Grasshopper Bait Formula Advances with Banana Oil Use
The article reports on new grasshopper bait methods using amyl acetate or banana oil as a substitute for fruit and sodium arsenite as a soluble replacement for white arsenic. It discusses cost, handling, and mixing advantages, plus a recommended formula: bran 20 lbs, sodium/white arsenic options, corn syrup, amyl acetate, salt, water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branwey
Montana
Colorado
Colorado, Agricultural College
Ira M. Hawley
Utah Experiment Station
Utah
Hawley
Tentative program outlined for convention in August
At a Uintah Basin Industrial convention meeting in Ft Duchesne on June 11 the program committee read letters from Brigham Young University Senator King Congressman Leatherwood and others expressing eagerness to participate. Mgr Peterson outlined a full day plan starting with breakfast at 6 am and ending with evening lectures and entertainment. The committee will reconvene June 20 at Ft Duchesne to finalize the program and slogan ideas including a possible prominence for Governor Mabey and Congressman Colton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis $. Thompson
Uintah Basin
Ft. Duchesne
Vernal and
Myton
Brigham Young University
King
Leatherwood
Owens
Mabey
University of Utah
State Board of Agriculture
Mgr. Peterson
Unital County
Aneedes
A. B. Thomas
Vernal Commercial Club
George E. Philipps
Y. Sander
Vernal
Don BR. Colton
Ft. Duchesse
One Bid For Fort Du Chesne Vernal Highway
The Utah State Road Commission received a single bid from Wasatch Grading Co. for 6.2 miles on the Vernal end of the Fort Du Chesne Vernal highway. The bid totaled 77 451.72 including state furnished materials and a 10 percent engineering allowance, far above the engineers’ estimate of 64 619.47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Wasatch Grading Company
Seed Cleaning Plant for Duchesne Promised in 1923
The Peppard Seed company plans a seed cleaning plant for Duchesne after securing acres for planting. A June 20 community celebration will feature free film shows, a baseball game between Mt Emmons and Arcadia, a dance, and talks on seed growing and pest control, with a $50 purse for the game winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peppard Seed Company
Duchesne
Mt. Emmons
Arcadia
Duchesne Commercial Club
Rowland Hall Graduation Attended by Fryer Family
Mrs M M Fryer and sons Hugh and Neven of Roosevelt attended graduation exercises at Rowland Hall Salt Lake. They were accompanied home by Missy Fryer who was a student there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Fryer
Hugh and
Neven
Roosevelt
Rowland Hall
Salt Lake
Missy Fryer
Grasshopper County offers bounty for grasshoppers
A bounty of one cent per pound is offered for grasshoppers. All who wish to cooperate in destroying the pest and earn money should contact proper officials who will explain how to proceed.
Masons to Celebrate Saint John Festival at Fort Duchesne
Masons and Eastern Star plan a Saint John the Baptist festival at Fort Duchesne on Sunday afternoon June 24 starting 3 PM. Rev M J Hersey will preside, Albert H Kneale and Mrs. Kneale will direct music, a program of songs, scripture, addresses, and solos includes speakers C B Gook Robert G Porter Mrs D P Whitmore Eat!] Thompson and Ward C Ireland with twenty girls in chorus. Invitations will be sent soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Eastern Star
John the Baptist
Fort Duchesne
Albert H. Kneale
M. J. Hersey
Mary Sutton Ramsdale
C. B. Gook
Christ
Robert G. Porter
Albert EE. Kneale
St. John
D. P. Whitmore
Thompson
Ward C. Ireland
KIGHER FOUND GUILTY IN FEDERAL BANKING CASE
Former First National Bank of Myton vice president Kilcher Richer was found guilty in Salt Lake City of violating federal banking laws. Five charges were brought. three upheld by the jury, one previously dismissed. Sentencing set for next Saturday with co-defendant Winstrom to be tried later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Richer
First National Bank of
Myton
Salt Lake
E.R. Winstrom
Eicher
United States
Charles M. Morris
W. IX. Johnson
Ashley Thatcher
Johnson
Larson-Claytoe Motor Company
Larson
Richer
Russell G. Schulder
Robert Marshall
Kilcher
Kicher
W. K. Johnson
Tell Ag
School Superintendent's Report Duchesne Utah 1924
Duchesne Utah June 1 1924 a report to the Board of Education notes limited finances and a declining school population yet a gradual rise in average daily attendance. It also records increased efficiency in work by teachers and pupils and marks the improved performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchesne, Utah
State Department of Education
Tanchera
Last Legal Obstacle in Way of Moffat Tunnel Removed
The U S Supreme Court upheld Colorado's tunnel district act, clearing the way for the Moffat tunnel project. Salt Lake & Denver Railway plans to begin construction, with bonds of 6 720 000 authorized and bids for tunnel work to follow. The 6 0 4 mile tunnel will shorten Denver to Salt Lake City distance by 173 miles and serve rail and vehicular traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moffat
U. S
Denver
Salt Lake
Uintah Basin
United States Supreme Court
Colorado
Simon Bainberger
Salt Lake Tribune
Public Utilities Commission
Bamberger
Salt Lake & Danver Company
Supreme Court
Utah
Wne
Associated Press
Supreme Court of Colorado
Moffat Tunnel
Continental Divide
Norton Montgomery
Moffat Tunnel Commission
Matgmary
United States
Boulder Creek
Froster
Middle Park
Salt Lake City
Uintah Basin Farmers Boost Sheep and Farm Revenues
Two hundred farmers in the Uintah Basin raise twenty thousand on farm sheep yielding about two hundred thousand pounds of wool. turkey output, dairy gains, alfalfa seed prospects, and honey are also noted as improving incomes with cooperation and busy farming likely to bring wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Untah
Uintah Basin
Jury List for June Term Includes Noted Residents
The June term jurors list names Abraham Sorenson Myron P H Miler Roosevelt Tom Firth Duchesne Alma A Burgener Midview J Austin Pack Roosevelt George Potts Lake Fork Martin Allred Altonah T M Giles Hanna George Hoffeltz Duchesne Claude H Allred Bluebell H Mahaffey Mt Ymmoens John Hart Duchesne Glen Lambert Roosevelt G F Frederick Roosevelt Alva Mitchell Apaico Albert E Edwards Myron Joseph Draper Talmage A Foster Rhoades Hanna William Gentry John T White Tablena Alonzo Caldwell Altonah Andrew Johnson Boneta Lewis Alfred Neola W Killian Roospyatt John Tvelt Fruitland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Sorenson
Myron
P. H. Miler
Roosevelt
Tom Firth
Duchesne
Alma A. Burgener
Midview
J. Austin Pack
George Potts
Lake Fork
Martin Allred
Altonah
T. M. Giles
Hanna
George Hoffeltz
Claude H. Allred
Bluebell
3. H. Mahaffey
Mt. Ymmoens
John Hart
Glen Lambert
G. F. Frederick
Nine Mile Sornery Rivals Bryce Canyon Wonders
Preston Nutter of Salt Lake visits Nine Mile to discuss western land wealth and summer plans. He praises local scenery near Myton with cliffs buttes peaks and deep canyons colored like a rainbow. He recalls riding Green River bed for seventy five miles with limited exit options in the gorge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Nutter
Salt Lake
Nine Mile
Myton
Bryce Canyon
Pinacls Canyon
Well Attended Duchesne Farm Bureau Meeting
Duchesne county farm bureau meeting held in Upalco last Monday with most members present. Topics: maintaining county roads, purchasing farm supplies and selling farm products, and cooperation in destroying pests including the beet leafhoppers alfalfa weevil and grasshopper. J A Cederquist chairs the pest committee. call him for poison at cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchesne County Farm Bureau
Upalco
J. A. Cederquist
Leaves With Engineers on Annual Survey Expedition
Paul Peterson of Grand county travels with the surveyors' crew of the General Land Office under chief engineer Andrew Nelson. Most operations of the crew will be conducted in Ufmiad county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Peterson
Grand County
General Land Office
Andrew Nelson
Cld
Sea
Ufmiad County
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. Ira M. Hawley
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Fort Duchesne-Vernal Highway
Dughesne
Peppard Company
Brent
Grasshopper County
Saint John
Kigher
First National Bank
Penn
Jas
H. Moore
Tabla Yi
Farm Bureau
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!