Local News Highlights and Family Notices
Je H. Reader returns from Dragon. Florence Billings visits Vernal. Mrs. Ross Musser recovers from blood poisoning. Mrs. Martin Wall gives birth to a son May 10. John C. Bates back from Salt Lake Republican convention. Potatoes at 1.25 per bushel amid scarcity. Peace meeting at Ainish Stake Tabernacle planned for Sunday night with a strong program. Twin colts at Wm Winward’s farm, bay and black, mother proud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wall
Ghnes
Ward
Ainish Stake Tabernacle
Wm. Winward
Reverend M J Hersey to Lead Episcopal Sunday Services
The Rev M J Hersey will conduct morning worship at the Episcopal church next Sunday at 11 o'clock. In the evening the congregation will attend a peace meeting at the Tabernacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Hersey
Episcopal Church
Tabernacle
Hitchcock Charges Gov’t Cheated on Timber and Stone Lands
Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska charged in the house that the government lost more than 57 million dollars by the interior department selling 8 million acres of timber and stone lands at a minimum price. He said only 268 dollars per acre was received, and the department could have raised more if the land had not been sold at the lowest price set by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House
Interior Department
Perry Reming ton wedding at Holdaway home
Alonzo Perry and Miss Eliza Remington wed at the Hart Holdaway residence on Wednesday May 18 at 6 p.m. Albert Goodrich officiated. About thirty five guests attended a reception with refreshments. The couple will live on the reservation two and a half miles north of Roosevelt. The bride is the sister of Mrs Holdaway and is the daughter of Rodney Remington of Naples who is on a mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Perry
Eliza Remington
Hart Holdaway
Albert Goodrich
Perry
Roosevelt
Holdaway
Rodney Remington
Naples
Local Births and Notices Highlight Vernal Area
A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Lewis Vincent on Tuesday. Mrs William Cook of Glines ward gave birth to a daughter on May 9. Fi Captain Scales and Lieutenant Queke meyer visit from the Post. Ed Gray of Jensen is ill at home of City Marshal H S Meeke. Mr and Mrs Charles DeMoisy entertain the 600 club next Tuesday. County clerk issued a marriage license May 12 to Alonzo D C Perry and Elizabeth Remington. Pat Markey no longer with Vernal Mill and Light. Mrs Gerald Stewart of Jensen visited Vernal Wednesday. she is sister of Mrs H Woodard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cook
Glines Ward
Alonzo D. C. Perry
Elizabeth Remington
Gerald Stewart
Jensen
Stewart
H. Woodard
Clarence Hunter Recovers at Home After Stage Co. Injury
Clarence Hunter, driver for the Utah Stage Co., is recovering at Bob Johnson’s home after a leg fracture. Residents report the Daily Sentinel building suffered fire damage earlier this week. The organ, Rev. Ludwig Thomsen, plans to preach on The Pleasure of Pleasures, with Mrs. Mina Pack singing Just For Today. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Dan H. Hillman’s home. officers elected: Hillman president DeMoisy vice president Neal secretary Meadows treasurer. A bedspread compact among valley women may pass to the first to marry by late June. John Wardle arrived from Theodore to work on a Duchesne area ditch project with a tunnel planned of 1 400 feet and summer completion goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Thomsen
Congregational Church
Mina Pack
J. B. Abbott
Ladies’ Aid
Dan H. Hillman
Hillman
DeMoisy
Neal
Meadows
John Wardle
Theodore
Duchesne
Fishback Family Establishes Homesteads on Cedar View Reservation
M S Fishback from Cedar view reports his son Edward A Fishback arrived from Colorado Springs and filed on a homestead near his father this morning. Four of the sons now hold homesteads on the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Fishback
Cedarview
Edward A. Fishback
Colorado Springs
Death of Geo M Robinson at 92 in Park City Utah
Telegram to Mrs. Allan Davis announced the death of her father Geo M Robinson at Park City Utah. He was 92 and had many friends here after living three years with his daughter Mr Taye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Davis
Geo. M. Robinson
Park City
Utah
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Taye
Village Notes and Local Movements
Victor Cramb travels to Evanston for about two months while Dr. Geo W Cleary relocates his office from the Cottage hotel to the George E Adams place. Frank Milburn is called to Girard Kansas after his mother’s death. Hugh and Will Coltharp visit from Whiterocks. Hugh works on a ranch and Will in the Coltharp store. C Dilson the sign painter and wife visit from Theodore. Mr Ellison makes commutation proof on Blue Beach. William Preece arrives from Whiterocks. Government ditch work continues with teams at home. Apron sale at the Congregational church nets about $18. William Overbeck and W F Olson of Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co on company business in town for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Dlllson
M. Sexton
Theodore
Ellison
Blue Beach
Wiliam Overbeck
W. F. Olson
Price
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company
Smoot bill grants dry farming lands west of Mississippi
Congress approves Sen ator Smoot measure allowing settlers to claim 820 acres of nonirrigable land in any western section of the country. The dry farming bill expands available homesteading areas across states west of the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senator Smoot
Mississsippi
Sheep Shearing Season Ends With Large Dip Yield
Enos Bennion reports five thousand head of sheep shorn this season. Dip output is estimated at five hundred thousand to six hundred thousand pounds. Yield per head nearly eight pounds as sheep return to Diamond Mountain in the bopiba range. Indian day observed with Current Topics club hosted by Mrs. La Grande Young featuring papers on Indian Arts by Mrs. Woodard and Indian Customs by Mrs. Nebeker. Mrs. Wilson closes with Current Events talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Bennion
Diamond Mountain
Bopiba
Notice of assessment on Dry Gulch Irrigation Co stock
Dry Gulch Irrigation Co Roosevelt Utah informs directors met on May 8 1908 levied an assessment of twelve and one half cents per share payable in cash to the secretary. Unpaid stock by June 10 1908 becomes delinquent and will be sold at public auction. if not paid before then sale occurs on June 30 1908 to cover delinquent assessment and sale costs. George Y Mircuseis secretary Roosevelt Utah May 1908
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Y. Mircuseis
Roosevelt
Utah
Cedarview Community Notes and Timber Bid Inquiries
Cedarview residents report returns to farm labor and new homestead moves. Rain blesses dry ground as Uintah canal water reaches laterals. A Cedarview sermon schedule shifts to summer. bids for 600,000 feet of timber to be cut on West Mosby mountain are invited with deadlines and payment terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Russel
Government Farm
Cedarview
John G. Davia
Uintah Canal
Orchard Planting Common in Lake Fork Area Homes
Residents in Lake Fork country plant out orchards on new homes amid growing rural development. The trend reflects efforts to enhance property value and self-sufficiency as more families settle in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Fork Country
Bids Wanted for Vernal City Sprinkling 1908
Sealed bids will be received by the city recorder until Wednesday May 20 1908 at noon for sprinkling the streets of Vernal City in the sprinkling district for the 1908 season. Envelopes marked Bids for sprinkling to City Recorder Vernal City Utah. The city council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bens P Kelly City Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt and Vernal
West Mosby Mountain
Government Ranger
Wm S. Henderson
Wm. S Henderson
Consolidated Lumber Co. W
S, Henderson, M’p’r
City Recorder
Vernal City
Callon Recorder
Utah
Bens. P. Kelly
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Lloyd's Drug Store
LMS Posrt
Carnegie
Bank OF
Wein Aln
S. R. Bennion
J. H. Reader
N. J. Meagher
Je H. Reader
Dragon
Florence Billings
Ross Musser
John C. Bates
Salt Lake
Mrs
Lewis Vincent
Scales
Quekemeyer
Rube Fuller
The
Vernal Drug Company
Ed Gray
H. 8. Meeke
Charles DeMoisy
Pat Markey
Vernal Mill & Light Company
Clarence Hunter
Uintah Stage Company
Bob Johnson
Grand Junction
Daily Sentinel
Victor Cramb
Evanston
Geo. W Cleary
Cottage Hotel
George E. Adams Place
Frank Milburn
Umtah Railway Company
Girard
Kansas
Hugh
Will
Sherif
William Preece
Whiterocks
Home m
ACORN
George Roberts
Frank Fishback
Colo
Nichol
Vernal
Solon Miner
Doman’s
Hoagland, Cedarview
D. D. Brown
John B. Stetson
John B
Austin
Phats
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