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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
1
Governor Spry letter lauds Vernal entertainment and hospitality during a recent visit by Spry, Smoot and others. The piece notes increased interest in Uintah Basin and Uintah County, with widespread newspaper coverage and local agriculture praise including oversized apples and honey winning prizes.
Nineteen Uintah county teachers spent last Saturday at the Ashley canyon junction Dry Fork area enjoying ball games mountain climbing foot races and various stunts. A large lunch was prepared by the party ladies and the group plans to send the game outfit to Greg Clver tomorrow for a logk at the Dinedaur.
The Myton Opera House Company plans incorporation with $5,000 capitalization to build a 40 by 80 foot frame theater and dance hall at cost about $4,000. Joseph M. Bryant elected president. directors named. construction to begin immediately amid town growth. Local mining capitalists from Pittsburgh and Denver eye Uintah Basin properties. Mulvey and Colonial Exploration push eastern investment. Public schools reopen with new departments. Miss Davidson and Miss Burnett noted as teachers. Tuberculosis scare subsides as patient improves. ditch work continues with steady water flow expected.
The Ogden gathering re-nominated Congressman Howell as the Republican candidate. Parley Christanson gained 69 votes as insurgent, Harry Josephs earned 71 percent, and B N Straup was named justice of the supreme court. The prohibition plank failed while local option won support. Reed Smoot chaired the convention and praised the administration while urging local option and strict license regulation.
The leading Republicans in the county caucus endorsed Don B Colton for State Senator in the Twelfth Senatorial district covering Uintah Carbon Grand San Juan and Emery counties with 36 delegates. Incumbent Senator Brinkerhoff seeks renomination from Emery Iverson and Miller of Carbon are also candidates.
Apples ranging from three to six inches in diameter were shown at the Vermont building during the fair. Governor William Spry sent the apples to Secretary Horace Ensign of the state fair association. They were grown in Anhrey Valley Talintas County.
Troop Hi Fifth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Duchesne for years, departs Tuesday for Honolulu aboard Dragon. Unclear if Captain Hall will accompany them or be replaced as Indian agent at Whitertools. Competing candidates include E. O. Green and D. M. Frost as potential successors.
Joe Brown begins drilling a water well at Dragon Iowa this week for the Gieonite Company. Local subscribers to the State Bridge fund met Tuesday evening to discuss donations while Ommert resumes leadership of the Jensen Mercantile Company. Mrs. Neal has traveled to Hayden Colorado to visit her daughter and Mr Neal plans to join later.
Henry Johnson, an Indian inmate serving a four year term for rape, again asks for clemency. The pardon board, which had adjourned September 15 for Governor Pearns absence, reconvened last Tuesday to review the petitions.
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