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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
2
A weekly Vernal Utah publication calls citizens to vote in the Vernal district school trustee election on Monday July 12. It urges public involvement in educational governance and warns about careless behavior, linking it to safety and responsibility in the town.
The writer urges a county fair in Vernal to showcase industrial and agricultural exhibits. Lectures by soldiers from the State Agricultural wife and a farmers institute are proposed to attract widespread attendance. Such an event would educate, inspire, and provide a profitable and meaningful celebration for the county.
A county fair exhibit is proposed as the quickest, most effective method to expose the issue and push the public to mend their ways. The plan argues that such a display would accomplish more than any other approach.
Remains of Abbie Metcher found floating in the White River near Stangely by James Coltharp about 4 o clock on Enday of last week. The body was recovered after Mrs Fletcher and her mother, Mrs Sanford Green, were notified at Bargely where funeral services and interment followed. Mr Colthar reported the discovery. the drowning occurred on Monday the 14th of June with a minor head bruise from a pulley cable. The body was carried many miles by river winding before it was found.
A short guide notes the house fly as a menace to summer health and presents a cheap home brew. It describes a resin and caster oil mixture heated and brushed onto paper to trap flies, claiming low cost and long lasting effectiveness.
A letter urges Vernal city and county to acquire and develop a public park within limits. The plan envisions a shaded grassy area with bandstands, a baseball diamond, pavilion, and spaces for Arbor Day work parties to reduce maintenance costs.
The city drain shows strong improvements this spring and summer, drying out swamps and floods in multiple blocks. Wells and basements near the drain are drier and water quality improves, with business sections benefiting most. many merchants praise it and favor extending the project citywide for healthier, steadier water.
The Diamond Springs ranch, a 480 acre cattle site on Diamond Mountain in Northeastern Utah, sold this week from Joseph Burt to John Daysy for 2500. Once a cattle hub serving the Wurton and Blair families, the landmark ranch notes a famed diamond shaped spring and historic overnight stop for travelers.
Regular meeting of the county commissioners on July 6 transacted business including accepting a reduced rate offer to rewrite policies on the Ohio German Insurance Company at the courthouse, approving bond for James Hacking as Count Hortiquitarist, and scheduling a July 11 election to establish the Kew Hope Irrigation District. A license for a saloon in Moffat sought by A Q Bean was reviewed.
Residents secure a balance before action. Mrs Summers and Aunt Lew cases assign per week and month compensation to Mr Workman. Vernal City becomes election districts 3 and 4 with Uintah avenue as divider. Commissioners visit Green River July 4 to inspect a state fridge site at Jensen or near the Red Narrows. Total claims and bills allowed amount to 2 306 938.
The Cottonwood tree is a seasonal nuisance due to cotton production. The remedy lies with people trimming the top of crown branches to prevent cotton for years. Repeating the pruning as needed can control shedding without harming the tree and may even enhance its appearance.
A North Carolina community event at Taylors Grove featured Liberty Park Quartet music, a Declaration reading by Mrs Lee Caldwell Long and Miss Othel Daniels, and races won by Phili Van and Clarence Warrisman. The Deep Creek baseball team defeated Indian Beach, with a dance planned at Mill on Saturday night.
The piece extols Quaker Oats as the ideal breakfast for vigor and strength. It claims oats convert every ounce of food to muscle with little waste and that regular eaters are the strongest people. It urges daily consumption and notes store options and family sizes.
The story from a respected architecture professor recalls a Scotch gardener who, outraged by an Englishman locking his son in a summer house, locks up his own worker in the opposite house to preserve balance. Contestants in Big Olgan include Mrs A M Walker and others listed with addresses Magley Vernal and Ranch ett.
Community members weigh candidate choices as residents eye six valuable prizes totaling 240 dollars. Seo, LW Davis & Co promote attractively priced house furnishings with Vernal Drug Co offerings.
An advert notes relief for a painful itchy skin complaint with Chamberlaine Salve priced at 25 cents, offered by Vernal Drug Co. The tone imitates a late 19th or early 20th century medical remedy notice promising quick ease.
Over thirty five years in Let2 the remedy faced diarrhoea dysentery and cholera. It was first brought into use during that period and proved more successful than other treatments, maintaining a long record. Since its beginnings it has spread across the United States and to foreign countries with nine out of ten druggists recommending it.
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