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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1919
Page
8
Rigid display and local notices appear under postal classification with rates. Advertising rates include 100 inches base at 30 cents per inch for non contracted display plus 10 cents per line for local notices and 20 cents per line for bold type. legal and water notices are 10 cents per line with higher fees for final proofs and contests.
Reports from Ashley Valley detail residents moving to the Mila house and visits by Floyd Weeks and MoM Dodson's stock ranch, with Alfred Blood noting 20 inches of snow at 10,000 feet. Social mentions include the Congregational Church chicken dinner, Leonard Harris attending a school board meeting, and several travelers from Idaho, Colorado, and Ouray, plus Ben P Kelly and M A Davis describing Duchesne roads as almost impassable with no roads.
The Vernal column notes varied items including residents renting homes and surgeries for tonsillitis. It reports births and marriages in the region, property sales near Lapoint, and a stock ranch visit by George Graham. Also covered are hotel occupancy, road work on the Vernal Jensen route, a new Ashley Coop office upgrade, and a steer theft case with a bond hearing set.
Local Uintah Valley items report Armistice Day plans, school events, and community notices. Residents such as Jainey Hoefeltag and James J Gook appear in travel and medical update notes. Also mentioned are weather, deer hunting, business moves, and upcoming cattle roundup plans.
A health education class organized by the Woman's Extension Department met at Central School last Saturday evening with about 25 enrolled. Attendance is not expected to grow next Saturday. Meetings will continue each Saturday night with Supt Earl Thompson in charge and supported by local doctors.
An advertisement on page 4 for West Clausen promotes short horn cattle for sale. It asserts local stock is superior and acclimatable, urging buyers to purchase home grown products to support domestic markets. The ad emphasizes keeping pollen at home and appealing slogans to attract buyers.
A health campaign meeting for Vernal and Ashley wards will be held November 20 with two sessions in the afternoon and one in the evening. Three doctors, the school, nurses, county supervisors and others will attend with lantern lectures and demonstrations.
A Ford driven by Migs Nielsen on West Second Street near Woodard Corner overturned after a front tire blew out. Miss Merkley escaped with minor scratches, while Lara Allen and Miss Nielsen suffered more serious injuries. Crews arrived quickly, with Miss Jelson and Miss Merkley returning to work soon after. the car was repaired and driven to the shop. You cant kill a Ford.
Community leaders Mack Movicker Nick Sakis and a Salt Lake partner arrive in Vernal to take over a local property as calls grow to fund and erect a federal building by 1920. Residents urged to contact treasury through their Washington representatives to accelerate site purchase and construction planning. The appeal notes cramped civil service offices and invites broad civic backing.
Tribute to Dora Preece born May 19 1845 Provo Utah died October 17 1919 Vernal at daughter Evelyn Motts home funeral held October 5 in the Second Ward chapel speakers Bishop Hyrum B Calder and John Y Davis praised her as a faithful Latter day Saint and loving mother interment in Rock Point cemetery she was mother to 130 children nine living and 39 grandchildren she endured much suffering and remained kind to all.
Nile Hughes reports five 102d gangs at work in Naples Union Maese and on the new road to Ouray valley with another crew ready Friday at Lapoint. Three carloads of machinery including scrapers plows a concrete mixer culvert spr ing and road tools are arriving from Watson. This marks the start of good roads work funded by spring bonds, though little can be done this fall. A solid start is planned for a successful spring drive.
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