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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
6
Leased by Will J Karns and John McDermaid the mine reports improvements with drained water and unlimited supply. New bina and chutes enable coal on level ground. Prompt orders filled at A hiey Co op with courteous treatment, send your boys after coal and leave orders there.
Vernal recounts a fishing trip on the Ashley creek with the team moving downstream to seek water and trout. The group endures a long, waterless hike to the gorge mouth near the power plant. Other notes mention I. I Smith of Donita bound for Salt Lake City, Chas Smith on rounds as county 99 se8e0r, Mr and Mrs Frederick Nashington at the Black residence, and Mondell blocking a 420 acre homestead bill with Smoot's residence proviso in debates with Utah senators.
The Benedict water application for Dry Fork Ashley creek faces protests from Ashley Central Irrigation and others claiming ownership of all tributaries. Armstrong argues the water sits in Dry Fork above the Sinks and does not feed Ashley creek, noting measurements show no tributary rise below the mouth. The case concerns whether sinking water below the Sinks preserves or alters the river’s flow and the legal rights tied to it.
Miss Bernice Petersen shot a bobcat on the Hammond ranch three miles below town and will have the hide mounted in Salt Lake City. Snow blocks roads to Colton delaying freight and passengers including the new editor. Social club meets. 1908 register shows 650 births and 18 deaths. Local draft for prohibition, Africa schoolhouse gathering, Robbins band plays as Utahn school opens with John Madsen. Several ranch homesteads filed and new dwellings planned. Pratts, Murdocks, and Schonien active in building the new Blue bench schoolhouse corner of Guet Andersons road.
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