Show i W V J sa S 4 ft 0 jw farm of bishop J ron ross merrell of naples mystery wasl f FARM I 1 BELONGS H TO ROSS MER IN RELL boss ross merrell naples is the owner of last weeks mystery farm which was first identified by mrs mr boyd merrell this is the second generation of to own the place it having previously belonged to fuller merrell ross purchased part a r 0 of f the thirty three acres fr from 0 h his ls father in 1934 and the remainder five years ago the th elder merrell morrell had owned it since 1920 or 21 when he bought it from a mr Brac kenberry though no authentic records were available as to the original settler r of the land it is recalled in the family that at one time the ground was part r t of a large vineyard owned iry by a fam family I 1 y of lubberts the home in which the present owners live was built by them in 1934 the old fuller merrell home is now occupied by the owen bodilis Bo dilys the ross and his brother grant also own a acre ranch on the green river south of jensen this is a part of the old george ranch alfalfa tor for seed and hay bay is the main crop ross also owns a few sheep and carries on a balanced farm program for the use of hh hit own family with enough cows cow s for milk and so on mr merrell was born in jensen but moved to naples at an early age having obtained his schooling in vernal his wife nelma a daughter of mr and mrs george martinson Martl who still reside in vernal second ward Is also a native of the uintah basin the connle were married in the mantl temple in 1932 they have three boys dale 20 who helps his father on the farm norman 16 a senior at UHS URS and byron 11 II who Is in the sixth grade at the naples school the family belong to the C church hurch of jesus christ of lat ter day saints the father being bishop of the naples ward what with f arming and church work the have little time left for hobbles but the tho boys are interested te in basketball so it Is a 9 family interest mr merrell Is 14 interested in the he program prom am ot of the soil sol conservation service with which he keeps keep in touch he especially na 3 the classes from the brought out by br the service farm labor is usually no problem to the since the bivs and their father work together with grant their partner the vernal express has been read from cover to cover by this family ever since it began in 1934 they especially eklov the correspondence but read everything they believe that should have a home town paper through which to keep up on op the affairs of their community you like mrs boyd merrell can win 5 gallons of gas by watching each week for the mystery farm of vou can identify it rail call the artilee farmers union coon immediately as you may win the gasoline |