| Show J aY t 4 t In the Good Old Days 1 20 YEARS AGO Alio November 25 1956 1958 t Bids were opened 1 Tuesday Inthe in inthe f the Bureau of Reclamation Office in Vernal for construction con of the first nine miles of the access road from Linwood Linwood Linwood Lin- Lin wood to Flaming Gorge Including in including In- In eluding a temporary bridge over Green River jw Just t east of Linwood Bureau officials also i disclosed that plans and specifications were being prepared for the government camp to be located at Dutch John flat rIat which will include about permanent and temporary residences to house Bureau of Reclamation per per- Monday is payday for the I Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah on the Ouray Uintah-Ouray Reser Reser- Payments of up to r per capita will be given as part I of the plan to make the mixed- mixed blood Utes independent and no nolon lon longer er wards of the federal government Some individuals individuals in in- are eligible to receive this money Services were held in LaPoint Ward Chapel Monday at 11 am a.m. t for Charles Fredrick Hartle 80 who died Thursday morning in Officials of Western States Uranium and Oil I Corporation operating in the Brush Creek i area announced last weekend I that they would have uranium ore ore ready for market in about 60 days The firm has filed on acres and anticipates using open pit mining methods Garnett Birchell of Roosevelt was low bidder and was awarded the contract to drill another water well for Roosevelt Price quoted was for a a foot lOO-foot well A Standard Oil Company of Indiana executive said recently in Salt Lake City that oil may be extracted commercially from tar sands in Utah's Uintah Basin near Vernal sooner than j it becomes practical al t to utilize Colorados Colorado's vast oil shale deposits a Mr and Mrs C. C L. L Richens received a call on on N November vember 21 t to work as Missionaries in inthe inthe the Western States Mission l i a 1 Decembers December 6 1956 t Parts of a human skeleton were discovered 1 Tuesday by workmen digging a sewer line lineon on the Woodey Searle project on 2nd East and South streets It is believed that in the early arly history of the valley Indians used the area for burial ground This is the fifth skeleton that has been found in this area In the history making event Sunday afternoon two members members mem mem- bers hers of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints Elder Spencer W. W Kimball and Elder Marion G. G Romney divided the year 70 old Uintah Stake An all time record attendance of over 2100 members and friends in the Stake Tabernacle approved the new name of If Ashley Stake which will be beI either the or in the I church i f The local Red Cross Chapter was reorganized at a meeting held 1 Tuesday and Wednesday at atthe atthe atthe the post office building New chairman will be Royal B. B Henderson A farewell testimonial will be beheld beheld bew w- w held for Elder Glade Watkins in inthe inu 1 u the Vernal 2nd Ward Chapel December 16 at 7 pm p.m. He will serve in the Tonga Mission Robert Chapoose tackle at Dixie College and formerly of Union High School was chosen on the American all junior college football squad last week A joint community effort with both labor and funds contributed aided in the construction of the new horse barn at the county fairgrounds The building is presently valued at 30 YEARS AG AGO November 28 1946 1948 Vernal and Uintah County anticipated no critical coal shortage during the current nationwide strike of the United Mine Workers providing economical use is made of current supplies here according according ac ac- ac cording to local coal mine operators Uintah Basin mines are not unionized and are capable of supplying the full demand of the area it is reported despite the fact that in inthe inthe inthe the past considerable coal has been shipped here from Carbon County The Farm Exchange was the scene late 1 Tuesday or early Wednesday of a daring burglary in which intruders carried off the company's pound safe which contained about in cash and approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately in checks in inan an automobile stored in the building Mr and Mrs Heber R R. Wall Uintah Basin pioneers and two of the original homesteaders of Jensen will observe their wedding anniversary Sunday December 1 with an from 2 to 5 pm p.m. at their new home in Jensen just west of the George Wall residence Employment figures released today by Val J J. J McClellan manager of the Uintah Basin office of the Utah State Employment Employment Employment Em Em- Service show a slight increase of unemployment due to heavy snows in the mountains mountains moun moun- Current unemployment is listed at approximately in inthis inthis this area Early extension of the Moffat railroad line some miles westward from Craig through booming Rangely field to Vernal and other towns in Utah and on to a connection with the main line of the Rio Grande railroad a few miles east of Soldier Summitt was seen this week in a copyrighted article by Henry W W. Hough in the current issue of the Oil Reporter December 5 1946 Appointment of Ross Merrell of Naples as road supervisor of Uintah County was announced Monday by the members of the board of commissioners Mr Merrell will head the county's 1947 road program which is expected to be the most extensive extensive extensive ex ex- ex- ex in over a decade Promising structures are being reached by drillers of the wildcat well Pleasant Valley one one mile west of the Gilsonite mine 10 miles south of My Myton ton Extension of Rural Electrification Electrification Electrification Elec Elec- authority lines in inthe inthe inthe the Uintah Basin by approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately miles was assured on Saturday when word was received from Washington DC D.C. that a loan to the Moon Lake Electric Cooperative had been approved by the government Erection of a new Ward Chapel in Duchesne is seen for next year following a meeting called last week by the Duchesne ward bishop and the naming of a finance committee and work committee for the project Important progress on preliminary engineering and surveys for the giant Central Utah Project is reported by R R.R. R.R. R. R R. R Neeley area engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation Government economists said purchasing power of the dollar dwindled to 69 cents from 1949 to September mid-September 1946 and will possibly shrink further with the freeing of food prices 75 15 YEARS AGO November 23 23 1901 M M. J J. J McCahey a teamster who had been hauling timbers from west of Cripple Creek for forthe forthe forthe the past year was thrown from his wagon and his rus right leg fractured His companions ignorant of how to stop slop the flow of blood allowed him to bleed to death Parley Ford buckled on his spurs good and firm and rode the goat straight up to the Odd Fellows Hall last meeting W W. S S. S Coltharp and Isaac Burton returned Wednesday from Meeker and Rangely They reported activity in oil speculation at Rangely The machinery is on the ground eight miles below Rangely and being set in place and they will willbe willbe willbe be boring for oil in a few days Mr and Mrs 0 0 O. B B. B Calder were called upon to mourn the death of their little five year old son Sylvanus last Wednesday The ca cause S of death is puzzling the family and evidently the physicians The Gem Resta Restaurant rant is the latest addition to the short order houses of Vernal Frank Brunk the chief cook has had years of experience in short order houses The forepart of the week Hyrum had a close call H He was returning from the cedars west of the valley with a load of wood and in coming down the hill rough locked his rus wagon with a chain The chain broke letting the load run onto the horses and before going far the wagon tipped over burying Hy beneath the load of cedar wood Julius Jensen and Miss Vilate Goodrich were united in marriage Wednesday evening at the home of R. R Jensen by Senator Bennion November 20 1901 As a result of the prevalence of scarlet fever and in Salt Lake City the board of health of Tooele County has quarantined against Salt Lake County and children under 16 years of age who cross the boundary line will subject their parents or r gu guardians f ians to penalties for misdemeanor Alf AU Weeks and John Parker are over from Browns Brown's Park They say that nearly all the lumber for the Green River bridge is to be ground at the river Packer Went back again yesterday to haul some more material to the site Work will commence on the abutments next week A store for Merrill Ward that is the talk of the town these days Pope Moore have rented Roberts Robert's Hall and will open open up business there in the near future A store in this trus locality will be of great convenience convenience convenience con con- to the people and we hope these gentlemen will prove it profitable to themselves Sheriff has been cleaning up the court room this trus week and found it necessary to have the room cleaned by scrubbing as in places the floor was daubed with tobacco juice The commissioners have now ordered the printing and posting of signs in the various rooms in the courthouse Please do not spit on the floor Tobacco chewers should not make it necessary to be constantly reminded of this trus filthy practice by having the walls of our court room decorated with signs Wednesday morning another very critical case of was reported to the city officers at the home of Edward Curtis and the house was placed under quarantine e. e The child a girl 11 it years old died lied Thursday morning and was buried burled Thursday evening Dr Rose reports another case this morning at the home of George Clark A 13 lb Ib baby boy was born to the wife of Dr Bjornson Wednesday morning Mother and c child ild ar are doing nicely The doctor is stepping high these days |
