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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
1
Uintah district school board meets to set bus contract rules and safety standards for 1935 36. The board discusses steel bodied buses new routes at Rainbow Alterra Ballard and Gusher buildings and mandatory state law compliance for drivers.
Five California youths from Los Angeles were arrested near Myton and Roosevelt for breaking into garages and service stations. They pleaded guilty to burglary and received prison terms ranging from one to twenty years.
Rev George E Guiltd will lead Sunday morning services at Kingsbury Congregation Church on August 11 at 11 am. Special musical numbers are planned.
As we go to press on August 8, large areas on the southern slopes of the high mountains remain heavily snow covered. Local observers note slow melting and persistent white patches in higher elevations.
The State Tax Commission examined Uintah county property valuations for the current year and found no blanket increases or reductions. Uintah county's tax levy already shows a tenth of one mill increase for 1935, and local officials are praised for their careful planning and efficiency.
Mrs Ediza Ann Gardiner 85 of Naples, wife of the late Joseph Il Gardiner, died Tuesday at her elder daughter’s home. Born June 24 1850 in England, she joined the LDS church and emigrated to Utah arriving Salt Lake July 24 1873. She raised ten children and lived in Vernal and Ashley Valley. Funeral services set for Sunday August 11 at 2 pm in the Naples ward chapel, under the bishopric.
The Vernal grazing district board of advisors schedules its first meeting in Vernal on Monday August 12. A prior date of August 10 was announced during the recent election and later changed.
Washington Aug 5 Rep Murdock won passage of a bill to grant Duchesne county 30000 to improve and enlarge its public schools. The fund requires the schools be open to Indian children with whites. Similar legislation has passed for western counties as federal policy shifts Indian schooling into public schools amid crowded facilities.
Snow remains unusually late on the south slopes, a sight noted as atypical for this time of year and prompting discussions among skiers and local observers about lingering winter conditions.
A Logan First Ward group of about ten scouts trek from Big Park to China Meadows near Mountain View Utah on a fifty mile high country hike. Allen Bateman and Y Coombs lead the expedition with supplies for seven days as they pass Kings Peak and Gilbert Peak on routes above Vernal Utah.
The state department reports nearly 19,937.81 dollars in wholesale surplus commodities distributed in Uintah County since January. From October 1933 to June 30 1935 the wholesale value totaled 34 90607 dollars. Commodity agent Leonard Horrocks notes efforts to reach those in need and improve recipient well being.
Stephen M Ross 66 early Tridel resident died Monday after a two week heart illness. Funeral held Tuesday in Tridel chapel with Bishop Mor rill officiating. Speakers included Ernest Eaton A M Lyman and B Bartlet. Interment in Tridel cemetery. Pallbearers listed. survivors include Lorin Ross Mry Leland Morrill Ivan Silvan Harold DeVere Ross and Lucy M Nebeker Ross with 14 grandchildren and siblings named.
Charles William Baker, president of the Duchesne commercial club, died at 10 pm Sunday at Valley Hospital from injuries after his truck overturned near Vernal on Highway 40. Accompanying him was Odekirk of Duchesne, en route to arrange Labor Day rodeo plans. Baker suffered a severed artery and multiple injuries. Odekirk had a bruised shoulder. Baker, born April 29 1873 in East Lake City, is survived by his wife Maude, son Floyd, three grandchildren, and sister Rena Maycock.
Mr and Mrs J W Moore of Ogden are visiting with the daughter Mrs J O Stewart and family this week.
The Nelson-Ricks Creamery plans a receiving station at Lapoint to bring in cream weekly. A Vernal station, run by JM Pitt at the Farm Bureau building, will also receive cream daily. A Vernal churning plant is to be built to serve the entire county. The Uintah Basin area near Vernal and Duchesne is praised as a premier dairy region. The firm, led by N O Nelson, makes Banquet butter and Meadow View cheese and operates two Utah and four Idaho cheese factories.
Advocacy urges building multiple reservoirs in Ashley Valley Utah to secure irrigation water, raise land values, boost crops, and fund schools. Promotes Buck Pasture project and ongoing reservoir development with regular meetings of reservoir companies to ensure long term water supply.
The Uintah County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting to organize a county public welfare committee to work with the state board. Members include FP Kelly, Jensen, Ray G Labrum, Ballard, Davis Morrill, Tridel, J R Douglas, Vernal, Andrew J. Vernon, Maeser ward, Alfred Simper Davis ward, and Willis L Johnson as chairman. The committee, with three Republicans and three Democrats, serves without salary, handles unemployment and relief cases, and aims to establish a county welfare department for coordinated federal state and local programs. There are 82 relief cases to be addressed beginning September 1.
Representative Murdock predicted the 200000 allotment for eradicating liver fluke in Utah stock would quickly gain presidential approval after delay awaiting detailed parasite data. Postmortem exams in Uintah Basin showed 75 to 80 percent cattle infection, 13 to 15 percent elsewhere, and about 75 percent sheep affected.
A doctor explains he ordered plain food for a patient while his wife questions its effectiveness. The wife then admits she will help the patient save money to pay his bill, revealing tension over care and payment.
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