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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
1
The article reports Senator Reed Smoot plans a bill in the Sixty-fifth Congress to extend lease terms for Indian lands, allow purchase at lease end, and promote cultivation under government direction. John T. Carlson advocates farm improvements, townsites, and auctioning lets to whites, with twenty-year leases and future sale at appraised value.
W B Ten Broeck was found guilty of selling liquor to Indians at his business near the government post at Ft Duchesne. The trial, led by W S Lowe and C Q Trail, faced jury-assembly disputes and involved testimony from Henry Johnson and Queer Cut. Sentencing was postponed to allow Christmas time out of jail.
An item promoting a Libby Dance on December 28 invites attendance with a mysterious attraction not disclosed in the paper due to postal rules. It urges support for the Public Library, noting 660 volumes and 600 membership applicants, with 175 books lent daily and 20 to 30 daily visitors. Ticket prices are listed at 50 cents per couple and 25 cents for extra ladies.
The May last year act lets homesteaders file on public lands anywhere in the United States. Peter Provost of Sanborn Wisconsin filed his claim. some lands later proved railroad grants and had to be relinquished. Provost now seeks Utah land in Brown's Park area Township 3 North Range 23 East. More Wisconsin men are expected to move to Utah for land opportunities.
Sam Bennion returns from a two year absence to Smithfield where Ham Preece and family visit. The camp near Myton resumes work as weather clears. Dick Smith smiles broadly as Maudhee Law announces a new baby boy, Georfa a girl follows. Holiday shopping ends with merchants crowded, locals carrying gifts home.
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