Local and Personal News Highlights
Dr. Charles E. Hirth receives a new dental chair and electrical equipment. John Rodgers’s pension rises from 12 to 30 dollars monthly. Frank Croxford of Vernal Harness visits Salt Lake City. Horace and Raymond Pierce of Kansas plan to scout land on the reservation. U S crop report cites 33,797,000 bushels for the year with July 1 figures at 64,853,000 last year, a drop of 21,056,000 bushels.
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United States
Washington
Government canal work advances with four camps active
H. C. Means reports from the reservation that four camps are established and the ditch project is progressing well. There are more applicants than jobs, indicating strong work demand despite ongoing construction.
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H. C. Means
Government plumber from Springfield relocates to White Rocks
H. S. Peterson, who performed government plumbing at the agency, visited from White Rocks last weekend. He came to the reservation last fall from Springfield, Missouri, and was so pleased with the country that he brought his family here last spring.
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H. S. Peterson
Whiterocks
Mr. Peterson
Springfield
School Staffing Changes for Fourth Ward and Roosevelt
Dubendorff will teach the Fourth ward school this fall after a successful year in Ashley where he was offered a higher wage but could not accept. Mrs. Mary Orser, who taught at the Fourth ward last year, will teach at Roosevelt this coming year.
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Dubendorff
Fourth Ward
Ashley
Mary Orser
Roosevelt
Ed Dubendorff
Myton
Mr. Dubendorff
Old Ashley
Missouri official tours Lake Fork country rail line
E. J. Perry, superintendent of the K C C and 8 Ry, arrived with his family and John McGregor for a weekend visit then headed to the Lake Fork country for camping. He praised the Moffat road from Denver as among the best and most substantially equipped railways he has seen.
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E. J. Perry
Missouri
K.C.C
8. Ry
John McGregor
Lake Fork Country
Mr. Perry
Moffat Road
Denver
Ashley creek fishing attracts many local anglers
Attorney McConnell occupies former Pope and Hanson law office. The town notes fishing on Ashley Creek and nearby streams, visits by residents like Miss Minnie Taylor, Dennis Willard, J. Pierce, and others, a lecture by Don B Colton at the Tabernacle on Know Thyself, and local school teaching plans for Ed Dubendorff. The Comet steamer made a successful maiden trip down Green River.
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McConnell
Pope & Hanson
Green River
Green River Navigation Company
Green River City
Linwood
Community notes from Vernal area and beyond
Social news from Vernal Utah includes a birthday party for Mrs Ed Samuels attended by about thirty guests and visits by John L Nebeker and Judge Byron D Nebeker. Local updates cover a theft case, dredge construction progress, Nebraska political notes, and Relief Society planning for August 9. Also reported are births, marriages, and farming ventures including George Slaugh’s five acres of melons and sugar cane trials near Green River.
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Geo. Slaugh
Green River
Slaugh
Lightning Strikes Teen Pitcher Near Fort Duchesne
Tilmer Roberts aged seventeen was struck by lightning while hay pitching near Fort Duchesne last Saturday. The bolt scorched him from head to feet, stripping clothing and tearing shoes from his feet. Sol Han cock and Matt Hancock were knocked down but unharmed. a horse was knocked down. Roberts remains in serious condition.
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Tilmer Roberts
Ft. Duchesne
Sol Hancock
Matt Hancock
Young Roberts
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Weaier
W. Lloyd’s Drug Store
WosSsit
Carnegie
S. R. Bennion
J. H. Reader
N. J. Meagher
Charles E. Hirth
John Rodgers
Frank Croxford
The
Vernal Harness Company
Salt Lake
Horace
Raymond Pierce
Kansas
Ashley Creek
Minnie Taylor
Dennis Willard
Eldorado, Kansas
0. M. Dubendorff
James H. Mease
Salt Leake
Dr. J. Pierce
Valley
Harry Woods
Ashley Gorge
Don B. Colton
the Tabernacle
E W Davis
Gale Blankenship
Helen PeMoisy
Brush Creek
Consolidated Lumber Company
T. W. O’ Donnell
Uintah County
American Asphalt Association
Harry Wood
Harry
M. D. Wells Co
Neuton Bros
Charles DeMoisy
Register of the Land Office
Horace Coltharp
Gus Emert
S. A. Shipman
Land Office
Hugh Coltharp
DeMorey
Shipman
H. A. Muller
Ragrton
Herman
Deep Creek
Fort Duchesne
Ed Samuels
John L. Nebeker
Byron D. Nebeker
E. J. Young
M. Young
Coop
Sam Hunt
Gillis
Dragon
Justice Cooper
District Court
Uintah Railway
Leavenworth
Margaret Gallagher
John McAndrews
Doc Burton
J. J. Cook
Michigan
Bryan
Will Knobles
Ira Burton
Juliy P. M. Farnesworth
Alice M. Horne
Relef Society
Hacking
Lorin Hatch
Vernal
Rhoda Price
Maeser
T. F. Campbell
Violate Clark
Chas, Carter
Elmer Dillman
Elmer
London
America
Utah
Philadelphia
Richardson
Relief Society
ACORN
John Streetman
Julia Marlow
Hamilton Brown Shoe Co
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