County Cattlemen Plan Annual Education Tour
Uintah County Cattlemen announce an annual educational tour July 11 25. The event opens at the Uintah County courthouse in Vernal with a caravan to Craig Hayden and Steamboat Springs guiding visits to range reseeding fertilizer programs and cattle operations. Participants include Dr H B Peterson Prof James Bennett and State Sen Alonzo Hopkins with Utah State Cattlemen’s Association leadership.
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Uintah
Hayden
Colo
Withite
Carpenter Ranch
Steamboat Springs
Elk River
Simmer Ranges
Alonzo Hopkins
Utah
State Cattlemen's Association
Red Cloud Loop Scenic Highway Open to Autos
Scenic Red Cloud Loop now accessible to ordinary passenger cars Forest Service officials report. The roadway has a gravel surface for one mile to Slough Dugway and a paved surface at a number of washed out sections. Regular maintenance has been performed on forest portions of the route.
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Red Cloud Loop
Forest Service
Varnal Weds
High Uinta Scout Camp Closes After Six Days at Red Springs
165 Boy Scouts and leaders completed the 1957 High Uinta Camp at Red Springs after six days. Contests covered bridge building, flag pole raising, signaling, knot tying and blindfold camping. A giant Uintah Basin Court of Honor climaxed the week with archery, rifle range practice, hunting, hiking and trap shooting.
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Boy Scouts
Red Springs
Rulon Dean Skinner
Alvin Guadio
Phillip Warmon
Price and Richfield
Uintah, Basin Court of Honor
High Unite
Uintah Basin
Utah National Parks Council
Bennion
Local Scouts Depart Friday For Valley Forge
Thirteen Uintah Scout District boys assemble in Provo Friday for a train trip to the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania July 12 to 18. Route includes Denver Chicago Detroit Niagara Palmyra and New York City sightseeing boat trip baseball game and Coney Island visit. After a week at camp they tour Washington DC and patriotic and religious landmarks with guides Merkley Duce Walls Yonepher That Kirk Jolley Harold Rust Reese Walker Lynn McKee Gaylen McKee Drent Hacking Douglas Led Wiley Pope and Paul Beatle.
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Uintah Scout District
Provo
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Denver
Chicago
Detroit
Niagara
Palmyra
New York
New York City
Coney Island
Washington, D.C
Uintah Dis
Whiterocks River Road bids set for Utah road project
Gilbert Dall, Forest Supervisor, Ashely National Forest, announces bids for Whiterocks River Road Section A. Project involves 793 feet of DN standard fund finished roadway with a 4 foot ditch. Bids due July 5, 1957, at 2:00 pm in Ogden.
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Whiterock
Forest Service
Gilbert Dall
Ashbey National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Ogden
Utah
Forest Supervisor's Office
Ashley National Forest
Vernal
Forest Service Office
Forest Supervisas
Whiterocks Canyon I
Common National Forest
Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation
Whiterocks
Uintah County
Uni Engie Service Opens Auto Laundry in Vernal Utah
A new auto laundry service called Uni que will open at Hal's Texaco Vernal Utah on a Thursday in July. Kenneth Sowards, president of Vernal Continuust, will officiate the grand opening during ceremonies on page B.
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Uni
Utah
Hal
Texaco
Kenneth Sowards
Vernal Continuust
Flaming Gorge Roadwork Advances Dam Plant Bid Calls Set in January
Clearing began on the Flaming Gorge access road second section from Line Wood to near the Green River. The first 7 mile stretch with a 435 foot timber bridge was completed last weekend by Wangsgaard Construction Company of Logan for 150000 dollars. Wangsgaard also bid final segment at 504642 dollars. Dam and power plant bid calls are expected next January, with two 40 by 101 foot corrugated iron buildings to be used as warehouses bidding July 23 in Vernal. A 500000 gallon water tank will be installed near the new community, with other utilities and structures to follow. The dam is planned 23 miles east of Manila and 43 miles north of Vernal and will require about one million cubic yards of concrete.
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Flaming Gorge Dam
Line Wood
Green River
John Fiat
Wangsgaard Construction Company
Logan
Wangsgaard
Manila
Vernal
Bureau of Reclamation
Jean R. Walton
Br. Walton
Witt Renrued
Mhaningee
Indian Dancers Set Colorful Show Monday in Vernal
Spectacular and colorful Indian dances including the Sun Dance of the Utes will be presented by the KbAnn Indian Dancers Monday at 8 pm in the Jaytee Ball Park. Sponsored by Vernal Jaycees, proceeds will go to ball park improvements. Continued on page 5.
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KbAnn
Jaytee
Vernal Jaycees
Ball Park
Dunigare Org
Choyanne
Sohio Explores Asphalt Ridge Oil with Round-the-Clock Rigs
Sohio begins a two year geological exploration program to assess oil potential in the Asphalt Ridge. Sam Lisle says thousands of patented acres are being systematically tested with two arming rigs near Lapoint and south of Vermi. Mapping and evaluation continue at laboratories in Vernal Oklahoma City and Cleveland while drilling resumes in spring under Sprague and Henwood contract.
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Sohio
Lapoint Read
Vermi
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Soho
Sam Lisle
Vernal District
Sohfo
Vernal
Oklahoma City
Cleveland
Sprague and Henwood
Grand Junction
Calo
Sohjo
Ss S Laboratory
Francis Feltch
Sohlo
A. W. Scott
E. Wayne Eaton
Vernal Avenue
Mr. Lisle
BR. L. MacDonald
J. D. Scougale
James Dempsey
Rising Crude Prices Push Shale Oil to Competitive Stand
Utah official Lee E. Young told Western States Land Commissioners that persistently higher crude prices are sharpening shale oil competition. He cited Union Oil and others spending millions on shale research and pilot work, with an initial integrated plant needing about 40,000 barrels daily to be profitable.
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Lee E. Young
Utah Land Board
of Western States Land Commissioners Assa
Gearhart
Oregon
Union Oil
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Sinclair
Dow Chemical and
California Company
Colorado
Young
Economc
Sathers Jewelry Reports Record Sale Response
Vernal store owner Bob Sather says the first ten days of the sale drew more customers than the prior 18 months. A large crowd is expected Saturday, the sale’s last day, with prizes over 700 dollars to be awarded.
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Mort Peppy
Bob Sather
Sather
Vernal
Mr. Sather
Remodeling Begins at Bar nett's Variety Store
Remodeling of Bar nett's Variety Store on Vernal's Main Street starts with preliminary work this week and full operation next week. Crews will remove the partition between the store and the former Alice's Dress Shop as part of the expansion and remodeling project.
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Vernal
Main Street
Barnett
Barnet
Alice's
Tourist Clinic Set in Vernal to Boost Eastern Utah tourism
Utah Tourist and Publicity Council expands lecture series with a Vernal session July 11 led by D James Cannon and Gus Dac sec, featuring Ken Sowards and Thomas H Axelsen. The program covers attracting visitors, advertising value, and care of tourists, with broad regional attendance planned and Welcome Visitor Month to follow.
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Utah
Utah Tourist and Publicity Council
D. James Cannon
Gus Dac
Ballike City
Ken Sowards
State Tourist and Publicity Council
Thomas H. Axelsen
Axelsen Advertising Agency
Roosevelt
Duchesne
Myton
Jensen
Heber
Matila
Alo
Logan
Ogden
Bast Lake City
Cannon Pal
Cannon
Axelsen
Ag Itt
Fini
Mel Cannon
Universlty of Utah Buréau of ‘Economic’ and Business Research
Large Crowds See Fast Calf Roping At Amat Rodeo
Large crowds witnessed fast calf roping at the Vernal amateur rodeo on Friday and Saturday night. Winners included Jay Gentry Meeker with 10.8 seconds in calf roping and Glenn Tab Hayden second with 12.2 seconds, while Bud Massey Vernal won bareback riding and Mantle Jonsen tied for second in saddle bronc. Team roping saw Vern Williams and partner win with 26.6 seconds, with delays and ties noted across events in Utah.
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Vernal
Jay Gentry
Meeker
Glenn Tab
Hayden
Oie Wilkins
Jensery Witty
Bud Massey
Jon
Sen
Wattén Watking
Saddlebronc
Mantle
Bail Ileh
Verenal
Dodd Rich
Wes
Vern Williams
Vern Williams Rota, At Ae Glan
Daye Alle
Ind Delbert Sare Nosama
Walt
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Samuel A. Woolley
Vern
Las Vegas
Littlefield
Menquire
U.S 04
Arizona
Woolley
Howard J. Tobin
Hell Garden
Melba
Bell Garden
Red Cloud Loop Scenic Highway
Yellatest Ne
Aljonah
Whiterocks River Road
Flaming Gorge
High Uinta
Wilmer Murray
Laffell Andérson
Glen E. Mohimag
Moon Lake
Ted Thacker
Maeserlet Ward
Alvin Gundle
Price Field
James E. Bacon
Roosevelt District
Philp Harmon
Richfield Field
Variety Store
Ferron Whittaker
Cule Mer Smolt
Jess Lombard
Dino|sar
Ernest. Untermann
Fieldhouse
Mr. Canon
Nieweapers
Ntiaiy
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