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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
2
The only newspaper in Utah County that remains in operation and paying local taxes continues to publish official notices and tax records, serving as the state's sole remaining public financial record.
A reflective piece on personal responsibility and hopeful progress urges readers to choose action over despair. It cites Edgar A. Guest’s verse and emphasizes that individuals determine whether they lead or linger, work for opportunity, and pursue ambitious goals.
The Forest Primer from the American Tree Association warns that some two hundred thousand tree attacking insects could devastate forests more than fires. Oregon losses show eight thousand acres at ten thousand dollars each if unchecked. Birds help, but humans must guard forests. termites and bark beetles threaten homes and landscapes, and forestry needs continued funding, education, and municipal forests.
A discussion extols publicity as essential for public service firms. It argues that advertising boosts demand, lowers production costs, and lowers consumer prices. Utility companies are praised for informing the public about electricity, gas, telephone, and street railway services.
Washington report on a Senate Agriculture Committee bill styled as the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937. It would set parity based on normal yields, offer contracts to cooperative farmers, and penalize non cooperators with a tax on their sale prices. The measure aims to curb surplus through controlled abundance and ever normal granary plans while debating constitutional risk post AAA.
J F Allison traveled to Meeker to take the postmaster examination for the Rangely vacancy. Mr and Mrs Cox and Mr and Mrs Bud Aumiller from Silverton Colorado visited Aumiller’s brother Harry in the Uintah Basin while passing through Rangely on May 18.
The Woman’s club met May 1 at Mrs J W Rector’s home with Rector re-elected president and Hinricks vice president Allison secretary and Jones treasurer. Local visits included Ernest and Mrs Smith from Dragon, Mr and Mrs W G King Frutta, and Mr and Mrs Will Abbot Grand Junction. Abbot recovering from a mine accident. Smiths visited Vernal. May 15 attendees included L B E Jones. Bert Owens Frusta a visitor May 18. Fire damaged forty cedar posts pig pen and pig while Hall family visited Dragon. Angora and Yellow Creek schools closed May 28. Mrs Nora Hahn and family moved to Montrosa. Hahn ran the local hotel for years. Games played on the lawn at Goodrich. About twenty-five attended. Mrs M O Crone and daughter Jean Stacey visiting Salt Lake, Spokane family accompanying them. Fred McLean family of Crale arrived. Edythe McLean returned. Mrs McLean to stay a week.
Mrs Exton Powell moved to Vernal to establish her home. MIA officers teachers and partners held a lawn party at Hullinger home with games and a luncheon. Owen Hullinger travels to Salt Lake City and other points. Mr and Mrs B H Calder and zon Mac visited relatives in Naples. Victor Wilkins and baby toured Denver. Iver Goodrich and son returned from Detroit where a sir was purchased. Ada Stevens and Israel Heyton left for Parowan and Kanab. Boy Scouts hosted a pasture party with Ada Stevens and Israel Heaton later. Progressive suppers were held at Goodrich Lybbert and Merrill homes.
Continued from last week the narrative follows a grueling overland trek toward Strawberry country. After crossing Blue Beach the party faces treacherous hills and a winter beyond supplies. A government warning forces a halt, then reunited neighbors from Pleasant Grove join the expedition. A blinding blizzard near Deep Creek devastates progress, forcing a night camp with horses hobbled and scant firewood while everyone endures hunger and fatigue. The entry ends with the group’s exhausted camp in the harsh storm and a promise to continue.
Local items report Dr Finge and family visiting, Mrs Taylor Burd improving in Milward, and Charis Gable eyeing Vernal. County residents called to missions include Clair Hacking and Andrew Dudley. others go to Great Britain and Indian Territory. Road work on the hedwood pipe ditch near Vernal completed by state road agent Goodrich and crew. News of mining tip by Dr Stanranaia and Win Gagan, and various locals newly in town or traveling to Salt Lake for a funeral.
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