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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
3
Local brief notes that SI Bennion departed for Salt Lake City on Tuesday morning, detailing travel plans and any immediate purpose or itinerary only if stated.
Leroy Colton and Ed Samuels left Vernal for their sheep camp on the Rock Cliffs south of White River. They expect to be gone about ten days with no marriages or city justice activity noted.
Ben Kelly rode the outgoing stage yesterday and heads to Denver to be with his mother who is in critical condition receiving medical treatment there.
John Karren returns from Glenwood Springs while Mrs Karren and her daughter stay there for severe rheumatism. The daughter plans to continue hot bath therapy to seek relief.
A strange man was seen in the Alma residence Tuesday causing fear to Alma Hasmuussen. He entered while the family was away and did not ransack the home before leaving as the family slept. No money or valuables were stolen.
Tuesday morning Frank Decker departed Vernal by stage toward Dragon Daniel Flynn who arrived from Roosevelt this week.
Last Sunday morning a new merchant took up residence at the home of Mr and Mrs EF Jd Winder.
Sanford Green was thrown from a horse last week and injured. He was brought to town a week ago yesterday by his wife and operated on by Dr. French.
E. W. Davis & Company has filed suit to recover a number of overdue accounts. The piece notes that prolonged delinquency leads to costly collection processes, and outputs indicate defendants often pay substantial extra costs.
A social ball Wednesday hosted by the Double Quartette club. The hall was made comfortable by young ladies and punch served by Misses Helen DeMoisy and Veruce Burton. Members listed include Misses Ashton, Jorgen gin, Newcomb, Preece, DeNlotsy, Hul linger, Colthack and Davis.
A collage of local ads and announcements lists livestock for sale at Urn Uintah area offices, skirts and wardrobe items at Ashley Co op, farm leasing inquiries near Roosevelt, books and souvenirs at Vernal Book Store, band music on Columbia records, harness oil and hats at local merchants, rental housing, magazines and novels, and ice delivery schedules. Also notes Bowlea Saw Mill claims, and a stray Cotswold bucks inquiry.
House for rent listed. N J Meagher and Ashley Co op promote discounts on skirts and waists. Dr Keyser offers a painless teeth extraction method. Dan Lamont the Glines horse stallion to season at Merkley homestead for $8. Book Store ad encourages paying only for magazines received.
Prompt service courteous treatment and the best goods in town are guaranteed at Burton and Samuels and all three are worth considering by intending purchasers.
Mrs J B Philpps of Burton and Samuels firm has already turned out the nobbiest millinery in town and will continue doing so throughout the entire season.
Readable note indicates Ashley Co-ops offering Duster Brown summer suits for boys in stock. scarce details. no prices or dates provided.
A delivery brings a bulk assortment of Columbia graphophanness records and record cases along with a wide range of grapho phone items for both disc and cylinder formats.
Goto Geo Bingham in Maeser to view Russian Mulberry trees described as beauties and available for purchase.
In the store millinery department Burton and Samuels showcases 13 new styles for this year with no leftover stock from last year. Jengen's claims to offer none better.
The Ashley Co op introduces a fine line of hats for men and boys with popular styles on display.
Auction notice lists SALe Seed oats and potatoes and 60 colonies of bees. Items include 12-4tp GEO. FREESTONE. Sale details akin to a farm goods liquidation with quantities and buyer opportunities.
The report notes construction on the Whiterocks canal will start in May. A girl who was a guide was born Sunday while visiting Mr and Mrs Haier Kiexson. A L Hust returned to his homestead near Independence last Tuesday. Dr Keyser is now comfortably located in his dental parlors over the Vernal Book Store.
Mr. George Hemphill has returned from Grand Junction and will proceed to his homestead near Theodore. The note places Hemphill's movement from the Colorado town toward a rural residence.
Miss June Pack arrived home Tuesday evening after spending two months in Salt Lake City as a clerk in the legislature.
Winter rabbits ravaged a nursery of 1,800 trees owned by 5. K. Dillman and Joab Collier on the Collier homestead in Naples. The loss prompts investigation and possible remedies.
Road Supervisor C. B. Atwood oversees six Ashley deck bridges and has been preparing for floods by raising certain spans and reinforcing others to withstand rising water.
Fred Wood comes home to Vernal from Goldfield after an absence since last October. He reached home Tuesday night and reports the miners strike has caused all work to come to a standstill since.
Mrs Nellie Hanson and her daughter Jennie and Miss Mae Beers depart for Provo on Wednesday. Miss Beers plans to return home while Mrs Hanson visits her son Will at school in Provo and visits other relatives.
E W. Davis & Company secured the furniture contract for the new Tabernacle with a bid substantially lower than the next lowest offer from a top US manufacturer, underscoring the firm’s strong local connections.
Last Sunday morning Rodney B. Remington left for Salt Lake City with William Merril Albert G. Goodrich and family. The group travels for a mission to the Eastern states and to attend Conference at Salt Lake City.
Senator Smoot replies to Collett promising to take up the issue with Secretary Taft and to do all he can to prevent the abandonment of the fort.
A Maeser report last week said the Jim Jones residence fire has an unknown origin and that neighboring fields showed no fires that day, asserting no careless neighbor cause. No adjoining-property fires were found, and the source dispute centers on what sparked the blaze at Jones home.
Virden Thompson left Vernal on Wednesday morning to visit his parents in his former home in Indian Territory. He has not been home for several years and plans to return soon for his wife to move back in with his parents.
The Acorn Mercantile Company and Rebeau Calder swap 44 feet frontages, exchanging the east side of their present building for the adjoining west plot including the corner. Plans call for immediate construction of a new two story building on the acquired site.
Word from Brown's Park states Chase Crouse sold his ranch and all holdings to Mr. Kendall the Rock Springs banker. Kendall gains title to nearly the entire Brown's Park area including several thousand acres with only a few small ranches remaining. Crouse's destination and plans were not announced.
Ecclesiastical meetings reduce sessions to one starting at 10 am. J R Robinson leads reading classes on The Mountain and the Squirrel and The Norsemen. Prof Phelps provides musical entertainment. Attendance urged as this likely closes the year.
The family of Wm. Preece will relocate to Whiterocks during Mr Freece's government canal project. His present camp at the mouth of Whiterocks canyon will yield a canal to irrigate allotments west of the creek and north of the town. A second canal on the east side will reclaim Indian allotments north and east of Whiterocks.
A reflective piece on the daily sun rising as a fresh start. It urges letting go of yesterday’s failures and successes to seize today’s opportunities, noting many stay weighed down by memories while the new day brings renewed hope and potential.
Louise M Wad dell quotes an 18th century nurse creed urging happiness hopefulness kindness and harmony. The passage emphasizes self discipline temperance and duty guiding personal conduct toward others and a life of influence for good.
In Siberia the Orsk gold field uses peasant tributers who sink shafts to water level about 60 feet. All quartz must be milled on the landlord’s ground and gold sold to the mill owner at a fixed rate. The arrangement yields profits for landlord and peasant, with no philanthropy involved, while the mill owner tracks results for personal benefit.
A local exchange debates who won the gold medal for the graduation assay on Female Suffrage. One speaker insists Jane Strang earned it last year, another notes it was three years ago and mentions a baby’s teeth as a clue.
The Price Advocate reports westbound trains run in several sections due to heavy western travel. Local notes include Matt Warner’s visit to Grein River, sheep herds being shorn at Price corrals starting April 10, McMullin selling and buying ranch land, G T Olsen pursuing forwarding with potential buyout of B R McDonald, and Emery County’s plan to extend the Eastern Utah Telephone system with a hundred drop switchboard at Castle Dale and faster phone delivery as factories lag.
The Wasatch Wave recalls mail arriving Wednesday via Park City and yesterday from the mudslide by handcar. Unclear how today’s mail will come or from which direction but residents express gratitude for any fresh communication.
Button onion seta and field peas are listed at M Gerbera with details unclear from the fragment. The brief entry mentions produce items and a local vendor, but without complete lines or quantities.
A local woman, Mrs Saran A Cole of 1408 New St Davenport Del, reports relief from rheumatic pain after two years using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. She says her condition improved after a full bottle and shares that many friends tried it with similar results. Walter Lloyd Drug Company offers the product locally.
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