Show 41 V Gl fl W 1 In The Good Old Days 1 20 YEARS AGO JUNE 5 1952 Reports said that Vernal depo deposits estimated to lo contain about aboul 40 per percent cent of or orthe the petroleum found In the nations lar lar- largest largest largest gest oil field In East Texas New White Way Lights to be put on Main A new lighting system along Vernal main street consisting of fifty fifty- two lumen mercury vapor white lights was approved by the city council and will be installed beginning June 16 10 A new trail bridge crossing the Uinta River Is being constructed by employees employees em em- of Ashley National Forest The bridge Is ts of all nil steel construction and weighs 7 one half tons It will be 85 feet in length All AU of or the construction materials must be transported to the bridge location by pack horses 30 YEARS AGO JUNE 11 1942 According to the information received Saturday Captain Hugh W. W Colton stationed at nt Fort Lewis Washington was promoted to a n major in the same re re- re Lowell LO Luvie Jacobsen 29 died Sunday Sunday Sun day from the dread disease of tick Uck fever It is believed that Mr Jacobsen had been shearing sheep in Craig at the time he contracted Rocky Mountain spotted fever From Washington came the cement of a n permanent gasoline rationing ration ing system This would entitle motorists motor fists to an average of 2880 miles of travel travel tra vel annually or about 55 miles weekly 54 YEARS AGO JUNE JUN E 7 1918 Barth Shaffer and George Rhoads returned returned re turned to Vernal last night having fail fait ed cd to perfect their enlistment at nt Salt Lake City because of or the rush at nt the thelast thelast last moment of or youths who lio had become 21 since last registration which literally liter tiler ally swamped the Salt Snit Lake recruiting The fact that June 5 was the date when all such boys had to register had the effect of bringing them from all aU over the state as the they preferred pre erred to volunteer rather than be draft draft- ed cd The recruiting office couldn't handle the congestion cong of or boys coming to the theoffice office The Uintah Motor Co will vacate their old stand and move into their new building sometime next week The building building build build- ing Is equipped to meet the demands of their Increasing trade The building is 70 by feet Ceet Vernal boys will train at nt University of Utah for service Boys Doys entering the service will go to the University of Utah for special training It Is hoped that the themen themen themen men needed for these special classes will volunteer as the courses offered willbe will willbe willbe be of great grent value 76 YEARS AGO JUNE 4 1896 The U U. U S. S Supreme Court has rendered an nn important decision in regard to Indians Indians In In- killing game It holds that Indians Indians In In- under their treaty can cnn not kill killIn killin killin in violation of the state game laws Salt Snit Lake City has hns a record of discovering discovering dis dis- covering one of the most depraved and cold blooded murders of the age and two suicides in three days Saturday the Hermann Her mann matter came out Sunday John Bart crossed over by the morphine route leaving a n wife and a large family of growing children to struggle for existence existence exis exis- tence and Monday William Hunt a cook without funds or friends found dead by taking aconite The honors seem about equally divided divid divid- ed in Kansas between cyclones and mad dogs Thirteen persons have been recently recently re re- re sent from Wichita to the Pasteur institute at t Chicago for treatment for hydrophobia The city council has hns passed passed pas pas- sed a very strong ordinance ordering policemen to kill all dogs in sight except those whose is adorned with the r regulation muzzle |