Show X 13 an t atie 11 1 1 B 00 hda c cia old idal ys 20 YEARS AGO oct 18 1928 vern first holdup hold up in its history on 1 wednesday night about 8 As emmet rowley was returning to his home he was accosted by a stranger stronger near the red front garnge garage on main street who asked him for a match mr rowley immediately felt in his pocket in search of one while doing so to his amazement the man asked him if ho he had anything else and looking up in surprise as a gun was pointed against his breast I 1 dr earl douglas the discoverer of the dinosaur quarry near jensen and geologist of national rep ren repute tito tite has been in vernal t the h c I 1 past week he is now associated I 1 with the gilson asphaltum com corn pany of philadelphia whopper who oper oder nic nie 1 he the kiis gils i on it e mi mines in e s at rain bow harold haroid alien allen come down domm from slaught sawmill on brush creek mountain saturday it has been snowing quite heavily in that section and it was necessary for him to bouju his car out to the top of the mountain A before he could make the journey home the necessity of going back to lamps and candles is a thing the citizens of vernal were subjected to last week for a day or two due to the breaks in the canals causing the power to be shut off mr and mrs frank swain are arc the proud parents of an 11 34 3 4 pound baby boy who was born october A license to marry was ed october 16 by raymond ert rogers of leota and ardis romayne wagner of vernal the bride is the daughter of john wagner and the groom is the son of marion rogers they were married the same day by justice charles S carter 30 YEARS AGO oct 18 1918 geo luck brought three large tubers to the express office as a sample of the grade of potatoes he raised on the wm 11 farm in the fourth ward an even dozen potatoes weighed 30 pounds which we believe is some record for uintah county harlan stewart and lillian murray were married by justice ashley bartlett thursday afternoon both the young people are from jensen johp john T pope is in vernal for a few days and reports that the refinery near dragon is pro gressing grossing as ai usual A marriage license has been issued by the county clerk to theo Rufif afe ejot ofsan san be bernardino mardino cal cai and elfreda johnson of lapoint surveyor nile nilo hugel rugel hascom has com piled data and made surveys on the site for the new federal building which is proposed to be erected on the corner immediately west of the first ward meeting house on main street three miles of new road has been completed on the diamond mountain highway there is a force of men at work under supervisor oaks and they have completed the road out of brush creek onto the bench the committee appointed to investigate the proposed changes in the county road between nal nai and lapoint are ready to recommend that the changes be made actual surveys show that making the changes grades can be reduced to about seven per cent in place of the ten and in some cases fifteen per cent grades of the present route |