Uintah Basin Promises Increased Oil Production
The article analyzes rising oil activity in the Uintah Basin, noting extensive Colorado exploration since 1944 and expanding Utah prospects in Uintah, Grand, and nearby counties. It outlines three producing horizons including Weber sandstone, Mancos shale, and adjacent formations, predicting growing pools in Vernal Jensen and Ashley Valley as mapping and drilling advance.
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Utah
Uintah Basin
Uintah County
Vernal
Jensen
Ulitat Basin
Colorado
Rio Blanco
Mofaf County
Utah-Colorado State
Grand Counties
Utah Line
California Company
Weber
Rangely
Uintah
Wertz
Elk Basin
Garland
Oregon
Lost Soldier Fields
Wyoming
Hangely
Embar
Mancos
Ulintah
Salt Lake BSA Troop 34 Tours Dino Monument Mines
Salt Lake City’s Troop No. 34 with 25 boys and eight adults toured Dinosaur National Monument, Bonanza gilsonite mines, and Ran-Bely oil field on Saturday May fifteen. G. E. Untermann, geologist at the Field House of Natural History, guided them. The group camped at Split Mountain Gorge overnight and returned to Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon.
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Salt Lake City
Dinosaur National Monument
Bonanza
Ran- Bely
G. E. Untermann
Field House of Natural History
Split Mountain Gorge
Monument
Field
Local visit and community notices from Meeker Colorado
Mr Ruben Clarkson visits Meeker this week. Sacrament meeting led by Aurora Priesthood with a boys chorus singing We Are Mormon Boys and Thank Thee Heavenly Father. Talks by Fred Anderson Don Erickson Dean Freestone Sylvia Richens and Thomas E Kidd. Closing song Love At Home. Mr and Mrs Danial Smith moved into the old Feltch home. Patty Robbins of Wyoming visiting grandparents Wiley Calelti. Earl Schmids working at Rangely for the School Board. Galbreth brothers release Kelth Oss farm. Tokawano Camp of the DUP held a Mothers and Daughters social at Ashley ward chapel. High school program readings by Marjorie Snyder and DelMar Bastian, piano duets by Marquita Goodrich and Mary Lou Roberts, flute solo Patsy Johnson, color dance by Mary Ann King Sharon Searle Kay Swain Violet Hardy Patsy Johnson and Rosie Helm. Dessert lunch served, each mother received a potted plant. Mr and Mrs C Fred Anderson Mr and Mrs Niles Haslem and daughter Nila Doris Preece Venla Erickson and Mary Cook visited Roosevelt Sunday for Sunday School Convention. Linda Pierson of Salt Lake City visiting grandparents John Powell. Mr and Mrs Harvey Adams and family of Mr Wells visited last Thursday with Mrs Wm Powell.
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Ruben Clarkson
Meeker
Colo
Aurohia
Fred Anderson
Don Erickson
Dean ‘Freestone
Sylvia Richens
Thomas E. Kidd
Danial Smith
Marquita Goodrich
Mary Lou Roberts
Reading
Gwen Goodrich
Patsy Johnson
DelMar Bastian
Orn Fay Wardle
Janet Robbins
Mary Ann King
Sharon Searle
Kay Swain
Violet Hardy
Rosie Heln
C. Fred Anderson
Niles Haslem
Nila
Doris Preece
Venla Erickson
Mary Cook
Roosevelt
Linda Pierson
Salt Lake City
John Powell
Harvey Adams
Wells
Wm. Powell
GOP Convention Held At Salt Lake City Saturday
Senator Arthur V Watkins was keynote speaker at the Republican state organization convention held Saturday in the state fairgrounds coliseum Salt Lake City. Attorney Hugh W Colton served as temporary chairman of the convention credentials committee with Judge George W W Latimer of the supreme court as another temporary chairman. Uintah County delegates included County Chairman Eugene Sundquist Mrs Colton and several local residents.
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Arthur V. “Watkins
Republican State Organization
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Salt Lake
Hugh W. Colton
George W.W. Latimer
The
Supreme Court
Pressure cookers to be tested before conning season
Uintah County home makers are urged to have pressure cookers tested for safe canning. County Home Demonstration Agent Miss Ruby Smith stresses yearly gauge checks to prevent botulism in non acidic vegetables and meats. Relief Society officers and Extension Service have offered tests, with local wards providing thermometers. homemakers should contact their Relief Society president.
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Uintah County
Ruby Smith
Relief Society
County Extension Service
Utah Pipe Plant Planned by Structural Steel & Forge
Plans call for a million-dollar pipe manufacturing plant at Salt Lake City by Structural Steel and Forge. Construction to begin in about eight months. The facility will source steel from the Geneva plant and expand the company’s production capacity.
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Salt Lake City
Structural Steel & Forge Company
Geneva
McGraw Won Three World Titles Despite Ten NL Pennants
While managing the New York Giants, John J. McGraw secured three world championships, even as his club captured ten National League pennants.
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New York Giants
John J. McGraw
Utah's Smallest High School Graduates
Tabiona High School in Utah graduated the state’s smallest class of seven. Valedictorian Nole Josse, salutatorian Irene Thomas, and historian Velma Allred led near straight A grades across four years. Other graduates were LaRhen Rhodes, Derrald Casper, Gale Wagstaff, and Edwin Clegg. diplomas were awarded at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.
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Tabiona
Utah
Thomas J. Abplanalp
Tabiona High School
Nole Josse
Irene Thomas
Velma Allred
Hii
LaRhen Rhoades
Derrald Casper
Gale Wagstaf
Edwin Clegg
Tabfona High School
West Recognised Women in the West Voting Rights
The text notes pioneer women faced hostile nature and Indians yet earned recognition as they fought for suffrage. It states Wyoming granted women the ballot in 1860 and Utah followed with similar rights in 1870.
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West
Territory of
Wyoming
Utah
Massive Timber Sales Reported From White River Forest
The U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service announces that over 62 million board feet of timber from the White River forest in Colorado has been sold to paper firms and other users in just over a year. Theodore Krueger notes about two billion feet have already been logged, with pulp and paper interests the primary buyers. The latest sale of 5.6 million feet went to Northern Power Company Falls, Wis, at $1.50 per thousand feet, with Oak Creek as the shipping point. The Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company of Wisconsin Rapids remains the largest holder, entering the area in 1947 with a 21.5 million foot purchase.
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Bettie
River Forest
Colorado
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Theodore Krueger
Farjeat Service
Tevet
White River
Com- Falls
Wis
Oak Creek
White River Forest
Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company
Wisconsin Rapids
Atcont
Wool Session Set for Cheyenne Conference
Cheyenne selected as site for the second wool conference of the Rocky Mountain Empire. E R Fuchs secretary to Governor Knous announced the May 28 and 29 meeting. Utah and Idaho will participate for the first time in a conference organized by the governors of Wyoming Montana New Mexico and Colorado.
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Cheyenne
Rocky Mountain Empire
E. R. Fuchs
Knous
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Yoming
Montana
New Mexico
Stone Printing Art and Aloys Senefelder
The text notes that lithography was invented by Aloys Senefelder in 1796 and that he received a pension from the king of Bavaria. It also mentions a color lithography process invented in 1826.
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Aloys Senefelder
Bavaria
Eight Enter GOP Race in Duchesne
Eight candidates in Duchesne District filed on the Republican ticket. Incumbent Horace Alfred of Roosevelt rural community and William N. Braterson of Bonets joined for House seats. A. B. Madsen of Bonéta and J. Gilbert, current Duchesne County chairman, sought four-year commissioner posts. A two-year county commissioner candidate is Nathantt.
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Duchesne
Byron S. Collett
Republican Party
Duchesne County
Horace
Alfred
Roosevelt
William N. Brotherson
Sigclemian
Bonets
House of Representatives
A. B. Madsen
Bonéta
J. Gilbert
Nathan
Capitol Building construction history summary
The original U S capitol was built from plans by Dr William Thornton and completed in 1827. The present senate and house wings were designed by Thomas A Walter between 1891 and 1859, requiring a new dome completed in 1863.
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Capitol
U. S. Capitol
William Thornton
Senate
House
Thomas A. Walter
Wall Street Name Origins in Dutch Boundary Wall
New York’s financial heart earned its name from a boundary wall built across Manhattan Island by Dutch settlers in 1633 to guard against possible English attack, Britannica explains.
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Wall Street
New York
Manhattan Island
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Notable Names Listing Sparks Local Attention in Mountain Region
Jones, Tablana, and Chester Lyman, along with Duchesney George Brandon, appear among residents of Mountain Home and Boneta community figures William Fleydsted and others, prompting curiosity about local ties and identities.
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Jones
Tablana
Chester Lyman
Duchesney
George Brandon
Mountain Home
Wiliam Fleydsted
Boneta
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Colton
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C. BR. Hopkins
F. G. Eskelson
H. B. Milbeam
Francis Feltch
B. He Stringham
Ruth Haslem
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U.S. Air Force
WS. Army and
U.S. Air Force ~ Recruiting Service
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Richart Graves
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Spuduit
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