Dinosaur used to promote 40 highway travel across Basin
At meetings in Colorado and Utah over six weeks Utah Highway 40 clubs planned a $1000 advertising fund to boost tourism from Salt Lake to Denver via the Uintah Basin. A dinosaur image will advertise a 12 page scenic pamphlet and windshield stickers, detailing Dinosaur National Monument and other attractions. Continued on page twelve.
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Colorado
Utah
U & 40
Salt Lake
Denver
Wenle
Uintah Basin
Dinosaur National Monument
Vernal
Basin
Duchesne
Vernal Roosevelt
Heber City
Clvic
Lester Mullins Roosevelt
Utah Clubs Association
Colorado Clubs Association
Lowe aAshton
Jor Hilton
Thos
Karren Vernal
Vernal Business Woman Writes for a Hobby
Mrs Barnes of Vernal combines shop duties with writing. she pens short stories and compiles early Ashley Valley incidents. Her major project is a 50 000 word history of John T Pope a sheriff and attorney, with years of data gathered from Fairview Salt Lake and Vernal while running her store for eleven years.
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Lora James
Farrar
Ashley Valley
Tater Mountain
Barnes
John T Pope
Bannes
William D Moon Funeral at Jensen Sunday
Funeral services for 69 year old William D Moon were held Sunday at 2 pm in the Jensen ward chapel with Lloyd J Merkley in charge. Speakers Melvin Wilkins Driver F Smith and others recalled his honesty, integrity, and faithfulness. Interment followed in the Swain Cemetery with pallbearers listed among Moon family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TeMar Wendrickson
Jesale Wall
Wilkins
Hemfrickson
Marion Deer
Robert
Bernard Moon
Tan Sa
Law Wreiraa Om
Rings Peterson
Arate
Swain
Puneray
Tim Fo Merker Deediontti
Cattle and Horse Growers Elect Officers at Salt Lake Convention
The Utah Cattle and Horse Growers association closed its two day annual convention in Salt Lake City with Heber Mulholland reelected president and J A Scroup of Moab named first vice president. New second vice presidents include George O Webb Richmond H L Alfred Roosevelt Frank Paxton Kanosh John King Boulder and Joseph Fillinson Leamington. The group adopted a threefold program to improve herd quality scientific feeding and strengthen the state organization. They endorsed efforts to curb rodents and poisonous weeds while noting cattle and horse growers should not bear disproportionate costs. They backed the new brand and anti theft act and urged speedy passage of the McCarran anti theft bill. They reaffirmed opposition to modifying the foot and mouth disease embargo on foreign trade.
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Montgomery
Heber
J A Scorup
Moab
George O Webb
Richmond
H L Alfred
Roosevelt
Frank Paxton
Kanosh
John King
Boulder
Joseph Flillnson
Leamington
Home bulwark of civilization says speaker
The closing day of Utah LDS Church's 109th annual conference at East Lake featured Pres Hebert Grant and Pres J Reuben Clark Jr urging that the home is the center of righteous living and Christ’s message. They warned against apostasy and paganism and stressed Christ’s mission to conquer death and bring eternal righteousness to all God’s children.
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LDS Church
East Lake
Pres Hebert Grant
Grant
J Reuben Clark Jr
Columbia Church of the Air
Clark
Moder
Christ
Improvement District for White Way lights planned
City council met to discuss establishing an Improvement District for new White Way lighting from east of the park to four blocks west. A notice will publish plans and preliminaries will precede installation. Band Boosters, Highway 40 club, and state officials discussed funding and support.
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John Billings
John H Clark O
Wayland Mattsson
J . Anderson
Split Mountain Road Improved by USAS Crews
A proclamation by Mayor R C Cooper designates April 27 to May 6 as Clean Up Week in Vernal with city services for painting hydrants streets and removing debris. USRS crews have improved the road from the Dinosaur Quarry to Split Mountain canyon aiding tourism and future road grading by state or county crews.
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USAS
R C Cooper
Movement National
J Wayland Mattsson
Chamber of Commerce
Dinosaur Quarry
Split Mountain Canyon
Green River
No Formula For Successful Marriage Says NC Professor
Dr Groves a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina told the opening session of the fifth annual conference on the conservation of marriage and the family that there is no fixed formula for a perfect marriage. He urged intelligent selection and preparation for marriage and stressed the spirit of cooperation.
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de Ernest RK. Groves
University of North Carolina
Chapel Tt
Groves
Utah Woman and Son Detained on Fugitive Charge
Mrs Pardon Dodds and her son Clinton Dodds formerly of Vernal were arrested in Ventura California on a federal fugitive from justice count after a two year search for her husband. The two were secretly indicted by a federal grand jury at Ogden for allegedly releasing Pardon Dodds between December 16 1938 and January 2 1939.
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Pardon Dodds
Clinton Dodds
Vernal
Balurdey
Ventura
Califon
Jay C Newman
Salt Lake
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Grand Jury
Ogden
Dodds
Deseret News
Organizations to Assist Tree Planting on U S 40
Naples residents have dug hundreds of holes for a Saturday tree planting along U S 40 with more than 200 trees slated. City volunteers and Vernal townspeople will join state highway representatives to finish the project.
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Naples
Vernal
Finsh
State Highway Commission
Water Storage Board Looks to Fast-Track Green River Survey
At Bast meeting the Utah Water Storage Board, with County Surveyor Leo P Christensen, moved to speed the Green River Great Basin project survey. The legislature provided 62 500 dollars for the study and a federal agencies meeting is set for April 19 to discuss survey plans.
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Utah Water Storage Commission
Bast
Leo P Christensen
Green River Great Basin
Federal Investigation Agencies
Water Storage Commission
Lions Convention Nears In Vernal Utah With Tours Planned
District leaders from Utah and Idaho gather in Vernal for a Lions convention set for June 14 16. They plan visits to Red Canyon Green Lakes Flaming Gorge Dinosaur National Monument and a proposed Green River dam project. Attendees include John Kidnell Rulon Dunn J C Anderson and box Elder Richfield groups.
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Red Canyon
Vernal
John H. Clark
Weep Canyor
Flaming Gorge
Manila
Green Lakes
Ashley National Forest
Jana
Higty Itas
Dinosaur National Monument
Spite Mountain Canyon
National Parks Service
American Museum of Natural History
Green River
Uinta Range
Utah
John Kidnell
Salt Lake
Rulon Dunn
Preston Ida
Idaho
J C Anderson
Box Elder
Richfield
Hb Corpa
Anderson
Uintah Schools Vote Spring Vacation For Students
Uintah county boards approve a spring recess for over three thousand students and outline a new salary schedule for 1939 40 plus summer activity funding. A tennis court heating plant and recreational facilities are discussed for Ballard School as Watt sections seek redress.
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United County Schools
Board of Education
Nother
Grant West
Uintah
Ballard
Ray Labrum
Arthur Wiscomb
Thnothy
Ballard Schoal
Laken
Frank Wright
Uintah County
Woods
Myton School
Port Duchesne
Maeser Plans Beautification Drive for 1947 Utah
Community groups organize a 1947 beautification effort in Maeser to clean up streets plant trees and flowers paint mail boxes and fence posts and remove visible rubbish. Committees per street promote cleanliness and planting while funds from residents support highway and private home greenery Arbor Day will serve as street cleaning day led by Beatrice Stringham with Rhoda Hatch Eleanor Allen Melvin Jorgensen and Byron Thomas advising.
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Utah
Andy
Beatrice Stringhem
Rhoda Hatch
Mt Hajl
Eleanor Allen Flowers
Melvin Jorgensen
Wolks
Byron Thomas
Daggett County to Get Five Mile Highway Project
The state road commission will build a five mile stretch of new highway in Daggett County extending from the current region to Wyoming One mile south of Lonetree in a southeast direction to connect with a Forest Service road. No heavy construction is planned and the project will cost about $5000. The state board met with the Daggett County Commission at Manila to discuss plans.
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State Road Commission
Daggett County
Rion
Wyoming
Lonetree
Connec
Forest Service
Dargett County Commission of
Manila
Vernal Gun Club Surpasses 100 Members in Uintah County
The Vernal Gun and Rifle Club reports over one hundred members active in wildlife conservation and hunting and fishing conditions in Uintah County. President Wayland Matteson says articles of incorporation are being drafted by local attorney Hugh W Colton. A special meeting is set for April 17 with state officials Newell B. Gook and Orange Olson to discuss possible rearing pond site and club incorporation as a non profit.
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Bank of Verna
Bossis
Ufe
Uintah County
Wayland Matteson
Hugh W Colton
Association of the Vernal Gun and Rifle Club
Newell B. Gook
Board of Directors
State Fish and Game Dereartment
Foral Democratic Committee
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Loia Sames
Narold D Smith
Michigan
Daniell W Sell
William D. Moon
Jensen
Willum Tunean Moon
Farmington
Pres Clark
White Way
County Commission
Henry H Blood
W G Wiliams
Utah Alsenal Guard
Rpnt Mountain
Ragged Gorge
Glen D Lasson
USRS
Spirit Mountain
National Monument
Dinosaur Monument
Todd
City Cemetery
Uintah Schools
Maeser
Arbor Day
Vernal Gun Club
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