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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary notes recount local issues in Vernal including coyotes, road tolls, hay prices, and tax assessments. References to Lier Ling and county proclamations hint at community concerns and upcoming tax or property actions in Routt and Uintah counties.
A fragment discusses who should pay taxes on increases or crops, arguing that the person benefiting from the increase or crops should bear the tax burden, especially when no payment had been made.
Authorities report nine smallpox flags and two scarlet fever alerts in Vernal and nearby areas while Naples remains the active outbreak focus. Quarantines and home isolation advised. no school closures unless cases appear. Vaccination urged, especially for school children, to prevent outbreaks ahead of winter.
A reader questions why the Deseret Museum and the University of Utah show little interest in Uintah county fossils. An ext expedition last summer found natural bridges and skulls, but no action to secure rare prehistoric specimens for display or study.
Students could study real fossils from the mountains near Jensen. The Carnegie Museum and others seek more specimens. The Utah State Museum could be a key field site to expand access to prehistoric finds.
Midday reflection on hospitality to newcomers and the need for a welcoming business community. Calls for guidance and investment outreach, notes Utah’s claim to rich irrigated lands in the west, and references the Vernal apples and a fruit expo in Chicago. Mentions Colorado Park canal work, upcoming water on land, and Mr and Mrs Meadows moving to California with health improving.
Charles Elmer returned from Cache Valley to assist his widowed mother Ilis father died last summer. Alonza Peterson was thrown from his pony last Friday and bruised. Miss Leona Ashby teaches North Hayden school. Miss Edith Davila temporarily relieved. Thirty two pupils. George Y. Mitchell teaches South Wayden or Loulaville with thirty three pupils. Join Owen is in Mayden trying to buy two homes. he sold out last spring and moved to price. Carrido families move in this spring. Their country is historic. William Burgisa and Erastus Peterson returned from a business trip to Vernal.
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the quickest cure for coughs and colds. It claims the product offers rapid relief and is sold by Vernal Drug Co.
Board of Directors levy 4 cents per share on outstanding stock for the Emerald Oil Company Vernal Utah December 20 1909 deadline. Delinquent shares will be sold at public auction January 10 1910 to cover the delinquent assessment and sale expenses. Secretary signed in Vernal Utah.
A contest affidavit was filed by George Potter of Roosevelt Utah challenging Homestead Entry 4383 Uintah Indian Serica Serial 42047 for the SE quarter of section 31 township 19 range 1 & 8, Uintah Meridian. The contest names John J. Malmetrom as contestee and cites a legal basis.
Multiple public notices describe applications to appropriate water from Duchesne river Whiterock Creek and Dry Gulch Creek in Uintah Wasatch counties Utah. They detail claimants The Wuray Irrigation Company CD R Thompson Dry Gulch Irrigation Company and Dry Gulch constraints including intake points canal lengths seasons and requested flow rates with protest deadlines and state engineer dates.
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