Show local men given Pre preference terence on road J 17 whiting in charge of ashley creek jensen federal aid contract to employ uintah comity county men mea turns down utah county applicants U indah co county anty workmen are re be ing gisen preference oa on the new federal aid project between ashley creek and jensen according to J W whiting cont contractor rictor in charge of f the construction work mr whiting 0 resides in ville and ays says he has hu bad to turn down dozens of men who have come to him to fe work on the vernei jerasin lie has informed them that the work Is for uintah county men and outside men will not be used on the project if it id Is possible to ret get local help men have offered to move to vernal and establish their home liere here if it they could be fissured of the work said mr whiting after the preliminary work la Is av er and work Is started on the bridge over ashley creek there will bf IP about 40 men and teams employed the work mork is 1 near to vernal and should be a great beveill to the farmers and businessmen if this vicinity during the coming sea season 11 on work on tha the vermal ashley creek ere e it project la is hearing nearing completion com petion and it 13 1 expected to finish the groveling graveling in 1 next ten days in the city limits and the entire project Is 13 to be completed by may 18 15 there Is a possibility that work on the cocklebur colorado state ine line project will start in the next 30 days according to information given out by J C state road engineer this project would be about ten miles tn tra length and would employ about fifty men or more and as many trams teams J X II 11 young of ogden of the bureau of public roads was in vernal lost last week meek and went over the road with mr mulvinia Mul vilia mrs roland Ld quit and two ch children Ildri llla lila and nobby bobby of price returned to vernal sunday with ith mrs Lundqu lifs parents mr and end mrs W 8 mr and mr mrs henderson Hende raon and children had spent the week end in price attending the band contest and visiting rela alves N 0 Sov ards instructor in the uintah high school has planted two acres I 1 strawberries on his farm in the north part of the val ley which he exits to yield more than 1000 crates besides tides lif planting the strawberry acreage mr ur howards b has as two acres of melons two acres ra of early potatoes and Is setting out J IX it hale peach trees |