Transformation in Uintah basin sparks settlement and rail links
The 1906 Uintah basin is opening to settlement with 1 600 homesteads filed and irrigation expansion. Federal irrigation and water-diversion projects, a growing rail link via the Uintah Railway, and town development from Vernal to Dragon boost farming mining and livestock prospects, inviting leases on Indian lands and new opportunities through Mack and Denver & Rio Grande connections.
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Uintah Basin
Utah Valley
Department of Interior
Indiana
Vernal
Fort Duchesne
Myton
Moffat
Roosevelt
Theodore
Stockmore
Independence
Uintah Railway
Denver
Suo Grande R. R
Mack
Colorado
Dragon
Utah
Cliffs
Cliffe
Uintah Railway Company
Fort Duchesne Officer Seeks Reservation Claim Settlement
Col Mason, commanding officer of Ft Duchesne, spent several days in town this week to file on a reservation claim. He praised the climate and said he plans to settle on a farm here after retirement from service.
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Col Mason
Ft Duchesne
Phillips Pines
Trotter Returns to Vernal After Stint on Coast and Oklahoma
MPW report notes Trotter's return to Vernal this week following several weeks away spent along the coast and in Oklahoma. He resumes local duties and is expected to rejoin area activities.
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Trotter
Vernal
Oklahoma
Lands Open For Entry At Uncompahgre Reservation
Washington dispatch reports the General Land Office will issue a proclamation within ten days opening the former Uncompahgre Indian reservation lands to entry. The tract sales will be in parcels not exceeding forty acres each, with gilsonite asphaltum and elaterite deposits noted. The opening was delayed though authorized three years ago.
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Washington Bays
General Land Office
Vernal City Council Approves Ordinance on Third Reading
At a regular Wednesday meeting all officers attended except Councilman Winn. The council passed an ordinance amending Sec 23 of Chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances. A committee was instructed to confer with Wm Preece about street sprinkling and Mayor Johnson named Thos Johnson as Justice of the Peace by unanimous consent.
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Tegular
Wm. Winn
Wili
Vernal City
Preece
Johnson
Thos. Johnson
Justice of the Peace
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best cure for bowel complaints, claiming even Richer wealth could not secure a better medicine. It praises universal physician approval, ease of taking when diluted, and urges every family to stock it, sold by Walter Lloyd Drug Company.
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Rockefeller
Chamberlain
Walter Lloyd Drug Company
New Officers Named for Dry Gulch Irrigation Co
Stockholders meet in Roosevelt to elect a seven member board. R S Collett wins presidency by a large margin over C L Bailey as Ward Pack Jr. becomes treasurer. Officers vow cooperation to push canal work and grow the Uintah Reservation community.
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Dry Gulch Irrigation Company
Roosevelt Merchantile Company
R. 5. Collett
CL. Bailey
J. Garnet Holmes
W. H. Lawrence
J. B. Payne
J. M. Rosberry
Ih. J. Harding
R. 8. Collett
C. L. Bailey
R. S. Collett
Mr. Bailey
Ward BE. Pack, Jr
Uintah
Canala
Pack, Jr
Lecture Sunday Evening by Don B Colton in Vernal Ward
Mr Don B Colton will lecture at the Vernal Ward House next Sunday evening on Opportunities in Life. Grace Stringham will recite and Camilla Avery will sing. The program starts at eight o clock sharp and all are invited to attend.
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Don B. Colton
Vernal Ward House
Misa Grace Stringham
Misa
Camilla C. Avery
Vernal Meat Market Changes Hands in Co op Block
Irvin Eaton and O H Caton announce purchase of Vernal meat business from Gimes and Eaton. They will run a first class market with beef pork and mutton, salted meats and fish, groceries, tropical fruits and vegetables in season. They seek prompt settlements of old accounts and continued patronage from former customers.
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Vernal
Gimes & Eaton
Co-op
Irvin Eaton
O. H. Caton
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Ashley Valley
Uintah Indian Reservation
Green River
Duchesne
Strawberry
Ashley
Carent Creek
Red Creek
Lake Tork
Lofty Ranges
Congress
Richardson
Prisomyr
Webber
City Juetics Culats
Attlolad
City Recordraniatg
Sarai Iliate
Enmel
Riharteon
Ak Wilwon
Justice Fee
Ashton
Hikeganalle
Sera
Witwon
Justice Feen
Expresa
Ernest St. Wilson
Independence Valley
Dry Gulch
Uintah Railroad
Lota
J. R. Downey
Independence Agent
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