Lee's Ferry Bridge Opens To Auto Traffic
The Lee's Ferry highway bridge across the Kiabab plateau of the Colorado River is now in use by freight trucks and passenger cars. Officials note good highway approaches and expect early improvements on the Kanab to bridge road. A formal June opening with tribal leaders cowboys traders and pioneers is planned for a three day festival celebrating a major western highway milestone.
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Lee’s Ferry
Marble Canyon
Colorado River
W. T. Rust
Rust
W. T. Ranch
Kinbab Forest
F. D. B. Gay
Utah
Rust and Gay
Arizona
Arizona Highway Commission
Kanab
Gay
Kiabab Plateau
Flagstaff
Pheenix
Glendale
Panguitch
Marysvale
United States
Ephraim Educator William Barton Addresses PTA Meeting
Ephraim educator and principal speaker William Barton addressed the regular PTA meeting at the Ephraim high school Monday evening. He outlined aims for higher education including health, wider thought, citizenship, home membership, and vocational efficiency. The program included student and faculty performances from Snow College.
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William Barton
Ephraim
Parent-Teacher Association
Barton
America
Chas. E. Embley
Mr Barton
Melvin Beckstrand
New Jersey Chain Stores Buy J B Byars And McCracken Firms
J C Penney announces the acquisition of the J B Byars company with 101 department stores and the J N McCracken company operating 16 stores, boosting Penney totals to 1212. The merger adds 117 Golden Rule stores across numerous states and predicts 1929 sales over 10 million. Apostle Orson F Whitney to keynote Latter Day Saints conference in Gunnison Valley with other church leaders present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.H. Jones
J. C. Penney Company
J. B. Byars Company
W.J. Lindsay Company
Byars Company
J. N. McCracken Company
California
Colorado
Towa
Shore
Kansas
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Denver
Colo
St. Louis
Norh Dakota
Livingston
Mont
Orson F. Whitney
Quorum of the Twelve
Latter Day Saints
Gunnison Valley
Apostle Whitney
General Board of the
Relief Society Organization of the Mormon Church
Income Tax Regulations No 74 Issued By U S Government
United States Internal Revenue Regulations No 74 relating to income tax matters under the 1928 Revenue Act are now available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office Washington DC. A 403 page volume with four divisions and a 60 page appendix sells for fifty cents per copy. Not for gratuitous distribution.
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United States Internal Revenue
Superintendent of Documents
U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Tardy Autoists Are Subject to Arrest
Warning issued that 1929 auto licenses must be secured by March 1. Delinquents driving with 1928 licenses face penalties and possible arrest. Beginning Saturday, 1928 plates become invalid and unlicensed vehicles may be stopped by authorities.
Resolutions for 1929 Beet Growers Facing Farming Problems
Beet growers confront another year of farming challenges and must plan, learn from last season, and close every loophole to avoid losses. The guidance urges drafting a preseason plan, checking tools, disk and plow deeply, applying fertilizer early, and ensuring precise beet seed planting. It stresses timely cultivation after rains, pest and wind hazard management, vigilant crop care, and fair labor support for steady pay and success.
Seminary Pageant Extraordinary Event Planned by Gunnison Stake
The Gunnison Stake Seminary presents an evening pageant at the high school Friday at 8 o clock. Due to a member’s call to Salt Lake the Salina Lions Quartet misses the event but Maynard Wright contributes a vocal solo. Mrs. June Metcalf and Harold Bradley join the program with multiple vocal duets and solos plus a series of religious topics and a violin accompaniment.
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Gunnison
FE. L. Swalberg
de Buves Cee Wn
R. Riggs
Harold Bradley
Spirit of Religion
Faye Beck
Mandalay
Maynard Wright
Virga Bartholomew
Elva Olsen
Hope Beyond
Jas. C. Jensen
E. L. Swalberg
China
Idonna Madsen
Rosa Peterson
LaRue Pickett Vocel
Israel
Ots Deii
Ellis Johnson
Agnes Palmer
Joyce Pierce
June Metcalf
Persia
Erma Squires
Arabia
Aleda Christiansen
Rose Westland
Mia Johnson
Leslie Kidman
Main Street Flood Prompts Citizen Calls for Ditch Repairs
After a spring thaw, Main Street in Gunnison becomes a river of mud and water. Citizens blame past storm ditch neglect for repeated floods, urging city leaders to fund flood ditch maintenance and keep drainage channels clear to protect businesses and the cemetery.
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Main Street
Gunnison
Tenoenh
County Wool Pool Formed by Home Producers in Sanpete
Thirty five home wool producers from eight communities gathered in Ephraim to organize a county wool pool and federation of local pools. County Agent C C Stott noted operable pools in Fairview Mt Pleasant Spring City Wales Chester Moroni Manti Mayfield Axtell Centerfield Clarion and Fayette representing 25 30 thousand fleeces. A three member committee Wills Dyreng Larsen was named to draft Articles of Agreement and will meet Monday at 1 00 p m at Manli County Agent Stott's office.
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Ephraim
A. F. Reynolds
Sanpete County Forem Bureau
B. A. Madsen
Fath- Vvinn
J. L. Nielsen
Fountain
S. D. Wills
Fairview
Grant Dyreng
Posts
John Larsen
Mayfield
E. A.madsen
Stott
Manli
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Lee’s Ferry Bridge
James.Bown
North
Logan
Herbert Choover
Charles Curtis
Great Chain Store
Whitney
Income Tax
Kuns
Niel Sorenson
Salt Lake City
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