Seaboard Plans Deep Oil Test Near Ouray Utah
Seaboard Oil company of Delaware moves ahead with a deep rotary rig test 20 miles southeast of Ouray Utah to evaluate new oil sands near Bittercreek and Whiteriver. Kerr-McGee contracted the well site near the Rangely line as officials report favorable preliminary studies and reduced transport concerns if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ourdy
Seaboard Oll Company
Delaware
Kerr-McGee
Bittercreek
Whiteriver
Utah-Galorada Line
Rangely
Weber
Carter Oil
Vernal
Verna E. Farmer Jr
Iater
Vernal Soloist Recital Friday Evening in First Ward Chapel
Prof J W McAllister of Provo presents Miss Lois McCarrell in a Friday 8 p m recital at the Vernal First Ward chapel with Barbara Boyer as accompanist. The program lists nine numbers including selections by O'Hara Mendelssohn Romberg Puccini and Romberg. Also notes a polio treatment update for a Salt Lake hospital patient and a major operation recovery in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McAllister
Provo
Lois McCarrell
Vernal First Ward
Barbara Boyer
McCarrell
Prof
McAllister
Jesus
O'Harsa
Romberg
Puccini
Giannina Mia
Firms
Spirit Flower
Stanton
Carmena
Wilson
J. Edwin Collier
L.D.S. Hospital
Salt Lake City
Uintah 4-H Fair Rescheduled Into Late August Labor
Uintah Stake 4-H Club Fair dates moved to August 31 September 1 2 to avoid conflicts. Home Economics exhibits due August 30 or by 10 00 a m August 31 with group and individual projects including clothing foods and home improvement. State Fair entries limited by rules with fashion show and state contest qualifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Ruby Smith
Indian Tribes Observe Sun Dance In Nevada Territory
In a special tribute to war dead a second Indian Sun Dance was held near Whiterocks over four days with forty seven participants. Attendees included Shoshones, Navajos from Arizona, Blackfoot from spake, and Utes from the Uintah. Observers noted a more serious mood than an earlier dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiterocks
Arizona
Spake
Uintah
Basin
Permits Issued for Major Doe Hunt across Four Forest Areas
The Ashley National Forest opens a ten day deer season October 16. Permits for a 1500 female doe kill will be issued first come first served from September 27 at 9 a.m. at the county courthouse. Areas are Greendale Manila 300, Daggett Little Hole 350, Daggett Browns Park 250, Vernal Brush Creek 600. Open sale location is Vernal. Resident permit fee is $3 plus big game license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Forest
Greendale-Manila
Daggett-Little Hole
Daggett- Browns Park
Vernal-Brush Creek
Daggett-Browns Park
Vernal
State Fish and Game Commission
Greendale
Manila
Daggett County
Manila-Vernal Highway
Daggett-Uintah County
Said Road
Cart Creek
Green River
Wyoming
Daggett-Little Holes
Sears Creek
Daggett-Brown’s Park
U. S. No. 40
Ashley Creek
Jensen
Dinosaur National Monument
Utah-Colorado
Pat Creek
Daggett-Uintah
Center Creek
Legion Convention Set for Cedar City Next Year
Vernal Post No. 11 sent nine members to the Utah American Legion Convention in Ogden where delegates chose Frank Riter of Salt Lake City as department commander. The convention adjourned late Saturday after telegrams of invitation from Vernal civic clubs and local officials boosted Cedar City for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Cedar City
American Legion
Ogden
Vernal Witbeck Post No. 11
B. BH
Stringham
John Milburn
Stewart Ashton
Paul Bricker
Harris Bradshaw
Lyman
Nelson Merkley
Bernell Haws
Frank
Courture
Utah
Frank Riter
Salt Lake City
Riter
Rangley Salt Lake Oil Pipeline 30 Percent Complete
The 10 inch crude line from Rangely Colorado to North Salt Lake City is about 30 percent in ground with three crews laying roughly two miles daily. Salt Lake Pipeline Co Inc a Standard Oil California subsidiary reports 65 percent right of way cleared and 50 miles laid. Completion expected in 65 days with tests and November 1 finish target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangely
Colo
Salt Lake Refining Co
North Salt Lake
Charles V. Baxter
Salt Lake Pipeline Co.,, Inc
Standard Oil, Co
California
Standard
Prairie
Uintah Basin
Wolf Creek Pass
Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake City
Baxter
Swater
Region Six P T A Meet Set for Vernal Saturday
Utah Region Six P T A conference will meet at Vernal Central School Library on Saturday. National P T A representative Mrs. Emery from Atchison Kansas will discuss children and P T A contributions. Local and state officials including Mrs. Walker Salt Lake City and Superintendent Bond Duchesne County will speak at the morning sessions and a noon luncheon follows at Hotel Vernal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers
Central School Library
Hugh
W. Colton
E. W. Emery
Atchison, Kansas
National Congress
P.T.A
Mount St. Scholastica College
Atchison
Embery
Charles Walker
Salt Lake City
The
Utah ‘Con
Draft Will Call on In November
The nations peace time draft calls about 15,000 into service with the first group being 25 year olds and younger men drafted after. All 18 to 25 must register starting August 20 with eligibility for 19 to 25 under the draft law. Uintah county draft board organized with Byron Goodrich as chairman and members Charles A Hatch Alvin E Brecks and John Koiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Byron Goodrich
Charles A. Hatch
Alvin E. Brecks
John Koiter
Mémrs
Improved Vernal-Manila Highway Could Boost Park Access
Reading as a scenic route from Vernal to Yellowstone via Green River and Hoback Canyon, the improved Vernal Manila highway would provide a hard-surfaced, well-marked path to the park entrances. Wyoming and Utah agencies plan extensive paving and routing adjustments depending on Steinaker Draw reservoir decisions. Local groups seek continued road improvements to encourage tourist travel from Vernal and strengthen regional connectivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Teton National Park
Vernal
Betelic
Idaho
Park
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Wyoming
Green River
Wyo
Wyoming State Road Commission
Utah State Highway
Steinaker Draw
Bureau of Reclamation
Mail Draw
Road Commission
Vernal compact eyed to unlock Colorado River growth
The Colorado River Commission proposes the Vernal compact to allocate upper basin water for 412 940 acres. Water supply would cover 251 780 acres of new land with 161 160 acres for supplementary use and power facilities expected to generate 5 383 000 000 kilowatt hours annually. The Reclamation Bureau estimates total development cost around 930 million dollars at 1940 prices, higher today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reclamation Bureau
Utah
Colorado River Commission
Vermal
Colorado River
Congress
Upper
Nespelem man on vacation visits Vernal friends
Clarence Rose of Nespelem Washington visited friends in Vernal the late part of last week en route to the middle west on vacation. Rose left Vernal in 1934 and has since worked at Grand Coulee Dam in Washington in the power house of the Columbia Basin reclamation project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rose
Nespelem
Washington
Vernal
Middle West
Mr. Rose
Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia Basin
Congregational School
All Stars Announce Softball Lineups For August Showdowns
The Ladies and Junior Softball All Star games converge in late August. Ladies face Maeser league champions on August 28 after possible play-offs. Junior All Stars depend on the Naples Vernal First game on August 17 with possible August 26 finale. Managers Edith Hunting of Second and John Merrell of Naples named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis
Maeser
Naples-Vernal
Naples
Edith Hunting
Jn. Merrell
L. Workman
Glines
G. McKenchnie
N. Odekirk
E. Winward
R. Curtis
Levi Kidso
E. Chivers
Ri. Merrell
L. Rasmussen
M. Goodrich
Levi Kids
L. A. Weeks
Garter Gals
Manwaring
S. Call
MM. Berry
Mustay Pacrocemenees Venten Essen Toee
G. Oaks
Community Rose Garden Receives Commendation
Mrs. Donata Barr and the Garden Club received a letter from San Luis Obispo caller Mrs. Paul Dougherty praising Vernal Memorial Rose Garden. Dougherty plans to write for the American Rose Society and submit material for publication in the 1949 Rose Annual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donata Barr
Garden Club
Paul Dougherty
San Luis Obispo
California
Vernal Memorial
Doughterly
American Rose Society
Duchesne Boy Loses Hand in Power Line Accident
Mitchell, an encote son of Mr and Mrs M D Mitchell Apalco Duchesne county, was convalescing Monday at the LDS hospital Salt Lake after the stapulation of his right hand burned severely by contact with a power line near his home Saturday. The accident occurred on the Mitchell farm where the cable of a hay derrick came into contact with the electric line. The boy was reported in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Mitchell
M. D. Mitchell
Apalco
Duchesne ‘County
LDS Hospital
Salt Lake
Mitchell Farm
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Seaboard
Ouray
E. G. Henderson
U.S. 40
Gusher
Attorney Generals Office
Duchesne
Justice of the Feare
Henry Millecam
Jack Stagg
Salt Lake General Hospital
Thomas E. McKay
Stake
Uintah Stake
Tabernacle
Melchezidek
Ed. Evans
Jess Evans
San Bernardino
Cal
Louis Freestone
LaVell Manwaring
Mr. Evans
Brushcreck
Anderlors Deer Kill
Legion
Rangley
Green River City
Utah-Wyoming State Line
Vernsl
pra ne _ycinal Garden Club
Field House Museum
D. R. Barr
Disttrict Court District Court
Community Rose Garden
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