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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
4
Entered as second-class minister at the post office at Vernal Utah under the act of Congress of March 4 1879. Advertising rates listed include display, legal notices ten cents per line per insertion with minimum charges and advance payment requirements.
A local appeal urges weekly band concerts to unite city and country residents. The group plans dances to raise funds for new music and instruments, asking for broad support to keep the band together and provide real music for Vernal.
The Ashley valley urges citizens to maintain new blue steel road signs along the Vilfory Highway. Despite high quality construction, vandals have damaged signs before, and residents are asked to report any sign destruction to county or state officials for legal action.
Uintah county announces a fall fair September 28 29 30 with continuous activities and good premiums for exhibitors. Committees work day and night to host one of Uintah county s biggest fairs, but producers must contribute pride in their products to ensure success.
In the big exhibit building erected last year for this purpose boys and girls are now to propose exhibits for the sale. The event is not far off with many prizes to be awarded and premiums to win.
Minna Irving in New York Run describes Aladdin's lamp turning sands into gold and glass into gems under moonlight. The lamp brightens the world, making the humblest couples seem blessed as lovers look to the sky on summer nights.
A young girl named Broohklys stood handcuffed for twenty four hours beside a small cell at the old Faghish prison in New Lock to win a hundred dollar prize for her brother Mess Jeanne Du Brus. The prize was offered by the commander of the Success, an aged vessel once used to transport prisoners from England to Australia.
Emery Stone a 76 year old Maine native and Civil War veteran wed Mrs Nes tle Bo Fairchild a 64 year old Jensen resident at the county courthouse. Justice H Walter Woolley officiated on Monday August 21. The couple known in Jensen for their varied war history and local standing begin life together amid a lighthearted note on age and family ties.
A Western Newspaper Union account of a modest church with a slender spire that, after service, reveals a history of foreign travel and rare materials. Marble tiles from Sol Invictus temple in Jerusalem, arch stone from the same ruins, olive wood from Gethsemane, and an ivy from Martin Luther’s tomb adorn the sanctuary. Presidents Grant and McKinley, Vice Presidents Colfax and Fairbanks, General John A. Logan and other notable figures worshiped here.
The piece argues General Dawes should head a federal program to cut waste and eliminate extravagant government spending. It defines government waste as disorganization and inefficiency across the nation and stresses heavy taxation without justified costs.
The Northwest Territory dispute involved Spain France and England. France first settled Ohio. English pioneers later moved west into the Ohio Valley. The Northwest Territory was created in 1787, Ohio joined the Union in 1803 as the seventeenth state, and it ranks fourth in population with 24 electoral votes. Ohio, the Buckeye State, derives its name from the Iroquois Ohee yo meaning beautiful river.
The remark notes that General Dawes is not a new broom yet is expected to make a thorough change, signaling confidence in his decisive approach and reform potential. It emphasizes authority, experience, and a readiness to overhaul practices.
Oil prices and industry notes from Utah and Colorado. Bhate Delkeque plant sells oil at 50 cents a gallon. Dr Earl Douglass reports on Uintah Bank of prone pods and Hilit Creek. Ute Petroleum tied to Dutch Shell may set up a rig southwest of Duchesne within 10 days. Seven killed in a shale plant tram accident north of Grand Valley. W.H. Donaldson promotes an agricultural college at Fort Duchesne and expects drilling to resume at Moffat. Old shale oil was tested 50 years ago near Jund with a crude still, and an oil sample near Green River was drawn from a well in San Juan county. Douglass says Uintah Basin holds promise for future oil work.
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