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Show In The Bood Old Says 20 YEARS AGO 30 YEARS AGO 70 YEARS AGO Agu.i 6, 1959 Aug-, 3, 19W Augu8t 6, 1909 Roosevelt's 3rd Ward defeated Myton 13-1 Saturday at Vernal ballpark to claim the regional championship in Division 14C Senior Softball tourney. Ron E. Harrison, manager of Moon Iake Electric Assn., Inc., terminated his employment with the REA system Monday. Mr. Harrison told the Vernal Express that differences of policy between the board of directors and management resulted in his resignation. The study of an integrated water system for Ashley Valley was discussed Tuesday evening in the city office in a meeting between Vernal City Council and Maeser Town Board and other anticipated users. Dirt embankments are now visible on a portion of the main dam in Steinaker Reservoir. Excavation for the main riverflow control tunnel is slated to start this week . A minimum of $76,672,000 for continuing con-tinuing work on the Colorado River Storage project this fiscal year was recommended Friday by top officials of the Bureau of Reclamation in a five-day five-day programming conference in Salt Lake City. Native trout fry are now being stocked in the continuing plant-by-air of the Uinta Mountain high country wafers. The small native fry ever 700,000 in number, are being flown in to a total of nearly 124 lakes of the Uinta Region. Observing his 102nd birthday in Vernal this week.will be John Franklin Gibens, who is visiting here from Tulsa. Oklahoma. Mr. Gibens is a father-in-law of Mrs. Robert Gibens. Longevity runs in the Gibens family. Mr. Gibens reports that he has a sister 103 in a rest home in Oklahoma. An historic family gathering was held recently in Vernal when eight living children of Jeremiah and Henrietta Clark Hatch gathered at the home of Monroe Hatch on July 20. This was the first time that the sons and daughters of one of Vernal's first settlers had all been together for 50 years. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bennett of Manila, announce the engagement of their daughter Marian Kay to Earl Korupa, son of V.L. Kroupa from Kimball, South Dakota. R.R. Sather of Roosevelt and S.L. Sather of Denver bought Lerner Wholesale Jewelry and combined with the S.L. Sather Wholesale recently. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allred returned last week from a ten-day vacation ; through the northwest. Mrs. Allred's mother. May H. Calder. accompanied them to Spokane. Washington. She will remain at the Glade H. Calder home in Spokane for six weeks. ( ' The family of Beatrice Harrison honored her on her birthday. The new Central Utah Projects office of the Bureau of Reclamation will be established in Provo. as soon as arrangements can be made. Hugh W. Colton of Utah Water and Power Board reported that although the Central Utah Project was feasible from the engineering stand point that it was not proven to a point yet whether it was economically feasible, that is that the benefits will outweigh the costs. Mr. Colton predicted that the proposed Tyzack reservoir would be contructed in the foreseeable future. Under a new milk ordinance passed by Vernal City Council Monday night, ' consumers of milk in the Vernal Area are assured the highest quality product in the state. Fire of undetermined origin Sunday at 1 p.m. destroyed the cab of a heavy state road commission truck parked at the commission yard on North Vernal Ave. Daily Air Express service to Vernal is now being offered by Railway Express Ex-press agency, C. B. Walker, Salt Lake agent, announced recently. No arrangements have been made by the firm to date for handling surface shipments, however. A nation-wide heat wave did not. exclude Ashley Valley from its course as temperatures zoomed and basinites sweltered. Highs were 96-96-91. Lows 50-49-48. No precipitation was recorded. Possibility of organizing a health council to serve Vernal City and Uintah County was discussed Tuesday afternoon af-ternoon by members of a health committee appointed last week. State and Federal funds may be made available to help support such a program. It was pointed out that under local administration, local problems are understood and met more adequately. ' A newly painted and cleaned cannery with new equipment opened its doors to the public Tuesday and will continue operation throughout the summer and fall canning season, according to Mrs. Warren Richardson, member of the stake welfare board. The community project, operating in cooperation with the Uintah school district, has the facilities necessary to handle a capacity of 2000 cans per day. One of Vernal's oldest buildings, John Jorgensen's Thirst Parlor, next door east of the Commercial Hotel on Main Street, is giving way to a modern structure. The one-story frame building long considered a fire hazard, has been torn down. According to reports, a new cinder block building to house the same business will be erected. Campbell Construction Co. has the building contract. Turner Building Supply which is building a new structure at about 600 East Main, just outside the Vernal city limits is nearing completion and should be ready for business about August 15. Space for installation of a naval radio station in a CCC camp building adjacent" ad-jacent" to 'the' Vintah County fair grounds was granted Monday by the board of county commissioners. Grant W. Heath, managing editor of the Vernal Express, is officer in charge of the volunteer unit which will install a radio station and carry out a training program in electronics. Mr. and Mrs. Orvel Hullinger announce an-nounce the birth of a son born at the Uintah Basin hospital July'2R. Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Yates announced recently that they are parents of a boy born July 2(1 in the Uintah Basin Hospital. Mrs. Yates is remembered by Vernal's younger set as a former teacher in the physical education department at Uintah High School. American Legion members from posts in Roosevelt. Myton. Duchesne and Vernal District 5. enjoyed fun-making fun-making at the canyon party last Sunday. Sun-day. Uintah Canyon was the sport spot for baseball, fishing and other outdoor sports. The county commissioners met in regular session last Monday and transacted tran-sacted considerable business. John C. Bates is to meet with the state board of equalization to disucss the matter of the proposed raise in taxes 40 percent each on sheep and cattle. This is the option of the county commissioners commis-sioners that owners in this county should not be forced to pay the increase in as much as they come so near to reporting the correct number owned. The state board claims that not more than 50 percent of the sheep and cattle in the state were reported this year. It is declared by owners in this county that they have reported at least 90 percent. per-cent. The state sheep inspector reported that 2,150,000 were inspected, yet the returns of the various county assessors show that only 1,400,000 were assessed. The South Myton Bench Irrigation district has made a contract with Lott and Associates of Denver to construct the canal which is to water 16,000 acres of land on the South Myton Bench. Mr. C. C. Inman and Joseph Arnold Jr., have just come in from the Inman Placer claims, where they have been doing development and experimental work in different parts of the fields to see if the grounds were a paying proposition. pro-position. They know that they are and during their investigations they have gotten out about three hundred dollars of gold, which they have melted together in four balls, the largest of which weighs Vz ounces, which was taken out of one hole in about eighteen hours work. If people continue to come in here from other states and even other sections sec-tions of this state as they have for the past two or three years, it will not be so very long until the man who can afford to live in Vernal must own his own home. Just a few days ago a Colorado man purchased a residence here and was given immediate possession, that is as soon as the present occupant can vacate. The man who purchased seems to be in a hurry and the occupant is unable to find a suitable place, although he has looked everywhere. There is just one house he could secure and the owner will not rent to a family with children. There are children in the family. A great activity of wool buyers is being be-ing noticed in offers to western wool growers for their 1909 clips. Every commission com-mission house is sending out its buyers to tie up all western wool as early as possible, even at the present high market prices. Irvin Caldwell had a narrow escape from death last Thursday. A load of hay on which he was riding tipped and he was thrown astride a sharp portion of the hay rack. Dr. Martin was called and was compelled to administer chloroform before he could take the stitches necessary. He is the brother-in-law of George Fisher, who was recently thrown from a hay rack and killed. There was a plan on foot to organize a medical association last Saturday night, but for some reason it was postponed. The population is rapidly increasing in-creasing as is the number of physicians and it seems as if an association is important. im-portant. Wm. O'Neil, one of our settlers who is interested in the oil fields near Range-ly, Range-ly, arrived in town Tuesday. He was accompanied ac-companied by Mr. Rhone, of California. Mr Rhone is an nil exnert and if the property north of town looks good to him, his company will, if possible, lease the land and commence drilling. We know not what he thinks of the property but other oil men say that it looks good and ought to make a showing. Well here's hoping Roosevelt Standard. Sam Himes is somewhat of a practical prac-tical joker himself. At his resort he has what he calls a "haunted chair". An old rocking chair was set out in tall weeds, and a healthy and powerful colony of hornets built a nest under the seat. Sam bets the tourists that they can't sit ir the chair three minutes and rock twicf The chair is aimed down the hill; Sa1 wins all the bets and he says the tourif develop great speed; he is saving ins money to buy a stop watch. -White River Review. Wasatch County finances have reached reach-ed such a low ebb, according to the Duchesne records that the commissioners commis-sioners find themsleves in such a position posi-tion that come fall some tall rustling must be done in order to meet current expenses. The price of flour on the reservation is soaring and will soon be out of sight. At Myton it is $5.25 per hundred. Rev. Ludwig Thomsen and wife celebrated the fourth anniversary of their marriage last Monday, August 2. Their color scheme was white and pink and during the day thoughtful friends sent profusions of white and pink flowers. E. W. Lloyd has gone to his ranch near Independence for a short time. He will survey a wagon road from Randlett to Myton along the section lines. Mr. Lloyd was wearing a broad smile when he left Vernal last Tuesday. The July 1909 cash business of the Vernal Drug Company was $500 more than the July 1908 cash business. |