Show tho tha of rosevelt which now over 00 adres acres iq in sees bees is 13 16 zi SI and 22 29 tp 2 S 11 li 1 W i IV 9 at was found founds by ed F hiarm ila rm atton in n lloid by sc ripping 40 acres of his homestead which he surveyed into plat A all of roosevelt covering the arese prese present nt bubines dis district brict of tho the town at first tiie the town grew quite slow blow ll 11 but la Is now gro wang rapidly la in an effort to keep pace with the rapid development of the surrounding agricultural empire ana and has become a pretty lusty youngster this season will witness the completion ot of tho the now new high 11 school building building e boing being erected at this place by va v a satch high school district no 2 besides numerous neat brick residences as well as a number of substantial business house now under construction roosevelt occupies a commanding site on a prominent mesa sloping to t tho the southeast and oved overlooking looking the valley of tho the dry gulch creek in center of of the most fertile best watered and best ed part of the former U ingah indian reservation of which it is the comme commercial metropolis altitude abdye sea a level eee according to tho the municipal census of january 1914 roosevelt had a population of which has steadily increased since the town has waterworks water works electric lights telephone exchange and ex eit celent public school system Is seat of wasatch high school no 2 has a commodious social hall and the various lines of business are well represented as follows one newspaper the roosevelt standard three tareo general st tores one meat markett an anil grocery two drug stores two carbage tories one implement ditore etore two hardware stores one furniture store 0 one ne harness shop j two barber one bank one bakery one allo photograph h studio two blacksmith shop bops s two hotels two lawyers two civil e engineers ngi two doctors one dentist two livery tables stables and garages one hospital seven even real estate offices one ice and fee co cream fact tory two mills one ne roller flouring floering flou ring mill two millinery shops one brick yard office of dry gulch gih irrigation Irl gatlon co one of the largest operative cooperative co concerns 0 of the kind in the state 1 I 0 0 F andre beka lodges L D S and presbyterian church organizations and a live lice commercial commercial club the varl bus trades are quite zai represented such as carpenters brick layers painters painter paper hangers han gere plumbers et etc Roose roosevelt veli was incorporated as a town ath following are ilie the mu municipal officers at presented F r harmston prisident town board who Is serving his second term in that position J H hardy A birch R S collett and W 11 gagon trustees E 11 burgess attorney C L ashton clerk H P ewards edwards treasurer and A 11 whitlock jr marshal with its commanding portion wealth of undeveloped resources in the tributary cauntay cau and the enterprise and unanimity of 0 action for foi which its citizens are always noted roosevelt certainly has a bright future before it have you registered today august sa Is reI registration day mrs johnson 0 of hayden was operated 0 on n successfully at the hospital monday the albin birch fishing party has returned after an enjoyable trip to the uintah river I 1 mayor ed P F harmston has tho the distinction of being t the he first subscriber to the roosevelt standard sim russell of Ced cedarview arview was in roosevelt monday and paid a very friendly visit to ye standard scribe the firra of bellon hancock Is erecting a fine now new brick building just north of Ni Klel sona elsons harness shop from present indications it Is possible alethe the building will bernady bo ready for tile the students about the first of the year benjamin J kelley Is over from vernal and will be engaged at the ashton hardware cos store tor for a few af E harmstone Harm Harms stona tons dwelling and store has received a new coat of paint which has greatly added to its appearance mr air J K dunn presented the scribe with a couple of luscious luh cloua cious can ta lopea lopes it just goes to show what fine stuff athla basin can grow G B D kelly who recently moved here from southern utah Is a successful contractor out for business see his ads in this weeks issue the family of J H hardy Is now comfortably housed 1 in its now home which besides being a source of pleasure to it Is a credit to roosevelt the brick walls tor for the en residence are up the brick masons having finished their J of it a few days ago it will be a palatial home when finished why doe ashton get up so early every morning and go to the post office happy says it comes from denmark but it has a distinct odor of carrots about it eugene and guy bracken have been spending their vacations in the fishing guy returned yesterday but gene will remain at the camp for some time the cement brick building partly erected by fred voigt recently Is tor for sale mr voigt planned to engage in the butcher business here but has evidently decided etli otherwise mr and mrs eben sn snow ow left tor for salem utah where they have gone on a vacation mrs snow will probably remain for some time but mr air snow will return in about two weeks the roosevelt irick brick yard Is a success not only have all of the brick for the high school been burned but brick tor for several fine homes have been furnished as well during the tha last tew few weeks john N davis and wife of vernal wore were visiting yi friends in roosevelt this w week ec being the guests of mr and mrs airs n R S collett while in this section mr air davis tried juvenile cases at duchesne and hayden arthur hall of hayden and ed potter underwent operations tor for appendicitis at the hospital this week both patients recovering nicely this Is the second operation tor for mr potter in the last eight weeks F fine ine brick doeling houses for or 0 11 II bracken perry bingham wilford whitlock and G M T pickup are all being pushed t to completion bricklaying will commence com menco on the ill high h S school chool building in the near future clarence ashton ta Is spending his vacation with his folks at vernal mr air ashton intends moto motoring ring to salt lake city and other points about the middle of september before returning home lomo the motter bracken realty company of roosevelt on tuesday sold sola the victor dump property near roosevelt loosevelt to john he rr of durango colorado mr herr will move upon the ho property at once the campfire girls hold their meeting at the hall every wednesday evening the young ladles ladies are certainly enjoying good times generally winding up the evening with ing ng dancing visitors VISIt drs are always wel come manager warthen of the sego lily bee company coni pany says that the honey crop will be very light this year being about halt half of that of last year the bees got a poor start last spring and the army worm did a great deal of damage dr J W padget and wife left saturday august tor for kemmer er wyo they traveled horseback via rangers trail a distance of about miles the dr and mrs padget made many A r lends while here who aro ar of sorry soo them leave the republicans ot of roosevelt precinct held their primary monday night delegates to the county convention which was held at M myton aton thursday evening eveni tig were chosen as follows 0 it H Br bracken atken F ec P harmston owen bennoon Benn Berin lon J M russell and W A miles wit with h S A page and frank watkins as alternates ali te r tho new high school building Is progressing very nicely quite a gang Is wo working on antho tho foundation walls walla and contractor dickson assures us na that they will jiava these in about two weeks they them had t to shutdown shut down monday on account ot of a scarcity of water E U n B wilkins 0 D mackay jr frank and emanuel emaniel swain are responsible tor for the trout served at the splendid dinner prepared for foi the last week the fish were secured irk in the whiterocks Whlter river but roy hoy says no more whiterocks creek tor for the Roo roosevelt evelt band took a kroml rent apsit la in the boings hero here satur chiy diy ard the music was simply grand it Is a shame that we can cant have a huie more music say an op opan n air concert once a week again we say its a shame to see such musical ability go to waste last friday night quite a crowd atte attended raed the ilie benefit dance ai at the hall 1 I there Is anything the roosevelt people like it la Is to dance they dont indulge much in the turkey hug lear bear dance or tango but bt when it comes to real graceful dancing they are it the he adgate of the canal which urnia bei water tor for the reservoir clr went out saturday and as a consequence we were short of water tor for a few hours monday quite a crowd of 0 workmen went out and repaired the damage monday and by evening the water was turned on again charles averill Averl ll a business man of 0 price is spending his vacation in the basin he will spend a few days la in fishing before he returns mr Ave averilla rIlls sentiment was that it if he were a young man and could cope with the lepas here ere it would be impossible to keep him away awa y from rom the uintah basin with a meat ax the deseret news has it that W H fitzwater 0 ot duchesne was in salt lake on the and secured a change in the colton duchesne mall mail route tho the new route has its tural nus at helper which shortens tile the distance from Duches nt to the railroad by about 10 miles good night and a little slow music for colton do you know roosevelt people 8 should hould get busy and build sidewalks it is only a few months until winter wll wil be here and with it will come a batch ot of mud the people are building nice homes end and if 1 there Is anything that gets on a womans comans nerves it ita a to have slot alot of mud dragged into the house lets talk sidewalks for awhile aw lille there are so many arguments in its favor and all are reasonable james warthen who spent several weeks in the hospital in a very precarious condition due to Is now attending his duties on the farm again mr air warthen recently I 1 purchased part of the owen denston bennion 1 place lac we west st of roo roosevelt and had just moved his family into the country when stricken with the above mentioned disease every resident of the basin to whom mr warthen was known will bo be glad to hear of hla his recovery the artesian well at the hospital Is completed and water Is now constantly running in a small stream the water Is as clear as crystal and the taste Is similar to snow water it Is about 65 degrees warm but after it Is teed iced it Is of the finest quality more artesian wells should be bored 1 in the basin and there is no doubt but that it would be a paying investment in ant the artesian water is much purer than that taken from the ditches and would certainly have a bende tende tendency ncy to prevent disease successful digging at Ced cedarview arview about seven miles north of roosevelt led eben snow and W F whitlock to make a trial on the snow property here and it Is due to these two very progressive gentlemen alone that the tact fact was established that artesian water Is possible to our fortunate city |