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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1900
Page
3
Mixed advertising and notice items recount casual references to Beers Miss Elsie Glenn traveling for medical treatment Salt Tinka City plans and metallurgy lines, with brief notes on bed quilts and house safety. Little coherent narrative, but multiple named persons and places surface amid fragmented lines and old commerce notices.
The sheep men of a thin county fear the forms used by Uncle Sam to levy grazing licenses on the Strawberry Valley reservation. They may unite and bid for the privilege, hoping the cost will stay around eighty dollars per thousand sheep grazed.
Mayor Sim Davis came back to Vernal a week ago from a prolonged trip eastward by way of Triday mht. He ordered large stocks of phoda and rmiormiges to stock furniture, noting eastern manufacturers’ delays. He traveled to Chicago Philadelphia and New York and pressed editors toward Republican support while away.
Last Tuesday dusk a curfew bell sparked alarm as revelers fled and a crowd gathered at the home of P. Dillman. A bucket brigade drew water from nearby wells while attempts to douse flames ate at the roof and furniture. Miss Pero Dillman discovered the fire, and the total loss is estimated near 100 dollars with partial roof replacement and fireproofing urged.
A scattered local notice lists A I A Beera and Co offering low prices on groceries and farm goods. It mentions Has oes Hoe missionaries and changes in appointment, plus Leslie Astron and A Brocus and Co selling stock from last year cheap. Other items include hardware, steel, wagons, harrows, and spring farm tools. The Home Boarding House advertises cheap board and meals.
The Brags band intends to fire a concert soon with many talented young people assisting. They promise excellent entertainment to close with a Farce. A new sign looms over the Peoples Meat Market on the Dillman block. Inside, Freeh butter eggs cabbage parsnips pork beef and sausage are sold by Beck & Parcellsons.
Tinos Bention says he moved his flock from the desert to the range near Gate Cans Ony F after the snow vanished about three weeks ago. He tended the sheep in the fore part of the week and reports no further trouble.
J K Bhiltock is converting part of his business premises reopening Monday with refrigeration gear moved out and a new line of shoes to be showcased. RS Collett reports the Bromide smelter achieved a strong run, cleaning 60 000 pounds of bullion and shipping it. Prospect work at Bromide continues with most miners laid off, but a small crew remains to resume when spring opens.
John H Davis, son of Comrateron er Davis, boards a train Tuesday morning bound for Saratoga Wyoming after visiting his old Vernal home. He will stop at Spanish Fork to visit relatives, then proceed to Sak toa and Battle Lake District claims. Davis has mined for years and owns promising claims in Battle Lake District and Grand Encampment with several other ventures expected to yield good returns.
The Tha Thain Club met on Thursday March 1 1000 with seventeen members present. Members recited quotes from Henry VIII and read selections from the play Speech and Manners including a history lesson and a program update noting a 900 dollar item and club activities.
Fragmented lines show a county financial note with warrants from 1897 and small transactions, plus a wedding dance in the Social Hall last Wednesday night. Also mentions regislar spring rains, ship and poultry purchases, and a sheep shearing season with uncertain leadership and pricing per head.
W P Colthar, who has taken business visits to the state capitol, returned home Tuesday evening. He reports his political and business interests remain active in the outside settlement. Colthar reunites with his children who attend school and are adjusting well to their studies.
Workers push rapid progress on the Vernal building with most beer supplies on hand and outside areas painted. Residents expect to taste Teagnery butter before April 1 as machinery for the creamery is set. Mrs. D. H. Doty departs Vernal for Cedar City, sending thanks to friends and editors for support.
Dr Hnullinger recorded several births over two days. February 27 brought a son to Charles W. Cartera's wife with the mother’s name listed, February 28 added a son to Tumey Johnston’s wife, and March 1 welcomed a son to Simeon Atwood’s home. The entries note the fathers' recoveries and the fragile health of the newborn James, with observers remarking the father’s calm exterior despite strong emotions.
Captain Dodds says C QO Daxter of St Tons Gilsonita Company led ten eastern investors, friends of Mr Potter, to organize a venture to sink an eight thousand foot deep hydrocarbon well on White River. Mr Baxter believes large oil deposits nearby justify the investment. Attorney A G C Hatch may join the new firm, and the drilling rig may already be halted.
Bhi and Mia Heilinette plan to occupy the Britt house west of Jake Worksmans home. Bishop John N. David and Edt Samnele departed last Monday for the Republican State convention in Salt Lake City. County Commissioner John Q. Davia returns from Salt Lake City. Assogsur Tyza0k has begun collecting taxes from one or two Jewish peddlers amid resistance from locals. The Mebrews attempted tax evasion but the assessor’s team pursued payment, noted as a persistent effort by the pedlars to settle the dues.
Reading in this fragmentary note, Mia Chales Mottia is tied to typhoid fever rumors, while Dick Harrison plans to install machinery with a daily capacity of about 0,000 bricks. A Religion Class movement begins under Elder Albert Goodrich, and a pleasant surprise party at C. I. Lybbert’s celebrates Mary and W. P. Mernll’s upcoming Green River move. A Plaawant View tax vote approves a half-percent building levy and land purchase from Ira Lewis. The wedding of Jesse Hein line and Bettrie Alred unfolds with a large reception and cake by a local baker as the ward meeting house remains a focal point.
Farmers plowing begins as the Vernal picture man markets bargains. Bulrogs and Mocka busy stocktaking this week. Hi J Chatwhn and Charlea Qoutla tour the county seat. Mr. Golf from White Tavern seeks cattle bargains. Mr. Cattenden hosts an evening at the new ward house with a dance and a grapvophone heard clearly for a quarter mile.
Notice to all dogs owned in Vernal with outstanding regular fax dues not paid within ten days will be killed. March 1.
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