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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
3
A collage of sale pitches and notices as a shop counter ad page lists cheap oxfords hats sun shade items and a buggy for sale plus inquiries about land farms organs and household goods. It mentions Dr Garret O Donnell moving to a new residence and a university opening in Provo Utah with catalogues available.
Reports from Vernal Utah include Bennion returning from Taylorsville to bury his mother, Adama back from Salt Lake with goods, and Trujillo's child injuring a arm in Maeser. Basin rail and road washouts foul routes while Ashley Coop raises stock under manager Bennton. Bishop Spalding visits Dragon. Carter returns from Salt Lake. Schools reopen September first.
Mrs Brig Carter returns from an extended visit with her parents at Logan LMM. Driggs delivered soda water to customers on the reservation for a few days. Acting City Marshal McNeill supervised street improvement work recently. Henry Johnson, an Indian boy serving a term in the state prison for felony, has not secured a pardon yet.
Ripe tomatoes, the first of the season, were on the editor’s bill of fare this week. They were raised by Mrs. Chadwick within the city home. She has a nice garden and extra early.
Mr. Wells of the Saven outfit on Snake river and Mrs. Josephine Williams of Brown's Park wed at Meeker on July 29. The bride was formerly Miss Josephine Baggatt, daughter of A I Bassett.
Miss Missie Mease of Pittsylvania County Wa was at the bedside of her brother J H Mease who has been ill for several months. Miss Mease was once a schoolteacher in this part of the country and friends regret that his condition has not greatly improved.
George Crawford and his son from Routt County have spent a week here seeking horses and have purchased about fifteen ponies. Crawford says he doubted the Moffat road but his trip along the proposed route convinced him the road will come sooner or later as the country looks prosperous.
An upcoming farmers institute is announced for Vernal in October. The article notes many benefited from the last event and anticipates another strong program with Professor John T. Caine likely absent for a period in Europe. It also mentions a teacher institute planned for October.
Karl Young six is left arm fractured at the elbow while riding a pony bought by his father Mig rank M Young. He fell turning a lane corner and the pony stepped on him. Surgical care given and he is said to be doing well. Bennion reports steady east inquiries about homestead land and questions the need for organizing a commercial club now.
M Roas of Sevier county files a double contest against George Peters and another unnamed opponent. Homesteads lie in Lake Forks country with Rosa planning to file on portions of each. Prof Hyrum Manwaring returns from a western vacation. Uintah Stake Academy opens September 6 with the same faculty except Wallace Gaider replaced by Charlie Colton.
Former Minnesota governor Van Sant was chosen as commander in chief at the G A R encampment in Salt Lake City Atlantic City will host the next gathering Hundreds of old soldiers attended the encampment a trend toward smaller attendance each year with the average veteran now 68 years old
City and Auburba show multiple structures under construction including the consolidated Maeser school house, residences of Joe Hacking Stan Ashton Enos Bennion and Cornelias Carhart. A newly purchased lot opposite Dr Hulinger hosts a proposed home by Carhart.
The Myton Chieftain reports Orchard claims by F. If Left, praising Ash ley yvalley apples apricots and plums. He notes frost protection failures and predicts rapid expansion, foreseeing hundreds of acres of fine orchards on South Myton beach within five years.
Union Pacific vice president and general manager A L Mohler led officials on a survey trip by car from Wamncutter to Craig in Routt County amid reports the railroad intends to push a line into the area. Two years earlier the company filed state declarations of intent to build though Mohler later said no plan existed.
Ambiguity surrounds a proposed steel bridge over the Duchesne River funded by a $25,000 Congress appropriation. Locals favor placing the structure below Myton near the former government building site washed away by a flood last spring to boost traveler flow. If built above town, travelers might bypass Myton, reducing visits to the thriving burg.
The 65 foot long 16 foot high fossil of a prehistoric reptile was uncovered on the north side of the Graen river one mile west of the Red Wash seven miles above Jensen. Darl Douglas of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburg will delay removal until after next Sunday to allow locals to view the discovery. The work to extract and ship the fossil will take at least two years, with chisels and lumber used to carton each section.
A brown telescope wrapped with rope is missing and the owner asks to notify this office at once regarding the lost item.
Mrs. Alice Merrit Horne and Mrs. Harden Bennion arrived from Salt Lake Thursday night to attend a local conference. Horne, a former Utah legislator, will deliver an address this evening in the Vernal Ward house about her European experiences.
The event starts at 10 o clock tomorrow morning and, to date, no external speakers are planned. Local participants will lead the proceedings.
Willard Young has returned from Salt Lake where he attended the summer school. He will teach the winter at Macser.
Jess Henting is released from quarantine and begins a fishing trip to Whiterocks, accompanied by Hugh Coltharp. The two men depart after Henting's clothes were fumigated prior to the journey.
Construction on the Maeser school house advances with the foundation complete but officials say the building will not be ready in time for this year’s schools.
H. G. Clarke rode in from Myton on Tuesday to file a homestead claim in the Lake Fork country. He states the land lies along the Lake Fork creek and he got exactly what he sought.
R Bennion has returned from Salt Lake City and is troubled with rheumatism He is likely to spend time at Glenwood Springs to try the renowned hot baths for relief.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky reports seventy eyes healed after using Chamberlains Salve. In February 1903 a gentleman urged him to try the salve, he bought one box and used about two thirds with no further trouble. Vernal Drug Co sells the salve.
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