Government spies face trials in Duchesne county cases
The Duchesne county court heard multiple cases about liquor sales to government spies and bootleggers. Agnes Brooks was charged for selling liquor. verdicts included guilty and not guilty findings, with fines up to 150 dollars. Other defendants faced mixed outcomes as prosecutors sought measured justice.
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H. Burgess
Forney
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W. Monpeth
Nee Ee Ee Teig
Agnes Brookaidig
Duchesne WA
Ceansel
Agnes Brooks
Jtryalsei
Thare
Suny
Joe
Apk
District Court
Paul Wilkins
Roosevelt
Aft
Joe Defa
Rena. Duncan
Joe Duncan
Burgess
O'Donnell
Opinion on Auto Licenses for Uintah County Private Toll Route
Utah opinion holds Gilsonite company must pay motor vehicle licenses for its trucks used on a private toll road in Uintah County. Attorney General states license is required before operating a motor vehicle, even on private roads or for company property. Secretary of State confirms position awaiting further rulings.
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Gilsonite Tcompany’ Houl
Uintah County
Attorney ‘Generalif
Hl. E. Crockett
Broken Packer Delays Vernal Well Drilling
A Vernal well of the Ah Of and Refining company delays drilling due to a broken packer. Crews have set 82 joints of 18 inch casing and await a new packer, expected this week, to control 1000 cubic feet of gas per day. Depth reached is 1485 feet.
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Ah of and Refining Company
Kot
Water Right Application Filed for Sandwash Irrigation
Snyder of Altonah filed a water application with the new Cusineer last Saturday requesting a title to one seventh second feet of water from Sandwash to irrigate eighty acres, plus four-sevenths of a second foot from an unnamed spring for forty acres adjoining eighty. The action seeks rights to irrigate multiple parcels near the Sandwash area.
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Wit.l. Snyder
Altonah
Cusineer
Elehty
Records fall at Moffat tunnel face in one day
The East portal work on the Moffat tunnel shattered all rock tunneling records as 65 feet of progress in a day split between 32 feet of water tunnel and 33 feet of railroad tunnel. Hard brittle rock yielded to each blast, while softer rock slowed work at the west portal.
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Moffat
nFagrdis
Waterr
Extension Granted in Utah Rail Right of Way Case
The government grants a delay until January 1, 1926 for the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad to show progress or prove construction on the Uintah basin right of way. Financing issues and anticipated ore deposits justify the extension, with construction likely starting in 1926 after final surveys.
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Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Uintah Basin
Elli. Taylor
Register of the
Salt Lake City
Soldiers Summit
Vernal Alto
San
Land Commissioners
Uintah’ Basin
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Compussion
Bees Inspected For Grazing Movement In Utah
At a state agricultural meeting in Salt Lake City, officials discussed inspecting bees imported for grazing to prevent the introduction of diseases. Inspectors may examine each bee to ensure safety before summer.
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Ting
Salt Lake
Hiliman
Mee Board of Agricultur
Dan
Engineer Joseph Young sees bids for Myton Antelope road
Joseph Young of the Public Roads Bureau visited Duchesne last week en route to Vernal to inspect roads recently built. He says bids will be invited in about 30 days for the Myton to Antelope section of the federal aid road.
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Joseph ST. Young
Bureau of Public Roads
Duchesne
Vernal
Youngs Gays
myton-Antelope
Brigham Young and the Mormon Church Crisis
A historical passage recounts Brigham Young speaking to Nauvoo followers after Joseph Smith’s death, the succession dispute, Rigdon’s excommunication, and Young securing authority as church leader. It notes Rigdon’s Pittsburgh exile, the 1844 schism, and later leadership by Joseph Smith’s son in 1860.
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Mistsempi River
Sidney Rigdon
Brigham Young
Queaker
Rigdon
Nauvoo
Joseph
Elijah
Esha
Wilford Woodruff
Joseph Smith
Eliza Snow
Hell
Church
Twelve
Pittsburgh
Promised Land
God
Young
Young Joseph Smith
Emma
Leaky Headgates Threaten Water Waste This Summer
An article from the Uintah Irrigation Project discusses leaks at headgates and turnout boxes in the basin. It explains the rotation system for water distribution and warns that careless leaks could waste significant amounts of water across over 1200 turnout boxes and thousands of gates, raising costs for farmers.
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Ivsfeld
Uintah
Craig Club to Protest Dotsero Cut Rail Line
At a special meeting the Craig commercial club named Hunter Y. Scott to represent northwestern Colorado before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The group argues for action as plans for the Dotsero cut off threaten the Craig Provo route and oppose the Denver Rio Grande Western attempt to block the Bamberger line.
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Craig Commercial Club
Washington
Northwestern
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hunter Y. Scott
Craig
Diplomatic Service
Denver
Ouray’s Bones to Be Buried at Ignacio Agency
The disinterred remains of Chief Ouray will be reburied in the Ignacio Colorado Indian cemetery on May 24 after approval by local Indians and merchants. Four Indians including Buckskin Charley and McCook have sworn statements settling the burial site disputes. The Bayfield Blade argues against moving the remains to Montrose for tourist appeal.
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Indian Agency
Ignacio
Colorado
Chief Ouray
Rocky Canyon
Agency
Ouray
Buckskin Charley
Montrose
Indian Service
San Juan Basin
Neola Women Accused of Mail Fraud in Salt Lake
Mrs. Nora Olson and Mrs. Ezra Bowen of Neola faced Judge Tol man D Johnson in Salt Lake City charged with using the mails to defraud. Indicted earlier they allegedly bought feminine finery from mail order houses with bad checks during September and forged a payment check. Trial set for May.
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Nora Olson
Ezra Bowen
Neola
Tolman D. Johnson
Salt Lake
United States
Marshal Smith
Utah Road Program Expands Basin Construction Plans
The Utah state road commission outlines an $8.5 million federal highway plan for three years with $2.54 million allocated for current and upcoming projects. The Uintah basin road is slated for $628,000, while the Myton Antelope section and the Myton Roosevelt road receive further funds. Federal fiscal year figures show $847,741.90 available in 1925 for 74 percent of costs, with July 1 next year promising $846,467 for new works including the Ante Jepe to Duphesne segment.
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State Road Commission
Uintah Basin
Myton- Antelope
Duchesne County Ed Board Plans Eight Month School Term
At a May meeting the Duchesne county board of education announced plans for an eight month 1925-26 school term with income rising but costs trimmed. The payroll averaged 10 750 dollars monthly with 85 teachers across 28 schools including 15 high school instructors. The board set elementary women teachers’ pay at 125 dollars monthly and planned schedule changes for 1926-27 once contracts for eight months are issued, limiting pay to 126 dollars monthly unless a school is a via a school principal bonus situation. Per capita education cost in 1922-23 was 35.94 dollars.
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Duchesne County Board of Education
Ilitie
Duchesne County
Fie
Jane Room
Duchesne
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