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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
3
Local ads announce fall footwear coats dresses and sweaters at Vernal Trading Store and The Acorn shop. Mentions boys and girls shoes, ladies wraps, bed springs, coal, and school supplies with prices and displays inviting families to shop before winter.
The report notes several light frosts last week but nothing damaged until Pigeon area. A wind from the mountains brings cold air, signaling a frost in the valley, though last year saw a hard freeze in August.
The Vernal Central school will add another room due to crowded conditions and rising enrollments. Miss Hazel Asgton will teach the first grade starting next Monday, with the Primary department occupying the old cold school building. trustees sent a telegram to Miss Hazel in Los Angeles and she replied she would arrive to commence Monday morning.
Lucian A Pike returns to Vernal after months in Northern California with two wives. He buys about twenty acres of land at Great Bend near Red Bluffs, two miles north of a city area, paying $2,100. The land suits strawberry raisity and other fruit crops. he aims for high yields including potential gold pearls. He came to Vernal for health reasons after doctors advised a colder climate.
Richard Smith remains in a near Whiteroeks area heading toward Naples school. Ada Johnson Libbie Sabey and children visit from Roosevelt to put up fruit. Farmers at Blue Beach sow dry land wheat with acreage noted. Sim Atwood and family visit relatives near upper Lake Fork beach. General frostNew sunshine expected for a month. Individuals Philip Watson Peacy Gardner George Hemphill Theodore R Collett Myton filed homestead proofs yesterday.
A resident named Willam Ho Smart arrived from the reservation on Wednesday and plans to attend a conference and fair in Salt Lake City. Joseph Campbell has smallpox and is under quarantine without knowing how the disease was traced.
William Greer and L N Shanks left Vernal after opposing government efforts to retain their home steads. Timothy bought four town lots and plans a residence next week near his homestead by the Government farm to access the school. William ONeill adds a private water works system for his homestead six miles north of Roosevelt, delivering soft water from a sandstone spring.
The elderly witness from old Kentucky, aged eighty four, describes his life in slavery spanning thirty five years. He recalls being sold twice as a boy of twelve for 350 dollars and notes that mules and Black men fetched the highest prices in the market. He also claims to have served in the Union army and to be a pensioner, reflecting on “the old days.”
Mr Yo Lett travels east to buy a large ditching machine for the South Myton Heac canal. High grain and hay prices push a shift from horse power to machinery, raising questions about net employment for reservation homesteaders who expected the canal to provide work and teamwork.
A baby named Gil was born to Mrs David Karren last Sunday night. Miss Laura Denilon traveled as an outgoing passenger on Saturday's stage to Gerrude with Elsie and Marie Collettava in Vernal for winter. The two former attend the United States Academy. Mario attends Central School. George and Fera Young are mentioned with Rich returning home tomorrow with steel rails and machinery for the electric plant at the Young and Young mine.
Bishop Sterling D Colton arrives on Wednesday and reports lead ore presence in Idaho. He notes twenty feet of ore driving through the valley and observes farmers plowing and fields planted. Ground moisture suggests wheat may sprout quickly.
City Attorney T. W. O Donnell and County Physician M Garrett O Donnell depart for a ten day trip to Denver to visit relatives and friends. The doctor will spend time in hospitals while Wallace Calder and Doctor K handle county medical needs.
Larden Bennion arrived Wednesday from Salt Lake on the strawberry route. He was aided by Mesdames Bathara and Sarat Young Clydie Odekirk Decla Tich and Mrs Christenson. The party was a lively group and the journey was enjoyable. Bennion cared for the teams and greased both wagons regularly.
AHie Bascom and family returned Friday from Provo after five weeks away visiting numerous places. Bascom notes rain boosted Utah county hay yield while peaches in Provo sold at four dollars a bushel and were hard to obtain. He brought home a corn stalk from Partridge Farm near Theodore Street measuring eleven feet five inches with a thirty inch stalk. Allie says the trip was worth it to avoid loss of hay in rain and to enjoy better weather ahead.
No minute wasted when a child shows croup symptoms. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy helps even as hoarseness appears or the croupy cough emerges. Sold by Vernal Drug Co.
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