Show 1 1 Y V 1 w G Gl dl J fl JV lb In n The Good Old Days t W 7 rl tl fl y iJ ti W iW 1 Ott m 20 YEARS AGO IGO July 17 1952 Two super service stations arc are row u- u under ulder construction along Vernal Main Street On One of the th stations is 18 being set setup setup setup up by A A. A P P. P at West Main n a d a-d d d the other Is being built by Fran Feltch at East Main For the first time a. a planned wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness ride will vill take a group of oC al ab abut ut twenty riders Ciders into the high Uinta wikter- wikter ness the only area in Utah set aside as asa asa asa a wilderness It is one of oC the few areas in tha United States which still offers a frontier for the adventurer 30 YEARS AGO July 23 1942 Protesting a proposed change in the theman man mall schedule from Salt SaIt Lake to Vernal which would bring the mail mall to Vernal one hour later the Vernal Lions Club went into action in a hurry with telegrams telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams and letters Primitive elephant fossil found on Douglas mo mountain is said to be the ancestor of present day elephants and the first cousin of the mammoth of the pre pre-hist pre historic times At the Vernal City council meeting Wednesday Mayor l B B. B H II H. announced an an- pounced the tent tentative tax levy for 1942 set at 18 mills 54 YEARS AGO July 19 1918 A crowd of 1200 or more witnessed wit wit- witnessed the dedicatory service of the service ser sere vice flag for Cor Uintah County last Sunday at t the e Intersection of Vernal and Uintah avenues The services were under the direction of oC the Women's Twentieth Century club who donated the flag Clag A windstorm last Saturday night blew down five light poles between Vernal and and the power plant As a result there were no lights until 11 o'clock in the evening I 76 YEARS AGO July 16 1896 Ten Prairie Schooners passed through Mill l Ward last Sunday to Colorado Springs The leading team was ten horse with double trail carrying carrying carry carry- ing one family and their entire belong belong- ings Motors 1 for horseless sleighs are among the latest at the patent office They are light powerful affairs and can be run by an amateur as easily as those attached to horseless carriages The sleighs are designed to run either on the snow or ice A good soaking rain Monday came just justat at the right time as the crops in the lower portion of the valley were suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing for water The rain was heavier in inthe inthe inthe the upper part of the valley where water was not so scarce and in Dry Fork and perhaps damaged wheat some |