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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
6
Beginning Monday October 5 for 80 days a large stock will be sold at Absolute Cost. Men’s Youths and Boys winter clothing including ladies wear remnants will be included. Also tents tarpaulins hardware and granaryware priced to save dollars in this big sale.
A U S Surveyors camp three miles up the Duchesne progresses on the Indian allotment ditch for Sagusa George with ten days needed to finish the Indian duct and the large canal to Theodore townsite. Headgate set at West Bench foot. School-house work rapid. roof half raised. Politically primaries held. Democrats pick delegates W Barton and G Hemphill to county convention at Heber on Oct 12. Republicans select C C Clapper and Ellison Murray.
Advertisement notes mine improvements with drainage enabling unlimited supply. New bins and chutes reduce effort, ground level access, and no hills. Encourages sending workers to the nearest mine, Ashley Co-op to place orders and receive prompt filling.
Roosevelt notes from October 15 report Utah Wagon Missionaries spreading Bible interest in Ash Valley. Dry Gulch Irrigation bonds negotiations may close soon with eastern capital. Lake Fork ditch work accelerates with over thirty teams active. Uintah canal and No 12 canal expansions planned near Whiterocks pending Washington guidance. Dry Gulch suit proceeding. a social club has been organized.
The town’s leading residents join a social club meeting weekly for mutual enjoyment. Mr Larson and family returned from Salt Lake surfacing in a Roosevelt Mercantile business mission while Sir Harding travels in Old Mexico for the winter. A teachers meeting is called for Saturday Oct 24 at 2 pm and a Democratic rally is set for Naples hall Monday night at Social hall Tuesday night.
Next Monday and Tuesday nights October 19 and 20 the comedy drama Bird's Island in four acts will be presented at Workman's Opera House by our home talent under the management of Irof and Mrs H F Moore Good music will be one of the features of this play.
Community classifieds offer city lots cattle and horses for sale tools and furniture. Advertisements promote ladies skirts coats and fall goods at local stores along with Edison phonographs records and appliances. Also banners for political rallies and public notices about land and farm property available in the Vernal area.
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