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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1903
Page
2
Vernal reports from parties on the mountain say spring conditions bode well for abundant grass and improved stock performance after several lean years. Snow recedes slowly, soil wets well, and forecasts expect rain in the next two months to boost feed. farmers urged to secure canal headgates against high creek water.
Reported efforts push toward building the Moffat line from Denver to Salt Lake City. An injunction blocks New Century Light and Power and others from hindering progress in Gore canyon and Grand County Colorado. A Utah surveying party may be in the area, with Vernal eyed as a potential route center. The line promises rich mineral and agricultural growth, oil prospects, and new markets. locals urged active support to secure the valley as the valley’s rail gateway.
The Utah survey and engineering teams move toward the Uintah reservation as work starts on the western end of the Moffat line. Surveyors have been active and a field crew will join from this city to coordinate with the team advancing from the other end. The setup aims to synchronize efforts with the Denver Northwestern & Pacific route in Salt Lake City.
General Manager A C Ridgway of Colorado Utah Construction and a vice president of Chesapeake Beach holdings traveled from Washington to Dayton to confer with Barney & Smith Car Co about passenger equipment for the new Moffat line. He will then visit Detroit and St Louis to arrange freight equipment.
The Moffat road led by President Sg T Smith visits American Locomotive shops in Schenectady and Providence to plan passenger and freight locomotive builds. Engineer Meredith runs winter prospecting from Steamboat Springs toward Salt Lake with small field parties in Routt County as land-holding hold up concerns push secrecy until rights of way are secured.
A traveler writes from Wraone Nebraska in April 1903 about a long journey through southeastern Nebraska. He details pleasant green wheat fields gentle south winds and changes in impression of Provo Utah during the Utah Press Association and Odd Fellows Grand Lodge events. The note records stops in Provo Price and Vernal with visits to Brigham Young Academy speeches banquets parades and a tour of the state insane asylum. He plans a return visit to Kansas and to his aged parents.
General Manager Ridgway of the Moffat line will return from the east Saturday and next week head to Steamboat Springs to review the proposed route west. The plan involves former Judge J T McConnell and engineer A I Weston.
Mr Ridgway and party in Salt Lake City to confer on the western route from Steamboat Springs. McConnell and Weston, already familiar with the terrain, invited to Denver for a general country discussion and likely to join Ridgway on a next week inspection tour. Survey through the Uintah Indian Reserve nearing Salt Lake City with route decision pending Ridgway’s Denver review.
Mrs Nora Bascom longtime ward postmistress died suddenly from a heart failure after childbirth. Funeral held at the ward house with Bishop Schaffer and Elders Gardiner and Evans eulogizing her. She leaves a husband a son and relatives. burial at Naples cemetery. Conflagration at Geo A Slaugh ranch damaged stone buildings but limited loss due to neighbor aid. Ward events welcomed back John Hodgkinson from mission and saw LJ Longhurst depart for Colorado. A fish story notes a local bull head caught in Green River.
Advice covers washing veils to avoid skin damage from salt dust and stiff muscles, using undiluted alcohol on affected areas, and cautions about Allacacia. It warns against acidic medicines, suggests mouth rinsing, and offers wrinkle prevention via daily stroking and circulation. A cockroach remedy named blattic acid is noted, with a hair wash recipe using soap, hot water, egg yolk, and rosemary.
Services are held at the Episcopal church every Sunday evening by Key Horsey of Pt Duchorne.
Announcement for Congregational services at Odd Fellows Hall with Sunday School and evening services. a hearty invitation to all attending.
The Session Laws of the Milch Legislature of Utah will be issued by the Press and Binder y of the Bkelton Publishing Company around May 1. Price in full law sheep 145 or postpaid 160. Highlights include irrigation law mining law amendments, bounty laws, free school book law, marriage law, food and dairy laws, state sheep inspector laws and other measures.
Government notice invites sealed proposals for surveying work on Utah allocations and re surveys within the Indian Reservation. bidders must submit by May 2013 with bonds and performance guarantees. bids opened June 1903. details cover extensive survey lines, rates, and contract terms, with final award by the U S Surveyor General for Utah.
Notice from the Land Office Salt Lake City listing settlers who filed notice of intent to prove residence and cultivation of their claims in Salt Lake Meridian and Lonetree Wyoming. Names include John Renner George A Kue Tanac Bullock James Stewart Lorenet White and others with witnesses Isaac Hallock Jamin Stewart and more listed for proof dates in 1698 era.
The Uintah County Utah notice states default on a 1902 labor and improvement claim for a salt claim near Davenport ranch and Willow site. If the co owner fails to pay share within ninety days after publication, the expended interest becomes the notifier’s property.
Corrected extract shows a public notice from Peters County naming the claimant, the venue, and the witnesses James Mt Harker Bert Mowres Rank Orser Nora Ro NEO Dey Fork Banka Ilona Deziater J Grav Attorney regarding continuous testifications and authentication of the claim. The document references a public hearing on April 28 with specified witnesses to prove continuity.
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