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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1923
Page
1
Uintah County Bee Inspector James Marshall urges beekeepers to inspect hives as bees awaken to detect foul brood and prevent losses. Lift hive covers to check colonies, cull dead bees, and burn or seal infected combs. Weak colonies need attention to avoid disease spread and honey loss.
A Uintah Basin message urges heavy cooperation to spur growth, arguing a railroad and population rise go hand in hand. The piece highlights debt, home quality, and living costs, stressing unity as key to progress and noting wool shipments via the Ulatah route with rail plans for prompt export to Meek reddy.
About 25 members of Uintah County Beekeepers association met Saturday for a beneficial session. Roy Taylor spoke on the Utah Beekeepers association convention in Salt Lake City. Discussion focused on eradicating foul brood, a major loss for bees. Proper inspection in early spring could drive out the disease and more than double honey production. Funds are currently unavailable to fund proper inspections. Several good suggestions were offered and a plan to provide proper inspection is expected.
The Uintah county term opens next Monday with six criminal cases including John Aime and J F Sessions on liquor charges and Fred Cooper and Dick Schrader for alleged assault on a Greek sheep herder. George Scott and Donnell Dow face two felony counts in Willow Creek. Probat e matters and numerous civil cases are scheduled. Judge Elias Hansen is expected by weekend.
Denver report notes two hours of heated debate in the House as members strike the enacting clause from the compulsory vaccination bill. The final vote to kill the measure was 34 to.
A series of Natura study stories by a well known author will appear weekly on the editorial page. The features will appeal to Boy Scouts and others interested in nature work and are worth saving for a scrapbook.
John W. Davis of Uintah County Wool Growers reports from B Harris Wool Co Salt Lake that 1923 wool clips brought exceptional prices. About 50,000 fleeces at Rexburg Idaho sold at 40. gcds to 42.34 cents per point while Vernal runs averaged 11.5 to 46 cents per pound. A pool of 3,500 from Farmers' Sheep association through the Farm Bureau yielded 21.44 cents per pound, about 7 cents above prior averages, showing strong cooperative gains.
Leslie Ashton of Ashton Hardware and Rae Ashton of Roosevelt survived a bizarre crash in Indian Canyon while returning from California. Their Ford roadster slid on deep snow when towed by a truck, rolled over, and was buried in snow. Rae was unharmed, Leslie Ashton emerged uninjured but shaken, with possible rib injuries. They continued to Duchesne then Roosevelt, later resting in Vernal before returning home.
Colorado in 1922 saw 213 auto camps register 614,412 campers while railroads carried similar numbers of vacationists heading to Colorado destinations, reflecting a surge in sightseer activity and tourism infrastructure.
The Western Mineral Survey reports renewed drilling activity on the Uintah Basin rim in Utah. Geologists and engineers like M C W Buskirk and J D Owen declare the basin holds vast, possibly world‑sustaining oil reserves with high porosity sands and thick potential deposits that could yield billions of barrels if reached.
Government order opens vacant lands in specified townships to entry under homestead and desert land laws by ex service men for a 91 day period starting 28 days after the order date February 15 1923. Soldier preference and simultaneous filing dates follow. land later reverts to general public disposition on June 14 1923.
The Uintah School District paid the first bond from the old districts, totaling 17 500 dollars. Bonds from Moffat school district and Ver nal city were handled, with 1 600 and 6 060 dollars respectively. Central Trust Company in Salt Lake City received 6 060 dollars for Maser bonds. The bonds bore 6 percent interest, funded by Liberty bonds converted to cash. All bonds were twenty year issues, paid within ten years, reflecting well on the consolidated district’s management.
Roman M. Cross part owner of the Moffat County Bell and Craig Courier sells his stake to E. B. Den Pres and Lloyd Dew Pree. He departs for California to rejoin the newspaper trade with new partners in his former industry.
C. KF Evant from the district attended the Rangers convention of the Ashley National Forest and returned home Thursday morning.
Ashley Ward hosts a county farm bureau gathering led by E Petersen marking the first complete community bureau with a full slate of project leaders. James Eckleson elected president Luther Swett vice president Vernal McCarrell secretary treasurer and a cast of project heads including Freestone Long and Preece among others. Fort Duchesne Randlett Trident and Maeser also report active club work and strong membership drives.
The Uistahk county Farm Bureau tax committee led by Ernest Eaton Joseph A McKee and B O Colton will meet with county commissioners at the monthly meeting this Saturday to discuss the tax situation particularly the levying of taxes on livestock.
The Express reports a mall sack of garden seeds donated by Congressman Don 3B Cohen and Senator Reed Smoot. Free packets include teats beans turnip tomato lettuce and onions with a small flower seed shipment also available. Last year for government sends, request by mail with name. seeds limited while they last.
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