Show Jc the Good Q Old Days 2 ays 60 50 YEARS AGO o JULY 2 1715 Representatives of P A B Widener the traction magn magnate te teof of Philadelphia will be In Salt Lake next month to look over the Uintah basin country with a aview aview view of determining whether the Wideners shall Invest In Utah mines and resources Thomas J Dolan general manager of the Widener Interest will be at the head of the party which will tra- tra travel travel vel on a special train He will spend three to four weeks in Utah going over that part of the state In which the representatives tives of the Wideners have al- al already already ready made investigations Vernal's Fourth of July cele- cele celebration celebration bration is going to cost slightly over 1300 in its entirety That ThatIs ThatIs Is the final estimate made after estimates have been turned In by the various committees This will be as much or more than any July 4 celebration ever staged in the Uintah Basin has cost and Is also a guarantee that It will be one of the very best Sunday Wm buggy horse dropped dead on the street The family had been to the court house to the band con con- concert concert cert and upon starting home the animal dropped dead opposite the Davis residence The animal had not showed any of being sick but was fat and ap- ap apparently apparently healthy It was a valuable valuable able animal on account of being gentle and trusty for ladies to drive Tourists are going east nearly as fast as they are coming west The Pikes Pike's Peak Highway is get get- getting getting ting practically all this traffic which travels through Utah Salt Lake Is routing the cars this way knowing the condition of the Midland Trail All of them both east bound and west bound state that they will recommend this route to their friends Officials of the court house were busy a good share of the day decorating the court house with flags and bunting 55 YEARS AGO JULY B 8 1910 We are proud of the work the Dry Fork residents have done on their road They have put sage brush on the sand and coy coy- covered eyed ered that with clay until they have a good road for a good por- por portion portion tion of the way down to the can can- canyon canyon yon That will be the driveway for forI forthe forthe I the people of Vernal some day dayI I and the sooner they know how delightful It is the better I The assessed valuation for 1910 Is which places es Uintah county in the 10 class The assessed valuation in 1909 was The Jensen people are arc alive aliveto aliveto to the needs of Jensen They pull together The bridge question isa Is Isa a live Issue with them They know what they want and they are not afraid to get out and work for it It The first day out from Price last Friday there were twenty twenty- twentythree three bags of mail and five pasS pas passengers Mr Lee had to send an extra wagon to carry the ex ex- ex express press The Indian baseball team met the Vernal boys on the diamond Tuesday and simply ran away with them The Indians scored 26 to Vernal 3 The Indian boys could throw and run in a man man- manner ner that took the fans by sur prise The The city council met Tuesday evening and among other things decided to charge a flat rate of per month for city water e 40 YEARS AGO 00 JULY 5 1925 Tuesday evening a haystack on the Wm II H place caught fire set presumably by children playing with matches The stack was three years old and contained about 20 ton of hay The fire was put out so it was supposed but early the next morning the fire again broke out and this time the stack was completely destroyed Mr and Mrs P A Erickson are the parents of f a a- aboy boy b born rn Tuesday June 30 Supervisor A G Nord of the Ashley national forest and Mrs Nord are the parents parents of a baby babyboy babyboy boy born June 27 Mr and Mrs Earl of Springville report the arrival of a son born June 26 Mrs of Springville was for merly Kathryn Calder daughter of O 0 B Calder The new fire engine and che- che chemical chemical mical purchased last spring by bythe bythe the Vernal city council from the Fire Equipment co was driven through from Denver arriving Thursday evening and andI I was thoroughly tested out and inspected by the city dads Oral Shiner last week had a narrow escape from a very ser ser- serious serious ious Injury while alone at the ranch last week A horse he was riding reared throwing him h i m against a fence Mr Siner was knocked unconscious and be- be believes believes the horse rolled roIled over him Miss Leona Searle daughter of D L Searle of Jensen and George William Williams of Jen- Jen Jensen Jensen sen formerly of Castle Dale on July 1st were granted a marri- marri marriage marriage age license by Wilson Murray county clerk and were married by Justice Charles S Carter Mrs John A Knight who as asa asa a baby came with her parents to Salt Lake City in 1849 mother of Charles L Knight of Randlett visited in Vernal and the Ashley Valley on Friday for the first time coming into the Uintah Ba- Ba Basin Basin sin with her daughter Mrs W IL White and husband standing III the trip splendidly On Thursday of last week Tho- Tho Thomas Thomas mas Blevins of Craig Moffat county Colo and Sheriff L Richardson of Uintah County jointly visited isolated sections on the Utah Colorado line to gather evidence of bootleg whis- whis whiskey whiskey key and especially close to the state line where operations could be carried on h in either or both states at the same time William H Oakley was in town last week from Jensen Mr Oak Oak- Oakley I icy ley reports Green river has ris-I ris ris- ris risen en considerably within the last few days which is very vely unusual at this tIlis time of the year lie He sup sup- supposed supposed posed that very heavy rains had occurred towards the ers a few days before 0 20 YEARS A Al O JULY 5 1945 Wayne Goodrich son of Mr and Mrs Byron Goodrich Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal nal has successfully completed his flight training at the Luke Field army air force advanced single engine flying school Reed Ross the former owner of Ross Cash Store has purchased ed the Gipson Hotel from Mr and Mrs Willis L Johnson Mr Ross took possession July 1 Marriage licenses were issued June 18 to Joseph Ray McKee and abd Karen B Morrell both of June 21 to Henry T Chapman and Maurine Jacob Jacob- Jacobson son sen both of Vernal Ernest Clark and Lucille lichens Hichens both bothof bothof of Roosevelt A miscellaneous shower was held Thursday afternoon in the Lapoint chapel for Mr l and Mrs Laurence Luck who were re re- re recently married Mrs Luck Is the former Dorothy Caldwell Long beards short beards black bushy scraggly or just plain whiskers will soon be com com- coming ing on the chins and physiognomies mies of Vernal townsmen ac ac- ac according cording to Onel Barnett Darnett dent of the local Junior Chamber I of Commerce I Helen stevens returned to Se- Se Seattle attle attie Washington Sunday after spending a weeks week's vacation with her parents Dr and Mrs James JamesW JamesW W Stevens Helen is taking a course In Public Health Nursing at the University of Washington |