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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
6
Notice from the U S Land Office Vernal Utah dated November 4 1920 announces Wategon Oil Company seeks patents for Mack No 5 6 7 8 shale claims in Uintah County Utah. Adjacent and conflicting claims named include Denver No 1 Tokota No 5 Mack No 9 Mack No 4 Alamo No 8 11 McHae No 2 Shale No 6 8 and Ute Nos 1 5. Albert F Young signs for the claim.
Notice is given that Watson Oil Company through its attorney in fact Herbert Tyzack has filed for patent for Mack No 2 and Mack No 8 oil shale claims in Uintah County Utah. The lands lie in Section 34 Township 9 South Range 25 East Salt Lake Meridian and are shown on official plats in Vernal Utah. Adjoining claims are Mack No 4 to the north and Mack No 1 to the south.
Creditors are notified to present claims for the estate of Hazel J. King to administrator N Johnson in Vernal Utah by February 10 1931. Also a sheriff sale is ordered in Uintah County Utah of stock sheep and cattle assets from W G Caldwell John Merkley Charles Taylor and McCornick and Company as described in the foreclosure decree issued December 1920 by the Fourth Judicial District Court. Sheriff L Richardson will conduct the sale at Fort Duchesne January 1 1921 at 2 p.m.
Creditors must present claims with vouchers to administrator William F Hanson in Vernal Utah by March 4 1921. Administrator William F Hanson urges all known and possible claimants to file promptly to satisfy the estate.
N. B. Ballantine of Denver applies to appropriate ten cubic feet per second of Bitter Creek water in Uintah County for mining use. Water to be diverted 2,000 feet on a ditch and returned to the stream, with protests due within 30 days after publication. State Engineer F. McGonagle announces dates of first and final publication.
State Engineer's Office in Salt Lake City announces James Doyle of Denver Colorado has applied to appropriate 10.0 cubic feet per second of water from Evacuation Creek in Uintah County for mining use at Doyle Ol Share Mine. Eight cfs to be returned to the natural channel after use. Public protest allowed by affidavit. deadline 30 days after publication. Dated December 15 1920 with first publication December 24 1926 and completion January 21 1921.
A reflective verse depicts the Old Year as a bereft king traveling into night while the eastern hills welcome the new year Twenty-One with bright bells and fresh joys. Poem by O. Sudduth as published in the New York World.
City Utah December 23 1920 notice that John C Mock of Dragon Utah has filed for a water appropriation from Sweatwater Creek Uintah County under Utah law. The plan allocates 144 to irrigate 80 acres from March 20 to November 16 with a 2300 foot ditch. Protests due within 30 days after publication.
A notice from the Fourth Judicial District Court of the State of Catan in Uintah County appears in this archival snippet outlining an upcoming legal action and associated procedural details for local residents and involved parties.
Minde B Johnson guardian ad litem for Carl Roy Johnson and others files a court sale for January 22, 1921 at 2 pm at the County Courthouse in Vernal Uintah County Utah. The property is the east half of the northeast quarter of section 9 and the west half of the north half of section 10 in township 1 south range 1 east Uintah special meridian, subject to a $500 mortgage plus interest dated December 27 1920.
A local listing advertises a variety of regal office blanks available for purchase. The notice notes pricing and contact details for interested buyers seeking desk accessories and related items.
Local residents report on visits, illness, home improvements, and community events. J. J. May now oversees the Price homestead while J. W. Spencer seeks Justice of the Peace in Craig. Hatch Murray plans a reservoir near Dripping Rock and alfalfa irrigation efforts rise. A federal arrest in the village stirs reaction as Perry Morgan and Dava Carnes travel through Old Mexico.
Vernal Utah January 2 notice to P M Macgregor warns that annual labor of 100 dollars per claim has been performed on Shale Placer claims Nitrate numbers 1 to 18 in 13 and 24 at White River area. If co owners do not contribute their proportional share of 262.50 by ninety days, the claims will be forfeited to the subscriber under revised statutes.
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