Water Purification Project Near Completion in Vernal
Vernal moves toward meeting Utah State Board of Health standards from 1949 as two steps remain. A new $3000 chlorinator will be installed near the city water tanks to aid settling and reduce taste and odor after chlorination. An earlier exhaustive inspection and a 14 item improvement list led to $70,000 in upgrades. the town board participates in the district purification plan and notes measures were taken under advisement.
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Utah States Board of Health
Maeser
Vernat
Remodeling Nears Finish on Newton Bros. Building
Remodeling nears finish on Newton Brothers building as a modernized exterior and new storefronts are added. The former site, long used for magic tricks and crafts, will house a beauty parlor, doctor offices, shoe shop, saddlery, and rear garages.
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Newton Bros
Reir
Two Uintah Servicemen Wounded in Action Near Korean Front
Rerent reports list two Uintah Basin soldiers wounded in recent weeks. Pvt Pyk Floyd Cloward of Glines Ward, son of C B Cloward, entered the army in 1950 at 22 and was wounded in bitter fighting near the north Korean border. Pvt Gale C Rasmussen, Company C 328 A.10M Battalion, born November 1929, inducted April 1951, wounded in late November. his Roosevelt wife Mrs Lure Jane Rasmussen and their baby son, born last month in the Velt hospital, reside there.
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Uintah Servicemen’s Association
Uintah Basin
Pyk Floyd Cloward
C. B. Cloward
Glines Ward
Pvt
Cloward
Ft Duchesne
Ray
Highways in Uintah Basin Receive Major Funding
Utah allocates funds for the 1052 state road program the largest in state history. Vernal to Salt Lake City U S Highway 40 gains 560000 for widening Kimballs Junction to Park City and Bridgelands to Myton areas 360000 for widening. Bonanza to Highway 40 21 mile stretch graded and oiled at 200000 with Vernal Chamber of Commerce road committee pushing for more state money.
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Uintah Basin
Utah
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
A. V. Watkins
Walter K. Granger
Clare Hopkins
Continental Oil Moves Offices To Main Street
Continental Oil Company shifts offices to a six room suite on Main Street, with initial occupants including five geologists and new staff from Salt Lake City. Drilling at Reinbow near Bonanza began mid November, reaching shallow depths, while two Watson wells earlier that year were dry but showed indications. The firm holds 4.5 percent interest in Ute Tribals No. 1 and 2 with Carter Oil, with Duchesne unit wells active.
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Contiaehtal Oil Company
Western Geophysics
Realowitz
John Wyeth
Saltmake
Continental Oi
Reinbow
Bonanza
Comany
Watson
Continental Oil Company
Carter Oil
Duchesne
Wasatch
Vernal City Administration Concludes Year Of Work
The 1951 Vernal city administration reports a near full spend of a 139255 budget on city projects by year end. Major expense was 36000 for replacing a failed 4300 foot water line with 11 inch cast iron, plus new water mains and 1000 yards of 4 to 6 inch pipe. The city and Chamber of Commerce revised licensing, reducing taxes for small businesses while modestly increasing for larger ones, and added a daily garbage service with a new packet truck and route schedule. Sidewalks, gutters, and health inspections were emphasized as improvements in Vernal.
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Maeser
W.P.A
Cty
Ackthurst Farm
Mest
Stmits
Vernal
Fifth West
Main Street
250 North
Funeral Held For Uintah Indian Chief Andrew Frank
Funeral services for Andrew Frank 73 longtime Uintah Band leader were held December 15 in Whiterocks Utah. The Salt Lake City native led the Ute tribe on Uintah and Ouray Reservation with tributes from Church and tribal members. He succeeded his father known as the Bridger Doctor and carried a long Ute lineage through Whiterocks and Provo Lake years after moving from the Uintah River country.
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Salt Lake City
Whiterocks
Andrew Frank
Ieader
Uintah
Ouray
Whiterocks Ward Chapel
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
James Bacon
Joseph Hogben
Mr. Frank
Frank
Bridger Doctor
Toyoyant
Uintah River
Provo Lake
Polio Campaign Underway For Uintah County
Dr. Creed Haymond, Utah March of Dimes chairman, says Utah leads the nation with a polio rate of 81.13 per 100 000. He urges Uintah County residents to donate generously as the 1952 campaign starts January 2 and runs through the month to fund care for those stricken by polio.
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Utah
Creed Haymond
Uintah County
Haymond
Cattle Raising in Uintah Basin Pioneer Industry
In 1873 Pardon Dodds and Jim Hittlaker began Uintah County's first permanent cattle herd, establishing a pioneer industry that grew into a vast Northeastern Utah cattle empire. By later years ranges spread to Diamond Mountain and Ashley Creek railheads, with hay meadows and irrigation water shaping early ranch life. Continued on Page 8.
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Lee Sowands
Pardon Dodds
Jim Hittlaker
Alinetah County
Tah
Carly-Da
Castle
Cy Blue Mountain
Old Ashley
Ashley Creek
Idaho
Canada
Fearless hounds and hunters bring in predator kill prisoner
Three government hunters Lt Nay Maeser and Acal D Rowley Vernal used expert packs hounds Bugle King Tah to trail a 130 pound mountain lion and two bobcats in rugged terrain near Hill and Willow Creek. Nay was attacked after wounding the lion and killed it with a final shot. Pvt J H Talbert, son of Mr and Mrs Talbert of Vernal, remains missing in action in Korea and has been presumed captured by enemy forces. His family awaits word and permission to send mail and packages to prisoners of war.
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Nay, Maeser
Acal D. Rowley
Saa Eridays
Stead
Jera
Hill
Willow Creek
Bob Cata
Mr. Nay
Nay
Peta
Jbe H. Talbert
John
Bena Good Talbert
War Department
Hwa Haes
San
Korea
Wey
Mra
Tabbert
Im.z Bergin
USA
Iit Konan
Oil News Summary from Uintah County Drilling Reports
Oil and gas notes from Uintah County Utah describe drilling activity by Phillips Petroleum and Ute Tribal areas. Recovered 290 feet drilling mud with core samples at 5800 feet while open flow produced oil and water for about half an hour.
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Riceva
Rosemi
Rocaeyes
Uintah
Ton
Roseveltits
Uchesne
Duchesne WE
Willis Mos
Willis Moon
Duchesne County
Arbon County
Red Wash
Phillips Petroleum Co
Lestos
Million Dollar Days contest winner crowned in Maeser
Mrs. Lloyd Brown of Maeser won the grand prize a 1891 Ford Tudor sedan in the Chamber of Commerce sponsored Million Dollar Days contest. The prize was delivered by Chamber secretary B Frank Ward and committee members after the holiday event. Additional winners include James E Palmer who took a camera from Vernal Drug LT Dudenia who won a Wing's Store shirt and Ray Campbell who received a Samsonite item.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Brown
Maeser
Brown
B. Frank Ward
Ber of Commerce
Jamea E. ‘Palmer
Vernal Drug
Dudeni
Wing
Ray Campbell
Fire in Kitchen of Warren Home Early Monday
Fire broke out in the Warren residence kitchen when Mrs Warren tried to speed up the tan by pouring kerosene on coals. An explosion tore through kerosene, but no one was seriously hurt. Fire department arrived minutes later, limiting damage to the kitchen about $200. The home is at southwest 5th and 5th south, property of Laurena Eaton.
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Warren
Warren Waas
Thon Fi
Stone
Sth
5Th
Laurena Eatom
Ait Anh
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Yernal
Continental Oil
George L. Nay
Acel D. Rowley
Lel
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Gallynburg
Ste
Google
Ong
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