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Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1903

Page

3

Patent Application for Utah Claim on Coal Lode

A detailed patent application concerns a Utah claim near Vernal involving mining rights in a county land parcel. It describes boundaries of two lodes with measurements, plat references, and depth specifications, to be recorded in county records and filed with the Utah patent office.

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Local notices and personal items fill Vernal page

Beers Store advertises 20 cents per dozen legs and a free glass dish with over 3500 purchase. Dishes and strawberries dominate the Vernal market with prices dropping from 30 to 15 cents per quart. A newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Richard Jenson on Sunday June 12. Hugh Coltharp returns home from All Hallows College with honors. A letter from Trinkla Boers says he will join the Black Hawk War Veterans for the Courth of July parade.

Woetrein Trinkla Boers Vernal Millward Naples Glines J. Warren Johnson Jd. W. Johnson R. Jensen C M. Betcasr

Opera House invitation and local notices from town

Come and have a good time at the Opera House July Ltd and see our new piano. The barber shops will close July 4 at 9 am and reopen at 6 pm. A strawberry measuring 5 inches around was brought to town this week. The Little Helpers will give a lawn festival on the Episcopal church ground Wednesday evening the 24 for the church benefit with music by the orchestra.

Opera House July Ltd A. A. Weeks Episcopal Church Jane Rich Miss Donaher Atetion

Wool sale report delays in Ashley valley line

Word received from Price states all Ashley valley wool sold for 14 cents and per. Due to car shortages Vernalitos were detained there until they can load their wool.

Ashley Valey

Market Ad Highlights Vernal Groceries and Meats

Vernal Market offers staple groceries fresh fruits vegetables and a selection of fresh canned and salted meats for dinner ideas and shopping.

Utah reservation curving and platting contracts announced

On July 16, twenty contracts will be let for curving and platting the Utah reservation covering about 2 450 000 acres. The project requires 300 men for the period of one and a half years and is estimated to cost near 100000 dollars.

Utah Reservation

Union Pacific Official in Vernal Probes Freight Flows

An official from Union Pacific visited Vernal and spoke little of specifics while indicating he would return in a few weeks to gather more details on freight shipments in and out of the valley.

Union Pacific Railroad Vernal Hoe

Leslie Ashton Seeks Medical Answers For Stomach Trouble

Report notes Leslie Ashton plans to arrive this evening after consultations with several doctors. He has undergone beta examination for stomach trouble with consistent verdicts from Vernal doctors. Pieces of information suggest a gallbladder issue, though local belief holds the ailment is not real.

Leslie Ashton Beta

Vernal Asphalt Company Headquarter Plans Revealed

The Vernal based asphalt company owns a tract of gilsonite on the Uintal reservation awaiting the Moffatt road. It will move its headquarters from Vernal to the new site and has leased rooms over the new bank building. A $12 000 residence is under construction in Vernal for the company president and manager.

Asphalt Company Uiital Vernal Taa Bank Wallhe

Beers Store Seeks Eves at Low 20 Cents Per Dozen

Classified note advertises Eves wanted at Beers Store offering fruit and vegetable job at twenty cents per dozen in pricing for supplies.

Eves Beers

Uintah Stake Primary honors retiring president Mrs Oakes

Retired Uintah Stake Primary president Mrs Abigal Oakes was feted at a social in Vernal by current and former officers and ward bishops. A program featured reminiscences of Sister Oakes and a mounted picture was presented as a token of esteem. Refreshments followed as the 16 year leader, since May 8 1887, was released at the stake conference.

Uintah Stake Abigal Oakes Vernal Sister Oakes Abiil Oakes

Billings Horse to Stand at Local Farm This Season

The Billings horse will be at a local yard for the season. People seeking services or information are asked to contact the owner for details and arrangements.

Billings Sersices

Uncle Jake Workman Funds Piano for Opera House

Uncle Jake Workman again contributes to the Opera House furnishings by purchasing a piano. The instrument will arrive around July first, and though slow to get started, he ultimately succeeds in funding the addition to the hall.

Jake” Workman Jake

Sleepy Hollow Whiskey Races Draw Crowd at Grove

A local scene at the Grove features a Thursday track day with Drink Sleepy Hollow 1b promoted by H. J. Jacxson & Co. Agents. Henry Reich Archie Weeks Ponce Calder Dr Donniely and others worked the event while Nancy Winn served dinner as participants shined.

Sleepy Hollow H. J. Jacxson & Co Henry Reich Archie Weeks Ponce Calder Dr. Donniely Mr Vox Ed Newton Schuyler Atwood Chas Pope Frank Young the Grove Nancy Winn

Beautiful Bouquet Adorns Editor Amid Crude Notices

A lavish bouquet given to the editor by Mrs Dillman delights with scent and taste. The note mentions large red strawberries and a wreath of white roses. It also references land notices along a sand ridge near Green River and asphaltum sources, listing several names.

Dillman Mra John Pope Green River Jas Chipman John C, Cutler Jones John T John W M.B Pope

Stranger Causes Nighttime Fright in Local Home

Monday night James Eskelson's family was frightened when a stranger entered their house and claimed possession. Marshal Wood investigated with no suspect. dawn revealed the man had fallen asleep on the neighbor’s doorstep after drinking liquor and apologized the next day.

James Eskelson J. T. Thompson Marshal Wood

Beers Store Ad Spars Noon for Summer Sale

Local shop Beers Store promotes women and children apparel with shoes, boys suits, shirt waists, and summer lawns offered at reasonable prices directed at ladies and families.

Damaged Canal, Mountain Mishaps, and Indian Agency Scuffle

The upper canal was washed out several feet deep and yards wide with teamsters scrambling to repair. The central canal fared better and was quickly fixed. Odd notes tell of Camp and Ashton fleeing at dawn amid vaunted vanadium fumes. A mountain accident left Hd. McGuire with a broken leg and a dislocated shoulder after a pack horse entangled them. United States Marshal Heywood and witnesses Johnson and Blankenship appeared in Denver for the 1892 Indian Agency Gardiner settlement matter. Gardiner’s bondsmen face action as June 26 draws near.

Hd. McGuire Frank Davis Richard Green A. J. Jobustin United States Heywood L. Johnson J B Blankenship Denver Gardiner Quray Agency Stiit Se Johnson

Cattle Buyer Ora Haley Delivers Steers Across Utah Drive

Ora Haley of Colorado and Wyoming travels with a herd bought in southern Utah. The drive crosses Jensen Tuesday en route to Routt County Colorado with intent to add Nelson Aiago steers if purchased. Rumors from Washington say Captain Mercer may be reassigned and Duchesne White Rocks Ouray agencies could delay opening.

Ora Haley Colorado Wyoming Vernal Utah Koutt County Jensen Mr Haley Diamond Mountain Nelson & Aiigao Bridgeport Roult County Douglass Mountain Washington The Herald Mercer Uintah Reservation Carlisle RR. McDonald Rio Grande Price White Rocka Thos. Kearns Duchesne Ouray White Rocks

Address of a Band Concert with Various Performers

WA tlotie Quartette Adams Bjornson Benson and Robinson music Adams Cornet Band toast Senator Harden Bennion bass solo David Manwaring singing America by choir congregation and band benediction chaplain free dance for children children’s sports band concert from 1 to 2 p m refreshments of all kinds on their

Tlotie Quartette Messrs Adams, Bjornson, Benson and Robinson Adam’s Senator Harden Bennion David Manwaring America

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