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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
8
Vernal reports approximately 60 influenza cases in Ashley Valley through the week. Local business activity continues with managers and merchants visiting Roosevelt and Vernal for commerce. Veterans returning from overseas share experiences, and new community efforts form the Vernal orchestra under Markey.
Headquarters asks chapters not to discard on hand materials until a statewide plan is devised in Wislington. Masks for the flu effort total 2 006. refugees layettes will be needed for ship bouts by the 20th. Home Service Institutes run in Salt Lake City February 3, Denver February 17, Albuquerque February 11. Local chapters should have at least one worker with institute training. funds may cover student expenses.
City officials debated methods to remove an old flu related ban and considered digging up and replacing a concrete coated pipe with iron pipe at a prohibitive cost. The recorder was told to check manufacturer guarantees and letters were urged to those firms while licenses for the first quarter were issued to several workers and officials attended by the mayor and council members.
A self made Roosevelt farmer with a large landholding, sheep herd, and skilled blacksmithing ability is described posthumously. He supported his wife and six children, contributed violin music to community events, and led a productive life despite adversities until his death.
Swen Anderson, born in Denmark September 10 1855 and a leading Ashley Valley citizen, died at his Naples home Thursday noon from heart disease after a long illness. He was 63. He moved to the United States at eleven, landed in Salt Lake City at fourteen, and later settled in Ashley Valley with his wife. Eleven children blessed their home, eight surviving him, and his cheerful public spirited nature inspired many. Funeral was held Wednesday under the direction of Wm If Southam.
Uintah county reports three men from Vernal serving with the 148th Field Artillery of the 41st division are awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government for valor at Chateau Thierry. Isaa brand Sunder, David Moosman, and Joseph Johnston are named along with a companion group. a letter dated June 13 from Isatr to Mr and Mrs Richard Jensen recounts wartime experiences from Camp Lewis to France, including an almost torpedo incident near the Tuscana and late front-line correspondence efforts.
The Uintah basin fossil site near Duchesne yields a three foot long reptile fish specimen named Ganold. Discovered by Hoy Thornton in Indian Canyon, the fossil is described as semi snake, semi fish with diamond shaped jet black scales. Remaining fragments were damaged when the finder struck the rock wall with a pick.
Mrs Frank Bigelow returned home Saturday from Lapoint where she had been visiting a week. A fine baby boy arrived January 2 at the home of Mr and Mrs Van Hamaker. The mother and babe were reported getting along nicely. Several locals contracted the flu, with nurse Mrs Lewis Golley aiding her sister Mrs Archie Jenkins in Roosevelt. Multiple residents traveled for family and farm business, including Thurmer Lapoint returning from Camp Kearny with an honorable discharge. Ruth Winward left for Salt Lake City to wed Henry Sturgeon, with plans to honeymoon on the coast and settle in Nevada.
Emergency legislation arrives as lawmakers shield county funds from overdrawn budgets. County commissioners face limits on spending and must seek alternative burial arrangements for the truly poor.
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