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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1903
Page
3
Readable scraps show a Chicago Store ad offering boys suits aged 4 to 8 four dollars to eight dollars, youth throa piece suits three dollars, men suits and rubbers with drastic price cuts, girls shoes and school items priced to clear.
Mrs Wa Asmon presents music Jessica on the piano by Mrs Ashley Bartlett at her residence. New winter dress goods and outfits arrived at Beara Store. Surrounding mountains are covered with a mantle of white today.
The familiar face of Grandpa Coltharp 1B returns after a summer spent at Bangley. Beers Store announces new shoe stock and invites customers to get value with the latest arrivals.
Friends report George Peck and his family arrived in Canada safely on August 29 and are all well.
Of twenty one teachers who sat the examination week, sixteen received certificates while five failed to pass.
A group of Cripple Creek miners traveled through Vernal this week and will continue prospecting until the Cripple Creek strike is settled. The article notes their movement and intent while awaiting resolution.
The note reports arrival of millinery and up-to-date walking date at the Leader. Mayor Ashton and his wife departed for the city this morning for a two week absence.
Ud. F. W Wermeton reports a neat two story residence tinizted on Wheat Usotah avenue. The note outlines the tidy home as a point of local pride and mentions the property location within the city limits.
Harper resident Bert Taylor and St Duchesne resident Dora Babcock report four marriage scenes this week. John Allred paid fines for disturbing the peace after appearing before City Justice Camp. Prices drop on suits as Indians depart, with Chicago State Congregational Church inviting attendance for Sunday School and evening service. Ray Dillman sick with diphtheria, quarantined house noted.
Arranged with the Butterick F Publishing Co of New York to stock a full line of ladies and children's dress patterns and fashion plates for the Leers Store. The note highlights upcoming offerings for home sewing enthusiasts.
When troubled with constipation try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and produce no griping or other unpleasant effect. For sale by all dealers in patent medicine.
A Thursday evening event at the Johnson building features an operetta and literary program by Congregational Sunday School children. Admission is 15 cents for children and 26 cents for adults.
A detachment of the 10th U S cavalry is expected to pass Vernal today en route from Tah Wastakie to the Umotsh reservation to assist Agent Mercer in keeping out sooner prospectors.
For a week there have been nightly frosts that blacken tender vines in parts of the valley. Weather remains unsettled with indications of variable temperatures and potential growth impacts going forward.
Lion Blachy was taken suddenly Tuesday night with appendicitis. The operation proved successful and the patient is recovering.
F. MacBrown of A. H and I. M. Brown from Salt Lake City, contracted to survey the Uintah reservation boundary, spent a few days in Vernal this week securing boros and outfitting. They survey the south boundary while his brother handles the north boundary and expect to finish the contract this fall.
A man who posed as a gospel dealer amid a summer visit collected money and partial payments for deliveries he did not complete. Several orders were fulfilled, but many scrolls remain unpaid and undelivered. Possible future deliveries are uncertain due to outstanding bills. Bite again next year.
The Yarnell assault and battery case was heard before Justice Camp. John Pope defended Yarnell with a not guilty plea. Vernal City would need new counsel as the city declined to prosecute further while Pope acted for the defendant. The case was postponed to 26 o'clock with Mayor Ashton hiring T. L Mitchell to prosecute. Yarnell was found guilty and fined 60 dollars plus 8 dollars costs. Burton, involved in the disturbance, was fined 3 dollars.
Miss Derbridge and her mother departed for Salt Lake City on Wednesday morning traveling via Colton with Short Young accompanying them.
A reward is offered for a found pair of spectacles left between the post office and Holdaway’s, with instructions to leave them at Elk Pharmacy.
The Relief Society and Young Ladies Mutual of Vernal are organizing a large bazaar with details to follow. Officials promise further announcements next week about dates and plans.
Mrs Chance, a lady teacher, arrived this week to join the Congregational school. She has taught the past two years in Congregational schools at Ptovo and Jeber.
Rev Stoddard left Vernal on Thursday morning and has been transferred to Eureka Springville and Helper. Rev Miller of Ouray Colorado will be sent to Vernal.
L. B Wilder moved from the mainland at the start of the week and travels to Carter station on the Union Pacific. He believes the smelter will likely be fired this fall and a run may commence.
The Moffat surveyors broke camp at Hayden yesterday and moved down the river to the Cary ranch where they will operate the next several days. The next stop is likely at Craig Craig Counter.
The usual Sunday School Union gathering met last Saturday at noon at the Vernal district school building. Attendance was slim but the program was engaging with Miss Derbridge of Salt Lake City delivering notable exercises in the Kindergarten department.
Henry Webber, longtime Aspen resident, arrives in Vernal to locate a shop. He will focus on custom work and repairs initially and may later handle a stack of boots and shoes.
R C Camp and John G Davis started for Salt Lake City on Wednesday to attend the Irrigation Congress and stay about two weeks. James Shaffer, Misses Maud Karren Minnie Hatch Flora Ode kirk Baa Camp and Mia Singleton joined the party. They likely had a wet camp in Strawberry valley last night.
After two years away, Tred Gardiner arrives back from Beaver where he graduated from the High School of the Beaver Branch of the LB Academy. He plans to stay in Dizie Washington county this winter and attend the B Academy next year. His brother Lewis received a letter from Box B seeking willingness to go to Great Britain on a mission and Lewis expects to accept.
All kinds of garden truck fruit and vegetables are listed by Rh. C. Camwr. The Congregational School will commence Monday morning, September 1st.
Advertises a 20 percent discount on cotton goods at Beers Store and notes old prices at Geers Store. Mentions piano lessons by Misa Gertrude Cook at the family residence in West Vernal. Ends abruptly with If.
Bennicon began travel to Salt Lake on Thursday and will participate in the Irrigation Congress as a delegate.
Mr and Mrs Rob Walker of American Dork visit the family of T C McNeill. Mrs Walker is the sister of Mr McNeill.
Mrs. A G Overholt travels to Logan Tuesday with her two sons and Craig Armston to attend the Agricultural College.
Mr and Mrs C Bingham and their son Charles of Naples depart for Salt Lake City this morning. Charles will travel to the Northern States to begin a mission.
In this notice the firm warns readers that buggy and wagon tires loosen in the season causing rattles and wheel damage. They offer tire setting as a specialty and guarantee not to draw wheels out of shape. Frepaicxsov and Bro. advertise their service.
The Union Pacific Coal Company starts a 12 mile pipe line to Cumberland to supply water for power and domestic use. The project costs $125,000 with five miles relying on gravity and seven pumping stations on the hill to push water over. This marks the third costly water system the company has established in the past year.
Old Chief Sowawich and ten White River Ute families left the reservation for Pine Ridge Agency to live with the Sioux after Agent Mercer allowed a visit on condition the children remain in school. The group took their children and went, prompting a search by Lieut. Lodge, H G Clark, and Henry Harris. After two days in Vernal they were ordered back. tensions rise with possible trouble as they return to the reservation.
A Washington Post piece recalls a Maryland boy ridiculed for hair length. A Sunday school lesson on Samson prompts a shy boy, Robert Graham Elimore, to confess he was ashamed because a woman cut his hair, not a barber.
A Bremen consul portrays hardship from Germanys meat inspection act. Charges on 20 barrels of boiled pig liver total 22447 marks, including examination and duties, while livers worth 714 dollars weighed under eight and a half pounds each, triggering an absolute import ban under the new law.
The Union well, drilled on Saturday August 29, released 300 feet of oil from a 10 inch hole. The 1800 foot deep bore shows oil coming freely from a thin strata. an easing is expected by midweek and drilling to resume. President Hay leads the field aiming to hit a 300 to 600 foot thick layer and extend development across the Union territory and county.
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