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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
2
The Vernal Express notes an entry at the local event, listing clans and participants. Details are partial due to OCR limitations but indicate community groups preparing for a gathering and lettered names associated with the event.
The note suggests mill owners could profit more by expanding production of Bone lumber to meet rising demand, following a period of limited supply. It implies incentives for scaling up sawing to maximize earnings.
The school district levy was set at 6 mills by the trustees Isat ey ring, correcting a prior error about the levy status from last week. The action finalizes the district tax rate for the coming year.
A gold bearing float was located ten miles northwest of Castle Dale and assayed at $2000 in the yellow metal. Claims are now that fissant veins of similar ore have been uncovered nearby, signaling potential mining excitement for the town.
Streeter & Luck secured the contract to build the switchback or temporary track from the continental divide to be used by the Moffat road until the big tunnel is finished. The project costs $275,000 and should be completed by May 1904.
Pioneer editor notes fish die from giant powder used in lakes and streams. Both small and large fish perish, threatening restocking and raising demand for accountability for the culprits.
Demand for Iumbe exceeds supply as carpenters sit idle for at least half the time for want of building materials. Construction in Ver nal drags on. more houses could rise if materials were available to complete begun projects.
On Monday August 17 the preliminary hearing is scheduled for Mrs. Aurora Hodge before Justice Dickl. She pleads not guilty amid strong interest in the case. Reports note she once confessed to shooting Ryan to defend her honor and cite her husband’s unchaste reputation as context.
A fierce editorial argues delayed court actions foster lynching and cites the two year-old Willie Nickels murder and Tom Horn’s stalled execution. It laments jail escapes at Laramie county and urges speedy trials to curb mob violence and public expense.
Organized labor loses support among free thinkers as President Roosevelt applauded for restoring Miller to his post as assistant Government Printer, a move seen as pivotal in labor politics.
The piece argues against sympathy strikes by unions arguing such actions harm both employers and workers. It claims union leadership uses strikes for political gain and calls for constitutional overhauls and new laws to ensure fair pay based on skill regardless of union membership.
Rev Ostenson returned to Vernal Thursday night after a year in Durango Colorado where he served as rector. He has long served in missionary work across Colorado and Utah and helped establish churches and relieve debt burdens. He will stay a few days then journey back to Durango with his horses left there for the winter.
Naples reports Wesley Manwaring, son of Davis Manwaring, was kicked by a horse and severely cut across the face. Dr Bjornson treated the wound and the boy is slowly improving. Also noted: Slaugh's threshing machine roothing a week, and Mr Lawbert of Deseret News busy in the area. Addie Longhurst ill with suspected pneumonia.
Last Tuesday Francia Caldwell twelve was struck by a hay pole and injured while riding a horse attached to the pole. Nineteen youths from this ward will attend the BY Academy in Provo this year, up from nineteen. Farmers report a busy harvest with the second hay crop, fruit crops ripening, and apples and apricots plentiful. A Sunday School conference is planned at the Stake House next Sunday with Dr James Talmage expected. A ward committee will help decorate the Stake House on Saturday.
Mr Good Wright of New London New York reports his wife suffered years of severe sick headache despite care from eminent physicians. After a year on Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets she gained weight and became able to work again. Sold by all dealers in patent medicine.
City council in regular session with no quorum previous night grants permit to W P Coltharp Company to build a one story brick store. MacNeil & Bingham gain move permit with roof restriction. Repeal and salary changes discussed for city officials including raises for recorder and attorney. Treasurer budget adjusted. city justice fees addressed.
The annual Old Folks party at Drocestone featured 80 plus attendees with badges for octogenarians. Honored guests enjoyed a full feast, a program of songs and readings, and remarks by Rev Stoddard and Hon. William O Neil, with many pioneers among the attendees.
Between fifty and sixty head of cattle reportedly died in the Joe's Valley range likely from poisonous blue bells. The loss is discussed among Castledale factions and the Castle Dale Progress notes. Meanwhile Utah surveyors head toward the state line with a food outfit, possibly linked to the Moffat line, and a mining firm's bid to relocate Uintah Reservation claims is blocked by Secretary Mitchcock for lack of reservation survey.
Idaho prisoner Bob Meeks, serving 35 years for aiding Butch Cassiday and Libby Lay in the Montpelier bank raid, broke free repeatedly. Recaptured with a leg shot off, he escaped again from an insane asylum, reportedly headed toward Wyoming's Hole in the Wall with a posse in pursuit.
A local piano dealer advertises pianos from Steinway Kimball Mason Hamlin and many other makes for cash or installment plans. It invites customers to consult W P Coltharp P Hanson W H Burton William Wion John Hacking Harden Bennion or Byron Nebeker for the merits of the Kimball piano now available in the county with prices from 225 dollars and up.
The text promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted cure for infant bowel complaints. It notes uniform success since its general use and reports widespread availability through patent medicine dealers.
A Salt Lake paper reports confidence that the Moffat road will reach Salt Lake via Purley s canyon or Emigration canyon with Ketcher surveying between Salt Lake City and Park City for two weeks. A traveler from Kamas Praine found the party southeast of Park City and Mr Kelliher studies county topography to find the easiest grade into the valley. The route follows part of John W Young survey from Park Junction into East canyon and Emigration canyons Provo Enquirer.
The Grand Junction Sun condemns water theft on irrigated ranches. It notes headgate tampering and night prowling as methods, calling the practice terminal and contemptible. Water stealing ruins innocent farms, fuels feuds, and even murder, citing supposed ethics as justification.
The Catholic Standard and Times reports a controversial remark suggesting someone would choose prison over other fates, while noting the individual has been sentenced to ten years, countering rumors of the claim.
A quoted exchange shows a terse retort about time to swear and relief from fear as captured by the Chicago Tribune. The dialogue hints at rural or urban tension and immediate humor in a brief, vivid snapshot.
In Brooklyn Life Katharine tells her father she intends to marry the family doctor to cut down heavy expenses. The exchange shows practical aims driving a proposed union within the household.
A fragment from the Chicago Record Herald hints at a bouquet theme with lines about flowers and unseen beauty. The quirky phrasing suggests a playful verse about a passerby who admires florists without gazing into shop windows.
John J Patton of Patton Alabama recounts a violent diarrhoea attack that nearly killed him before relief and recovery after using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He credits a 25 cent bottle and three doses with his cure and endorses the product to readers.
Court order directs sale of Robert Atwood assets to satisfy Ashley Co opas judgment for 18.11 plus costs. Auction set for August 19 1903 at noon in front of Uintah Feed and Livery. items include harnesses wagon jack frying pan water barrel hay bales and other household and farm gear in Uintah County Utah.
The United States Land Office in Salt Lake City Utah notifies that within sixty days protests or contests may be filed against the state's classification of land containing mineral veins. The notice references Act of Congress of July 26 1874 and a November 27 1906 publication. The matter involves the general land office in Washington and appeals to holders and interested parties to file protests if they believe the land is valuable for mineral use rather than agriculture.
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