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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1952
Page
9
Editorial notes that Uintah County and Vernal City will pave the approach to the Memorial Park this summer. The project will improve cemetery access in all weathers and may inspire a community effort to landscape the entrance road, with trees and shrubs adding beauty to a dreary lane near the drive.
The piece urges all citizens to register before the Primary and General Elections. It emphasizes publicity for registration dates so the unregistered may qualify to vote and urges every loyal American to exercise their franchise. It notes the primary shapes the choice for the general election and warns against being left out.
Robert J. Johnson, president of the Tennessee ???, cites federal spending of $500,000 in court costs tied to a four year legal battle. The Hoover Report notes this expenditure as part of ongoing public costs and legal proceedings.
Uintah county will be among seventeen districts in the state to receive special assistance for repairing damage to farmland from recent progress, totaling twenty million dollars. County leaders or a local administration committee urge Utah banks and lending institutions to partner with the Commodity Credit Corporation to arrange loans to farmers on crops stored on farms and approved warehouses. The loan program aims to help farmers bridge marketing, ration and storage difficulties during harvest, enabling them to retain ownership of their crops for later use or disposal.
The Vernal Rod and Gun Club, led by Alvin Key and directors Sammy Hatch Onel Barnett and Dee Kempton, earned commendations in the Utah Fish and Game Bulletin for broad programs. The club mediates between the Game Department and two reservoirs used as natural rearing ponds, stocking 225000 fingerlings to be moved to Uintah Duchesne and Doggett counties streams and lakes. A 25 acre rifle range is being built with a target range and trap field on land from the Bureau of Land Management, with fencing and pits nearly complete. Indoor rifle shooting space will be added, and a bridge across Kabel Draw will allow deer to access winter range. autos will reach the area via the new access. The article also notes agricultural conservation efforts in the county, urging reseeding and range management to support livestock and soil conservation, citing the A Theo Johnson farm and the Woody Searle ranch as examples.
The Craig Chamber of Commerce will enforce the Green River Ordinance prohibiting soliciting and peddling in residential Craig. Officials cite recent resident complaints about magazine and other solicitors and require salesmen to obtain a clearance card from the Chamber. Police say nuisance rules may apply if the ordinance is not suitable.
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