Local and Personal Patents for Reserv ation Homesteads
I W. Lloyd and several others have received patents on their reservation homesteads. Mr Lloyd received his receiver's receipt last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I W. Lloyd
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
5
Runners Push Through Weather to Snag Coltharp Ad Deals
Runners compete despite wind and rain to seize reduced cash prices at Coltharp this week as advertised in the current issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coltharp
Salt Lake Street Car Case Witness From Eagle Market
J. F. MacKnight of the Eagle Market has spent a week in Salt Lake City as a witness for the Salt Lake Street Car company in a civil damages suit against the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. MacKnight
Eagle Market
Salt Lake
Separation Reality Reaches Home After Trip
R. and Collett returns to his residence to find his wife legally separated and denied entry. The family also reports the children suffering from the measles, marking a tense domestic moment with health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. &. Collett
Death of Seven Year Old Siddoway Child
Owen Siddoway, seven, son of William H. and Emma Dunster Siddoway, died at home last Sunday at 630 due to complications from heart disease and rheumatism. Funeral held Tuesday at 10 with Bishop Davis officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Siddoway
William H
Emma Dunster Siddoway
Bishop Davis
Former Vernal councilman finds farming life near Roosevelt
Melvin Pickup, once Vernal city councilman, now a Roosevelt area farmer, visited Vernal recently. Since moving to Roosevelt about a year ago he has shed about 85 pounds, weighing around 190. He secured a homestead adjoining the Roosevelt townsite on the west and won a land contest against a rival by default when no one appeared to contest at the land office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Pickup
Vernal
Roosevelt
Pickup
Colorado farmer Harmon Sowards visits Uintah County
Harmon Sowards from the San Louis Valley Colorado tours Uintah County seeking a location. He is well pleased with the countryside and is described as a highly successful Colorado farmer. His Uintah County citizenship is desired, and he is praised as a contributor to turning the West into a garden spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Sowards
San Louis Valley
Colorado
Nelson G. Sowards
Vernal
Sowards
Uintah County
March winds sting, forecast calls for near freezing end
Bill Reynolds predicts temperatures drop to two degrees above zero by month’s end. Judge Bing Christensen and his wife spent a day or two on the Ouray reservation early this week. Seven of Tom Smuin’s family are ill with measles. four are over eighteen and quite sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Reynolds
Bing Christensen
Ouray Country
Tom Smuin
Anarchist to Face Hanging Over Denver Priest Murder
W. D. Munday discusses the Denver murder of a Catholic priest by an anarchist. He predicts the anarchist will be hanged, noting he lacks funds to prove insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Munday
Denver
Teacher Joins Ranch Term In Roosevelt Reservation
Joseph Murray, who has been teaching at Union ward, has relocated to his ranch on the Roosevelt reservation. He will finish Tom Johnson's term there while Johnson completes his term here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Murray
Union Ward
Roosevelt
Tom Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Young West Point Candidate From Salt Lake City
Howard 8 Bennion nephew of Harden Bennion and son of Israel Bennion of Salt Lake passed the West Point examination in Denver with twenty others. He is 18 years old and regarded as exceptionally capable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Bennion
Harden Bennion
Israel Bennion
Salt Lake
West Point
Denver
Gunplay Maxwell Marries San Francisco Widow
Ver nal resident C. L. Maxwell known as Gunplay wed Mrs. David Hume a San Francisco widow. locals wonder what became of the wife he took from Vernal about three or four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Maxwell
Maxwell
David Hume
San Francisco
Here
Miss Marinda Egbert Recuperating After Appendicitis
Miss Marinda Egbert of Salt Lake and sister of Mrs. Frank Young of Vernal underwent surgery for appendicitis a few days ago and is recovering. A month earlier her younger sister Miss Eliza Egbert died in Salt Lake from a similar operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinda Egbert
Salt Lake
Frank Young
Vernal
Eliza Egbert
Meeting of Queen Esther Opera Company Saturday
A meeting of the Queen Esther Opera Company will be held tomorrow night in the Dillman building opposite Social Hall to transact important business. Members without notice are urged to attend at 7 30 p m promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Opera Company
Dillman
Residents hear of Miss Ida Preese stock and a measles death
The Uintah Stage company ran a double header on Wednesday with nine aboard. Miss Ida Preese returned from Salt Lake with spring millinery stock. The infant of Tom Sabey died of measles at their eastern Vernal residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Stage Company
Ida Preese
Salt Lake
Tom Sabey
Eagle Rifle team accepts challenge for Naples shoot
Reservation people prepare for operation as Eagle Rifle team of Naples accepts a $25 side bet with ten men each to face a Montrose man who offered $300 for a suitable team. Date pending due to muddy roads. event to be held soon at the Eagle club range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Colo
Eagle Rifle Team
Naples
Eagle Club
Deputy Bracken Opposes Twenty-Year Indian Leasing Bill
Ft Duchesne deputy sheriff O H Bracken over for a few days. He does not favor the Smart bill leasing Indian lands for twenty years, warning most acreage would pass to corporations and burden homesteaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Bracken
Ft. Duchesne
Mr. Bracken
Mease Purchases Vernal Liquor House Title
James H. Mease has bought the Vernal Liquor house from A T Sheldon and C B Staley and took possession last Monday morning. Mease’s friends expect success given his experience and amiability while Sheldon and Staley decide their next move. Epidemic measles declines with about 120 cases and two deaths. schools and churches resume, high schools opened, and public gatherings resume as dancing returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Mease
Vernal
A. T. Sheldon
C. B. Staley
Jim
Messrs
Sheldon
Staley
Terpsichore
Sheep shearers and owners reach pricing agreement
The shearers will be paid seven cents per head and the contract price remains eight and one half cents. Marion Roberts is the contractor. Charles Carter's flock will be first to be shorn with work starting in April. Corrals will be at Alhandra and Dragon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Roberts
Charles Carter
Apri
Alhandra
Dragon
Summit County Marble Works Proprietor Visits Vernal
Chas H. West of Hoytsville Utah spent several days in Vernal this week promoting his Summit County Marble Works. He has shipped monumental work into the valley for over fourteen years but this is his first trip there and he was impressed by the valley despite poor roads and sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas H. West
Summit County Marble Works
Hoytsville
Utah
West
Lame Shoulder Relief Promised by Pain Balm
A remedy for a lame shoulder suggests Chamberlains Pain Balm as a quick cure. Apply freely and rub vigorously at each use. Sold by Vernal Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Vernal Drug Co
Beaver on Elk River Trades in Abundant Fur This Season
Vancouver observer notes large beaver populations on the Elk River tributary of the Tuaser with thousands of animals this season. Trappers fill the river. skins head to San Francisco Montreal and Toronto before reaching markets in Europe. A second item recalls a French semiscientific piece claiming Agesilaus invented printing by inverting letters to spell Victory on a bull’s skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk River
George H. Hower
Vancouver
Tuaser
San Francisco
Montreal
Toronto
Agesilaus
Mons
Cigars and Open Air Benefit Cigar Quality
In Tobacco Weekly Journal advice warns cigars kept in good condition may deteriorate due to customer neglect. Tobacconists should warn buyers that fresh air benefits cigars as it does people, and connoisseurs should regularly air the box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Weekly Journal
Postmistress at Wivelsfield Near Haywards Heath Celebrates Birthday
Postmistress Mrs Kenward, 61 years in service since 1846 at the Wivelsfield post office near Haywards Heath, marked her birthday. She reads newspapers daily and believes herself to be the country’s oldest post mistress. Her father was a farmer at Speldhurst near Tunbridge Wells. she hopes to reach centenarian status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenward
Wivelsfield
Hayward's Heath
London Standard
Speldhurst
Tunbridge Wells
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dector
Bank OF Vernal
S. R. Bonnion
J. H. Reader
N. J. Meagher
March
Will
Frank Hadlock
Joseph St. Arnold
Ray Reader
Leon
W. H. Smart
Uintah Stake of Zion
John Shuler
J. P. Rudy
Acorn Hlere Antile
W. P.O
Schillings
Japan
Tree
Lipton
Ceylon
W. D. Coltharp Mercantil
Search the Vernal Express Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Vernal Express?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.