Show leslie allen alien of neola was acting business here friday jay birchell of the peak mine was in roosevelt rooseve it saturday M L harris and mrs dr harris were calling on friends bennett tuesday of last week mrs leslie ashton of vernal has been the guest dofher of her sons rae and clare here the past week H has M the assessor been around to see you what would you do if he assessed you nearly double valuation louis allred purchased two lots the past week in north roosevelt of the uintah basin land office if we could store about one half of this snow until july and then hen apply the moisture it con bains to our lands eh price citizens are W v king to open a road to the reservation they have had teams and men at work the past week mr and mrs M D smith of bennett were shopping here wednesday and were pleasant callers at the Stin standard dard what has become of the old fashioned woman who used to grab rab up her skirt on one side to 0 o keep it from trailing in the mud S B clark of Lake fork was transacting rans acting business here friday mr dark clark was surprised at the growth of roosevelt the past year beir the real estate men in this section report an unusually large number of land buyers coming into the uintah basin regardless of the snow ed balfour bought the geo bowden property in the pickup addition the past week the deal was made through the uintah basin land office A caller on monday remarked that hat the mormons cormons are the best people on earth says he knows for or he has lived among them blade bayfield colo nobody in the basin is worrying about irrigation water next summer should the snow melt mel t rapidly some high water maybe expected ir in the streams mr and mrs M W light of neola eola were shopping in roosevelt friday mr light was form erly located here and was around renewing old acquaintances the uintah basin land office purchased Dur chased the farm south of roosevelt known as the snow place ilace they will probably make a demonstration of an ideal farm from tom it ed summer moved to his ranch near neola yesterday and hereafter will be a rancher ed has las a nice bunch of cattle and horses and a big ranch vernal express W H mcalpine of venial came over with the basket ball rooters friday mr mcalpine is a newcomer in in this section of the state and is well pleased with lis his new location the receipts of eggs in seven cities boston chicago cincinnati milwaukee new york st louis and san francisco were ceases cases in and in 1914 the average weight of the received at chicago was 19 pounds during 1915 and in n 1914 the corresponding av rages brages at kansas city were ind and respectively ocean freight rates on canned and cured meats from new york to liverpool were quoted a at t per pounds in the first week of january 1916 or about five times the rates quoted prior t to 1914 on saturday february 5 a fire occurred at the home of mr and mrs leone allen alien bennett all their house hold goods was destroyed but the fire was finally extinguished with aid of brooms on thursday february 17 the special water bond election will be held here we are to vote a bond issue for which money is to be used to install a waterworks water works system while we have a waterworks water works system with this amount of money we could make it more up to date and have as fine a system as there is in the state vote yes on the proposition chris neilson androe and joe evans who have been working at the timothy sawmill returned to their home at bennett last week they iby say that the snow had run them out but they think they will be able to return to work in a few days mr and mrs F W mcclure of holley colo have been looking us over the past week with the view of locating mr me clure ciure is 18 a practical farmer fanner having had considerable experience in farming in various parts on the united states one of the vernal young men lost a watch while attending the basket ball game last saturday it was advertised in the tand ard but before we could put it in type the owner was found and then ilen siy say that advertising pay wow the city well is reported feet deep at the present time they resumed drilling the past week but are making slow progress on account of the hard formation the water on sunday morning came to within 20 fact of the surface it looks vry viry promising for a good pump well veil while moving the three ton safe from the old bank to the new quarters saturday they upset s et in front of the new building no one was hurt but it spilled in front of the building and quite a lot of coin was strewn over the snow they finally put everything in place without any more mishaps the library ball will bo be held on friday february 18 it is going to be a big affair delicious refreshments will be served the proceeds will be used for for the benefit of the library and every one should attend and help the good cause along there will be lots of fun and you will enjoy the event they cleared the snow away around the kelley block the past week and will start work th this s coming week the sleepers sleeper 3 tor for the floors will be put in place this week and if the weather permits will finish the walls for the second floor mr kelley thinks he will have the building finished by april 1 mr and mrs roberts mar of upalco were here a few days the past week they left for their ranch friday recently electric lights were installed at their home on the ranch and biow now they have a modern equipped ed house they have sold their home here but contemplate building a brick house this coming year miss lula hood county treasurer of duchesne county has tendered her resignation as county treasurer to take effect on march 1 her reason for resigning is that it ample salary to justify her the salary for this office in duehesne duchesne county is only 50 per month when miss hood resigns duchesne county will lose a very efficient official about thirty quail are being fed by the winslow brothers one other bunch of the increase from the several pairs brought here a year ago last summer is reported further up the staw berry near the pulleys there are iw two bunches at winslows Win slows in one there are only four due to the fact that some violator of the law last fall shot more than a dozen record john reynolds of missoula mont arrived wednesday to visit his mother mrs siebenaler mr reynolds has been the leader of the city band at missoula and when his contract was up he decided not to sign again but come and look over our wonderful ful country for the purpose of locating if favorably impressed he is also an inventor having badone had one of his patents taken for use on the ford cars we are glad to welcome him to our community county surveyor nile hughel returned tuesday evening from a months trip to montana he was engaged by detroit and denver parties to survey some ol 01 11 land east of forsythe livingston and billings mr hughel says they have as much snow up there as we have but lie he was there at forsythe when the fright frightful ful storm from alaska hit montana fifty two degrees below zero by the government t thermo thermometer meter was registered express |