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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
4
A Dauntless traveler from Vernal walks all night to reach Myton, frostbitten hands and feet reported. Local theater, basketball game, and social visits fill the week as residents cope with subzero mornings and ongoing town affairs.
Maeser ward parents party at Elder Thompson's home included games, dancing, and a picnic. John G. Wackington returned from Park City reports heavy snow. Hacking explains turkey shipment trip costs. W. J. Thomas mapped mining claims near Jesse Ewing Canyon amid snow and cold. Families plan Dry Fork Mountain pole gathering. Maeser School gains Angue E. Johnson, Willard Young to take Johnson’s post. Taylor Bird, nearing eighty, had illness last week.
John M. Bennett Lundberg and Warren Lee will host dances at the meeting house every Friday night for the winter season. Alonzo Mitchell has been ill with rheumatism. a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Allen on January 6, 1912. A funeral for a three day old child, run by Elder Windiusy. Roosevelt Mill engineer John Dennett on leave. Hugo Kenech improving after illness. Art J Koormen aided at the Roosevelt Co op during the holiday trade. The Lundbergs and Mitchells visited Vernal. Money for Ute Indian judgments discussed in Washington. $3,305,000 requested for discretionary payments by the interior secretary.
Local items include the Cottams leaving Naples due to cold, new arrivals and quarantines in several families, and community updates. The Vernal Milling & Light Company calls a stockholders meeting on February 7 1912 at 1 00 pm at the Uintah Abstract Company to amend Articles of Incorporation to adjust capital stock limits.
An itemized excerpt of the 1911 supplemental tax list covering properties in Vernal Utah, listing numerous parcels by owner and location within various townships and sections. The document outlines corrections of assessment errors and delinquencies, the authority of the county assessor, and a deadline for tax payment to avoid public sale.
The Uintah State Bank and Ver nal Bank held annual stockholders meetings with no officer changes, Bennion honored for five years of presidency, and dividends discussed. Uintah County Wool Growers, Vernal Thoroughbred Sheep and Livestock Co, and Ouray Valley Project reports covered officer reelections and canal plans. Oil prospects in Rangery field noted with multiple companies advancing drilling and potential patenting.
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