Death Curve crossing project ties rail line to Ogden highway
OGDEN Oregon Short Line rail road and Weber County plan an overhead crossing above tracks on Death Curve to Ogden highway. A contract for the project is awarded to Ora Bundy at 72.25 dollars. Peoples Light & Power Company gains certificate to build plants and distribution lines at cost 1700 dollars to furnish electric power to Loa Torrey Teasdale Bicknell Ly Tan and Fremont. Utah peach production listed as 842000 bushels for 1920. Brigheam City Journal notes Park City Star of Utah tunnel progress at nine feet a day. Salina reports a new sidewalk on Main Street south side. St George reports Dixie Power Company now owns a newly installed lighting system.
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Ogden
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Weber County
Ogden Highway
Ora Bundy
Peoples Light & Fewer Company
Loa
Torrey Teasdale
Bicknell
Ly- Tan
Fremont
Salina
ST George
Dixie Power Company
Plans for 1315 000 Post Office Addition Formed
Salt Lake City plans a $1 315 000 addition to the post office with Emery road graveling by E C Lee and Son at $227 380. Wheelright Construction Company wins a $34 415 contract to improve 14 miles of road between Fairview and Mt Pleasant and between Richfield and Elsinore.
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Salt Lard
Emery Road
E C Lee & Son
Wheelright Construction Company
Ogden
Fairview
Mt Pleasant
Richfield
Elsinore
Mantua Receives 000 Baby Trout From State Hatchery
A shipment of baby trout arrived from the state fish hatchery at Murray and was placed in the local fish nursery. Work began on the Palisade Park dance hall in Manti while the Sevier Valley Coal Company was dispatching coal carload shipments in Salina.
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Murray
MANTI
Palisade Park
Salina
Sevier Valley Coal Company
Cedar City Seeks Bids for Post Office Building
Cedar City invites bids to construct a new post office building. Project plans detail site work, foundation, framing, utilities, and finishing. Bidders must meet specifications and submit by the stated deadline to be considered for contract award.
Echo Dam earth and rock fill completed by Guthrie & Company
Guthrie and Company Inc contractors finish earth and rock fill on Echo Dam project. Work wraps up after months of excavation and placement, with dam components secured and ready for final inspection.
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Coalville
Guthrie & Company Inc
Echo Dam
Ogden Industrial School Adds Boys Gym and Dorm Annex
A new boys gymnasium and an adjacent girls dormitory are being constructed at the industrial school at an estimated cost of 45 thousand dollars. The project aims to expand facilities for student training and housing.
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Oqgden
Paved highway to Spring canyon project underway
TOOELE county plans a HELP er paved highway as part of a 200000 project. Wasatch Gas Co advances gas line work to serve the Spring canyon area. Provo library reopens after repairs and renovation, signaling local improvements. Coalville opens a 19 hole midget golf course west of Wepco Plunge. Provo Cox and Christensen win excavation contract at reservoir site at mouth of Hock canyon. Resper water mains installed in new Peerless townsite. In Pries caryon Ogden Farr West chapel in North Weberstoke completed at a cost of 20000.
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Coalville
Wepco Plunge
Provo-Cox and Christensen
Hock Canyon
Pries Caryon
OGDEN__Farr West chapel
North Weberstoke
Cedar City Plans First Unit for New Iron and Steel Industry
Cedar City officials report General Steam Corporation of Salt Lake City intends to erect the first unit of a large iron and steel industry complex here. The project aims to develop a major facility and attract related manufacturing.
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Cedar City
General Steam Corporation
Salt Lake City
Ogden Dinsmore Wins Foot Bridge Contract
Ogden Dinsmore Construction Company of Ogden was awarded a 1200 dollar contract to build a foot bridge across the Ogden River in Lorff Farr Park.
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Ogden
Dinsmore Construction Company of
Ogden River
Lorf Farr Park
Local Residents Return From Trails and Visits
A string of community notes lists residents moving back to Jensen and nearby areas, home visits from Vernal to Giles, and several gatherings. People include Mr and Mrs Charles Murray, Miss Ena Chivers, and the Atwood and Murray families. The piece notes work on roads, trapping trips, and a birthday supper hosted by Mrs Alfred Simper with relatives present.
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Charles Murray
Jensen
John Watkns
Mina Hocriinson
Giles
Lowell
Lige Jackson
Nathan Chivers
Vernal
William Johnson
Ed Bowthorpe
Henry Winward
Tommy Robbins
Reed Hodgkinson
J P Atwood
Johnny Atwood
Duwayne
Chuokie Murray
Ena Chivers
Salt Lake City
Alonzo Atkood
Gordon Smutn
Flat Creek
Thomas Knobbings Jr
Hill Creek
Alfred Simper
Phylinda Bosthorpe
Bos Jennis Brimhall
Charles Goodrich
Ida Bowthorpe
John Bulst
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Parties
Thursday morning departures to Lone Tree Wyoming for work by Johnnie Atwood Earl Chivers and Tyan Jacobson. Vera Adams hosted a lawn party for friends last Thursday at her home. Davis defeats Maeser M Men es 5 to Mrs Ida Bowthorpe and Mary Kolb hosted visitors in Vernal last Monday.
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Johnnie Atwood
Earl Chivers
Tyan Jacobson
Lone Tree Wyoming
Clara Hacking
Maceser
Vera Calder
Vernal
Vera Adams
Davis and
Maeser
M* Menes Davis
Ida Bowthorpe
Mary. Kolb
Horace and
Brian Gillman
Lige Jackson
J FP Atwood
Shirrel Williamson
Billie Ellifritz
Bernice Qurr
Mary
Leora Win Wa
Mr Kan Wees
Hazel Atwood
Lela Chivers
Man Jackson
Hazel Adams
Pearl McCarroll
Marjorie Shiners
Threshing Yard Plays Host to Busy Weekend Program
In a lively yard scene threshing machines operated all week end. A public program Sunday featured duets by Charles Quodrich and Victor Alplanalp, a talk by Mrs William B Wallis of Vernal, a duet by Birk Von Burke and Mrs Della Chivers, and a humorous exchange with Johnny who asks what word is always pronounced wrong.
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Charles Quodrich
Victor Alplanalp
Mra. Wm
Wallis
Birk von Burke
Della Chivers
Johnny
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Utah
Brigheam City Journal
Park City
Star of Utah
Helper
Spring Canyon
Tooele Critgy—Wasatch Gas Co
Provo—Library
Davis
CERTO
J.C. Penney
J. CG. Penney Co., Inc
Calder Brothers’ Co
Verml, Utah
Detroit
Detroit Jewel
Uintah Gas Co
Osborne
Asx
Bese
Vernal Lumber Company
Vernal, Utah
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