Price objected to Means road plan for Uintah basin route
The News Advocate reports Price officials and residents doubt the Avintaquin route along Soldier Summit can be all year feasible. Insinuations claim Howard Means benefits personally from basin access, while critics question cost and need after three existing routes. Price Rotary protests any new road until existing routes are maintained and taxes reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Soldier Summit
Uintah Basin
Avintaquin Canyon
Price
Howard Means
Weber-Fruitland
Price-Duchesne
Price-Myton
Summit
Means
State Commission
Haber- Fruitland
Secretary of Agriculture
Carbon
Wasateh
Tonghher
Salt Lake Tribune
Avintaquin
C. Knowlton
F. C. Cross
Prica
Carbon County
Price Rotary
Castlegate-Duchesne
Toute
Price Rotary Club
Contract Awards Heat Fort Duchesne Vernal Road
The state awarded A G Young & Co of Richfield the contract to grade and gravel a five mile Twist Canyon to Vernal section of the Fort Duchesne Vernal road. Caldwell Batty and associates of Vernal secured the bridge construction contracts on the same route. Total prices matched engineer estimates closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Young & Co
Richfield
Jow
Five Mile
Vernal
Twist Canyon
Fort Duchesne-Vernal
Caldwell & Batty and Associates
Brackenberry Still: Constable Seizes Still at Home
Constable Edgar Robines of Alto Noah obtained a search warrant at J. W. Brackenberry near Mt. Emmons. No overcoat was found but a still was located in the granary. Case to be turned over to federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Robines
Alto Noah
J. W. Brackenberry
Mt. Emmons
District Court Opens Monday in Duchesne Bench by Judge Hanson
District court convenes Monday in Duchesne with Judge Elias Hanson on the bench. A docket lists Utah cases including burglary third degree for Maron Chatwin Andrew Defa and William Chatwin Horace Chatwin, plus George Smith charged with incest. Jurors named include Thomas Todd Edward Hunt Joseph Anderson and others from Cedarview Neola Arcadia Duchesne Myton Antelope and nearby towns.
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District Court
Ned
Duchesne
Elias Hanson
State of Utah
Maron Chatwin
Andrew Defa
Wiliam Chatwin
Horace Chatwin
George Smith
Thomas R. Todd
Cedarview
Edward H. Hunt
Joseph Anderson
Bluebell
William 2B
Pace
Neola
O. J. Anderson
Mt. Home
Harold Garter
Midview
Brigham Thompson
John F. Burgner
Myton
Edward Solomonson
Arcadia
Destroying Fossil Beds At Jensen Quarry Prompt Action
Souvenir hunters are removing fossils left exposed at the Jensen Dinosaur quarry and risk erasing the site. Professor Earl Douglass, long in charge, relinquished the quarry last January and may not be present. The Interior secretary should appoint an immediate caretaker to protect remaining fossils.
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Jensen
Earl Douglass
Secretary of the Interior
Board Approves Grade Transport To Roosevelt And Myton
Board of Education votes to transport tenth and eleventh graders from Neola and Cedarview to Roosevelt at 2365 dollars monthly funded by both communities. Tenth grade to be established in Myton with supervision by the county superintendent. Teachers assigned include Fred Wahlquist to fifth and sixth in Myton, Arthur Goodrich to Midview, Mrs. R. J. Enochs first grade in Myton, and Mrs. I. M. Shelton at Tabiona with school starting September 17.
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Board of Education
Neola
Cedarview
Roosevelt
Myton
Fred Wahlquist
Midview
Arthur Goodrich
R. J. Enochs
I. M. Shelton
Tabjona
Pony Express Runners Race Through Utah in Fifteen Hours
Pony express riders sped 226 miles from the Utah Colorado line to Salt Lake City at about fifteen miles per hour. The Utah line rider reached Salt Lake at 3 30 last Tuesday afternoon, while the Utah rider departed at midnight. Myrtle Gardner, 17, rode into Salt Lake to a great ovation. A gold medal will be awarded to the fastest Utah rider. the winner's name is not yet announced. A contractor Ed Gardner stood to earn about $900 at $4 per mile, covering expenses. Reports of Indian ambushes near Myton were likely exaggerated, riders passed Myton ahead of schedule, and a posse was formed to defend the riders.
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Pony Express
Utah-Colorado Line
Salt Lake
Colorado
State Line
Utah
Uintah Basin
Vernal
Roosevelt
Myton
Duchesne
Leslie Gardner
Ik.ranch
Jensen
Mel Pierson
Nick Killian
Sandridge
Mel Tpyerson
Denzel Gardner
Wedie's
Ralph Murdock
Ray Elmer
Parley’s Canyon
Myrtle Gardner
Ed. Gardner
Ed. Gardier
Mark Twain
United States
Aquilla Neboker
Burlington and Colorado Southern railroads plan Denver expansion
Claude B. Burnham predicts new Burlington shops near Utah Junction will hoist payroll to 700 800 workers at opening around Nov 1 with eventual 1200 1500 employees next spring. The facilities cost about 2 million dollars and use Denver labor and Colorado materials. The system aims to expand in Denver and notes large coal movements via the Moffat road and plans for the Moffat tunnel. Colorado agriculture expected to prosper with increased rail support.
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Denver
Burlington and Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Utah Junction
Claude B. Burnham
Burlington and Colorado & Southern Railroads
Burniam
Colorado
Colorado & Southern Systems
Northern Pacific
Colorado and Southern
McCook
Neb
Burnham
Nebraska
Bulington
Southern
Moffat Road
Kansas
Moffat Tunnel
Pacific Coast
Community letter on Duchesne game law enforcement and fish work
A Duchesne County game warden writes to defend enforcement efforts, noting more than a dozen 1923 arrests for trapping beaver and hunting violations, increased license sales, and substantial fish and hatchery work. He urges local sportsmen to help with evidence and highlights recent deer and sagegrouse population gains.
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Altonah
Utah
Duchesne Courier
Duchesne
The
Courier
Myton
Duchesne County
Game Department
Siddoway
Uintah
Daggett
Foerest Rangers
Vernal Gun Club
Sheriff Raid on Watters Former Socialist Candidate
Sheriff Arzy Mitchell searched the Ighu Watters residence in Duchesne last week and discovered 90 quarts of beer. The case will be referred to federal authorities as Watters previously ran for Congress on the Socialist ticket in 1920.
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Arzy Mitchell
Watters
Duchesne
Congress
Explorer Professor Discovers Bird Fossils Near Powder Springs
Professor Earl Douglas, after thirty years in the West, finds nearly complete bird fossils near Powder Springs. He notes the creatures were long legged waders and believes enough bones exist to help reconstruct the bird and its lifestyle.
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Aller
West
Earl Douglas
Powder Springs
Douglass
American Legion Auto Prize Winners Named at Tabiona
The American Legion event awarded a car to John Barberi of Tabiona on November 31 in 3B, a phonograph to F. M. Taylor of Duchesne at 2767 3B, and a Navajo rug to John E. Abbott of Roosevelt 4130 3B. About six hundred chances were sold for the drawing.
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American Legion Auto
Phonograph
Tabiona, Roosevelt and Duchesne
John Barberi
F. M. Taylor
John E. Abbott
Catastrophic Japan Quake Wipes Out Cities and Homes
A massive earthquake in Japan leaves Tokyo and Yokohama destroyed, millions homeless, with estimates of 500 000 casualties. The president urges U.S. aid to the Red Cross as relief efforts begin.
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Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Red Cross
Deputy Game Warden Seeks Aid from Sportsmen
In a concluding appeal Dr. J Thompson Deputy Game Warden asks for help and cooperation from good sportsmen. He invites criticism and advice from any person to improve fishing and hunting efforts.
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J. Thompson
Six Hundred Citizens Revive The American Party in Salt Lake
The American party is revived in Salt Lake City after a mass meeting at the Orpheum Theater with about 600 attendees. Speakers attack Mormon church leaders for influencing politics, pledge to fight church interference, and endorse Joseph B. Gallagher for mayor and Lawrence II Williams for city commissioner as the party moves to organize and campaign.
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Salt Lake
Ierbert R. Macmillan
H. C. Allen
Utah
United States
Orpheum Theater
Joseph BE. Gallgher
George
Ni Lawrence
Partay II
Williams
Allen
Becaues
Europe
Teople
United States of America
Party of Freedom
Tammany Hall
Tammany Ward
Macmillan
Macillan
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H. C. Means
Brackenberry
Burlington Road
Moffat
Shelife
American Legion Auto John Barrel OF
Tabiona
Salt Lake City
Francis M. Lyman
Heber City
Apostle Lyman
Mormon Church
Harry & Joseph
Harry &. Joseph
Joseph
Harry B. Joseph
Macmilan
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