Colorado appoints Charles D Vail as state highway engineer
Charles D Vail, a veteran engineer with decades of western slope projects, has been named state highway engineer by Governor Adams to lead Colorado road construction and expansion. The choice, praised by Walter Walker, emphasizes federal aid use and unemployment relief through 1931 road programs.
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Charles D. Vail
Uintah Railway
Colorado
Vintah Basin
Denver
Charles D Vail
Adams
L. D .Blan“ve Vall
State Highway Advisory Board
Wall
Minois
University of Illinois
Texas
Mexico
Butte
Montana
Vail
Ely
Nevada
Grand River
Palisades
Wintah Railroad
Pisle Itstitles Commission
Vall
Grand Junellon
Kannah Creek
Walter Walker
Democratic State Cairman
Ma L. D Bluvelt
Govimnor Adams
Walker
Hughway
Vernal Glimpse Twenty Years Past Highlights Local Activity
A round up from Vernal recalls Colonel George F Timms visiting with two motor boats operating between Ouray and copper mines and project work on the Dragon road. Notables include Lee MacClelin from Dragon and Henry Herriott family planning a Vernal home with brothers joining. firefighters responding to a roof fire. County Clerk Lynne Ashton injured. planned Uintah Stake academy excavations begin.
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George F Timms
Ouray
Green River
Vernal
Timms
Don B Colton
Provo
Grant Cowan County
F M Young
Sylvanus Collett
Mease Ranch
Zina Davis
Ashley Co Op
Richens
al Hodson
Salt Lake City
Lee MacClelin
Dragon
Henry Herriott
Kremmiling
Colorado
Herriott
Joseph
Thomas
Roosevel
Earl Douglas
Jensen Jeft
Montana
Minnesota
Collett
Marshall Wood
Lynne Ashton
James Coupe
Uintah Stake Academy
Victory Highway completion vital to Uintah Basin future
Congressman Don B Colton vows immediate effort for Victory Highway appropriation from Jensen to Craig, seeks aid in Washington and cooperation with state road officials. He notes looming federal road bills, grazing regulation, public lands policy, and a possible $60 million farmer loan program amid Hoover administration discussions.
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Victory
Uintah Basin
Don B. Colton
Washington
Victory Highway
Vernal
Washington, Dcg
Colton Pare
Vernal Express
Jensen
Craig
Colton Oddie
Secretary of the Interior
Ain Buret
Lief
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Drouth-Stricken
Colton
Congressman Colton
Vernal First Ward
Giving Thanks to Family Friends on Thanksgiving Day
A Thanksgiving piece urges publicly thanking fathers mothers husbands wives and friends for their sacrifices and support. It argues gratitude can transform family dynamics and renew relationships through spoken thanks and appreciation.
Amos Hill Dies After Long Illness in Daggett County
Amos Hill 78 died Saturday from a paralytic stroke after six years of ill health. He had lived with James Swett in Greendale Daggett County for 22 years and once held a gold claim on Green River. Reverend G D C Guild conducted services at Rock Point cemetery on Monday November 24.
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Amos Hill
Mr Hill
G DC Guild
Rock Point
Mondy
Philsburg
Kas
James Swett
Lewis Allen
Greendale
Daggett County
Green River
Lynne Ashton
Salt Lake City
Grand
Ethelynne
UA OC of
Logan
Salt Lake
Miss Ashton
Spur Club
AC Anl
U of U
Mexican plowman uncovers Spanish gold worth over fifty thousand
An impoverished Mexican farmer digging on government granted land unearthed a pot of old Spanish gold coins valued at more than 50000 dollars. The find highlights historic wealth recovered on agrarian land under Mexican law.
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Government of
Mexico
Building Project Near Completion With $25000 Cost
Report notes a building nearing completion with an estimated cost of 25000. WWN Freaie traveled from Fort Duc on a business trip early in the week. Professor N L Nelson visited Roosevelt to spend Thanksgiving with his family.
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Fort Duc
N L. Nelson
Roosevelt
Ling
Professor Hanson Publishes New Song and Hits
Professor Hanson collaborates with David Gornston on two instrumental pieces Valsefort and Valse Syncopate played on New York City stations. A Utah release The Sun Dance and Jam man na cup debuts at Wil Hansons Wigwam Provo. The songs honor Mountain girls and reflect recent New York compositions by Hanson with more to come.
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New Yor
Wm F Hnnson
David Gornston
Music Criti
Bronklyn
Valsefortent
Valse
New York City
Isidore Belarsky
Hanson
Utah
Will Hanson
Wil Hansons Wigwam
Provo
First Ward
New York
Hanse
Vernal First Ward M I A Wins Road Show Finals
The fifth annual Uintah Stake M I A Road Show finals were held November 21 in Imperial hall with Vernal First ward winning. Each ward staged plays and a musical skit with high audience praise though Tridell ward did not participate in the finals. Vernal First ward earns a silver loving cup after three consecutive wins to gain permanent possession.
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Uintah
Hell
Tridell
Law Point
Vernal
Olines and Maeser
Naples
Davis
Tridell Vernal
Imperial Hall
Girl Land
First Word
Vssturies
Cecil Dillings
Clyde Campbell
Thurva
Willa Alexander
Don Weeks
Vernal First
Winnhing
Surgeons Remove Bolts and Nuts From Child’s Stomach
Doctors in Denver Colorado extracted a collection of small bolts and nuts from the stomach of four year old Albert Athoneman.
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Denver Colorado
Albert Athoneman
Agto
West Still Woolly Says U S Biologist
U S biologist Scott Zimmerman reports ongoing woolly incidents in Utah as proof the West remains unsettled. He cites encounters with mountain lions near Troy and North Ogden, a turkey flock disturbed by rattlesnake traps, and a pine mines styled raccoon near Salt Lake hotels.
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Scott Zimmerman
Utah
Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Troy
Zimmerman
North Ogden
Salt Lakea
Tall Pines
Nature Iver
Utah Ships 35 Carloads of Turkeys to Eastern Markets
Utah shipped thirty five carloads of Thanksgiving turkeys with New York and Philadelphia as main destinations. Cornell Merdenhall of Springville shipped three carloads and the Northwest Turkey Growers Association handled twenty nine cars. Cars originated in Price and Thompson Sevier San Pete and Utah counties contributed seven cars each with some birds moving to Los Angeles by truck. Movement spanned ten days from late November through November 18. Projections suggest about forty carloads for Christmas trade.
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Utah
E L Barratt
New York
Philadelphia
Cornell Merdenhall
Springville
Northwest Turkey Qsowers Association
Price
Thompson Sevier
San Pete
Utah County
Los Angeles
Er Barrett
Victory Highway Drive Aims to Finish Maybell Jensen Route
The Victory Highway Development association of Steamboat Springs held a meeting in Oak Creek to launch a membership drive and push federal aid to complete 76 miles of the Victory highway from Maybell to Jensen Utah. The group notes 70 percent of the route runs on public land and urges swift funding under the Colton-Oddie bill.
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Victory Highway Development Association
Oak Creek
Victory Highway
Craig and
Vernal
Steamboat Springs
Colorado
Craig
Hayden
Maytell
Jensen Uth
M .& Wheeler
J. M. Childress
Arthur Jackson
A. Cruse
Palmer DeWitt
J CO Warren
L. BE. Fitzgerald
Harvey Hurd
Eart Flannagan
T NM Kirkpatrick
P Beckett
Freik
Lindsay Yampa
Charles Wheela
Franz Chapman
Harry Kawin
Congress
Moffat County
Maybell Colorado
Colorado-Utah Line
Colorado State Highway Department
Congress of the
United States
Colorado Association
Denver
Utah
Maybell
Vernal Highlights Thirty Years Ago Local notes and events
Leslie Ashton reports five sheep wagons sold recently. A Bear Lake trip ended early due to a mountain snowstorm. Vernal Ladies Aid hosts a bazaar and ball on December 12 1900 at the Social Hall. Joseph Burton sells his interest in the Burton ranch to Uncle Jimmy Kane for 1000 dollars. The Buena Vista post office at Millward opens. Snowbound sheep herds on Diamond and Brush Creek mountains trap several owners. Isaac and William Burton and John Hacking extract their flocks.
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Leslie Ashton
Rocky Pope
Bear Lake
Dyer Mine
Vernal
John Pope & Son
Grac R
Ladies Aid of
Joseph Burton
Burton
Brush Creek
Jimmy” Kane
Gus Emert
Henderson 46 Meadows
Millward
Buena Vista
Diamond
William Burton
John Hacking
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U. S
West
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