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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
3
Local column reports visits by Watdle Pack and St. Lan Vernal, a mail carrier on Rural Route No 2, and attendance at a conference. Birth of a 12 pound boy to Mr and Mrs Robbert Wimmer. Josie Evens returns from Whiterocka. Mrs. Bennett reports EF E Colpin's mother died in Berlin Wisconsin. Melon shipments and plentiful water in Ashley creek noted. Episcopal services planned next Sunday. Voter guidance and smutty grain issue mentioned.
Frank Croxford will depart Vernal for Salt Lake City in a few days. The purpose of his visit will likely be known before he returns. Miss Brannon has not yet come back to Vernal.
Joe Tolliver reports copper claims near Pot Creek improving this week and remains confident there will be dividend payers in that sector.
Local vendor advertises in house ice cream production with configurable quantities for events and parties at reasonable rates. They offer tailored servings and rapid service for gatherings.
E W Bavis Company has been assisting William H. Smart with fixing up a new residence in Vernal Utah. The work involves interior and exterior updates on the Smart home.
The Vernal Sawmill and Lumber Co states the lumber panic is ended and both Vernal yards and mills are well stocked. They urge customers to support their business and guarantee prompt attention to special orders, with entrance to the yard west of Leslie Ashton Hardware Co.
Gilson Asphaltum Company advertises openings for Gilsonite miners at Dragon Utah with a wage of 300 dollars for an eight hour day. The notice targets labor recruitment and notes job terms.
A good business in Vernal is for sale and may be traded for an improved farm or accepted bankable paper. Inquiries at City Bakery.
Miss Newel Green sister of SP Trin arrived overland from Pandolph Utah on Thursday for a visit with relatives and friends having formerly lived in the valley.
John Winn travels to Salt Lake City on Wednesday morning to escort his elderly father and mother. The trip aims to improve their health based on the family’s hopes.
Mrs Harry Meadows reports Louie Steinaker died in Oregon recently while her father John Steinaker was away in Alaska. The eldest daughter of the Steinakers, she was a niece of Mrs Meadows and the family is now located at 1910 8 10th Coat Street East Lake City.
Curley Hatcher sold his place to Bernard Bell and begun an overland trip to New Mexico with his race horses. He hopes the trip yields bread money as one horse stands ready to run with any company.
The xpress invites correspondents to write from every town on the Uintah reservation and each settlement. News items are prized and space will be given to a local letter over other matters.
The region notes rising talk of several candidates for sheriff as politics remain quiet. A mention of a $1 000 yearly salary appears in the chatter, signaling possible shifts in local law enforcement leadership.
A six horse load of powder and two four horse loads of machinery and supplies passed through town on Thursday bound for the American Fuel & Iron company's coal mines on Oak Creek. The company aims to have its mines ready to ship coal as soon as the rail line is laid on the Moffat grade to that point.
Last Saturday morning while chopping timber William Knobles suffered a deep gash in his left foot. Three miles from camp he walked for help, was taken to Dragon, began the journey home by stage, and was met by his parents at Green River. Three stitches were needed and he is recovering steadily.
Farmers owning Green river bottom lands may inspect a new steel wheel by Mr Gee of Davenport Iowa. He plans to demonstrate at Slaughs ranch on Green river to prove it resists water soaking and weighs less than traditional wheels.
Opening day set for bids on an 18600 foot tunnel part of a Strawberry river to Spanish Fork Valley diversion project. Each bid must include a 16000 dollar certified check and a 150000 dollar performance bond, with work to start after contract signing and finish by June 15, 1903.
Mesa County Fair returns to Grand Junction September 26 27 and 28 with a full program of races and exhibits. Three days of continuous entertainment include 3000 dollars in purses and 2500 dollars in premium heats as six county sections prepare extraordinary agricultural and horticultural displays. Visitors are promised ample railroad rates and free Grand Valley fruit baskets on Thursday to celebrate the old custom.
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