Colton Praises Congressional Irrigation Work for Utah Basin
Congressman Don B Colton reviews recent federal legislation benefiting Utah and the Uintah Basin focusing on arid lands and reclamation projects. He cites Weber River Tooele and Cache projects as vital and notes Dead Man’s Bench and Castle Peak face high costs without transport solutions. Vernal office spared from closure. future start dates depend on transportation fixes.
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Congressman Colton
Congress
Utah
Unitail Basin
Washington
Don
Colton
Vernal
West
Weber River
Utah-Tooele
Cache
Dead Man’s Bench
Jensen
Colorado
Castle Peak
Myton
Interior Department
Vernal Lang
Secretary of the Interior
Funeral for Jensen Pioneer Held Sunday
Funeral services for Andrew Dudley Sr a Utah and Ashley Valley pioneer who died last Monday were held Sunday March 22 at 1 30 p m in the Jensen ward house. The large crowd heard remarks from Joseph McKee T J Caldwell Congressman Don B Colton and Bishop Fred Wall with interment in Jensen Cemetery. Dudley fathered eighteen children and left fifty seven grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren plus two great great grandchildren. Born 1844 in Illinois he joined the Mormon migration and helped drive an ox team to Utah in 1863. He lived in Spanish Fork before moving to Jensen in 1887 where he built a home and remained active in pioneer defense.
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Andrew Dudley
Utah
Ashley Valley
Jensen Ward House
Ernest Eaton
J. M. Shaffer
T. J. Caldwell
Joseph McKee
Don B. Colton
Fred Wall
Jensen Cemetery
Dudley
Andrew Dudley, Jr
Joseph. Dudley
Juliaa Butcher
Vernal
Eph Rasmussen
Lapoint
Grandfather
Illinois
Missouri River
Spanish Fork
Jensen
Vernal Basin Oil Field Promises Major Gas and Oil Output
Reports from Rangely describe a vast new West Rockies field on the Uintah Basin edge. Midwest Refining and partners control lands with several other firms rumored to begin immediate drilling. A gassy well outputs over ten miles, with 50 million cubic feet daily cited as evident production.
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Midwest Refining Company
Rangely
Rockies
Uintah Basin
Thesa Texas Company
Associated Oil Company of California
Emerald Oil Company
Raven Park OH Company
Rocky Mountain Exploration Company
Texas Oil Company
Midwest
Hangely
Avery
McCurdy Arrested for Grand Larceny Bound Over to District Court
William McCurdy who pleaded guilty last week to lar ceny for theft of automobile parts from Miller Thomas Motor was rearrested on grand larceny charges from Continental Oil. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to Vernal district court convening April 13. Bond set at $500.
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William McCurdy
Miller-Thomas Motor Company
Continental Oil Company
Vernal
Vernal City Overhauls Water Mains Underway
Vernal city water works superintendent Frank Hatch directs the repair of two blocks of mains this week. Old rusted iron wire bindings are replaced with iron bands to prevent breaks. The wires lasted 15 years, and the new bands are expected to endure more than twice as long.
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Frank Hatch
Vernal City Water Works
Vernal City Water Mains
Water Department
Funeral Services of W. B. Weaver Largely Attended
W. B. Weaver of Ashley valley for thirty five years died at his Vernal home. Funeral was held March 19 at the Congregational church with a mixed quartet and tributes by Bishop H. B. Calder and H. B. Calder. Weaver, born 1853 in Wisconsin, lived in Canton Mississippi and Colorado before moving to Vernal in 1903. He left a widow and a Detroit brother.
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W. B. Weaver
Ashley Valley
Vernal
Congregational Church
Jesus
W. Merkley
A. B Thomas
G. Goodrich
Clela Wolcott
J. F. Chapman
H. B. Calder
H. Walter Woolley
Weaver
Nature
White Water
Wisconsin
Lfe
Rochester
New York
Hiorace Greeley
Canton
Mississippi
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Mattie Carr
Garfield County
Colorado
4A Cattle Company
Glenwood Springs
Detroit
Michigan
Harden Bennion Aims to Aid Uintah Basin Rail Push
Harden Bennion, newly appointed Utah agriculture commissioner, plans active cooperation with Uintah Basin projects and urges basin farmers to help the DOT Dotsero cutoffs case. He notes talks with Ex-Gov Bamberger on a railroad into the basin and the need for strong local arguments before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Bennion departs Salt Lake for Myton.
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Harden Bennion
Agric State of
Utah
Uintah Basin
Bamberger
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rave
Denver and
Rio Grande
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Mr. Bennion
Myton
Senator O'Donnell Back From Uintah Basin Work
State Senator Thos W O'Donnell and his wife Dr M Garroett O Donne return after two months away praising his vigorous legislature work. He chaired the highway committee and was vice chair of the judiciary committee, authoring bills aiding the Uintah Basin, including a seed farm appropriation later folded into the budget. Director William Peterson of Utah Agricultural College Extension notes research support if land is available.
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Thos. W. O'Donnell
M. Garroett-O’donne
O'Donnell
Hoe
Uintah
Wice
Uintah Basin
House
William Peterson
Utah Agriculturll College
Saya
Twin Girls Celebrate Different Birthday Dates
Mr and Mrs John Stagg are the proud parents of twin girls born on Thursday March 19 and Friday March 20 with 26 minutes separating their arrivals. The mother was formerly Miss Mable Preece.
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John Stagg
Bragge
Stage
Central School
Mable Preece
Stagg
Preece
Pioneer business man urges urgent action for Uintah Basin railroad
Collett, a Uintah Basin booster, returned from an east trip detailing talks with Senator Lawrence C. Phipps and General Freeman. He argues the time is ripe for a Basin railroad, warns against delaying and opposing the Dotsero cutoff certificate, and notes ongoing development at Hill Creek Shale fields.
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Collett
Uintah Babin
Vernal
St. Louis
Washington
United States
Lawrence C. Phipps
Colorado
Moffat
Basin
Dotsero
Interstate Commerce Commission
Uintah Bank
Hill Creek
New Electric Sign Promotes Star Cars at Podpe Garage
The John W. Podpe Garage unveils an electric sign advertising Star cars. Local customers see the new visual feature as they visit for service or sales inquiries.
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John W. Podpe
Star Cars
Last Respects Paid To Utah Pioneer Mother
Funeral services for Sarah Curtis Wimmer 84 were held in Maeser ward chapel with prayers by Daniel Welson and benediction by Thomas Bingham. She died March 17 in Monterey Park and was buried beside her husband in Vernal. She was born 1840 in Springfield Illinois and joined the Mormon migration, teaching in Emery county before marrying William Wimmer in 1864. She leaves seven children, 28 grandchildren, and 52 great grandchildren.
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Maeser Ward
Sarah Curtis Wimmer
Debrilty
Robert Wimmer
Monterey Park
Daniel Welson
Thomas Bingham
Lucile Calder
James Hacking
Robert Bodily
Byron Collett
Carl Bodily
George Hofeltz
Ray McConkie
Sterling Bodlly
Roy Oaks
William W. Wimmer
Bakersfield
Calif
John G. Wimmer
Oakland
Roy E. Wimmer
Price
Utah
Maria W. Fuller
Mr. Wimmer
Leadership school brings Basin youths together at Roosevelt
About 20 youths from Vernal attended the Roosevelt leadership school for boys and girls clubs. Six instructors from the Utah Agricultural College Extension Department will guide a week of work. Attendees aim to become community club leaders during summer. Basin high school youths largely participate. County Agent EB Peterson organized the event, the only one of its kind outside Logan.
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Vernal
Roosevelt
Extension Department
Utah Agricultural College
Streauowy
Basin
EB. Peterson
Logan
Boy's Fall While Running Breaks Arm Bone
Walter Richardson's eight-year-old son suffered a forearm fracture when he fell while running on Saturday afternoon striking his arm on a rock. X rays confirmed a single forearm bone fracture.
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Boy
Walter
Walter Richardson
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F. J
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MicCurdy
George H. Moses
Alyses
New Stampshire
Senate
Wintah Basin
Aids Unitah Basin
Sarai Curtis Wimmer
KRY
Bank OF Vernal
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