Experts Visit Vernal to Inspect Uintah Basin Crops
A team from Utah State College led by M C Merrill and B I Richards visited Vernal and nearby towns in the Uintah Basin to study fruit trees and canning crops. They examined nurseries, orchards, and farms, met 218 growers, and outlined steps to improve soil, water, and pest control while stressing the need for a dedicated crops and pests inspector and better field preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin
Agricultural College
Logan
Utah
M. C. Merrill
B. I. Richards
J R Hagan
Frank R. Arould
Extension Service News Bureau
Clemons Nursery
Duchesne City
Hartman
Mt. Emmons
Gentry
Ioka
Beggs
Myton
Russell
Cedarview
Woodard
Neola
Leo
Britt
Maeser
Herbert
Ashley
Moffat
Lapoint
Fred Akhurst
Frank Smith
Logan Brimhall
Davis
George A. Slaugh
Green River
Uintah Canning Company
Vernal
Merrill
Ashley Valley
Utah Experiment
O Utermountain Territory
Richards
Hagan
Professor Arnold
The
Farm Bureau
Old Enemies Clash In Vernal Myton Ball Clash
Vernal hosts Myton in a revenge game at 2:30 PM at the ball park per Dr J W Stevens manager. It follows a recent 8 7 Myton win with Calver and Morrison likely Battery for the visitors while Vernal plans a rookie pitcher nicknamed dark boss with much english and unknown basin experience. George Harrison to umpire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Myton
Ball
J. W. Stevens
Mytons
Governors named to Commercial club board in Vernal
John W Pope and Walter Barnes were named to the Board of Governors at a Commercial club meeting in Vernal. They replace Earl Thompson and Keeney who departed. The board will include William Henderson William Witbeck B P es Homer E Rich and L W urry. A future meeting will set activities for the coming year and address pertinent problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Pope
Walter Barnes
Commercial Club
Earl Thompson
Keeney
Vernal
Wiliam Henderson
William Witbeck
B. P. Es
Homer E. Rich
L. Wurry
Curry
Board of
Opinion Favors Special Tax for Uintah School Levy
The community shows feverish support for a three mill school levy set for Tuesday to raise about $24,000 over two years. Prominent Utah educators arrive to campaign. local figures rally residents, with appeals stressing education benefits and risks of inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Ball
Francis Kirkham
Milton Bennion
University of Utah Summer School
O. J. Pratt
Utah
Ukntah County
Fathers and Sons Outing Details in Ashley Nation Forest
Friends describe a recent Father and Son outing with 187 participants packing camps, sharing duties, and learning nature amid Mountaine scenery near Old Baldy. Led by Ranger VanTassell, the trek included a Mareh peak ascent with fifty climbers, featuring two septuagenarian hikers and five year old Thomas Bartlett Bingham, son of Fred G. Bingham, as the youngest. The expedition took place under military discipline with Scout T. G. Wood and others guiding a county youth camp environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Valley
Old Baldy
Geo. L. Woodbury
T. G. Wood
Scouts
Salt Lake City
H. O. VanTassell
Ashley Nation Forest
William Preece
Forrest 8
Slaugh
Chas. P. Lewis
Sylvanus Collett
Vernal
VanTassell
Ashley National Forest
Flah—lake
Mareh Peak
Wukyc
Alfred N. Billings
David Timothy
Httle Thomas Bartlett Bingham
Fred G. Bingham
Outing Reaches Utah Summit and Forest Science Tour
Educational hikes to Utahs third highest summit 12219 feet and surrounding mountains featured Wallace Calder T C Wood and Fred C Bingham explaining botanical and geological subjects. Ranger VanTassell praised the Father s and Son outing for safety sanitation and cooperation while photographer Woodbury plans an album of trip photos for local display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Wallace Calder
T. C. Wood
Fred C. Bingham
VanTassell
Ashby Forest
Forest Service
Woodbury
Health Officials to Attend Major Health Conferences
James H. Wallis executive secretary of the State Board of Health will attend the northwestern tuberculosis conference in Cheyenne September 9 to 13. Dr. T. B. Beatty and Dr. H. Sears will join the southwestern conference in San Francisco, with all delegates attending the American Public Health Association meeting there. The executive committee named E O Howard, Dr. Beatty and Lecy Wales to a legislation committee for the 1921 session. A push for more tuberculosis wards in Utah and an American health crusaders' campaign in Utah schools were ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Wallis
State Board of Health
Chayenne
Walls
Cheyenne
T. B. Beatty
H. Sears
University of Utah
San Francisco
American Public Health Association
E O Howard
Head of Utah's Schools Endorses Tax in Uintah County
Local editorial page argues for approval of a special school tax to fund teachers and avoid half day sessions. It cites costs from $89,000 to $160,000 annually, warns of school closures and doubled class sizes if rejected, and urges voters to support full staffing and progression for students. It includes opinion pieces by Hyrum B Calder Enos Bennion and Ed D Samuels with a schedule of public meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
Bartlett
Uintah
Board of Education
Hyrum B. Calder
Enos Bennion
L. J. Mull
Schools of
Utah
Verna
Salt ‘Lake
Tina
Ed. D. Samuels
Vernal Commercial Club
Jensen, Lapoint, Wilson and Hayden
Vernal Tabernacle
Maeser, Glines
Naples
Davis
Competition heats up in Vogue Express Movie Contest
Isabel Watkins Martha Bullock and Nellie Glines lead the Vogue Express Movie Star contest with 875 each as 1000 start and 125 for each miss. Zina McConkie Bourtha White Eula Ball Helen Maxwell Norma Ruben and Ora Box entered but have not submitted. Contest closes September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Watkins
Martha Bullock
Nellie Glines
Zina McConkie
Bourtha White
Eula Ball
Helen Maxwell
Norma Ruben
Ora Box
Star of the Express
Vogue Adg
Vernalites Face 40.6 Mill Tax Levy For 1920
Vernal residents will pay a blanket levy of 40.6 mills for 1920, as the County Board of Commissioners set the tentative rate, with Uintah County totaling about eight million dollars in valuation. County residents outside Vernal face 22.7 mills. The levy funds include General 2 mills, County Poor 0.4, Interest and Sinking 2.1, Library 6.5, District Schools 8, County Roads 1.5, State Roads 3, and City of Vernal 17.9. The increase reflects state demands on roads and bond payments, plus library needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Board of County Commissioners
Uintah
General Fund
County Poor Fund
County Interest and Sinking Fund
County Brary
County Fuair
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Utah Agricultural College
Stere
John Pope
Assini
Ashley Bartlett
A. A. Hatch
William Henderson
L. A. Curry
Untah
Express
Wilace Calder
Rev
G. A. Downey
Uintah County
Ufmish County
Utah’s
Uintah State Bank
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