Local and Personal Notes on Weather, People and Industry
Leslie Ashton left yesterday morning for Salt Lake and Ogden to buy goods. Duke, a nine year old, is ill with appendicitis and may need an operation. Dr. Garrett O'Donnell is the attending physician. The Ebekah’s poverty ball promises prizes for the most poverty stricken attendees. wear your best clothes and avoid white shirts or shiny shoes. Frank Young and Frank Hadlock predict an early spring with last Monday’s heavy snow confirming Hadlock’s forecast. A Denver construction company plans 5,000 workers between Gyimony and Steamboat Springs, with Jesse Knight and associates pushing Utah work to rapid completion. Wasatch Wave notes a mild winter but expects mountain snow similar to usual, fearing drought next summer if storms fail. Moron! Gerber offers a rabbit-proofing method using soap on tree trunks. his orchard of about 1600 trees survived past rabbits as new snow reduces rabbit feed.
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Routt County
Olc
Denver Teamboat Construction Company
Gimony
Steamboat Springs
Salt Lake
Jesse Knight and Associates
Utah
Church Services And Community Notes From Local Ledger
Last Sunday services at all churches were well attended. The Rebekahs plan a poverty ball at the social hall on February 10. Bishop John N. Davis has returned from Salt Lake after attending sheepmen meetings and a dry farming convention. Bishop Spalding will lead services at St Pauls Episcopal Church next Sunday. he is regarded as an eloquent and forceful speaker.
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Rebekahs
John N. Davis
Salt Lake
Spalding
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Mrs Sarah Gibson Eckles Improves After Illness
News from New York reports Mrs Sarah Gibson Eckles is safely improving and hopes are pinned on her recovery. Mrs Gibson, her mother, reached New York January 27 in safety. J C Horton visited from Myton and discussed plans for planting fruit trees on his Palmer bench homestead.
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New York
Sarah Gibson Eckles
J. ¢. Horton
Myton
Mr. Horton
Palmer Bench
Canal work resumes near Vernal in March indicates weather permits
Mr. Turkman in Vernal midweek reported government canal work to restart as soon as conditions allow, likely in March. His camp stood near the Indian village between Myton and Theodore when it shut down last fall.
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Mr. Turkman
Government
Vernal
Fire eating inventor performs daring flame exhibit
Dr John D Shuler known as the medicine man and inventor of the wonderful fire extinguisher staged a fire proving demonstration last Tuesday afternoon He covered his clothing hands and face with the chemical then walked through burning cedar without serious burns The note suggests naming Dr Shaler an honorary member of the volunteer fire department
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John D. Shuler
Shaler
Local notes and business from Vernal Utah and surrounding area
Residents report illness and visits in Butte Montana and Vernal Utah. Uintah Telephone stockholders meet with routine business. A Vernon visitor considers settling near the reservation. Cold spell records near 30 below at Green River. Civil service exam in Salt Lake on March 6 for forest service vacancies with salaries 220 to 1200 dollars. Senator Reed Smoot proposes funds to survey oil lands. Vernal Milling appoints L Y Chrlich as new muller after thirty years in the trade. Empire Amusement Co. leaves valley with losses. Civil and mining notices include Duke coal mine plans and January bounty warrants totaling 730 dollars, with half paid now and half next December.
Trapper Milton Lyon Returns to Vernal with Wife
Milton Lyon, famed trapper of bear in the region for eighteen years, came back to Vernal with his wife after selling out in Northern Idaho where they lived the past two years. They plan to move to Arizona to seek a new home, visiting a son and daughter in Vernal during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Lyon
Colorado
Funeral held for Mathias Gwyther in Spanish Fork
Willis Johnson and family returned from Spanish Fork to attend the funeral of Mathias Gwyther, Mrs Johnson's father, who died January 18. The service was January 25. Deceased was born in Milford Wales in 1850 and came to Utah 24 years ago. survived by twelve children, four sons and one daughter. Uintah M L A conference set for Vernal ward next Sunday with a special musical program. City officials report on Vernal water system costs and city ownership of water works. George Gray notes Pfleiderer’s health prompted management change at Vernal Drug, with Mr Lloyd taking over as manager. Coal available at North Star mine for $200 per ton, delivered. orders at Acorn Store.
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Willis Johnson
Spanish Fork
Mathias Gwyther
Uintah M. L. A
Vernal Ward
Tabernacle
O. J. Bracken
Salt Lake
Hoe
Vernal
E. W. Lieoyd
W. G. Pfleiderer
Vernal Drug Company
Pfileiderer
Pfleiderer
Lloyd
North Star
Acorn
George Gray
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk February Sixth
Two licenses were issued the county clerk on February six for Clifford Hatch and Ethelyn Shaffer and Sanford A Green and Ivira T Rasmussen. Jay Holdaway, who studied music in Berlin, returned to Provo January seventeenth and will join the BYU music department. J M Roseberry reports expanding activity on the Uintah reservation. The glove contest by Jack Christie and Charles Muller was canceled. Uintah Telephone stockholders to meet next Monday at Vernal Ward to elect officers and consider doubling capital stock from ten thousand to twenty thousand.
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Clifford Hatch
Ethelyn Shaffer
Sanford A Green
Lvira T. Rasmussen
Jay Holdaway
Berlin
Germany
Provo
B. Y. University
Jack Christie
Empire Amusement Company
Charles Muller
United States Army
Opera House
Uintah Telephone Company
Vernal Ward
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Garrett O’donnell
Ebekah
Ned
Frank Young
Frank Hadlock
Hadlock
Young
Gerber
Mra
N G. Sowards
Mrs . B Bartlett
George
Butte, Munt
Byron Mitchell
A. Mitchell
Green River
Reed Smoot
L. Y. Chrlich
McMinnville
Oregon
Muller
Vernal Miling & Light Company
Ashley Valley
Duke
J. C. Hacking
Conia
Barteldes
Denver, Cola
Unis
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Seels
Dong Berylsen
New Duke Coal Mine
Gray’s
George Adams
Horace Coltharp
Whiterocks
Alma Stasmussen
Bert Singleton
Georgia Lewis
Salt Lake City
J. M. Roseberry
W. D. Munday & Company
Biugh
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Arlington Hotel
Hegdore
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Prop
Shorty”’Glossbrenner, Prop
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Jos F
Macknight
Chas, P
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