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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1958
Page
15
Legal notices from Whiterocks Irrigation Company and Mogley Irrigation Company request extensions of time to file Proofs of Appropriation for water from Dry Fork Creek and related sources in Uintah County Utah. Hearings set before State Engineer in Vernal with protests allowed.
Tedgar C Jones and Mosby Irrigation Company of Utah filed with the State Engineer for a five year extension from October 7 1958 to October 7 1963 to complete the appropriation of 435 cubic feet per second and 600 acre feet from Mosby Creek Uintah County for irrigation. About 335000 expended and a further 400000 estimated to finish and apply water. Protests must be affidavits with copies filed by January 17 1959 with the State Engineer Salt Lake City.
Argo Oil Corp of Denver reports a major gas discovery 30 miles south of Rangely in Rio Blanco county Colorado. The well reaches 612 feet into the formation with gas flows from Morrison and Dakota zones totaling 463000 and 80 million cubic feet per day respectively. The field spans 12800 acres in a solid block surrounding the producing well and a new well is planned in Garfield county on a separate structure.
A mother seeking to aid her ten year old's reading faced a blunt reply from a GIS teacher stating she would retard progress if she taught. The mother suggested reading the child's diploma aloud at graduation, hoping for reassurance.
The estate of Gilbert Willhoite deceased asks creditors to present claims with vouchers to Colton and Hammond Attorneys Varnal Utah at the office on or before February 6 1959 Whitney Diamond Administrator.
The Utah section of the American Society of Range Management convenes at 9:30 a.m. December 0 at the Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City. Orvald Winkler, its chairman, announces the 1959 officers will be installed at the luncheon. Dr Howard Stutz of Brigham Young University will discuss new grasses and prints for range use.
Uintah County ASC chairman Wayne Pickup warns lamb producers to keep complete fall sale records. Each entry must include buyer name, signature, and fiveweight lamb count described as unshorn. Payments depend on ownership length and weight gain. deadline April 30, 1959. National and local figures show welfare of wool and lamb incentives under the Wool Act.
Utahs 1958 regular license deer hunts ended on Sunday November 23. Special permits will run from November 29 to December 7 for LaSal Mountain Book Cliffs Nash Draw Cottonwood and Daggett Clay Basin post season hunts. Daggett Lucerne Valley and Gordon Creek post season hunts not yet set. The game department will send five day written notices to all special permit holders when remaining hunts are scheduled. Only special permit holders may hunt these two areas and regular license hunters may not participate in these hunts.
The article notes a four year wool program ending March 31 1950 with a 1985 referendum covering those years and a fall 1959 vote to extend for three more years under the 1958 Agricultural Act. It also describes a couple of Liktinos assigned as sidewalk superintendents for a Northwest lighthouse project who observe construction and operations through foggy nights.
A fragmentary account shows Sepee praising a white igloo builder yet noting doubts as fog rolls in. Exultant lines contrast with looming weather, hinting at unsettled mood and unclear outcome in a brief local scene.
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