Uintah County petitions for road right of way to Roosevelt
The Uintah county Board of County Commissioners sent a petition to the department seeking a right of way across Indian grazing land for a public road from the valley to Roosevelt along the proposed State route. Settlers in Dry Gulch and Roosevelt urge a direct outlet to Fort Duchesne, as current routes go via Independence. Roosevelt lies west of the Post and north of Independence, making the trip lengthy.
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Board of County Commissioners
Uintah County
Congressmen Southerland Smoot and grazing land restrictions
Information from Washington indicates changed crossing rules on Uintah grazing lands. Settlers report inconvenience from being forbidden to cross reserves while hauling posts and logs as stock trespass into sacred grazing reserves. The land described as grazing is said to be strips along creeks and watercourses rather than true grazing land.
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Southerland
Smoot
Washington
Uintah Reservation
Sheep Allocation Sparks Uintah Forest Debate
The 9 000 head of the 22 000 sheep allotted to the eastern Uintah Forest Reserve from elsewhere are guaranteed for scale on Red Creek and will not reach the county this season. Local owners argue they should have first rights to the range adjoining their homes and to the 22 000 head allotted from other counties, insisting transients only come if county stock is insufficient to feed the range.
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Uintah
Red Creek
Roosevelt firm plans new threshing engine fuel
The Roosevelt company has ordered a threshing engine and is unsure what fuel they will use. writers speculate on cedar wood and gilsonite mixtures to hold heat. They note coal from Vernal costs 25 dollars per ton and doubt a coal mine exists in the area.
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Roosevelt
Vernal
Advertising is No Good Says Man in Old Clothes
A dialogue features a man in old clothes claiming advertising fails him, contrasted by a millionaire merchant who explains the idea via an Indian feather bed allegory. The tale centers on belief, risk, and perception of value in commerce.
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John
Prospectors urged to consider mining welfare in county
An older county prospector writes in this issue warning prospectors and mining interests in the region to study a matter of grave importance. The article emphasizes seriousness and the need for careful attention to local mining welfare.
Building Up In Roosevelt He Says Grain Boom Impacts Local Trade
Snellen Johnson of Consolidated Implement Co of Vernal and Roosevelt reports Roosevelt’s rapid growth and a grain boom with farmers raising substantial corn. He plans a chopper installation to ease the shortage until a mill is built. He sold a Case Steel Separator and traction engine to a Roosevelt company and another threshing machine to Astra Bryant for horse power use.
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Snellen Johnson
Consolidated Implement Company of
Vernal
Roosevelt
Ths
Astra Bryant
Body of Mexican boy Sabio Trujillo found at Lake Fork slough
The body of Sabio Trujillo was recovered Sunday from a deep Lake Fork slough after being missing since July 8. Identified by face and clothing, with $135 and a whiskey bottle in his pockets. Father Joe Trujillo of Rangely notified. uncle Cole Trujillo in Vernal says the boy’s given name is Sabo, not Joe.
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Sabio Trujillo
Lake Fork
Joe Trujillo
Rangely
Cole John Trujillo
Moon Seen By Child Sparks Alarm In Irkutsk Scene
A child named Ethel awoke to a bright moon lighting the sky then cried to her father that the moon had scratched the sky. A nurse, named Povered, is accused of poisoning the child to end the constant watching.
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Hicken Apt
Ethel
Irkuts
Rangery Two Boys Find Body While Swimming
Two young boys discovered a body while swimming at a Rangery location. Authorities began investigations and identified the deceased as a local resident.
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Rangery
Sale of Bromide Property on Douglas Mountain
Routt county sheriff sold the Bromide Copper Company property on Douglas mountain for about 40000. The sale includes a small smelter and copper claims, with the slag pile indicating all value has been spent. Buyers may develop the mines and remodel the smelter if profitable. Copper mining expands along the Utah Colorado line with several camps in progress.
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Sherff
Routt County
Bromide Copper Company
Douglas Mountain
Utah- Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Blue Mountain
Rio Blanco
Routt
Utah
Telluride
Woman Marksman Triumphs In Local Shooting Meet
Katherine Handley of Boyasen Wro and Jack Martin, a scout and dead shot, competed in a shooting match a few days ago. She hit the centers 48 of 60 at 200 yards with a light Winchester and 19 of 20 with a 22 caliber revolver, while Martin scored 46 and 17 respectively.
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Katherine Handley
Boyasen Wro
Jack Martin
Marting
Martin
Singing Blunder at Religious Service Halts Hymn
A church hymn performance ends in laughter as Jones the musical director overreaches on a high note during hymn No 23. The scene unfolds after foot washing, with a courtroom judge joke about 6000 voices.
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Eta Jones
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