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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1903
Page
2
The Vernal Express notes a May 23, 1903 post office matter hinting at a reservation open for thousands of settlers in Ashley valley and Ainstoh basin becoming populated soon. The Routt County Courier counters a Union Pacific survey claim near Maybell, saying it surveys coal land rather than railroad routes.
Major James McKaughlin leads a mission on Ute land allotment with a council planned this week. If Indians accept terms they may choose lands. if not, government terms apply and the reservation could open to settlement October 1st.
Colorado papers discuss Union Pacific plans to reach Routt county and extend to Salt Lake to challenge the Moffat route. The Express remains cautious about the theory, noting multiple railroads won’t hurt the region and expressing hope for a single, beneficial line.
Major James McLaughlin met with Uintah and White River tribes en route to the Uintah reservation to discuss allotment of lands and opening the area to settlement. The Indian appropriation bill requires treaty closure by June 1. heads of families receive eighty acres and other Indians forty. A shared grazing tract is to be kept south of Strawberry River. If lands are not chosen by Indians, the government will select and that land may open two million acres to settlement.
Denver quotes David H. Moffat asserting he will press a Denver to Salt Lake route despite opposition from Harriman Gould and Rockefeller interests. He claims ample funding, vows to proceed rapidly, and says Salt Lake business will belong to his road as a common carrier. He rules out abandonment of the Denver to Salt Lake plan.
Resolutions from the Band of Divine Providence in Lopar Utah mourn the death of William A Donosher on May 4 1903. The lodge declares a thirty day mourning period and orders the resolutions entered in the records and a copy sent to his widow and state officials.
D S Marshall orders Sylvanus Collett to deny grazing on Uintah Forest Reserve to unpermitted cattle and to count and report stock with brands. Free use timber permits cover six months after visit, and must remove unpermitted cattle. penalties include court action for trespass.
Surveyors linked to Union Pacific, led by Engineer Adams, operate near Maybell in Routt County aiming to reach toward the main line near Rawlins Wyoming. The move overlaps with Moffat line plans, with Denver Northwestern denying formal confirmation while officials acknowledge possible competition and tunneling projects west of Steamboat Springs.
A surveyor traveled from Heber to Vernal then to Island Park to assess Split Mountain Canyon and the route via James MacKnight. He declined to discuss his purpose or representation. He visited Strawberry Valley and claimed ongoing surveying. Local leaders hint at coordinating to meet such visitors and discourage trespass, while towns in Colorado show goodwill.
A 1903 Magrath Alberta correspondence from D H Bryenax describes early settler life. He notes sending mail to Magrath Canada, reports moved grain work, local donations, and a 75 team effort to prepare forty acres of land. He praises the resilient community and invites Vernal Utah residents to visit.
The United States Land Office lists townships in Utah for sale under the 19th and 20th century acts. It notes periods of entry rights, priority rights, and an August 1907 deadline for certain lands, with Townes as Register.
Heber Preece died Friday morning after a yearlong battle with stomach cancer. A longtime Ashley Valley farmer born May 12 1850 in Salt Lake City he was 53 years and 12 days old. He leaves six children and a widow. funeral today at 2 PM at the residence 13 miles north of Vernal.
Jensen Jottings notes the death of Mrs Edna Stewart from pneumonia after a ten day illness. She moved here from Spanish Fork sixteen years ago with her husband and child, now Mrs Andrew Murray. The obituary describes her as beloved and a loss to family and community.
The Chicago Store offers all sizes and kinds of shoes and slippers with a fresh stock of grocenes just received.
Notice for publication lists land claimants in Salt Lake County Utah seeking final proof of their continuous residence and cultivation. It names respondents White Httk, Ludavis Buorwel, and others with witness lists and dates, noting court commissioner proceedings in Salt Lake Meridian.
Forfeiture notice directed to Loy George Wilington Louarehersby in Uintah County Utah. It states expenditure of one hundred dollars to perfect a claim on a ranch near the Independence Claim, one half mile east of Double Cabin on Willow Hill, recorded at the County Recorder’s Office. The period ends December 31, 1902. The subscriber demands payment within ninety days to avoid further action. Dated Vernal Uintah County Utah March 4, 1903.
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