Show BOND CARRIES BY THREE TO ONE the bond election lat last tuesday carried 66 to 20 A total of 76 votes were ere cast out of tax payers it was the quietest election ever eier held in n vernal the administration is now in position to float an additional bond issue of to meet the indebted ness and pull through the crisis created by the installation of the water system local comment manager J L hayes of the ashley coop co op the only fault I 1 find with it la Is that they dian didn t bond for enough it should have been so the th t a curbing system and street making could have been done to eliminate the mud in wet weather about the ear 1868 1858 he was wag em am by Wil william liall cimball to work upon lipon a new ranch ii IE Far parleys leys park li aus given the position or of fore min ann in n charge of the horses and cattle A fort and strong enclosure I 1 for stuck stock for protection against the indians were ere built luring during the iha time he was in the employ of mr air kimball ho he became acquainted with miss mias maria alaria johnstun this acquaintance led to courtship and resulted in their marriage which occurred at snyder ville on december fth 1864 their union was blessed by a family of thirteen children nine of whom are still living not ong afeei their marriage lind i while still residing near park city in one crie season mr air workman trapped bearer and for the furs thus secured received over lu in cash in this work mrs workman also participated they aiso trapped rapped a number of iv wolves olves foxes and other animals for the museum at salt lake city when the mineral wealth was dis coveted in the hills near park city it so happened that he hauled the very first load of ore from the park to salt lake the ore was from the walker webster prospect one that did not develop into a large mine during the autumn of 1880 he as aisted in freighting a new saw mill for A J johnstun to uintah county wid and the next season moved his family to vernal after arriving here ho he purchased from david johnson the land upon which over oner one fourth of vernal now stands since he arrived here he has been veri enterprising ile he built the first amusement hall ball and later on the first opera house in this city though a southerner by birth he was intensely patriotic and this sentiment inspired him to raise the first flagstaff of any consequence in uintah county the flagstaff was over oner sixty feet high and from its top the stars and stripes often waved in the breeze when the country was covered with sage and shad scale before the hand of industry had con continued on page 4 column 5 |