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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1927
Page
6
The Vernal Express Christmas number will be issued December 16 with special articles on the Apu ley valley and the Unit. It promises info on resources industries and opportunities for settlers and investors. A limited run of extra copies will be sold at fifteen cents each including postage and addressing.
Funeral services for William Hartle were held in Vernal on Saturday. Bishop Calder and Bishop Wallis spoke of his steadfast church faith and service. The ceremony included violin duets and choir numbers, withInterment at the city cemetery. Hartle, born December 1 1864 in Hanslet England, had emigrated with his parents as a child.
Goshen attack not countenanced by local Congregational workers. Vernal Express supports Rev Thaile E Sebold and Leo C Thorne, praising their fairness, liberal outlook, and efforts for community uplift amid Utah church tensions.
Uintah County district court opens Monday morning with Judge N Larsen on the bench. A unusually large calendar includes criminal and civil matters. Trial jurors summoned for the term include George W Cahoon Willis L Johnson W Bistan Charles F Carpenter A The dore Johnson and William Richard.
At the regular session on Wednesday Uintah County commissioners set December 19 as the date to pass the annual budget. They also executed a cooperative agreement with the State Road Commission for the federal aid road project between Gusher and Roosevelt, running through the county by the Gusher post office.
Rath Rolfe of Ijaho Falls attended the funeral of W H Oaks Leroy Carroll Sidney Pace F Ray Kimball J A Arn old John G Hacking A Wohed eker Lawrente Abbegien & M Ross H Leroy Morril WD Mor rill George Wf Bartlett and others as District Attorney Vi B tape expected here Sunday for Rex Burk?
The EXPRESS shifts to cash in advance for all subscriptions beginning after the first of the year. It warns that unpaid papers will be halted on December 30 and urges prompt paying patrons to support a paper it deems worth the price. The policy targets deadbeat customers and seeks to eliminate credit as the bane of business.
Flood sent a ten foot wall of water down Lake Fork river washing out several bridges headgates and irrigation ditching near Farnsworth Canal Reservoir seven miles below Woon Lake. Duchesne river bridge at Myton saw water four feet deep. Survey of losses underway with financial impact undetermined.
Uintah Basin notes that County Agent Peterson travels east to explore expanding meat industry prospects. Fire at the home of R J E Hunting destroyed the residence last weekend after Mr Hunting left a door open during heating. Loss is attributed to a likely smoldering fire from a defective flue.
Local Roosevelt and Uintah High School athletes debate upcoming nine mile relay and football matches. Roosevelt seeks five runners from Fort Duchesne to Roosevelt, while Uintah cites lack of response and timing issues amid discussions of farm bureau trips and meat packing expansion plans in Vernal.
Bert Lasoreaux of Lapoint lost his home in a Sunday fire that spared three younger brothers Waldo Eldon and Jesse who woke to a pillow fire and led the others to safety. The blaze forced a retreat from the upper floor. Wilham? Jespe was taken to Roosevelt for care. The family receives aid and plans for a new home.
Funeral services for Samuel J Kolfe were held Monday in Vernal Second Ward chapel with a ward bishopric directing. The service featured a chorus, floral tributes, and remarks on the Rolfe family’s history, followed by burial at Vernal cemetery. Interment was conducted by Patriarch James V. Shaffer.
Grading on the Duchesne to Dead Ox Flat road is nearly finished with over two thirds of the nine and a quarter mile distance surfaced. Surmounting delays on two bridges over the Strawberry River persist due to equipment issues, but a more substantial rig is now on site and work continues. If weather holds, contractors expect practical completion by Christmas, with access likely in early spring.
W D Halpin faced trial in Colorado court over damages claimed by W A Robertson for alienating his wife. The jury returned no verdict, and Halpin did not appear or testify in his defense. the case highlighted the Uintah Railway area’s local history and relations.
Mra Joba Wilson o Tridil spent Thursday in Vernal visiting with his daughter Elva who is leading the UHS.
Mr and Mrs John N Davis announced their daughter Alma Mrs C L Ericksome of Salt Lake City became mother to a healthy girl. Grandparents from Salt Lake City greeted the joyful news on Monday.
The Delta man was laid to rest in Vernal after a service attended by his wife and family. Surviving are his widow Mrs Molleta along with children Myrtle King Vernal Delphia Mul Portland Oregon Ida Birehell Roosevelt Samuel Della Marshall Ralph Frank and eighteen grandchildren. His brother William Nolte of Lebl attended and returned home Tuesday morning. Mrs Teiphisx Nuland of Portland could not attend.
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