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Show 2. The Kava We Courant Old Postoffice copy best to inform Building. Entered at the Kamas, Utah, office as second class matter. post- ......... $2.00 Per Year paid strictly in Advertising notices in the local ecol‘unins 10 ‘cents per line for first inser- tion; 5 cents per line for each subse- quent insertion. ‘ 25 per cent extra will be charged for display advertisement on front page and 10 per cent extra for special position on other pages. Regular rates for display advertising £5 cents per inch each insertion. No display advertising accepted for less than one dollar. When no time is given on copy for which an advertisement is to run it vill be continued until ordered out. Bills for advertising are due at any vime after the first insertion. KAMAS LOCALS Sunday night. Our streets are much improved since the cattle are kept. off. We an be’ patriotic if we do not “™“gelebrate in the usual manner. Irving Pack and wife are expected home from Salt Lake this week. FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Jersey bull calf. W. P. Richards, Kamas. HK, L. Guild Lake, has visiting been his out from brother, J. W. Salt Guild. Fish license can be procured at the bank. tf ' Dan Lambert Mili Creek, to neral. ; 5 came in from attend his pe East brother’s fu- T. S. Seymour took a load of young people down to the Sunday school con_ vention last Sunday. ‘The town council will meet and appoint a president to take the place of the late John C. Lambert. Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Sunday and Mrs. Olive Lambert came Jones. Tuesday to be at the funeral of their father. mit forget that the Mutuals want to come out Sunday evening hear Elder Nephi Anderson speak: T. S. Seymour has bought the Kamas-Park City. mail route from E. H. Horton, now gt and On. oases Miss _ will ¢arry the wart, Srey che z Shona Ileenée Barnes. eh loli William Myrick’s baby be glad to hear mail from en A wonderful Welcome . It is without in _} that has been reportes All will this. .“ Salt home, easier being Lake all the year. Nettie. for a pretty country for girl to thap to be be vain pret- a County is the not give a man hard . cutting anything. Sum- Mercantile Company sole congress ternational and congress the second of farm ‘in- women. Ice-Floe. In winning salvage the Newfoundlanders do not seem to reflect upon the length of hardship and peril to they teristic must of their go. it is a proverb go when This lives is charac- in every with they can, that leave they to the Jordan school district. gel will teach in the Jordan next Mr. Eadistrict year. ‘Kamas will have no celebration on the Fourth this year, except the dances. The bishop called on the mayor several times to see what could be done, but found him too sick to do anything, and then when, Saturday afternoon, he died, no one felt like arranging for a celebration. The day will probably be spent in quiet family picnics in the canyons and in fishing. A pretty good way. Our community was greatly startled aSturday afternoon:to hear that John Cc. Lambert, our town president, had He had been poorly for years, but no worse tha nusual till a few days before his death. Less than two weeks before he and Mrs. Lam- bert had come home from Salt Lake, where they had spent some time ing. He had been down town made out a deed after his return the city. The Wednesday life will be funeral afternoon. given next is visitand from to be A sketch week. held of his Married—William Jones of Evanston, Wyo.,.and Mrs. Eudora Lambert of Kamas were married June 19 in the Salt Lake temple. A large and grand reception was given them at the Lambert home west of town Tuesday evening, the 25th. More than one hundred guests sat down to tables loaded with all the best edibles. It would be impossible to enumerate all the lovely and useful presents. The next day 4. pair of the finest camel’s hair blankets were received which from company Chessney Mr, Jones & Co., of is foreman. Mr. Jones is known as a most excellest young man and Eudora is a model young lady—loved and respected by all. Mr. Jones has gone back to Evanston and Mrs. Jones will follow in a2 week or two. The Courant wishes them much joy and usefulness. 1 have heard It of thornless ries having been discovered in North Carolina and along the eastern coast, but unfortunately the berries were not of any use for food. I have also grown so-called, but not by any means thornless, ones 40 years ago. Electricity was slimmest worthless until develoned. aid in 8ame with the thorniess blackber-> te is now productive; delicious to eat, large food, and and in every way valuable absolutely smooth like for the | twig of an apple tree. There are seed. less apples in existence today, but none of them are of any commercial value. There was once a sgo-called stoneless plum, but it was not larger than a large bean, and was not fit for human food. The bush was an ill- gives us a hint and it is man’s business to carry out the work to produce results.—-Luther Burbank in the Chrigtian Herald. the large numberof the Hot Pots. ~ whooping quaarntine give the ever of no and cases others Amos are out to. start reported. Religion class of the Fourth celebration July. Monday the ed for lumber in caugn and Primary peo- have started at last. them Cook will of nome Sunday. Bishop home Mitchell .on the has returned able property to which they must cling, no matter what came of it. It cost them dear; the ice would not loosen its grip on the schooner—nor would the fishermen. They might from time to time would have have been perhaps, and escaped the part ashore; to his reservation. Gs of wisdom, certainly the part of cau- well “the tion, to do so; but rather than abandon their salvage these two cheerfully reckless fellows When of the me? year, the first mail steamer sighted the craft, still fast in the ice and manned by two gaunt skeletons. They her.—George Magazine. had in MHarper’s Exonerated. Indignant Passenger (to railway manager)—Here, | say, I got a cinder in my eye from one of your beastly engines, and it cost.me 10 shillings for a doctor to get it out and dress the in Now, what do you We to you but my have no use for and and you are perfectly welit. No doubt, strictly speakdid go off with our property— we about do not such not give thought. care to a small the make a .a fuss Pray Mr. and Mrs. Elder Page went Week.Shs at i a ~~oxas. Shepherd do moment’s and Amos Atkinson is having built. | There is a new fence at the tery. be dancing a new ceme-. They know the found Oakley turning arrives are here YORK underneath the straps to be at 75 It was in 1809 that Isaac Sherwood of Skaneatles became a partner of Jason Barker of Utica in conducting the stake line which passed through this county, carrying the United States It is ‘recorded that in 1816 a line of coaches, among the proprietors of which was the firm of Isaac Sherwood & Co. of Auburn, was operated petween Canandaigua and Utica. ' These coaches passed over what was known as the Seneca turnpike, constructed between the two points named. It was designed to build this road six rods wide, the middle 25 feet of it to be covered with broken ztone to a depth of The Seneca Turnpike authorized to ten and miles for erect two-horse teams four horses. he said. a gravel or 15 inches. company toll exact gate 1214 and was every cents 25 toll cents : to learn how the call at "AW public cloéks in the German en. pire will hereafter be in how. synchronizea will actuate the radiotransmitter every The tower over the Station A census recentiy taken of the public clockg in London shows the importance of such a project, because a total variation was found of twenty-one minutes, from slow to fast. Only 3% per cent of the timepieces gave the correct Greenwich time, Mrs. J. W. Mantle and daughter of ‘Taylorsville are guests at Mirs. A. M. Jones. DRESSMAKING der’s in Francis. done at J. W. sny- tf FYAat nantar li the early days. by means of wireless telegraphy. A master clock in a new station now being constructed at the town of Fulda the | will be 300 feet high. to make bishop’s. TOO for : besides the in Auburn, mer, Ithaca, places. It fight broke Line, as a was for stage coachsas Various other lines turnpike stages converged there being stages to HoOswego, Aurora and other was in that day that the out between the Pioneer new competing company called, and the Sherwood tion, The Pioneer the principal combina- Line gained control of hotel in the village, known as the Western Exchange, Ing thus to embarrass its rivals. the Sherwood interests fitted up hopBut the Bank of Auburn, as it was known, for their headquarters. An issue of this campaign was the question of running stage coaches on Sunday. arrive at \ : All our Suits Will —Boy’s and Men,s3 Summer Suits Reduced be Put on Sale | } | ,. { Rea Lyk : A job bunch of Suits, not out of style, but that we have discontinued carrying. This line, most of them worth all they are marked, will be sold at 50 per cent or less. Now is your chance. e ee bs A job of Boys’ and Men’s Hats, of a kind, worth from $1.50 to $3.50. broken lot, one and two Will go at $1.00 each. Some Boys’ hats,.$1.25 to $2.00, will be sold at 50c. Some Boys’ hats, 50c to $1.00, will be closed at 25c. Neck Ties, job lot, good values, worth 25c to 50c, will be closed at 15c. Summit We cater to Quality and Low Men's and Young Men’s Suits light. colors, guaran- teed all wool, and to hold their shape the longest day of wear. Nifty, up-to-date of guarantee goods, is with will be reduced 25 per cent. A bond | feta each suit. é Our bargain Shoes has been reduced 33 1-3 per cent. hink ofof buying think ring a a shoe s one-third not outit ofof style, sty te staple off. KAMAS, as sugar, Just [ for |{ UTAH paspro- m. p. Re-» m.; and S. mailOsborn, pro- Leaves Kamas six times a week at. 7 a m. Reaches Woodland 9. a. m. Returning leaves Woodland at 10:30; arrives in Kamas 42 m. ————_—_ PROBATE ANG 9 i GUARDIANSHIP NOTICES. Consult County Clerk or the respec. tive signers for further information.. NOTICE of TO CREDITORS. Elizabeth Maxwell, . de- : will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at his residence in Peoa, Utah, on or before the 25th day of October, A. D. 1912. ARTHUR MAXWELL, Administrator of the Hstate of Hiiza-beth Maxwell, deceased. Date of first publication, June 19.,. 1912. Tock: NEELEY, Attorney. Coalville, Utah. —_—_—-—-0 at RESPECTED BY MINE OWNERS Superstitions Among Men Who Work Where Daylight Never Penetrates Are Rather Quaint. Many and quaint are the superstitions existing among coal miners and each of them is respected by the wise mine owner. For example, it is an old-established custom in England down the and mines in South the north Wales to a mine for one day when - of close a man is killed in the workings. In some mines the closing day after a fatal accident is the day of the funeral, but more usually accident. it is the In some mines it omen of ill luck for his lantern in his day after ae the is considered an a miner to carry left hand; and in others, curiously enough, it is regarded as unlucky to carry the lantern in the right hand. One of the oldest customs among miners is that known as “parting.” When a batch of miners in England get to work on a new seam, or cutting, for the first time the first miner to strike the coal with his pick leaves a bit of the clothes he is wearing at the place’. where he’strikes the miner always tears Coat or trousers a bit first blow. out of his for this purpose, -and in mining districts where this custom prevails you may see many wearers of clogs going about with several torn patches in their clothes, telling of the number of times they have fulfilled the custom of parting is considered unlucky in the mine. to have It such rents in cloths mended. # et Every miner on taking on work at amine in the north of England receives a cardboard leaf, containing the reguparticular prevailing at that lations mine, which he must scrupulously oban: unlucky It is considered serve. thing for a miner to lose this card, and in many miners’ homes you may see the on hanging card the regulation wall in a glass frame. Further Reductions on Readyae | 3:30° six times a week at 6: in Kamas by way of wresses me: We have a few ready-made Summer }ses left that will be sold at a big reduction. All the latesgitig and Summer styles. WE ARE OVER STOCKED ON/RTS. All latest, not old, carried-over goods, and we mugVe them. Every woman Can use an extra Skirt or two, ¢lally at,the price. During this sale we will give a redrlt.on everything in the dry goods line, with free ice creag all purchasers of over $1.00. Nercantile Co. County Prices in | a week at Park ‘City U. §8.-mail ané Bernard Williams, @ 9 and pro- Kamas All Summer goods will be put on Sale during the next two : weeks, so low that it would be a shame not to buy, even if you do not need them for immediate use. We have made up our mind my s to move them, regardless) of to make room for other goods that will soon be here to take their place. us institution always lead: follow, We Lower the Price. Our Motto; Many Sales with Small Profits, : mail of time or longer. mail. §. Seymour, Kamas-Woodland U. passenger stage. L. C. prietor. ‘ceased. Creditors they length S. and Marion, at 7:30 a. leaves Kamas at 4:30 at Peoa 6 p. m. Estate former least for that m.; Leaves /Peoa m. Arrives a. U. T. . : Kamas-Peoa senger stage. -prietor. Myr. fine. City Kamas six times Returning leaves p. have daughter probably 12:30 Dem: DIRECTORY. stage. Leaves . a m.: They Ago They Were Operated Between Metropolis and Other Cities. \ In excavating were sad- minute. Francis hall. The foundation is completed. Some of the men are going to the canyon this week to chop logs for the timbers. want easy, and Kamas-Park passenger prietor. miles. to run years old, and to have lain where by without interrupted, Jacobs five going ' From Utica east a tri-weekly stage “*Too late? How is it too late?” line was operated to Albany, and this, said the agent, frowning. ; Prescott and Coalville last “ve had to eat my partner,’ mut- likewise was controlled by ‘Sherwood er 1 tered the old actor. EOE Sate: and Dill streets + & GR a, Walton were” . Mr. house soon actor “It’s too late now, NOTES. number of our young folks wei! at the dance Thursday. They all enjoyed the music. will went down. STAGES OF NEW lieved or bird to do ly: Alnpa to A If you washing a week “But the old Ree ee FRANCIS There at last logs the northeast corner of State and Dill streets. S. C. Tallman said he be- his appearance at the agent’s office. “Then the agent sent for him, and said: “*“Well, I've fixed you up at last, [ve booked you for that turn of yours at e not yours— matter. incident animal are such as were used in former days on the stage coaches which plied between Albany to Buffalo. The straps are supposed to have been made at the Sherwood establishment, which many years ago stood at “But the agent, for all his promises, had nothing to offer. The poor fellow turned up every day for a while, then every other day, then every third day, cinder, the cinder of course, was some we Tallman livery in New York recently workmen found a number of straps again. propose to do the matter? Railway Manager—Nothing, dear sir, nothing. actor’s | the ‘turkey trot’ with you, and Ill get you on one of the circuits at a three figure salary.” “The old actor thanked the agent gratefully. He bought an ostrich from a retired circus man, and after a lot of hard work he taught the bird to ‘turkey trot’ with him _ splendidly. Then he reported himself to the agent o— eye. an I’ve hung around your office, out You train the floe released Harding, of work, for eight months now.’ “The agent, as he polished his diamond: ring with his red silk handkerchief, answered thoughtfully: | “‘Look here. Bring yourself up to date. The, ‘turkey trot” is all the go. accomplished this, it was for them to take their prize to port when vicissitudes their Many Years Regularly of subsisted through the winter on one barrel of flour and some frozen herr-"| ing. Having child’s play OLD life. “An elderly actor said in despair to a theatrical agent one day: “Os there nothing you can do for stuck to the ship for the rest of that bitter winter. navigation opened in the spring Who George M. Cohan, at an after-theater was talking supper at Delmonico’s, about the “turkey trot.” “There’s a moving little story about the ‘turkey trot,’’’ he said, with his dreamy smile, “a story that illustrates it TRAVELERS’ and visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Shanks. Mrs. Jacobs is the wife o? Peter Jacobs, who used to run the Kamas grist mill. He used to live with J. R. Burbidge. Mrs. Jennie Brenick has been very sick but is improving some. Mr. and Mrs. John Powell have been visiting Mr. Powell’s sister, Mrs. Rhoades, in Stockmore. They returned home the 23rd. There is a great deal of travei| through here at present. Utahn is not going to forget the Fourth, and I guess it will be a swell} affair. ; John Richardson’s neice, Mrs. Dora Ogden, has been a guest at the She returned NOTES. Utahn, down about says they are Mrs. bishop and others startfor our new dance hall. Richardson home. this is proud of it. The only place that we can hear of that the frost missed. That is saying something for Utahr. Joseph Smithies, George Shelton, and Francis Shatton make final proof today at Myton. Mrs. Jennie Brenick and Spencer Williams have put in their application to make proof July eh OLD. Mr. Lambert and Mr. Cook of Du-chesne went up Rock Creek yesterday badly. Sunday a ‘ple went to The Strait chance quite Well, ‘HAD TO EAT HIS PARTNER also known for thousands of years, but was. the his arm schooner off for lost. But the schooner was not lost. She was sighted in her wanderings by two fishermen. They boarded from shore, found her hard GeorgeHadCohan’s Story of Actor to Wait’ Too Long for and fast in the ice, but still tight and |. es worthy, a craft to their taste, a valu. Engagement. ing, blackber- the in UTAHN hard attended of be seen again. There was not the slightest expectation, indeed, that she would be; the underwriters paid the insurance settlement without complaint or question, and crossed. the | come Blackberries. was crew the world that the derelict would the O Thorniess floe. her tiresome, A number of our people the conference in Coalville. Both getting back “to luek and good conduct.” Not long ago an American fishing schooner, by long, The ‘carpenters Atkinson’s house respect; them and ‘three breaking of Belle Isie in early winter as hope-lessly lost, was carried off in the ice- shaped thorny one and the fruit absowithout being vain. — lutely useless. Now there are, growing We have received a large sheet ad- ‘on my farms, splendid prunes and vertising the International Dry FarmNature ing congress to be held at Lethbridge, plums which are stoneless. Farming an After a month spent in visiting at their old home in Hoytsville, Mr. and Mrs. William Edgel returned to Kamas for a few weeks, when they will move ty Alberta, Canada, October 17 to 26, 1912. It is the seventh International Dry From which the Deering Mower After weeks of lifting, prying and pulling, George Prescott’s house tanded at its One or George suture standing place. Prescott’s little boys fell down stairs, How Two Plucky Newfoundland Fishermen Rescued a Derelict Schooner abandoned it. Mr. and Mrs. H. §. Williams took a trip to Park City Monday to meet their daughter Nettie, who has been attend- ing school Alberta tton. Raxtian_of| Steam was also useless as an “so sick: with -erysipelas, “is much better, practically / Well. of agents. time. and ALL WINTER ABOARD WRECK part any to the coast _anc only mower that does grief when in thick, grass. They will cut Berta Pack has gone to Salt Lake to spend several weeks with her grandmother Malin. Berta will have a fine Don’t you all if on the subwill do our you. died at 2:30. Ben Williams will sing at the Mutual next but Bright is on her way Remember $1.50 per year when advance. considerable Saturday Mrs. Rand expects her sis-} ter, Mrs. Bright from Columbus, Ohio, to stop over Sunday with her. Mrs. to the trip. Subscription any announcement, you wish: any information -‘!ject call or write and we Published Weekly by MRS. RHODA B. RAND _ Editor and Proprietor In cannot of the Jos. EVhite, Manager iif |