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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
3
Aprona for care at Glines Millinery Store. William Ashton harvests fall wheat this past week. Shirt waists and wrappers selling at half price at Boers Store. James McNaughton spending days at home from Whyte River. J Hi. Mease attends business in Salt Lake and Mercur this week.
Tiddler was fined five dollars and costs Monday for reckless living on the streets. W D Munday has returned home from West Duchesne where he has been employed two months painting. A crowd of wheaters came back from the north last Sunday after their spring migration and shearing.
Sam Rolf arrived home early in the week with a group of Naples men visiting the area to shear sheep.
Senator Bennion came back from Salt Lake City Sunday while his children were ill with whooping cough. On Tuesday July 28 John G. Hacking and Miss Belle Bodily were wed at the bride’s parents’ home in Millward with only family members present.
Mrs Art Rich now runs the Cottage Hotel by herself after Mrs Singleton ended her involvement. The Cottage is described as a quiet neat place for guests to stay. Rates are listed in the advertisement in this issue.
Report circulated that Charley Davis known as Black Charley was killed and robbed in Vocatello. A letter he supposedly sent days earlier said he planned to leave for Vernal with 360 dollars. Sam Rolf reported seeing him in Pocatello near the claimed time and said Charley and Vernal boys were broke.
Farmers report sor and losses on steers traded under the Healey contract as cattle arrive off range with light feed. Many have just finished first alfalfa cutting, expecting first class hay by July Fourth. Weather delays affect curing, but the main cut window is June 20 to July 4 with a second cut by late August and a possible third in good seasons.
J H Black and Son launch a new furniture store in the old Grandpa Black carpentry site on West Uintah avenue Vernal. Jon Black brings experience from D W Davis Furniture and vows upright business. The brothers promise strong support and trust in the valley.
Oats offered at Dears Store with a price of seven cents per hundredweight for soft oats targeted at goat feed. Limited stock noted.
Al Bascom mourns a baby death reported Tuesday in Naples Stan Ashton returns home from Brown's Park and approves sale of steers to Haley. John Abplanalp mayor of Sway Hollow toured the village yesterday.
Mr and Mrs George Bennett and Mr and Mrs Colpin enjoy a week long lakes fishing trip. Will Green and family return from the city. Ife resumes post behind the Coop counter. The State Board of Equalization fixed the next year tax levy at five mills for state purposes and three mills for school purposes.
Jerome Assay of Jensen Uintah counts property owners showing interest in marble and coal holdings in Gmery county. He looks after his holdings and seeks additional desirable property in this section as Emery County Progress reports.
A short note notes only a few items remain priced at 175 per hundred at Boers Store, indicating dwindling stock and a bulk price sale as supplies run low.
Mrs A G Overholt and daughter Miss Birds White arrived from Salt Lake City Sunday night. A package of dry goods was left at the Co op and the owner can retrieve it by proving ownership at the store. Also mentions residents Sh Lee and two brothers Henry and Jan, and local notes about hunting and livestock on Diamond Mountain.
One half of the Coltharp store force Ike Burton Will Coltharp and G E Adams biked for higher ground after the 24th. They rode to the lakes on Baldy mountain north slope for an outing and expect to return in about ten days, loaded with fish, mosquito bites, and sunburn.
The notice sets hunting dates and bag limits: saga hepa grouse or mourning doves may be killed after August 15 through December 1 with a maximum of twelve birds per day. wild ducks may be hunted February 16 to March 1 and October 1 to December 11. two whitetail deer with horns may be taken by one person between September 1 and October 31.
An afternoon gathering at the Episcopal Church honored Mrs. Dr. Rose as superintendent of the Sunday School. Rev. Stoddard led with prayer, followed by remarks by Mrs. Rose. Recitations, songs by Mrs. and Miss DeVaire and Misses Lively, Lena Woest at the organ, and a Kabell dialogue entertained attendees. Refreshments concluded the event with the hymn Work For the Night is Coming.
Incomplete OCR shows receipts and allocations for January 1903 including taxes 1002 Ebensen redemption tax sales advertising state and state school apportionment funds. Entries list rent for Vernal city taxes and road fund appropriations, with payroll for witnesses and jurors totaling 21075.78.
Mrs Kid Young travels to Salt Lake to join her son Addie who is en route from New Zealand. An elderly mail carrier at Rangley to Green River escaped drowning when White river flooded the ford on July 17, losing his team and wagon before freeing himself about 200 yards downstream.
Fourteenth Cavalry Company A troopers from Vernal searched for deserters early in the week but returned empty handed. Ordered to the Philippines, they were countermanded at Wells and sent back to Fort Duchesne where fifteen deserted at Wells and eight the night of return. Four were later overhauled at Lee's ranch near Nine Mile.
Attendees enjoyed a lively lawn festival last night with ringing activity and recitations. The night air was cool for ice cream, creating a pleasant, festive mood.
Don A. Workman returned to Ver nal Sunday after an absence of nearly two years. He spent most of the time in the Grand Encampment district and has been in Wyoming and Montana the past few months shearing sheep.
The Congregational church welcomed twenty two baptisms during Dr Kingsbury's Vernal Frands visit for a church and school building project. A temporary school will operate in a suitable building starting September 1 until the church is erected. Dr Kingsbury left yesterday morning.
The valley reports a growing piano craze with eleven gold claims from Ridges and others selling portions this summer could push totals near twenty. Families hear a steady thump in many homes where children lack musical skill and even washboard playing falters.
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