Show rn In Inthe the Good Old D Days ys 20 YEARS AGO 30 YEARS AGO 75 YEARS AGO July 4 1957 Flaming Gorge roadwork advances dam plant bid calls are set for January It Il is estimated that the dam will require one million cubic yards of concrete It will rise feet above the present stream bed and will be 1180 1160 feet long across the chasm Constantly rising crude oil all prices appear to be putting shale oil on a competitive basis said Lee E. E Young director of Utah Land Board as a meeting of Western States Land Commissioners Com Coma Commissioners missioners Friday in Gearhart Oregon One hundred sixty five Boy Scouts and leaders broke camp Saturday after six days at the third annual High Uinta Scout camp at Red lied Springs Thirteen Uintah Scout District boys assembled in Provo on the first leg of their train trip to the National Boy Scout Jamboree to Valley Forge The scenic Red Cloud loop tour is now accessible to automobiles reported Forest Service officials Uintah County Cattlemen's education tour is set for July 11 to 13 Whiterocks River road construction bids will be let Every hour of the day and night worth of property goes up in flames due to the misuse of electricity says the committee on Origin of Fires Rules that should be followed by everyone are Dont Don't connect too many lamps or appliances to a circuit 2 Dont Don't run lamp or appliance cords over over radiators or pipes or touch such grounded metal 3 Never touch an electric appliance radio or light switch not even the phone when you are in the bathtub standing in a puddle on the laundry floor or have wet hands 4 Dont Don't place cords in jams door or under rugs Constant closing of the thedoor thedoor door will damage insulation and you will not see the damage 5 Never leave an electric iron connected even for a few minutes 6 Never yank cords out or sockets by the cord Grasp the plug itself Weddings Ora Fae Wardle Wardle- Clark Oviatt Pa Patsey sey McKowen-LeRoy McKowen Freestone Carol Wayne Hulbert-Wayne Pope Ila lIa Brent Manwaring-Brent Morrill Darius B. B Burke completes European mission Mr and Mrs Leona Neal celebrated their wedding anniversary July 26 Mr and Mrs Max Todd are parents of a baby girl born June 20 Funerals Seth L L. L Bullock Manford R. R Hatch N. N R. R Cook An eight year old girl last Thursday lost portions of the first three fingers and part of a thumb of the left hand when a apiece apiece apiece piece of flare she was holding exploded A playmate ignited the flare with a match LaVonne is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Karl Caldwell After Mrs Emma Buhl DeHart 90 died of malnutrition was found in her Staten Island home She also left in banks Door prizes were awarded at atthe atthe atthe the Grand Opening of Curts Curt's Service Station and Drive In Saturday July 3 3 1947 Presided over by the state county queens Uintah County's Centennial celebration the great greatest t in the regions region's history will begin July 9 Donna Hatch will reign as a Centennial Queen Her attendants attendants at are Marva Walker and Karma Lea Einerson Emerson Uintah School budget is over overa a half million Applauded by hundreds of enthusiastic listeners who turned out to view Vernal's new hotel and radio station Gov Herbert B B. B Maw declared that the Rangely field will someday be merely the fringe of a great Uintah Basin oil pool You have untold wealth in your oil asphalt gilsonite coal and oil shale deposits he continued and I fully believe that Vernal will be the capitol of this new eastern empire The public schools of Uintah and Duchesne Counties will not have to absorb the students of Whiterocks Indian School stated Sen Arthur V. V Watkins this week Weddings Diane Paulson Paulson- Clayton Findlay Lurrine Mark J J. J Bartlett Fern Dean McCarrell-Dean Lam Lam- bert berl Freda Caldwell Lela Rae McConkie- McConkie Chester Hildrelh Hildreth Mr and Mrs George E. E Thorne celebrated their wedding anniversary Funeral services for Marva Merrell 8 will be held today Five girls seek rodeo crown Shirley Wilson Rubby Lee Hazelbush Donna Timothy Mrs Neil Caldwell Approximately 50 percent of the county hay crop has been lost through storm and weevil William C. C Whitaker county agent declared today Vernal gem city of Uintah Basin and Eastern Utah is just beginning to to realize its it's full potential possibilities First a pioneer village and trading post then a sheep and cattleman's cattleman's cat cat- tieman's town by reason of the proposed mighty Echo Park Dam and Central Utah Irrigation project the keystone of Utah's future development The polio emergency medical committee met today in the Uintah High High School f Neola's gala celebration scheduled for July 4 and 5 promises to be of variety and color said Otis L. L Burton Durton publicity chairman July 3 1947 With apologies to of the Craig Empire Dont Don't envy the life of a newspaper guy as he sits with his feet could see at a glance if you raised up his pants that even his socks are You think that he lives a fine life of ease and really is rolling in money that he only works in a series of jerks and lives on rich milk and honey You think when his paper is out of the door that his work for six days is then over that he sits in his jail takes in money by mail and is honestly right in the clover Now listen my friend I wish that were me it would be most appealing but Ill I'll give you the dope believe me meI I Ill I'll speak from the heart with real feeling The newspaper man starts to torun torun torun run down the news as soon as His paper is printed he has to get facts from all your acts sometimes from a thing merely hinted He lie has to be here he has hasto hasto hasto to be there he hustles about like a breeze Ah pity the guy he makes a nice try but he wears off his feet to his knees Then when at long last the paper is out and he settles down for a breather he hears the phone phon peal and he knows hell he'll get hung by an angry sputtering sputtering reader The chances are aregood aregood aregood good that hes he's left something out that he or she wanted immensely immensely im im- im and so the poor Ed pulls down on his head imprecations im im- im muttered intensely OH OR it could cowd be he that one of you guys got arrested and fined just for speeding and wanted no doubt have the story left out outto to the Ed it was only good reading Do you envy the life of a newspaper man and think that he has a real mission IF II you do come on down take my place as a golly I wanta go a. a In 1780 the population of the US U.S. war wai w July 5 1902 Someone has been shooting along in the middle of the night and disturbing the peaceful sleep of the boys who room In Inthe Inthe Inthe the center of town This individual individual in in- Is very apt to go off ore dragging his hind parts some night or if caught will be dragging a ball and chain on the city rock pile L Leslie lie Ashton will serve as mayor in the interim of the mayors mayor's absence Utah Lake is now said to be 2 feet below the normal depth and water taken from the Salt Lake and Jordan canal are complaining com of or the scarcity of the then n fluid id Sen Bailey of Texas assaulted Sen Beveridge of or Indiana just after the Senate had adjourned from executive session The episode was the result of a heated controversy that afternoon in which Sen Beveridge said that Sen Bailey had made an attack on Sen Penfield of the state department Sen Bailey asked Sen Beveridge to withdraw his words saying he did not allow any men to say that he libelled another Now he said if you wont won't withdraw your words when I ask you Im I'm going to tomake tomake tomake make you withdraw them I The latter still sitting replied I repeat I did not intend to insult you and that I have nothing to withdraw As the words were uttered Sen Bailey threw himself on Sen Beveridge who ho is hardly up to the average physique seized him by the throat with both hands Senators who were sitting near parted the two The Texas senator is a powerful man and it was with great difficulty that two senators dragged him away from Sen Beveridge When they succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- a part of the Indiana Senators neckwear was ripped away in the vigorous grasp asp of Sen Bailey According to official reports there have been 1740 cases of Cholera in Manila in the Phillipines and 1385 deaths from froll the disease The province reports show cases and dead The daily mail is now running from Vernal to Jensen The people in Naples greatly appreciate appreciate appreciate ap ap- daily mail and already have established mail boxes The glorious Fourth passed off very quietly in Vernal The dance at Social Hall the night before was overcrowded with numbers sold After 12 midnight the crowd thinned down and by special dispensation dispensation the dance continued until 4 am a.m. Along about noon the day of the the Band boys donned uniforms got out in the middle of the day and woke things up The customary powder burned boy was the first thing on the program bright and early yesterday morning Two older boys were having some sport with the smaller boys young cannon Bill King braver than the rest touched it off ore with a match Williams William's hat shot up in inthe inthe inthe the air about 40 feet and he wobbled around like a a horse with the blind staggers Will Green was passing and took the boy to the doctor to dress his face which was badly powder burned and lacerated Jack Chew and daughter of Utah County ca came me in the first of the week Mr Chew represents A. A B B. B Berland Derland a Utah cat catS cattleman and he is arranging for delivery of cattle to the Green Cattle Co He expects to locate in the near future in the vicinity of Douglas Mountain at Browns Park where he will handle stock of his own |