Government trucks to serve Utah route between Hiewer and Vernal
Announcement reports delivery of seven Mohrmand motor trucks from Los Angeles to Keiper Utah for a government owned route between Hiewer and Vernal. Postmasters and county officials urged to address bridge and road deficiencies to ensure safe operation and timely service. Local merchants expect improved parcel post and road upgrades.
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Doef
Hiewer
Vernal
Post Office Department
Lyeryons
Loh Atlan
The
Commercial Club
Comppass
Operd
Utah
Post Office
Moffat School House Demolished By Fire
The Moffat school house, built in 1912 and insured for 1600 dollars, was wholly destroyed by a Thursday evening fire. A 1000 pound bell in the belfry collapsed as the frame burned. The fire origin remains undetermined. janitor reports cleaning duties earlier that day. School resumes Monday in the Wakeman building on Main Street.
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Moffat
Wakeman
Main Street
Joseph Arnold Utah Pioneer Laid To Rest
Joseph Arnold 78, early Uintah County settler and Utah pioneer who arrived in 1848, died recently. He left seven children and is survived by his wife and five daughters. funeral services were held at Jensen Cemetery with Bishop Bernard Gardiner officiating.
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Joseph Arnold
Utah
Josiah
Elizabeth Arnold
Uintah County
Arnold
Orson P. Arnold
Salt Lake
Arnold Hved
Logan
Jonsen
Sie
W. H Burton
J. K. Bullock
Jos. Mc. Knight
Mark Hall
Aings
Jensen Cemetery
Bishop
Bernard Gardiner
John T Rasmussen
John N Davis
Jensen Ward
Bova of Uintak County Remembers War Dead with Gold Star
The article lists local service members who sacrificed in the war and are honored with a gold star on the large service flag. Named are Clive Couple, Beth McConkie, Ralph Perry, J red Deming, Alden Witbeck, Amos Hoeft, Hubert Burne, George Peters, Lynne Taylor, Alton Calder, Evan Witbeck, and James Leroy Shaffer. Twentieth Century club women who made and donated the flag helped attach the stars, with commendation for their patriotic effort.
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Bova
Uintak
Clive Couple
Beth McConkie
Ralph Perry
J’red Deming
Alden Witbeck
Amos Hoeft
Hubert Burne
George Peters
Lynne Taylor
Alton Calder
Evan Witbeck
James Leroy Shaffer
Twentieth Century Club
Influenza calm improves in Vernal and Ashley Valley
In nine days four new cases and four quarantines surfaced in Vernal. Ten homes will shed quarantine flags by Monday, while four remain. Ashley Valley reports several new cases and a number under care at Vernal Hospital. Officials debate reopening activities with caution and rigid quarantine measures.
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Vernal
Ashley Valley
County
Vernal City
Henry Moore
Jack Miller
Tom Wickerson
Ray Hach
Mary Kelsey
Don U Colton
Henry Erickson
Judge Me
Uonnel
David Hill
Dry Fork
Boxelder
Tremonton
Utah
Schools adopt individual instruction amid influenza era
Word comes that Dragon Rainbow Moffat Hayden and Sand lett schools are doing regular work with near normal attendance. The rest have begun Individual instruction. Early results show faster progress for some pupils and more personal teacher attention, while parents gain understanding of the effort involved.
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Dragon
Rainbow
Moffat
Hayden
Sandlett
Schuol
White
New Telephone Long Distance Rates Announced
Postmaster General Burleson approves new toll and long-distance rates effective midnight January 21 with a base charge of 6 mills per mile airline mileage. Night service earns half day rate until midnight and a quarter rate from midnight to 4 30 am. Rates aim to equalize charges nationwide. some locales may see increases and state regulators oppose the plan.
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Burleson
W. H. Lamar
Post Office Department
Federal
Quarantine Change Cited in Efforts to Halt Disease
A January 10 letter urges strict quarantine of the afflicted to halt the disease as Tremonton keeps doors open while Brigham City reports about 306 cases. The notice condemns inviting visitors to sick rooms as criminal and notes Uintah Motor & Garage Co. owner Jack Miller has contracted the flu again.
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New York
Garfield County
State Board of Health
Tremonton
Brigham City
Thera
Jack Miller
Uintah Motor & Qarage Co
Ten Rigs Are Now Drilling In Rangely Oil Field
Manager Chas Neal of the Itavan Oil and Refining company reports eleven rigs active in the Rangely field with another large refinery being prepared to operate at Vernal. A 500 gallon storage tank is planned in Roosevelt to handle Raven products as shipments of gasoline and kerosene increase. Local support stays strong and motorists push for the new supply.
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Chas, Neal
Itavan Olli É& Lieilning Company
Rangely
Kayen
Neal
Roosevelt Ia
Angely
Hichmond Oil and Petroluum Company
Standard Oils Company of California
Wyoming
Richmond Company
Draft Delinquents Listed in Utah Roster
Captain Gordon Snow compiles a statewide roster of men who evaded military service. Delinquents will have records reported to local draft boards and forwarded to Washington. Charges stand until eligibility is cleared, with about 3,800 listed and many expected to rectify their records.
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Utah
Gordon Snow
Capt. Snow
Adjutant General
Washington
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Helper
Dre T. B Beatty
Moore
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Beatty
Pike
Writeria
United States Bureau of Census
Boston
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