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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
6
A correction notes an error in the Aug 22 Leeton Bennett item. It states there was no benefit dance held in Leeton Hall for Sam Snyder as previously announced by the correspondent.
Moffat and area residents report last Friday trip to a saw mill for lumber and a Sunday return. A Primary dance at Moffat hall drew a good crowd with the Clair Hacking orchestra providing music. Mr and Mrs Homer Haynes and children visited Mrs Haynes’s parents in Sault Lake City on Saturday. Two carloads of youths went to the Dinosaur quarry last Sunday. Roy and Mrs Harold Wilson and baby returned to Denver after visiting his parents for two weeks. Robert Wouldhave’s five grapevines yielded three bushels of Da kota variety fruit, second bearing season. Farmers cutting alfalfa seed expect yields near 400 pounds per acre. Mr and Mrs George Knudson from Oakland Calif are staying with his parents and may settle locally. Burns Hallet’s daughter Eva injured her foot on a rusty rake but is progressing well. Levi Bodily and Mrs A J Davis attended a Roosevelt convention last Saturday. Miller and Bascom threshing for William Sauer this week. yield down from last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Corless left Wednesday for Salt Lake City with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herbert to attend the rodeo. They returned Sunday with Mrs. C. Corless. Elias Winn is now able to be cut without his crutches.
Misfortune to break his leg in a runaway some time ago. The club girls were entertained by Mrs. David Karren at her home Tuesday evening. The main feature was a barbecue, then they hiked through the hills. Mrs Joseph Arrowsmith and daughter Genava returned from the Lewis Allan country. Norman Winn, son of Elias Winn, is able to be out again after a severe illness thought to be pneumonia. A large number of the people of this ward will attend the stake outing at George Blaughs ranch.
Naples informs of Mrs. Lewis Lind’s daughter Mrs. Seymour Young of Salt Lake City gravely ill with pneumonia. Evan Fowler of Huntington Utah visits Naples Vernal and his daughter in law Mrs. Marion Manwaring may move his family there. Fowler once plastered the Vogue theatre seven years ago. Mrs. G M Iverson has suffered neuralgia severely. Byron Goodrich and three children travel with Albert M Goodrich to a mountain chicken hunt. County Agent E Peterson and A Theodore Johnson met last Wednesday with Fair committee members to discuss the coming fair.
Sunday events include Vernal visitors and new YMMA officers. Appointed officers are Armatead president Bigelow first counselor Hasmussen second counselor and Hacking secretary. Numerous locals and visitors from Tridell Diamond Mountain Provo Salt Lake and Roosevelt plus Vernal residents are noted for social and community activities.
Maeser community action enlarged the Soldier Memorial fund by 71 dollars. Local organizers credit steady donations and ongoing community support for the unexpected increase, noting the funds will support veterans and memorial projects.
A committee sold a quilt donated by Mrs. John G. Hacking and family during a Saturday night American Legion dance. The item drew attention as residents connected to local families attended the event and a sense of community activity persisted through the weekend.
Leaf, a former expert swimmer and Provo high school instructor, crossed Utah Lake eighty miles? He swam eight miles in four hours and thirty five minutes with Cloud Booth joining for most of the route. The feat is claimed as the state’s record long distance freshwater swim.
Ogden Utah August 27 amendment to national forest rules allows closing forests to grazing to protect against disease outbreaks and regulate use.
An August 12 amendment signed by Secretary Wal lace, relayed to District Forester R. H. Rutledge, allows the Intermountain district forester to issue orders to remove cattle, sheep, hogs or other animals from forest grazing areas or curb their movement into forests during disease outbreaks, aiding eradication and prevention efforts.
Letters condemn dim copy and indelible pencil use hindering legibility. Editors urge writers to use real black pencils and spell proper names accurately to reduce reader and staff strain.
Members of the Wasatch Mountain club will carry a bottle of Great Salt Lake salt water to the summit of Kings Peak in Uintah County. The bottle bears signatures of Governor Charles R. Mabey Mayor Clarence Neslen and E D Ammott club president. Newsreel footage will document the ascent by climbers J M Cummings K V Laird C L Bledsaker and Fred Burr.
Classified notice seeks clean rags at the office. Responders are instructed to bring or deliver items promptly to the specified location. The notice emphasizes immediate fulfillment of the request.
A recipe describes raked tomatoes stuffed with a breadcrumb butter mix. Remove seeds and seeds add to crumbs seasoned with salt pepper and butter. Bake stuffed tomatoes for three hours in a moderate oven with optional grated corn or shredded onion for variation.
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