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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1923
Page
8
Local items report Attorney Hineut N Burgess attending district court from Roosevelt. Levi Kithon and Moses Moore visit for business. several teachers and students travel to Salt Lake City and Helper for education. Lectures, ball games, and fall events fill the week as residents attend to courts, schools, and community activities.
Mrs L E Jones of Rangoly is at the home of Mrs William Itich ong, according to a brief society note.
Eugene Francke son of Dr and Mrs J M Francke will travel Saturday to Rustwell New Mexico where he will enter a military institute. He will then go to Pueblo Colorado and Kansas City to visit his father and mother Mr and Mrs E A Francke.
Sunday evening Lt. Fries will lecture at the Catholic church on the attitude of the Catholic Church towards morality. The event promises a thoughtful examination and welcoming atmosphere for attendees.
Uintah County Clerk Wilson Murray received notice from the state board of equalization that a 10 percent increase has been placed on all range cattle in Uintah County. The letter arrived August 27 and the increase was reported by August 1.
The Thos H Caldwell case on a charge of larceny was continued to the December term of the district court. Thos Wilkerson paid $25 per month to his wife, eliminating the need to appear so long as payments continue.
W. S. Marks grand master of the I O O F Lodge in Utah visited Vernal I O O F No 24 on Tuesday evening accompanied by Past Grand Master Mr. Smith of Salt Lake City. They returned home Wednesday.
The Uintah Packing & Provision Co petitions to lay a water main from the Hatch street corner to the packing plant and pay costs and future rents for five years. Milk peddler licenses fall under state inspection, not city. The Vernal Gun and Rifle Club seeks trap shooting at the Fair ground within city limits. issue laid over for future consideration.
Allan, president of the Vernal Gun and Rifle club, notes hunting pressure shifted to Neola due to Uintah county’s closed season. He reports chickens were plentiful locally last year but this year were scarce, especially in higher cedar areas where many hunters went.
Haller Witbeck, son of Mr and Mrs Willam Witbeck, returns Sunday after a 29 month Canadian mission spent mainly in and around Oti town. He greeted friends and shook hands as he resumed home life.
Mr and Mrs Craver, former managers of the Hotel Duchesne, are selling furnishings to Harry Duberstein who plans to open a new hotel in Price on October 1. Ida Craver buys stock with the Buffalo Bill West show and later pursued vaudeville before ranching near Duchesne.
Court activity intensifies as Judge Elias Hanson handles a rising number of cases. A Friday close is anticipated with a Duchesne session planned for Monday.
The county auditor's office is rapidly preparing the assessment tax rolls while working around the clock. Once the rolls are delivered to the county treasurer, final tax notices will be issued to property owners.
A social note records friends of Enola owls gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sinoy Lewis Jr on Saturday night to celebrate her eighteenth birthday with gifts and refreshments. Miss Dean Honnlon departs for Monroe Utah to head Domestic Art at Monroe High School. Laura Marcle arrives from Salt Lake City to become stenographer at Vernal fund office, replacing Miss Bailly who moves to Laienwood Springs California.
Fresh turkeys would be shipped in 140 pound bags to car lots with potential savings for Basin turkey growers. Parcel post shipments would be cut, and efforts to gain permission for shipping in original packaging to the Second zone are backed by Co B Bartlett Uintah County Farm Bureau and Uintah County Poultry Association.
Dr W L Wanless head of the Economics and Commerce department at Utah Agricultural College Logan will spend the week in the Uintah Basin addressing locals on Cooperative Marketing He will speak to the Uintah County Teachers Association Saturday and later to farmers and business men of the Ashley Valley at the Chamber of Commerce assembly hall All sessions aim to discuss a vital regional economic issue.
Wallace E Potter 49 died while supervising unloading of steel pipes at the D and R G W freight depot. pipes rolled free catching his neck in a fatal trap. Sons Clarence and Arvel witnessed the tragedy and freed his body. Survived by widow Emily Noakes Potter and eight children. Funeral held in Park City.
Byron Thomas, captain of the Vernal Gun and Rifle Club, reported his father Mark Thomas died of heart failure in Oakland California early Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Thomas were taken to Salt Lake City by Mayor Walter G Barnes, departing at noon to catch the evening train.
The American Legion plans a major boxing bill for September 14 at the Orphana venue with six and three round bouts. Main event features Jess Hullinger at 165 pounds against Bil Gurr at 168 pounds. Other bouts include Henry Workman vs Harold Hullinger at 170 pounds and Ralph Rolfe vs Elan Llis at 120 pounds. The participants are local youths well known in Ashley Valley.
The Lapoint Indians won the 1923 Uintah Basin baseball championship by defeating Vernal in two games. Friday in Lapoint the score was 8 to 7 in favor of Lapoint, and Monday in Vernal it was 7 to 6 for Lapoint, securing the title. Vernal’s homegrown teens are praised for their spirit and effort.
Fire department rushed to a chimney fire Tuesday morning after an alarm from nade. Scot pad caught fire causing two chimneys to ignite. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze with minimal damage.
At a meeting of Duchesne and Uintah county farm bureau representatives prices for farm products were set Wheat 1.00 per bushel Oats 200 per cwt Hay 8.00 per ton Loyal members to hold at these prices Department of commerce and economics UAC will discuss marketing with farmers at Chamber of Commerce Saturday Sept 8 two sessions 2 30 and 8 p m Everyone invited 36 1
Card of Thanks from E H Adair family expresses gratitude for support after a tragic accident. Also items list agricultural patents and oil permits, a help-wanted ad, a rental notice, and a bankruptcy notice for George I Riddle with meeting details in Salt Lake City.
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