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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
8
Crowing activity grips Ashley Valley as workers rush to thresh a huge grain crop before snow. Farmers and crews mobilize to complete harvest, facing tight deadlines and cold weather.
Grives of the Board of Equalization with his wife and two children and William T. Ingle of the Salt Lake Tribune visited Infernal thin week asking what readers have prepared for the county fair. If nothing is prepared there is time to make or exhibit something for exhibition to ensure a successful fall.
Mrs. Ethel M Martin returned Sunday from Utah and Idaho points where she had been visiting for three weeks. Mr. Martin accompanied her, while her brother in law Dr Martin visited here.
G A Reamer moved his paint shop to the former Mitchell Rubber Company building. The business now operates as Reemer and Girt and has updated its storefront with a fresh coat of paint and a new sign.
Miss Nelle E Rodabaugh, former receiver of the US Land office and longtime Central school teacher in Ver nal, is visiting friends this week. She will leave Monday for Sunnyside to teach for the coming year.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Hume, Mr and Mrs Frank Barnes, and Mr and Mrs Elijah Jackson returned last Sunday from an outing begun August 14. They traveled via Baldy mountain head of Whiterocks canyon and were never rained on. They saw one elk bear and one deer track and reported excellent fishing with beginners catching good strings.
Rev M J Horsey returned Friday from an extended outing to Yellowstone Park. He reports a splendid time at the tourists camp and says many visitors spoke of Vernal and the fine treatment received there. He remembered Vernal for buying eyes at twenty five cents per dozen.
Miss Lawrence spent three weeks at a home near Butte Montana and traveled through Idaho as far east as Miles City. She praises the Vogue class of ships and enjoyed her trip, hoping for a longer stay. Ernest Unterman and son Gerhard left for Santa Rosa California by way of Salt Lake City and Nevada to study regional geology.
HR Moses left last week for O¢ len to visit family who recently moved there. A large number of Vernal residents attended Monrk Dudley service at Jensen Thursday afternoon. Mir and Mia Ferrn Young of Salt Lake City and former residents of ral are visiting relatives and plan to return home Sunday. Dr Slomer E. Rich returned Sunday from Salt Lake City with ble mity visiting there. Nich was Away on a sabbatical for three months. Stuttter advanced five cont a at and on Thursday Creamery butter now selling for 36 conta and ranch butter for 30 cents. Butter fat also advanced five cents per pound.
Zeiph Calder and Professor W Hurgener came back Monday night in the Overland 4 bought by Professor Lurgener. FE WW Adair changed their restaurant name to Victory Highway Cafe. A coat of paint freshened the exterior. Friday evening Mr and Mrs Char Howell and Mr and Mrs Ben P Kalty with James Karas returned from Baldy Mountain outing and found fishing excellent. There were no chickens.
The report notes inspector Mr Cowley from the state supervising bridge work between here and Roosevelt County. Engineer T C Parker departed for Salt Lake City possibly for a procedure. The Flying Squadron conducted the Wednesday examination of the area.
Mr and Mrs O O Snyder of Salt Lake City visited during the week. Mrs T C Pirker, an English teacher at the Vintuh Academy, was introduced. Mr Snyder returned home while Vira Snyder plans a longer visit.
Mrs J Capson, mother of Mrs George, from Woodbury and accompanied by her daughter Mrs Robert Hodgen and husband of Salt Lake City traveled Sunday to assist her daughter in Woodbury.
A Scout meeting will be held Friday at PM by Stake Scout Commissioner George L Woodbury for all boys of scout age in the Vernal First ward. The meeting will be held in the ward house.
The Vernal Commercial club rooned a Wednesday event that resembled a soldier training department with the assembly hall busy as ex servicemen filed applications and claims.
Miss Malinda Barney former Jensen school teacher is visiting friend Miss Marle Smith. Barney arrived Monday and will stay in Vernal and Jensen before returning home near Ogden.
Transportation Inc departs Friaddy morning with cream valued at cash. A truck load of thirty gallons of cream is reported missing or taken, leaving an unresolved cash value. The fragmentary text notes a vehicle leaving and a cash implication, but specifics are unclear.
Miss Nena Erekson entertained twenty boy and girl friends Wednesday evening at a lawn party at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Erekson. The evening featured dancing and games with refreshments served by hostess W A McCleary from Denver. Also noted Windsor Farm Dairy representative WoF Sifipsan will leave for Australia. Thursday Mr McCleary praised Ashley gall ey and expressed optimism for a bright future.
Jones of Alterra and a former Academy student at Vernal returned Saturday from the Naval Training station in California. Vic Jones plans to attend vocational training in Denver this year after becoming incapacitated for service due to illness.
Ih JF J Bubowell Ophthalmic Spedlist from Salt Lake will be at the Travelers Time Saturday and Sunday September 10 and 11. No charge for eye testing. Glasses worn for health as well as vision.
Local ad announces fishing tackle sale at Cald ers Confectionery with hooks priced at 6 cents each. Sale promotes basic fishing gear in a small town shop.
travelers and arrivals near Vernal describe Sunday departures to Chile and New York, Wednesday trips to Vernal, and visits by Major Hood, Mrs Hood, Engineer Morse, and families. Several passengers and drivers, including Mra Sargent, C B Saint, Don Vielasquiz, Henry Garcia, Mra Eccles, Marie, and W A Banka, are noted with destinations to Salt Lake, New York, and Chicago area.
A Utah Vernal area report notes Victory Highway signs damaged during a Saturday trip with Bob Rally. About fifty percent of signs in Uintah County were marred or destroyed, including a ten mile marker damaged by bending and bulldogging. The piece calls for a $100 reward and strict penalties to deter further vandalism and restore signs.
Jami H Wallis secretary of Utah state health board and a noted pure food authority visited Paria this week with his wife Violet Jarrison Wallis and son John Arthur Wallis editor of the Paria Post and Miss Pearl Wallis. The group traveled from Yatrowston via Paria after a trip to the National Park. Wallis is a longtime friend of the editor and a former Utah Press association president.
Saturday social for stake and ward officers at Uintah Academy grounds begins at 7 pm sharp. Entertainment includes Vernal hand selection, Mima Davis solo, Mary Sander reading, President Don B Colton speech, a quartet with Mise Davis Mrs Neal Mesara Woodbury and Renanion remarks, visiting representatives, and remarks under the direction of Ernest Eaton and Geo L Woodbury.
The state road commission opened bids August 30 for bridge construction on the Duchesne Vernal project. The washed away foundation requires spanning the river and replacing supports with costs to be shared equally by state and county.
Uintah Stake plans a two day quarterly conference next Saturday and Sunday with a sequence of sessions. Regular conferences start at 10 A.M with 11 A.M departmental meetings, 2 P.M and 3 P.M joint sessions, and evening gatherings directed by the stake social advisory committee at Uintah Academy. Attendance is invited for Relief Society Sunday school and MIA related officers and workers, with emphasis on stake and ward officers and various auxiliaries.
On returning from Salt Lake City where he attended a sheriff’s meeting, CCG Dewey was arrested by Sheriff T Richardson in Park City after leaving Vernal last winter with Mrs Jesse Hamaker. He failed to secure $500 bail and is jailed. Mrs Dewey filed the complaint and Mrs Hamaker, recently moved to Vernal, was arrested last week and released on bond. Preliminary hearings are set for early next week.
Notice is given that on September 24, 1921 at 1 PM at the government corral in Ouray Uintah County, 49 head of cattle branded V or on the right ribs will be sold to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy Jerry Murray herd lien for Will T Page. The herd bill covers herding from September 9, 1920 to August 1, 1921, totaling 407.25 due as of September 2, 1921.
A fresh shipment arrives at Calder's Confectionery known as the Home of Good Things to Eat and features a new stock of box candles for sale.
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