fitzwater reports that in the last quarter of 1929 the post office issued 18198.65 dollars in money orders. About 10000 dollars likely went to mail order houses, with conservative estimates placing total outflow for goods between 13000 and 14000 dollars. The piece urges local merchants to compete with mail order houses and keep dollars at home through cooperative plans.
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Fitzwater
Postoffice
Duchesne
Improving Water Distribution Facilities at Fork Lake Area
The commissioner plans river flow gauges on Lake Fork and Yellowstone to track daily water supply and improve distribution. A telephoned update from Lower Lake Fork will relay river stages to the commissioner each day to reduce past water waste. He proposes wiring pole lines to connect depots with plants on the Whitaker and Whiterieks rivers and will seek funding at the next Water Users meeting.
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da Tke Fork
Lake Fork
Yellowstone
Lower Lake Fork
U. 8
New, Hope
Witteroek
Thitah
Marimon
Whiterieks
Marriage Licenses Issued in Vernal and Antelope Areas
Tuesday of last week Walter Simper and Norma Wardle of Vernal received licenses. James Mickelson officiated. Alma Brundage wed Christian M. Giles of Antelope. George Samuel Brundage wed Misa Hlangrmt Keel of Antelope. George LaPont Teferson of Sow Utah married Jennis Olsen of Altonah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Simper
Norma Wardle
Vernal
Jaimnes Mickelson
Witmer Alma Brundage
Christian M. Giles
Antelope
George Samuel Brundage
Misa Hlangrmt Keel
George LaPont Teferson
Sow
Utah
Jennis Olsen
Altonah
Joint Institute to Be Held at Roosevelt
The program for the joint institute of Duchesne and Uintah Counties will occur at Roosevelt High School on Saturday January 25 1980. Sessions run from morning through afternoon with talks on tax questions school standards vocabulary writing reading methods and collaboration between districts and departments. A teacher meeting in Roosevelt Friday evening invites all teachers and potential Utah Education Association visitors may attend.
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Institute of Duchesne
Uintah
Roosevelt
Lovell Johnson
Duchesne
Utah
TR Lb. Dart
Myron
State House of Representatives
LaPoint
Ada Anderson
Cliss Baily
Dintah
Olsen
Florence Madsen
Duchesne County
Elma Thatcher
Ada Finnberg
Mt. Home
Averial Stone
Stoosevelt
St. L. Nielson
Atyton
Charles M. Tyerson
Iverson
T. I Cope
Toka
Miss Bailey
Madsen
FL Bates
Vintah
W. A. Paxton
Duc
Wool Pool Forms, Plans for Shearing in Sanpete
Sheepmen Farm Pool in Sanpete, affiliated with the Mt Pleasant wool pool, reports satisfaction with pooling and selling the 1929 home grown clip. O F Peel, William Millar and George Sorensen named as selling committee. Alma C Esplin to speak on Wool Grading and Cooperative Selling and to aid grading at corrals. C C Stott and the county agent to meet Monday to plan central shearing and selling efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Pleasant Wool Pool
O. F E. Peel
William Millar
George C. Sorensen
Alma C. Esplin
C. C. Stott
Snow Depth Below Average Across Snow Measurement Stations
A Forest Service report compares December 31 1920 snow depths with year earlier readings at Carter Creek Trout Creek Mosby Mountain Lake Fork Mountain and other stations. An Altonah post office robbery item was described as a mistake by the poet mistress of that place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Carter Creek
Trout Creek
Opr
Mosby Mountain
Lake Fork Mountain
Altonah
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Press Association
ST. Paul's Church
WERG
B. Cook
Jobn Holfeltz
Wilere
Sheepmen Farm
Sanpete
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