Uintah County Fair Promises Big Event and Wild West Show
The Uintah county fair premium book highlights a single big event with top prizes and a Wild West show featuring wild steer riding bull dogging and roping. It cites prior Grand Junction crowds and lists sports including baseball auto racing tug of war chariot races and calf riding with big purses. Walter G. Barnes chairs the sports committee with Allan and Howell.
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Uintah County
Walter G. Barnes
L. #. Allan and
Chariea J. Howell
Good Roads Association Forms Eastern Utah Unity
Delegates from Price, Vernal, Duchesne, Myton, Roosevelt and other basin towns meet in Roosevelt to organize Tri-County road association. J T Tallis and H E Rick lead efforts to secure funds for road repairs, while gasoline price hikes fund a pool to improve feeder roads and the main highway in eastern Utah.
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Vernal Commercial
Basi
Mal
H. E Rich
Roosevelt
T Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
State Road Commission
Tri-County Road Association
Utah
Carbon
Ducheens
Uintah
J.T Tullis
Price
Vernal
Tullis
Utaht
H. E. Rick
Fred C. Ferron
Myton
Mm. W. Kroupa
Duchesne
J. P. May
George M. Miller
Price Chamher of Commerce
J. T. Tallis
Uintah Basin
Mintum
Man Accused of Cattle Stealing Lodged in Jail
Sheriff L Richardson brought Leo Pritchett of Whiterocks from Ogden on grand larceny cattle theft charges. He is jailed in default of bonds awaiting preliminary hearing. Deputy W T Bennett says the cattle were disposed of and driven out of the county. No trial arrangements yet for the current district term.
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L. Richardson
Ogden
Leo Pritchett
Whiterocks
W T. Bennett
State highway ad signs ordered removed in Uintah county
State Road Agent John L. McConkle reports instructions from the State Road Commission to remove any advertising signs from the right of way along state highways in Uintah county. He is to remove signs and steps along such rights of way without delay.
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John L. MecConkila
State Road Commission
Uintah County
McConkle
Road money available for Vernal to Fort Duchesne
William M. Anderson, secretary of the Vernal Commercial club, returned from Salt Lake City after consulting the State Road Commission. He said $80,000 in state and Federal funds will be spent this fall on the Vernal to Fort Duchesne road, with $12,000 specifically available for repair work on the state road.
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William M. Anderson
Vernal Commercial Club
Salt Lake City
Anderson
State Road Commission
Vernal
Fort Duchesne
Mr. Anderson
Teachers chosen for school year
County wide start on Monday for public schools with Superintendent Olson optimistic about a successful year. Parents urged to enroll beginners early. General list includes James W. Christiansen principal Charles Lewis seventh grade Jiflda Ashton sixth Myrtle Hooft fifth Daphne Cooper fourth Edythe Bates third Pearl Shimmin third Margaret Merkley second Pearl T. Eaton second Margaret Bartlett first Crystal Lewis first Rose Bartlett first.
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H. §. Olson
James W.W. Christiansen
Charles Lewis
Jiflda Ashton
Myrtle Hooft
Daphne Cooper
Edythe Bates
Pearl Shimmin
Margaret Merkley
Pearl T. Eaton
Margaret Bartlett
Crystal Lewis
Rose Bartlett
Dried figs donated for Utah nutrition program
James H. Wallis of the Utah Public Health Association announced a donation of 1,000 boxes of dried figs from California peach and fig growers. The figs, provided at no cost, will feed undernourished children via traveling clinics and nutrition classes led by Surgeon Carlysle Patterson Knight. A state malnutrition survey will guide where classes are organized and how figs are valued as body building food.
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James H. Wallis
Utah Public Healthassociation
California
Utah Public Health Association
Mr. Wallis
Carlysle Patterson Knight
U. S. Public Health Service
Watlis
Deseret News
Wellcox Academy Opens With Seventy Three Students
Willcox academy opened Tuesday September 6 with enrollment of 39 in junior high and 34 in senior high making 73 total. Domestic Science Arts and Manual Training added. Over a thousand volumes in library and labs equipped. Grade elimination from 1-6 to seven high school teachers. A successful year expected.
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Wellcox Academy
Willcox Academy
Genfior
Patriotic Lecture at Stake Conjoint by Congressman Colton
About 800 people gathered Sunday evening at the stake tabernacle for a Conjoint Stake meeting. Congressman Don B. Colton spoke for an hour and a half on patriotic and religious duty, delivering a memorable address to young Uintah participants awaiting his return from Washington.
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Lan YY
M. I. Ae
Stake Tabernacle
Don
Colton
Uintahatake
Testimonial Night Honors Vernal Leader Don B Colton
A large Uintah Basin crowd gathered at Orpheus Hall in Vernal for a Monday testimonial to Congressman Don B Colton and his wife as they prepare to move to Washington DC. The event featured 60 organizations, musical selections by the Vernal band, speeches by local leaders, and a gift watch engraved by the community. Colton’s remarks and humor drew strong applause as attendees celebrated his service and bid farewell.
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Orpheus Hall
Vernal
Don B. Colton
Washington, DC
Uintah Stake
Uintah Basin
W H Burgerer
Uintah Academy
Ernest Eaton
Stake
I, Sanders
Eivic
Wallace Calder
Wilfix Ashley Bartlett
A. G Goodrich
Enos Bennion
Mima Davis
W. O'Ronnell
Kate Calder
Old Lang Syne
Miss Davis
C . Neal
Ashley Bartlett
Merrill Bennion
William H Smart
Roosevelt
Colton
Calder
Calton
Utah
Sean
Colfen Sqon
Thim
Ange
Firat
Hne
Emmense
Eastern Utah Pioneer Dies While On Trip
John G Davis a pioneer of Uintah and Duchesne counties died suddenly at Grant Station Willow Creek Sunday night of heart failure possibly due to high altitude. He was 69, former county official who helped put Duchesne on a cash basis and organized Dry Gulch Irrigation Co first president. Survived by six children including John H Davis Arcadia George D Davis Idaho Falls Leroy R Davis Hiawatha Mrs David Andrews Bountiful Mrs Joe Peterson Hayden and Mrs L Mc Nielsen of Hiawatha. Body prepared at Grant and to be buried in Hayden with funeral planned there.
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John G Davis
Uintah
Duchesne
Grant Station
Willow Creek Canyon
Ain County
Spanish Fork
Hayden
Ifo
Dry Gulch Irrigation Company
John H. Davis
Arcadia
Qgeorge’d
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Leroy R
Hiawatha
David Andrews
Bountiful
Joe Peterson
L. Mc Nielsen
Hiawathy
Changing Conceptions in Education
E A Jacobsen argues progress is measured by society not individuals. Education must rise with compulsory laws reaching age 18 or high school completion. today about 98 percent of Utah children attend. To compete with modern standards, one must match the educated proportion of the masses rather than past generations.
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Utah
New Officers Named for Tor Ladies' Auxiliary of American Legion
At a Monday meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion Congressman Paul Colton spoke on Americana Patriotism. Officers elected: Miss Louise Jorgenson president, Mrs I W Curry vice president, Mrs Sybil Woodard Collyer secretary, Mrs Margaret Shaffer Witbeck treasurer, with an executive committee including Mrs C J Neal, Mrs Frank P Smith and John Bates. The group planned to set aside funds for a county memorial to Uintah soldiers taken during World War I and will meet the first Monday of each month.
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Thee Ladies' Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Paul Colton
Colton
C A Johnson
Relforus
Gatirlous
Uintah Canals
Louise. Jorgenson
I. W. Curry
Sybil Woodard Collyer
Margaret Shaffer Witbeck
C. J .Neal
Frank P Smith Andre
John Bates
Death claims little daughter of Am. ant Mrs. Mari Maly
The Hatl family mourns Afton Hatl who died at age nine days after typhoid fever suggested illness, later infantile paralysis. Survived by parents and siblings Wilda Reed Mark. Funeral held outdoors at home with Bishop H B Calder presiding. Dan B Colton spoke words of consolation. Interment at Vernal cemetery.
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AM. Ant
Mari Maly
Mark Hatl
Afton
Atricken Parenta
Wilda
Witt
Combined Harvester Introduced on Diamond Mountain
A 5800 pound combined harvester bought by Ernest Eaton John Glines William F Hanson and George A Slaugh began cutting grain on Ashley valley dry farms. It was hauled from Garland Utah to Diamond Mouths by W Do Dow and powered by an eight horsepower engine. The machine has an eight foot cut and promises savings by reducing threshing costs and increasing grain yield per acre, potentially paying for itself in two years.
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Ernest
Eaton
John Glines
William F. Hanson
George A. Slaugh
Ashley Valley
Robert Johnson
Garland
Utah
Diamond
Taln
W. Do Dow
Viatlah Academy Opens School Monday
Next Monday morning activities begin at Uintah academy for a thirty two week period. The school foresees the largest enrollment in the UA's history and praises its efficient teaching staff for expected educational strides across all fields of education.
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Uintah Academy
U. A’s
Melon Shipment Shocks Creek River Market Route
Monday afternoon George Slaugh inlope loaded and weighed 11,000 pounds of melons without stopping at the Jreea river faruha. The haul was loaded on two Craig-Vernal Transportation trucks and sent toward Hayden Colorado market. Afterwards Mr Stnukh picked a truck ford and brought them to Vorval.
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George Slaughinlope
Jreea
Faruha
Craig-Vernal Transportation Company
Hayden, Collorado
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Washington
E. A. Jacobsen
Ulutah Academy
TOR Ladies’ Auxiliary OF American Legion
Diamond Mountain
Viatah Academy
Bank of Vernal
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Uintah Ungin
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