May Day Parade Draws Big Vernal Crowd and Oil Drill Update
May Day celebration in Vernal drew large crowds with a parade and court house grounds events. R A Carson of Maude Ellen Oil discussed resuming drilling six miles northwest of Vernal, detailing depth, cementing plans, and casing logistics.
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R A Carson
Maude Ellen Oil Company
Vernal
Watson
Kurt
Spokane Wash
Wyoming
Colorado
A E Fridenstein
Pocatello Idaho
R Evang
Pocatello
A O Belvilla
van Capps
Blackfoot Idaho
Vernal Forest Officer Addresses Duchesne High School
Supervisor A G Nord of the Agh ley national forest spoke to Duchesne county high school agriculture and range management students at Roosevelt about poisonous range plants and livestock fence control. Samples of poisonous plants from the Uintah basin were shown and eradiation through grubbing and careful handling of rocks on the range was urged.
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G Nord
Aghley National Forest
Duchesne County High School
Roosevelt
Uintah Basin
Shale Gasoline Hailed For U S Naval Fuel Supply
The Washington Star notes Utah and Colorado oil shales as a potential national wealth. It says the navy foresees future fuel oil increasingly drawn from shales and reports government extraction plants yielding satisfactory results.
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Washington Ddc Star
Utah
Colorado
Washington
Navy Department
County Officers Extend Tax Notices Across Several Districts
Misg Jeanie Parker Miss Alia Gill man Miss Lamar Gillman and Mrs Martin Cuilig assist at county treasurers offtea extending amounts of taxes in notices detailing overdue levies across multiple districts and urging payment within deadlines.
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Jeanie Parker
Alia Gillman
Lamar Gillman
Martin Cuilig
Government Mail Route to Wintah Basin Resumes Summer Time Schedule
Superintendent Cyril B Cluft announced that the Indian summit route now allows two way traffic at all times under the summer timetable. Mail leaves Price at 11 20 am instead of 7 am and meets Salt Lake train No 4 at Castlegate before continuing to Duchesne improving westward mail delivery. Sterling Transport trucks from Salt Lake continue using Castlegate Duchesne road. Strawberry route was dropped due to poor road conditions.
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Wintah Basin
Cyril B Cluft
Star Mail
Price
Salt Lake
Casstlegate
Duchesne
Sterling Transportation Company
Castlegate
Flags To Be Awarded In Uintah County Schools
Flags will be awarded May 30 during patriotic exercises. The Legion auxiliary reports a successful flag contest with strong student interest. Delays in returning answers pushed awards to memorial day week, with several schools scheduled for flag ceremonies on June 14 and others to receive flags at later dates.
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Uintah
W P White
Legion Auxiary
Davn Tin
Lapoint
Ouray Valley
Bennet
Nandlett Hingden
Mountain Dell
Prompt Action of Citizens Prevents Fire Wednesday
At 115 Wednesday morning the fire alarm awakened residents as a blaze developed behind the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company store. A pile of adien against a board fence protecting a implement shed yard had caught fire, and flames reached the ten foot fence before the chemical apparatus extinguished them. The fire was apparently active for at least an hour before the alarm, but damage was nominal.
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Alen
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company
Ashley Valley Trees Transform Vernal Neighborhoods
Citizens and volunteers planted over 1500 trees and shrubs across Vernal and Ashley Valley in ten days under Emil Hansen of Utah State Agricultural College. On nine streets and in Maeser Glines Naples Jensen areas, seedlings lined streets. volunteer engineers mapped lines and shaded public grounds including L D S chapel, federal building grounds, high school, and Calder Bros creamery.
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Vernal
Ashley Valley
Emil Hansen
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Nile Hughes
Leon P Christenssen
Vernal Maeser
Glines
Naples
Jensen
L. D S Chapel
L. D . Tabernacle
Second Ward
Atake
St John
Calder Bros Creamery
R Lo Pixton
Hawthorne
Utah
Victory Park Named For New Uintah Resort Dance Event
The opening dance for a new resort along Victory Highway in Uintah County crowned Victory Park as the name. Mrs C Santston of Dichésng won $25. L Fowler of Vernal submitted the slogan Playground of the Uintah Basin and shared the prize. An orchestra from Baglin and Salt Lake City led by Kenneth Richardson will perform. dances occur Saturdays in May and through summer.
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Ward Hollow
Uintah County
Victory Highway
Uintah Basin
Victory Park
C Santston
Dichésng
L. Fowler
Vernal
Baglin
Sal Lake City
Kenneth Richardson
Vernal Danceg
Vernal Manila Road Agreement Declared Legal
Attorney General Cluff declares the Vernal Manila Road agreement legal involving Uintah County and the Bureau of Public Roads. The road will connect Vernal to Manila and Green River Wyoming, opening new markets and scenic routes, with construction starting last year and plans to maintain under BP R standards.
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Cluff
Atorney
Dallas
H Youms
Flarvey
Uintah County
Bureau of Public Roads of
The
Forest Department
Vernant
Manila
Green River
Vernal
Wyoming
Yellowstone
Zions and
Bryce Canyon
Nation- al Qinosaur Monument
Ashley Suivant Forest
Uintah
Thia
Utah
Bistben
Erna
Wyoming Market
Bhfr Waa
Ulatah
Daggett
Ulatah County
Roosevelt Challenges Vernal For Opening Baseball Game
Local news notes Roosevelt challenges Vernal to an opening baseball game on May 18 as Uintah Basin teams organize for a 30 game schedule from May 26 to July 27. A Vernon based Western Venture company filing outlines oil and gilsonite holdings across Uintah Duchesne and nearby counties with extensive drilling and development plans.
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Roosevelt
Vernal
Western Venture Corporation
Nevada
Reno
Los Angeles
Border Ol Companys
Uintah County
Middleton
Uintah
Duchesna Coun
Purc Chang
Ulatah County
Tlatah
Duchesne
Garland
Ventura
Una
Ventura Oil
J8 Sur
Frank E Davis
Vieg Providen
Morgan County
Colorado
Uintah Development Company
Hildings
Westen Venture Comysny
Verna
Frank E. Devis
LeRoy F Pike
Reno Nevada
Gece
James Oatewart
New York
Y A Wilder
Reno ‘Nevada
Sur
United States
Ife Hag
Ulutah
Davi
Stewart
Uintah Basinaseball
Monservelt
George T Harrison
Vernal Arcadia Neola
Fort Duchesne
St Dent
Isaua
Naples Ward Mother 19 Summoned Wy Gtm Reapet
After years of suffering Marie William Michardson a victim of Lancer passed away Monday May 2. The service will be held today at Benmbra Hichardston. She was an active member of the LD 8 church and worked in Relief sacre and General goal work until about three years ago. Her illness brought constant pain except when narcotics aided sleep. She is the mother of a large family.
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Aplea
William Michardaon
Lancer
At & P
Bo Nmbra
Hichardston
LD 8
Ben
Petition for Annexation to Vernal Filed by North City Residents
Vernal City council discussed a petition from residents north of the city limits seeking annexation. The council accepted the petition with a requirement to plat the property and dedicate streets. Water pressure concerns were raised and linked to sprinkler use, with advocacy for proper irrigation to improve city water distribution.
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Vernal
Uintah State Bank
Residenta Rae
Karl Preece
James N Winn
Joseph E Lack
Fort Brimhaill
Cook
Mary B
Calder
Calder Brothera Creamery Chartley Jamea Yontha
Héena
Vernal Hosts Utah Bank Examiner To Inspect Rural Lenders
W oT Hallock chief bank examiner of Utah, based in Salt Lake City, is visiting Vernal this week to review two local banks. He lauds Uintah’s rural districts as one of Utah’s most undeveloped areas, praising the banks’ equipment and staff.
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Ot Hallock
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Wagag
American Legion
Davin Ward
Gilbert Childs
UHS
Heginald
Second ‘Ward
Maeser
Beehive
Giines Ward
Scouta
Mra
Sarah Dingham
Miss Woolley
Harold Lundell
Harold Slulinger
Vernal Forest Oficer
U. S Naval
Saac Burton
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