Vernal Express Lauded By Readers Across Regions
Letters to the editor praise the Vernal Express for its December 16 issue with Uintah Basin features and Victory Highway coverage. Contributors from Routt County, Presidio of San Francisco, Phoenix, and Topeka commend its information, roads coverage, and community spirit while offering cooperation on highway publicity.
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Vernal Express
H. C. Wood
Routt County Sentinel
Steamboat Springs
Colorado
Uintah Basin
Walter Barnes
Calder
la Prela Hoeft
Presidio of
San Francisco
Byrdie D. Lucey
Uintah County
Lyin
Phoenis
Arizons
Ashley Valley
Ben Blow
Victory Highway Association
Topeka
Kansas
Victory High Way
Nevada
Smallpox Seen as Preventable in Vernal Area
Vernal and Uintah County physicians assert smallpox cases are preventable and urge vaccination. They note New York’s 19 cases in 1920 with no deaths, while Utah saw over 6,000 cases and 49 deaths, and announce county-funded free vaccination and care.
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Vernal
Uintah
M Garrett O’donnell
George H Christy
New York
Utah
Hen hatched 12 chicks from December setting at Naples
J. W. Olsen reports a hen set in December with 13 eggs. On New Year’s day a brood of 12 young Buff Orpington chicks hatched and are thriving. They have access to the sheds during the day.
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J. W. Olsen
Naples
Philosophy of the Ostrich and the Value of Advertising
A short essay urges readers not to bury heads like ostriches but to use newspaper ads. It argues advertising helps shoppers compare prices, find new and good products, and avoid fraud, urging readers to read Express advertisements to save money and shop wisely.
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Express
Uintah County Boys and Girls Clubs Lead in Utah
Uintah County dominates Utah Boys' and Girls' Club activity with 107 of 187 clubs and 781 county members. Statewide values show Uintah producing $4,049 above cost from $8,889 in product value, with Weber and San Juan also contributing strong figures. Call for county leaders, prizes, and commissioner support to sustain the program given the lack of a Farm Agent or Club Leader this year.
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Utah
Uintah County
Utah County
San Juan County
Weber County
Jessa
Boy Scouts Form Third Patrol in Vernal Ward
On Thursday evening last week the third patrol of Boy Scouts was formed in the Vernal First ward by Scoutmaster H. T. Howes. Members include Emnett Hail patrol leader Clarence Liddell Mark Freestone Raymond Searls Howard Harrison Wilbur Wellman and Leslie Rackham. Scoutcraft talk and 25 badges were presented by L Band er and George L Woodbury after the Mutual Sunday evening. The other two patrols are Eagle and Raven led by James Weeks as assistant scoutmaster.
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Boy Scotty
Vernal
H. T. Howes
Emnett
Clarence Liddell
Mark Freestone
Raymond Searls
Howard Harrison
Wilbur Wellman
Leslie Rackham
L .Bander
George L. Woodbury
Raven
James Weeks
The Legion to Play Roosevelt Saturday
The Witbeck Post American Legion basketball team opens its season on Roosevelt floor with a game set for next Saturday evening January 14. The squad has practiced hard and says it is in prime condition for the fray.
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Witbeck Post
American Legion
Roosevelt
Aged Mother Passes Peacefully in Davis Home
Augusta Jasperson the aged mother of Mrs John N Davis died Sunday morning at 9 o'clock in the Davis home after a gradual decline. Death was due to general debility and followed a quiet end as she raised the window blind shortly before passing. Interment will be at Heber. Mrs Davis travels from Watson to Price to meet her brother Louis Jasperson. The deceased leaves several children and was well known in Ashley valley.
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Augusta Jasperson
John N. Davis
Davis
Mrs. Davis
Heber
Price
Louis Jasperson
Ashley Valley
Joss
Uintah National Farm Loan Association Elects Officers
The Uintah National Farm Loan Association met in the E A Manker office and elected J N Lybbert as president J W Welst as vice president EB A Manker as secretary treasurer with others as officers and land appraisers. A Federal Bank report notes 1921 loan activity including 6 901 loans for 22 461 900 with only five foreclosures and 181 associations chartered in district 11.
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Uintah National Farm Loan Association
E. A. Manker
J. N. Lybbert
J W. Welst
EB. A. Manker
Mr. Lybbert
Mr. Welst
E. A. Cramer
Wallace Oaks
Alfred Simper
Lybbert
Simper
Welst
Oaks
Cramer
T. G. Alexander
Jensen
Federal
Cand Bank
Berkeley
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Supreme Court of the
U. S A
Aaste
Green River Freezes Thick with Narrow Channels
Green River lies frozen eight to ten inches thick with a central channel in most areas. The ferry at Alshandra remained jammed but opened for traffic Thursday after a channel was cut across the ice. The vessel sat on sixteen feet of ice and was freed by pulleys. Uintah Railway traffic moved via Jensen for five days.
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Green River
Alshandra
E S Gurr
Uintah
Jensen
Utah Schools to Embrace New Body Contact Free Basketball
Utah State High School Association will adopt a new, cleaner style of basketball with no personal contact. The shift follows a Colorado Logan-Greeley series and lessons from their fast passing, strong defense game now driving Utah officials.
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Utah
Greeley Logan
Utah State High School Athletic Association
Halt Lake
Greeley
Colorado
Logan High School
Salt Lake
Logan Grizzlies
Colorado Quint
Bee Hiya
Central Health Council Elects Officers for Year
Dr A C Callister was elected president at the Hotel Utah meeting. Dr C Jensen became vice president and James H Wallis took secretary treasurer. Officers were chosen unanimously. The group adopted its constitution and by laws and planned a questionnaire for member organizations to gauge their wishes.
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A. C. Callister
Central Health Council
Hotel
Utah
Dr.c . Jensen
James H Wallis
Tribune
Alta Sand Files Its Articles in Utah
Alta Sand Corporation, a Denver company, files articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. It has 600,000 shares of $1 par value, capitalization of $600,000. The company lists Uintah Basin Utah as possessions. E. Williams is president and M. H. Officer is secretary. HHS Heaton of Uinta County named as process attorney for Utah Mineral Survey.
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Alta O1l Sand Corporation
Denver
Uintah Basin
E. Willams
Hhs Heaton
Uinta County
Utah —Mineral Survey
Bounty Payments Halted for Predatory Animals
County clerk Charles A. Hatch reports state auditor Mark Tuttle ordered a halt on county warrants for predatory animal bounties due to a depleted bounty fund. Legislation cut levies and altered bounties for sheep horses and cattle, with half of state bounty to the Live Stock department. Funds to resume depend on tax receipts. many hunters remain disappointed.
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Charles A. Hatch
Mark Tuttle
Inet Atate
Tuttle
Perix
Sudden Death of Mrs Henry Abplanalp
Mrs Lillian Ross Abplanalp died suddenly at the family home in Glines ward on Sunday evening January 8 from pneumonia. She was born in 1882 in Wallsburg Wasatch County Utah and survived by her husband Geneva Ross her mother six brothers and one sister and six children Zelda Arvil Norma Pearl Warren. Funeral services were held January 11 at the Glines ward meeting house with Bishop M M Batty presiding and interment at Glines Maeser cemetery.
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Glines
Lillian Ross ,Abplanalp
Henry Abplanalp
Glines Ward
Abplanalp
Vernal
W. 8. Ross
Wallsburg
Wasatch County
Utah
Mrsa
Geneva Ross
Zelda
Arvil
Norma
Pearl
Warran
M. M. Batty
Florence
Gregory
William Pearce
Singy Lok
Nelson
Joseph A. McKee
Ed? Watkins
Batty
James Eld
Glines-Maeser
Intermont
Edwin Watkins, Jr
Two Roughly Fought Battles End in Roosevelt Victory
Two hard fought basketball games cap Saturday night with Roosevelt defeating 86 to 29 after a tight first half where Boy Scouts edged Willcox Academy 13 13 and required extra five minutes to settle 19 13. Roosevelt used strong defense, Wilkins scored ten tallies, and VW 0.W and Roosevelt clashed in a high tension finish.
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Willcox Academy
Wilcox Academy
Willcox
Atla
Roosevelt
Wilkins
Wallace Calder Speaks at Local Parent Teachers Meeting
A fair crowd attended last Thursday night as Wallace Calder delivered the main address on good citizenship and school life. The evening featured an engaging program and a community singing session led by Charles Lewis, with the school visiting committee report noted as informative.
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Wallace Calder
Charles Lewis
Road money urged to secure funds for Uintah county
A local plea urges securing state and federal road funds to finish the Roosevelt area project. Officials warn a $6,500 gap and a $40,000 federal share require county action to keep the project on schedule and support local jobs and markets.
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Casier
Baye
Wasatch Grading Company
Uintah County
Uintah Wore
Roosevelt
Ira Browning
State Road Commission
L W. Curry
Twintrh State Bank
Browning
Savery
W .A Qanka
Waseatch
H C Means
Utah Legislators Serve on Key Senate House Committees
Congressman Bon B Colton is named to Public Lands Mines and Mining and Expenditures in the Interior Department. Utah’s E O Leatherwood sits on Indian Affairs Irrigation of Arid Lands and Expenditures in the Department of Law. Senator Reed Smoot chairs Public Lands and Surveys and serves on Appropriations Finance and Pensions. Senator Willem H King serves on District of Columbia Naval Affairs Privileges and Elections and Pensions.
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Bon B Colton
United States Congress
Interior Department
E OO Leatherwood
Utah
Department of Lawr
Senate
Reed Smoot
Public Lands
Willem H King
District of Columbia
Naval Affairs
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Philosophy OF the
BOY Scouts OF
First Ward
Buffalo Patrol
the Legion
Uvintah National Farm Loan Association
ALTA
SAND
Parent Teachers Meeting
Uiitam County
Bank of Vernal
Uintah Nasin
Rafety
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