Biography of J C Penney Published 1902 Origin Story
The book Main Street Merchant by Norman Beasley chronicles J C Penney starting as a boy in Migsort and his first job in a department store, his failed Longmont venture, and his Kemmerer beginnings. it notes a 1907 partnership plan that propelled his rise to a national department store founder.
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Henney Company
Main Street Merchant
Norman Beasley
Beasley
Carter Glass
Knudsen
Penney
Mig
Inc
Longmont
Colo
Kemmerer
Money Saving Math Dishes Bulletin Now Available
A new 48 page bulletin titled Money Saving Math Dishes offers 150 tested recipes from the Bureau of Human Nutrition. The recipes emphasize main protein sources and include poultry meat fish eggs cheese dry beans and potatoes. Free copies available at Uintah county extension office or via the home demonstration agent. Also new bulletin Food for the Family with Young Children offered. Fiji Islands FAL stands describe area and population.
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Uintah County
Bureau of Human Nutriation
J C Penney Co Growth From Modest Beginnings to Giant Brand
The book traces the origin and ascent of J C Penney Co from a humble start described as the man with a thousand partners to a nationwide retail giant. It details how the company expanded into a major business concern with near 800 million dollars in sales last year and became a notable American enterprise.
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J. C. Penney Co
Utah 1947 Income Surges In Postwar Boom Led By Geneva Steel
Utah ends 1947 with a record total income of 733 million dollars and per capita 1208, aided by postwar industrial expansion. Geneva Steel payroll reaches 20 million with 6000 workers, surpassing Kennecott Copper. New Standard Oil plant at North Salt Lake and a long Rangely to Salt Lake pipeline boost investment over 15 million. First Vernal area oil well produces Sept 18, followed by two more wells, signaling major in-state oil development into 1949.
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Utah
U. S. Bureau of Census
Geneva Steel
Geneva
Kennecott Copper Co
Utah Copper
Standard Oil Co
North Salt Lake
Rangely
Colo
Salt Lake
Vernal
Ashley
First commercial oil wells bring Utah to industrial era
The Utah oil scene in late 1948 saw three operators achieve commercial quantities after 500 prior wells. Equity Oil Co in Uintah county began selling oil to Utah Oil Co in October, while California Co in Garfield county and WBoard Frost Inc in San Juan county faced extraction challenges in rugged areas. The shift from wagon wells to commercial production spurred increased oil and gas leasing and broader activity by local and major companies.
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Utah
Equity Oil Co
Uintah County
Utah Oil Co
California Co
Garfield County
Wboardfrost, Inc
Boundary Butte
San Juan County
Ofl
Washington
Garfield
Episcopal Bishop Confirms 40 At Whiterocks
Rt Rev Stephen C Clark bishop of Utah administers holy confirmation to 40 at St Elizabeths mission Whiterocks Uintah Ouray Reservation residents from Randlett Ouray Myton and nearby areas The ceremony marks first confirmation class from both St Elizabeths and the Mission of the Holy Spirit at Randlett
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Whiterocks
St. Elizabeth's Mission
Episcopal Church
Stephen C. Clark
Salt Lake City
Episcopal
Utah
Uintah-Ouray Reservation
Randlett, Ouray
Myton
Hogben
St. Elizabeth's
Mission of the Holy Spirit
Randlett
Clark
Oil and gas demand lift in Utah travels seasonally
Shadowing a much brighter oil and gas picture in Utah, analysts note higher crude oil imports and gasoline consumption due to increasing demand by vacationers. The trend shows an expected seasonal uptick in the third quarter of the year.
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Utah
Beavers shaping lands from shore to shore
A portrait of Frank Dufresne of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service, a beaver expert whose work as surveyor, logger, water engineer, builder and landscaper across Alaska to Labrador has built dams, lakes, grazing meadows and fertile lands, transforming streams and ecosystems for centuries. The piece highlights the beaver’s enduring role in landscape engineering and environmental change.
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Alaska
Labrador
Rio,Grande
Frank Dufresne
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
America
Buckaroo Parson Honored by Bishop Clark
Bishop Clark commended Rev. Hogben known as the Buckaroo Parson to Uintah basin residents and familiarly to the mission Indians as Father Joe for his work.
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Clark
Hogben
Uintah Basin
Joe
Beaver Aids Erosion Control Across Gullies
The piece touts natural erosion control by beavers as a superior method to curb water runoff and suggests landowners consider brush dams across gullies. It praises the beaver as an effective, bipartisan regulator of erosion and urges owners with eroding stream banks to adopt similar approaches.
Smoking in Bed Fatal Fire Warning Note
Smokers are warned that smoking in bed can be fatal as fumes from burning cloth may suffocate a person before the fire starts. Advice urges placing ash trays around the home and keeping matches and lighters away from children.
Uintah Farmers Union Co operative formed seeks Roosevelt station
Farmers of the Uintah basin announce the formation of the Uintah Farmers Union Co operative Assn. to secure additional bulk station outlets. They plan to purchase the Roosevelt service station and bulk land and take possession on or before January 1974, in cooperation with seven basin farmers.
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Uintah Basin
Uintah Farmers Union Co-operative Aren
Uinta
Roosevelt
Uintah Farmers’ Union
Co-operative Assn
Basin
Navajo Tribe of Arizona and Utah
The Navajo live in hogans made of mud and logs in Arizona. Their economy centers on selling rugs and jewelry and performing occasional labor. Jobs are the tribe’s chief source of income.
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Indiana
Arizona
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J. C. Penney
J. C. Pen
Immerer
Wyo
Fiji Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Australia
Enyohin T
Searle Electric & Appliance Co
John Koiter
C. R. Hopkins
Joseph Hogben
St. Elizabeth’s Mission
Daisy Kitchen
C. A
W. W. Wolfe
St. Paul's Mission
By Tod Kesting
Atlantic
Pacific
West
Wosper
Lloyd’s
Motor Sales
Lloyd and Fon
TYVK
Wey
Uele
Ken’s
Texaco Service
West Main
Lynn Richardson
Ken Richardson
Cooperative Buys
Glines Ward Chapel
Thomas Lumber Co
Chidy
Christ
Rex J. Striegel
Acme Paint Store
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