Uintah Basin railroad plan launched by Utah business leaders
A Salt Lake City driven effort forms the Uintah Improvement Corporation to build a railroad into Uintah basin from a Salt Lake City Ogden axis. Governor Bamberger leads, with a committee plus 29 signatures pledging 1000 each to raise 50,000 for surveys, right of way, and preliminary work as coal oil and mineral prospects in Uintah basin are touted to demand rail access.
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Wilia
Salt Lake
The
Tribune
Uintah
Damberger
Uintah Basin
Commercial Club
Uintah Improvement Corporation
Governor Eatberger
Hever J. Grant
Lester D Freed
W Ivins
W Clyde
M T Streeter
Wo I Smart
T N Taylor LeRoy Dixon
If T Reynolds
Frank A Fisher
James W W. Collins
John Dern
J Tratloran
Cy Cemmell
R Firch
George T .Cole
G G Wedards
MH Sowles
John C Cutler
R Walie
E A Culbertson
LD J
Farnsworth
W Armstrong
Wattle
Bristol
Frank Pingree
T. W Warer
C 8S Burton
Bamberger
W J Haitloran
Schramm-Tohnson Drug Co
W F Jensen
Sweet Candy Company
Lake Tribune
Tl Inch
Keither Brien Company
E O Woward
Frank Pinscree
Union
Omaha
Galt
Streeter
Denver
Moffat
Springvilla
Rio Grande
Frovo
Springvill
Strawberry Valley
Strawberry
Duchesne
Denver & Tig Grande Anid
Soldie Summit
Sald
Hangrey
Scotland
Rangley
Ukah
Indiana
Visitors Arrive In Vernal From Sugar City Idaho In Mobility Craze
A wave of travelers arrives by Uintah railway and road visiting Vernal and surrounding areas. F E Caldwell J B Brennan Lineat Ball C N Y McConkle from Watson stop to visit family while Dr Mccles of New York arrives via Mack and Watson. Walter McCoy and daughter Edith return from Salt Lake City en route home. E J Longhurst and George Pope of Whiteclover visit Vernal. Vera Carter's White River friends wash. A Banke peot at Watson. Byron Thomas and Ashtey station crew join White River trip for camping and fishing. Robert Johnson Albandra station keeper travels to Vernal. Jesse Richens and family at Kennedy station visit Mr and Mrs Gurr before heading to Altonah and mountains. Mrs Bertha Murray joins husband Sara Murray at Rainbow working for Gilson Asphaltum Co. YW Traeler heads to Leadville via Uintah railway. Colton Dan Wisher John Packer Preston Keellfisrold Workman Clair Coupes and Andrew Karren go to Rainbow for Gilson Asphaltum Co. Mrs Byron Khuball of Ft Duchas ne travels to Watson to visit old neighbors. A tourist party including Dr A W Gunt ham his son Christian W W Guntham Wayne Sterle tours Idaho and Wyoming, praising Ashley valley. Five Hamilton brothers with wives and children arrive from Sugar City Idaho in five cars, totaling 32, visiting Vernal for two days. They are John, Chas, James, Robert, and A P Hamilton, siblings of Mrs Chas Carter and Mrs Kyrum Calder.
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Uintah Railway
F E Caldwell
J B Brennan
Lineat Ball
NY McConkle
Watson
Dr Mccles
New York
Vernal
Mack and Watson
Walter McCoy
Edith
Salt Lake City
E J Longhurst
George Pope
Whiteclover
Vera Carters
White River
Robert Johnston
Amandra
Dan Mi Neil
Banke
Byron Thomas
Ashtey
Whiterocha
Robert Johnson
Albandra
Jesse Richens
Kennedy Station
3S Gurr
Richens
Altonah
Bertha Murray
Rainbow
Sara
Murray
Gilson Asphaltum Co
Leadville
Uintah
Colton Dan Wisher
John Packer
Preston Keellfisrold
Clair Coupes
Andrew Karren
Byron Khuball
Ft Duchasne
Vislt
Hamilton Brothers
Sugar City
Idaho
John Hamilton
Chas Hamilton
James Hamilton
Robert Hamilton
A P Hamilter
Hamiltons
Mra Chas Carter
Kyrum Calder
Reservoir meeting stirs Ashley valley water plans
Ashley Upper and Ashley Central Irrigation Company users met in Vernal to discuss creating reservoirs to conserve runoff and store water for summer irrigation. Attendees backed forming a joint corporation to pursue reservoir sites, with Twin Lakes and Deer Lake highlighted as potential storages. A resolution empowering directors to act was approved unanimously, and another meeting was set for Saturday.
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Water Usera
Ashley Upper Irrigation Company
Ashley Central Irrigation Company
Asbley Valley
Vernal
Baldies
Court House
Stepa Ag
Ashley Valley
Thos W . Donnell
Ife
Corporation
Deer Lake
Twin Lakes
Hig
Ile
Slughel
Sunshine Ranch
Ashley Creek
County Schools to Open in September After Institute
County schools will reopen September 8 with significant vacancies in the teaching corps due to illness and low salaries. The state board allows high school graduates to teach next year to address shortages, while influenza losses and new educational laws shape a busy season with health programs and supervised study emphasized.
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Salt Lake City
Vernal
G@ N Child
Board of Education
University of Utah
SSS
Uintah Basin
Ashiey Valley
Slaugh
Green River
Ing Aree
Uintah
Fishing trip chaperoned by Snell Miller in mountains near Deere Lodge
Mr and Mrs Snell Miller led a group of young people on a fishing trip into the mountains near Deere Lodge, returning Sunday. The party included Miss Bernice McNell Edna Bennion of Salt Lake May Wood and Messrs Rollin Williams and Dell Williams. They report a very enjoyable time.
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Snell Miller
Deere Lodge
Bernice McNell
Edna
Twelve year old son of John Bennet killed
The mountains accident report says Barrel Bennet, son of Mr and Mrs John Bennet, fell from a wagon while riding down a mountain near Manilla. The wagon’s barges ran over him, killing him instantly. The Bennet family, including the sheriff of Daggett County, previously served as a forest ranger on the Ashley forest.
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John Bennet
Barrel
Manilla
Daggett County
Ashley Forest
Miss Molle Gillian Visits Dallas Hosts
Miss Molle Gillian of Dallas, Tr., connected with the public school institution, is visiting Mr and Mrs Moore of this city.
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Molle Gillian
Dallas
Moore
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Craig
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Setta Salt Lake
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Walter Brothers Dry Goods Company
Qinvass
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Guntham
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Chillicothe
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