Merkley Family Legacy and LDS Service Highlighted
Keturail and Merkley are described as devoted parents to nine children with twenty five grandchildren. Nelson Merkley served in the Vernal ward bishopric and as Uintah stake Patriarch for over thirty years, while Mrs Merkley supported many families as a nurse and hosted students and orphans in their home. Mr Merkley died of pneumonia in 1934 and Mrs Merkley later suffered from ailing hearing loss yet remained socially active with friends.
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Valles
Merk
Fey
LDS Church
Nelson Merkley
Oki Vernal Ward
Fle
Uintah
Merkley
Verenal First Ward Relief Society
Ness
Pneurmonia
Alehiea
Utah Property Tax Installment Plan Adopted
Salt Lake City Utah reports lawmakers decide property taxes in Utah may be paid in installments if county treasurers elect. the measure outlines installment deadlines and eligibility for residents across counties, aiming to ease payment burdens.
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Salt Lake Ouly
Utah
Partial tax payments approved by Utah Supreme Court decision
The Utah Supreme Court upheld Weber County treasurer's policy of accepting partial tax payments before delinquency, ruling the treasurer acted within legal powers. The Tax Commission opposed but the writ of prohibition was denied. Installments aim to ease taxpayer burden and simplify state revenue collection.
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Utah
Bu Pree
New
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Weber County
Supreme Court
Seminary department missionaries give talks at Tridell services
Sunday Sacrament services in Tridell drew attendance from Uintah High School Seminary Depart ment missionaries Levt Kitchen Loyal Merkley Clara Morrill Alice Cook Wendell Me cham and Gladys Teepies with Teepies also singing two solos with Grant Morrill at the piano Visitors at Sunday School included Anthon Cannon and Miss Ruth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminary
Uintah High School
Levt Kitchen
Loyal Merkley
Clara Morrill
Alice Cook
Wendell Mecham
Gladys Teepies
Kuss
Grant Morrill
Anthon Cannon
Misa Ruth
Hart of the stake 8 Board Mr Cannon stud Miss Hart spoke
Friday night featured a gathering at the RAF IF A Gold and Green Hall. The hall was full with attendees from nearby wards. Vernal Taft Budge of Paris Idaho spent the weekend at Tridell with Mr. and Mrs Alma Mecham and family. Mr. Tudge attends BYU university after returning from a mission. During the week Mrs A M Lyman and daughter Mrs Leia Merkley visited Deep Creek to see Mr. Flex Taylor who also is a daughter. Mires Lyman and Thuraday Forest Goodrich returned from Salt Lake on business.
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A M Lyman
Leia Merkley
Deep Creek
Flex Taylor
Mires Lyman
Thuraday Forest
Goodrich
Salt Lake
Deep Creek and Uintah Fuel figures in local notes
Robert Alexander of Uintah Fuel buys a Chevrolet coach. Rex Taylor and Darrell Vook connected to Tridel. Smith makes two trips to Roosevelt with cream for van/regular delivery. Novert Alexander visits Salt Lake City. Deep Creek Lapoint school bus performs well amid new fall injuries. Lyman M Parrish and Som Willmar also employed by Uintah Fuel.
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Fli Smith
Roosevelt
Reguar
Renetes Novert Alexander
Salt Lake City
Deep Creek
Lapoint
Lyman M
Parriah
Som
Willmar
Uintah Fuel Company
Leota Dance Evokes Community After Schoolhouse Fire
Leota meeting house burned Friday a few minutes after school closed destroying the one room schoolhouse building. The blaze threatens a key community space just finished and in use for schooling as residents rally to assess losses and plan. Cattle die-offs on Green River due to heavy snow impact local feed. Frank Robert visited Vernal last week. Bliss Maazle Hall and friends from Vernal visited with Grace Hall. Primary teacher Charlies Stoddard spent the weekend with his son and family. Mr and Mrs Raymond Stoddard and family also visited.
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Grisen
Leota
Green River
Frank Robert
Vernal
Bliss Maazle Hall
Grace Hall
Local notes from Lapoint and Vernal community events
Monday evening at the priesthood meeting President H B Calder and Archie Johnson attended. The Retief Society held its annual meeting with talks, musical selections, readings, songs, and a stump speech by Leo Calder. Lapoint played Tridelt basketball Wednesday with a crowd present. score favored Lapoint. Various residents visited Vernal, returned from California, or worked on homes and farms. Several business visitors and shippers were noted, including plans to ship Holstein cattle from Ogden to Lapoint.
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H B Calder
Archie Johnson
Retief Society
Anderson Cornet
Harvey Hul- Hnger
Grand Rasmussen
Leo Elder
Mra Merrell Rasmussen
Leo Calder
Lapoint
Annie Warburton
Earl
Abner Swain
California
Oren
William Sprottse
Eli Bmith
Ruby Foster
Moe David I Wilson
Marshtall
Tom Ross
Nyberg
Salt Lake City
Henry Lee George Perry
J Tutt
Lloyd Perry
Margaret Harrison
Morgan
Leland Rasmussaer
Lioyd Wearburton
Pather
Abe Warburton
Mir Balin
Ogden
Ata
Tobert Viren
Bennett notes and visitors amid flu and snow
Mrs Edith Allred suffers flu while Jennie her daughter home from Roosevelt for a few days. Catherine Adams and baby spent Sunday with Air and Mrs Richard Adams of Roosevelt. Mr and Mrs William Kohler of Myton stayed with Mr and Mrs J B Whitemore Saturday. Clair Haslem and Heber Allred returned from the mountains with four and a half feet of snow at the saw mill. Mrs Mary Bolton hosted a shower for Nellie Holton with gifts and luncheon. John Whorrocks of Farm Creek called on Otis Horrocks. Delbert Timothy hosted a party for his sister LaCinita with games and lunch. Bennett folks attended the Roosevelt convention. Delbert Timothy and Calvin Rasmussen are feeding cattle for Leonard Gardner of Neola. Ruth Brighton, released from school due to chicken pox, cannot return to Pleasant Grove.
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Edith Allred
Jennie
Roosevelt
Catherine Adams
Baby
Rtichard Adams
William Kohler
Myton
J. B Whitemore
Clair Haslem
Heber Allred
Mary Bolton
Nellie Holton
Nellie
John Whorrocks
Farm Creek
Otis Horrocks
Delbert Timothy
LaCinita
Bennett
Stoosevelt
Calvin Rasmussen
Laeonard Gardner
Neola
Ruth Brighton
Pleasant Grove
RANGELY Report on Local Residents and Work Crews
Rangely notes Colton Bart Owens Bert Owens and C Miller seen in town. The three later men went to Vernal. J W Rector and W Griffith feeding at J aA MecNew ranch. Fritzle, California company driller, hospitalized in Salt Lake, now with family in Vernal, soon unable to resume work. Traffic delays between here and Meeker due to storms. Trangely stores trucks abandoned at Powell Park area. one truck with broken axle. Mail delayed about four hours. Lily Scrogginson, student from the officers, returns to school after holidays. Work on deep test well progressing slowly but steadily. Leste Loney, local employee, went to Meeker for medical aid.
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Colton Bart Owens
Bert Owens
C Miller
Vernal
Rector
W Griffith
Fritzle
California Company
Salt Lake Hospital
Meeker
Powell Park
Lily Scrogginson
Loney
Weekend Visitors and Local Snowfall Report
Mr and Mrs Donald Dow left for Vernal seeking medical help for their daughter Barbara who has a neck swelling. Five inches of new snow fell Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Leonard Allan spent the weekend in Vernal. Fort Paul Britton and W A Tanks visited Vernal on a business trip. Thus Sollika and Earl Muller were weekend visitors in Vernal last week.
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Gh Johnson
Tfr
Fon Fator
Donald Dow
Barbara
Sonard Allan
Vernal
Kiomer
Fort Paul Britton
Fred Anderson
S8llika
Earl Muller
Predatory Animals Kill More Deer In Ashley Forest
Ashley National Forest records show predatory animals killed more deer than hunters over the past year. Estimates suggest hunters killed about one hundred seventy deer, while fish planting records indicate 685000 fish planted and at least two truckloads involved, with incomplete planting data.
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Ashley National Forest
Ashley Forest Rangers
Forest Service
Fish Planting Efforts Yield Mixed Results
Information on past fish plantings shows general success with exceptions. High elevation lakes lack food and drained reservoirs caused fish deaths, with losses up to 80 percent in some lakes. Ranger Walkup notes a kingfisher catching nineteen small fish in thirty minutes while rod and gun clubs receive much credit for the past success.
Farmers Must Aid in Weed Control Effort in Utah 1932
State agricultural commissioner Harden Bennion calls for greater landowner cooperation in weed control campaigns due to limited public funds and taxpayer pressure. Plan follows 1931 program with chemical spraying on follow up areas, spraying canal banks, and frequent shallow cultivation for susceptible fields. Cost sharing set at 50 50 between state and landowners with freight and application by counties and landowners billed as a tax if landowners do not participate.
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Utah
Harden Bennion
Sta*s
Taxpayers Association
Hennion
State Board of Agriculture
Coun
Weather Snaps Unusual Cold Week Across Region
The past week brought exceptionally cold weather for this time of year with near record lows. The Wild Rose club hosted guests at Mr and Mrs Filsworth Snow's home for a Progressive High Five event. Charles Wise won the gentlemen’s prize with Lardy Stewart second. Mrs Etton Wilkins and Mrs Susie Nelson took top female prizes. Ray Paulson, recently ill, shows improvement, and Wilbur Wellman now works at the Kelly Mercantile as a clerk. the crew led by Charles Wise has been active.
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California
Wild Rose “Club
Filsworth
Progressive High
Charles Wise
Lardy Stewart
Etton Wilkins
Susie Nelson
Ray Paulson
Wilbur Wellman
Kelly Mercantile Company
New bridge over Green river progress and openings
Work nears completion on a new bridge over the Green river though start date for completion remains uncertain. Local families travel and visit relatives in Utah and Colorado while community gatherings and ward events loom.
Did You Ever Stop to Think About Local Advertisers
A mid century plea urges readers to rely on city dealers who advertise in the paper. It argues that advertisers offer personal service and anticipate customer needs, while non-advertising businesses cannot expect trade.
Kruschen Salts Diet Ad Targets Women Worldwide
An old promotional message touts Kruschen Salts as a safe easy fat loss aid for women. It promises lasting energy, clear skin, and a charming figure with a half teaspoon daily before breakfast. The ad urges reducing pastry and fatty foods and notes a four week bottle price and a money back guarantee.
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Kruschen Salta
Kruschen
Stock Raising Homestead Notice in Vernal Utah
Department of the Interior notice records John Clyde Hacking of Vernal Utah filed stock raising homestead entry No 045831 for multiple sections in Township 38 Range 2 East and Ornamen land. He aims to prove final proof before Vernal district court clerk on February 2 1932 with witnesses Angus Slaugh Cora Hacking Marion Allen Rex Taylor. First publication December 24 1931. last publication January 21 1932.
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Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Salt Lake City
Utah
John Clyde Harking
Wiso
District Court
Vernal
Angus Slaugh
Cora Hacking
Marion Allen
Verral
Ursah
Rex Taylor
Lapoint
Felif Taylor
Repster
Balt Lake City
Iowa
Range
East Lake
Meridian
Alice Murray
Lucy Hacking
John & Hacking
Willam Biddeway
Elit
Taylon
Register
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Tridell
Occidental Seed Company
Salt Lake City, Utah
O. I
Johnson, Roosevelt
Rerh
Levi Strauss
BEMIS
Solitaire
Kelly Merc. Co
Jensen, Utah
Deep
Robert Alexander
The
Rex ‘*Aylor
Tridel
Darrell Vook
Charlies Stoddard
Raymond Stoddaird
Thurmer Rasmussen
Glines Brothers
John Ollnes
V i
Leeton
Ommodori
Los Angeles
Seeratta Cine Bee Binear
Rhette Jensen
A DeMatt Dudley
Cassa Grande
Arizona
Oakley
Mae Johnson
New York City
Curtis Dudley
Inal
Dudley
Alice Jones
Walls
Wiliam Neal
Milo Snow
Owen Wall
Quality Dairy
Jensen
Atterport
George Vincent
Idaho
F Kelly
Jhis
Denver
Mr I Kelly
Fred Wall
H J Chamberlain
Don Wall
Dlue Mountain
Campbell
Stull Creek
Collorado
Craig~ Verral
George Washington
OS Angeles
Westlake Park
Femous
Pabbara
West Lacs
Fourth Judicial District Court
Uintah County
UTAIL
Ashbey Co-operative Company
Ashby Co-operative Company
Board of Directory
John K Bullock
John KE Bullock
Assicnes
Ashley Co-operative Company
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