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Show 1" V 4 Vernal Exprett Wednesday, July 10, 1991 Obituaries 1-' 0w tm&?r s "T" Gordon Heaton Gordon Heaton dies at home in Roosevelt Gordon Lundquist Heaton, 82, of Roosevelt, died July 8, 1991 at his home. He was born Aug. 31, 1918 in Kanab, Utah to Flora Lundquist and Franklin Alvin Heaton. He married lone Demille September 14, 1944 in the St. George LDS Temple. Mr. Heaton served in the Air Force in World War II. He received his B. S. degree in Agriculture from Utah State University. He worked as a Park Ranger at Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon, Zions National Parks and as a soil conservationist at Tremonton, Monticello, and Roosevelt, Utah. He retired in December, 1977. He was active in the LDS Church, serving as a counselor to three different dif-ferent bishops, on the High Council, as a Ward clerk, and as a Stake Missionary. He served two missions, mis-sions, one with his wife and family to the Whiterocks Indian mission and one to the Oakland Temple Visitors Center with his wife. He also al-so served in the Provo Temple as a worker. He was active in Scouting; first earning his Eagle as a boy and later as District Scout Commissioner. He is survived by his wife, sons .and daughter and spouses, Kirk G. and Karen Heaton of Rock Springs, Wyo., Janna Svarczkopf of Upland, Calif., Jonnie W. and Karla Heaton, Kevin L. and LouAnn Heaton, all of Roosevelt; 18 grandchildren; brother broth-er and sisters, Adrian Howard and Helen Heaton, Marth Ann Marrs and Kathryn Ricci, all of Salt Lake City, Florine Major, Fern and Dick Leigh, all of Cedar City. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Renae; a brother, Franklin Morse Heaton. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 11 at 11 a.m. in the Roosevelt Fourth Ward Chapel. Friends may call Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m. a the Olpin-Hullinger Olpin-Hullinger Mortuary and at the chapel Thursday, one-and-one-half hours prior to services. Burial will be in the Roosevelt Memorial Park under the direction of the Olpin-Hullinger Olpin-Hullinger Mortuary. Samuel Sessions passes away at Care Center Samuel Sessions, 90, passed away July 8, 1991 at the Uintah Care Center. He was born June 5, 1901 to Don Franklin and Esther Louise Shaffer Sessions in Vernal. Mr. Sessions was a farmer, rancher ranch-er and sheepherder. He was a member mem-ber of Vernal Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. He enjoyed the out doors. He is survived by many friends. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 11, at 11 a.m. in the Vernal Landmark JMssionary Baptist Church, 288 EasTlOOSouth, Vernal. Friends may call Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Thomson's Vernal Mortuary. Burial will be in the Vernal Memorial Park under the direction of Thomson's Vernal Mortuary. f - M - ? I s .... i' i ' t . I f s , V I ' ; ; - ' I r""' ' 1 " V ; IV 5 I i mamvmrwtwrmmmmlt-' - " Wt would like to express sincere appreciation to the many wonderful friends of our beloved father, grandfather and lifetime sweetheart. The overwhelming love and concern that was expressed through beautiful flower arrangements, food, calls, hospital visits and other acts of kindness will be forever remembered. Thank you so much! The family of Bryce Erickson 100 VERNAL, UINTAH VOL 1 July GLORIOUS FOURTH ' Bright and early the town was awakened by the booming of the patriotic anvil, an implement that even before the firecracker seems to lift its voice in honor of the birthday of its country. The people from the country began to come in before 7 o'clock and by ten the streets presented pre-sented a lively appearance, crowds of brightly dressed women, children and spruced-up young men took the sidewalks, while the streets were filled with teams and galloping horses. Promptly at 10 o'clock, the fantastics put in an appearance, and it was the occasion of many a good laugh. They formed in procession and coming up Vernal street stopped in front of our office and gave three rousing cheers for the Pappoose. During the short stop in their perambulation, we noticed many grotesque caricatures, Negro's, Indians, Chinamen, etc. Stanley Ashton and brother had the finest equipage in the pageant, it was the band wagon, which was a large freight wagon with double box, and taking it along at a lively pace was a fine four-in hand team, two horses in the lead, a little white ox and a diminutive burro for wheelers. The procession started from Campbell's and in the principle streets of the town. The affair was a surprise, for no interest whatever could be stirred up in the Fourth. Had it not been for Mr. J. J. Haight it would have failed entirely. He put in time, money and an endless amount of work, and great credit is due to him. The foot races were interesting in-teresting particularly the free for all race, in which T. Jackson, Henry Harris and several others took part. Jackson gave Harris 20 feet, the latter lat-ter winning by a few inches. Foot races in which professionals enter would be more interesting if one could only be sure, each man ran his best. The barrel race was very exciting, the winner coming out ahead to the extent of a few feet and a big scratch under his eye. A number num-ber of races we did not see, because the men and boys closed in about the track oblivious to everything but Brahma-Ritus, by F. Weldon Bascom This month at the rodeo in Vernal, take a notice at the number of cowboys who are walking around on wooden crutches, carrying an arm in a sling, or handicapped with some other injury. Chances are that most of these cowboys are bull riders and are suffering to some degree from an ailment called Brahma-Ritus. Brahma-Ritus is an affliction that appeared about the time bull riding became a popular event in rodeo, some 60 years ago. Every rodeo season an epidemic of Brahma-Ritus Brahma-Ritus sweeps the roster of contestants, hitting even the toughest of cowboys from the seasoned champion to the newest rookie. Early symptoms of the disease can be seen an big beads of sweat forming on the forehead of the brave cowboys who just heard the. name of the bull he has to ride, Widow Maker, Man Killer, Tornado or some other life-threatening name. . A second symptom by Brahma-Ritus Brahma-Ritus is shaky knees and quivering hands which instantly hits the cowboy who is up next to ride. It's bad enough getting down on muscled back of a mean looking brahma bull. It's harder still to stay there until the whistle blows. But it's almost impossible to get off without a bad fall. This "getting off' is where the worst of all symptoms of Brahma-Ritus Brahma-Ritus shows up. It usually settles in the shoulder, the ankle, the wrists, the neck or the knees. It is always associated with some degree of pain and may last for days and even weeks at a time. There are few, if any, bull riders who haven't caught a good case of years ago HHTAH P APP068IL COUNTY, UTAH. 10, 1891 No. 27 their own pleasure. The horse races were well attended, but for some reason known only to a few, the principle race did not come off according ac-cording to program. The saloons were open all day and the stores part of the day, and an unusual amount of business done. To the great many, the proper celebration of the day appeared to be to fill up on the juice of the corn, which is certainly impartial as it lays low, without distinction, the man who should know better than to indulge too freely, and the one who knows nothing else. The dances at night were a great success, both halls being be-ing crowded, by those whose chief aim seemed to be to have a happy time. The day was particularly free from accidents, and there was only one fight that we know of, in that instance a third party interfered in time to save one of the belligerents a handsome whipping. Altogether our Nation's Birthday was most pleasantly and happily spent by alL DEPREDATIONS IN THE SHEEP CAMPS The sheep men feel particularly "wild and woolly" just now, as their camps have been repeatedly robbed of late, and hundreds of dollars worth of property stolen or destroyed. de-stroyed. They all guess who has done the mischief, but until they can capture the marauders in the act, we suppose they can only sit and hymn softly to the twinkling stars, "waiting and watching for thee." UTAH POLITICS Some of the political wire-pullers in Salt Lake are beginning to realize that Utah is not "a hot-bed" of democrats, as they had supposed, and at the present time are wondering wonder-ing which side of the fence they are really on themselves. The people of Utah are "waking up" and are making mak-ing a study of the political issues of the day, and are not going to be "solid" democrats or "solid" repub-' licans simply because some "Jim crow" politician said they were. They will not join either one of the parties in flocks and droves. They will study 'the situation carefully an old disease Brahma-Ritus sometime during their rodeo careers. Bronc riders, bulldoggers, ropers and even a few spectators and rodeo officials have tad their name on the Brahma-Ritus recovery list I've had a few cases of it myself during my rodeo days and it's not something to brag about In spite of the fact that bull riders are seldom mentioned in song or story, many consider them to be heroes especially if they suffer from Brahma-Ritus. Editors note: F. Weldon Bascom was born in Vernal in 1912 and spent a good share of his life bull riding in rodeos. He is now retired and lives in Parowan, Utah. Utah weekly crop report Number of days rated suitable for field work in Utah during the week ending July 7 was 6.8, according to Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. Soil moisture was 70 percent short, and 30 percent adequate. Forty-two percent of the winter wheat had turned cd?jr, compared with 79 percent per-cent last year, and 81 percent average. aver-age. Eight percent Of winter wheat was ripe, compared with 24 percent last year, and 22 percent average, nineteen percent of the spring wheat had turned color, compared with 47 percent in 1990, and 56 percent average. av-erage. Nine percent of the spring wheat was ripe, compared with 13 percent last year, and 8 percent average. av-erage. ,, Twenty-one percent of the barley crop had turned, 39 points below last year, and 46 points below average. aver-age. Eight percent of barhy was ripe, compared with 11 percent last year. Oats were 50 percent headed, compared with 72 percent a year ago, and 73 percent average. The average height of corn was 20 inches, inch-es, 7 inches below last year, and 13 inches below average. First cutting of alfalfa was virtually virtual-ly completed. Second cutting' of alfalfa al-falfa was 4 percent completed, compared com-pared with 25 percent in 1990, and 22 percent average. Other hay cutting cut-ting continued at a normal pace. Pasture and range condition was mostly fair to good. and act for themselves. It is the duty of every man to assert his individuality individu-ality and read and reason for himself. him-self. Without so doing he is considered consid-ered weak and servile, even by men who dictate to him his course which he readily follows. Be independent. Don't be a democrat or republican, just because someone else is. If you believe in the principles of a party, advocate them, even though everyone every-one around you holds opposite views. The influence of one strong man in a community will sooner or later be felt. Price Telegraph. WantedFat hogs, McNaughton the butcher. Sheriff Pope and Deputy Castro have gone on a cattle round-up to Henry's fork. The effect will probably proba-bly be an increase in the county revenue. rev-enue. Licensed IE Win A Set of Lagoon and Lagoona Beach All Day Passes 4 Sets of Lagoon passes will be given away weekly. Winners will be drawn from Subscription recei To Enter, Bring or Mail in your Coupon for a renewal or New Subscription to the Vernal dupress Drawings will be held every Monday during July. Subscription Prices Coupon Within Shopping Area I clip and Mail To: Uintah. Duchesne and Daeeett counties I (Uintah, Duchesne and Daggett counties and Dinosaur and Rangely, Colo.) 1 Year $17.50 2 Years $30.00 Out of Shopping Area j City within state: j zip Code 1 Year .......$28.00 2 Years .....$50.00 1990 farm expenditures up in mountain states Farm production expenditures in 1990 in the Mountain States region totaled $10.2 billion, up 8.1 percent from $9.4 billion in 1989, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. Expenditures were higher for all major categories; except livestock live-stock and poultry, fertilizer, taxes, seeds and plants, and trucks and au-tos. au-tos. . . Farm services, including rent, the largest 1990 expenditure by farmers at $2.3 billion, accounted for 23 percent of the region's production expenses. This was 8.0 percent above 1989. Feed expenses at $1.4 billion, which was 13.5 percent of the total, increased by 16 percent U.S. farm production expenditures totaled $132.2 billion in 1990, up 6.5 percent from $124.1 billion in Satisfaction Guaranteed! Contractor Insured Bonded ptstotne Vernal Express Name I Address 1 ! Phone ' 1989. Expenditures were higher for all major categories except feed and fertilizer which decreased 0.6 percent, per-cent, and 1.0 percent, respectively. Farm services including rent, the largest 1990 expenditures by farmers farm-ers at $28.0 billion, accounted for 21 percent of the nation's production produc-tion expenses. This level was 4.7 percent above 1989. Feed expenses totaled $18.1 billion, and accounted for 14 percent of the U.S. Total. Average expenditures per U.S. farm in 1990 were $61,813, an increase in-crease of $4335 (7.5 percent) from a year earlier. On the average, farm operations in 1990 spent $13,091 for farm services including rent; $8,475 for feed, $7,401 for seeds; fertilizer and chemicals, $7,016 for livestock, and $6,246 for labor. ANY GLASS REPAIR OR PURCHASE DURING JULY! Vtrnal Express n n P.O. Box 1000 Vernal, Utah 84078 State Amount Enclosed $ 4 |