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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1907
Page
2
The Uintah Stake Academy hosts a display by the Domestic Science class in the Co op showing neat work and attractive designs. Inspectors praise the right kind of education reflected in the exhibition.
George Slaugh presented the print shop with a large bundle of radishes lettuce and onions. He notes quantities from his Green River ranch and plans to supply the Vernal market from now on.
A Wednesday fire consumed the roofed frame house of George Searles Jr. three miles southwest of Roosevelt. Mrs. Searles and her infant escaped with bedding, while the contents were lost except bedding. Searles was in Port Duchesne at the time.
Tuesday May 21st W H Gagon Jr of Myton aged 20 and Aalbian ED Glenn of Naples aged 18 obtained a license for marriage.
Roosevelt Mercantile Company manager Jos H. Hardy and Owen Benson are in town for several days, meeting local business leaders and inspecting operations.
Peter Hanson and wife returned from Provo and Salt Lake Sunday. Hanson is now entitled to practice in the State courts after completing the examinations and passing.
Parties interested in the registry may interview Philip Stringham Maeser Wm. O'Neil Ghnes C F B Lubberta Naples John Jensen Jensen Peter G Wall Manila Jos H Bodily Moffat Adelbert Searles Dry Fork or Alva Banks Dragon.
Harley Mowery, 85, quits farm life and moves to town to ease aging. He and his wife, aged 42, plan to reside one block east of the courthouse on 1st North Street. Neighbors note his erect posture and unusually white hair for his age.
An assorted local notice page offers real estate bargains milch cows and pasture hay for sale, rental listings, clothing and novelty ads, records and graphophone promotions, lost items including a surveyor compass, a big furniture sale upcoming, and a Reno medical trip news note.
Readable fragments show a mix of ads and notices including cheap potatoes at the tithe office, straw hats for comfort and style, Ashley Co-op offerings, Calder's ice cream at Vernal Drug Co, Jensen's harness and saddle oil, Burton & Samuels dressmaking, Lloyd's Pure Food Ice Cream, a house for rent, Dr Keyser tooth extraction, LD.S garments at Ashley Co-op, furniture including iron bed and dresser, and Mrs E L Hopce.
An advertisement from Dan H Hillman offers a hammerless double barrel shotgun, a Winchester repeater shotgun, and a Winchester 82 special rifle in good condition. Cash price or trade proposed, including calves or cows, with contact at the Hillman office.
Local buyers note ample pasture at J. W. Olsen’s farm near Nap les with favorable weather and strong livestock prospects. No further details provided.
Sale items include a range heater and furniture used only six months by H C Tracy. Jensen's promises none better, highlighting selection and value for buyers seeking reliable home goods.
Miss Nellie Preecu returns from Whiterocke for a brief visit. Jensen promotes McKaskey with Jatnne Jensen canvassing this week.
A dam above Payson broke Monday night releasing floodwaters that inundated fields and property. The cost of damage is estimated at over $100,000 though no hives were lost.
The recent showers have increased farm incomes and helped protect bridges along Ashley Creek from high water threats.
Judge Nebeker presided as David Peterson was convicted of carrying a deadly weapon and fined five dollars. George McCurdy pled guilty to a misdemeanor and was fined fifteen dollars.
Bracken Clothing Company will relocate its menswear operation into the former Vernal Book Store premises after Frank M. Young sold all interests in the business to the Bracken family.
Socialist comrades were invited by the ladies of the organization for refreshments after a lively program on Saturday evening May 18. They will reconvene next Saturday at Uncle Jake's at 8 pm.
Wm. Bromley a laborer for a gui sonite company at Dragon lies in Fruita hospital receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the neck. Reports say he attempted to assault a young woman who shot him. the bullet narrowly missed the jugular vein and passed through his neck.
John Cook Jr after a two and a half year Southern States mission received a reception at the Naples ward house. He spoke and demonstrated how missionary service can transform a shy farm boy into an eloquent speaker.
H. A. Blood reports from his upper Lake Fork farm that water is being drawn from all farms above his, the canal has been built to that point, and more than a dozen teams are laboring on the Dry Gulch canal while seed grain and provisions are purchased locally.
Lee Simons, a sheep dealer, purchased 2500 yearling wethers this week and will receive them at White River Bridge. He is familiar with Uintah County, having previously run sheep there for many years.
The local telephone company completed its organization Saturday May 18 electing officers Wm H Smart president C S Carter vice president R S Collet ledger J K Bullock treasurer and eight additional directors Bennion Davis Harden Bennion Murdock Jos Hardy. Bids are asked for to deliver and distribute poles but no real work can start until wire is obtained. Expect headway by August 15.
Dan Lybbert and wife reported in Vernal that the Lybbert saw mill is now in operation and will run at full blast all summer, enabling settlers to obtain building material earlier than previous mills in the region.
Abner Swain, after sixteen months of abscesses in the abdomen, underwent a fifth operation at Latter Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City. The surgeon opened the abdomen, cleansed diseased tissue, and removed the appendix as the disease’s vital center. Three weeks later he left the hospital and, with his wife and child, enjoyed sightseeing upon arrival Friday night. friends welcomed him home.
For stomach troubles biliousness and constipation try Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. Many remarkable cures have been effected by them. Price 25 cents. Samples free for sale by Walter Lloyd Drug Company.
C and Carter moved wool shipments through Dragon on Monday. The State Board of Barbers Examiners named George J. Smith as Vernals inspector for Uintah County.
Heber Odekirk traveled to Price this week to visit his daughter Miss Sarah, who has been teaching at Winter Quarters during the past winter season.
Gilbert Workman and Thomas Ode Kirk, shepherds for Mr Siddoway, plan departure for the summer sheep range in Wyoming. They will join the caravan of herders as they move flocks to high pastures for the season.
In the civil case Meager v Labrum the defendant paid demands and costs, waiving court hearing on merchandise accounts. The action concerned payment of house rent.
During the last week Isaac Keller moved with his family to his reservation home near Independence. Mr L N Mendeth changed his residence to the future home of Harley Mowrey, moving into Keller’s vacated house.
F W Goodman comes back from Wyoming to stay and has disposed of his sheep. He expects his family at home but finds his children living in separate homes after marrying within the past year.
Frank Session left early Monday with a load of lumber destined for the Mease residence one mile from Fort Duchesne. J. H. Mease is building a five room house on his farm and plans to move his family there around the first of the month.
Mr. and Mrs C H Shurtleff visited Roosevelt to purchase supplies for their Colorado House. Mrs Shurtleff says reservation life agrees with her and she has gained twenty five pounds since leaving Vernal.
R Jensen returns from Theodore with family as Mra Jens sen seeks medical care in Vernal. Duck notes very high streams on the reservation and fear that the Theodore bridge may fail. At Myton water reaches two feet deep across the river from town.
Patrolman Rolland Curry of Key West Florida suffered rheumatism for over two years with pain in knees feet and hands hurting ability to work. His wife bought Chamberlain's Pain Balm at a local drug store and after two weeks of use the pain nearly vanished and he recovered enough to continue duty.
Joe Jenkins suffered heart trouble while Pres W H Smart came back from Salt Lake City on Monday. John Palmer and wife returned from their trip to Salt Lake on Wednesday. On Saturday evening Mrs Mendrews hosted a small dance for friends with a delicious luncheon and a delightful evening for guests.
Mr. Carhart entertained the D Q girls and Megsra McClellen Meagher Hirth Christy Pfleiderer and Coltharp at a social gathering last Thursday evening.
Last week Bernie Colton led a survey with Ralph Hacking and Gers her boy on several farms along Deep Creek. This week they begin a preliminary survey for the ditch serving Colorado Park.
George Ashton writes from Randlett Uintah County Utah that he is growing watermelons and cantaloupes to ship as soon as the Moff at road is completed to the rich agricultural section.
W. H. Clark cites a favorable interview with the governor and state game authorities on removing spawn from Trappers Lake and stocking White River. The game department pledges full stocking of the river and to seek blue catfish from the national government for lower White.
Mr Ehrlach for Ahs Chalmers Company meets Electric Light and Railway officials to settle freight disputes over plant machinery. All bids to construct a canal near Ashley Gorge to convey water to the power plant were rejected.
TheJune term jury for the Fourth Judicial District convenes June 6 with jurors John Chivers Isaac Ross David F Richardson Thos Bingham Wm Oake Adelbert Collett Frank Twitchel Snellen Johnson J W Olsen James Sabey John Angus L H Mitchell Geo Sumners Herbert Tyzack Wm Gillman Geo A Slavagh Adelbert Searle Jos Rich W R Green listed for empaneling.
Reverend Jackson of Independence arrives by Dragon from Colorado to testify Monday evening. He notes frost destroyed most fruit in the country and says he is improving a farm between the Fort and Independence. He promises the county a large crop of Rocky Ford watermelons and cites his upbringing under Rocky Ford tactics.
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