Funeral Services Held at Vernal for Early Pioneer
Funeral services were held at the Vernal second ward chapel for Thomas Spiers a longtime Maeser resident who died February 11 in Pasadena Calif The service featured prayers solos and tributes from family and Woodmen Lodge pallbearers with interment at Vernal cemetery Spiers born April 6 1866 in Salt Lake City was a former athlete and farmer who moved to Ashley Valley in 1888 He is survived by his wife five children and several siblings living in Utah California and Salt Lake City.
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Second Ward
Thomas Spiers
Maeber
Pasadena
Sylvanus Collett
Maeser
Salt Lake City
California
Wooodmen Lodge
Sulerta
Thea
E J Winder
May Jorgensen
Johan Davis
Vira GO ‘Nearman Olaon
Earl Goodrich
Walter Woolley
Christ
Earth
Lucius Calder
Clara Hereking
Ernest Faton
Lfe
Spiere
Hte
Kenneth
Pather
Nath Hardy
Vernal Cemetery
Woodmen
Bishop S Collett
George and
Adeline Harris Spiers
Tenth Ward
Salt Lake
Mirg Clera Young
Lorenzo Dew Young
Kizham Young
Ashley Valley
Spiers
Virlati Hitchcock
Pasadena Call
Spiera
Mack, Cola
Wy Fan Hitchcoth
Calif
Clara Thornberry
Los Angles
Jhenneth
Thelma Stevets
Vernal
Nalda
Hhre
Mina Grandchren
George Spiers
Addie
Felt
Mary Relch
Annia Gregory Jesale Howarth
William Spiera
Salt Lake Cty
Lucy Ward
San Francisco
Basin Should Produce More Barley Says A Crop Expert
A Utah Basin crop expert urges increased barley output after a Club Leaders Training school in Vernal. Five Intermountain specialists led the intensive agriculture and economics program, with lectures, demonstrations, and nightly talks drawing large local crowds. The training, begun in Roosevelt in 1925, aims to expand producer knowledge and agricultural practices across Ashley valley.
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Ashley Valley
Yennal
Intermountain
Northwest
Vernal
Roosevit
Logan
Roosevelt
Thn
Utah Agricultural College Extension Service
D PF Murray
Rine cl Hanerialist
J C Togenson
W Ho Warne
Sadle O Morrin
Uintah High Defeats Roosevelt in Preseason Game
Uintah High School defeated Roosevelt's Pep pard team 42 to 30 at the local gym. Roosevelt led 19 to 8 at halftime, but Uintah tightened in the second half and won in the final quarter, closing the last preseason game.
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Uintah High School
Roosevelt
Vonday Nig
Lintah
Senator O Donae Kil Stallairy Tow
Charles S. Carter returned from Salt Lake City noting Senator Thomas W ODonnell was in a critical condition at a hospital. Carter said the senator showed clear signs of intense suffering yet could talk and recognize him. He traveled about 435 miles back to Vernal via Salina Canyon. He also described hearing blasting from the Voffat tunnel program at a KSL station as the crowd cheered.
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Charles S. Carter
Salt Lake
Capitol Ciy
Thomas W Odonnell
Carter
Vernal
Salina Canyon
Salt Lake City
KSL
Weather Repo Noted Seed Shipment From Uintah Basin
A Price Commission company handled a shipment of five garloads of a falsa seed from growers in the Uintah Basin. This marked the first ongoing shipment for about a month, with imports continuing from the Basin for several years.
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Uintah
Price Commission Company
Vernal Town Team Benefit Game At Ultak High Gym
Vernal townspeople sponsor a charity game at Ultak High School gym next Monday night to raise funds for local boys. Roosevelt, Peppard tournament standings cited, with a $50 purse awarded to the winning team.
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Vernal Town
Roosevelt
Ultak High School
Theu Peppard
Vernal
Businessen
U H S and D C HS Set for Friday Night Basketball
Uintah high school faces Puchetna county high school in a final season game at the local gym tonight. Coach Romney has built a strong team as players regain form, eyeing a state tournament bid and a chance to contend with top state teams. The round robin will occur in Price next Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Uintah High School
Puchetna County
Hiph
Golden Romney Ban
Hag
Price
Fridex
Vernal
Principl
Sromney
Carlon
Uintah High School Hosts Parents Day Programs
Uintah High School held a Monday Parents Day on Washington's Birthday with about 200 parents touring departments and praising student work. A luncheon for 150 followed, then an auditorium program directed by Ming Muriel Smart featured a Star Spangled Banner salute, an oration by Floyd Noel, a Colonial minuet, a one act play The Wedding Dress, a film The Non Stop Flight, and a torch light procession along the main road ending with a Vogue program.
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Uintah High School
Washingtons
Dlsa
Pers
Leatha Christensen
Katie Tind
Elsia Wenry Oret Watkins
Sallia Willis Mina
Bhowsker
LaVour Mullina
Studenta
Edith Metankle
Mable Siddoway Grant Calder Lawrence Davia
Sarah Merkley LaRue Hunting Aird Merkley Sod
Harland Hodgkinson
Salt Lake Must Wake Up To Retain Basin Trade
A long discussion outlines how basin trade funding relies on state and county road taxes, gasoline and motor vehicle taxes, and federal aid. The piece estimates tax revenues for Duchesne and Uintah counties, notes unclear allocations, and argues Utah must secure broader funding to maintain road projects from Castle Gate to Vernal.
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Salt Lake
Cole
Duchesne
Uintah
Lintah County
Duchesne County
Castle Gate Duchesne
Carbon County
Forest Reserve
Heber City
Myton
Antelopa
Rousevelit
Cnters
Ernal
Gusher GE
Bived
Castle Gete
Vernal
Salt Lake Cut
Duchesne Heber Salt Lake
Ytuocheene Carbon
Wasatch
President Coolidge Opens Pioneer Tunnel Through Continental Divide
President Coolidge blew in the final charge sealing the last barrier to the Moffat tunnel project near Portage Colorado. Governor Adams and Mayor Noslen joined in a public celebration while officials noted the tunnel will cut the railroad route over the divide and speed transcontinental commerce.
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Rocky Mountains
White House
Woothington
Coollige
Win If Adams
Colorado
C Clarence Noslen
Salt Lake
James Peek
Maffa
Tunnel Commission
Coolidge
Cruwg
Drider
Nyca
Continental Divide
Neslen
Great Western
Rocky Mountain States
Ajams’ Addace
Rockies
Nealon
Utah
George 11
Dern
Leif
David Ht Mohat
Sam He Bramberger
Rescued From Grave Of Snow Vernalite Tells Experiences
A snow slide near Vernal on February 17 trapped Kenneth Speirs and colleagues as they tried to reach Price to treat a mother. Speirs escaped the dugway collapse while others were buried or injured. Rescue work continued as crews cleared the road and recovered a missing man.
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Kenneth Speirs
Sue Colton Kummitt
Price
P Carpse
Spelrafer
Roex
Allde
Vernal
Cay
Teo
Sperra
New Books Arrive at County Library This Week
A shipment of new titles reaches the Public Library with several updated works including Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Dark Dawn by Martha Osenso, and Are Rowemfth by Sinclair Lewis. Additional titles feature authors Mary Robert Rinehardt Avery Hopkins and Zona Gale, among others.
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Zane Grey
Charles P Norria
Pana Fer Ir
Martha Osenso
Mary Robert
Rinehardt
Avery Hoptvod
Margaret. Deland Hindegrade
Kathereen Norris
Jane Attelin
Williamgedd Hoag
Tonto Almane Grey
Sinclaiy Lewln
Zona Gale
Reynolds Baby Girl Born in Vernal
Mrs Bertie Neer of Vernal reports the arrival of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs George L Reynolds. Both mother and child are doing nicely and are at home with the family.
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George L. Reynolds
Cahiternis
Bertie Neer
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Mr Speirs
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