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Vernal Express from Vernal, Utah • 1

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vv A 10 am 1 taa 1 alik 41 A 4 aw PAGES ale PA 1 elv 4 vol 16 vernal uintah county utah friday november 25 19 1 0 ono an pa A A of a ca kw ti MANN ahrea cf tie ia most moet ap paling violent doaris Is tietia toll of the grim reaper vernal people aioaie shocked by the cerbes cf casualties cas casu ualies alles that have occur icia to tle past walk homes lave ilten caddo eadmond ead dond mid and the horrors cf unexpected acted death brought forc ably acme to ta uintah ban latolate last week a mosson gei came in aiom erony park with the startling intelligence th mrs michael rlynn who is quite well gnoun hero iid I idshotand killed a man by thothe of wilson thothe details of thothe caseare licking but it seems seema that wilson had persisted in ili insulting lira flynn and had enteredthothe hoitsu llo vas ras warned away bit kept up his insults utionhebe was I 1 fl aall told if you dont go ill shoot you as hion on after this warning he we vc lu ild not net 1 live the house and as a colbi ft Ns hot through and th thru ruh uh tle tragedy happened just av ap rss the lio line in colorado so the cise was handled by the authora authorities ties i abere it is understood that mrs was vas not aTi anestel osted asaa it was a vicar clear case of self pelf defense mr rlynn i nt pt at home at thetime the fa octa red but reachedthere as soon after as he could be summon el alus finn stayed with the body i of tue tie ti dead man until help could be frodi ane nearest neighbor thothe decord violent death of the week eek hopp happened ened monday morning on ciaci about six miles from jensen when louis vincent of that allace shot himself through the heart with a 2520 winchester rifle the only witness to the deed was goor george tio little five sear omson ofthe doce ased about monday noondaynj morning orning the vincents had arisenfrom bed and mis I 1 vincent had gone out to thoth moat house to get some meat in pi op tir atlon foi breakfast brea keast when shoshe rera turned to the house she found her his husband bisband band struggling on the bed she daou ht that lieho had been attacked by some sort bort of a convulsion and linew some vater rater in sir mr vincents vincent fj fae in an endeavor to bring him br to at this point tltho 0 little son who was the only witness to thothe traded tra degy said A mamma famma 1 pa la is shot help was immediately called from the neighbors but the unfortunate wan aan died without regaining it was then that alolittle lon on goorgegeorge told as well as hecould how the deplorable shooting occurred ilehe paid bald that his papa tookthe gun hom whore it rafa ao hopt hanging on the wall and hlaing ho AIng how hohe worked the lever 0 loja lodd the gun ho hethenlaid down apoi tle bed flat on oil hlahis backand pacing tho the gun to his fieast pulled the ti iger himself direct fy lytigh the heart the bullet went anent et entirelyirely through vincent and lodged in we bedtick andiew dudley jr justice ofthe peace aas as billed to investigate the ud aid after hearing the of tho caso decided that there vas ras no sity of holding an baque inquest for tle facts plainly showed that it was a choai case of suicide that vincents affairs hadbeen in bad shape and it I 1 is cup supposed posed that he growgrew morbid oner 0 condition of his financesand that Ms mind became momentarily deranged so that hohe bollo ed that his onia deliverance was through the routemute lo 10 took ile he had lately sold somo some cattle to ward murry ile he hadex acted to realize enough from this eilo to sti up all his all ul vf fairsbut when ho he gathered his cattle about twenty ofthem were missing sodid not get ba inch in chfromthem jhc thc as lieho expect cel vincent wasknown as a hardand ind worker of good habits habit butit seems thit that on account of poor ciota this year ad otherfinancial rafa re ibok et bt UR abi enli discontented doing a most concel envious man this condition had evidently worked on his ats minduntil ho he could not stand the strain any longer and thothe little thread of robison broke allowing him to perform the rash deed the funeral was held on wednesday afternoon thothe floal of the trio of violent dontas which are said to always tra tearl ia in threes happened thursday about noon at the mill of the ashley lumber company when dan Ja colson oLson met inet lils his death by a falling failen treo 1 I jacobson had been employed aa sarr at the mill and had gono gone up oily 0 ily the day before to tale take charge rf liti hn duties some of the men at th mill went away that day to spend thanksgiving Tian ls aing at their various homes As a consequence the will mill did not ru and mr air jacobson who rho was industrious thought he would go out andtellfell some trees in falling one of the large trees it struckthe top of another tree standing rear and broke the top off the falling top came so BO unexpected edly that mr jacobson wa not looking for it ile he was ras struck on theheadandhis jokull fractured surgeon were immediately called but coulddo theunfortunate man no gooc and he died at a latehour yesterday the remains 0 immediately brought to vernal funeral services have not yet boon announced the accident was ras sad in the extreme mr jacobson Jaco beon leaves a family of six sis childrenbesideshis wife only ten daysdaya ago thothe last child Ws qs born andnd tho wife had only juttjust recovered herhealth to that extent where it was thought advisable for jacobson to loave lepave thetha death comes as aea stun ning nang blow to her who in her present condition la Is barely able to stand the terrible blow shootingaffray at new castle A late dispatch dia patch from now castle coloradocarriescarriee the intelligence that hai five men were nero killed there in a shooting crape on thursday night no particulars can bobe learned but it Is understood that one of the men kill- edhas relatives in vernal but whom it was impossible to reach by telegram it seems that the shooting occurred asa result of a drunken brawl additional interesting LOCAL all thy the schools closed on thanksgivingday marcellus and rock kock popopope came ini in from theodoro theodore on wednesday to spend thanksgiving with thehome olka thy thor wj wi qi 0 thetha rati some time next week reck A meeting oiof the will be helheld at the homeof mrs de demoisy afternoon nov at half past two it Is desiredthat all knem member beis bo be present WW franklin NV woodyard woody Wood yand and dearing wereover oer frontfrom tort Du duchesne Duche chesno eno tho the alietofthe week getting supplies tor forthe banquet given there la night ro ferror 12 doyer has been appointed deputy county superintend latend ent to handle theduties of that of- ficefice during durin theabsenceof loung county Tao Tsa hars ahara coulty teachers institute will be holhold a att itthetha vornal vernal central schol building bibik iino on saturdaymorning deedec ii I 1 a 3 at ten boyer vice airman tho light company hasbeen havin trouble ralth the dia ahoi the plant however they ila have been fable ble to keep going and gettin things in shape so they will tim nn tl rough the mitter the rho will was badly delayed on wednesday by an accident on 01 the bintai Lit lital coining up the hill on the obber icide the coachof the ger nain was overturned and traffic for some borne time lIo however Niever no cj crt i is hurt the delayed mail ar kincl lere here yesterday daY the local land office has receive cecelie to date au fromthe lintal laid md sales when the full amount la Is i dived it will no doubt reach close to the total sid la 6 not yet known the amount paid per der acre were vai laiying ying the costliest cost liest tract sold was acres for 2400 monday was the twentieth anni berbary Ver Bary of oc the wedding of colit colbat tt andhis wife A number of theirfit fillds ads met at the collett homohome on that evening and were highly entertained erta ined an exquisite turkey dinner as an served andthe evening was pent in games and smalltalk the couple were the recipients of many usefuland handsome presents the gusts left wishing mr and mrs col lett manyhappy returns of the day work Is progressing quite rapidly on the now school house in district no 5 therothere are twelve men luell aock ork ing on the building at pr present orient and they expect to have haio the lower part ready for occupancy by january 1 when completed the building will con tainsix alx class rooms and assembly hall and two officesand will bobe heat ed throughout by an excellent heating plant PROFESSORDOUGLAS GOES EAST professor earl douglas who has been excavating the fossils beai en- sen leftthis week for montana and minnesota ile he was ras accompanied by his wife and their little son after a short trip they will returnto pitts- burg where the winter will be spent in putting together some of the bone that havohave already been unearthed ratiokane and arnes ames will rill remain here this winter and work rork at the fossilbeds mr douglas will return in the spring as soon as he can begin work rork again THEY ARE SEEKING investment jonh iland hand who is herefrom arcoui SD Is representing himself and associates in the securing of 1 land in this vicinity they have hae already secured secure about acres here and on the reservation ilehe left this week forother points but will return as soon as he can do so eo chas is in town this week reek from denver looking up investments ile iio represents abond buying concern there and hasbeen over much of utah on the present trip but believes the ashley valley to be thebest he has visited yet RAILROADS STILL AC- TIVE ABOUT VERNAL the recent railroad talk seemsmems to bo mote more substantial than was at first supposed now comes co in es a letter from now york to themoffat road people in denver denier saying thatthe through the pass on the mof- fat road Is to be built andthe road extendedinto routt county and utah thothe tunnel as it la Is proposed will be about fourmiles long and will take about four years to build it will cut oftoff over two thousand feet in elevation and shorten theroad sixteen miles the moffat road at its present terminus barely touches the vast wealth of northwestern colo- radoand does notconnect at all with thebestbeat of the country through which it will pass the great uintah basin in utah I 1 it la its announced that vork rork will be gin on the tunnel at once and that we may expert to see much railroad activity in thissection within a few months unusual interestattaches to tho extension of themoffat road as it indicates that other companies are looking this way for investments the uintah railway is already dldlo broad giago supplies bup plies down evacuation creek from dragon and will begin extending their road in thisdirection immediately with the matott parc wi md oh TWO roada festl gating the of gettine the into thothe upeor ly val oy theio can call bobe little doubt but what county can call expect outside transportation within a year the uintah company has not announced its plans but it 13 known that they will build this way and ilie are in fact doing to eo now and that they have haie made serves a at various times dear cler to vernal mid vort fort duehesne Duh esno tidathis ejection ofthe state being as it Is the richest portion of thotha state in agricultural mineral and hydro carbon products thelo can be little doubt but what some of the corncom partiespanics who are ln this section a att thotha present time are to come in here the officials of the Lar garanito anito and bahrs eak zeala toadload have announced their in of making a trip through tillsthis section as soon as they can call makeinake the necessary ry preparations which vill III be during the present fallcall and callycaily winter tha on the proposed road from chapman in colorado and ex tending adin through this country tire are cair dairyingying on exten elvo research work and they evidently think of tapping the uintah country summing up it appears that there can leie little doubt but that we can expect to ceoaeo actual work rork on a roadintothis by next spring at theoutside from some source of et tion ke ti following are the he official returns of the election this thia month twe the totals total are given writh county with th successful cindi candidate dates plurality in each caca ft indicatesindic 1 ates republican indicatesdemocratic 8 indicates socialistondand A Indi indicates catts american pluralityallty i representative to congress 0 joseph nowellhowell it ferdinandericksen 1 I da callies A smith 8 allenalien hanto i rd nl alA 16 audgo of tho supreme court charles richards Illch ards 3 1521 emil lund john A street A 15 statesenator sen alt A iverson larslare Oer derson sou 4 us to Legisla legislature turo uon lon 0 colton jr blyton Ne bekor 4313 1 mrs minnie dodds jpy comaty commissioner bear tormtonn mi mal al lh I 1 enow now A 1 A ewels 11 Morl li almon mon 1 0 lu un it 2 0 1 1 I mcconkle aist jiin in A mclee mckee alolf kit gitterson terson ni erson county clork clerk hrco 0 dinham din ham it dinueashton 71 young 71 count sheriff thosthoa Mc Nelll it rilhard pope ill dyl colton 93 anty recorder mrs addle lon harbt it 02 3 1 nell 50 bertha witmer sl 91 county attorney wallace caldera Cal derR peter hanson 0 OP Xon onnell nell I 1 8 county assessor urnesternest eaton 54 james 0 nell jr 1 11 oaks county treasurer geo ceo A james al shaffer donbendaniels ill county surveyor Survoy or alberthalon ag john glenn bsh conrad frank superintendent of public instruct instructs 1 16 rudy 11 moore 97 rose 1 young 5 3 FORTDUCHE SINIC NEWS mrs airs fiod iluff huff returnedfrom vernal latt laet sunday sho was oil ed by her paster olster rudy who will wil spend a tow few davs dabs visiting with mrs huff at their homohome here the owls metat their cluclub rooms saturday night and report an excel lent time captain 11 II dreek 3 went oner oer whiterocks on za a bu business trip on monday andreturned to the rort on wednesday first sergt wells of troop at who broke hisshoulder rome come time ago while on his way ray to vernal is reported as doingnicely quarter quarta mastormaster sorg sergt reece made a trip to vernal the latter part of last week and loporto an time visiting with hisfriends there the quartermasters went over to 0 vernal thothefirst of the I week eek to gotget supplies Bupp lloslios for thothe thanksgiving banquetcorporal woody and franklin Franl dIn made te tae trip with the wagon corporal parka went over to ver- nalthis week to visit tho the dentist mr deachbeach of the hospital corrol corps announces announce his engagement on to miss sheperd ilehe is being congratulated on allsides miss Dool ilde was an arrival fromfroin vernal on wednesday day to attendthe ball on thanksgiving night one of tho pleasant social affairs of the season was the mark ball on thanksgiving night it was A as attended by a largolarge crowd fromall parts of thothe reservation and woj thoroughly enJoy enjoyed od the troop barquet on thanksgiv- ingday was ras anenelio success the troop cookiare beinghighly complimented ted on oil their ability as culinary artists art lats ROOSEVELT correspondence jos JOB hardy hasbeen sick forthe past week but it ij reported that he ismuch better ard ar will soon be around again I 1 lionilon harden dennion arriner here aiom salt like lake city tuesday to look after his interests in this locality rang ranker or bort 11 adey ident sunday afternoon in roo roosvelt RooT velt ile he was on his way to boniti boulai county bupt supt apt 11 al young as visiting our sch os 08 last week ilehe speaks very iery billly of tbt babool lr IT district na 0 I 1 mondaymorning seven men started work onour now new hall to be completed by christmas farmers aro busy buey elowin ard iria ing fall wheat quarterly erly confere conference will here on the 4 and 5 of december all invited to be in attendance the now new post office buil brildle dle soon be completed and mrs airs lambert alii be many roosevelt leopla cc day at eytor general good time Is reported ACADEMYNOTESMOTES A series offree concerts Is be- ingarranged by the music depart merit ment forthe various outlaying outlawing out laying towns for aites and particulars ee api IH I 1 al announcement in this issue 1 another special courseoutlined in the years yearb circular will be abed next Thur thursday TIM Is a course of study in the no af poets of thotheufalife ot of christ arrant indents men ts areara malting aking to 0 ge free tuition to ten students from each of the th five nearby wards while the course vall all be open to any others who may choose to enroll the course will continuefor 18 cession occupy occupying ins two how hour if tec 71 tal ww V- I wt 9 wf ts WR.

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