Show correspondence LA VERKIN la verkin may 19 E J graft returned saturday from salt lake bringing with him a newton truck he was accompanied by his brother in law R H ryan N A porter has returned from tho hurricane hospital where he recently underwent on operation tor appendicitis his many friends here are glad lo 10 see him recovering nicely mr and mrs eldidge and mr porter ot kingston left tor their home last week having spent several necks here with relatives born a son to mr and mrs nathan porter may ath also a son to mr and mrs arthur webb may all dong well bryan lund frank judd mathew bentley and brig ot st george were visitors here sunday pratt miles ot st george spent several days here last week the guest 0 his sister mrs sara wallace mr and mrs thurston ot annabella are visiting here with their daughter mrs nellie stout mr and mrs young ot northern utah are here at the sanitarium A B christenson ot hunckley Is a business visitor here strawberries are now on and cherries are ripening fast SHORT CREEK short creek araz may 17 marion lauritzen Laurl has returned home from the war he served in the navy miss M lauritzen Laurl has also returned home she has been living with her sister in provo mrs bee tor the past year the many friends 0 carling spencer will be glad to know that he Is out again after a long spell of sickness he has rented a herd of sheep of howard chamberlain frank elder intends to go to mount trumbull to work in the saw mill all summer and will take his family with him mrs lizzie colvan has returned home arm st george where she has been working in the temple the last two weeks the dry land crops are looking fine but a little rain would be a good thing tor the country isaac carling and urban colvan have gone to hurricane after a load of freight mrs aboda johnson has gone to hurricane to stay a while SANTA CLARA santa clara may 20 mr and mrs john ence and mrs allo ence left tor cedar city last friday morning mrs ence expects to join her husband who Is returning from overseas he is expected to arrive there at any time A surprise party was given to fredrick reber jr in honor of his birthday last friday evening at his home a good time being had the M I 1 A officers came over from st george last sunday night some very good instructions were given miss hazel bunker of st george spent a few days bare visiting with relatives last week miss thora bauer from cedar city Is here visiting with her sister mrs ernest tobler PINTO pinto may 19 word was received last tuesday by phone by mrs C E knell that her sister mrs virgil kelly at deseret died monday the dinst J E eldridge and two children vera and lawrence returned last saturday from enterprise where mr eldridge bad been on business mrs frank knell and family came up from newcastle saturday to spend sunday with grandma knell and other relatives rulon knell has returned home from the work on the harmony road where he has been the past month bessie platt of enterprise who has been here for a few days visiting her friends went to newcastle today J H harrison returned today from newcastle where he bad been on business M of newcastle Is here to day on business PINE VALLEY pine valley may 19 we are now having sunday school and sunday afternoon meetings we had 32 in our sunday school this morning mr and mrs angus C gardner had a son born to them may 2 at lovell wyo all doing well mr and mrs peter E beckstrom have moved to their new home and seem to be very comfortable bishop jeter snow returned from st george saturday bringing his two daughters home with him miss snow has returned from grass valley where she had been visiting a few days mrs E S gardner has gone to st george to visit tor some time james jacobson has gone to st george on business VIRGIN virgin may 19 mrs julia beamed went to st george to attend commencement exercises her daughter ada graduated from high school mrs beames returned saturday bringing her children ada and uric and was accompanied by miss eleanor lee the young people have been attending high school and report a splendid time two ot them want to return next year henry Cor nellous david hastings and hugh allcox are on the upper mountain turning the water of big creek so the water will come down north creek to increase our water supply work at the refinery la progressing nicely lloyd james and blueford beames have stopped drilling on account 0 a broken walking beam mr isom returned from salt lake city thursday night his wife and small child returned with him they are welcomed the dolob dry land farmers report it almost too dry to put in crops unless more rain comes soon C R burt has returned from a business visit to st george mrs richard maloney has a new piano cased organ CANE BEDS cane beds araz may 16 two more of our soldier boys have returned home from overseas pat clarence arrived may ath bringing with him a wife formerly miss babiah mallett of this place who has the past year at Rich neld sergeant henry E covington arrived this week A party waa given in honor of mr perkins last night arrange ments have not yet been made tor mr reception fay beebe of spent a few days this week visiting hla father miss julia ot spent a few days here last neek mrs sarah beebe has returned from st george the sheep are going to their summer range now jog M alien and wife have moved to comoto VEYO veyo may 13 unless there Is rain within the next few days the grain here will be almost a total failure and the bay only about half a crop as things are starting to burn real badly the last few days albert bunker and J F cottam are hauling posts tor the cu lverts on the new road in diamond valley lemar tullis Is putting up a house on their homestead in diamond valley all the men are busy gathering cattle veyo may 20 miss helen bunker Is in town visiting a few days miss june bunker has come to spend the summer with her brother albert bunker mrs H A crosby has returned from Pan gultch where she hag been on business the last two months mrs clara sylvester ot st george Is in town visiting her daughter mrs clifton leavatt all the farmers are busy putting up their bay lee leavatt has the mumps Mag may 19 A special meeting of the advisory board of the gunlock catt lemens association nas held at the bigelow ranch may 14 the purpose of the meeting was primarily to consider the report ot the president in connection with an increase in the allotment of cattle on the gunlock division joseph nellson was homo from ox valley sunday he still baa a great deal of trouble with his feet as a result of trench life while serving in the E F wo are glad to report tho spring drive completed the sale over and the cattle on the reserve again E jones and family have moved to their ranch again after spend lne the winter in gunlock john H bowler and his sons milton and hochard have gone to mo dena kb battlo |