RFC Development Loans Liberalized
A congressional committee in session at Washington led by Chairman Abe Murdock of Utah secured a rule change on Class B mining loans. The modification allows qualifiers to show that enough ore will be developed to yield a profit from milling, broadening access to development loans up to $2000 for many small mining ventures and stimulating western mining activity.
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House of Repressentatives
Eeasion
Washington
Jef
Ayers
Montana
RFC
REC
Murdock
County Agent Keetch to Take Uintah Post March First
Russell R Keetch will assume the Uintah county county agent role on March 1. A longtime agrarian administrator, he previously served Wasatch county for seven years with headquarters at Heber City. Born February 14, he studied agronomy at Utah State College, graduating in 1929. An active LDS Church member, he participates in Weber Quons old Wasatch Chamber of Commerce and the Wasatch County Farm Bureau. He is married with one son and comes well acquainted with Basin issues and UBIO work, ready to continue the J E Wittner and FB Peterson programs as Uintah Basin projects resume under the county commissioners’ approval.
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Russell R Keetch
Uintah County
Keetch
Wasatch County
Heber City
Utah
Wasatch
Pleasant Grove
Utah State Agricultural College
LDS Church
Weber Quons Old Wasatch Chamber of Commerce
Wasatch County Farm Bureau
UBIO
J E Wittner
FB Peterson
Jala
Board of County Commissioners
Music Festival to Be Held Sunday Evening at Stake Tabernacle
The MIA with 250 voices directs a full evening program closing quarterly conference. Lloyd Winn leads, Elva Davis guides the combined chorus and organist Mrs Elva Davis. Featured numbers include Why Should I Falter and O Divine Redeemer with solos and duets by Frank Goodrich and Lloyd Calder.
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Stake Tabernacle
MIA
Lloyd Winn
Mia Elva Davis
Hosta
Frank Goodrich
Mens
Lloyd Calder
Daveret
Bastian
Divine Redeemer
Elva Davis
Join Btage
Ward, Maeser forfeit sparks Ver nal win
In a high school boys basketball brief, Ward defeated Maeser by forfeit after a disputed game, while Vernal First ward posted a 49 22 victory and another Ward win with a 92 28 score over Naples.
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Lines Ward
Naples
Vernal Recondeler
Tritell
Vernal First Ward
Maeser
Funeral Services Held in Naples for Edward Watkins Sr
Naples ward chapel packed with friends and relatives for the funeral of Edward Watkins Sr a long time pioneer of Naples and Davis ward. Bishop Simper presided. Interment in Vernal City Cemetery. Survived by seven children twenty one great grandchildren and forty nine grandchildren. Watkins was born Oct 27 1857 in Provo and helped settle Ashley Valley.
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Daw Sla Ward
Alfred Siniper
Naples Ward
Edward Watkins Sr
Naples
Alta Duvall
Bila Goodrich
May Neilson
Dezzig Goodrich
Lay Voir Merrill
Lewis Hans Charles Pearce
Jerome Goodrich
Galllen
Whispering Hope
Mary Slaugh
Garah Martinsen
Malinda Goodrich Berg Ellington
Midway
Simper
Davis Aid
Goodrich
Archie Johnson
Uintah
LDS Church
Ernest Eaton
B W Johnson
Charles
Cecil Jenkins
Lloyd
LaVert Watkins
Kenneth Gillman
Junius Gorxfrich
Jenkins
Roosevelt
Edward Watking Jr
Ashley Valley
Davis Ward
Watkins
Orginal Watkins
Mwigh
England
Provo
John
Margaret Eckhurst
Ealt Lake
Ife
Church Tabernacle
Salt Lake
Mar' ‘Paret
Salt Lake Temple
Edward Watkins, Jr
John Lorenzo
William Walpina
Viola Goodrich
Vernal
Margaret Collett Salt Lake
Pearl Jinkins Roosevelt
Vernal CCC Inspection Nears End for Capt Horn Campaign
An inspection of the Vernal Civilian Conservation Corps camp led by Capt Richard W Horn and accompanied by local officials and a Vernal office official praised improvements. The visit reviewed barracks, the kitchen, landscaping, and parking, with remarks on homelike camp arrangements and anticipated transfer of Capt Horn to the nearby Yo CCC camp as the Vernal-Watson toll road issue looms.
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Richard W Horn
Horn
Wills L. Johnson
Dintah Board of County Commisioners
J Meagher
Seth
Perry
Perry Militnery
Pontha Calder
Frank P Well
Vernal Gun Club Names Committees At Meet
The Vernal Gun Club held its annual meeting on January 28 naming officers Stewart as president Hugh W Colton as vice president Charles R Henderson secretary treasurer Dr Wallace Calder Alton Hatch and Clark Newell as directors. At a January 30 executive session committee chairs were set including An nual riot DeVere Carroll migratory birds and fish hatchery Hugh W Colton fish planting and beaver P L Cowan big game G A Lambert pheasants and quail Clark Newell constitution and by laws John Milburn entertainment Dr Wallace Calder membership J A Douglas trap and rifle John Jorgenson special activities Alton Hatch. The group plans larger events this year and promotes work with the State Fish and Game commission at Stewart’s Lake to improve nesting and shooting grounds for ducks and geese and support Whiterocks Fish Hatchery efforts to boost fish stocks. They aim to organize dances and rifle shoots and note a mountain deer hunt on Diamond Mountain and in the Little and Lewis Allen country, claiming over 200 deer saved for hunters.
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Vernal Gun and Rifts Club
Stewart
Hugh W Cotton
Charles R Henderson
Wallace Calder Alton Hatch
Clark Newell
DeVere Carroll
Tugh W Colton
P L Cowan
Larmbert
John & Milburn
Wallace Calder
Douglass
John Jorgenson
Alton Hatch
Tron Gpring
State Fish and Game Commission
Stewart's Lake
Diamond Mountain
Little Side
Lewis Allen
Vernal Rodeo names prize contest yields top entry
Vernal Rodeo Committee awarded a five dollar prize for the best name. Mark J Bartlett of Tridell proposed Uintah Basin Round-up and won first place. Second went to Marjorie Wiss Combe Ballard for The Wild Hit Blues. Third honored Travis Wilkerson Leota with Vernals Best Ride em If You Can. Committee officers and rodeo dates for 1936 were announced.
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Uintah Basin
Mark J Bartlett
Tridell
Roosevelt Marjorie Wisscombe
Ballard School
Trvin Wilkerson
Leota
V Lewis
Botringham
Wilson Murray
Uintah School Board Adopts Amended Budget
Routine session notes show all board members present with Chairman Roy Taylor. The amended budget was approved as proposed.
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Uintah
Roy Taylor
Noona
Bible Pageant at DHS Draws Big Local Crowd
Sacred pageant depicting Bible history from Adam to Malachi will fill the DHS auditorium Saturday evening. Evelyn Maeser Crandall directs with Ellen Anderson and George Davis starring, Milea E dudd as pageant reader, Loyd Wil directing singing, and the Olsen family orchestra performing. Virgil Hafenson painted the stage scenery including a Mantl temple image as the centerpiece, shipped from East Lake City for the event.
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Ashtey Valley
DHS
Adam
Malach
Evelyn Maeser Crandall
Crandall
Ellen Anderson
George Davis
Milea Edudd
UHIS
Loyd Wil
Olsen Family Orchestra
Virgil Hafen
John Stafen
Utah
East Lake City
Hafen
Alterra Student Body President Wins Award at State Essay Contest
Grant Wahlquist, Alterra high school's student body president, received congratulations from the Utah State Tax Commission and a $ prize for his essay analyzing new state tax laws. Reed Morrill, Akers High principal, read the commission letter at a special assembly. Wahlquist's entry was judged the best in its division as state high schools were grouped into four grades for the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wahlquist
Alterra High School
Uteh
Reservation Farmers Suffer Water Rights Fight in Utah
The article details government actions affecting reservation homesteads and Indian allotments, alleging bias in water rights administration. It cites Interior and Indian Bureau conduct, land development delays, and a 1905 interview about grazing reserves intended to block white settlers from diverting river water. It mentions Utah figures and a Senate bill advocating universal rights of way, with continuation noted.
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United States
Departsment of the Interior
Buseau of
Indian Affairs
Intermountain West
Department of the Interior
Interior
The
Vernal Express
Intersvlew
Ifo
Indian Bureau
Joseph Ro Murdock
J W Robinson
Congress
Don B Colton
R. & Collett
Ward EB Pack
F J Harmston
Utah
Geo Rutherland
Justice
United States Supreme Court
Sutherland
Gusher Postmistress Dies in Auto Crash Saturday
Mrs Nomer C. Haynes born November 3 1880 at Fairview Utah postmistress of Gusher was killed when her auto overturned on a new asphalt road near Halfway Notion. Sheriff Johnson and night marshal Swain said brakes failed causing the vehicle to plung e over an embankment. Funeral at Ballard ward chapel and Salt Lake burial. Survived by husband Homer E. Haynes three daughters Genevieve Larue Emmabelle, one son Edward, six siblings and parents.
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Nomer CO Haynes
Diyne
WPA
Vernet
Bow
Emsety Johnson
Frank Swain
Edward I
Luly Morner McMillen
Batt
Laks City
Homer E. Haynes
Tnisside
Gusher Hinl
Ab Gusher
Utatt
Peardes
Genevieve
Larue
Emmmalne
Edward All
Gusher
Melba McKee
Vernal
Thelma Jones
Salt Lake City
James Burton Kenilworth
Ed McMillen
Los Angeles
Helton McMillen
William McMillen
Salt Lake
Ballard Ward
Buhon O W Bodily
Gusher Ward
Russel Todd
Ballard
Bluemel and
Knight Mortuary
Haynent
Park City
Wong Sing
Fort Duchesne
Haynes
Uintah-Duchesne Teach ers Hold Vernal District Convention
A major teachers institute convened in Vernal drawing 172 educators from Uintah and Duchesne, with state instructors guiding sessions across departments. Leaders included LO Noble, Burton Farnsworth, Hazel Brockbank, Warren Taylor, Bernice Moss, and Ron Jorgensen, plus Roosevelt and Uintah high schools backing. Glen Richardson, son of Marsh and Mrs Richardson, was admitted to a Salt Lake hospital for surgery after a critical condition.
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UNS
LO Noble
Burton KK. Farnsworth
Hazel Brockbank
Warren Taylor
Bernice Moss
Musto
UITS
Roosevelt
Ron Jorgensen
Utah Educational Association
MM Lundell Lo
Roy Bishop
D L McConkle
John Btagk
D Gayn Breveris
Thos Caldwell
Glen Richardson
Marsh+ll
Afa Richardson
Balt Lake Hospital
Uintah Roosevelt League Game Friday
The Uintah Roosevelt league game Friday night at the Uintah high gym promises one of the season’s best. The Fighting Utes, after a 39-20 win over Alterra, push a fourth straight victory led by Alexander and Wiscombe. Second teams played a one sided 42 to 11 Uintah win as fans praised the district’s sportsmanship.
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Uintah - Roosevelt
Uintah High
Alterra
U2ts
Fighting Utes
Alexander
Thee Uintahang
Wiscombe
Aleterra Alexander
Uintah
Spirit Ten
Apottamans
Umtah
Roosevelt
Green River Re settlement Pro jects Inspected
Engineers J Winter Smith of the tewtonal office Berkeley and Robert O Pixton state appraiser USAD visited Loran to explore a potential Green River settlement program. A $4000 preliminary survey grant was approved for thorough investigation of this pumping project.
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Tursday
J Winter Smith
Tewtonal
Berkley Calif
Robert O Pixton
USAD
Loran
Leota
Sremher Hottuma
Greeniver
Norma Rowley Wilcox Funeral Held in Vernal
Norma Rowley Wilcox 19 granddaughter of Starley Mowrey and Sarah Thomas died Saturday at Wyoming General Hospital Rock Springs from pneumonia after birth of a son. Born Vernal October 7 1916 to Berthan Clyde and Morris Thomas Rowley she married James Wilcox in Manila Utah November 1934. Funeral held at first ward chapel conducted by First Counselor Pals ler Remington. Survived by infant son Jimmy Gaylord, mother Maggie Casto Bennett, brothers Acel and Emmett Rowley, and grandmother Mrs Barbara Thomas Bennett.
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First Ward
Norma Rowley Wilcox
Pals
Ler Remington
Tock Springs
Wicox
Starley Mowrey
Sarah Thomas
Wyoming General Hospital
Rock Springs
Wilcox
Ver ‘Nal
Berthan Clyde
Morris Thomas Rowley
Uintah High School
Vernal
James Wilcox
Miss Rowley
Manila
Utah
Wyothing
Eine
Jimmy Gaylord
Mag
Ranger Fred Bargent Aids Missing Commerce Plane Search
Ashley Forest News reports Ranger Fred Bargent of the Mountain View district has spent substantial time collaborating with the Department of Commerce to locate the missing Commerce plane piloted by Mr Stark. The search focuses between Carter and Evanston Wyoming, north and south of US Route 30 and the Union Pacific railroad, with several credible reports placing the aircraft in the region.
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Poot
Dane Porert
Fred Bargent
Mountain View Ranger District
Department of Commerce
Stark
Balt
Lake City
Rock Springs
Wyo
Sargent
Carter
Evanston
Union Pacific Railroad
Manila
CCC
Ab Hyrum
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Russell R. Keetch
Lo Edward Walking
Davin Ward
Vernal C.C.C. News
Nes
George Hicks
Bobwinkle
Mniless
Vernal-Watson
Jeava
Yeyo
Vernal Gun Club
Meet
Vernal Rodeo Committee
John Jorgensen
Wallace Brideway
Alton Tatch
J AR Douglas
Tail School
ROARN
Alterra Student Body
Department
Utah State Engineer
Tee
Geo ‘Boss
Mitchell
C O Wall
Iediac
C DB Bartlett ii
Uintah-Duchesne Teacheras
Vernal Sat
Uintah-Roosevelt
UHS
Green River
Ashley Forest News
OOO
Beaver
John Ktewarth
James Semstreet
Ga Ieistant Ieader
Wees Hanesen
Forestry
Challis Wager
Leen
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