Show tB the Good Old Days ays 75 YEARS AGO January 18 1 1902 02 Utah Counties having no bonded indebtedness are Beaver Box Elder Davis Garfield Iron Juab Kane Millard Morgan Piute Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete Summit Tooele Utah Wasatch Washington and Wayne State Engineer Doremus says there is much loss less snow in the mountains than usual for lor this time of year and unless heavy falls occur within the next two months a scarcity of water will result Sarah Tibbets who came to Utah with the Second Company of ox cart immigrants that crossed the plains in 1852 died last week aged 90 years Jonathan Averett who was a member of the Mormon Battalion Bat tallon and among the first settlers in Utah died at his home in last week The state prison will soon be lighted by WE HEAR expressions of regret over the closing of the Uintah Creamery for the winter due to a lack of milk A few good cows well cared for Jor will pay the running expenseS expenses of any household To show what is possible out of a few good cows we give below Bert record for the month of Oc Oc- tober From 11 cows he cleared besides the expense of hauling Butter is going at 15 cents per pound Indian agent Myton started for Price Thursday to bring back the Indians' Indians annuity money A detachment of cavalry will escort him back Calders Calder's Ice Market has opened with a two day run of 60 tons of ice LeGrand Young is over from the Toll Bridge in Browns Park He reports the piers are in place and above the high water mark He needs employees and is looking for help The commissioners have decided to settle once and for all the dispute over that portion of the boundary line between Wasatch and Uintah counties lying south of the Fort Duchesne bridge Surveyors Glenn Assessor and Commissioner M McKee Kee left Vernal e J Q lay o t in in mind WORK HAS liAS been shut down at the Rangely oil well until a longer cable arrives The well is down to 1200 feet Indications still look very encouraging for oil The habiliments of students at the great universities is not dictated by caprice as many suppose but is is' is prescribed by bythe bythe bythe the laws of the university Dress of Harvard students consists of ofa ofa ofa a black mixed coat single breasted with a rolling cape square at the end and with pocket flaps the waist reaching to the natural waist with lapels of the same length The senior was allowed to maintain his dignity with three crows feet of black silk cords on the lower part of his coat sleeve Two crows feet were permitted the junior one to the sophomore and none to the freshmen Sixty-five Sixty numbers were sold Thursday night at the Married Peoples People's Ball We old codgers were at our best and danced everything on the program The grand march commenced at 8 o'clock and the Home Sweet SweetHome SweetHome SweetHome Home waltz completed the program at 2 am a.m. AND STILL the summer weather continues and farmers are wondering if there is going to be any snow at all this winter It is the middle of January and the roads are dry and dusty and no snow in the mountains to speak of of Diamond Mountain is bare except for tor the north hillsides Baldy shows white in spots o only make Take k it all in U and 1902 are the driest winters this country has ever experienced experienced experienced ex ex- and will go down on the calendar as record breakers The little nucleus of sports has been started in Vernal in inthe inthe inthe the form of a crowd of scampering scam poring 15 year olds with a football on the campus back of our office in the old tithing yard The at this stage of the game is much like the antics of a bunch of ot fat tat calves just out of their pen The ball is kicked off and everyone runs for dear life until they are exhausted then sit down lick their chops and rest for another run After a while the boys will go in for the science of the game The Vernal Drug Company has installed a new druggist Mr E E. E E E. E Colpin Rills Bills paid by the city council Wednesday night were John Rich coal 3 Oj Charles Atwood Atwood Atwood At- At wood hauling dirt 1200 Laurence Decker labor 30 YEARS AGO January 2 1947 19 A franchise was was granted to Uintah Stage Lines to operate a passenger express and freight service between Vernal and Grand Jun Junction tion on a daily dally schedule Route will be over Baxter or Douglas Pass An appropriation to get Rangely out of the mud was signed by Gov John C C. C Vivian Monday The budget provides for the Blue Rangely-Blue Mountain road will be spent on the Rangely Rangely-Artesia highway I and was okayed for use on the Rangely Rangely- Meeker highway SHEEP AND wool after alter half a century still holds the lead as Uintah Basins Basin's major industry with cattle raising and dairying in second and third places according to Wm C C. C Whitaker Uintah County agent OPA has announced that spare stamp No 53 became good for five pounds of sugar on Jan 1 and added that an additional additional additional ad ad- ration may be available within four months Barbara Hatch and Warren Mott popular Vernal couple will marry in n the near future in inthe inthe inthe the Salt Lake Temple according to an announcement made this week An impressive double ring ceremony Friday at the L L. L T. T Peyton residence marked the marriage of Helen J J. J Reese and George B B. B Bishop Phil Watkins of Second Ward read the ceremony ilEA HEAVY VY FALL rains have improved stock ranges which have been in poor condition since 1943 unemployment compensation program for the year ending 1946 became the fourth most costly function of state government says a report released by Utah Foundation a profit non-profit tax- tax research organization Daun Taylor became the bride of Lynn Huber in a ceremony at the Frank Huber residence in Lapoint War Department has announced announced announced an- an an an- casualty lists Uintah County has 30 men who gave their lives Doh r enters the Salt t lake Lake e Mission n home prior to his departure for the Eastern States Mission Mayor B B. B H H. was elected president of the Utah Municipal League VERNAL deer hunters have stored 14 tons of choice venison in Vernal's cold storage plants LeRoy Taylor was named as manager of Vernal City as the city began operating under the city manager system George Davis Merkley 87 died Sunday evening at his home Mr Merkley was known as an Ashley Valley pioneer churchman farmer rancher and organized service of Vernal's first business in in- in TOKYO Scrapping of the 57 year-old year constitution and substitution of a new charter outlawing war stripping the emperor of his power and providing human rights unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented un un- in Japanese law were announced recently by Emperor Hirohito a and and d E. E W. W W. Davis October 28 S 1891 1897 Vernal citizens voted to incorporate incorporate incorporate in in- corporate as a city of the third class with S S. S P P. P Dillman DIlman mayor councilmen E W. W Davis R. R S. S Collett Harden Bennion J W. W McCaslin Snellen Johnson recorder S S. S L. L Colton Cottoni treas John B B. B Blankenship marshal John Pope rope Justice of the Peace Ward E E. Pack Harden Bennion Bennion Ben- Ben nion roan town clerk 20 YEARS AGO January 3 1937 1931 The federal gover government will take a bigger slice of some 60 million paychecks beginning en 00 payday in 1957 57 80 percent of or average average is the Ifie water forecast for Uintah Basin i r Average selling price for lor wool was cents per pound making a net of 4 06 cents per pound to the growers according to the Vernal and Uintah Wool Pools PRICES received by alfalfa seed growers in the Basin reached 35 cents per pound for lor certified seed compared with 12 cents last year Certified seed growers in Uintah County are Ross Hoss Merrell Laurence C C. C Cooper Vern Huff Hurr Elmer Kohkonen 0 0 O. H. H Moore Orson C C. Nielsen Neldon Nielsen Wilmar D D. D Parrish LeMont Walker and md Austin Wardle A recent poll of Uintah Division basketball coaches forecast Altamont as the team most likely to end as top team 20 x 40 bath size Cannon towels 49 cent cents at Penneys The Salt Lake City law firm of Simmons Beaslin and has purchased the former practice of or the late Clyde S S. S Johnson Governor-elect Governor George D D. D Clyde again has wisely stressed the need for a continuing and intensive campaign of education and effort on behalf of the Upper Colorado River I. I Basin Reclamation Program and participating projects A. A Doyle Johnson and Carol CarolAnn CarolAnn CarolAnn Ann Olsen exchanged vows in inthe inthe inthe the Logan Temple recently Mrs Alice Billings celebrated her birthday at the home of ofa I Ia a granddaughter Mrs Bryce Caldwell DAVID ROGER Hacking is home on furlough He is the so son of Mr and Mrs Junius Hacking and will report back back- to Fort Ord California January 5 for overseas duty Harold Hein son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hein Heln is home on furlough Mr and Mrs Vaughn Mott of Los Angeles California spent the Christmas holidays home with parents Mr and Mrs William B B. B Mott and Mr and Mrs J J. J Ferron Hacking Dr and Mrs J. J M M. Francke Franke enjoyed having all three of their sons home for Christmas |