Vernal to Host Large Fourth of July Celebration
Soldiers given preference at opening Ouray Y says Vernal will host a two day Fourth of July celebration with events every minute July 4 and 6. Grand plans include chariot races football games for a $150 purse, automobile and horse races, relay contests, a grand ball at the Orpheus, music, speaking, novelty acts and entertainers from Denver for visitors from Vernal and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouray
Weeey Land
Vernal Commercial Club
Vernal
Jeneen
Naples
Glines
Maeser
Davis
Ashley
Dry Fork
Lapoint
Fort Duchesne
Moffat
Ranchett
Roosevelt
Tridell
Whiterocks
Léeton Hennett
Hayden
Cedarview
Neota
Myton
Duchesne
Denver
All Vernal Pays Homage to War Hero
Ambrose Nolin of the US Navy escorted the body of George Peters to Vernal for a solemn tribute. Services were held at the stake tabernacle with flags at half mast and a large crowd paying respects to the Vernal boy who died after surviving the Argonne fighting and enduring influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Nolin
US Navy
Vernal
George Peters
Frank Peters
Iberity
Justic
Stake Tabernacle
Witbeck Pust No II American Legion
Red Cross
America
Vernal Second Ward
Jessie Hislop
Geoff Cruofthshank
John N. Davis
Earnest Eaton
E .A. Cramer
Ashley Ward
Peters
Argonne Forest
Suas
Pioneer George A Davis Dies in Vernal Homestead Era Leader
George A Davis longtime Vernal resident died peacefully at 12:30 a m Sunday at his son Charles home after a fall and illness. Born August 22 1842 in Lowell Manitoba he held pioneer roles in Morgan City Eagle Rock and Ashley Valley. He served as presiding elder high councilman and Uintah Stake tithing clerk and twice Vernal city recorder. Survived by several living children and a daughter Mrs Sellers who joined him in Chandler Arizona. Funeral details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
George A. Davis
Mr. Davis
Chandler
Arizona
A. H. Sellers
Charles
Davis
George A Davis
Lowell
Man
Eliakim S
Orpha Hopkins-Dayvis
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Morgan City
Morgan County
Utah
George
William Eddington
Ogden
Union Parifh Railway
Harriett Elizabeth Weaver
Littleton
Willard Smith
Edith G. Sellers
Chandler Arizona
Ashley Valley
William
Merrell Ward
Naples and
Davis Wards
Davis Hempstead
Davis Ward
Uintah Stake
S R. Berrer
Ashley Central Irrigation Company
Edvicafe
Peter Hanson
Colerk
Uintah County
Uintah Abstract Company
Land Restoration Opens 17 000 Acres in Ouray Valley
The Vernal news notes the Carey Act restoration of 17 000 acres in the Ouray Valley Uintah county. The land restoration follows a 1910 Utah application and 1919 relinquishment, with entry rules favoring ex service men first, then general public limited by dates in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouray Valley
Uintah County
Don B. Colton
Congress
Washington
Reed Smoot
William Spry
Albert Halens
Vernal Land Office
Ouray” Valley Land and Water Company
Utah
Lang
Germany
Fort Duchesne Reservation Placed Under Interior
Under June 11 the Fort Duchesne military reservation was placed under the Department of the Interior. Unless disposed by law the land will be sold under the July 5 1884 act with sale proceeds benefiting Indians. A 671 Congress bill by Senator King seeks to grant the reservation to Utah for a branch agricultural college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register Ibert Halen
Washington
Fort Duchesne
Department of the Interior
King
Utah
Fort Ducheene
Large Number of Fish Stranded in Green River Bottoms
High water on the Green River left countless fish stranded along the bottom as flows receded. Deputy Game Warden D J Thompson explained to Game Commissioner D H Madsen that draining ponds is impractical, and he secured permission for licensed fishermen to catch stranded fish in any quantity or method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
D J Thompson
D H Madsen
Steamboat Springs Club Visit to Vernal July 4
Steamboat Springs Commercial Club accepts Vernal Commercial Club invitation for a sociability run. They plan to visit on or around July 14, returning a prior visit by Vernal. Possible ball team visit and a day touring Uintah Basin points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamboat Springs
Vernal Commercial Club
Vernal Club
Uintah Basin
Boy shoots Seely TV leg accident at hill creek
Donald Dow fifteen year old son of Dwight Dow and grandson of E C Hadlock was shot in the knee while hunting with a 32 caliber revolver. A cartridge discharged accidentally while removing it, the bullet lodged in the knee bone. An xray shows the bullet embedded and doctors may operate to save the leg. He rests at his grandfather's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Dwight Dow
E C Hadlock
Hill Creek
Extra large Attendance At Quarterly Conference
The Stake quarterly conference drew large crowds over two days with 996 at Sunday morning and 1040 at Sunday afternoon. The event featured a strong prayerful theme and a noted musical program directed by Ashley Bartlett, with Vernon Vernal Choir and instrumental solos by Albert Haring, Charles Lewis, and James O Neil. A baby boy, 10 pounds, born to Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Stringham on June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Stake
Ashley Bartlett
Albert Haring
Charles Lewis
James O'Neil
Gladden
Bryant Stringham
Fishermen Urged to Obey All Laws and Respect Private Lands
Hunters and fishermen are warned by Deputy Game Warden D J Thompson to follow all laws. Sightings report fishermen on Brush Creek trespassing, leaving pasture gates open and turning horses loose in alfalfa and wheat fields. Landowners threaten to close fishing access if behavior continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Thompson
Brush Creek
Tragic death of former Vernal woman Emma Stockman
Marys Colton reported the death of Emma Stockman 81 of Garfield Washington from a Spokane Pendleton train strike while crossing a railway trestle near her home. Born June 9 1840 in Stark County Ohio she had lived in Vernal Payette Tolako and Washington and was a devoted Christian church member.
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Marys Colton
Emma Stockman
Garfield
Washington
Misa Stockman
L. Stockman
J. C. Stockman
Payette
Tolako
Spokane-Pendleton
Ake
Christian Church
Stark County
Ohio
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Citizzens
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Bank of Vernal
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