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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
3
Automobile engineers show speed wastes fuel and materials as police fine speeding. insurers offer a 15 percent premium reduction for safe drivers. Fatal crashes cut lives short, with hundreds of thousands dying yearly, and speed raises costs across repair and insurance while wasting time and money.
In Richfield Utah a retirement party honors A Mattsson for decades of service with the Forest Service. He began as a clerk in 1908, advanced to Forest Ranger in 1913, then Assistant Forest Supervisor, and ultimately Forest Supervisor of Fishlake and Fillmore forests. He guided resource management, range, recreation, and wildlife efforts, training officers who rose in the service.
Delegates of the American Forestry Association hear thanks and good wishes for a regional official retiring from the Forest Service. Talks touch on idle acreage, financials show the group’s net worth at $227000, mostly cash in Salt Lake banks. Herbert Beyers showcases standardized turkey packing methods to be adopted across all states.
Reports from the Northwest and western states indicate growth prospects for turkey producers. The Salt Lake gathering highlighted factors boosting output, including smaller corps, better feed, and higher meat yield. Field Manager H P Griffin noted national 1938 turkey crop estimates may overstate western yields by 7 to 10 percent, suggesting lower regional totals than some forecasts.
State Veterinarian W H Hendricks notes brain fever in horses in Uintah Basin from late August, a disease spreading since 1933 in various regions. The illness, caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes, typically begins mid July, with this year starting later in August.
Officials note the disease spreads to multiple farms with about ten percent morbidity. Symptoms include sluggishness, inability to swallow, and head or eye droop. Immediate care involves hot shade, fly control, cold packs, and veterinary help. several treatments exist but many are costly with mixed results. A new serum and a potent product are discussed but not yet recommended for prevention.
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