Oil Shale Lands in Utah Turned Back by Secretary Work Ruling
Secretary Work overturns prior Interior stance on Green River shale lands. He rules Utah Colorado and Wyoming areas hold oil shale of primary value, not suitable for homesteading, and shifts rights to mining claims to patents under general mining law. The decision affects pre act locations and sets precedent for vast shale development under mineral ownership rules.
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Utah
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
Wyoming
Green River
Interior Department
Tuling
J. D Freeman
Standard Whale Products Company
George L Summers
South Tange
Summers
Freeman
Standard Shale Company
Geological Survey
United States
Wyo
Funeral Services for Mrs Alice Case Held in Naples Ward
Mrs Alice Case died Thursday morning. Her funeral was held Monday at the ward house at 19 noon with a large crowd in attendance. Survived by husband Ernest Cage, mother, one brother, and two sisters. Speakers included James M Shaffer, George A Slaugh, and Andrew Dudley. Opening prayer by Abner Richens. aloging by mixed quartet and benediction by Edward Watkins. Mrs Elmira Harrison returned home from Rector mine.
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Alice Case
Ward House
Noom
Ernest Cage
James M Shaffer
George A Slaugh
Andrew Dudley
Abner Richens
Edward Watkins
Elmira Harrison
Rector Mine
Country Editors Hear Talks on Schools Roads and Forests
A Utah Press association two day session at East Lake City heard A C Matheson praise the press as essential to education and democracy. Dani L Parkinson urged forest conservation to protect watersheds and reduce floods. Henry H Beoch outlined 1923 road funds and maintenance needs as traffic grows. A bridge party honored local residents at the Commercial hotel.
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A C Matheson
Utah Press Association
Newhouse
East Lake City
Matheson
Dani L Parkinson
Forest Service
Wr Parkinson
Henry H Beoch
Newspaper Men of Utah to Meet in Vernal
Editors from across Utah plan a three day midsummer trip to Vernal visiting the Dinosaur Quarry with Doctor Karl Douglass to speak. The party includes editors wives and sweethearts and aims to boost Uintah Basin publicity with coverage by over one hundred papers. R S Collett may attend to give a booster talk to the Knights of the Quili.
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The
Express
Newhouse
Saurday
Vernal
Karl Douglass
Uintah Basin
R.S Collett
Asa‘ah Basin
Mye
Knights of the Quili
Willow Creek road work to resume after storm damage
After delays on the Uinton Basin mails the Willow Creek road repair is set to begin. A seam shovel was landed last Sunday to restore the road, with Price stating two or three days could suffice, though past efforts elsewhere delayed mail service.
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Duchesne Courier
Uinton Basin
Willow Creek
Price
Carbon County
Castlegate
Price Canyon
Fmma Park Ag
Myton Road
Health Exhibit Features at State Fair Booth
Utah public health association promotes child health at the state fair with a booth on the second floor of the manufacturers building. A prize awaits every visiting boy and girl who names eleven modern health crusades. The display emphasizes proper foods, hand washing, brushing, and tuberculosis prevention through charts and a miniature moving picture machine.
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Utah
Manufacturers Building
Uintah County Receives 60 Cents Road Aid in Sept
Salt Lake Tribune notes September road disbursements statewide totaled 312 344 48 with Uintah County receiving 60 cents in road aid. Allocations cover general maintenance salaries equipment office expenses travel and suspension counts, followed by county by county construction disbursements across Utah.
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Uintah County
Salt Lake Tribune
John E. Halden
Bear Kills Corraled Sheep On Diamond Mountain
William Collyer lost eighty lambs ten days ago when a bear entered a corral on Pot Creek ranch killing two lambs and scaring the rest. Sheep herds from the area were being trailed toward Watson when the bear attacked, causing further losses as the night passed. Francke left for Denver to attend school for the winter, with locals noting danger to sheep herds and calls for protection.
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William Collyer
Pot Creek
Watson
Basin transportation bid stirs Utah rally for Denver rail link
The Davis County newspaper urges Salt Lake City to aid a northeastern Utah basin transport plan. A Denver party led by W Freeman and Gerald Hughes evaluated tonnage and proposed extending the Moffat road from Craig to Vernal, building a highway, freight trucks, and a two copper line, with an 18 month timeline and about 450000 dollars cost, to capture Uintah Basin business and shift rail traffic toward Vernal and Salt Lake Valley.
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Sal Lake City
Denver
Utah
Uintah Basin
W . Freeman
Denver and Salt Lake
Moffat Road
Gerald Hughes
Liang Club
Vernal
Denver Party
Craig
Moffat
Vernet
Salt Lake City
Uintah Bank
Uintah Sheep
Wintah
Salt Lake Valley
Colorado
Salt Lake Ity
Provo
Tridell Sends Two Missionaries After Good Work
Two of our promising young men Brutes Harvey and Derrell Goodrich traveled to Virnal on Sunday to take preliminary examinations for missionaries before President Wallace Calder and George HE Christy. Mrs Harvey, a widow with a large family, has built a sturdy home for her brood and her three married sons now own farms, reflecting thrift and grit.
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Tridell
Brutes
Harvey
Derrell Goodrich
Virnal
Wallace Calder
George HE Christy Darrell ‘Y
Earley JI Goodrich I
Brute
Wra
Sarah Filarvey
Mra Harvey
Wee Harvey
Raul
Mia Harvey
John McAndrews Dies at Vernal Residence
Local reports confirm the death of John McAndrews a pioneer and veteran of United Masonic Unitals. He suffered a heart collapse at his residence in Vernal on Thursday night with his wife and daughter at his bedside.
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John McAndrews
Vernal
John Me Initte
Rijtrcus
Unitals Masin
Ftacdock
Uintah Stake to Hold Quarterly Conference October 1927
The Uintah stake announces its stake quarterly conference and auxiliary sessions to take place Saturday October 25 and Sunday October 16 1927 at the stake tabernacle with public meetings on Saturday morning at 9 and 3 and Sunday at 10 36 11 2 and 7 50 pm The event includes a Bluebird handiwork display Trail Builders health and spirituality acts Seagull groups and a Sunday school centered program Educational talks and Book of Mormon dramatizations are planned A social at 8 pm Saturday at the High School auditorium will feature Ashley valley settlement sketches and a short play Teachers from each ward will assemble with stake officers at specified times
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Uintah Stake
Stake Tabernacle
High & Hoor
Stake Primary Association
Bluebird Group
Stake Sunday School Board
Salt Lake City
Ashley Valley
Thig Goclak Ag
Bellef Society
Moi
Chale Day Big Success At Vernal High School
Fifty loads of shale hauled by eighteen teams and six trucks to the street east of the high school building. Thirty students and about ten business men worked under supervisors Charles Tucker Sterling Collet and Marschal Herman A Miller. Lions Club sponsorship and Rob Johnson led community support at the state and Carbon County fair events.
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Stelnaker Draw
Stefpaker Draw
Charles Tucker
Sterling Collet
Marschal Herman A Milter
The
Lions Club of Vernal
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Naples
Commercial Hotel
J M Francke W
Preas
N J Meagher
Dick Reader
Arizona
Gordon DeMotsy
Men of
Prite
Verna
Dinosaur Quarry
Penf P Helly
Jensen
Chi Age
Helly
Price Myton
Emery
Morgan
Plate
San Juan
Sevier
Summit
Weber
Diamond Mountain
Tyeng Francke
Taree
Davis County
Salt Lake
Stake Quarterly
Rob Johnson
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