Salt Lake and Denver Road to Span Utah's Basin Tunnels
Salt Lake and Denver railroad plans described by Simon Bamberger to build eight tunnels from Springville to the divide with lengths 80 to 800 feet near Hobble Creek and Strawberry River. Distance Springville to Duchesne 62 miles, survey 96 miles. Construction to begin this summer. aims to attract stockholders and extend time with Interstate Commerce Commission. Road backed by Utah residents, not a Bamberger private venture, targeting heavy first ten years traffic surpassing early Union Pacific.
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Salt Lake
Simon Bamberger
Moffat
Bamberger
Denver Road
Denver Securities Company
Secretary of the Interior
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utah
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Duchesne County Adopts New Inspection System
The state board of agriculture reports testing 10 339 cattle from April to June 196 to find 2401 reactors to tuberculosis across 2401 lots. Testing covered Duchesne Davis Salt Lake Wasatch Juab and Iron counties with Washington and Kane upcoming. Hog cholera, glanders cases and horse losses noted. Counties signed and planned to operate under the new district inspection system including Hexelier Weber Davis Utah Millard Iron Washington Duchesne Carbon Emory Grand. Inspector exam results averaged above 66 percent with 20 applicants tested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry
William A. Staphensen
State Board of Agriculture
Coxelder
Davis
Salt Lake
Wasateh
Juab
Iron
Washington
Kane
Hexelier
Weber
Utah
Millard
Duchesne
Carbon
Emory
Grand
Cache
Seaples
Wayne
Daggett
Uintah
Beaver
The Formality of Banking Bank Teller and Woman
A teller questions an introduction for a woman and her husband. The exchange humorously misreads social norms as the woman retorts that her husband Jack would not approve of such a request, highlighting a joking clash over introductions.
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Jack
Jak
Important Questions to be Discussed at Utah Congress
Utah irrigation and drainage congress at Utah Agricultural College during the third annual farmers encampment July 31 to August 3 will tackle two issues. Should irrigation companies help pay draining wetlands costs and should Utah enact protections for groundwater appropriators against overdevelopment risks. L M Winsor notes the topics affect water users on wet lands. all interested urged to attend and send authorized delegates.
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Utah
Utah Irrigation and Drainage Congress
Utah Agricultural College
L. M. Winsor
D & KG Lend Money To Colorado And Utah Farmers
Denver officials announced that the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad deposited 3,140,000 in banks along its system, available to farmers and patrons. The funds are government-bond secured long-term deposits not needed until January 1924, with an additional million dollars in short-term deposits usable for road improvements.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Granite Western Railroad
Cass &. Herrington
Hospital at Each Tunnel Portal Aims to Aid Moffat Work
Moffat tunnel commission and consulting engineers plan stipulations to improve working conditions for the James Peak bore. Proposals include a hospital at each portal, bathhouses, cooling rooms, and well ventilated, airy boarding houses to aid workers exposed to high altitude and long shifts.
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Moffat
James Peak
Moffat Tunnel Commission
Travision
Great Salt Lake Water Level Recedes From Peak
The Great Salt Lake water level is receding after its highest peak since 1889. On June 1 the elevation was eight feet above the gauge zero, 0.5 feet above the prior record. By July 1 the reading was 7.9 feet, and meteorologist J Cael Alter notes the peak is reached and only heavy flooding could raise it further.
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Great Salt Lake
J. Cael] Alter
Salt Lake
Utah Fish and Game Plans 1 Million Fingerling Rainbow Stocking
The Utah State Fish and Game Department outlined a six week program to distribute about 1,000,000 fingerling rainbow trout from Springville Murray and Inlet hatcheries. Four trucks will plant rainbow, in rivers Strawberry Duchesne Provo Weber Ogden Logan and Bear Lake areas, with smaller streams receiving No. 1 fingerlings and larger waters receiving older fish. The effort includes 340 cans in Strawberry Reservoir and supports 100 cans to the Weber River, plus cooperative transport from associations and local officials. In addition to fish, about 1,500 young pheasants will be distributed from Springville, using coops to rear and transport chicks with hens as brood mothers.
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Utah
State Fish and Game Department
D. H. Madsen
Madsen
Springrilla
Murray
Limpatogos
Strawberry Valley
Duchesne
Provo
Weber
Ogden
Logan Rivers
Bear Lake
Weber River
Fish Lake South
Glenwood Hatchery
Uintah Basin
Whiterocks
Beaver
Puffer's Lake
Pangultch Lake
Uintah Mountains
Strawberry Reservoir
Fish and Game Department
Fish and Game Associations
Garflaid
Kane
Springville
Rhode Island
Accident at Upalco and Arcadia Parade Casualty
At a Twenty fourth celebration in Upalco Curtis Farnsworth was injured during a horse race. He fell from his horse and was run over by the following horse, breaking three ribs and puncturing a lung. Doctors had not yet assessed overall severity.
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Upalco
Arcadia
Curtis Farnsworth
Thos W O Donnell Orator At Roosevelt Celebration
Roosevelt celebration featured Thos W O Donnell as orator with Senator Smart, Bishop Pack, and Heber Timothy. Address covered Utah history, Pilgrim exodus, 1847 settlement, irrigation pioneer work, and notable Utah figures. Ford race mishap occurred. Arvey Johnson won Fourth of July race. fireworks and a grand ball capped the day.
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Roosevelt
W. O'Donnel
Wm. H. Smart
Austin J. Pack
Heber Timothy
America
John Wiscomb
Vera Burton
Ruby Sutherland
Pack
Attorney O'Donnell
Utah
England
Salt Lake Valley
Nile River
Egypt
New World
Harmston
Brigham Young
United States
Reed Smoot
George Sutherland
Maud Adams
Russell Mond
Cyrus Dallin
Preston Nutter
Jack Dempsey
O’donnell
Great
Wintah Basin
John Wiscom
Morley Vernon
Mountaf Home
Mrs. Vernon
Allo
Lowe Ashton
Arvey. Johnson
Tunnel Celebration at Moffat tunnel in Steamboat Springs
The Moffat tunnel celebration is set for the west portal at Steamboat Springs on July 31 and August 1. Uintah basin plans a large delegation, and a special train will likely operate from Steamboat to the portal surrounding the event.
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Moffat Tunnel
West Portal
Steamboat Springs
Uintah Basin
Steamboat
Neat Portal
Sun Dance Monday at Whiterocks Gathering
Report from Whiterocks states Ute people have moved to the mountains to secure the Sun dance pole and the ceremony will begin next Monday July 39 though the source text is unclear on exact date and location.
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Whiterocks
Tragic drowning of Woodard infant in irrigation ditch
The year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Woodard of Toka drowned last Thursday in an irrigation ditch. A neighbor dog reportedly retrieved the body, carrying it to a safe spot after a long search. Funeral services were held Saturday with remarks by Walter Baird and John Benson.
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Will Woodard
Toka
Earl Medham
Woodard
John Haglund
Walter Baird
John Benson
Duchesne Pioneer Day Celebrations Draw Big Crowds
Large crowds celebrated two days at Duchesne from the afternoon of the 23rd to midnight on the 24th with a baseball game Arcadia defeating Tabiona 12 to 2. Myton sent a large delegation wearing yellow ribbons. Activities included a picture show, a dance, a morning program by Fred S. Musser, and a city park and Main Street sports program featuring multiple races and contests with local winners.
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Arcadia
Tabiona
Uintah Basin
Myton
Fred S. Musser
Roosevelt Stake
Main Street
Duchesne
Lea Snyder
Ralph Murdock
Red Devil
Sam Hair
Mont Paulson
Bob Marshall
Blaze
Melvin Broadhead
Buddie” Brimmick
Melvin Paulson
Marshall
Blade
Grey Mountain Dick
Lovore Dennis
Gene Wall
Mitchell Outwits Spy In Duchesne River Raid
Sheriff Arty Mitchell trapped a booze bootlegger after nightfall along the Duchesne River. He hid his car, erased tracks, and waited until a man appeared before a Justice, who levied a heavy fine. The sheriff vows a jail sentence next time.
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Arty Mitchell
Duchesne River
Tabioua
Uintah Basin Roads Mission Advances Highway Plans
Preston G. Peterson Henry W. Lunt and Howard C. Means toured Uintah Basin on road business meeting Vernal with J. Wilson to discuss work on the Victory highway and potential dugway cuts from Myton to Roosevelt. Lunt promotes patrol systems and cites Cedar City Lund gravel road as top in Utah.
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Preston G. Peterson
Henry W. Lunt
State Road Commission
Howard C. Means
Uintah Basin
Vernal
P. St. J. Wilson
United States
Bureau of Public Roads
Duchesne
Roosevelt
Mr. Lunt
Lunt
Cedar City
Lund
Utah
Basin
Highway Commissioners
Myton and
Fone
Myton
John Hardman
Natural bridge spotted in Grand Canyon area
Ernest Pratt of Fredonia Arizona reported finding a natural bridge spanning the Grand canyon eighteen miles below Lees Ferry in the Colorado. Pratt first identified the feature in 1920 during a canyon trip and later verified its existence on a return expedition with companions.
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Grand Canyon
Colorado
Lee's Ferry
Ariz
Myton
United States
Gavl
Ernest Pratt
Herman
Fredonia
Wyoming Sheep Move to Summer Ranges in Utah
About 166000 sheep from Sweetwater and Uinta counties Wyoming have moved to summer ranges in Ashley Wasatch and Uintah counties Utah for rests.
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Sweetswater
Uinta Counties
Wyoming
Ashley, Wasatch
Ulintar Forrests
Utah
Cathy En Nebraska W Bureau of Reclamation Investigator
L R Carey formerly of Fruitland now living in Denver Iowa travels Nebraska on the tri county irrigation inquiry for the U S Bureau of Reclamation confirming official duty and location during a routine survey in Nebraska and surrounding counties.
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L. R. Carey
Fruitland
Denver
Nebraska
Tri-County
U. S.wureau of Reclamation
Final meeting of the U.B.1.6 committee at Fort Duchesne
A Utah agricultural convention pageant is planned for August 15 to 17 at Fort Duchesne. Leaders and officials from Utah and Colorado anticipated, with prominent figures from universities and state government expected. Attendees urged to camp, bring tents and provisions, and arrive by 6 a.m. August 16 for a large, family friendly gathering focused on farming, home life, and community education.
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Ulntah Puns Industrial Convention
Fort Duchesne
State Agricultural College
University of Utah
Doctor Thomas
Harris
The
Young University
Provo
National Repute
Pres. Heber J. Grant
Colorado
Shoupe
Simon Bumberger
William Weiser
Grand Valley National Bank
Grand Junction
Apsakera
Salt, Lake
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Duchesne County
Irrigation and Drainage Congress
Logan
Coloraulo
Batn Mouse and Hospital
Upaico
Thos. W. Odonnell
Mitchell
Cathy EN
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