Show to In the Good Old Days 20 YEARS AGO Octobers October 3 1957 Large industrial centers In Inthe Inthe inthe the tri state area of Utah Wyoming and Colorado were predicated last week by Irvine J J. J Reese a top engineer from the Federal Power Commission Com Com- mission He forecast that booming growth in Utah and other mountain states in the coming years will create a power market seven times limes larger than the huge Upper Colorado River Project will be beable beable beable able to provide Between now and 1980 it willbe will willbe willbe be necessary to build steam electric plants in the Upper Basin States to supply hydroelectric hydroelectric hydroelectric hydro hydro- electric power he said He said that discoveries of uranium oil and natural gas would have done much to stimulate the regional growth but that vast coal deposits would stimulate industrial growth in the tri state area and the Four Corners area Large industrial centers will willbe willbe willbe be born in these areas founded on electric power produced by steam-electric steam plants fueled from these coal beds the engineer forecast There were 38 million persons persons persons per per- sons living in the Upper Basin States in 1950 but by 1980 the population will more than double Mr Reese said Per capita use of power will also soar upward About 1920 kilowatt-hours kilowatt were used per person in 1950 but by 1980 it will climb to Mr and Mrs Bus Hatch and Mr and Mrs Don Hatch returned from New York City Friday after attending a movie premiere with Lowell Thomas nationally known radio com com- Mr Thomas paid all expenses for the Hatches visit to view Search for Paradise the production in which Bus and Don played an important part in the river running sequence filmed in Pakistan and India PRETTY Rosa Rae daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry B. B and Michael Keele son of Mr and Mrs T. T M. M Keele reigned over Kiwanis Kids Day Two nights last week 25 deer were killed by Woodey Searle on his property on lower Diamond Mountain Mr Searle has received written permission permission permission per per- per per- mission from the Department of ofFish ofFish ofFish Fish and Game to kill deer causing extensive damage None of the meat has been wasted but turned over to game officials The US U.S. Public Health Service has offered to participate participate participate par par- in Vernal sewage disposal plant project in the amount of Bids will be called early in January for the construction of the fabulous county building to grace the courthouse grounds Deaths L. L T. T Peyton 53 owner of Peyton Machine Shop in Vernal died in Denver presumably of a heart ailment Bernard Stewart 77 Jensen Charles Hoel noel 82 LEI LED BY KY the brilliant running of Cloyd McCarrel and Gary Sutton Uintah romped to a 20 20 0 0 victory over BY High Friday The first league game was played on the Utes' Utes home ground Sleep exercise and good food is advised as the best bulwark against Asiatic Flu Weddings Pat Swain-Conrad Swain S. S Evans Fae Op Openshaw- Openshaw Richard H. H Evans Nina Jorgensen Reed Clark-Reed Tolton Last Friday was Fun Day at Maeser School Children brought pets flower arrangements and garden produce After lunch an auction auction auction tion was held selling the vegetables etc Children received blue ribbons Special requests for blood for lor fora lora a Vernal burn victim Marvin Atwood have been circulated through this area The October general conference conference con con- ference Terence of the Church was cancelled due to the outbreak of Asiatic Flu Violet Grant and Larry Jack ha have ve been charged with the first degree murder of Herman Grant 30 YEARS AGO October 2 Carter Oil Company a subsidiary of the worlds world's largest oil company Standard Oil of New Jersey and one of the most active and largest operators in the Uintah Basin nasin completed 29 wildcat wells In inthe he the first fir t seven even months month of 1947 1941 A goober is a peanut Hand grenades were used by marines under John Paul Jones during the American Revolution Weve We've heard so many gripes about US U.S. Highway 40 it is a relief to read a word of praise TIlE THE DENVER Post had this to say You know it when you enter Utah from Crom Colorado even if you dont don't see the welcome sign You know it by bythe bythe bythe the condition of the highway From a road undependable because of chuckholes and you find a Utah oiled highway that is a pleasure to drive A bright yellow line down the center of the highway catches the attention first At night it is a tremendously important safety factor Too many main Colorado highways are without this center stripe Utah's highways at least the portions we have driven n are more dependable Irian Colorados Colorado's main routes One has the feeling that the smooth road ahead isn't a quick pathway to death bubble the chuckholes kind that jump up and surprise you on Colorados Colorado's roads Yet highway engineers told us that the Utah portion of ofUS US U.S. 40 in the Vernal area was last processed in 1937 While most of Colorados Colorado's roads went to pieces during the war this one remained in good goad condition First class mail and most of the parcel post from Vernal and Roosevelt were destroyed in a amail amail amail mail truck fire Everything inthe in inthe inthe the form of clothing or cloth was wasa a total loss officials said STRIKING with the impact of an atomic bomb was the announcement announcement announcement an an- this week that the Vernal office of the US U.S. Reclamation Service would close Nov 1 A good showing of oil and gas has been encountered in the Vernal Oil and Gas Company's Hullinger No 1 wildcat well in Dry Fork Canyon The well has now reached a depth of 1170 feet An artesian flow of water was struck at 1070 and oil and gas at 1145 Hospital benefit rodeo Friday and Saturday reminds Woodey Searle dance at the Imperial Hall hail Saturday night The first bus to travel the newly established route of the Uintah between Vernal and Grand Junction arrived Wednesday afternoon bearing members of a Grand Junction goodwill group Searles Searle's Saving Center will hold its second anniversary sale Weddings Lillia Wall-Ernest Wall Helco Marilyn Jones John JohnI I Lorna Bigelow- Bigelow Gail Johnson Bert L. L Caldwell observed his birthday September 20 at atthe atthe atthe the home of a daughter Mrs Bus Eva Hatch SURPRISE of the Western Slope Derby meet was the winning upset by Silver Wing in inthe inthe inthe the half mile Western Slope Derby The Cinderella mare was given little chance to even show in this race Nearly unlicensed Uintah Basin automobile drivers have paid fines since the Utah State Tax Commission began its blockades two weeks ago Rushed to a Denver hospital when she was found semiconscious semiconscious semiconscious semi semi- conscious in a cabin in Rangely suffering from Irom severe dehydration and malnutrition was Julia Bathurst 41 Physicians said she had been without food lood for a week What nobody seeks is rarely found 75 YEARS AGO October 1902 RODEO 75 YEARS EARS AGO Although the weather was threatening and the ground slippery from Crom the heavy rainstorm Saturday night the Rough Riding Contest took place as advertised at Burtons Burton's Resort Monday and Tuesday The weather cleared up and the sun shone bright and warm both days Judges were were Snellen Johnson Hy lIy Meeks and Joseph Timothy Pard Dodds took his place first and was after his steer the instant he crossed the line and before he went 50 yards had him roped by the horns s and thrown on his back and was down by his side sidi ready to tie him in just 18 second but the steer got up and Pard nad to geton geton get geton on his horse and throw him a second time lime He still won the first prize of 50 cash however Had he succeeded the first time time tim he would have cut close to or beaten the best time on record 32 seconds T. T C. C McNEILL roped his steer the first throw and then circled around and tl took ok the run nm to throw him but his horse was too strong although well-trained well and broke the rope close to the saddle horn He then picked up the rope while the steer was running and finally threw him and tied him in Dick Oakley failed to rope his steer in two throws and was barred by regulations Jim McKee roped his steer by the horns the first throw but it was wasa a logy fellow and he had to work to throw time it-time was called before he got it ti tied d. d Wood Alexander got a wild one made a pretty catch and threw it five times in a quarter mile chase The horse was jerked over with him once but they struggled back up before the steer got away He took second 15 with time Snellen Johnsons Johnson's bay mare won the saddle horse race Shorty Dagle took the first ride Shorty caught a little gray bronc out of the corral and rode him to a finish but he was not a good bucker A SOLDIER from the Fort next caught a nervy looking sorrel which stood perfectly still until saddled and the soldier started to swing into the saddle Before he got seated the horse threw his head down and went into the air like a rocket and done some good hard churning The soldiers soldier's head commenced to flop and the next instant he turned a trick in the theair theair theair air and fell all out in front of the horse F. F J. J Thornton a rider from Montana who is working here roped a chunky little bay which looked to be all muscles and meanness Thornton slipped into the saddle whipping and spurring all the way It was a good ride but the pony did no stiff pitching Jim McKees McKee's turn came next and he selected the sorrel that threw the soldier partly because the crowd asked for it and mostly because he wanted to The horse stood as quietly as before while being saddled waited wailed til the riders rider's foot was in one stirrup and then went at it He pitched at least 50 yards before Jim got his right foot In Inthe Inthe inthe the stirrup but Jim stayed with him and spurred him up The judges gave Jim the first prize a 50 saddle second 15 went to Thornton Yates and his boys gave Rave two beautiful cavalry drills and the troops also crossed bats with the Vernal nine The Vernal boys had not practiced all summer but from the score 12 to 5 5 they seemed to do allright all allright allright right without practice Miss Lizzie Marshall is improved improved im im- im- im proved A brother Henry arrived from Kendall Wyo to visit her head of were started for the eastern market the property of JC Bates John Hacking Richard Witbeck Tom Spears Jeff Hall lIall and Harry Southam |