Oil discovery and drilling plans in Utah and Wyoming fields
Reports show Carter Oil Co continuing Ruth Nelson No. 1 well near Jensen, drilling to 8500 feet after weather delays, with gas shows and possible deeper pay. Seaboard Oil Co advances a 13 000 foot rig near Ouray while Stanolind notes 470 wells in H1 1948 with several wildcats yielding new pools. Utah chamber discussions focus on resources and Uintah Basin prospects to boost local jobs.
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Rangely
Ashley Structure
Naples
Seaboard Progress
Sea‘Board Ol] Co
Ouray
Ross Construction Co
Kerr-McGee
Stanolind
Tulsa
Okla
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
E. F. Bullard
Mr. Bullard
Velma
Oklahoma
Wyom‘Ing
Hughton
Kansas
Burnell
South Texas
American Smelting and Refining Co
Brush Creek
Uintah Basin
Equity Oil Co
Ashley
Jensen
Fleason
Utah Chambers of Commercce
Salt Lake City
Tah
W. A. Huckins
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Irvine
Utah
Ames K. Bagely
Utah ‘Manufacturers
Asen
Col. Graves McGary
Ogden Chamber of Commerce
James K. Richardson
Utah Mining Assn
Nelson W. Aldrich
Kennecott Copper Co
Ward Tuttle
U. S. Smelting
Volker
Pittsburg
Knife and Fork Club Charter Night Hosts Noted Visitor
The Knife and Fork Club plans charter night with a reflection on a notable guest who served as a British Army officer in World War I and spent years in East Asia. He founded Asia’s first journalism school at Peking University in 1924 after studying at Missouri. Arch Duke Otto of Austria will speak at the second dinner meeting on October 19.
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Shen
India
East Asia
China
Japan
Asia
Enchin’ University
Peking
University of Missouri
Otto of Austria
Services Held for Gunshot Victim at Maeser Chapel
Funeral services were conducted at Maeser Chapel for a gunshot victim. Survivors include three sons Maurice and Kenneth Warby Vernal Earl Warby Silverton Oregon and Mrs de Jensen Oregon plus three sisters and a brother. Attendants included music by the First Word quartet with John Stagg on piano and a solo by Award A Rigby. Prayers by Edwin Collier and Verdin Johnzen. Burial at Rock Point Cemetery with speakers Willie Holfeltz Ed Bodily and Harvey McKee. Pallbearers were Anneth and Earl Warby Jon Jensen George Perry Jay Holfeliz and Willie Smith.
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Maurice
Kenneth Warby
Vernal
Earl Warby
Silverton
Ore
de Jensen
James Holfeltz
George Perry
Lynn Britt
William Warby
First Word
John Stagg
Running Water Gaps in Farm Homes Highlighted
The piece notes 73 percent of farm homes lack running water while only 5 percent of city homes do. It estimates a five person farm family with livestock uses about 300 tons of water yearly if water must be hand pumped, and suggests running water and electric pumps could double that consumption but remove manual labor.
Lions Directors Write Letter of Appreciation
Vernal Lions Club passed a resolution praising the Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce for erecting marking signs in Uintah Basin guiding locals and tourists. The letter, signed by secretary Charles L. Winkle, notes the signs benefit direction and point to area attractions.
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Lions
Vernal Lions Club
Kenneth Sowards
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Vernal Junior Chamrot
Uintah Basin
Charles L. Winkle
Lions Clu
World War Dead and Population Also Rise Hunger
Nations tally 15 million war dead in World War II while the world population grows by about ten percent since 1939. The population increase strains food production and sustains hunger in countries unable to rebound to prewar levels.
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fEaurry
Lashley
Elroy Nelson
Knife and Fork Club
Maeser
Parkay
O. P. Skagg's
Kraft
Adams
Acon Ib
Stores
Productal Act
Jonathans
J. Harold Reader
Lions Club
Hotel Vernal
Jesse Jennings
University of Utah
Ruth F. Hassem
Union High School
Tyrrell R. Seager
Rangely Liars
Anchor Club
C. Whitaker
L. P. Christensen
Echo Parks Committee
Ed Watson
Berlin
Potsdamer Plats
Potsdamer Platz
Thomas P. Seaden
AMG Information Services
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford II
Ford
Showalter Motor CO
Vernal, Utah
Craig, Colorado
Craig Sale
Hamps
Columbia
Suffolks
Corriedale
Cotswold
Rambouillets
HAMP
Romney
Craig
The
Routt-Moffat Wool Growers Association
Earl Walter
Filer, Idaho
Ralph Reeve
Hamilton, Cole
Jim Gregory
Colorado
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