Vernal City Council Adopts Peddlers License Ordinance
December 24 2004 council minutes note mayor pro tem in absence of Mayor Ashton. G B Haight applies for night watchman, water certificate costs approved, and a South Vernal irrigation ditch related allowance. An ordinance licensing peddlers hawkers passes and an amendment to section 105 is read. Dillman and son depart to Price then St Louis. Tyrack to Price with children to Gunnison. Six Chicago capitalists visit Vernal seeking investments and possible oil field interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Bennion
Ashton
Bennion
Ford
Pickup
Burton
Colpin
Pope
G. B. Haight
Ote Herbert Tyrack
Vernal Iatoral
Vernal City
Chicago
Vernal
Price
Illlinois
Ine
Third Annual May Day Festival Adds New Features
Central committee outlines plans for the Third Annual May Day Festival and Stock Show. Farm Bureau committee to manage stock show with Judge John T. Caine III. ribbons and prizes in all classes. American Legion to lead field sports. May Day dance, crowning, and braiding of May Pelés to be staged by Stake Primary. Vernal Gun and Rifle club to run night street carnival with special features. Chamber of Commerce advertising chaired by L. H. Allan. finance committee named. Vernal and Utah County to enjoy spring awakening gearing up for summer. Plan and attend for full enjoyment.
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Farm Bureau
John T. Caine III
American Legion
Stake
Court House
Vernal Gun and Rifle Club
Chamber of Commerce
L. H. Allan
Haves
H. 3. Sewards
Joohn Bennion
Sheriff and Attorney Return From Thompson Springs in Indian Death Case
On October 8 1904 Sheriff Preece and Attorney O Donnell returned from Thompson Springs 160 miles from Vernal. They found the slain Indian Billy Charley in Grand County not Uintah. Charles Reader who shot the Indian is jailed at Moab. Based on statements by Reader and Indians the case is murder over a reward for finding a pack mule. The supposed Indian uprising claim is denied.
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Preece
O’donnell
Thompson Springs
Billy Charley
Uintah County
Grand County
Vernal
Charles Reader
Moab
Location Picked for New Senior High School Building
Ula tah county school board met Saturday to approve an $85,000 senior high school to be built just south of the current structure. The present building remains in use as the junior high, with both schools sharing one heating plant and gym access. The board, unanimously, aims to accelerate construction following March 8 bond approval.
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Ulatah County
Early Start Assures Success Second U B I C
The Fort Duchesne meeting of 12 Indies and 25 men formed the U B I C committee lineup with W L Woolf resigning as booklet chair. Hylas C Smith elected chair and plans include a $85,000 modern building to serve the fall term with ground work soon and inspections of peer projects by Siddoway and Colton.
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Fort Duchesne
W. L. Woolf
Woolf
Hylas C. Smith
B. O. Colton
E. Peterson
Vernal
Louis B. Thompson
Charles Schwencke
Roosevelt
H. 8. Olson
F. A. Grogs
Ross Bartlett
John N. Davis
A. B. Thomas
William H. Siddoway
J. A. Cheney
A. Theodore Johnson
M. W. Sraefeld
George EF. Phillips
Myton
George
Lafe Richardson
Arty H. Mitchell
Duchesne
John Victor
Mary Orser
N. C. Wilson
B. Q. Colton
Mesara, Pope and Burton
Salt Lake City
Castle Gate Relief Apportionment Set at 1800
Salt Lake City reports Uintah county must raise 1800 for the state fund aiding widows and orphans of the Castle Gate mine disaster. Local officials organize solicitations as the deadline nears.
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Salt Lake City
Uintah County
Castle Gate
Vernal Brick Factory Advocated For Local Industry
A proposed 1924 Vernal building program highlights two brick structures including an $85,000 senior high school and a $40,000 federal building. A local Ashley valley brick plant could meet demand if fire clay sources are found, boosting housing quality and town appearance. proper financing could make brick manufacturing a durable industry.
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Vernal
Ashley Valley
Gasoline Tax Increases Utah Road Funds
The state road commission with Governor Mabey says about 150000 dollars from the gasoline tax will be distributed with counties matching half the cost for road maintenance. Roads are classified A to D by annual maintenance needs, with tentative allocations not final and subject to county funding and reallocation if funds remain.
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State Road Commission
Charles R. Mabey
Commission
H. C. Means
Stne Road Commission
Leases Now Being Made For Valley Oil Lands
Vernal awoke to an oil prospect surge as A EB Humphrey Denver interests ordered rapid leasing across Ashley valley for oil and gas. Joest reps lead ground preparation with a 25 cent per acre option and one eighth royalty. Humphrey interests plan deep drilling by September first, renewing leases at 26 cents per acre semiannually. The move sparks excitement over a potential Uintah Basin oil boom and power irrigation ventures.
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Vernal
Ashley Valley
A. EB
Humphrey
Denver
Joest
Initis
Uintah Basin
Vernal Gun Club Re elects Same Officers
At a Wednesday meeting of the Vernal Gun and Rifle club officers were unanimously reelected: L. H. Allan president Byron Thoman captain Henry B. Millecam secretary treasurer. Membership doubled last year and plans include doubling again in 1924. The club reported progress on game conservation and high school contest efforts and prepared new trap and rifle range gear. They will oversee the May Day carnival with plans for a lively event.
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Vernal Gun and Rifle Club
L. H. Allan
Byron Thoman
Henry B. Millocam
Millecam
Utah
Vernal Express
Vernal Gun Club
Uintah Schools Announce Spring Closure Dates
The Uintah public schools will close Friday April 25 to meet required instructional hours. Uintah High School will close May 16 to complete the full quota of instructional hours.
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Uintah County
Uintah
Editor turns publisher turns merchant in Linn Creek
The Linn Creek Missouri editor grew tired of merchants claiming advertising paid no dividends. He added merchandise to his printing house and became leading shoe dealer, dry goods merchant, and general store proprietor. He says advertising pays and plans to sell the newspaper to someone who runs it to serve the mercantile trade his ads created.
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Linn Creek
Basin Farmer subscription drive urges 1500 July goal
The Uintah Basin Farmer calls for immediate action to reach 1500 subscriptions in July and 2500 by January 1, 1925. It highlights reader letters praising the paper’s value to Basin farmers and urges readers to subscribe for the April issue to help grow the local farm publication across Uintah Basin homes and distant states.
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Uintah Basin
Basin Farm
Uintah
State Auditor Seeks Predatory Animal Information
County Clerk Wilson Murray sent data to State Auditor Mark Tuttle on Uintah county's predatory animal bounty payments. The record shows December 1922 bounty warrants totaling 1141.00 for 47 bobcats and 260 coyotes, with 1607.52 in bounty fund taxes. In 1923 the county paid 2931.17 to the state bounty fund while hunters received about 60 percent of that, and no bounties were paid for bear, mountain lions, or grey wolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Murray
Mark Tuttle
Uintah County
Mr. Murray
Large crowd attends March conference in stormy weather
A large crowd attended the quarterly conference over Saturday and Sunday despite stormy roads. Joseph Fielding Smith attended all sessions. Saturday focus was priesthood work and word teaching. Sunday featured speakers including Harold Hullinger, Rulon Hansen, Conrad Cooper, Ferron Collins, and a report by Rulon Hacking on missionary labors. Elder Smith spoke on Our Responsibility. Music by Naples ward choir and a deacons’ boys chorus. The stake officers were sustained and the stake Mutual program followed with various performances.
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Joseph Fielding Smith
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Harold E. Hullinger
Rulon Hansen
Prieata
Conrad Cooper
Ferron Collins
Tridell
Rulon Hacking
Smith
Naples
Boya
Vernal First
Hildred Ay
M Men
Story
Vera Calder
Macger Ward
Doris Alexander
Elder Smith
H. S. Olson
Sttendance
Vernal Shearing to Start at Bon Enza Corrals
The Vernal Shearing company expects to begin at the Bon Enza corrals around April 10 depending on the weather. It is not known which sheep will be shorn first. Frank Roberts has leased the plant and will lead a crew of local and outside workers.
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Vernal Shearing Company
Bon- Enza
Khowr
Frank Roberts
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