Show I 1 I 1 r old I 1 I 1 pictures draw dra wide wid e I 1 interest I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 amazing hus has bus bernahe been the re bronso in letters and telephone calls to the old picture publish cd ed on the front p page a ge 0 of f th the e vernal express june 1 I on this page are letters received in response to a request to t 0 identify id en atif y the old oid 0 id character c h ara arn 6 ter pictured every person who saw tho the picture will bo be interested in accounts given also on this page Is another picture can you fy the man I 1 I 1 editor of the vernal express dear sir 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 did not have to guess wh whew I 1 picture you had printed on the h c I 1 front page of ok lost weeks issue of tho the vernal express for I 1 knew it was our own dear old uncle joke workman uncle jake was one of those able abie characters yo you u meet lid was a sturdy little man about five ive f and a half feet tall always wore dark trousers a blue bitic shirt with black sateen half sieves and a red bandana knotted around his neck ills his high boots wrinkled down encased one trouser leg while lethe the other E persisted persisted ers isted in hanging over his boot oot top ills his thick brown hair was worn in n side brush and his full beard and mustache matched his hair perfectly his cars were larne largo and his brown eyes were small and twinkling I 1 the coldest weather never in deuced him to wear anything k his vest an sloppy brim hat the left pocket of his vest down with the weight of his A inmans tra watch and heavy silver chain he walked quick and loud he knew know where ho be was wash going and got there in a hurry 4 when he became older he rode a little grey pony and by the gentle persuasion of a little buckskin braided quirt the pony got him where he wanted to go quick and loud ashley valley was one of utah last foe frontiers toe and uncle mele jake came here 1 in the 0 0 early his home was between 2nd and and 3rd ard west street of vernal city and near his home he built bulit addari call ad first dance Tari hall hail the first thing he saw was the children and the young people of the community and their need for a recreation hall larger than the little old log school house so at once he built a dance hall true it was made of logs but it had a good floor of native j lumber his brother inlaw in law al johnstun had llad the saw and ing mill the hall was lighted with tin based kerosene lamps hung on the walls he prided himself on the crystal clearness of his lamp chimneys chimney sand and the of his hall so the ladies dressed in their full skirts tight fitting basques and dainty french trench dancing shoes could be seen ts as they danced the light fantastic to pioneer music well do we remember the community thanksgiving ners held in the hall w when hen our mothers took freshly cooked doughnuts and large tin milk pans of rice pudding for dessert and the children loved him for sor f or having his floor so clean at 1 christmas time when the tall christmas tree stood in the hall I 1 and old santa came with his bis bag of peppermint rm stick ck candy and gave them a candy scram ble followed by the peanuts the gay nineties came and many talented people came to venal ve vc nal nai to live george E B adams wi wim h his cornet peter hanson with the violin george wardle choir leader and dance emaster master orson B calder with the flute and mrs julie doty organist and we boa boasted s wd a good hamlin organ brought here by mrs clara griffin cometo comelo come to my hall for all your practice said uncle jake everything is free to ta you arid and I 1 read in the minutes of the first bands organization by richard jensen secretary where they gave a band concert and dance giving the proceeds to uncle jak jake e to help pay for fuei fuel and kerosene the community grew and uncle jake alert to conditions b built bulit mit wit a large r andrup and mo to date opera house this became the social center ceriter for the hig big high h school the civic clubs and the church in this building the fondest dreams were r realized in the of many fine conc concepts egts dramas operas and oth other er pro grains presented on his hit stage at lany many any entertainment it was half I 1 the th ershow show to see sec this quick little man flit slit across the stage up and down the stairs and in and out the building to be sure all the props were in readiness when needed there were never any A ny out W uli LIL t loafers loafer sP around his hall f or they were his guests andee and he them in giving them the best seat in the house and for ever after they were his fast friends uncle J took an active part parl in all public 1 celebrations I eb rations it being his duty to tar set the non f for sor or the day break salute each mo mornine ing of ju july juls 4 and on the pione pioneer wr day J july y 24 he was the indian fighter defending ef ending the pioneers from the indian raids all life in utah he was just that an indian fighter uncle jake closed his life in the quick fashion he be had lived the entire ashley valley vailey mourn ed the lose of a great little man it who loved the people very truly yours SARAH B V BINGHAM vernal utah dear editor the picture you had haa in inthe the vernal express june 1 w was wab of jake workman known to many 1 I 1 1 1 w 1 i ilc lic ilz iii dil ta I 1 1 a I 1 I 1 who was W 1 a she he F aj atif It If r I 1 fph fyr ft I 1 A 16 1 a I 1 A at i i 1 1 a W 1 I 1 I 1 V aw 4 V it V 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 W v 0 to 11 I 1 af 44 it bolit I 1 I 1 71 t I 1 it j k JL 1 1 4 A 11 46 t f 41 06 0 I 1 J R 61 0 Z L A i 1 i I 1 i 1 V V 1 I 1 1 q aa ua tik pir 4 0 o L 1 aa 4 1 r aja 14 f A I 1 k 44 r to 0 A 0 00 1 1 i 1 4 II 11 t 1 P ak q I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 4 i 1 14 1 1 02 1 I 1 1 I 1 MW I 1 I 1 1 i 00 0 j tw vl t q I 1 I 1 T 1 1 II 1 i 0 Q Q 1 I 1 I 1 na 1 4 0 I 1 10 I 1 11 J ii I 1 6 r V A I 1 I 1 I 1 A 4 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 is 1 WHO WAS THIS ashley ashler valley vaney pioneer r he lived to be years old he was born dec 2 1884 and died in january of 1926 2926 ho he built the first schoolhouse chool houe in ashley valley and he even hired the teacher himself hims himi elf olf many residents resl resi donis denis of the basin will remember this old oid timer limer Hundred hundreds sot of persons wont remember il 11 but this man was the mei wit person they set eyes on as a s uncle jake I 1 I 1 he was 0 owner of the old oid jake workman wo hall which was call ed the opera house in the learly yearly early I 1 he ran a dance hall hail west of f beesa mrs Ye geqrge eSa adams p place ice i it was on the same lot as the adams home is now he lived where the harry ratliff home is now but the house has been remodeled west of the home was a barn and feed lot which he also took care of the barn was was torn down and the house which is now n ow known k I 1 the pardon dodds house was inbuilt 1 built bulit I 1 learned to dance in the jake workman opera house in later years the opera I 1 house was used as a cleaning factory wen pen hen it finally burned down it was located just south I 1 of the nelson ricks creamery the win winter ter tec of 1911 my wife 1 took first prize in the opera i house at a masquerade she was wa curly locks the prize was in cash she also won the prize in 1912 as knight i i the picture really is uncle jake he looked this way at home town or wherever he happened to be all he lacks in the picture is the I 1 little ittle white horse he used to ride yours truly truy I 1 clair burton tridell aridell Tr idell utah I 1 1 vernal vernal express vernal utah gentlemen renu emen i on your front page under date of june 1 1949 you have a port portrait bait kait of uncle jake work man inan who was one of the most i picturesque residents that ver nal ever had uncle jake always rode an loid lold oid old gray mare up tp and down 1 main street day in and day out i 1 dont remember ever seeing him walk any farther than from the hitching rack to the store or post office he rode more like an indian than a white man always j slapping old gray with the ends j of the bridle reins or the end of 3 lariat which he usually had bad I 1 tied on the pommel of the saddle he lithard hit hard enough to kill a fly let alone hurt a horse enough to urge it on on he always wore his overalls tuc tucked ked in the I 1 top lop op of his cowhide boots in a slouchy i a manner as possible i he lived on main street on the i present harry ratliff property and always had an opera house I 1 and dance hall the first one was just west of his home about where I 1 the george D merkley re ide Idd nce Is now A humo ruf in aident happened there when I 1 was a small boy negro cavalry men len ien were stationed at ft fl Iu Duches duchesne chesne nc because of indian trouble and some of them work ed up a play day r and came over to vernal verna I 1 to give I 1 a two night firmance for mance jt it was a huge success the first night and at the close the fhe announcer came out and in vitea the audience to come ak again ain aln the next night promis ine lne them thern a change of program he in T dilated the one they had just n given hanging banging to the left of the I 1 stage this program r am being quite elaborately hand lettered and framed frai hed wed the second w when hen the curta curtain in went up the an I 1 j came out and after a jalm joke or i two iwo evo ivo said last night I 1 you a change of pro gram we changed it over from the south side of ahe stage to the north side and indicated it hanging 3 nging in the other place most af f the audience laughed and took it as a joke and settled fettled back to enjoy the performance again A very few demanded their money back and left uncle jane jake later tore this opera houge howe down and builtman built bulit an other on the corner comer of fifth west and main I 1 another amusing incident 7 i it 71 1 4 I 1 happened pe only oni a comparatively cy few years ago dr vernald Ver centarian Cen and jake jare j were pals fals and ina vIaM for yearb and years uncle jake was a strong democrat and dr hullinger just arstrong as strong lican at the time of this part rna moe my story they were bon bom old men both quite alte feeble they met one night in n th the 0 post poff office the present utah powe and light co office jn than days the th crowd started cartri tar tri thi to n eni gath ini tr Y be fore the four horse stage 6 and AM kept collecting until untidy aften after the hallwas distributed I 1 t was I 1 quite an event for sor the of each evenings mail maii was in only contact the 10 people p had with hith the out side world i it happened bened to bo be almost election time ume in in SK wn is and eseo esea these two old f allows started d poll bics tics with one statement ae a 5 ding to another until the olt ol 01 gents were right on the war pit nt 4 fists ri wili came next and conaster PO naster belcher heard beard d the cor coo costion motion tion r and came out t of othe the latt inn 0 office and tried 1 to cool l them orr off and finally n ended by beill telling them i they could not right fight in i I if ke diee re he izu xie t showed 1 them out outdoor doork where other frienda friends step stepped ped pod in an aad and d took the docte docto I 1 aad nad wk ed uncle jake on to I 1 ha kew hew they i thweat bo i home e without I 1 their mail mall that eVeRl everling ng yours trul A lr 0 1 yema vemar vemer utah dear editor 0 I 1 the picture of the tho vernal pioneer I 1 ion on the aront pate date vf YU june iacco rr lot vernal exdras ni was wag I 1 he was among the earliest pioneers the first dance and amp hall hali in vernal cit city dw hi him ca very wei weft althou although he was my grand father father as B healed fik tin he died ann T was qu quite quito it young bub but my m mother 0 ther wb t his 5 daughter ln iri law in Y ho was wax one of the finest men m e she knew I 1 he was very an ana and d although he was noted for his firey temper ho he was wax good to ti the i poor hind and everyone knew knew if they thoy I 1 11 needed ded help of any many ahey they ca could id get it from him for the trie asking and many havo hayo to ak ask because he looked them up to offer his assistance ho he was never known to turn I 1 a traveler from his door and mahy many who were boy boys when n he 11 manag managed edthe the theatre will her getting shows free freo if he thought they were short 0 of f money sincerely yours gurs VADA WORKMAN HI HISLOP fas las As told to me by my mot mother ben ber libbie workman I 1 1 vernal utah dear dean 6 I 1 i ave abc have known known uncle ancic jake joke wo r kman W wc we all c ailed him as ns long S as I 1 can remember he was alwawi a jouy mans and nd E good to leve especial thajo the yog ung people pie he ile abw ays y rt d b elp them thom have enter t tain ment i rebuilt he built bulit built bulit the first am amusement hall in vernal I 1 at attended tended the dances there many times while ho he li vedIn ved in the present ratliff home homede he owned the dance hall hau just lust cast the oison olson Musi music estore store used d I 1 to be athen then li lter later hee he bull buli t ra t a dance danco Ii h allup here 0 on the 1 da 1 west and uain maln street treet rHe he was wm enn gener ens ous and big hearted I 1 remember when 2 a graup group rp of lr us boys boy would come down from dry nork fork be would woula ask as us to stay au night especially in the winter we 1 I 1 I 1 SS attend th e am tit SiT 1161 and liy aly nearly always y came on our horsell a group of beys boys airie girls would bome in by four horses hordes we would use ube ath wt foeks in 0 keep our feet warin dupwe always had k marding to stay atay with him in SS later yeara other SH danee dance halls were built hut but uncle jake ja held heid crowd one thine thing his disposition fw would would draw drav mhd crowd and to know alm aim was wax colove hini hinl h m PAL sal bli ulf yr M 1 1 1 lr 1 th vern vi v al i i alnA express aini alha vernal 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