Uintah County Road Bond Work Nears Completion
The Uintah County road program under the 1919 $140000 bond shows heavy completion. Eighty one miles built with five more under construction, detailing 23 projects from Diamond Mountain to Hayden and Ouray valley, plus river bridges and major trunks.
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Uintah County
Ashley Valley
Wilson Dstrict
Mfoffat
Lapoint
Independence
Hayden
Diamond Mountain
Dry Fork
Jensen
Ouray Valley
White River
Vernal
Uintah River
Kabell
Ashley Creek
George W. Perry
Lynne Ashton
Ashley Bartlett
BE. L. Oaks
Nile Hughes
76-Holt
American Legion Opens New Club Rooms in Witbeck Post
The American Legion Witbeck Post No 11 leases the former music store to convert it into a clubhouse with showers wrestling mats and tables. The roster lists commander Cruikshank and other officers plus basketball captain MecNaughton. Profits from games go to the post treasury. total membership stands at eighty. Nile Hughes surveys shale land between Watson and Whiteriver for assessment work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Witbeck Post No. 11
George H. Cruikshank
George R. Goodrich
George W. Green
David Mooseman
George I. Woodbury
Ferra L. Hadlock
Ernest Eaton
George H. Christy
Frank Smith
Clyde Ajas
John E. MecNaughton
Treasury
Witbeck Post
Nile Hughes
Watson
Whiteriver
New Stone Fireplaces Planned for Ashley National Forest Camps
Supervisor Sam M. Anderson announces improvements for summer campers including community stone fireplaces with sheet metal and iron grate tops. At least two will be built this spring at Chepeta Lake and Lake Shore sites used for family outings that summer.
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Ashley National Forest
Sam M. Anderson
Chepeta Lake
Lake Shore
Federal and State Road Work To Begin In Utah
Federal and state road work will start immediately on $53 000 grading contracts between Vernal and Ft Duchesne. Engineers B W Matteson C W Pierce and E B Borquist arrived from the west to inspect the project with district engineers Garn and Parker in charge.
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B. W. Matteson
Bureau of Roads
C. W. Pierce
Division of Bridges
E. 8. Borquist
Vernal
Ft. Duchesne
Garn and Parker
Vernal officers named at annual meetings for four firms
The Vernal Milling and Light Company Uintah State Bank Emerald Oil Company Bank of Vernal and Ashley Co operative Mercantile Institution all held annual meetings electing presidents vice presidents secretaries treasurers and board members Clerks and officers listed include Enos Bennion John H Reader W H Siddeway C D Merkley and others in various roles with reports of sound operations and reaffirmed boards
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Vernal Milling & Light Company
W. H. Siddoway
Thos. W. O'Donnell
Herbert Tyzack
John K. Bullock
John Bennion
Uinted State Bank
Enos Benulon
Edward D. Samuels
Wiliam H. Siddeway
Sterling D. Colton
George BE. Adams
Lewis W. Curry
Edward H. Belcher
Emerald Oil Company
Enens
Bennion
James Hacking
Don B. Colton
N. J. Meagher
Alfred N. Johnson
Enos Bennion
John H. Reader
Joseph F. Hacking
William H. Siddeway
We. H. Coltharp
Ashley Co-Operative Mercantile Institution
Enos
George D. Merkley
Cora I. Johnson
Nelson Merkley
Carter, Jr
R. Bennion
Ashley Bennion
Vernal Tourist Travel Boost Urges Local Routing
Figures show Vernal garages grossed 11 283 18 from May to Oct 1920 with two fifths or 4633 27 deemed tourist money. Average 772 21 monthly for gasoline alone amid seven other stations and related spending on oil tires and repairs. hotels and merchants benefit daily. Authorities urge steps to capture more tourist traffic through Vernal.
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Vernal
Oil Strike Near Wagon Box Mesa in Circle Cliff District
A small oil flow was found at about seventy five feet by Midwest Oil Co just southeast of Wagon Box Mesa in Circle Cliff district. Details are sparse but the discovery suggests oil is present in the tested structure. The first productive sand likely lies around fifteen hundred feet deeper, making the strike important for future potential.
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Panguitch
Panguttch
The
Sun
Price
Utah
Midwest Oil Company
Wagon Box Mesa
Circle Cliff
Timber road plan to access Brush Creek timber belt
William M. Anderson, supervisor of Ashley forest, seeks a $3000 appropriation to open a wagon road from Vernal to Brush Creek mountain and into the timber belt. He says current road grades hinder access to the timber and raise lumber costs, retarding local building. The Brush Creek and West Diamond belt holds 15 to 18 million feet of merchantable timber.
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William M. Anderson
Ashley National Forest
Ogden
Forest Department
Vernal
Brush Creek Mountain
Anderson
Brush Creek
West Diamond Mountain
Crusade number in Utah Public Health Journal outlined
The Utah Public Health Journal features the Modern Health Crusade in public schools with guidance from Dr. E. Q. Gowans and a health playlet by Quentard Taylor. It notes the Christmas seal sale’s success and honors Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells who bought the first seals.
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Utah Public Health Journal
E. Q. Gowans
Utah
Utah Public Health Association
Emmeline B. Wells
Aunt Em
Quentard Taylor
Maggie
Colton and Colthurp Lead Delegation to Woolgrowers Meet
Congressman-elect Don B. Colton and fellow delegates Orson B. Calder George E. Adams W H Coltharp and Thos W ODonnell travel to East Lake City to attend the Woolgrowers convention where Colton will speak before the sheepmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don B. Colton
Orson B. Calder
George E. Adams
W. H. Coltharp
Thos
W. O'Donnell
East Lake City
Mr. Colton
Sheepmen
Illicit whiskey raid nets large mash and stills
Sheriff and county officials seized a large liquor haul in Vernal area after search warrants. They found two 8 gallon stills, a 66 gallon barrel of mash, two 50 gallon barrels of mash, about 10 gallons of wine, and a loaded stock of firearms. Suspects included John Aime Italian C W Hanna and L W Hackett. Aime arrested at his shack with two stills and weapons. Hackett later arraigned with fines and jail days. Some evidence to be forwarded to federal authorities.
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Charlies DeMolly
H. Walter Woolley
Vernal
John Aime
C. W. Hanna
L. W. Hackett
Jenson
Aime
Theetrio
Hove
Badlands
Watson
Wilds
Lafayette Richardson
Lynne Ashton
Amle
Gallon
Schoos
Davis
Annie
Charles W. Manna
Manna
Richardsex
Mr. Mackett
Thomas T. Johnston
Kekm Cs. Bates
Ean’k
Charles W. Piensa
Vinad Gine Ee
Hawaiian Pageant and Music Earn Ward High Notes
Vernal second ward hosts a crowded Monday night program at the chapel showcasing ward talent. Highlights include The Sky Pilot by Central School band, a Hawaiian tableau staged by Mrs. Woolley, and performances by choirs, soloists, and the Relief Society sextette. The tableau depicted the islands’ subjugation to King Kamehameha with Mrs. Woolley as queen and young attendants in attendance.
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Vernal Second Ward
Sky Pilot
Central School
Chas
Lewis
Schnecker
Neva Hanson
Maud Woolley
Missea
Mary Henderson
Hazel Sowards
Lydia Brim
Citizenship training emphasized at Uintah county teachers institute
The Uintah county teachers institute concluded with a keynote on Education for Citizenship. Demonstration work in the primary department showcased proper teaching methods with groups of children. Noted teachers included Margaret A. Bartlett S. Augustus Smith Mary Winder and Anna Higley. Superintendent H. S. Olson announced seventy one of seventy four employed teachers attended.
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Uintah County Teachers Institute
Suaaratiee
Margaret A. Bartlett
Mith
Mary Winder
Anna Higley
Bup't. H
Zinc Claims Reported Near Blue Mountain Colorado
Harry Ratliff is back from the sinc mines on the Bear river slope of Blue mountain in Colorado about twenty miles northeast of the K camp. The sinc properties, over a hundred claims, lie between Fell canyon just over the Utah line and Bear valley draw. Ratliff says ore showing in most prospects.
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Harry Ratliff
Sinc
Bear River
Blue Mountain
Colorado
Fell
Canyon
Utah Ise
Bear Valley
Royal tableau honors islands with Liberty figure
Laura Williams Willa Bing ham and Donna Strebel represented Hawaii Oahu Malakai Maui Kauai and Niihau. Four boys Grast Strebel Ted Beunion Woodrow Belcher Arthur Woolley stood before the throne for a royal tabu. The queen welcomed each arriving princess with a song. Liberty Misa Ella Cook carried the torch as curtains opened the flag above the throne. The audience faced America as kneeling figures rose free and equal under US protection. The tableau netted about 75 dollars for building funds.
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Cook
Acose
America
United States
Seeek
Mission Feo
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Maeser Cemetery
Heber Wardles
Dodds South
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Eugene Daniels
Armnater Draw
Fred Feltchs
Naples and
Davis Wards
Kabell Crossing
Roosevelt
David Karren
Idependence District
Moffat
Tridell
High Ine Canal
West Trunk
Board of Commissioners
Unitah State Bank
Bank OF Vernal
Willis N. Johnson
Hugh Snow
K. Meagher
Walter M. McCoy
John N. Davis
W. N. Preas
W.H. Coltharp
Uintah County Sheep Shearing Company
Richardson
Uintah State Bank
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