Show W P COLTHARP MERCANTILE CO COFAR FAR FAIt back Jack In 1852 when tire thug coyote tho dog and the tho cotton tall tail lived JIved In the greasewoOd that then man mall mantled mantled tIed the tho present site ito of if Vernal tw two o en energetic individuals set up first stOle in a log cabin which nn fig moved is now as a a harness shop by Mr MI H C Meadows The Tire fit firm in thus formed was that of Blythe Mitchell merchants ts tsIn In 1894 1194 tho the cabin was moved away and W V P Coltharp company formed A line lino building was wag erected elected ut at the southwest cst corner coiner of tho the intersection of Uintah and aud Vernal avenues and aull the tho present preS nt prosperous business begun Aft Afterwards onwards s the name was yas changed to that of W P Coltharp Mercantile company c and the capitalization placed at From tile the start sturt tho the company h hRS has 3 dealt In general merchandise an lse and an fur rushing goods though at present tho business is largely wholesale as s well oa M retail and Includes various lines Jines of J The establishment is one ll of tho the very er largest in Vernal Vern 11 and ana an does it a 1 business with Jtb people ordinarily distinct from fromM M M o those of the Uio prevailing persuasion Tile The equipment is modern modem tho tue display l ILY win will windows dows dolis filled and fluid the atmos utmos atmosphere phere phero strictly Tim business has luL always been run under competent management and rind for that reason reg obligations are can caul cancell cell d with unvaryIng promptItude W iv P tho tile original Coltharp WitS was a n m man in of exceptional business acu acumen acumen men and a II leading spit spirit It In the com It ft 1 th hI I hL un m n that the Bank of ot Vernal was organized organised and ana in many nUn other ways s ho lie manifested his hU patriotism and fete foro sight Upon W Vt If H a young man manof manof manof of 21 I years has devolved the tho manage mannge management ment moult of oC the tho tiu company sluice since his lil death eath In r 1903 1905 This YOl yoUng oung ng man nan Is rapidly evincing the tIle same game anie spirIt and acid ability which marled marked his fathers ca carCH and amid Venial will undoubtedly see ace further results of or tile the old time tine energy The he officers of the tho corporation are me W V II Isaac Burton Durton vice president and Sat Sarah ah Coltharp J 3 H IL Reader Header and C S Carter directors Five people nrc constantly ed edan and an the tile store stoic Itself Is generally consul consid considered ered orell ono one of or the tho and most float pros porous In the country countr |