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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
2
The piece extols knowledge gained from reading and life experience, arguing that learning broadens views and humility. It notes that conversation improves understanding, while knowledge boosts self-respect, adaptability, and social ease, and that educated people often gain broader opportunities and insight.
Local notes recount biographical snippets from twenty years past. Mrs J Winter Smith now recuperating after operations. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs A J Price on June 22. Edith Lawrence and Jennie Burton plan a six week visit from Wower Montana. CurtisUDadlock visited from Watan for sister’s illness. Dr Rich Christy and Chikshank offer war service. Kenna Cragan’s seventeenth birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs Wallace Cragan with about thirty guests. Natt W P Cottharp left for Price, while Norah Christenson joined Express as helper compositor. James Mathews returns from Colorado trip. Snyder returns after twelve years away to Ashley valley. Arthur Johnson of Jensen tours Price en route to New York. George Taylor and Prof Giles of Provo visit Vernal as Taylor Bros Furniture and Music pursues affairs. possible Prof Gibson to perform in Vernal. HJ Winecolfts bought John Kelly ranch in Ashley and is haying the property.
Washington lawmakers discuss the Black Connery minimum wage proposal. It would cover men and women, drawing on states with existing laws. About 3,000,000 workers earn under 40 cents an hour and roughly 6,000,000 work over 40 hours weekly. exemptions and state role remain debated. New York’s experience favors hearings, gradual enforcement, and limited penalties, focusing on voluntary wage standards and robust recourse for persistent violators.
A pioneer narrator recalls wagon travel halted by winter, returning loads to White Rocks frontier Indian Agency. He details a bareback ride to secure a wagon, cold sleet and a warm Aunt Exima aiding comfort. The Christmas dinner of rabbit pie evokes common pioneer experiences and a hopeful outlook.
Thomas Caldwell, later Naples ward bishop, learned of a housing shortage and offered a furnished house he bought from Bankhead at no rent to a family, with horse feed and cattle duties for Tio. In Vernal City, Justice Carter fined George Wilkin and Stanley Eaton $23 each after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace following a Sunday arrest.
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