Local notes and business updates from Vernal area
J G Wolmes spends the week in Vernal while Johnnie Strang returns from Roosevelt. Leslie Ashton visits Salt Lake City and Henry Myers opens a barber shop in Fort Duchesne. Rain fell Tuesday night with half an inch in the southern valley. The Burton and Samuels brick addition foundation nears completion with Geo Hislop on the project. Heavily loaded lumber teams return and lumber yards report good stock of building materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier
Congregational Sunday School Speaker Visit Mentioned
Mre J H Mease and children and Dick Smith and family visited relatives in Heber for two weeks and plan to return home soon. Rev Goodwin of Provo will address Congregational Sunday School Sunday morning and preach at 8 PM. All friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre
J. H. Mease
Dick Smith
Heber
Goodwin
Provo
Congregational
Gray’s House Purchase and Fatal Horse Accident
George Gray bought John Timothy’s house for 110 dollars on Monday morning. That night a horse tied to a wagon tripped on its neck rope and broke its neck. This is the sixth horse Mr. Gray has lost in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gray
John Timothy
Mr. Gray
McNeil and Wood Inspect Baldy Lakes Engine
T C McNeil and Fred Wood visited Baldy lakes last week to inspect the engine and related components taken there last fall. Mr Wood pronounced the engine in first class repair and plans mention potential dam construction at the lakes this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C McNeil
Fred Wood
Baldy Lakes
Stock subscriptions opened for Ashley Reservoir Company
Four subscription lists prepared for stock in the Ashley Reservoir Company were placed with Harden Bennion at the Ashley Co-op James Shaffer at Naples Thomas Bingham at Maeser and M M Meecham at Jensen. Prospective subscribers are urged to act promptly as the move will benefit the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Reservoir Company
Harden Bennion
Ashley Co-op
James Shaffer
Naples
Thos
Bingham
Maeser
M. M. Meecham
Jensen
Forest official tours Uintah reserve region
G K Reddigton of Washington DC a general inspector of forest reserves visited Vernal Monday and will spend about ten days in the Uintah forest reserve area. His jurisdiction currently covers reserves in South Dakota Wyoming two in Colorado and Salt Lake and Uintah reserves in Utah with temporary headquarters at Cody Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G K. Reddigton
Washington, DC
Uintah Forest Reserve
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Salt Lake and Uintah
Utah
Cody
County Court Opens Heavy Session in Vernal
County Clerk Hansen says the Vernal district court convening Wednesday September 5, 1906 will be a heavy term with many criminal cases. Chief among them are four county jail inmates charged with selling whiskey to Indians, and a heavy civil calendar awaits the District Judge.
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Hansen
Vernal
Local Classifieds Include Rentals Sales and Lost Items
The page lists house and lot for sale near the Opera House priced at 550 with terms, a saddle-horse for sale, a lost beam for platform scales, ice cream service for parties, miners wanted at Dragon Utah with daily wages, and building materials from Cook's planing mill with price listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera Louse
Meagher
Dragon
Utah
Gilson Asphaltum Company
Local clerks and stock take at area stores
Rh E Sprouse moved from home, Lynne Ashton returns to Ash ley Co op as clerk, Elmer Woodard back from Salt Lake City to Vernal. The Coltharp Company's store has been closed for stock taking the past three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Woodard
Vernal
Salt Lake City
Coltharp Company
Richards Finishing New House This Fall
David L. Richards nears completion of his new home this fall while John G. Davis visited from his dam near Whiterocks to discuss local politics this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Richards
John G. Davis
Whiterocks
Dry Gulch Irrigation Secretary Visited Vernal This Week
M. Roseberry, secretary of the Dry Gulch Irrigation Company, is in Vernal again this week for company business and site inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Roseberry
Dry Gulch Irrigation Company
Melons Sold on Street as Farmers Travel
A report notes a load of melons sold on the street on Wednesday from Kia Green river ranch. The county teachers exam occurred that week under County Superintendent J P Rudy with Frank Smith and family and Miss Louis Fuler returning from a visit in Idaho last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaugh
Kia Green River Ranch
J. P. Rudy
Frank Smith
Louis Fuler
Idaho
Joseph Campbell Loses Crop After Heavy Brush Creek Rain
Heavy rains Wednesday caused Brush Creek to swell and overflow, destroying Joseph Campbell’s crop as water crossed his field. The incident highlights flood damage and agricultural loss in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Campbell
Brush Creek
Grandpa and Grandma Winn Visit Griffin's Sawmill
The Winns left Tuesday morning to spend several days with their daughter Mrs. Golightly at Griffin's sawmill hoping the trip would aid their health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa
Grandma Winn
Griffin's Sawmill
Mrs. Golightly
Music teacher canvasses valley for pianos
Prof. M. A. Phelps of San Francisco canvasses the valley for pianos and plans to stay through winter teaching music both vocal and instrumental.
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M. A. Phelps
San Francisco
Y M M I A Convention in Uintah Stake
The annual convention of the Y M M I A of the Uintah Stake of Zion will be held at the Uintah Stake Academy building on September 23 1900. It is expected that members of the general board will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party
Opera House
Cag. Gray
Sec
Uintah Stake of Zion
Uintah Stake Academy
Laurence of Dry Gulch Irrigation to Denver for business
W. If Laurence, a member of the Dry Gulch Irrigation Company, visited Vernal on Wednesday. He has spent the summer on the reservation and now travels to his Denver home to attend to business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. If
Laurence
Dry Gulch Irrigation Company
Denver
Failing Binders Strain Fall Harvest And Ailing Farmer
Farmers face scarce binders this fall causing delayed harvest as grain stands in good condition. Joseph Jenkins was stung twice while tending a bee hive, then grew faint at home after returning in his wagon. He described the fainting spell as a “happy dream.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
Missing brown mare sought near Griffins sawmill road
Dan H Wiltman offers a reward for the return of a brown mare branded O on the right shoulder with the left eye blind. The horse, 18 years old, vanished after the mountain hunt and is believed tangled in brush between the main cabin road to Griffins sawmill and the Taylor mountain dipping corral. A man has hunted for several days with no success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jis
Griffins
Taylor Mountain
Dan H. H Wiltman
Brownfields and Ringles Tour Salt Lake City Visit Amid Lumber Yard Notes
Dr. and Mrs. Brownfield and Mr. and Mrs. Ringie travel to Salt Lake City after a telegram says the doctor’s father will arrive from Lincoln on the 25th. Ringie returns east, Mrs. Ringie goes to Vernal with her sister for a month. The Ashley Lumber Company yard near Vernal handles eighteen loaded wagons in two days, with Geo. Bartlett in charge and D. E. Brown as chopper scoring 78 logs.
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Brownfield
Ringle
Salt Lake City
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ringie
Vernal
Ashley Lumber Company
Vernal Lumber Yard
Geo. Bartlett
Arthur Watkins
Geo. A. LaLone
Lester Bingham
Alpheus
D. E. Brown
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Walter Lloyd Drug Co
Court House
Hound
Hatch
W, Philippi
Jamieson
Philippi & Wilson
Attorneys-At-Law
Vlrnal, Utah
U. W. O'Donnell
Attorney At Law Notary
Brownfield Thsician
Surglon
Keridenca
Tue le Bjorenson
Othea
Meneae
Warmston
U #8 Land office
State Board of Law Commissionera Latent Land Plate
Wpa
Roosevelt, Utah
Golton, Jr
B.S
Surveying
County Court House
Leo C. Thorne
G. F. Fredrickson
Wm. Cook
EBAY
S. P. Trim
Undertaker
Utael
Coltharp Block
Socialists Meeting
J G. Wolmes
Johnnie Strang
Roosevelt
Leslie Ashton
Henry Myers
Fort Duchesne
Burton & Samuels
Geo Hislop
N. J. Meagher
Leslie Ashton Hardware Store
Lucyp Drua Co
Cook
Verna
Ladies Home Journal
Rh. E. Sprouse
Lynne Ashton
Acorn Mercantile
Ashley Lumber CO
Myton Supply House
I. W. Odekirk
The
JS. Mackinautt
Aloo
Jintah
Bond
Uinrau
W. Withenby
Prop
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