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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
8
Advertising rates for yearlong contracts and non contracted display ads. Price per inch and minimums set for notices, with 2 cents per word for standard notices and a 26 cent minimum per issue. Legal notices priced at ten cents per line per insertion, water notices at 15.00, final proof notices at 12.06, contest notices at ten cents per line.
Mr and Mrs Archie Lewis are down with tonsillitis. Mrs Byron Eaton is on the sick list this week. J O Lewis from Colorado Springs aims to Vernal for ore prospects. Mr and Mrs Stanley Ashton are expected home from California Saturday.
Lynn Chew accepts a clerk position with the KA Company in Jensen. J I L Findley from Grand Junction is in Vernal arranging to homestead land.
Robert Robinson remains confined to his home for a second month affecting duties and public appearances. Local officials monitor his health and schedule updates forthcoming about his availability and engagements.
Laura Wimmers resumes work at the Hotel Orford after a lengthy siege of illness. James J Gook leaves Vernal for Lapoint after winning his water case in court.
Fred D. Clift of Grand Junction visits Vernal to scout land. Ernest Unterman and Gerhard Unterman travel from the Dyer mine, making part of the trip on snowshoes.
Colorado Springs resident Howard White visits Verna this week and files a homestead declaration on Diamond Mountain. He is among visitors noting local land claims and residency records.
L. J. Denney came back Monday from Salt Lake City and various Montana points where he had been on business for the Canning Co.
A reader reports receiving an Orphington egg measuring about sixty three percent of standard size from 8 R. Sutherland of Vernal Utah. The message also asks who can boat eleven, with no clear connection to the egg or location.
Mrs Adair was operated upon Tuesday for appendicitis and other complications. We are glad to know that she is improving.
F Pinkney, who had been in Vernal for several weeks doing electrical work for the Uintah Packing Co, left Wednesday for Denver, Colorado.
The Express has arranged with Kylas C Smith of Ft Duchesne for a series titled Philosophic Essays in Rhyme. The first essay will appear in the next issue.
E G Thorum of the Winter Power and Light Company departed Friday morning for Salt Lake City. He has been measuring the water levels of Green River and Ouray River.
Spring arrives as homeseekers pour into Vernal with many visiting daily. City residents are urged to help them locate suitable housing and settle in as the season begins.
Les Ashton arrived Friday morning from California where he spent the winter month. Mrs Ashton was detained in Salt Lake but is expected home Saturday.
The American Legion executive committee meets to finalize arrangements for a grand ball scheduled for next month with a major advertisement campaign anticipated in the Red Week issue.
Members of the Vernal Jazz Band traveled to Roosevelt High School for a performance. They left Vernal in two cars with one departing at 3:2 PM and arriving 1 AM, the other at 5 PM arriving 10 PM to provide live music for dancers.
Chairman Geo L Goodrich requests notice of a Democratic State Committee meeting at the Hotel Utah East Lake City at 2 pm Monday April 6 to fix the date and place of the State Convention for delegate selection to the National Convention. The Jefferson Day banquet will be held the same evening.
In Duchesne county, nul Davis arrived from the sheep camp this week while Mrs E J toung Jr visited. Miss Yessis Owens stayed with her parents at Standflett over Sunday. Art and Jon Paulson of Jenson traveled Wednesday and Thursday. Moronk and WI Moon attended in aroanl Sharadas on business. Cot Albert Malet of Momfatt visited Vernal for court. Mrs Marguerite Studerts left for Roosevelt Thursday to attend her piece’s funeral. Manager Bun Kelly of the AK flew to Jensen Thursday on company business. The WOW annual ball, postponed to Lincoln's birthday, is now set for Friday, March 26.
Min F 8S Middleton traveled from Rush Creek this week while W J Justice of Lapoint visited Watron to york in Ollmontte wines.
Mrs John Clark left for her home in Roosevelt Wednesday after spending some time here on a visit.
A marriage license was issued Thursday to Fred W Rudat and Frankle Paulson, both of Jensen Mir and Men. Lloyd Allred left Wednesday for Pocatello Idaho to make a home there. John S Davis bought a Ford this week and plans to convert it into a truck for polling sheep. Lewis, a farmer on Blue Mountain, has spent several days in Vernal buying sheep to stock his ranch. Sam Snyders of Leeton spent days in Vernal on court business. Mr Snyder is sued for 6000 damages by Richard Colton of Bennett.
The Red Cross joins the city council in a clean up campaign closing April 20. Afterward any person failing to maintain sanitary conditions around their property will be prosecuted. Mayor Colton presides. A resident on Blue Mountain near Roosevelt last week bought hay and had it hauled to his place for spring crops.
Tucker and Swart Livery Co. have tubtaised a gas filling station in front of their business, replacing the old Jewett Hvery barn with a new gas facility near their premises.
Vernal Lumber company received two carloads of lumber but they are held at Watson due to poor road conditions causing a delay in delivery.
The Acorn Mere Co has moved their Dollar Day Sale from Saturday to Monday. Readers can confirm the change by checking the advertisement in this issue.
The city reports effective work on streets over the past week using a grader and drag to fill low spots. Crews aim to continue the effort to improve road surfaces and accessibility for residents.
Attorney E He Burgess of Roosevelt was a Vernal visitor Tuesday of this week attending to court business here. He returned to Roosevelt the same day.
Chase Neal of the Neal Allan Motor Car Co left Wednesday morning for Watson to supervise the hauling over of several loads of plows and other farm machinery.
Vernal gains a new weekly feature as manager Gilbert of the Vogue brings in The Topics of the Day news service to be shown every Thursday. This marks a fresh addition to local programming and signals a shift in how audiences access daily news.
Harmony Sewards purchases a fing building site at Fourth West and First South from Manker-Henderson and plans a modern bungalow. Carpenters will commence work immediately.
County Commissioner Ashley Bartlett arrived home Tuesday evening after several days in Salt Lake City meeting with state and federal commissioners, according to reports elsewhere.
The Denver and Salt Lake Real Estate Association advances plans to open a third office in the Uintah Basin at Roosevelt once remaining staff arrive. The move signals expansion as the Roosevelt office gears up for immediate operation.
W S Henderson says Salt Lake City buzzes over a proposed Uintah Basin railroad and a new Vernal hotel to accommodate crowds, with indications of strong interest and anticipated influx.
Tuesday night stock wandered into the Har ry Rutlif place and destroyed hay. The animals opened a gate and released a buck sheep. Mr Buck chased the animals as they frightened passersby, forcing people to take shelter or seek entry to neighbors’ homes.
Bishop H O Colton of Ft Duches is a Vernal visitor this week seen with a John Deere plow from Con W and M oo as he plans home farming. Mrs Maury Silka, Bennett pioneer, has been in Vernal for a week awaiting court action to settle her late husband’s estate. she left for Grand Junction Wednesday morning.
R A Shupe and Frank Swain left Vernal Tuesday morning for Los Angeles where they plan to work in orange groves. Shupe is allied with Mrs E H Dillman and has assisted her in undertaking parlors this winter.
Mrs IL B Haws departs at month end to Salt Lake to join her parents. She has served as deputy county recorder since last September and departs with the goodwill of all.
Manager Gilbert of the Vogue arrives home Monday evening after a ten day visit in Salt Lake. He reports securing some of the very latest and best pictures available during his stay.
Two Jazz band members who performed at the Roosevelt dance last Friday night were stuck in mud with their cars at the High Line canal for six hours and about two more hours in a twist. They arrived in Roosevelt in time to help play the last four selections.
D Rogers, a Salt Lake City contractor, drove his Ford with special gear from Thistle to Duchesne city through deep mud. He plans to relocate soon to Fresno, California.
Last Saturday Sheriff Joseph Timothy of Duchesne county found valuables stolen from the Hudsons during the raid on the Shurtliff hotel in Roosevelt last winter. The officers believe the items were taken to hide them from evidence at the Hudbron s trial.
Lake Young, superintendent of the Helper Vernal mail route, has arranged a through routing service for Vernal parcels post. A 2 percent ton truck loaded with Vernal parcels post departs Helper each morning. Five trucks will operate, with Vernal merchants receiving all shipments on the third day out of Salt Lake City. Young is pushing to perfect the mail service Vernal now receives.
State engineer GF McGonagle appears in a legal or public notice with the first publication dated March 12 and the last publication listed as April 1. The notice cycle spans multiple dates and identifies the official in charge.
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