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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1934
Page
4
Publication details show William W Wallis as editor and publisher. The notice notes second class matter at the Vernal Utah post office on March 13, 1909 under the act of March 3, 1874.
Optimistic political figure in Uintah County states aim for bigger goals and greater impact. Member of Utah State Press Association emphasizes progress and public service.
A string of leading indicators including railroad traffic, steel output, electric power production, life insurance usage, and wholesale prices shows steady improvement. The advance appears gradual and grounded in a broad strengthening of the nation’s economic foundations despite ongoing industrial recovery.
Farm income in 1933 topped 31.34 million more than 1932, up 24 percent. The Agriculture Department cites higher crop prices and A A A payments as drivers. Cooperatives aided price stabilization, spoke for farmers, advised officials, and supported law and order during strikes as they pursued broader, lasting gains.
The county laments the poor stretch between Maybelle and Elk Springs on highway 40. Roads to Salt Lake and Denver attract travelers, but the unsafe segment keeps tourists away. Locals urge postponing highway appropriations until the bad stretch is completed to regain continental route status.
The article recalls Wong Sing, a respected merchant near The Strip by Fort Duchesne, who died in a Monday morning truck crash. It notes his long struggle with rheumatism, his ties with Willam Ho Siddo, and his influence with local authorities and Senator Reed Smoot aiding his arrival and business ventures.
Wong Sing, a centenarian trader, established a store on The Strip near the Uintah Basin bank, building a vast trade network after 1905. Renowned for silk robes and mufflers, his fair pricing and memory for friends earned broad loyalty, and his funeral featured a Confucius quotation from the speaker.
A local note from Moffat County reports the completion of the Roth project in Stmbou Pilot. The item references the county’s ongoing efforts to improve facilities and infrastructure, with emphasis on progress and future plans.
The Reief Society hosted an annual dance with old time music and refreshments. Residents visited family in Verna and Salt Lake, with travels to Mona and Spanish Fork. A school PTA program at Duchesne featured Elva Wilkins Hope Manwaring and others with Clell Jacobs singing.
The readable fragment outlines a local notice involving Citti ro yer one and a tentative action, with limited details on timing or authority. Further context is unavailable, but the item appears to be a brief public record or notice referencing a specific local entity.
Reuben Ros Wilkins 43 of Mountain Home Duchesne county served as sheriff 1916 17 and 1920 24 and as Ashley national forest assistant forester. He died Saturday in a Salt Lake hospital from carcinoma. Born August 28 1899 in Peoa Summit County, he moved to Mountain Home in 1908 and married Lillis Moffatt in 1916. Survived by widow two sons and two daughters, plus several brothers and sisters. Funeral held Monday at 12 noon in Mountain Home LDS ward chapel with burial in Mountain Home cemetery.
Washington DC official H E Drobish described the farm debt relief plan under the Farm Credit Administration as aiding distressed farmers by reducing debts and not scaling down for those who can meet obligations. The statement came at a Salt Lake meeting with county debt adjustment committees farmers and bankers at the Newhouse hotel last Monday, part of three state meetings held last week.
Utah conference outlines formation of county debt committees to mediate between farmers and creditors. Officials from the farm debt adjustment administration and the federal land bank describe a businesslike program to scale down debts, aid distressed farmers, and secure settlements, with inspections tied to crop contracts and future adjustment payments.
The Utah AAA announces a new interpretation of the 1934 hog contract enabling farmers with depleted breeding stock from 1932 33 to buy additional stock under conditions. Producers may count feeder pigs as breeding stock up to their 32 33 average, with adjustments to market hog production and base counts as per contract rules.
Director William Peterson of the agricultural adjustment administration for Utah announced that inspection of every farm with a signed wheat adjustment contract is planned to conform to the original program.
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