Dry Gulch Irrigation Company Elects Its Officers at Meeting
About 122 stockholders with nearly 20000 shares attended the Dry Gulch Irrigation Company annual meeting in Noogevelt on February 5. The articles amendment moving the annual meeting date to the 61st Tuesday was unanimously adopted. Reports from auditor, secretary, and engineer were read. President J Austin Pack gave a condition report. Nominations for president named Pack, Stone, and Lambert. Pack and Lambert declined. Stone elected. Lambert as vice president and R S Jordan as treasurer were elected by acclamation. Directors elected by majority: George F. Pack, Chester Hartman, Duncan W. Marchant, T A Warthen, and Leshia Eldredge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noogevelt
J. Austin Pack
William Stone
Iown
Ephriam Lambert
Roosevelt
Pack
Lambert
Stone
Jordan
George F. Pack
Toka
Chester Hartman
Mount Emmons
Duncan W. Marchant
T. A. Warthen
Lesiia Eldredge
Moosevelt
Called Ump a Shirker At Navinfield Last Summer
A young woman at Navinfield accused the umpire in blue of shirking duties last summer. She protested that the big man with the mask and protective gear should catch balls too, deeming it unfair that he does not. The escort explained the umpire’s role is not to catch but to judge balls and strikes.
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Navinfield
Old Players Serve as Polo Grounds Officers
Three former ball players Amos Rusie Dan Brouthers and Bill Dahlen serve as special officers at the Polo Grounds once star players in the national game. Rusie once a top pitcher with legendary speed and a sharp curve, faded to poverty before getting a secure post with John McGraw who valued his loyalty to the game.
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Polo Grounds
Amos Rusie
Dan Brouthers
Bill Dahlen
Rusie
Walter Johnson
Worll
Rusl
John AfcGraw
New York
McGraw
John
Carmel Cognoscenti Bar Modern Device
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Carmel’s artist retreat at Notley’s Landing near Carmel where modern city life encroaches on a once free artistic utopia. Noted artists Eyan Royal Mosher John Howard Fianner Herbert Heron and William Overstreet lead an exodus toward an anti conventional haven amid summer visitors.
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Cato
Bach
Carmel Cognoscent
Notley’s Landing
Carmel
New Sowers
Eyan Royal Mosher
John Howard Fianner
Herbert Heron
William Overstreet
San Francisco Chronicle
Locate Leaks An Automatic Teak Indicator for Ships
An automatic teak indicator uses multiple small cast-iron boxes fixed to each bulkhead level. Each box connects to an electrical circuit and indicator board with glow lamps and a bell. As water rises to each level, the corresponding lamp lights and the bell sounds until reset.
Roman Generals Liked Spring Mineral Water
The piece notes Romans valued mineral waters for cleansing and healing. Aix-les-Thermes waters in the Pyrenees were used by conquerors and crusaders, with a pond built for Crusaders returned from the Holy Land. In the 19th century Aix-les-Thermes became a modern thermal resort famed for rheumatism and gout relief.
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Aix-les-Thermes
Pyrenees
St. Louis
Holy Land
Tewan
Addom
Europe
Detroit News
Hamburg American Line's Deutschland Opens Transatlantic Route
In 1848 Hamburg American Line launched its first ship the Deutschland a 771 ton sailing vessel on the Hamburg to New York service. Adolph Geoffrey the company director praised the high quality accommodations as three ships carried passengers across the Atlantic with 42 days for the westward crossing and 80 days eastward.
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Hamburg American Mag
Hamburg
New York
Adolph Geoffrey
Detroit News
Blunder in Hog Case Mocked by Barrister
A blundering barrister misread a hog drive as three times the jury count saying there were 30 hogs, and the misstatement failed to win the case.
Wine for Codfish Treaty Stirs Old Tastes and Trade Talk
The Nation's Business notes a tongue in cheek treaty between Spain and Iceland giving MFN for direct codfish and exempting Spanish wines under 21 percent alcohol from prohibition. The piece mocks obscure protectionist logic and taunts civic readers in Gloucester over Bacchus and cod.
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Spain
Iceland
Bacchus
Why Didn't the Man in the Nursery Rhyme Keep Off Grass
A boy questions why the man in a nursery rhyme did not post a keep off the grass notice. He recalls a tale of a nurse and a man who kicked the maiden off the lawn, prompting a maternal clarification about the cruel act.
Blanch and Mittle Laugh Over Burnt Biscuits
A comical telephone miscommunication ends with Blanche hearing Mittle say she has burnt biscuits while insisting the message was important. The playful chat captures a domestic mishap as Mittle tries to pause for eggs and soup before delivering news.
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Blanche
Mittle
Coal Tar Products Shake Science and Industry
A verbose science blurb notes that medicines and explosives derive from coal tar. It states that many drugs in pharmacopoeias come from coal-tar products. It mentions salicylic acid for gout and aspirin, and lyddite as a powerful explosive once used in the Sudan, linking global labs and daily extractions.
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Sudan
New Hostess Bargains for Dinner Party Singer
A newly wealthy woman plans her first dinner party and negotiates with a famous singer. The singer asks for 50. The hostess agrees but says she won’t introduce him to guests. The singer replies he will take 25.
Notice of final proof for Luckinbill land claim
Department of the Interior announces Wil liam T. Luckinbill of Vernal Utah filed intent to make three year final proof for Enlarged Homestead Entry No 08086 covering Lot 4 84 percent NW percent BW Sec 3 Lot 1 Sec 4 Township 2 South Range 6 East Salt Lake Meridian before the Vernal Utah Register on March 17 1924. Witnesses: Samuel Provance Felix Romero Joseph Bonn Daniel Jackson all of Vernal Utah. Date first publication February 15 1924. Date of completion publication March 14 1924.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Vernal
Utah
William T. Luckinbill
Salt Lake Meridian
Register
U. 8
Land Office
Samual Provance
Felix Romero
Joseph Bonn
Daniel Jackson
Albert Halen
Notice for Publication of Enlarged Homestead Claim
Joseph C. Bean of Vernal Utah filed intention to prove final three year proof for Lots 1 2 and fractional NEY NW 12 Section 12 Township 2S Range 25E Salt Lake Meridian before the Vernal U S Land Office March 17 1924. Witnesses William Luckinbill Daniel Jackson Samuel Provance Felix Romero all of Vernal Utah. Albert Halen Register. Data first publication Feb 25 1924 March 14 1924.
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Department of the Interior
U. & Land Office
Vernal
Utah
Joseph C. Bean
Range
Salt Lake Meridian
U. S. Land Office
William T. Luckinbill
Daniel Jackson
Samuel Provance
Felix Romero
Albert Halen
Register
Paper subscription notice for The Dintah Basin Farmer
The Dintah Basin Farmer offers a subscription at 60 cents per year with a fall payment option. The notice advertises pricing and renewal details in a concise newspaper blurb from the era.
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Uintah Basin
Dintah Basin
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Fred Pabat
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Lake Placid Club
Jay C. Henrecks
Soya eTrogat Ave
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Fred Feltch
John Bb. McNaughtan
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