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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
4
The Ogden Company has purchased property east of the Kiva Theater in Artesia and will contract construction of residences. Foreman Harry Hammond leads three carpenters as three houses already start with plans for up to five hundred homes. KRE West arranged for the organization in Artesia.
The Artesia Chamber of Commerce pushes a Road Committee plan to hard surface Highway 64 from Artesia through Rangely to Meeker. They oppose a Craig Grant Junction proposal for a new Rangely to US 40 road, arguing funds should upgrade the existing route for broader benefit. The effort involves petitions to Rio Blanco, Moffat, and Garfield counties and outreach to Meeker and Rangely officials.
A tramp at a roadside lunch stand pleads for a large beef sandwich with mustard and relish and offers meager copper coins as payment. He explains he was recently dismissed from a smallpox hospital and calls the world cruel, thanking the woman for her kindness after she declines his offer.
Artesia notices record a series of family travels and visits. Arthur Elliott and Betty Cartlege travel from Baxter Springs to Texas, Mrs Tom Elliott plans California days, Mrs A O Nelson and Lou Halli visit Baxter Springs with Seattle ties, Mrs Mary Shaw visits Denver with granddaughter Shirley, Leo Marx on Denver business, and Yarota Newell Merrill joins San Diego navy boat training after leaving Artesia.
Four business establishments reveal Artesia growth with new property purchases and plans for construction. P Simmons of Pampa Texas buys near Phillips Go Service station to launch cleaning and pressing. LW Prestons of Kilgore Texas plans a Baxter Avenue service station with parts sales. Frank L. Dani of Denver buys four lots on US 40 between Phillips G6 and Baxter for a tourist camp. Ute Construction of Ogden buys building room. Mr C Ronhollon of Artesia acquires six lots on US40, two opposite the post office.
The article notes Baxter Springs residents joining to fund and build a new schoolhouse. Mrs Arthur Baxter donated nearly five acres for the site on a hilltop west of Artesia. Lou Hall, Jack Burton, and Bourton provided labor, bulldozing, and fuel for hilltop preparation as 14 hours of work are required to finish the project. Public library data mention over 6000 libraries and 100 million volumes with 1843 circulation about four books per person.
The Baxter Springs Zoological Garden debuts under D ht Fineman and associates from Texas. Exhibits include a mountain lion from west Colorado, an albino raccoon, rattlesnakes, king snake, moccasin, coach whip, and a cross between anteater and honeybear. Other animals include monkeys, possum, badger, fox, pheasants, and an owl. Most animals came from Texas.
The story traces barbed wire from a Civil War Texan’s trial to bind nails on galvanized wire, through early manufacture in 1843 and 1874 using a coffee mill and grindstone, to a 15 million dollar annual business. It notes steel usage, early cowman fears, and global production surpassing world encirclements.
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