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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
4
A formal post office notice printed in the Vernal Express, dated under the act of March 1879, involves a second close matter at Somal Utah. Editors and associate editors are listed, with the business manager noted. The item references official postal procedure and government action.
The notice lists advertising rates for January 1 yearlies and non contracted display ads at 60c per inch, 30c for over 100 inches, with 6c per line for 8 point light type, 16c for bold 2 point black, and 20c per insertion. Legal notices cost ten cents per line per insertion. water notices 15.00. final proof 12.00. contest notices 10c per line. Notices must be prepaid and no notices under 26c.
The note urges farmers to support and use the hometown newspaper. It stresses the paper as a vital community aid, suggests subscribing at 2 dollars and 60 cents a year, and recommends advertising through farm stationery and the newspaper's classifieds to boost farm business.
An editorial from the San Juan Record nails a State Farm Bureau tax committee request for retrenchment in public school funding. It argues that cutting teachers and piling more children per classroom harms education, inflates inequality, and attacks American ideals. The piece criticizes reducing teacher salaries while demanding fewer instructors. It defends need for proper funding to equip children for a competitive future.
Pilot Robert Moore recounts a 56 hour gulf stream ordeal after the sea plane Miss Miami crashes near Florida coast en route to Bimini. Passengers from Kansas City Memphis and midwestern states perish while Moore survives and aids others amid waves and night storm.
Funeral services for Thomas Cooper, 82, pioneer railroad man, were held Tuesday at the Fifteenth ward meeting house in Salt Lake City. A native of Edinburgh, he died Friday morning after a stroke while strolling. He came to Utah 43 years ago, worked for Utah Southern, Utah Northern, Union Pacific, and East Oregon Short Line at various times, retiring as an engineer in 1901. Survived by a son Robert and four sons and three daughters living in several cities.
J H Galloupe, inventor of the Galloupe shale retort and noted oil man, died at St Marys hospital Grand Junction at 1045 Monday March 20 after a brief illness and coma. His home was Salt Lake City. His shale extraction work brought him prominence in western Colorado oil circles. He had been en route to Watson to join the D J L Davis oil shale plant project. The Western Oil Shale Co has installed his process but not yet run tests. His wife and family were notified and arrived after his death.
The son of a local resident, William, served as a crew member on the cruiser Olympia under Admiral Dewey during the Battle of Manila Bay, reflecting the city's involvement in the Spanish American War.
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