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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
2
Emery Stoke talks about mission service and a planned move to the Southern States after years of farming in Emery and Carbon counties. He recalls building a dream ranch by Green River, irrigating with a steam engine, and the family facing a new two year assignment with faith in divine provision.
Ballard Ward community updates include UBIC attendance, graduation of Trait Builders, and staff changes. Blain Jones returns to drive the school bus for Zinilard. Laddie Timothy leaves with grandmother for Ydaha. Lela Allred visits from Logan. Hazel Manworthy departs for Moab to teach. Five teachers begin the new term led by Thoral Larsen.
Dert Finnicum of the Dragon Merc Go. visited Palisade last Saturday but rain forced a return on Monday. Mrs Everett UK’s two sisters and friends traveled from Friltw, Mrs P W Martin has recovered enough to move about after weeks in Grand Junction hospital. Several locals had tonsils removed, and road repairs are now a focus as heavy rains persist. DesHayes of American Asphalt vis ited with Mrs Norman and Arthur, plus Miss Stodabaugh who attended the Utah County Institute. A. L. Norman, foot crushed ten days ago, expects to resume work soon.
Alterra High School begins the year with lower than expected enrollment due to a mood of unease and bus connection problems plaguing Intermountain residents. New staff include Esther Huff in math and home economics teachers, Reed Clegg to teach world history, and Luke Clegg as principal. Families travel and local figures attend UBIC and related events as students adjust to the new term.
Utah Idaho and Wyoming announce no open sage hen shooting this year. Commissioner Newell B. Cook notes hatch is very light and protection is needed. previous years show no open season since 1941. Boundary areas in Utah Idaho and Utah Wyoming are highlighted as key to protecting the birds.
At a Jensen meeting of the Escalante camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers it was decided to dedicate the Jensen Mabee Ferry monument on October 12. The monument will feature a four by ten by six foot base and a one seventh scale cement replica of the ferry Mabee, the last boat carried away on an ice jam in 1809. The boat's original size was 12 by 12 by 5 feet. The replica will be built by Jens Jensen, son of Lars Jensen, the first ferry builder. The base will include cobbles, and sites near the Jensen bridge are being considered. The bronze plaque, placed by the DUP in Uintah county in 1936, is dedicated to historical purposes by the State DUP Camp at Salt Lake City.
Preliminary reports from the drive to reduce last year's tomato carry-over show strong retail cooperation across the West. Stores scaled up promotions and pushed extra sales to move 322,583 cases as of June 2, six times the level a year earlier. Definitive figures are expected in about a week. Subscribe to Ex- press at four dollars for two years.
A critical appraisal describes a bad guy named Price Cutter who admits failure as a salesman. He cannot win openly, exposes corrupt rot, and uses underhanded tactics with special rules for insiders. Eventually, he self-destructs, while the business world is said to be dominated by price-cutters, leaving a stalled Electro Dealer.
Senator William H. King plans to reintroduce a bill in Congress to compensate Indians on the Uintah Reservation for coal lands taken in 1905. President Roosevelt vetoed an $860,008 appropriation for 32,223 acres, saying the Interior Office misjudged the land value. King will confer with the president and Interior Secretary Ickes on reintroduction.
Primary conference at Ashley Sunday night announced Mrs Anna Morrison as first counselor and Mrs Clara Preece as sustaining. Mrs Nellie Gardiner named second counselor. Stake officers present included Mrs Eva Siddeway Mrs May Henderson Mrs Dora Cook and Mrs Oral Tenney with Bert and Mary Powers also mentioned.
A collection of local notes from Green River reports A. G. Johnson and wife set to travel to New York next Monday for residence. Miss Desta Stewart and Wot Oakley wed last Monday with Justice Pack presiding. W H Burton and family returned from Salt Lake from a pleasant trip. Fern Young returns from Kemah with family. Tom Davenport visits from J Brown's Park. Knight of Provo visiting VerNal planning mining prospects. Police guard active amid cattle and Indian activity near Ouray agency. Mr and Mrs Calder of Provo and Mr and Mrs Will Calder of Salt Lake visit then depart. Carl Gurtis smiles over new changes. Doyle buys a Bray Paige in Salt Lake City. Miss Mary Merkley weds Isabrand Sanders in Salt Lake temple. Verna Central School interior being repaired for fall term.
Lyman Wyoming residents visit relatives in town and attend a regional rodeo. Alice Feltch returns to Denver for school after summer with Fred Feltch Sr. Arthur Corless buys Mary Fisher’s home and moves in. Mrs. Dick Murray returns to Meeker after three weeks with Sid Pace’s mother. Vernon Nelson of Linwood visits for the rodeo. Ira Nelson hosts him. Lorin Johnson and Ada Wing’s daughter born to Ada Wing. Will Johnston and Alvin Hodson of Hanter Oregon visit Darrell Johnston and C.2 Atwood. Jerry Smiley of Rock Springs visits Ira Nelson. Mutual holds opening social as bonfire and watermelon Dust. Clive Caldwell wins the new car in rodeo draw.
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