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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1896
Page
4
Vernal community notices cover medical updates, dances, and local trades. Mentions typhoid pneumonia cases, a May dance, a beef contract awarded to B W Rees, new Odd Fellows initiation, cattle purchases, water disputes, and ongoing mining prospects along Dyer vein with copper indicators near Uintah County.
Early morning near Dry Fork Canyon twenty miles from Vernal a shooting affray left one man fatally wounded and two others injured. The dispute involved mining claims with Nob Swift C B Coleman and the Stanton brothers among the camp groups. Local officials moved to recover the wounded as a coroner investigated the incident.
The article outlines protected fish and game species including trout basa shad catfish whitefish perch and more with seasons and bag limits. It notes unlawful possession limits and mentions hunting restrictions for birds and mammals along with a brief local political note about J T McConnell of Vernal and party alignment.
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