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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1910
Page
3
Local ads announce a March 19 millinery opening with spring and summer styles ready for inspection. Prices sling discounts across hats at Co-ops and various shops while bargains on lace, cards, and lime appear. notices also list farm rentals and a variety of goods and services in Vernal and surrounding areas.
CG A Johnson signed a three year contract with the city for arc lights at $600 a month. The city committee met with county commissioners to discuss pipe work and a property corner for a school build. Forest grazers are counted as Class A sheep to winter on farms and are conditioning well. Wm Nieswich of Randlett came to Vernal with Mr Mercey and returns to the reservation to start work on the Colorado Park canal after the next stockholders meeting.
Pete Peterson is appointed administrator of the estate of J M Barker deceased. The contest involves Chas Hutcheon, with Peterson in communications with Barker’s cousins in Scranton Pennsylvania, an adopted sister in Chicago, and some aunts in New York.
Leo Thorne and Frank Slaugh failed to find water at Norseshoe bend on Green River as the Alhandra rapids flooded and a twelve foot sea rose. The old Lebeau Place water wheel, four feet in diameter, was destroyed while irrigating Thorne’s farm. Vernal’s Consolidated Wagon and Implement Co built a new large building of 60 by 100 feet, with 10000 square feet floor space and 16000 pounds of cement under the plan overseen by Snellen Johnson, Ward White, and Dick Fowler.
The Expressman visited Green River last Sunday and found the sea Jam broken and receding waters leaving tea cakes on the flat. The Ulatah railway company spans a 680 foot cable three hundred yards below the company buildings, offering a better ferry crossing as the river narrows and banks rise. Mr McAndrews calls the site ideal for a bridge.
Two business houses on Ulatah avenue above the stake house corner have been refitted. The old Witchell corner bakery space is repapered repainted and refitted with shelves to display stock by Munday and Raemer in an exclusive paper hanging and painting venture. A back rooms serve as a paint shop. A newer front features artistic signs. Misses Beers occupy the Glassman building further west to run a modern millinery with a sales room and trimming room. Miss May and Miss Jenale, both experienced in trimming and sales, will operate the shop with cream and brown color scheme.
The Kempton and Dieter families are quarantined with smallpox. The city council has assurance from the county commissioners that a franchise will be granted for water mains right of way. Bishop Doyle heard from his foreman on White River that the sheep looked as well as in the fall. Acorn Mercantile stockholders declare a 12 percent cash dividend and reelect the old board. Mr J M Winchey returned from Roosevelt earlier this week to move Southward. He will plant 100 acres of oats and 46 acres of lucern. Southward has farmed in Colorado. The last lot completing Academy square was purchased this week from Mr King for 1150. Rock for the foundation is on the ground but the death of Mr Maeser delays plans and another architect will be engaged. The Academy will cost about 25 000. The Current Topics club met at Mrs Helen Woodard’s March fourth with Miss Hattie Perry and Dr Garrett O Donnell giving a bacteria talk. The discussion covered disease and methods of destroying bacteria. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs George Searles on Friday March eleventh.
George Slaugh undertakes a contract to plow 400 acres of the Sunshine ranch at Burns Beach, formerly A J Johnston’s, owned by Reader Meagher and Wildey. The land will be turned to lucern and corn using a Case engine with one quadruple and two double disc plows, turning 112 inches of earth per round.
For sale by owner a 160 acre Uintah Reservation property with red sandy loam soil, house, barn, fenced, creek, water right, and fruit stand. Priced at 24000 with 1000 cash down balance by terms. Contact FPO Box 298 Vernal Utah. Also ad for a cough remedy sold in Vernal, promoted as aiding nature and restoring health.
Don Kelly received six full blood Rhode Island Reds from Ogden at eighteen dollars each. Ike Turton bought three of the same breed. Mrs Maud McDougall and her mother sent three pure White Leghorns. The birds are praised for size color and mothering ability and are said to adapt well to grain growing country.
Nine of ten rheumatism cases come from muscles due to cold or strain and need only external relief. Apply Chamberlain Liniment freely for quiet relief. Sold by the Vernal Drug Co.
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