Dastardly Seed Jimi Griffin Shot on Vernal Streets
A gunman in Vernal, Utah, fatally shot Jimi Griffin in a swift street ambush. City Marshal Meeks wrestled the weapon away as Griffin collapsed, and Griffin died within twenty minutes at the Undertaking Parlors. The shooter, identified as Workman, pursued Griffin amid frantic bystanders as residents heard the two gunshots.
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Jimi Griffin
Vernal
Gib” Workman
Jim Griffin
Uintah County
Workman
Meeks
Vernal Avenue
Uintah Avent
First South Street
Grifffire
Jum
Griffin
Trim
Bert Atwood
Johnson Arms & Cycle Company
Uintah County Proposal Defeated in State Vote Amended
The Uintah county amendment failed by 6,452 votes as the state canvassing board tallied results. A second taxation amendment also fell short, while the mine taxation measure passed with 15,882 for and 12,069 against. Bishop Spalding to lead Utah Episcopal diocese. weddings planned for Miss Annie Louisa Fuller and Mr Lewis L Colton in Maeser on December 10.
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State Board of Equalization
Uintah Couty
Uintah
Annie Louisa Fuller
Lewis L Colton
The Asphalt Suit in Provo Before Judge Booth
A Deseret News dispatch reports the Gilson Asphaltum Co versus the American Asphalt Association in Provo with witnesses from across the United States. Stirling Barren of St Louis tests the case while counsel for both sides outline the sensational, hard fought accounting suit initiated Sept 28 and adjourned to Oct 10. The Asphalt trust includes Gilson Asphaltum, Uintah Railway and Barber Asphalt Paying Co with $32 million capital, offices in Philadelphia and New York, aiming to secure all Gilsonite properties in Utah.
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Provo
Deseret News
Express
Booth
Utah
United States
Gilson Asphaltum Company
Amdican Asphalt Association
Stirling Barren
St. Louis
Defendent Company
Salt Lake F
Barren
Hts Company
Barron
Gilson Asphaltum Co
Uintah Railway Co
Barber Asphalt Paying Co
The
Asphalt Trust
Philadelphia
New York
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Uintah Avenue
John Odekik
Brew County
F. S. Spalding
Wil
Knight
Colorado
John &. Booth
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