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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
1
City Attorney Nonnels, returning home, jokes about butter not wrapped in proper maker name and exact weight. The tale prompts talk of Utah statute 46x26 enforcement, with butter producers ordering printed wrappers, suggesting a strict interpretation of labeling rules and penalties.
Special to the Express reports a Washington gathering where chiefs from many tribes establish the Brotherhood of the Indian Tribes. Delegates from Blackfeet Sioux Apache Canimmette Wallas Cherokee and others attend with interpreters, observe customs, and honorably join as honorary members like Col D C Collier and Percy Goodwin.
A young eastern lady requests a correspondence with a Westerner via the editor. She asks for publication of this note to find an honest, honorable gentleman and potential marriage. Write to A E L at PO Box 33 Toledo Ohio for details.
The state board of examiners and land commissioners met Saturday and agreed to issue irrigation district loans up to 50000 with strict safeguards. Applications before the board total 860000. Loans must back by bonds 645 percent of face value. funds invested in locating ditches and reclaiming land. no loans to speculative companies. close district scrutiny to ensure legitimacy and security to avoid loss.
The American Medical Association established a Chicago laboratory about six years ago to investigate proprietary drug preparations and patent medicines. It exposed frauds, diminished profits for dishonest firms, and pushed for enforcement of the federal pure food law, highlighting scrutiny of medical education and quackery while advancing public health.
John W Galloway homesteader in Hancock Cove argues the Cove yields good peaches and apples with frost protection boosting ripening of other crops. He doubts land prices will hold as many homesteaders rely on borrowed funds and may dismember on pay day. intrinsic land value and future railroad access support the area. Mrs EF W Evans acts as agent in Vernal for Spirella corsets.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington bans further filings on lands of the former Uinta reservation without explicit Washington authority. In the Jacob L. Wilkinson case near Hayden Utah the local office had allowed filings on land vacant since August 28 1910 but now holds any new filing until federal approval is granted.
The trial in Vernal centers on Thomas Rowe, stableman for American Asphaltum Co at Watson, accused of beating a horse owned by Joseph Gurr. Oak witnesses claimed Rowe was seen, but alibi witnesses placed him in the bunkhouse. the jury discharged him after defense and carpentry testimony. The era also notes Orpheus Company's rush on silage equipment and Congregational Church dinner plans.
A quirky ceremony occurred in Momeo with Clint De Priest and Cora Holtsclaw wedding in the local telephone office performed by Jes 2 Christensen. They celebrated at the Colonial Hotel while townsfolk joined a supper at the groom's expense amid a humorous scene and a stubborn crowd.
A Chesterfield era notice describes Curiosity Shower Bar events by Y LMA officers at the Orpheus on Sunday Jan 19 with regular prices and a luncheonette booth. Principal Oliver B Loud misses school after his mother’s funeral in Weymouth Mass on Jan 6.
The Orpheus list hosts two league games with Vernal 1st Ward facing Vernal 2nd ward in a high intensity night. Merkley and Mease led eight baskets for Vernal teams while Bartlett battled on the boards. In the second game Maeser Giants struggled against the Disinherited Knights from Naples as the Blender lante of Uintah controlled play. The time-keeper’s whistle paused the Disinherited rally, leaving the pennant question open.
Parley Galloway faced a legal inquiry after being found near a bonfire with a recently slaughtered steer and tracks linking him to the missing animal. Sheriff Pope and Mr Gibson led the investigation, and Galloway waived examination and was held on $480 bail pending trial in the district court.
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