Plans Made for Free Riot at Iron Springs July 4th
In Vernal Utah a big July Fourth event is planned by the Vernal Gun Club at Iron Springs on Brush Creek Mountain. The free all day program includes trap and pistol shoots, archery, softball, log cutting, tug of war, car pulling, fly casting, and a band concert. Transportation and prizes are provided. A flag day crowd is expected with no admission charged.
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Iron Springs
Brush Creek Mountain
Vernal Gun Club
Ashley Valtey
State Road Commission
Forest Service
Lron Springs
L G Noble
Hampton
L G Thorne
John Jorpensen
Albert Goodrich
North Vernal
South Vernal
DeVere Carroll
Clark Newell
Frank Siddeway
Muriel Wallis
Francis Feltch
Tug O
Tom Karren
Ace York
Wendel Pope
Harbecue
H M Lundell
Nethelsel
J. B Evans
Lisyd Winn
Sewards
Ralph G Alexander
Millecam
J A Cheney
B Wallis
Hugh W Colton
Hugh W Colton J R Douglass and Francis Feltch
P. & Cowan
Wallace Calder
Glenn Lambert
Lewis
Manila
CO Camp
Yellowstone CCC
J . Stewart
Uintad State Bank
Uintah Basin State's Best Fishing Area
The Uintah country in Utah hosts streams and high peaks as a wildlife haven. US 46 highway links Salt Lake City and Denver through a land where civilization meets wilderness. The state plans 2,000,000 legal sized fish planted statewide this year, with prior plantings already begun.
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Utah
Uintah Country
Uintah Range
Salt Lake City
Denver
Colorado
Uintah
Uinteh
Duchesne
State Fish and Game Department
Department
Fish and Game
Newell G Cook
Uini
Boyd Massey Dies Suddenly in Vernal Family Mourns
Boyd Massey born November 13 1924 in Vernal died suddenly Thursday morning at 7 30 in the arms of his mother. He had been recovering from tonsil illness and was being cared for at his grandmother Mrs Jane Pope’s home. Survived by parents Sewell and Ora Massey two sisters Virginia and Bonna brothers Garrieta and Jarrel and grandmother Mrs Cynthia Massey. Funeral services will be held.
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Boyd Mars
Sewell Massey
Jane Pope
Ashey
Boyd Mary Massey
Vernal
Sewell and
Ora Pepe Massey
Ashley Ward
Virginia
Bonna
Garrieta
Jarrel
Cynthia Massey
Lions Hear Park Men and View River Pictures
Vernal Lions Club heard National Parks Service and Rocky Mountain National Park representatives discuss a potential national park in the Yampa Canyon and Green River areas. Alton Hatch showed river trip films as parties plan visits to Browns Park Pats Hole Island Park and Split Mountain. Lions pledged support for park development and road rehab projects in the Basin.
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Vernal Lions Club
Community House
L. G. Nobile
National Parks Service
Rocky Mountain National Park
Alton Hatch
Edmond B Rogers
Estes Park
Howard W. Baker
J R. Anderson
Washington DC
Yampa Canyon
Green River Canyon
Green River
Browns Park
Dinosaur Monument
Dry Fork
Jones’ Hole
Pats Hole
Island Park
Split Mountain
Vernal
Clarence Vacher
Provo
Utah Power & Light Company
Walter Collier
Lions Club
Vernal Gun Club
W K Builcock
Lions Concention
Richfield
Colton St
Uintah Basin
Lion J GC Anderson
Associated Civic Clubs
Schneiders Hot Pots
Heber City
Duchesne
Employment Plan Explained
E W Crocker manager of U S employment service for Uintah and Duchesne counties spends Mondays in Vernal registering local workers At the Vernal Asphalt plant he checks lists, then goes to the city office If more workers are needed, he explains, community chairmen are asked to supply them But chairmen lack knowledge of upcoming work and waste time The next major job is the Twists road on U S 40 payment start Men will be notified when they can be used Moon Lake reservoir project employs 80 of 90 locals, mainly Duchesne county skilled labor From Salt Lake Wasatch and other counties 5 to 10 men come daily for work Local hires will be Uintah and Duchesne county residents Vernal City marshalls Lafe Richardson and Frank Swain will notify workers for future labor needs
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E W Crocker
U. S Employment Service
Uintah
Duchesne
Mr Crocker
Cracker
U 8
Crocker
Moon Lake Reservoir
Duchesne County
Salt Lake Utah
Wasatch
Vernal City
Lafe Richardson
Frank Swain
Verbal Note From Vernal Ward Service Plans
A Saturday morning gathering at the Vernal Second Ward chapel will include Bishop Alma Preece of Ashley aiding presiding. An aunt of the deceased Mrs Sarah Gibson from the east is expected to attend.
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Vernal Second Ward
Alma Preece
Ashley ¥Ard
Sarah Gibson
East
New Program Favors Use of Native Asphalt
County meeting in Vernal discussed rock asphalt as a PSW. Officials urged Eastern Utah civic clubs to convene a Uintah Basin meeting to press for rock asphalt use and to contact congressional delegates, Governor Blood, and the state road commission.
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PWA
Cisle Clubs
Utah
Uintah Basin
Willis L. Johnson
Board of
County Commissioners
D P. Maher
State Asphalt
State Road Commission
Vernal
Maher
Sunniside
Mississippi River
R . Cooper
Ashley Valley
Henry H Blood
Associated Civic Clubs
UBIC speakers named for August convention schedule
Attorney Ray E Dillman president of the UBIC announced a partial speaker list for the August 7 8 and 9 gathering. Willam R Wale tace Colorado River commissioner and State Water Storage Commission member heads the lineup along with Dr George Thomas II BYU president Dr F E Larris USAC president and Governor Henry Blood. Lee Kay of Utah State Fish and Game will give illustrated lectures each evening. The women’s department class work will be stressed and the Douglas Military band will perform. An expanded Indian program and a large turnout are anticipated with a preliminary camper count planned.
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Ray E Dillman
UBIC
Willam R Wale Tace
Colorado River Commission
State Water Storage Commission
George Thomas II
F . E Larris
BYU
Elmer G. Peterson
USAC
Henry If Blood
Lee Kay
Utah State Fish and Game Department
Womens Department
Mr Dillman
Douglas Military Band
Dillman
Pp and Cowan Lead MM 9 T and T Co on Salt Lake City Run
Pp and Cowan, managers of the MM 9 T and T Company, embarked on a business strip to Salt Lake City and Oguen, detailing their travel and purpose of the mission.
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Pp & Cowan
T and T Co
Salt Lake City
Oguen
Improvement Work Begins at Whiterocks Hatchery
State funds of 5 200 will remodel and enlarge the Whiterocks Fish Hatchery in Uintah County. About twenty workers will be employed as the project adds a new water system six retaining walls and deck dams and expands ponds to lift output by about fifty percent. The upgrade aims to feed streams in Uintah Daggett and Duchesne counties with better water flow and hatchery facilities.
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State
Whiterocks
Uintah
FERA
William ©. Crump
State Fish and Game Department
Sumumle Daggett
Duchesne
Crump
Utah
Whiterocks Hatchery
Uintah Basin
Kamas
Midway
Aix
N B Cook
Choap
Uintah Lakes
Utaha
Fish and Game Department
Deseret News
Army of Mormon Crickets Threaten Blue Mountain
Willis L. Johnson, chairman of the county commissioners, reports large Mormon cricket swarms on Blue Mountain. He warns the crickets, nearly half grown, can cause extensive damage unless destroyed soon by the Elk Springs OO camp. Eggs are laid in August with hatching next spring.
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Willis L. Johnson
Board of County Commissioners
Blue Mountain
Moremon Criketsa
Johnson
Elk Springs
Glines Boy Scout Saves 4 Year Old Life
Vern Roberts a 13 year old Boy Scout from Glines ward saved Glenn Gregory 4 from drowning in the Ashley Central canal after the boy fell in. Kenneth Gregory 13 watched and helped as Vern used water safety techniques learned from the scout manual to pull the child to the bank. The grateful mother praised the scouts skill and courage.
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Vern Roberts
Glines Ward
Melva Roberts
Glenn Gregory
Ashley Central Canal
Archie Gregory
Vern
Kenneth Gregory
Glenn
Kenneth
Varn
Ita
Roe Duke
Verna
Miss Roma Faton Returns From MIA Convention
Deputy county clerk Miss Roma Faton returned Monday from Salt Lake City where he attended the MIA convention.
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Roma Faton
Salt Lake
New Bus Line Delivers Splendid Service Between Salt Lake and Denver
The inaugural Salt Lake to Denver bus line through the Uintah Basin on June 1 provides excellent service. The 29 passenger coaches are luxuriously equipped with modern Pullman car comforts and riders report very comfortable rides.
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Salt Lake
Denver
Uintah Basin
Killing of Red Cap Told in Vernal Court
Isaac Saknikent an 87 year old Indian man pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to ten years hard labor. He and his 16 year old son Kneale killed Robert Red Cap near Lapoint on May 8 after hours of drinking and talking while riding horses. The son testified through interpreters about the fight and stabbing with a pocket knife. A second fatal shot followed and the pair hid in the mountains before being turned in by Indian officials. The trial involved many local officials and relatives, with Judge Abe W. Turner conducting the hearing and interviewing the attendees.
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Isaac Saknikent
Abe W. Turner
Baknkent
Kneale
Robert Red Cap
Lapoint
Red Cap
Sakaikent
Bakaikent
Judge Turner
Ogden
Johnson
Andrew King
Frank Swan
Hugh W Colton
Saknikent Wn
Gaknikent
Turner
Musician Cheney of New York Visits Vernal Utah
Cheney of New York formerly of Sanpete county and cashier of Uinted State Bank visited Vernal with his wife after an organ concert at the Salt Lake tabernacle. Carl Martin of the Deseret News describes crowds and a marvelous program. Cheney is head of music at the David Manners School in New York and a concert organist touring the East.
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Winslow Cheney
New York
Sanpete County
J A Cheney
Uinted State Bank
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Cheney
Carl Martin
Deserey News
Utah
David Manners
East
Elk Herd Observed Near Elk Park in Uintah County
Game warden Floyd Noel reported a herd of 12 elk near Elk Park with an uncounted number in the brush. He discussed fencing haystacks to protect ranches and urged cooperation from sportsmen, gun clubs, and residents for material and labor to reduce elk damage.
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Floyd Noel
Uintah County
Elk Park
Mr Noel
Orson Turton
Oscar Swett
Mir, Burton
Bi Swett
Hardy
Manila Gun cl. and
Game Protective Association
Vernal Gun and Rife ¢Club
J O Stewart
Lund brother of Salt Lake tabernacle choir leader dies
OFR Lund left Tuesday to visit his brother Anthony C Lund who led the Salt Lake tabernacle choir. He was stricken with a heart attack and died that day.
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Ofr Lund Maneer
Vinetah
FERA
Anthony C Lund
Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir
Hf J Lund
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Washington
Senator Thomas
Kings
Enalter Thomas
Fis and Game Department
Edward W Fickrard
Roosevelt
NRA
Ramasy MacDonald
Great Brisines
Marcel Regnier
Elaaine
Vincount Reng
Torsadeca
Nebraska
Olorade
Wreming
Teres
Karises
Boyd Massey
River Pictures
U. S. 40
Army of Mormon
Glines Boy Scout
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