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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1920
Page
1
Oct 4 9 mark Utah State Fair week with a claim of the best ever. J L Horne reports exhibits will be larger with more Utah products and counties entering. Education displays and prize livestock are highlighted alongside daily auto racing balloon ascensions and paratrooper jumps. Music and dancing are featured as crowds are expected to grow.
Republican Governor candidate Charles R. Mabey spoke to five or six hundred in Vernal after a baseball game and parade. He praised American citizenship, warned against surrendering the Constitution, and urged prudence in state administration while Harvey Cluff and Bishop J. R. Rudy joined the rally in Vernal.
Mrs. Aug. Smith returned from a Mountain Division Red Cross conference in Denver reporting an inspiring gathering of 125 delegates from Colorado Utah Wyoming and New Mexico. National and divisional speakers stressed equal opportunities for Red Cross service in peace and war and the need to care for returned soldiers and fulfill wartime promises.
The Uintah County Democrats held a Vernal convention naming a full ticket for November. Leaders included George L. Goodrich as county chair and L W Curry as representative, with Archie Johnson, Grant Carpenter, Frank H. Smith, Mrs Rowena Haws, Parley H. Goodrich, Joseph A. McKee, John C Bolton among nominees. Civic groups and local gatherings followed with officer elections and activity notes.
The Uintah Basin Fair in Vernal closes as one of its most successful events. Committees and volunteers earned praise for colorful exhibits in the large building and a busy sport program. Highlights included baseball wins by Vernal over the Indians, a loss to the Utes, and a five mile auto race won by Mr. Gilbert’s Ford from Vernal.
Balt Lake Utah Sept 29 Deer fly fever, a Utah specific malady linked to deer flies and rodents, has been found in Uintah county near Vernal. Doctors Francke Whitmore and state health commissioner Beatty confirm true cases, noting severe fever, tissue breakdown, and prolonged incapacity. Research traces the cause to Bacillus tularensis, with deer flies serving as the transmission bridge between rabbits and humans. Dr Francis will study Uintah conditions to shed further light on the breakout and its regional spread.
The listing records multiple first place awards in categories led by Jate Reg First Eldred and Hatch Second Mar alcanal Third Audery Whit ock. Dallas Hatch Annie Wiest Donna Ereckson earn top positions with pen entries and pullets. White Leghorns win first prize cock and three hens, with Wells Pope and Luther Sweett among top placers in pen and cockerel events. Other breeds include Silver Laced Wyandots Golden Laced Wyandottes and Wyandotts with multiple first and second places.
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