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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
7
Notice under the 1872 act that Nile Hughes and others of Ver nal Utah filed for a patent for the Denver No 1L Ophule Placer on White River Uintah Utah. The claim covers surface ground in no organized mining district with adjacent claims Takela No 4 Placer Denver No 2 Placer Danver No Dlacver and Mack No 3 and Mack No 4. Av on GirardWitnesses: Frank P. Smith R A McLonale 48 9.
State Engineer announces Horace Morrill of Lapoint Utah applied to appropriate water from a Uintah County wave channel for 40 acres. The work involves diversion 60 feet south of the NE corner of section 1, township 4 south range 1 east, with a 1700 foot ditch and flume for irrigation from March 16 to November 1 each year. Protests due within 30 days after publication with affidavit and fee.
Notice is hereby given under the mining law that Koh U Aulich of Vernal Utah has applied for a patent for Takola No. 8 Placer surveys Lot 4 and 6 in section 22 and 23 Township 8 South Range 25 West Sanpete Meridian containing shale oil and related minerals with surface ground in White River Utah county. Adjoining claims Madison No. 2 Placer north Denver No. 2 Placer east Denver No. 1 Placer and Mack No. Placer south Madison No. 2 Placer west. Witnesses Frank P. Smith H A McConkis.
Department of the Interior notices Lavina Johnson of Vernal Utah filed for final proof to establish land claim for Desert Land Patent Serial No 04263 in Section 14 Township 3 South Range 18 East Salt Lake Meridian. Hearing set before the U S Land Office at Vernal Utah on January 11. Witnesses listed Ivan Turner Johnson Johnson Jolustino and A J. Johnson.
Notice is hereby given by the U S Land Office at Vernal Utah that J Winter Smith of San Jose California filed intent to prove up land entry 04296 for sections 21 22 township 7 south range 20 east and to establish claim before the Register and Receiver Vernal Utah on February 84 1919 witnesses named Elleworth McKee Wilkins Osborn attend the proceeding creditors must file claims with vouchers by June 4 19 ARCHIE RICHARDSON administrator O Donnell Calder attorneys for administrator
Gib bert M Webb of Vernal Utah posts notice of intention to make three year proof on land described in his 1914 homestead entry for NEW USE in section township and range. Witnesses named William Smith Charles Dewey Alma Bascom and George Gurr all residents of Vernal Utah.
In the Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah Uintah County an estate matter for James M Allred Jr deceased creditors must present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at Naples precinct Uintah County Utah on or before June 9 1919 J M Allred Petitioner Hanson Attorney for Administrator 5-4t
State Engineers Office in Salt Lake City announces Uintah Irrigation and Power Company has filed to change the diversion point of 30.5 secondfeet from Ashley Fork to a northern Uintah County site. The ditch will run 43,000 feet to irrigate 26,600 acres across Townships 4 and 6 South, Range 21 East and Townships 4, 6 South, Range 22 East. Application No. A461 requires affidavits in duplicate and a $260 fee within 30 days after publication.
As quarantine ends, Brigham Young University plans a reopening for new students to begin profitable study and regular work. Two weeks of the year’s work have been completed, big reviews expected, and renovations proceed in the mechanic arts building and iron works. Up-to-date machinery and larger spaces in ironwork and auto mechanics are noted. watch newspapers for reopening date.
Creditors of Edwin W Tolhuret deceased must present claims to the office of O Donnell and Calder in Vernal Utah on or before April 4 1918. Wallace Calder is administrator of the estate.
A brief London Sketch gag features a mock naval scene where the Assistant explains the haversack is empty and the rabbit once placed inside has escaped, prompting a quip about purity and containment during a satirical men’s smoker event.
Loring Karren, Uintah county youth in France, writes home detailing his WWII era travels and service. He recalls sailing September, arriving Scotland October, crossing to Le Havre, base hospitals built near the front, travels through Belgium Luxembourg Paris and Soissons, and finally aiding to bridge the Meuse on the last night of the war. He signs as Loring Karren Co A 2nd US Engineers ADF.
The Vernal Express notes January greetings from A E F soldiers. Winfred Long recounts front experiences in Argonne and Flanders, observing European farming methods, soil fertility, and early December grain planting. He mentions persistent hard tack, hopes to sail home soon, and plans for spring work.
In Michigan a large factory town housed four hundred girls who faced stubborn poverty and harsh shifts. WCA secretaries arrived by train with beds towels and hot lunches, transforming tents and tarpaper shacks into a humane dormitory with clean cots and meals. The story highlights hospitality from farmer wives and the crucial relief work of the YWCA and WCA as the workers endure early hardships and find support from organized relief efforts.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article argues contented hens yield profits. It advises large fenced colony housing with individual yards or free range for best health and stock improvement. Growing chickens need abundant range while egg producers can thrive on smaller areas.
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