School Board Plans Eight and a Half Month Term
A Utah county school board announces plans to extend the term to eight and a half months and to run seventh through ninth grades in Vernal Lapoint and Randlett for the same duration as the high schools. It explains teacher contracts, potential impacts on the high school program, and urges public understanding while inviting questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Willian H Siddoway
G Coodrich
H . Olsen
Publi
Olsen
Roma
Vernal
State Department
Lapoint
Randlett
Jensen
Company Officers Hold Conference In Vernal On Irrigation Plan
Vernon area officials and executives from Ashley Development Company met in Vernal Monday and Tuesday to review a proposed irrigation project north and east of the town. The plan includes a dam at Steinaker draw to store water for a large land tract and to continue a main canal toward the irrigated area. The project contemplates a 12 by 24 foot canal, capable of carrying at least four cubic feet per second, with water rights costing about 40,660 per acre and total land use around 15,600 acres.
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Vernal
Ashley Creek
Alte
Alsa
Dem
Ashley Development Company
Dry Fork
Marah Peak
Wo Fe
Sach
Romney
Judge Barth
George Albert Smith
Salt Lake City
Bids Called for Ten Miles Work on Heber Fruitland Road
The U S Bureau of Public Roads plans to invite bids for grading and surfacing seven miles of the Heber Fruitland road and surveying ten miles of the Vernal Manila forest road. J I Finch district engineer assigns English as engineer in charge with assistants A B Iores and Ernest Alger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber Fruitland Road
U 5 Bureau of Public Road
Heber Fruitland
Vernal Manila Forest
JI Finch
A Bieres
Ernest Alger
Sasiatots
A C Experts Hold Successful School for Club Leaders
Uintah High hosted a week long Club Leaders School directed by County Agent E Peterson with five Utah Agricultural College professors guiding leaders for 4 H club projects. Domestic arts cooking and canning were taught by Mrs Sadie Morris and Miss Aston Odell, while Professor Hogansen led field and warden projects in gardening and crops. Poultry expert W H Warner covered breeds incubation and marketing, with Madsen of Price assisting. attendees planned strong summer programs.
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Uintah High
E. Peterson
Utah Agricultural College
Misa Aston Odell
Sadie Morris
Chicago
John C Hogansen
Hogansen
Atate
The
Agricultural College Extension Service
D P Murray
W H Warner
Prof Warners
Ila
Turkey
Madsen
Price
Vernal Manila Road Set for Summer Opening
J P Martin Logan Utah district engineer for the forest service visited the Vernal area to review the Arciey National forest projects. Work on the Vernalanila road begins early this season with $6000 appropriated by the federal government and Daggett Uintah county pacts signed. Two thirds of the road is done with the Summit section remaining and slated for completion, creating a direct route between the counties and an outlet to Wyoming.
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J P Martin
Logan
Utah
Forest Service
Arciey National Forest
Thin Deason
Daggett
Uintah
Mid Anomer & Good Road
Wyoming
Sad Death and Funeral of Mrs Martha Kitchen Harris
Martha Kitchen Harris died March 13 1926 in Vernal after flu complications following childbirth a ten pound son survived by six sons and her mother and siblings funeral held March 16 in Randlett with Bishop L C Wall and various local leaders speaking and a school quartet singing including O My Father and Shall We Meet Beyond the River.
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Randlett
Martha Kitchen Harris
Vernal Hospital
Mra Harris
Enochs
Fort Duchesne
de Rich
Vernal
Pahreah Kane County
Utah
John Kitchen
Marthe Grice
Leonard Harris
Bandlett
LeRoy
Albert
Glenn
Preston
Harold
Bha
Martha Kitchen
Misa Rose Potter
Boneta
John G Kitchen
Mra
Anice Button
Joseph Honey
Kanab
Hosena Brown
Harris
L C Wall
Christopher Bodily
Duchesne High School
John E Wintombe
Byron Col
Ephriam Lamberti
L. Walt
Charles L. Knight
Howard
Oil Well Drilling Begins at Neal Dome Near Vernal
Maud Ellen Oil Company crews move into Vernal to start drilling on the Neal dome six miles north. A standard rig tower will rise in about two weeks as a 15 inch borehole is sunk to 2200 feet into Pennsylvania sands. If successful, oil could boost Vernal’s prospects and regional growth across northeastern Utah.
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Guy Wakefiess
A . Belville
Maud Ellen Oil Company
Neal Dome
Vernal
Pennsylvania
Basta
Moab
Midwest
Texas Raven Company
Mid-West
Price
Vernal 4
Utah
Funeral Services Held for Dorothy Lester
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Congregational church for Dorothy Lefter, daughter of Mr Maud Lester Watmore, who died last week. Rev Charles E Sebold led the rites as mourners and a class group led the procession. Interment followed at Rock Point cemetery with a floral tribute from the class and a quartet singing offerings.
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Congregational
Dorothy Lefter
Maud Lester Watmore
W D Lewis
Charles E 8Abold
Dorothy
Mirsen Mable Siddeway
Lucy Johnson Hallie
Ida Wills
W A Banks
J F Chapman
Thomas
Harold Davis
Ty Rev Sebold
Rey Sebold
Margaret
Barbara Banks
Enid Johnson
Spring Athletics Begin at Uintah High
Uintah High opens spring sports with track and field drills as coaches and athletes focus on a revived circle track a repaired jumping pit new vaulting poles and added javelins. A large number of boys train with strong eager turnout and girls organize an athletic association.
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Uintah High Stheu
Funeral at Renadlett Cemetery for Bishop Pringham
Over 300 people attended the funeral as Stevens notes the interment in Renadlett cemetery. Bishop Charles Pringham was dedicated to the grave in a ceremony with floral offerings described as numerous and most beautiful. The Dramatic Department plans a production titled Golden Days a three act comedy drama at the University of Ulissea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Renadlett
Charles Pringham
Atudenta
Dramatic Art
Uhl
Alonzo Morley
Ulissea
Misa Daelah Samuels
New York
Uintah Basin Rail Extension Gets Two Month Deadline Extension
The Salt Lake and Denver railroad wins a two month extension from April 1 to June 1 to file exceptions to the interstate commerce commission examiner’s findings. Support from the Denver Chamber of Commerce and Salt Lake Tribune growth advocates. Utah’s Uintah Basin development hinges on a line from Provo to Craig to connect with the Denver Salt Lake line. A local chamber survey backs the route as vital to unlocking rich lands and agricultural potential.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Salt Lake
Moffat
Craig Colorado
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Salt Lake Tribune
Mit
Uintah
Denver and
Craig Cole
Interstate
Comuerre Commiscore
Proto
Utah
Theetate
Utitan
Timt Ghorld
Chamber of Commerce
Provotay Craig
Salt Lake and
Denver Road
Dairymen Promote Cooperative Marketing of Cream
The Uintah Farm Bureau Dairy Association department held a Masser meeting to spark farmer interest in a cooperative dairy marketing plan. A central agency would market all cream produced, with a research division to study markets and test cream for quality ensuring fair tests.
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Dairy Association Department
Uintah Farm Bureau
Masser
Farm Bureau
Nisky
Crites
Pardoe to headline Vernal lyceum show in April
Professor T Earl Pardoe of the BU arrives through Uintah high school to Vernal for a full evening program at the Winter high school theatre. Pardoe, former drama head at the BU, renowned lyceum entertainer, Broadway experien ce and Powers School alumnus, will perform Saturday night April 3 in Vernal.
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Ffanzo Morley
Uintah High School
T Earl Pardoe
B ¥U
Fardoe
Intermountain
Intermountain States
Leland Powers
Expresston
Boston
Maia
Mr Powers
East
Hia
Lyceum
Pardoo
Vernal
BY. WU
United Statea In Dramatica
Pardoe
Wintah High School
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Fay
Uintah County
Thomas W Lawson
A. C
Ful School
Manila Road
Mrs. Marthe
Dorothy Lester
Dramatic Department
Prof
T. Earl Pardoe
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