Utah News Roundup from Salt Lake and Western Counties
Salt Lake area reports show Salt Lake 13 rising two feet in a year while Green River and Emery County push for infrastructure including a bridge and electric railroad. Indictments, mining sales talks, court actions, and civic plans for Vernal and Theodore feature, with a push for a roller flouring mill and electric plant in Vernal and a new bank coming next summer.
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Salt Lake 13
Prank D. Hobbs
Register of the United States Land Office
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Silver King
Park City
Agustus Seinze
Butte
Montana
Emery County
Theodore Promises Growth From Vernal Pioneer Visit
Dr Albert Bjornson, a Vernal resident and Theodore pioneer, visited Vernal last Sunday night and spent days there this week. He praised Theodore for its bright future and noted twenty seven families wintering there with an average daily attendance of thirty eight at the local school. A project to extend a road from Rock Creek to Blue Point via Inteen is surveyed and work is planned.
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Albert Bjornson
Vernal
Theodore
Burg
Advant&c
Fang
Rock Creek
Blue Point
Inteen
Rifle Practice Part I Overature and Opera Cast
A detailed program lists performances by Misses Crook Atwood Neil Essie Newcomb Sowards Dodds and others with piano solos duets and choral numbers. It includes The Vikings Song My Butterfly and selections from Norma and other works staged with Prof Phelps Sowards and Brig Christenson as conductors and managers.
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Hanson
Margaret Crook
Louie Atwood
Leona Neil
Essie Neil
Little Revee Christenson
Johnson
Susie
la Mar Colton
Mina Pack
Fera Young
Sewards
Phelpa
Brig Christenson
Miss Newcomb
Phelps
Prof Sowards
Leona Sowards
Mabel Peece
Lula Odekirk
Jennie Dodds
Mabel Preece
Edith Samuels
Alice
Snow Blockade Delays Freight Between Price and Myton
The eastern Utah winter blockades freight, with a long standstill between Price and Myton until seven light loads broke through last week. Freight teams from Dragon frequent Vernal streets, while Uintah railroad service remains crucial. Blockades between Mack and Dragon are shorter and less severe.
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Utah
Price
Myton
Uintah Railroad
Lou Pierson
Dragon
Vernal
Mack
The Dutch Recruit Draws Big Crowds for Two Shows
The Dutch Recruit proved sociable and drew a good house on both nights. The show was pronounced a very creditable performance by attendees and critics alike.
County challenge tests Vernal Gun Club shooting
Dickie birds shoot becomes county versus Vernal Gun Club as twenty men a side duel with 25 targets per man. Johnnie Oden Kirk wins the Gold Medal, with Mease second after a shootoff. Dance set for Feb 28 at Social Hall, funded by the county team. Also reports renewed effort on the Moffat road from Denver to Salt Lake with stock issuance and a $3,000,000 tunnel cost.
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Naples
Vernal Gun Club
Herman Miller
Win Gillman
Wm Jackson
R Bird
Wm Johnson
N. Hunting
Slaugh
IS Smuin
W. Watkins
A. Johnson
R Taylor
H. A Milter
Gun Club
Johnnie Odenkirk
Walt McCoy
Lynn Ashton
McCoy
J. HL. Mease
de Mease
Salt Lake
James Peak
Moffat Road Reopens to Sulphur Springs After Snow
Snowbound since the previous Friday the Moffat road opened to Sulphur Springs last Friday night. Mail service resumed Monday after 11 days with Grand county and Rolling Pass hit by the worst storms of years. Snow slides blocked the track, delaying cleanup, while Sulphur Springs remained cut off by snowbound telephone and telegraph lines.
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Moffat
Indian Utes at Whiterocks Await Federal Decision
C and Carter Sr return from Whiterocks where Indian Inspector Carter P Johnson oversees White River Utes. Johnson, in charge of their affairs, reviews allotments and past living conditions before their spring relocation from Fort Meade. Carter believes interception was needed last summer and notes planned rail to Prica then horseback to White Rocks.
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C. &. Carter, Sr
Whiterocks
Carter P. Johnson
White River
Fort Meade
Prica
Social Gathering in Vernal Ward Honor Bennion and Welcome Cook
A packed Vernal Ward social marked Elder Harden Bennion’s retirement as first counselor and welcomed William Cook returning from a Colorado mission. The program featured the Vernal choir, a Hanson orchestra, and performances by M.M.I.A. and Vernal Primary members, followed by a well received address by Hyrum Calder and a hosted picnic.
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Vernal Ward
Harden Bennion
William Cook
Colorado
Vernal Choir
Peter Hanson
David Bennion
Hanson Orchestra
R. 5. Collett
M.mi.a
J. R Robinson
Vernal Primary Association
Calder
Vernal Ward Bishoprick
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Favored by Parents
“We prefer Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to any other for our children,” says L. J. Woodbury of Twining Michigan. It has helped with hard colds and croup, and Walter Lloyd Drug Company sells it.
Waves of Crisis Mark Early 1900s Reports Across Nation
Reports warn of President Castro’s possible death in Venezuela while New York Governor Hughes moves to remove insurance superintendent Otto Kelsey. Pressmen strike halts papers in Montana and San Francisco schools ready to admit Japanese pupils. Denver Rio Grande cuts hundreds of jobs. Idaho murder trial unfolds. telephonists strike in Butte. Debates form on Japanese immigration and U S occupation of Cuba faces threats from liberal leaders. Widespread unrest includes women’s suffrage protests and a deadly New York Central wreck.
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Castro
Venezuela
Hughes
New York
Otto Kelsey
Ofice
Butte
Anaconda
Montana
San Francisco
Board of Education
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Steve Adams
Moyer-Slaywood and Pettibone
Wallace
Idaho
Fred Tyler
Butte Montana
California
William J. Bryan
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Rocky Mountain Belle Telephone Company
United States Senate
Senate Committee
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Dongland
House of Parliament
New York Central
Liberal Party
Cuba
United States
Local notes from Duchesne County and surrounding towns
Reports from Salt Lake City Vernal and Myton include residents visiting friends repairs to the Duchesne river bridge making it useable again and settlers returning to claims. A horse owned by Mr Gibson drowned after crossing the repaired bridge. Mr Bascom lost another horse crossing the river near Indian Village. The Current Topica Club met with Mrs Bjornson with Abraham Lincoln as the literary topic and Mrs Medaris winning the Mystery Tea prize. The club adopted red and white colors and ordered magazines. Mr Barr Musser new county commissioner passed through en route to his ranch. A Valentine Ball at City Hall drew large crowds and freight shipments arrived for Buell & Co.
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Anna
Arthur Brown
Grand
Washington, DC
EC DB
Tower Court
D R. Morrinson
San Pedro Los Angeles and
Salt Lake
Green River
Omery County
Denver & Rio Grande
Mt. Pleasant
John E. Larsen
Lehi
Gibson
Bascom
Bjornson
Abrahm Lincoln
Medaris
Barr Musser
Veterinary Office Located at Livery Stable
A medical officer named G A Thomas, a veterinarian, is permanently located at the Whitehall Livery Stable. People with sick or injured animals are advised to seek his treatment there.
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G. A. Thomas
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State News
E D R Thompson
Col M. M. Kaighn
United States Land Office
A S Brooks
29Th Infantry
Fort Douglas
Samuel Newhouse
E A Wedgewood
National Guard of
Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association
West
Intermountain
Chipman
American Fork
Colton
Thea
R Bennion
W. H Siddoway
C. 5S Carter
J K Balloch
Sarah Coltharp
John T. Rasmussen
H. W. Woolley
Leslie Ashton
Enos Bennion
Part
Leona
Theleen Sowards
Newcomb
Piano
Prof. Phelps
Dickie Birds
Moffat Road
John Gdekirk
Lililil
Isaac Burton
Batty
A. C. Emert
John Bennion
Brig Carter
County
Lee
Robert Witmer
Starry White
Chris Knudson
Geo Miller
Ben Slaugh
Rollin Walker
Wm Dillman
Thomas Smuin
Tanae Slaugh
Chas Pope
A. Richens
David Thompson
Eskine Hatch
H. Knudson
Lampe
Chamberlain
General News
Theodore Thrums
Mr. J. Green
Miss Gavite of
Dr. Bjornson
Duchesne River
Heberforth
Buell & Co
Veterinary Office
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