Ellison-WHITE Chautauqua Festival in Vernal Five Nights
Five nights of programs October 23 to 28 feature instructive and entertaining music with Democratic rallies well attended. Stewart P Dodds and Adelbert D Thomas, candidates for Attorney General and District Attorney, spoke and drew praise for their analyses of the league of nations and the nation’s path forward.
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Stewart P. Dodds
Adelbert D. Thomas
Ashley Valley
Adelbert D Thomas
Atorney
League of Nations
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
U. S
League
America
Russia
Turkey
Mexico
Utah Architects to Submit Plans for State Memorial
East Lakes City October 9 Utah seeks all Utah architects to prepare and submit plans for a proposed state memorial to soldiers sailors and marines of Utah who served in the late war. Site and form to be decided later with plans due before the legislature meets. a large auditorium and space for war organizations are contemplated.
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East Lakes City
Utah
County Commission
O. J. Grimes
American Legion
Mormon Battalion
Vernal prom residents cited for parking and traffic rules
Twenty five local businessmen gathered at the police headquarters on a Thursday morning to answer charges for city ordinance violations on parking and traffic. Several tagged cars were noted, and those missing appearances at 10 o'clock face strict action and fines, with warnings to drivers bearing blue tags on their steering wheels to comply for their own benefit.
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Eaton
Dan Hillman Injured In Auto Accident
Dan Hillman suffered a severe leg ligament injury after a car backing incident near the post office on Matin Street. He escaped broken bones. The report notes many Vernal students registered at the University of Utah, including Hilda Ashton, Mary Johnson, and Edith McCoy, with 1647 total enrolled and a larger male student body. Football practice continues for varsity and freshmen.
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Dan Hillman
Matin Street
Hillman
Alice Hatch
Mr Hillman
Mr. Hillman
Vernal
University of Utah
Hilda Ashton
Mary Johnson
Edith McCoy
Minas
Medicine
Finance
Utah
Plans for Eastern Division basketball league proposed
A plan suggests Uintah Basin High School form a sub division with Carbon and Emery counties, Grand and San Juan counties forming two others. The division winners would play a triangular tournament perhaps in Price to crown eastern Utah champions and earn a state tournament berth. The plan, sent to the State Athletic Association president, appears likely to pass. Uintah Academy shows growing interest in football, introducing it for the first time this year and has challenged Duchesna High School for a fall game, awaiting a reply.
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Uintah Basin High School
Carbon
Emery
Grand
San Juan
Price
Utah
State Atheletic Association
Uintah Academy
Amusement Hall Nears Opening in Lapoint Ward
The new brick Amusement Hall at Lapoint is ready for plastering and expected to open around Christmas. It will house Mormon ward church assemblies and local amusements including a moving picture theater. Bishopric members Roy Taylor, Benjamin Wilson, and Andrew Christensen appointed for Lepoint ward.
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Lapoint
Church Assemblies of the Mormon Ward
Moving Picture
Roy Taylor
Benjamin Wilson
Andrew Christensen
Lepoint Ward
Hayden Woman Killed in Auto Accident Near Price
Lydia Arrill Hall 28? 0 years old wife of James A. Hall of Price was killed instantly when a car driven by her husband turned turtle half a mile south of Price. Her brother Irvin Bastian of Hayden was severely injured. Mrs Hall daughter of E S Bastain of Hayden married last April. The car turned over twice, her husband left for help but she died before a physician arrived. Her body was sent to Hayden by auto.
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Huntington
Bastian
Hail
Hfe
Welling and Funk to Speak in Uintah Basin
Congressman Milton H. Welling and Senator James W. Funk will visit Lapoint in the afternoon and Vernal in the evening on October 21. Welling, a four year House member, will discuss recent laws and national issues. Funk, a Weber County businessman and three term state senator, has chaired the senate.
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Milton H. Welling
James W. Funk
Uintah Basin
Lapoint
Vernal
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Welling
Funk
Weber County
State Senate
Commissioner Starts Work On Lapoint Vernal Road
County Road Commissioner E L Oaks moved his Holt Seventy-five caterpillar crew with three grading teams to the Lapoint Vernal trunk road. The seventeen mile link between the towns is a major Utah county connection and work is expected to take five weeks.
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E L Oaks
Holt
Lapoint-Vernal
Uintah County
Hayden Citizens Seek Connecting Highway Plan
Hayden delegates Chris Peterson H J Spencer and Bishop Lewis E Allred urged county commissioners Saturday to build two and a half miles of road east through Hayden to link the Fort Duchesne Whiterocks turnpike built last year by the Indian department under Agent Kneale. The estimated cost is 1500 dollars and the request was approved with teams to start work at once.
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Chris Peterson
Lewis E. Allred
Hayden
Fort Duchesne-Whiterocks
Indian Department
Kneale
Otco
Ward Waters Trio Delightful Entertainers At Chautauqua Night Three
The Ward Waters trio charmed the audience on the third night of the Chautauqua Festival delivering polished harmony and engaging stage presence. Local residents praised the performers for their musical versatility and amiable flair between numbers.
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Ward Waters
Chautauqua
Mrs. Waters
Dana Foley
Red Cross Plans Fourth Annual Roll Call in Utah
All Utah Red Cross chapters must appoint a Roll Call Chairman for November 11 to 25. The drive seeks broad membership, not funds, to boost community involvement and support for local Red Cross activities. Supplies for the campaign are shipped to chapters with a minimum goal, while larger memberships may request more.
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Red Cross
Utah
Gertrude Orr
Miss Orr
Interac
Red Cross of Peace
Exceptional potato crop yields in Dry Fork
Geb Massey of Dry Fork reports a superb potato harvest this year with 236 bushels from just over a half acre. Twenty two potatoes per bushel, 30 to 42 per hill, and no rot found among the crop. He notes only a market lacking as an issued factor.
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Geb. W Massey
Dry Fork
Massey
Two Days Left to Register for November Vote
Urges eligible residents to register by October 26 and 27 to vote on November 2. Lists registration sites across Vernal Ashley and neighboring districts with precincts and resident agents, including No 3 South Vernal No 4 North Vernal No 5 South Ashley No 6 North Ashley No 7 Dry Fork No 8 Tridell Whiterocks No 9 Willow Creek Randlett No 10 Dragon No 11 Randlett No 12 Whiterocks No 14 South Vernal No 16 North Vernal No 16 Hayden No 17 Lapoint No 18 Wilson No 19 Moffat No 20 Hayden No 21 Davis No 21 Wison. Emphasizes voting duty for those who did not vote two years ago.
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South Vernal City
Roark
North Vernal City
Hyrum Swain
South Ashley
al. M. Batty
North Ashley
Mark Bingham
Dry Fork
Chas. T. Pope
Tridell
Whiterocks
Precinct
George Bartlett
Resdence
Willow Creek
Randlett
Clifton Broome
Alfred Simper
Wison
J. P. Rudy
Fourth Class Postmaster Examination Announced
The United Civil Service Commission announces an exam at Ft. Duchesne Utah on November 13 1920 to fill a fourth class postmaster vacancy at Lapoint and other offices. Applicants must be 21 or 18 if law allows and reside in the local post office territory. Details from Form 1753 available from the local postmaster or the Civil Service Commission Washington DC.
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United Civil Service Commission
Ft. Duchesne
Utah
Lapoint
United States
United States Civil Service
Commission
Washington, D. C
Church Historian Returns From Utah Data Visit
Andrew Jensen, assistant historian for the LDS Church, reports Uintah and Duchesne counties are in a prosperous condition after returning to Salt Lake City following data gathering on developments since May.
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Uintah
Duchesne
Andrew Jensen
L. D
Church
Salt Lake
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