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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
5
Local note says Rev M J Hersey will conduct regular Episcopal church services next Sunday. A two year mission is expected home later this summer or early fall. Charlie Carter and Irvin Eaton have returned from Salt Lake to fetch Ernest Eaton, who had been on a mis. £100.
George F. Scranton auditor for Studbaker Bros Co of Utah has stayed in Vernal for several days on company business.
J. W. Meranda reports activity in Myton with hom arrivals from all directions. Lester Whitlock visits relatives in the area and is recognized as manager at Ogden Union Stock Yards, with rapid progress noted by Vernal friends.
Captain G. Hall of the Whiterocks Indian agency spent days at district court. He states duplicate farm applications on the reservation were rejected by Vernsland officials and are lands sold to the Un Compahgre Indians. The filing parties have appealed to the land office commissioner in Washington.
The Vernal Public Library Association will present two novel entertainments at the Opera House, featuring The Virginian by Owen Wister in story song and tableaux. Charles DeMoisy will narrate while Tom McNeill Hy Meeks Lew Woollard George E Adams Uncle Jake Workman and other cowboys comprise the cast for an engaging show tomorrow night and Monday night.
Joseph MacKnight and wife entertained the 500 club last Tuesday night. Vernal, a growing town, needs a hotel as much as anything. E. E. Horn of Independence returned from Grand Junction after marrying Miss Katherine McMahan of Ohio. they will live on the ranch near Independence.
Judge John E Booth spoke before a large tabernacle gathering last Sunday night. His theme, The Legality of the Trail of Jesus, was presented in a masterful manner with music during the evening noted as an interesting feature.
Dan Lambert and family, once of Kamas, are visiting the valley for several days. Lambert owns a homestead on the reservation and is related to Mrs Mina Pack through his wife. He is also a brother of Bishop Lambert of the reservation, a former bishop at Kamas.
James H. Mease returned home Saturday night with two bottles of champagne, sparking a quarrel with his wife who accused him of extravagance. She then killed a spring chicken for a feast while he lamented his Virginia birth years ago and his lingering memories.
Dr Charles E Hirth returned from a two month trip covering Utah and California. He preferred Uintah Basin country to San Francisco and even Grand Junction country, noting land values in Grand Junction that rose from 25 to 50 dollars per acre a decade ago to about 400 dollars for sage brush land now. He compares Uintah Basin land favorably in productivity to Grand Valley land and cites four thousand dollar per acre prices seen in the valley.
Roy Colton serves as court officer in the current term. Berthi and Ad: Wood travel from Power Springs area to Pueblo to visit grandmother C Uo Judd, who owns oil lands nearby. they will arrive next week from Provo by car. Eaton, a priest, reports two years in Canada refreshed him. his wife met him in Salt Lake. Charlie Pope, on a Chicago mission, plans to return to Vergalha around late June. Prophet Joseph I Smith memories recalled at the Frank Young home June 27. escorts requested. Dr J C G Talmage and two Salt Lake colleagues inspect geological conditions in the Wind River Basin this week.
Word arrives of the death of Sheriff E A Warnham of Routt County Colorado. He was a respected law officer known for a stern stance against crime and evildoers. The community mourns the loss of a longtime public servant.
Amon B Reynolds was a visitor this week and subscribed for the Express. He plans to attend court and claims a splendid stake three miles from Ft Duchesne with crops looking fine and expectations of a large grain yield this summer.
Lorenzo McNaughton formerly of Heber and brother to Thompson and William McNaughton came from Verna to fetch his family who have been living in Salt Lake where his children attend school. An old resident, he left Heber about 25 years ago. Wasatch Wave.
Jimmie Mease and Bryan Birchell arrived with a four horse team at a leber early in the week to pursue John Mease and family who are to reside in Myton. John Mease holds a government ditch work position and is a brother of J H Mease whose wife is a sister of J H Mease. The family plans a Vernal visit before moving to Myton.
Id Dubendorff from Myton reports one mile of the South Myton Beach Irrigation ditch completed at about $3,000. Eighteen teams and twenty five men are at work. Estimated total cost near $100,000. A company representative in Salt Lake is seeking funds to speed the project.
A local branch of the Indian service in Salt Lake City is opened under Special Agent William O. Johnson to oversee the inter mountain region. He will tour regularly and focus on enforcing Indian liquor laws with special congressional appropriation supporting vigilant oversight.
Animals impounded for running at large in Vernal Utah a spotted cow nine years old with hip knocked down and stub horns no brands 1 red heifer one year old no brand If not claimed and costs paid within ten days they will be sold at public auction for cash at City Estray Pound Vernal Utah at 10 o'clockam on June 26 1908 City Pound keeper Vernal Utah June 16 1908
George W. Mulvey, manager at the Salt Lake Pittsburg Oil Company, was in town for several days at the start of the week to attend court. Miss Almeda Perry, visiting her mother, is a leading state teacher and has a homestead on the reservation.
William Slanson, who left here last fall for Chicago to do missionary work, writes that he is getting along well and notes the weather in the windy city has been very hot for several weeks.
Wat Thompson faced Judge Nebeker on a disturbance charge and was acquitted for lack of evidence. Henry Hicks on Thompson’s challenger will have a hearing tomorrow.
E C Green reports two top post tennis players will join Vernal youths for a July 4 exhibition. Christensen couple face series of misfortunes as they mourn a livestock loss in the pasture, with two horses dead and another injured.
The fishing season started last Monday June 15 and locals report crowded streams with abundant speckled trout. Anglers claim many fish are being hooked then released, but some are stuck in rocks and dropped back into the water, hindering the haul.
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