Uintah Basin Fair Pronounced Success
The Uintah Basin Fair featured a rodeo headlined by Bonnie Gray with King Tut the $15,000 wiping horse, plus Hol Wright and a 2 percent vent mule and Sam Garrett, a six time champion roper from Cheyenne Frontier Days. Horse racing paid well, farms yielded abundant crops, wards vied for prizes, and showcases included Jersey cattle, Hereford and Shorthorn stock, a draft horse show, pigs poultry rabbits and pigeons, with Maeser ward winning best artistic booth and Uintah Stake Primary taking best Industrial exhibit. The event, in Ashley Valley, promised to be a standout in Uintah County’s 1900 fair season.
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Bonnie Gray
King Tut
Hol Wright
Sam Garrett
Cheyenne Frontier Days
West
Uintah
Uintah County
Wisconsin Leads Dairy Herd Improvement Effort In Milk Pals Data
Wisconsin ranks first in dairy herd improvement associations with 164 of 1,100 nationwide. The programs provide producers with profitability data, enabling culling of low producers and shifting heifer replacement to top cows, reflected by rising average yields from 247 pounds in 1920 to 278 in 1924 and yearly figures around 284, 280, 220, and AK pounds for tested cows.
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Wisconsin
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Lst
Not Right to Home People
A reader urges support for local merchants in Duchesne to keep money circulating, noting how nationwide mail orders lure customers away. The letter argues home businesses improve streets, sidewalks, and neighborhoods and warns that while small savings exist, the long term harms local economy and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smin
Monty
Gypsy Smith Evangelist Recall and Early Life Anecdotes
A garbled account recalls Gypsy Smith the evangelist, noting unusual childhood misstatements and a focus on austere early life. The narrative claims he preached sermons to his father and sister in a humble home, with references to his youth and a dedicated audience.
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Gypsy Smith
Gypsy
Notice To Those Having Water Rights
Federal Writer Commissioner H W Sheeley warns reservoir owners on about twenty four mountain lkes to report gate closure details and water depth, urges well built gates with locking devices, requires gate screws, and calls for contour surveys and capacity data to ensure efficient operation and comply with statutory requirements.
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H.W. Sheeley
Gaver
Bald Gage
Basin air service contest heats Uintah Basin region
Airlines contend for Basin business as Talon Pacific and C I Poxtir representing his company plan a regular Uintah Basin schedule from the south. Foster of the Alpine service of Price and Duchesne area men meet the pilots to discuss cooperation with U P T and T I. Seagull airline of Salt Lake also fields a strong challenge as rival.
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Talon Preifie
Foster
The
Fermountain Alp
Price
Duchesne
Talon Pacific
C.I. Poxtir
Uintah
U.P. Tt. I
Seagull
Salt Lake
Meat Aged In Cooler Grows More Tender
The Department of Scientific Research reports that beef aged seven days at 41 degrees Fahrenheit increases tenderness by 1 percent while aging for seventeen days reduces toughness by 31 percent. Hanging meat improves tenderness and juiciness without altering flavor, based on tests with whole quarters from prime steers and cows.
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Department of Scientific Research
Open to Inducements Marher If you please keep quiet
The fragment hints at a dialogue with hints of inducements and a request for silence. Names, places, or clear events do not clearly emerge from the readable text. The content remains ambiguous and unreadable for a precise summary.
Wary Nurte There’s Your Brand New Baby Brother
Witty fisherman Wittery greets a newborn with cautious humor as family gathers. The scene centers on a playful exchange about welcoming a baby and sharing curious questions about the newborn’s first days.
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Wittery Fisherman
Sini
Turkey Raising Methods Letter to Mr Funk
Letter from Mrs Pace details a turkey raising plan with emphasis on breeding stock care feeding and confinement pens. It notes use of lime mash and loppers, sunlit greens, and careful handling of poults, with plans to experiment with artificial hatching next year for a breeding flock of 321 birds.
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Mr. Funk
Turkey
Tony
Ira
Dentist Outdo wn Obie vil well depth drill myth
Detroit News reports a misread dental tale claiming a drill bored into a tooth to a depth of four inches beyond a mite, a sensational exaggeration that highlights how dental records and feats can be distorted in early 20th century press.
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Detroit News
Generations Grandfather and kin recall president tomes
The passage lists a lineage of knowledge from grandfather who knew presidents, father who knew rites, son who could identify Ena on sight, and Arundaon who can name radio announcers from their era as reported by the Mirnuapolis Journal.
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Ena
Arundaon
Mirnuapolis
To Our Readers On Subscription Price And Cooperation
The Desnesne Courier announces a yearly subscription of 1.5 dollars in advance and calls for reader support to improve county and adjacent news coverage. It admits funding limits and asks cooperation to gather better reports while avoiding excessive advertising and campaign material.
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Canh
Advange
Laws
Newspaper Begging Campaigns
Ed Trowe argues in a satirical essay that begging campaigns in newspapers are dangerous. He claims editors push campaigns to extract funds for hidden motives, pressing readers and eroding trust, and questions when editors will prioritize reader respect over professional gain.
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Ed Trowe
Potato Hilt Farm
Veaders
Tree Owns Itself Deed Noted by Georgia Judge
A historic deed recorded sixty years ago by Judge W U Jackson, former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, states that W H Jackson conveys to the oak tree itself all ownership of the tree and of all funds within eight feet of it, to preserve its protection in a self owned possession.
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Jackson
W. U. Jackson
Justee
Georgia Supreme Court
W. H. Jackson
Uhirke
W H. Dackson
Gold Reserves Estimated at Two Trillion in US Soil
G F Loughrie of the United States Geological Survey says the United States holds gold reserves beneath the soil exceeding 2 trillion dollars. He estimates about 800,100,000 could be produced in the country within the next twenty years.
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G. F. Loughrie
United States
Geological Atto Vey
Hoe
Duchesne Active In Residential Building
Duchesne shows noticeable residential building activity with new homes planned around Block 53 and in the J. W. Clement area. Local development, including a two story brick building and new homes for Ashtons and the Satosions, signals gradual growth as town officials note past year gains and anticipate more construction next year.
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Bart Jensen
Jute Lown
Andy Clemens
Lloyd Simpson
J. W. Clement
Mra
Lowe Ashton
Carl Santosion
Ashton
Jim Thatch
Duchesne
District Court Term Closes and Legal Proceedings
The September term of district court closed on September 28 with Judge Geo W Worthen and stenographer Adelbert Bigler departing for Provo. Proceedings included an extension for The Met Creek Irrigation Company to advance water projects and a divorce decree awarded to Mrs Trestle Young from Jos W Young with child support and custody provisions. G C Koll received a judgment against A 9 Maison for 8500 plus 6142 interest and 50 attorney fees, with HR G Porter representing the plaintiff.
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Geo. W. Worthen Brouht
District Court
Adelbert Bigler
Provo
Hatelet
Chris
Met Creek Irrigation Company
Porter
Trestle Young
Jos
Young
G. C. Koll
Maison
HR. G. Porter
Dairy Cows Need Supplementary Feed
A Maryland dairy research report from the Bellaville experiment farm shows dairy cows require supplementary feeding when pasture is short. A half-acre of quaiture sores yielded 420 pounds in May during favorable growth, but only 11 pounds in August during a drought, indicating cows must receive feed to maintain production in poor pastures.
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Bureau of Unley Industry
Caled Stites Department of Agriculture
Bellaville
Bootleggers Have Hearing Before U S Commissioner
The state of Utah v John C Watters Mike O Connor Williams and R Arnold seen at Myton on September 27 before CLS Commissioner Tuttle. Waters bound over to the Federal Court and others held to answer in Duchesne county local courts. On September 30 O Connor Williams and Arnold appeared before Justice Rasmitsen. case continued to October 28 on motion by the prosecuting attorney.
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State of
Utah
John C. Watters
Mike O'Connor
Wilhiam
R. Arnold
Waters Ranch
Tuttle
Myton
B. H. Burgess
Ed Morrissey
Salt Lake
Waters
Duchesne County
O'Conner
Williams
Arnold
Justice of the Peace
T. W. Rasmtsen
Indian Canyon Bridge Road Progressing
A bridge at Indian Canyon near Toor of the Indian canyon dagway and Strawberry river is advancing with piling and a derrick on site. Steel will arrive soon and road work toward Miln Street nears completion as the river is redirected through a new channel while the old one is abandoned.
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Indian Canyon
Strawberry River
Ruuning
Miln Street
Farm Bureau Meeting Held In Altonah
The Altonah Farm Bureau held a meeting on Monday to discuss interest in growth and improving seed stock. They plan to market turkeys as part of fostering farm information and community support, with officers listed including Wm A Maxfield as president and Geo Lehmin as vice president.
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Altonah
O Caring House of Farm Inforguition
Aspiraton
Wm. A. Maxfield
Geo Lehmin
Ewe A. Fowler
James B. Murray
James Clemendis
Heber Carroll
Shiner
McGurey
Shwetores
W. Snyder
Dan Allred
A OC. Teay
George Reay
Leo Johanson
Theris Surgettis
Lott Powell
Tex Tochell
Ken Davis
F. Foote
Win
Stowers
Geo
T. Holt
Abert Clark
A. Maxfield
Weather Summary of September in Winslow Cooperative Observer
The report lists total September precipitation for Los Angeles, noting two-year consistency. Temperature ranged with a high near 80 degrees on the tenth and a low around 20 degrees on the second, with no appreciable damage reported during the visit.
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Winslow
Cooperative Oberver TS
Weather Biuret
Tempramire
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Eens Securia Esi
Tree
LaVoyle Wiltins
Rose Mittie Edwards
Eline Johnson
Moffins
Plaza
Afury
Jess Prezell
Mein Rasmusten
Oral Markiy
Fancy
Modi Rastanssen
Oral Mackay
Medamaswussen
Crystal Hancock
Ora) Mackay
Hepe Marie Edwards
Vern Usnsen
Beth Frederickson
Lavoyle Willing
Roosevelt
Myton, Guild
Fertiiale
Frederickson
Harold Eldredge
Mabel Sease
Vera Hansen
Sterling Transportation Company
U. S
Indian Canyon Bridge Road
Farm Bureau
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