Uintah Gilsonite Deposits Attract Attention In Utah
Dr. Carley Ariz of Pan American Mining says Uintah Basin gilsonite could bring millions in new wealth once commercialized. Dr. Prix and Bert Gast visited a Gilsonite mine near Fort Duchesne with 40 workers, while 300 more are employed in Uintah County mines. Friz cites tariff issues and plans to buy large quantities for Germany. Leland H. Kimball notes many deposits are withdrawn from entry by the federal government, urging better processing for poorer quality ore.
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Utah
Uintah Basin
Carley Ariz
Pan-American Mining and Minerals Corporation
Salt Lake
Prix
Herbert Gast
Hamberg Germany
Balt Lake
Fort Duchesne
Twatson
Uintah County
Germany
Friz
Leland H. Kimball
Ahe Federal
Dr. Pritt Company’s Principat
Argentina
Dr. Friz
Mr. Gast
Vernal
Maeser School Fair Praised for Wide Exhibits Display
Principal Thomas B Caldwell and teachers at Maeser School earned praise Friday as parents and valley residents toured a large exhibits show. The fair showcased agriculture livestock vegetables fruit flowers crafts and handiwork with prizes awarded by a panel including Principal Lundell and Mrs Caldwell.
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Maeser
Thomas B. Caldwell
Fam and
Aton
M. Lundell
Hopkins
Smuth- Hughes
Edgar Allen
Thomas Caldwell
Floyd Pree- Stone
Marlon Alley
Percy Dlsekhurn
Valuable records enclosed in box set at Vernal Seminary
On September 21 the Vernal LDS Seminary name plate was set and a metal box sealed inside. Contents include Grant West principal, Uintah Stake and ward authorities, former graduates and graduation years, names of 330 enrollees including those not graduating until 1940, a complete history of seminary work in Uintah Stake, a UBIC and Indian II Edition copy of the Vernal Exess, and a note that President Hyrum Calder presided. Opportunity was there for those who cannot afford to miss.
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Vernal Lds Seminary
Grant West
Uintah Stake
f+ son
Hyrum
Calder
Funeral Service For Crash Victim Held on Sunday
Delpha Rasmussen died after an automobile wreck near Vernal on the Vernal highway. The ward bishopric conducted the service with special music, a funeral oration, and pallbearers named Alton Johnson Clirten Johnson Alfred Smith Yvan James Eldon Johnson Donald Bascom. Interment followed at Ver Memorial Park with Swann Funeral Home in charge. The crash occurred when a bridge washout sent the car into a deep ravine. four passengers were unconscious for some time.
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Ward Chapel
Delpha Rasmussen
Ward
Charles S. Carter
Phil Watkins
E. J. Longhurst
George E. Pope
Arthur Manwaring
Harold E. Davis
Elizabeth Whisker
Lucile Calder
Mary Manwaring
Mae Jorgensen
Walter Woolley
Uintah State Bank
Gove
Mr. Watkins
Alton Johnson
Clirten Johnson
Alfred Smith
Yvan James
Eldon Johnson
Donald Bascom
Alta Johnson
Helen Johnson
Galda Jones Johnson
Iva Jowill
Wa Johnson
Stew Johnson
la- Mar Radwall
Aston Johnson
Annual Scouter's Outing Set For October 3 At Calder's Park
Utah Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America chief executive A. Anderson will attend the Scouters Jam at Calder's Scout Park. The Uintah Council president Floyd G. Noel says the outing starts at 4 30 p m with a softball game then a camp fire feast. A follow up program aims to boost fall scouting and fund drives for next year. The fund drive is set for October 16 with a big dance at the Imperial and movie shows at Vogue Theatre. Attendees include Uintah Stake Presidency high councilmen Mutual presidents bishops and counselors scoutmasters scouters and all troop committees.
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A. Anderson
Utah Parks Council
Boy Scouts of America
Borea
Calder Pasture
Floyd G. Noel
Uintah. ‘Council
Noel
Imperial
Vogue
Vernal Bandit Hunt Ends With Neighbor Gunfire Incident
Vernal Watermaster Lafe Richardson attempted to return four prisoners to jail after supper when a breakout occurred. Police and locals Ned Stringham Lan Cheney Eugene Francke aided in the search, chasing the bandits through weeds near the Prank Hatch home where Hatch confronted them with a shotgun, realizing the men were his neighbors. The tale centers on a tense pursuit, a mistaken shooting risk, and the bandits finally found hiding in a newly constructed basement.
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Marshal Lafe Richardson
Mr. Richardson
Ned Stringham
Lan Cheney
Stringham
Eugene Francke
Hatch
Mr. Hatch
Francke
New Home
Bes
Royco
Mowrey
Sister of S11 Kimball Dies in Wyoming Car Crash
Mrs. Mary Margaret Moffat sister of Samuel H Kimball formerly of Vernal and J Golden Kimball of the First Council of Seventy died Thursday morning in Laramie Wyoming from injuries sustained Sunday when the car in which she was riding crashed head on with another automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Margaret Moffat
Samuel H. Kimball
Vernal
J. Golden Kimball
First Council of Seventy
Laramie
Wyo
Inquest Blames State Road With Negligence
A calamitous bus wreck report ties Delpha Rasmussen’s death to the State Road Commission for posting inadequate notices. The journal notes a separate Vernal stop by Daniel Baker College’s football squad en route to San Francisco, detailing their entourage and planned return.
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Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Texas
San Francisco
San Francisco University
Husky
Jean Taylor
T. E. Ward
Je 2
Texas Christian University of Fort Worth
Day is Resident Run Down By Autoist While Accepting Ride
George Thompson suffers four splintered fractures to his right femur after being struck by a vehicle while preparing to ride with Browne Hatch on a Sunday near Vernal. The impact hurled him about 75 feet. Sheriff J. Emery Johnson investigates the crash and notes the driver Jack Atwood was involved.
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Day
George Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Vernal
Browne Hatch
Maeser Youth Injured After Pony Fall Near Taos Hall
Evan Ashby son of Mr and Mrs John Ashby fell from his pony near Maeser Tuesday evening. He struck his head and was rendered unconscious. Taken to Mr Hall's home, first aid administered on scene.
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Taos
Hall Place
Maeser
Evan
Mies
John Ashby
Mr. Hall
Uintah 4-H Team Wins First at State Fair
Uintah County 4-H demonstration team Venus Mekheachule and Barbara Calder won first in the state fair demonstration contest on school lunch packing. Coached by Marguerite Curtis, the team edged Eliva Atwood Iris Caldwell led by Hope Preece. Ashley ward’s Forest Scouts won forestry first. Uintah entries earned three blue ribbons among fifty plus teams. Nina Hall Vernal competed in health. no prize though crowned county champion.
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Venus Mekheachule
Barbara Calder
Cilnes Ward
Uintah County
Marguerite Curtis
Glines
Eliva Atwood
Iris Caldwell
Hope Preece
Ashley Ward
State Fair Board
Russell Koeetch
Uletah County
Forestry Club
Forest Scouts Club
Erland Preece
Foods Club
Oliver Ward
Conzisting
Venus McKeachnie
Nina Hall
Vernal Clothing Legb
Uintah Basin Grazing Problems to Be Discussed at Roosevelt
Senator G. W. Billings announces a meeting of stockmen and settlers on Indian lands with delinquent construction and maintenance costs for Uintah Basin grazing problems. The session will be held in Roosevelt on September 8 at 10:00 a.m.
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Roosevelt
G. W. Billings
Youths From Corat Arrested for Gas Theft
Two youths named Whlams and Jobo, about 18, were seen by Mrs. Lynn Ashton stealing gas from the Texaco bulk station. They alerted officers. sheriff J. Em ery Johnson led the investigation. The pair had stolen a car on Sept 24 in Sacramento, California, from a used car lot registered to William Sutton. They will be taken to Salt Lake and tried under the Dyer Act.
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Whlams
Jobo
Lynn Ashton
Texaco
J. Emery Johnson
Sacramento
Cali
William Sutton
Salt Lake
Dyer
Vernal Man Injured In Plank Collision In Car
Vernal resident Ed Cloward, paralyzed from the hips, was struck in the neck when a plank in the rear of a Jensen driven sedan swung and hit him, breaking the windshield as the car headed to Brush Creek Ab Murray home. Other passengers escaped injury.
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Ed. Cloward
Mr. Cloward
Leo Hatch
Jensen
Ab Murray
Brush Creek
Vernal
Infant Wise Buried in Mountain Dell Cemetery
Cora Wise infant of Eugene and Elizabeth Hall Wise was buried at Mountain Dell cemetery on Sept. 23. Bishop John Hal Jr presided. J Charles S Carter offered prayer at Swat Funeral Home and the grave service was dedicated by George Goodrich. The mother Elizabeth Hall is recovering at the home of Mr and Mrs Syrjets Alexander. This was their first child.
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Cora Wise
Eugene
Elizabeth Hall Wise
Mountain Dell
John Hal, Jr
Swat
J .Charles 8. Carter
George Goodrich
Elizabeth Hall
Jerets Alexander
Marriage Licenses Listed With Names and Ages
Sept 23 Daniel Wesley Hurd 24 Mr Emmons Ruth McLy one 18 Altonah Sept 21 James Harry Weber 8 Vernal Lita Langston 16 Ep S5 Elwood Harold Abie nalp 18 Bingham Jean Reuth Schreifermeier 17 Ve Sept 27 Edmund Ray Ensworth e Leota LaMar Burke 18 Ver
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Daniel Wesley Hurd
Mr. Emmons
Ruth McLyone
Altonah
James Harry Weber
Vernal
Lita Langston
Elwood Harold Abienalp
Bingham
Jean Reuth
Schreifermeier
Edmund Ray Ensworth
E Leota
LaMar ‘Burke
Utah 4H Dairy Contest Team Heads to National Show
Four 4-H boys from Utah's Smithfield and Cache County demonstrate mastitis prevention as part of state efforts to raise dairy standards. State Leader D. P. Murray officials announce Dud Tout and Elmer Olson join the team to represent Utah at the National Dairy Show in Columbus, Ohio, Oct 6 16, with expenses paid by Kraft Phenix Cheete and $2300 in college scholarships to be shared among four visitors.
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Ogden
Dud Tout
Elmer Olson
Smithield
Cache County
Com
D. P. Murray
Columbus
Ohio
Kraft- Phenix Cheete Corporation
WPA officials tour Oaks Park dam and tunnel project
State Engineer J E Humphries and WPA leaders visited Oaks Park to push for more WPA workers on the Long Park reservoir tunnel dam and diversion canal. Uintah county officials and sheriffs joined the inspection praising the project engineering and noting high man hours, with plans to accelerate work before freezing weather.
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WPA
Long Park
Oak Park
End
J. E. Humphries
D. J. Greenwell
Harry GC. Jessen
Uintah County
John WW. Weaver
Byron Goodrich
Labrum
Enelgineer
Leon P
Christensen
Sherrif J
Tinery Johnson
Cooper
Tyrum DB
Calder
Wallace Gatder
Aflctals
WEA
Robert Hunting
Ashley Reservoir Company
Art Corless
Carl A. Soderquist
Moon Lake
Moniea Creek
Better Light Campaign outlined in Vernal meeting
Utah Power and Light outlined its fall and winter Better Light Better Light campaign to Vernal district employees on Saturday. M L Cummings J F L McAllister and Evelyn Hansen spoke on advertising reach lighting essentials costs and benefits of proper lighting for eyesight protection. They cited impacts on schooling and public welfare and noted reduced electric rates and shopping for high quality lamps.
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Utah Power and Light Company
Loca
Vernal
M. L. Cummings
Airwertising
J. FL McAllister
Evelyn Hansen
Home Service Department
Provo
Miss Hansen
Ught
Kampalen
Vernal Lions Visit Meeker For Culture and Dance
Vernal Lions Club members and wives toured Meeker Valley on Saturday, enjoyed a banquet at the High School, and danced at the IOOF hall. The Meeker welcome featured remarks by Loren Idol and Hugh W. Colton, with performances by the Seeker quartet and local soloists. A Sunday drive through Axel Basin to Craig concluded with praise for cross-state civic cooperation and hunting areas near the Utah Colorado line.
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Vernal Lions Club
Meeker
Meeker Valley
IOOF
Meeker Lions
Axel Basin
Craig
Colorado
Line One
Loren Idol
Meeker Club
Idol
Hugh W. Colton
Vernat Club
Seeker
Haller Witbeck
Percy Rigby
Douglas Sanderson
Gerald McNewisang
K. G. Lyttle
Meck= jer Herald
Utah
Meeker and
Vernal
Alster
Gerald McNew
Bernice Seldin
Hubbard
Aosos
Rose of Memory
Lindy Lou
F. J. Kennard
United States
P. Kelly
Henderson
Francis Feltch
Douglaskvarid Glen Ifsfiller
Missouri Tap Dancers
Vernal Lions
Clark B
Newell
Glen Hi
Miller
Cowan
Douglass
Ralph W
Watson
City
Denver and Connecticut youths seized by Vernal officers Friday
Two Denver boys Harold Mavis 13 and Jamey Holindrake 14 and two youths from Connecticut were stopped while en route from Denver to Sprishville Utah. They were robbed of about 7.25 dollars and clothing by Walter A Monica and Charles Scrajeski in a Chevrolet with Connecticut plates. Nerrill Goodrich brought them to Vernal where Marshall Richardson heard the case. The bandits were bound over to district court and the boys must return as witnesses at the trial. The youths were from prominent Denver families.
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Denver
Connecticut
Harold Mavis
Jamey Holindrake
Sprishville
Utah
Walter A. Monica
Charles Scrajeski
Jensen
Calde Road
Goodrich
Vernal
Marshall Tefe Richardson
Richardson
Gusher
Befors
W. 8. Henderson
District Court
Prominnent
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Maeser School
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Wes
Ais
Calder's
Mutual
Milady
Chicago
National Lamy Growers Association
F. R. Marshall
Salt Lake City
Jamb Growers
Vernal Watermaster
Kimball
State Road
Dinosaur National Monument
Jenset
Colorado Springs
Delpha Ras- Mussen
W. Henderson
Delpha Rasmssen
Archie Baird Nett
Kate Fawks
Green River
Tts
Wallace Moon
Arate
Fai
Uintah 4-H
Corat
Plank
Oaks Park
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