What is Wealth prize essay by Eva Merkley at Umatah High
Eva Merkley of Umatah High school won a five dollar prize from Ulntah State Bank for best essay on What is Wealth. Judges carefully reviewed each entry and awarded Merkley with a weekly lecture by Walter Woolley, assistant cashier, while promising prizes for top essays. The essay argues wealth derives from land labor and capital, with money and credit enabling exchange and growth.
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Ulntah State Bank
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Busineas
Pencil Points on Genius and Language Use
The excerpt argues that genuine genius resists labeling and that overpraising dulls insight. It critiques cynicism and social vanity, noting poets reshape language while lesser minds cling to common words.
Wool contracts set prices as Craig wool market forms
Craig dispatch reports 350 fleeces to be sold at 30 cents and Meeker’s 36 000 fleece clip at 32 cents. Total regional activity includes 75 000 fleeces in Rock Springs banks pool at 33 and 33 1/3 cents, Grand Junction deals at 50 000 fleece average 33 cents. Utah markets show little contracting while Jericho pool remains unsold.
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First National Bank Pool
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San Luis Valley
Utah
Craig Courier
Short Editorials on Kin, Luck, and Self Belief
A compact meditation on humility and self faith noting that praising kin to acquaintances is unnecessary. It argues luxury invites further desire and superstition grows with misfortune while stressing belief in oneself as essential for success. An attributed line from Seneca Falla Reveltle.
State Feeds Elk In Winter Under State Commission
The Jackson’s Hole elk herd begins winter feeding under the State Game and Fish commission. A large supply of hay is on hand though last winter no feeding was needed. Elk on the Walton League and government ranches number in the thousands and have caused fence and haystack damage. No reports on start dates for feeding by the agencies have reached the Courier.
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Wyo
What’s the Matter With Utah
A fragmented column mocks routines and fashion habits with scattered regional brands and old city references, noting mornings spent in mismatched clothes and generic consumer items, reflecting a humorous provincial critique. The passage reads as a humorous jibe at daily habits and named places in a playful, regional voice.
Fragmented Song of Interstate Goods and Costs
A satirical ditty describes a traveler listing goods and origin points from New Hampshire to Georgia to Minnesota. It skewers taxes and dependency on external products, ending with a note on waking under an Oregon blanket and questions about prosperity. Adapted by Norman Adkinson.
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New England
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Oregon
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