Utah to Lead Utah Day at Los Angeles Exposition
Utah officials and business leaders plan Utah Day at the Pacific Exposition in Los Angeles on March 18. Gov Spry Secy Caine and Gov Harmon along with Gov Hawley will attend. a large Utah exhibit will be organized by the Salt Lake Commercial Club and Utah Development League.
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Utah
Los Angeles
Gram Wilbe
Wiliam Spry
Secy
Joseph FE Caine
Salt * Lake
Wwtah Development
Salt Lake Commercial Club
Utah Development League
California
Carly Williams
Commercial Club
Tureny
Gov Spry
Lecy Caine
Ov Spry
Harmon
Hawley
San Francisco
Library table shows weekly visitors shift to youth
Vernat Public Library reports a weekly tally of 256 visitors with Tuesday highest due to comic sections and Sunday supplements drawing young readers to the reading room. The note highlights youth access to juvenile magazines as a value for families and public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernat Public Library
Vigborg
Nebrary
Pecple
Powder accident halts Colorado Park Irrigation project
A powder explosion injures contractor James Sardinus while drilling a hole for the Colorado Park Irrigation Company canal. The first charge fired normally, but a second pour ignited a spark, burning his face and hands. he is expected to recover. The firm Ordered 650 feet of steel flume from Denver as work proceeds with a May 1912 target.
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Colorado Park Irrigation Company
James Sardinus
Sardinus
A L Gray
Denver
Appendicitis Claims Life of Don G. E. Sadlier
Word from Burnt Fork reports Don G. E. Sadlier died four days after an appendicitis operation. Officials confirm he underwent surgery but did not survive the procedure.
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Burnt Fork
Don GE Sadiler
Mr Sadlier
Ae Deseage
Uintah Telephone Company declares fifth annual dividend
A Uintah Telephone Company stockholders meeting at the Uintah State Bank built discussed a six percent cash dividend payable May 1 1912 and noted office changes including Ed D Samuels replacing R B Collett. Plans were set to establish a St Duchesne switchboard and extend service to Whiterocks Ouray and Dry Fork with community cooperation on poles and eight telephones for two years.
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Uintah Telephone Company
Uintah State Bank
Don F Cotton
Exxnes Bennion
Ff Belcher
Chas DeMoisy
H B Calder
Edward D Samuels Drestor
Snellen Tohngen
Ed D Samuels
R 8 Collett
Roosevelt
Verbal
Quray, Whiterocks
St Duchesne
Tort Duchesne
Whiterocks
Ouray
Dry Fork
Une
Medical Inspection of Schools Meeting Discusses Value
A January 31 1912 gathering at the Verna Central School heard Dr Homer E Rich and others argue that medical inspection of schools is common abroad and spreading in the west. John N Davis led the discussion noting costs are low compared with benefits and should be justified like compulsory education.
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Verna
Buiding
Don B Calton
Homer E Rich
Carter Jr
John N Davis
Homer HE Rich
England
Wea Lern
Farriers Mill Suffers Robbery at Night
Eighty pound sacks of flour valued loss from Partners Milling Co Old Reynolds mill. Door broken, floor removed, horse-drawn gig tracked east then west then north and south before vanishing. Farmers Mining Co and sheriff's office investigating. motive and thief unknown.
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Partners Milling Co
Old
Reynolds Mill
Farmers Mining Co
Sheriff's Office
TT Is Gussedness At Walter Lloyd Drug Store
At Walter Lloyd Drug Store the staff celebrates vaccination after E F Hatch seeks material to fumigate. Hatch, exposed to smallpox, prompts quarantine officials to track him, though he evades capture, while a tale recalls a quarantined family who moved away with their flag.
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Walter Lloyd Drug Store
Hatch
Familly
Vaccine 15 booklet details calf sourced vaccine process and labs
An old booklet describes how vaccine 15 is produced from calves with strict sanitary methods. It details rearing, feeding, lab testing, and destruction of animals if any germ risks are found. The piece notes the virus is prepared only from healthy material and promises further discussion at the Orpheus event.
Seeking Crop Data in Uintah Basin
Vartles seeking published crop data in Uintah Basin asks Secy Nebeker of the Commercial Club for reports. They request reports of 600 bushels of potatoes, 60 plus bushels of wheat per acre, 90 plus oats per acre, lucerne seed yields, 290 pounds honey per colony, and other strong yields. Address BD Nebeker Vernal Utah for information.
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Vartles
Secy
D Nebeker
Commercial Club
Nebeker
Bec
Vernal Commercial Club
Verenal
Utah
Water measure equivalents and usage from USGS table
A USGSWater Supply Paper lists practical water measure equivalents for hydraulic calculations. It converts second feet into gallons per second and per day, acre feet, and related units, with examples for California, Colorado, and Arizona miner's inches and state-specific rates. The page also notes related figures such as one acre foot costing about 25,850 gallons and a cubic foot of water weighing 62.4 pounds.
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United States Geological Survey
California
Colorado
Arizona
United States
County Assessor Finds More Stock and Fewer Wild Cats
County Assessor James O Neil Jr reports a south county trip turned up one thousand cattle and forty thousand sheep with five thousand new sheep bringing treasury funds. Wild cats largely absent and only one coyote seen due to a Webster City Cattle Company manager funded strychnine campaign. Sheep can now bed up to three miles from camp, reducing fence needs.
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James O Neil Jr
Willow Creek
Him Creek
O Neill
Mr . Neill
Webster City Cattle Company
Utah-Colorado
Homesteaders May Enter at Once Under Reservation Lands
The Verna Commercial club reports from the Interior Department that any homestead entrant on former Uinta Indian reservation lands, even if previously successful, may enter if they prove prior interest before August 28, 1910. The Land Office notes lands relinquished or canceled since then are now open to qualified entrymen.
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The
Verna Commercial Club
H. D. Nebeker
Interior Department
Commercial Club
Department
Smoot
General Land Office
Uinta Indian Reservation
Rudy Becomes Citizen of Alta and Ward Notices
The article reports on Rudy’s acceptance as a citizen of Alta and a homecoming party for Cider John Gardiner from a mission in the Northern States, with farewells to Gro P Rudy who leaves for Asia. It notes the ward’s sympathy for Mrs Maggie Jenkins’s sudden death and reports injuries to 18 month old baby of Mrs James Winn from a well incident and slow recovery of James Potter after appendicitis.
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Gineswart
John Gardiner
Gro P Rudy
Asia
Mra
Myrtle Dickson
Bro Rudy
Grim Reaper
Maggie Jenkins
James Winn
James Potter
Oratorical Contest at Tabernacle Feb 23 1912
A Friday February 23 1912 oratorical contest is set for 8 o clock in the Tabernacle. The program includes a musical selection by the Bassett Male Quartet and performances by Miss Mamie Burton and Mrs Bagsett Bartlett. Speakers include Stephen Paulson Grace Tishback Winfred Payne Mamie Burton Harold Davis Clive Bassett with varied topics on education and recreation.
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Tabernacle
Parka
Bassett
Vazourka
Godard
Mamie Burton
Seigsmond
Wagner
Tarley Vernon
Maying
Swaith
Mre Bagsett
Bartlett
Stephen Paulson
Grace Tishback
Winfred Payne
Coal mine accident leaves George Gray with injured arm
George Gray held his left arm in a careful position after trying to stop a loaded coal car at the mine. The incident caused the arm to be thrown from the shoulder. Funeral services for Maggie Mantle Jenkins were held after she died of heart failure while preparing for a Vernal trip.
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George Gray
Oles
Maggie Mantle Jenkins
Thomas Jenkins
Jenkine
Vernal
Glines Ward Chapel
South America to Send Delegates to Lethbridge Dry Farming Congress
Washington officials report broad South American cooperation for the Seventh International Dry Farming Congress at Lethbridge October 21 26. Ambassadors from Argentina Ecuador Latavia and Venezuela promise delegations and exhibits of dry farmed products. The Pan American Union seeks carload exhibits and South American women delegates via the Congress of Women.
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the Express
Washington, D. C
South America
Lethbridge
John
Mia
Aleana
L. Burns
Lauim
Boilsae
Argentina
Con
Resg
Barm
Lethbridge Big Fall
Burny
Washington
Don Ignacio Calderon
Nollgia
United States
Govertorg
Congress
Canada
Library Ball Delights Society and Community
The Orpheus Hall hosted a library benefit ball organized by the Library board drawing Vernale host families and local residents. Tickets raised about forty five dollars with authorities stating at least fifty dollars net from sales to fund books. attendees wore gowns and socializes marked by good will.
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Orpheus
Library Board
Vernale
Seven Peice
Curry
Jennie Burton
Mra B. D
Nebeker
Leona Sewards
Ethel Ashton
Batiste
Hazel Ashton
Misa Lawrence
Washington Birthday Dance Promised by Local Organizer
A community dance is planned to honor Washington's Birthday. The organizer invites neighbors to attend the event and celebrate with music and decorations. Proceeds will support local youth programs.
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Washington
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Utai Hay
Vernal Drug Co
Vernal Drug Company
Uintah Abstract Co
Brigham Young University
Provo
C. P. Ganal
Farrier’s Mill
HR. G. G. I. Bower
Ross Bartlett
Lyte Fisher
Justice Nebekerg
Congregational Church
Fagle Market
Uliah Stake
10 & M
Don B Colton
Davin Bennion
Ernest Eaton
Stake
Uintah Basin
Leo Thorne
Ukiah
Cal
Rey 3 M
Babcock
Wingsbury Congregational Church
J . Logan
Rudy
Alta
Milton
Merrit” ‘Bennion
Harold Davis
Elma Goodrich
Edison
Clive Bassett
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