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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1907
Page
1
Vernal business leaders meet to urge shipping all freight via Price instead of Dragon due to Dragon delays and Uintah Railway payment issues. The majority supports sending freight by Price with tolls of 1 dollar per hundred pounds, hoping to revive local drivers and boost cash flow as Pariette mine restarts.
Wallace Oaks Ezra Merkley John Merkley and Charles Hatch all minors were arraigned before City Justice B D Nebeker on a charge of frequenting saloons. They pleaded guilty to the offense and the justice suspended sentence during good behavior with a warning of a harsher sentence if repeated, set for January 7 1907. James Zarring faced a drunkenness and disturbing the peace charge, pleaded guilty, paid a $10 fine after initially refusing, and served one day in jail before payment and release.
U S A notes school reopened with near full attendance and many new students. Preparatory enrollment exceeds forty with only two dropouts. A mass meeting elected Miss Ella Wimmer president pro tem and she narrowly won the presidency amid a lively student body debate.
Pont THA Calder, agent, reports a fresh delivery of Columbia graphophones and records, arriving north of the Creamery. The shipment emphasizes wider access to phonographs and disks in the area.
Kingston Jamaica resident and City Council member W O Reilly Fogarty reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved his persistent cough swiftly. He plans to buy another bottle and notes the product's beneficial and quick relief. Walter Lloyd Drug Co. sells the remedy locally.
Last weekend a heavy snowstorm on the Book Mountains closed the Uintah Railway at Baxter Pass. Trains could not pass until Tuesday night. Vernal lost mail service Monday and Tuesday. Prof J H Paul and students, and Hon John N Davis, were delayed at Dragon until Tuesday night. The outage marked years of uninterrupted mail. service resumed Wednesday night.
Notice to Rock Point Irrigation Company stockholders that a December 29 directors meeting postponed sale of delinquent stock for thirty days. If all delinquent assessments are not paid by January 24, the stock will be advertised and sold as required by law. Jas Eskerson secretary Vernal Utah December 1906.
All residents owning dogs in Vernal City must pay the dog tax by January 16 1907. Dogs with unpaid tax after that date will be killed by order of the City Council. City Marshal Safe Richardson oversees enforcement.
James Birch argues the Green River should be opened as a waterway to connect Uintah lands with rail lines. He details river width, rapids, and the economic value of a navigable, 14 to 16 inch draft channel, urging state action to fund obstruction removal.
Burtons and Samuels announce a reduced price sale on winter goods. Shoppers are invited to visit the store locations for discounts on coats hats gloves and other cold weather items while supplies last.
A. J. Johnston reports the planing mill is operating daily and offers prompt work for requests within one mile. A connected chopper is available for custom projects.
The terrible itching and smarting incident to certain skin diseases is almost instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve priced at 25 cents. For sale by Walter Lloyd Drug Company.
Local shop advertises a wide Bill of Fare including fish, olives, canned shrimp, corn and Missouri trout with fresh produce and groceries. It touts dry goods overhaul, smart bargains in dress goods and plush accessories, plus a candy and nut stock with a candy sack giveaway for every dollar spent over ten days.
Edward A. Horner leads the Roosevelt Third Term National League to mobilize popular support for Theodore Roosevelt’s re election in 1908. The group denounces political manipulation and urges a nationwide presence to compel Roosevelt to run, arguing he is the only logical president for the people.
A critical despatch notes that Ute uprisings have cooled with government action. It mocks sensational war rhetoric, describing little fighting, a quiet agency stove scene, and soldiers dispatched after suspected raids. The piece ends with quiet on the Poweder River frontier.
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