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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1903
Page
2
On Saturday November 7 1903 Tom Slorn petitions for a life term instead of death. An affidavit notes a boy companion confessed to involvement in the Willie Michel incident and the fall.
Colorado Game Wardens hold an annual gathering to discuss wildlife enforcement and revenue concerns. The piece frames wardens as staging a show of earning their salary each year, citing disputes over meat hunting and enforcement tactics.
A Desert News correspondent alleges illicit liquor sales at a Strip store in excess of U S statutes. The paper cites Lowenstein Nichols and Myron, Judge McConnell, and U S Marshal Gen Heywood as corroborating witnesses. Officials should investigate and enforce the law if wrongdoing is found.
The Uintah Creamery reports steady milk supply with October results led by Herbert Tyzack’s record patronage of 6,784 pounds. Frank Smyth is second with 4,787 pounds, Nobell Hall’s butter fat test at 72 percent tops, and William Cook’s 62 230 pounds of butter churned in one day remains a peak milestone.
U S Geological Survey official Reed and Harden Bennion visited from White Rock to gather data for a report to Washington on county irrigation. Reed reports a favorable departmental response and aims to detail storage reservoir sites cost and land rights while county officials pledge full cooperation.
Advertises constant fresh meat supply one mile east of town. Delivery wagon visits all parts of the valley. Geo Youxe signs the notice.
Local ad announces Calder Bros offering stationery and school supplies for seven shillings and two pence. Items include papers notebooks and writing implements as part of a promotional sale at the shop.
Richard F. Morris won Salt Lake City mayoral race by 2270 plurality as Democrats claim Recorder Treasurer Attorney and City Auditor seats. Republicans hold council 9 to 6, betting lists swirl. Ogden town remains Republican with Glassman reelected mayor. Provo and Logan elect mayors, Park City leans Republican, statewide map mixed with the Demos winning New York and several states.
The Vernal city election attracted 101 votes from a 220 registration with scattered support for many offices. The tally shows Lem Kohn 20 votes for mayor and broad turnout for council seats, while many ballots were invalid or lightly marked. Citizens showed mixed engagement amid a single-ticket, Australian-ballot context.
The Ladies Aid will meet at Mrs Will Bourton's home on November 21st at 3 o'clock to transact business.
Dispatch from Transton Wyoming reports Bob Meeks the escaped inmate from Blackfoot asylum and Montrelier Bank robber who was sentenced to thirty five years in Idaho. His brother Lou says Bob broke a shoulder during the escape and walked about 600 miles with one leg amputated. He now stays near St Badger awaiting care from his family rather than re incarceration.
The Chicago centennial will be observed in September this year with a local program including parades tournaments regattas yacht races and sham battles A reproduction of Fort Dearborn and an Indian village will be displayed on the lake front featuring Ojibway Pottawattomies and Menominees brought from Canada for the event The piece notes Chicago’s early growth from a small village to a settled community and suggests lessons from New York celebrations.
At the November meeting the board refunded taxes for J W Deans property destroyed by fire and granted a freeholders petition to establish a county Horticultural Board with members Davis Diliman and Murray. They considered bridges protection for heavy vehicles, approved surveying a state road, created District No 10 and District No 1 election districts with Mary Crouse Registry Agent and Charles Crouse supervisor, accepted a logs bid from Joseph Peterson, and noted resignations, bills, and allowances including road and county officer expenses and a Teachers Convention claim for Mary Orser.
A leading club woman mocks modern men in a tirade on masculine faults. She scorns dental grooming and loud conduct and declares a husband a mere pet or provider, preferring pets that do not smoke drink or argue. She suggests domestic harmony by choosing less troublesome companions.
The New York Post notes that male immigrants are taught manners at Hills Island gates as they pass inspection and begin their journey. The head of the family is often pushed to carry the heaviest loads while the wife, children, and grandmother struggle behind.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt reports a lawyer comparing radium to musk. He argues musk can scent a room for years from a tiny grain, and musks fragments would continue to scent while remaining intact, raising the question of whether radium could outperform musk’s lasting aroma.
A local operator declares readiness to run a feed mill and execute diverse chopping tasks, signaling broad capabilities. The statement is attributed to 47-2 Geo DPretstone, whose phrasing suggests confident preparation for multiple operations.
Monkeys are very numerous along the northwest coast of South America but are not found west of the Andes from northern Peru to the continent's southern end. Their home in South America is chiefly in the forests of Venezuela throughout the Amazon basin and along the fluvial systems of the upper Paraguay and Parana rivers.
From Durban Natal Mr Arthur Chapman attests Chamberlains Cough Remedy suited for all ages. He recalls a neighbor with a two month old whose bad cough improved after using the remedy on a dummy teat, claiming a quick reflex and cure. The product is sold by patent medicine dealers.
Last year United States kerosene production reached 60,000,000 barrels with proceeds from kerosene and petroleum by products estimated near 500,000,000 dollars. The figure reflects output and sales value across crude oil derivatives and related products.
All goods on hand must be paid within sixty days. The notice calls for settlement of accounts at the Chi capo store as the closing out sale proceeds.
A critical account outlines Christian Scientists views on religion over medicine, stressing faith healing as spiritual work. It explains that healing arises from prayer and adherence to Jesus teachings, not medical drugs, with emphasis on belief in God as the healer and the toiling to obey gospel commands.
The ad proclaims Chamberlain's Pain Liniment from Post & Bliss of Georgia Vermont as superior for cuts, bruises, rheumatic pains, and deep seated aches like back and chest pain. It claims quicker relief than any other liniment and urges trial from all patent medicine dealers.
Notice lists 13 shares of White River Dam and Canal Company stock delinquent for assessment No 1 due December 26 1902. Delinquent amount 58 dollars and costs will be sold at Uintah county courthouse Vernal Utah on Saturday November 28 1903 at 2 oclock p.m. to pay the delinquent assessment and advertising expenses. Joan Glenn secretary 47 3t
Mr W L Roderick of Poolesville Maryland commends Chamberlains Cough Remedy as pleasant to take and effective for his children over several years. He notes granulated leaf sugar and maple-like roots give a favorable flavor and says it has no harmful after effects. sold by all patent medicine dealers.
John Ubncke of Bernal Utah files final proof for Desert Land claim No 4509 in Utah. Before the District Court in Vernal Utah on November 10, year he must prove irrigation and reclamation of desert land with witnesses Mark Halt Joseph W Hall and others. Attorney I HoGrat assists.
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