Show lit file t G Good od n Old Old Days Ys' Ys 20 Years Ago Aga September 2919 A proposition by a L Los Angeles refinery to utilize wax wax- base crude oils from the Uintah Basin and sell them to 11 Western States Stales was made last weekend B B. B M M. Barnes Company Los Angeles petroleum refineries and contractors proposed to take lake over and operate the 1 i million wax refinery of ot Sure- Sure Seal Corporation in North Salt Lake Four or five days will see the completion of appraisals in Uintah County by members of ot the State Stale Tax Commission The officials have been working both in Uintah and Duchesne Counties for the past several weeks An open house at the beautiful new Uintah High School will be beheld beheld beheld held tonight at 8 pm p.m. for the general public and all parents and friends of Uintah students Sponsored by Uintah High PTA everyone is invited to report first to the auditorium where the faculty and PTA officers will be introduced In an exciting game at the high school field Friday the Utes dusted Moab by a final score 0 of 14 Moab had won over Union and andt local fans considered this g game me a. a good test of the Utes' Utes strength Fish Northwest Construction Inc is winning the race against winter in the high ground of Uintah Wyoming and Colorado according to R R. R D D. D Ricketts president of the firm building a million gas transmission line through the West Some 12 spreads or working crews of men each are currently at work between Durango Colorado in the San Juan Iuan Basin area to Ontario Oregon About 1600 persons are engaged in one way or another in putting the line into ground Salt Lake City is headquarters for operations r 30 Years Ago September 43 Actual construction of Utah's Ulah's first link of an Improvement program of ot the Vernal-Manila Vernal Hoad Road will get underway next spring when labor and materials are ore available It was announced at ata a luncheon held at atthe atthe atthe the Grill Cafe Friday evening by Hay flay II 11 Leavitt chairman of the State Hoad toad Commission Before Defore the end of next summer It is expected to hard surface the road from Vernal to Draw The construction construction con con- of the road to the forest boundary will be undertaken undertaken un un- un by the State Hoad Road Commission and will be completed com as soon as possible The distance from the forest boundary to the end of the project will be undertaken by bythe bythe bythe the Bureau of Public Roads Large crowds attended the Uintah County Fair Although the season was a little late for many exhibits and was an off of year for fruit fruits the Uintah County Fair held at the Imperial Imperial Imperial Im Im- Hall flail Friday and Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day proved to be of more than usual interest to those attending at at- tending Chairman Russell Hussell Keetch II and nd his corps of workers deserve a lot of credit for the successful exhibitions School principals of Uintah School District made plans to adjust the school program back to the traditional war pre days at a meeting in the board office Monday night Schools will begin at 9 o'clock mountain standard time and will close at at High and at Uintah High School 75 15 Years ears Ago September 2 29 1940 1900 The Democratic Primary of north and south Vernal combined combined com com- was held Wednesday It was a large and enthusiastic gathering William t Ashton Ash ton was ag chosen hoen as ns chairman irman and Snellen Johnson on as secretary J Delegates for Cor the county convention convention con con con- were chosen Three men robbed the First National Bank Dank of Winnemucca Nevada September 19 There were five men in the bank a at t the time At the lie point of a pistol the cashier was compelled to open the safe and deliver the treasure to the robbers who after marching the five bank employees out through the back backdoor backdoor backdoor door mounted their horses and rode away The booty secured by the robbers was not less than On account of the recent storms in the bad lands the Rangely mall driver after encountering mud and water all the way to Harpers Harper's Ranch was compelled to return leaving his cart carl stuck in the mud The public mind is being unusually interested these days in the very material fall of the Great Salt Sall Lake According to the records taken laken by Weather Veather Director Murdock there has been a shrinkage of 13 inches since the first of September and of 2 8 since October 1 I 1899 This great shrinkage in the famous old body of salt saltwater water is exciting much speculation as to the cause of it and the likelihood of its continuing Saturday Mr Murdock and Professor M M. E E. E Jones went out outto outto outto to Garfield and they were amazed at t the very perceptible of the water The pavillion stands over dry land and the faithful old gauge that has measured the lake level for over 50 years has ended the days of its usefulness Going Up The per capita cost of government government gov gov- has increased more than fold during this century century cen cen- tury Wry says the Tax Foundation Inc |