Vernal Visitors and Local News From Ashley Valley
A roundup of Vernal area visitors and residents in town for business, family visits, and summer plans. O D Lash of Oakland and J B Cripp of Hoosavelt appear among transient arrivals, with notes on Moss Collett, Nelson Supply's Wendell Goodwin, and officials Means and Muir inspecting projects. A storm ends a dry spell, road conditions are discussed, and locals like Porter, Lee, Sainsbury, and Manker are noted along with student Merle Colton on the honor roll.
Local visits and life notes across Roosevelt and Vernal in 1924
Monday to Tuesday travel patterns show A DeMar Dudley and ampoy Stewart of Jansen visiting, while F H Turner of Jansen suffers a fall. J Campbell hospital treats erysipelas. Colton of Roosevelt stake meets in Vernal. Do Merschman from Grand Junction conducts business in Vernal. Bert Allen of Hiawatha and Lottig Alexander of Vernal obtain a marriage license. William Turner recalled from graduation surgery, Mrs C Mentzer Calder recovers from appendicitis, and the Hartle couple welcome a ten pound baby girl May 21 1924. Utah Power and Light worker B G Thorum measures regional rivers. Mrs Howna returns home after visiting in Roosevelt. Craig residents report road conditions in Colorado. A Turner crosses Sheep reservoir area. water ditching creates crossing hazard.
Vernal to Grand Junction White Bus Line Planned
De Meschman of Grand Junction, proprietor of the White Bus Line, says a Vernal Grand Junction freight service is near. He plans to haul freight with 5 or 6 large trucks and will add passenger service when ready, noting road conditions and winter access concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Grand Junction
R. de Meschman
Grand Junction
Douglas Creek
Mr.De Mescham
Express
Utah
de Meschman
Mays Home in Provo as Harmon Sewards Plans Move
Patriarch Harmon Sewards buys a home in Provo and plans to move his family there as soon as he disposes of his Vernon home. The report notes his intention to relocate from Vernal to Provo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Sewards
Provo
Inga
Vernal
Bullocks Return From Philipsburg Visit
Weldon and Martha Bullock returned with their father K Bullock on Tuesday from Philipsburg Montana where they had been attending high school. Mr Bullock went out after them last week, Miss Wilda Hall of Ogden accompanied Miss Bullock and will visit for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Sainsbury
St. Johns
Arizona
Sainsbury
Provo
Weldon
Martha Bullock
3. K. Bullock
Phil-ipsburg
Montana
Mr. Bullock
Miss Wilda Hall
Ogden
Miss Bullock
Elva Eaton Wins Remington Typewriter Prize
Miss Elva Eaton of Salt Lake City won the gold medal offered by the Remington Typewriter Company for the best speed in a typing contest held at the L. D. 5. U. Business College Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Eaton
L. D. 5. U. Business College
Salt Lake City
Remington Typewriter Company
Willcox Senior Receives White Gold Watch Gift
Miss LaMar Stelmaker daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Stelnaker and graduate of Willcox Academy was surprised Monday to receive in the mail from the East a white gold diamond set wrist watch as a graduation present with the inscription praising her good moral and good work at the academy for ten years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaMar Stelmaker
Frank Stelnaker
Willcox Academy
Uintah Independent Ditch Seeks Diversion Change
The Uintah Independent Ditch, based in Hayden Utah, asks state engineer R E Caldwell to alter their diversion point for 9.2 second feet of Uintah River water to irrigate 720 acres. Also listed is for sale a sanitary couch and mattress library table and chairs inquire at this offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Independent
Hayden
Utah
R. E. Caldwell
Atate
Uintah River
Duchesne Roosevelt Road Route Chosen for Survey Start
A joint party from Duchesne and county officials selected a preferred Duchesne to Roosevelt route for the Duchesne Roosevelt road. The plan calls for a mostly new survey on the north side of the Duchesne river then crossing near the L. B. Potter place and extending to Myton, with a straighter path toward Roosevelt reducing sharp curves. The location crew will begin immediately and seek federal aid funds from the 1926 apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. C.knowlton
Estate Road Commission
J. W. Young
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
J. H. Michelson
Fred ©. Ferron
G. W. Billings
Duchesne County
Duchesne
Roosevelt
Duchesne-Roosevelt Road
Duchesne River
Blue Bench
L. B. Potter
Myton
Thia
Noosevelt
Young
Mr. Knowlton
John, L. McConkie
Vernal Express Monument Fund Subscription List
Vernal Express invites subscriptions to the Monument Fund with credit for all contributions large or small. Listed names include L J Belangar Raymond Collier Frank P Wollman Rico Cooper H Sowards Henderao Elmer Lind Geo N Larson Irvin Eaton H Walter Woolley Adam Tyzack H A Miller Frank Hatch Wallace Calder William Preece John Corless Charles S Carter Sr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Express
Unitaly Basin
L. J. Belangar
Vos
Raymond Collier
Frank P. Wollman Rico
Cooper
Sowards
Henderao
Elmer Lind
Geo. N. Larson
Irvin Eaton
H. Walter
Happenings In Society Mrs Oakley Hosts Birthday Shower
Mrs William Oakley of Jensen entertained the Q F club at her home with a morning shower for the birthday guest Mrs Pardon Dodds Jr of Vernal. Four carloads of friends came from Vernal to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.T. Howna
Nile Hughes
Roosevelt
Hughes
Pardon Dodds, Jr
Howes
Bunday
William Oakley
Jensen
Q. F. Club
Mw Towal Shower
Vernal
Lawn Party at Henderson Home Delights Guests
Last Friday Miss Mary Henderson and Miss Margaret Ratliff hosted a lawn party at the Henderson home. Guests enjoyed games dancing and music with refreshments served and praised it as one of the season’s most enjoyable gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Henderson
Margaret Ratliff
Henderson
Will Wed in Temple In Salt Lake City
Martin Weston Curtis son of Mr and Mrs Carl Curtis Sr and Marguerite Wardle daughter of Mr and Mrs George Wardle both of Vernal were granted a marriage license on May 23 1924 and left Monday for Salt Lake City to be married in the temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Weston Curtis
Carl Curtis
Marguerite Wardle
George Wardle
Vernal
Salt Lake City
Temple
Temple marriage set for Harold Tullinger and Jonnie Lewis
Harold Tullinger son of Mr and Mrs W S Hulinger and Miss Jonnie Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Siney Lewis Sr both Uintah county teachers will leave on Monday for the Balt Lake temple to be married in Salt Lake City Utah
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tullinger
Mra
W. S. Hulinger
Jonnie Lewis
Siney Lewis
Uintah County
Balt Lake City
Balt Lake Temple
Junior Class Willcox Academy Graduates Nine
The junior high of Willcox Academy graduated nine students at exercises Tuesday evening at the Congregational church. Graduates include Eva Morklay Isabel Merkley Nolan Bealird Maude Campbell Jonnie Johnson Alton Hatch Shiela Pitt Waldo Shannon Darrell Carroll. Class motto The Elevator Inner Running Take the Stairs and the class colors blue and white. Exercises were excellent and appreciated by parents and patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willcox Academy
Congregational Church
Eva Morklay
Isabel Merkley
Nolan Bealird
Maude Campbell
Jonnie Johnson
Alton Hatch
Shiela Pitt
Waldo Shanno
Darrell Carroll
Innet
Watson Oil Company Wins Oil Shale Case on State Land
On March 24, 1924, Register Albert Halen ruled against Utah in a contest over shale claims on state school land held by Watson Oil Company. The decision, later sustained by the Secretary of the Interior, declares shale placer deposits as minerals. The Earley Nos. 18 and 23 land, south half of center 16, township 11 south range 25 east, was affected with final certificates issued. This ruling, first of its kind, impacts shale claims on state land and not only the two claims but most shale claims on state school land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Halen
Vernal Land Office
Utah
Watson Oil Company
Halen
Watson O 1 Company
Secretary of the Interior
Center 16
Township 11
Range 25
Watson Ol! Company
Richard E. Murray
Duchesne
David L. Davis
Collett
United States
State of Utah and Continental Engineering Company
Acrea
R. el EL
Floyd Ross
Daphin Collett
Vernal
le M
Conjoint Ward Meeting in Vernal Next Sunday Evening
Vernal First and Second wards join for a joint meeting at the Second ward chapel next Sunday, June 1 at 7:30. Clela Young and Bea Hive pageant, Kermit Young and Ralph Siddeway provide music, with Presidents Mc Kay and Wallace Calder as speakers. Public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Ward
Clela Young
Bea Hive
Kermit Young
Ralph Siddeway
McKay
Wallace Calder
U L O JUNE PROGRAM SUMMARY FOR JUNE EVENTS
The U S of Vernal Second ward announces June events including a mothers and daughters meeting on June 4 at the chapel a Kingston gathering on June 11 at 3 pm, and health talks by Dr M Garrett O Donnell on June 18 and 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. of Vernal Second Ward
Mothers and Daughters
Jung
Kensington
M. Garrett O'Donnell
Jurors drawn for June term of district court
District court opens Monday June 2 with jurors reported for duty June 3. Names include James W. Harrison Randlett Charles Brown Willow Creek Lewis E. Swenson Lapoint George C Freestone Claude Hi Eaton Orson Ifoll George E. Wilkins Jesse Richens George W. Baese Alonzo McCarrell T G Alexander Charles A Hatch E H Belcher John K Bullock G Q Southam Sr W P White Leslly Ashton Vernal Ira B Bryant Samuel B Bush Independence John B Wiscomb Wilson Moroni Moon Albert Snow Alfred Ainge Jonson John F Owens Hayden W P Bowen Leeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
James W. Harrison
Randlett
Charles Brown
Willow Creek
Lewis E. Swenson
Lapoint
George C. Freestone
Claude Hi
Eaton
Orson Ifoll
George E. Wilkins
Jesse Richens
George W. Baese
Alonzo McCarrell
T. G. Alexander
Charles A. Hatch
E. H. Belcher
John K. Bullock
A. Southam, Sr
W. P. White
Leslly Ashton
Vernal
Ira
Bryant
Samuel B. Bush
Independence
John B. Wiscomb
Wil
Moroni Moon
Albert Snow
Alfred Ainge
Jonson
John F Owens
Hayden
W. P. Bowen
Leeton
Poppy Day Sale Raises Funds for Disabled Veterans
The Legion Auxiliary collected funds through a Poppy Day sale benefiting disabled World War I veterans. Miss Louise Jorgensen, vice president, led the event as many people wore the bright flowers in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Legion Auxiliary
Louise Jorgensen
Uintah High Leaders Visit Dinosaur Quarry
Professor W A Paxton principal of Uintah high school Mrs Paxton and children spent two days Friday at the Dinosaur quarry. Professor Earl Douglass had just the day before discovered the skull of the large dinosaur being excavated for the University of Utah and outlined the find. Prof and Mrs Paxton were the first Vernal residents to see the new find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Paxton
Uintah High School
Legion Show For Soldier Memorial Fund Draws Small Crowd
The American Legion patriotic play The Man Without a Country was staged at the Vogue theatre for the Soldier Memorial fund. The audience was only fairly well filled due to bad weather and Willcox commencement exercises. Alra. John N. Davis chaired the committee in charge. The receipts were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Vogue Theatre
Soldier Memorial Fund
Willcox
Alra
John N. Davis
Sugar Prices Fall in Salt Lake Markets
Sugar prices in Salt Lake dropped 20 cents per hundred pounds late Wednesday May 21 after a similar east coast drop. Whole salers on Thursday quoted beet sugar at about 8.77 per hundred and cane at 8.97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
East
Receive Light Fines For Selling Cigarettes Without License
County Treasurer William Henderson receipted Wednesday for a $5 fine from Heaton a merchant at Watson for selling cigarettes without a license. Earlier Zack Kump of Lapoint paid a $2146 fine after trial before Justice Ta Bis for the same offense. State officers recommend setting the fine under $60 to sell cigarettes without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hendereqn
Heaton
Watson
N. J. Mansom
Zack Kump
Lapoint
Justifg D. Ta Bis
Golden Rule Store Forced to Close Sale Moves Ahead
Golden Rule selling out due to building sale. Store occupied by Golden Rule and Mr Cooper of Magna, with Miss Luella Abplanalp assisting at Roosevelt location, preparing for a closing sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rule
Mr. Cooper
Magna Fa
Luella Abplanalp
Roosevelt
Patents Permits and Contests at Vernal Land Office
At Vernal Utah Albert Halen reports patent and permit activity including agricultural patents for several individuals in various townships and ranges and gas prospecting permits issued to Charles Walker and H T Hall among others. Contests filed include United States vs State of Utah and Continental Engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Land Office
Enid Murdock
Fruitland
Utah
Charles Walker
Myton
H. T. Hall
Roosevelt
Township in Bitter Creek Section Open to Entry
Plats for township 11 south range 22 east have been received by Albert Halen register of the Vernal land office. Official field opening is June 12 1924 with rights of Utah state soldiers and general entry through Nov 12 1924. Applicants may file 20 days prior to opening. lands become subject to appropriation on Nov 13 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Halen
Vernal Land Office
U. 38
State of
Utah
Blttér Creek
Vernal Man Files Final Proof Intent
Leo Laigh of Vernal filed a notice with Albert Halen register of the Vernal land office of his intent to make final proof on his home stead on July 3 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Laigh
Vernal
Albert Halen
Register of the Vernal Land Office
Atead
Milton Marshall Remembers Benefactors at Chicago Visit
Milton Marshall, a Vernal college student, sent news to Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson that he passed his examinations in science after finishing a four year course in three. He is the son of James Marshall the apiarist and travels with his wife, a Provo doctor’s daughter, and two babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robinson
Milton
Marshall
Chicago
James Marshall
Taylor
Provo
Uintah atakeg June Conference Draws Salt Lake Visitors
The Uintah atakeg announces a June conference scheduled for Saturday June 21 and Sunday June 22. Visitors from Salt Lake City are expected to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintahatakeg
Satuday
Salt Lake City
Vernal Athletic Club moves to new quarters and opens soon
Auditors deeds issued list tax sale parcels 643 acres sold by County Treasurer W Hender son. Announcement notes Ver nal Athletic Club rooms move to lower floor of the O F building and open Monday June 2. Members in good standing welcome. Quarries open 8 am to 4 pm on work days visitors must notify Douglass residence and pay guide fee. do not touch exposed bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Vernal Athletic Club
R. Co
Formar
Thorn Hatch
Mangger
Dinogaur
Douglass
If Winter Comes at Vogue Theatre One Night Only
William Fox presents If Winter Comes on Friday June 6 at the Vogue Theatre for one night. Parcy Marmont stars as Mark Sabro with a strong supporting cast delivering vivid characters and lavish scenes in this screen adaptation of A H. Hutchinson’s novel. A praised, deluxe production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fox
Vogue Theatre
M. Hutchinson
Parcy Marmont
Mark Sabra
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Mickie
O. D. Lash
Oakland
Calif
J. B. Cripp
Hoosavelt
Frank’ Morrilt
Tridel
Camp Collett
W. Kane
Nelson Supply Company
Wendell Goodwin
Arthur Goodwin
Hiawatha
Will Vialt
Howard C. Means
State Road Commission
Louis Muir
Ashley Valley
Reuben McConkin
Colton
Ernest Burgess
John T. Jacobs
Court House
D. H. Madsen
Whiterocks
J. M. Porter
Taihoe
Indiana
Porter
Eli Lea
Mr. Lee
Mosby Mill
Merle Colton
Cecil Wilkerson
J. G. Peppard Seed Company
Mr. Wilkersons
E. A. Manker
Jackson
Miss
Mr. Manker
William Haslem
Rangely
Raven Oil and Aah)ing Company
Cottage Hotel
Mr. Haslem
Mima Davis
Fras
William F. Hanson
Mina Davis
Moosman
A. DeMar Dudley
Ampoy Stewart
Jansen
F. H Turner
Fi. J. Campbell Hospital
J. Horrocks
Richardson
Roosevelt Stake
Gusher
Do Merschman
Bert Allen
Lottig Alexander
Carbon County
William Turner
Mra. C. Mentzer Calder
Campbell Hospital
Herome
Fred Hartle
Fort, Duchesne
B. G. Thorum
Utah Power and Light Company
Wyoming
Ulatahoandi Duchesne Rivera
Craig
Colorado
F. H. Turner
Jensen Fale Fan
Mays
Frovo
Vernal Express Monument Fund
MNS
G. F. Club
Legion
Milton Sills
Travellaugh and
Btarland Review
Madge Bellamy
Lorna Doone
Ben Turpin
Step Forward
Thunsday
Bebe Daniels and
Lewis Stone
Clyde Cook
Percy Marmont
Ann Forest
Agnes Ayers
Racing Hearts
Burton Holmes
Travelogue
Vorpe Land Office
Benjamin W. Todgson
M. Ellito Nicholson
Fort Thornburg
Willem 8. Luckinbill
Joseph
Donn
Rye
E. F. Randolph
Denver, Colo
Aoe Acres
J. J. Chapman
Casper
Wyo
L. M. Homstead
Wilford W. Caldwell
L. M. James J. Ross
A. L. MM. Merrell Henry
L. MN
George A. Clark
Altonah
Wilmer R. Taylor
L. MeRoy Taylor
L. M
Bitter Creek
Milton Marshall
Mary Winder
Earl Lewis
Lewis Optical Car of Price
Dalgilish
Gipson
Fort Hotel
Fort Duchesne
Lewis Jowblry
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