Hat theft and local notes from Vernal era
A hat theft in Vernal involved J A Wilson's Fortson hat taken from a barber shop while he was shaved. Two Indians were suspected but wore their own hats. President Smart and family returned from Ogden after a successful daughter's operation. Routt County papers praise Maffa road work and Paris fundraising for bridge gear. Steamboat to get a $15 000 depot. C T Laggs and family from Pyton. alfalfa plans and Indian farms leased. local land selling at 1750 per field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A Wilson
Wilken
We Js
President Smart
Ogden
Miss Bessie
Sends
Maffa
David H Mofat
Paris
C T Laggs
Miss Dorothy
Pyton
Barges
Laggs
Fires and festival tales in Vernal era news
Local notes tell of forest fires near Strawbery valley blamed on Indians to push timber activity. A wedding shower honors Clement McLean and Zelda Trate. City council experiments with sand in streets using phosphorescent claims. Nearby headlines cover a smelt er project and bicycle fever among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawbery Valley
D Caton
Imines
Uintah County Tax Hikes Cattle and Livestock Assessments
Uintah County receives a five percent increase in cattle taxation following Utah state board of equalization decisions. Across counties, range cattle, horses, and sheep saw varying rises, with notable hikes such as Summit and Wasatch where range cattle rose 45 percent and 10 percent for cattle other than range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Utah
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Weber Cour
School Board approves four bus lines to Vernal HS
The board decides to transport high school students from four routes to Vernal with four new buses and drivers. Estimated daily mileage reaches about 193 from Tridel Lenoint Randett Leeton Jensen and Ladville. Pupils pay 39 dollars each for the school year, reducing district costs and keeping students home at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Educaton
Mondas
Tridel
Lenoint
Vernal
Lecton
Verni
Fandett
Encen
Vetralth
George
Leeton
Randett
Tridell Lapoint
Jensen
B O Cohen
Slavzh
Slatie
Coltons
BO Colton
Wm. C Marshall
Muse
R. L Pixton
Trail Builders Tie Opponents in Ashley Contests
The Trail Builders of the Serpend ward visited Ashley last Monday and played contest games with the Ashley ward Trail Builders. They tied all games before a picnic, then went to Preeces pond for a swim. The Vernal First ward Trail Builders traveled to Napes to play football, with the First ward boys winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serpend
Ashley
Ashley Ward
Preeces Pond
Vernal
Napes
Republican Delegates Elected to State Conventions
Republican county delegates were chosen at the courthouse to attend the state convention in Salt Lake City on August 18. A large slate includes Davie Fenech Patan L. McConkie Horace Morrill and others to nominate for U S Senator governor secretary of state and other top posts. Alternate names and a long list of delegates were recorded, with notes that Senator Thomas W. O'Donnell was absent but his health is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haller Witbeck
DeMar Dudley Wilson Murray James H Wallis Zelph Calder Altermoten
Chee T DeMolly
Provo
Don B Colton
Chas DeMolsy
John W Davis
Ernest Zaton
James HX Wallis
Hye Davis
M K. Shaffer
B J Younre Jr
DeMar Dudley
O Lundberg
Haller Wite Beck
Horace Morrill Wilson Murray
H Siddoway
Hacking
Carter
J N Davis
John K. McConte
John
Elmer Fforris
John L. Biddoway
Ellis Merkley
Ber Hovey
Chaz DeMoisy
Wilson Murrey
Clive Davis
John 1
Biddoway
Wm Donaldson
E J Young Jr
Thos
W O'Donnell
Benator
Howeve
Ashley Valleys First Settler Returns Visit After 50 Years
Ashley Valleys early settler MR Evans of Salt Lake City visited Vernal with Captain Pardon Dodds, recalling 1872 1875 moves and the founding of the first home, the Duchesne river migration, and ties to the Whiterocks agency. His son C O Evans and family joined the visit from Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR Evans
Salt Lake City
Pardon Dodds
Captain Dodds
Joseph Dodds
Ashley
Evans
Whiterocks Agency
Our Valley
Whiterocks
Dodds
Colorado
Major Powell
Air Evans
C. O Evans
Long Beach
Calif
O Corey
L. C. McConnell
Provo Boy Scouts Attend Uintah Basin Industrial Meet
Provo Boy Scouts of troop 12 from the First Ward led by Scoutmaster T Larson traveled to Fort Duchesne to take part in the Uintah Basin Industrial convention. The delegation included Clyde Larson Morris Duke Fred Humphrey Weston White Edwin Peterson Milly Roberts Farrer Stubbs Woodrow Anderson Bearle Johnson and Kenneth Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provo
Boy Scouts
Provo First Ward
T . Larson
Fort Duchesne
Clyde Larson
Morris Duke Bualer
Fred Humphrey
Scribe Weston White
Edwin Peterson
Milly Roberts
Farrer Stubbs
Woodrow Anderson
Bearle Johnson
Kenneth Carter
Powell Couple Visits Niece in Beverly Hills
Mr and Mrs F A Powell of Beverly Hills California visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Isaac Burton and returned to their own home last week after the stay with Mr Powell's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Monrovia
Our
Colorado
Wiilit
California
Oklahoma
Vernal
F A Powell
Beverly Hills
Calf
Sad Death of Lon Reynolds in Vernal
Lon Reynolds of Lapoint died Tuesday forenoon at Vernal hospital from pleurisy and typhoid fever after six weeks illness. Born May 14 1882 in Vernal to Robert B Reynolds and Rhoda Freestone he married Minnie Bigelow about ten years ago. Survived by wife three children and several siblings. Funeral services were held in Lapoint Thursday at two o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo F Reynolds
Lapoint
Vernal
Mr Reynolds
Knight Investment Co
Provo
Mr Retanalds
Robert B. Reynolds
Rhoda Freestone
Minnie Bigelow
Nr Reynoldss
la Point
Lapelnt
Fishermen from Provo Return After Baldies Trip
Wm Martinson and Wm H Coes with Chas Merkley of Provo and Forrest Goodrich of Tridell went on a fishing trip to the Baldies. They also hiked Mt Fre mons and returned home on Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Martinson
Wm. H. Coes
Chas Merkley
Provo
Forrest Goodrich
Tridell
the Baldies
Mt. Fremons
Colorado Escaped Convict Surrenders in Vernal Auto Theft Arrest
Colorado escaped convict and Denver auto thief Ralph Brown was arrested Saturday by Sheriff Cmery Johnson after a Denver Franklin sedan was traced to a Commercial hotel in Vernal. Brown, about 32, faces parole and penitentiary warrants while authorities hold the car and loot recovered from the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Cnty
Cmery Johnson
Rolp
Drown
Denver
Vernal
Franklin Denver Motor Company
Franklin
Denver Tole
HOF Parkins Con
Rebkie
Ecvil
Alberg
Parkin
Breriff Fmery Johnson
Thureday
Commercial
Ralph Brown
Brown
Johnson
Koehler
Colorado State Penitentiary
Canyon Citys
Beach No 2
Uintah Basin Teacher Receives Ohio University Instructorship
Former Uintah Basin educator Wahlquist departs University of Utah after four years to assume acting instructor role in secondary education at the University of Cincinnati. He will pursue a PhD at Ohio State and holds a John R Park teacher fellowship with a leave of absence granted by the Utah Board of Regents.
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Tohn T Wahlquist
University of Utah
University of Cinciniati
Weahlquist
Ohio School
John R Park
Board of Regents
The
Universty of Utah
Bureau of Educational Service Extension
Phi Kappa Phi
University Farm
Wahlauist
Uintah
Weber
Ogden
Ethool Ife 1S & Son
Elizabeth Camp
Wah
Heber City
Cross Street
Salt Lace
Former Schriff Joseph Timothy Dies After Operation
Joseph Timothy, 63, longtime sheriff of Uintah and Duchesne counties, died at LLD hospital in Salt Lake City after an operation. A Roosevelt native born Oct 2 1865, he helped found the Uintah Basin and later lived in Bingham Canyon. He was survived by a large family including widow Lucy Jane and many children and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Bingham Canyon
Timothy
Lucy Jane Timothy
Joseph Timseethy SI
Orane Timothy
Leland Timothy
Frank Timothy
Bert Timothy
Delbert Timothy
Roosevelt
Ethel Argyle
Cley Howe
Spanish Fork
Bertha Alfred Neola Ha
Martha Rudy
David Timothy John Timothy
Alma Timothy
Vernal
Heber Timothy
Brigham Timothy
Vedediah
A. Theodore Johnson
Ernest Eaton
Wilford Bastian
Crowds Pack Fort Duchesne for Sixth U B I C Opening
Open ing days of the Sixth U B I C convention drew large crowds at Fort Duchesne. The event featured a banquet with Dr FRN Mead urging quality livestock, remarks by D A McMillan and CR Marcussen, speeches by bank leaders, and multiple department sessions on livestock, forestry, and agriculture.
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Fort Duchesne
Mrs Mercey Family Plans Wyoming Trip with Kin
Mrs J D Mercey and her son Everett with grandsons Earl and Roy left Tuesday for an extended visit to Wyoming. They will visit Millard Massey in Manderson and plan to return via Denver to meet Hazel Massey, employed there, in a family gathering along the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J D Mercey
Everett
Earl
Roy
Wyoming
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Mires Thelmy Mavery
Anmea Welst
Clement McLean
Zelda Trate
Alva Hatchie i McLean
James Gibsons
Chris Merkle
Nelson Merkley
Merkley
Temden
Cotton
Owen Neleu
F Jensen
Aug
Owen Melgon
Riley Murray
Dog Valley
Owen
Mrs Morris Ranch
Vex
Erton Viking
Ashley Valley
Provo Boy Scouts
Lon Reynolds
Uintah Basin
University In
Ohio
Schriff Joseph Timothy
J. A Cheney
Edmond Crawford
Eastern Utah Bankers
J A Cheney
Uintah State Bank
Price
Eastern Utah Banker's Association
Cheney
Edmund Crayford
Emery County Bank
Castle Dale
Premient
FR N Mead
D A McMillan of
Murray
Uted Banker Association
CR Marcussen
Price Vas
J W Tame Mend
Carbon County
A Robertson
Fret National Bank of Moab
Rergents
Facultes
Utah Agricultural College
Fort Dougie
Rev Wow Redard
Westminster College
Ealt Lake
Oscar A Kirrham
Frank
Colton
Emma Lucy Gates
George Thomas
Willam A Lisyd
Jardine Iron Wastington
Grant Calder
Ernest Burgess
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