Uintah Wins Debate Finals In Provo Tournament
Uintah high school from Vernal won top honors in a regional high school debate tourney held with BYU speech contests. Debaters George Evans James Long Alice Norgard and Ada Winder earned gold medals as Uintah Roosevelt and Carbon county faced off for the finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PROVO
Uintah High School
Vernal
Brigham Young University
Roosevelt High
College Hall
George Evans
James Long
Alice Norgard
Ada Winder
Astern
Uintah
Roosevelt
Carbon County
Price
Carbon
Maline Reichert
Cerbon
Madge Jacobs Roosevelt
NRA
Utah
Provo Byu High
American Fork
Pleasant Grove
Tribune
Prominent Judge Charles DeMoisy Celebrates 84th Birthday
Attorney Charles DeMoisy and Vernal precinct justice of the peace marked his 84th birthday today in his office. He is hale and active at work, as vigorous as a man of sixty, and received many congratulatory messages from friends at home and abroad.
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Charles DeMoisy
Beauty Parlor Moves to Modern Vernal Location
The Ladies Beauty Salon opens Saturday in the Vernal Confectionery building after two weeks of remodeling and new equipment installation. Operated by Mrs Sadie McConkie and Mrs Leveleyn Alexander, the shop previously occupied the Mott and Weeks barber shop on the Coltharp building’s north front.
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Vernal Confectionery
Sadie McConkie
Lveleyn
Alexander
Mott and Weeks
Coltharp
Bishon Morris and Mrs LeRoy Morris Visit Veral
Bishon and Mrs LeRoy Morris and family from Tridell stopped in Veral on Monday evening for a family visit.
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Bishon
LeRoy Morris
Tridell
Twenty Years Ago Att Ends as Chef Tf The State Board
Twenty years ago the state board of education issued diplomas to grammar grade teachers. Mentver Calder graduated from the University Normal School and is teaching at Liberty this season. Mrs Joseph Hardy returned to Rooverelt with her child undergoing treatment for a burn. A baby boy was born to Mrs Frank Smith of Mace. eleventh child, all living. Baby of B P Kelly sick with pneumonia. Arthur Manwaring absent from Ashley Co op line-up due to tonsillitis. Dr O Donnell returned from Salt Lake where health officers met. Lile Fischer now living in Burton residence. Burton family moved to Deep Creek for summer. President Colfon’s little daughter Alice ill again, reportedly well earlier.
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State Board of Education
Grammer
Mentver Calder
Calder
University Normal School
Liberty
Joseph Hardy
Rooverelt
Frank Smith
Mace
P Kelly
Arthur Manwaring
Ashley Co-op
O Donnell
Salt Lake
Lile Fesher
Burton
Mr Burton
Deep Creekh Rard
Colfons
Alice
Warden Plants Trout From Whiterocks Hatchery
Game warden Ed M Oaks reports trout fingerlings five to seven inches long sourced from Whiterocks hatchery under Jay Larson. Oaks plants the streams of Uinta in light trucks, noting fish are larger and healthier than in any previous year and expect heavy planting early in the season.
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Ed M Oaks
Uinta
Whiterocks Fish Hatchery
Jay Larson
Mr Oaks
Whiterocks Hatchery
Driving and Putting Con test to Open Season at Vernal Club
To open the Vernal Golf course season a driving and putting contest will be held Sunday afternoon. The course is in splendid shape and a large turnout is expected. At the April Sth election J R Douglas was named president with A W Lewis as vice-president and H G DeMolly as secretary and treasurer. Howard Caldwell became captain of the Vernal team and tournament manager. Plans include a Uintah Basin tournament with Roosevelt and Duchesne, plus games with Price Provo and Salt Lake clubs. Retiring officers were P L Cowan president and Dr L Shimmin vice-president.
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Vernal
J R Douglas
A W Lewis
H G@ DeMolly
Howard Caldwell
Howard B Woolley
Ferron Hacking
Caldwell
Roosevelt
Duchesne
Price Provo
Clubs
Salt Lake
P L Cowan
L Shimmin
Weeks Brothers Barber Shop Moves to New Location
Alvin and Otis Weeks have moved their barber shop to a two story building just north of the Vernal Confectionery. The new quarters have been redecorated and present a very pleasing appearance.
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Alvin and
Otis Weeks
Wholesale beer storage at former Palace Market
Frank W Carrell leases the old Palace Meat Market building to store wholesale quantities of beer in kegs and cases. Lorn Williams will oversee the market, operated in connection with the Becker Brewery wholesale plant, with Carrell as Uintah Basin distributor.
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Frank W Carrell
Old Palace
Standard Market
Storarea
Mr Carrell
Becker Brewery
Ogeen Lorn Williams
You Just Register On Re Registration Question
The attorney general ruled that last November’s national issue vote made that election a general election. If you did not vote then you must re register to vote in the coming fall election even if you voted in 1932.
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Joseph Chez
Smiths Fork CCC Camp Transient Relief Quarters Update
Supervisor J O Steuart of the Ashley National Forest reports 25 men at the old Smiths Fork CCC camp now a transient relief camp under Wyoming state supervision. They receive food clothing and 30 cents hourly credit up to 9 weekly plus 1 cash for expenses. The group works on beeze control and leaving the camp converts earned credit to cash to aid finding work.
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J O Steuart
Ashley National Forest
CCC
Smiths Fork
Men Trek to Detroit to Buy Cars for Return Trip
A group including Sheriff J Every Johnson Edgar Calar Doral Eaton George Davis Earl Freeman and Wm Verner left Salt Lake City on Saturday morning for Detroit to purchase cars and drive home. They expect to be gone about 10 days and were joined at Roosevelt by several more on the same mission.
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Salt Lake City
Detroi Rich
Homie Sheriff J Every Johnson Edgar Calar Doral Eaton
George Davis
Earl Freeman
Wm Verner
Roosevelt
Gore
First Ward MIA Plans April 17 Entertainment Event
The Vernal First Ward MIA will host its first entertainment in the new recreational hall. The program features Sattleville and chorus and begins at 8 30 pm on April 17. Attendance is encouraged to learn the advertised surprise.
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First Ward
Mita
Sattleville and
Chorus
H . Olson
Time extended for UBIC contests to Field Day
Time for UBIC essay and oratorical contests extended to Field Day due to school closure to May 18. Principal L G Noble notes new English requirement for seventh and eighth grades. essays may be revised. Theme is Uintah Basin, Our Home with Field Day hosting orations and contestants from UHS and Alterra High.
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UBIC
L G Noble
Uintah Basin
UHS
Alterra
Uintah County Court House Lawn Maintenance Update
Uintah County undertakes lawn care at the courthouse premises to improve appearance and curb appeal. City officials note ongoing work includes mowing, edging, and weed control to create a tidy public space.
Vernal Plant Makes Saddles Stirrups and More Under One Roof
Charles H H Ruwart of Denver inspected the Vernal factory with I CG Comstock of the Denver plant. The Vernal operation codesigns and produces stirrups cinchas saddles and other leather goods using local ash and elm wood. The plant may attract capital as stockmen seek the products after lean years.
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Vernal
Charles H H Ruwart
Denver
Ruwart Manufacturing Company
Newton Brothers
Ruwart
I CG Comstock
Ruwait
Comstock
Harold Sowards Visits Then Returns Home
Harold Sowards, after several days with relatives, will return to Provo on Friday. He attended the grave side rites for his mother in Ver nal, where many friends were glad to see him.
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Harold Sowards
Provo
Mr Souares
Vernal
Provo Death Honors Vernal Pioneer Mrs Jane Sowards
Large crowd attended funeral services in Provo and Vernal for Mrs Jane Thompson Sowards 1861 1922 wife of Harmon Sowards long time Utah church worker and Vernal pioneer She died at home in Provo on Friday at 3 45 am Surviving children include Harmon Sewards Vernal M Harold Sowards Proto Veinal and Maud Aycock plus 40 grandchildren and one great grandchild The service featured local church officials and neighbors with remarks by George E Wilkins and a Utah Genealogical Society member The grave was in Vernal cemetery with speakers and music concluding the observance
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Jane Thompson Sowards
Provo
Harmon S Sewards
Continental Oil Company
Uintah Basin
Mauc Aycock
Sowards
Louisa
Kentucky
Manassa
Colo
Vernal
Harmon Soward
Utah Stake
Cowards
Lawrence County
Wesley
Ester Pack Thompson
Colorado
Relief Society
Wilber Seowards
Manavu
Harold Sowards
Sgowards
Vera
Dayis
Maud
Aycock
Dana Thompson
Provo Sixth Ward
Bishop Herald R Claix
Bisho
Pontha Calder
Vernal First Ward
Fuller Remington
Mae Jorgensen
Mae Calder
Vern Saimmin
Mary Sander
John Hall
Vernal Second Ward
George E Wilkins
Byland
Father
Carter
Davis
Antimony
Actinomycosis Infection In Cattle In Uintah Basin
During a livestock inspection in Uintah Basin the spread of actinomycosis in cattle was observed in Uintah and Duchesne counties. Known as lumpy jaw or woody tongue the disease causes jaw or throat swellings and can affect the tongue, leading to emaciation and death if untreated.
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Uintah Basin
Lvestock
Uintah
Duchesne
Ashley Ward Day Dance and Dinner at Imperial Hall
Ashley Ward Day on Monday April 6th features a noon chicken dinner at Imperial Hall followed by a bazaar country store auction matinee at Vogue and a big evening dance. Proceeds fund a $12,000 ward chapel with classrooms chapel recreation hall Boy Scout and Relief Society quarters aimed to be completed this summer.
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Ashley Ward
Imperial Hall
Idens
Pioneer Susan Ann McConkie Dies in Maeser at 74
Susan Ann McConkie a Utah pioneer born June 18 1848 in Alabama died Monday at her granddaughter’s home in Maeser after a long life in Kansas Utah and Mexico She raised six sons two daughters 35 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren After marriage to Geo Wilson McConkie they lived in Fort Scott Kansas Salt Lake City Utah and Maeser Funeral services were held at the Maeser ward church with Bishop Lester Bingham presiding Interment followed in Maeser Cemetery.
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Susan Ann McComp
Utah
Maese
Ward
Verdin R Johnson
Maesel
Susan Ann McConkie
William Riley Smith
Margaret Ann Burnside
Alabama
Kansas
Geo Wilson McConkie
Fort Scott
Salt Lake
Tabernacle
14Th Ward
George Reiser
Maeser
Itus Y
Charles W
John L
Geo Alma Joseph S
Etta
Wilforc W
Ida
Wils McConkie
State Highway Patrol conducts weekly driving license tests
A patrol member fills the County Clerk’s office each Monday from 2 pm to administer oral and written driver and chauffeur license tests. Applicants must be accompanied by the examiner in the car. Younger drivers aged 16 to 18 pass the tests best, while about 20 percent fail on the first try, with some never able to pass.
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State Highway Patrol
County Clerks Office
Council Voet Routine Meeting Recommends Water Conservation
At the regular city council meeting last week only routine business was transacted. Frank Hatch, later superintendent, reported that a conservation of the water supply should be recommended and the best use of water be made for domestic and general use.
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Frank Hatch
Snow surveys in Uintah mountains reveal water content trends
Rangers on the Ashley National Forest report snow depth and water content from five courses in the Uintah mountains. Data for Keane Hollow Mosby Mountain Parelse Park Lake Fork and Middle Beaver Creek show varying depths and water percentages with note of a dry year 1931 and a wetter year 1934. The average Uintah Basin water is down 31 percent from last year and up 164 percent from 1931. Additional city and county payrolls and CWA project costs are listed with figures for Vernal City and surrounding areas.
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Ashley National Forest
Ainish Mountains
Keane Hollow
Little Brush Creek
Kane Hollow
Mosby Mountain Colunses
Parelse Park
Whittipecks
L.sinape
Henrys Fork
Uintah Mountains
Uintah Basin
Wintah
OWA
Vernal City
MERA
FE J Young d2
CWA
Mma
Davis
South Vernal
Uintah Basin Lions Clubs Meet Here at Vernal Event
The Vernal Lions Club hosts Roosevelt and Heber City clubs for Ladies Night at the Commercial Hotel. District Governor E E Anderson of Mor gan attends as guest, with plans for a banquet program and welcomes from J C Andersen.
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Heber City
Roosevelt and Vernal
Vernal Lions Club
Roosevelt
Conercial
E E Anderson
Morgan
L G Nobble
F G Eskelson
J C Andersen
Welecome
Deon Young
U_ntah high school
Russ Ellen Christensen
Helen Stringham
Crice Morrion
Enid Manwaring
Catherine Stringham
Dean Young
Manon Stringham
Uintah County Tax Redemptions Increase Over Last Year
Uintah County Treasurer Martin W Curtis reports tax sale redemptions for the first three months of 1934 rose over 100 percent from 1933. Collections totaled 1 365 828 this year vs 608 919 last year. he urges delinquent taxpayers to pay before January 1, 1935 to qualify for the no penalty law and outlines penalties and partial payment rules for 1929–1933 taxes.
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Martin W Curtis
Uintah
Curtis
Moe
Forty Years Ago in Vernal Community Notes
The Mutuals at the Stake House in Vernal report two Sunday gatherings ending in failures. Upcoming Sunday program includes Theology Curtis Hadlock solo Mrs Siddoway recitation and more. Jensen races expected to draw crowds amid good weather hopes. Died G W Crouch aged 52 who came to Ashley in 1882 to run Jarvis Tibsons store. A bushel of corn yields four gallons whiskey priced at $16.00 with government railroads manufacturers vendors farmers and drinker shares outlined.
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Vernal
anc @ lerge atendance
Curtis Hadlock
Siddoway
Marcellus Pope
Maggie Amproven
Minnie Davis
Deok
John Kjelstrom
Josephine Angustin
Effie Howard
Nellie Bartlett
Ferry Young
Jensen
G W Crouch
Ashley
Jarvis Tibsons
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Wintsah High School
Kenn Peterson
Mant
BYU
John Clarke
Whiterocks
Golf Club
Weeks Brothers Barber Shop
Smith Fork
Court House
Uintah Countys Only Star Board
Vernal Factory
Mostee
First Harmony
W H Hendricks
Susan Ann MecConkie
CIT
Council Voet
Ashley Forest
Uintah - Basin Lions
Uintah County
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