Show PERSONALS AND LITTLE LOCALS I Toda Today is the day to resolve not to I resolve The Myton 1 basket ball boys are I practicing r Census enumerators will begin I work tomorrow The have moved to their new home in west cst end Miss Palmer is home from Helper for a short visit Many oil claims were filed on in Duchesne and Uintah counties Schools will begin with renewed interest next Monday January 5 The business outlook In My Myton ton for 1920 is better than ever before beCore Total business during month of ot December by Myton 1 firms amounted amount amount- ed to Robert Garrod made proof on his homestead last before beCore Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Tuttle Harden Bennion s secretary of oC state was in the basin for Cor several days on business In a very short time the My Myton ton library will be open at least once a week to the public President Don B. B Colton of oC the Uintah Stake has gone to Washington Washing Washing- ton on legal business Hon Charles DeMoIsy Vernal attorney was in Duchesne during the week on legal business The coldest day ever recorded in Myton l was in 1916 when the thermometer thermometer thermometer ther ther- registered 36 below Miss May Emert of Vernal sp sp it t Christmas at Duchesne the guest guert of of- Mr and Mrs Steven Johnson Mrs John M McAndrews Andrews and daughter Miss Helen of Vernal are spending the winter In Cali Cali- fornia Syrel Dennis Denn s has gone to Lincoln Neb t to t tako ieko ko n In n a u rea-n merY me- me e- e fr T 3 T chaff H Ho to 0 be gonn gone two months s. lh The annual l n of the the- Dry- Dry gulch Cattle Growers association will be held In Roosevelt the first week in February George Searle of Roosevelt bought B. B P. P Blairs Blair's hay on South Dayton Myton bench He saw the adv In Inthe Inthe inthe the Myton l Free Press Is your you r property Insured Is your life me insured No telling when tire lire will destroy property or when death will vill overtake you Duncan W W. Marchant 1 prominent cattle man and president president of ot the Cattle Growers assocIation association association tion was in My Myton ton on business The water works is again That Is it was as we went to press No telling what will turn up b by the tho time you read this W Arthur Shields of Redcap the theother theother theother other day slaughtered a yearling steer which dressed pounds The animal was Durham and Hola Hol- Hol stein a Miss Delta Michaels violin teacher teach teach- er at Carbon county high school spent the holidays with her parents at nt and with friends in Dayton Myton I The Commercial club meeting nit t Monday night promises to be beY Y will wJ J attended The mee meeting ing will be beh h td In the Bank Dank hall and will begin begin begin be be- gin at 8 I Next Monday the old town board 1 will hand over the reins to the new new and heres here's hoping the tho new will not receive any wore more Just or unjust C than the old Miss Dorris last lut Friday night gave gay a party for Miss Delta Michaels who was returning from to A About out a dozen friends friends' the tho Ufe evening v J t r 1 I rJ n lR Q G. G C C. C N Newton wt will be sor It i t t he leis is so very Ill that it NU i Q Q ec spiry her l r Jilin 0 sp spend nd some sonic u time ot nt a t lPt l me f present e i Ii ti n t Richard L L Price vocational ad adviser 1 vii I r r 4 la Ir In l l Un fl Jas basin r for r a aJ afe J fe days n would I like lI e e Ito to confer with all U disabled s se kr mend men nf Mr r I s. s 4 tv d. d ers Y h- h ill to I Denser X li r Mrs Alberta Bjornson McAffee of oC upper Duchesne visited for a short time with Mrs Floyd Wheel Wheel- er or i r i or the th the company suffer If you had a general manager and paid aid that man what he is worth he have all aU details at his finger fps He would know ho hM Mrs l Minnie B. B Johnson of at Lapoint Lapoint Lapoint La- La point was In town Tuesday on her return from Cram Salt Lake where she accompanied ac- ac accompanied accompanied ac ac- companied her daughter who was recently married A fire visited the business business business busi busi- ness part of Helper one night last wc week k destroying three pool halls a grocery store a shoo shoe shop and damaging the Colonial hotel S Mrs Irs Randolph Jensen gave a party party party par par- ty at her home in Old town Monday Monda night Old fashioned games were I r played and ann a line une supper was ed About 20 guests were present Lawrence will attend the University of Utah at the expense of oC Uncle Sam as provided for in the Vocational Training net act He lIe will specialize in advertising and indus- indus salesmanship Whyte's contract with Wells calls for a finished building on or before beCore January 16 He will not make it on time but will come close Progress has been remarkable considering considering considering con con- the below zero weather e Bertie Bertle Alva and Orval Dart are helping In the My Myton ton State Bank Dank Bertie came home homo from the University University University sity of Utah Ulah for the holidays and found his services in demand so that is the wa way he is taking his vaca va va- va- va ca cation Mrs A A. L. L Rice gave a party last Friday Frida night for her Sunday school class which numbers 23 Most of the members were present also a afew afew afew few specially Invited guests guests Christinas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas inas games were played during the evening The ice harvest should soon be in full swing Let us hope that some dealer will get enough to carr carry him at least through to next September September September Sep Sep- 1 1 Indications are that the theof e fee price V i of oC other things f 4 fin fina Ina In a jett iett 4 tu to friends VS Oib W J WH b- b bone boney who formerly resided here writes that he is planning on accepting accepting accepting ac ac- ac- ac a position In Oklahoma taking taking taking tak tak- ing charge of at a large ranch of some five fi thousand acres His many friends here will be glad to hear of ot othis his good fortune The drive for the Mormon Bat- Bat tallion fund will begin January 4 and end January 30 The plan is to raise in the state to match the legislative tion Uintah basin people will not fail Read the history of the famous famous famous fam fam- ous Mormon Battalion in this issue and then gladly dig up We have no wedding surprises this week There Is one crusty grouchy confirmed useless set set-in- ways his old bachelor who Is set set-In-I going to wed some trusting and unsuspecting ing woman but that will be no surprise surprise sur sur- sur-I sur prise because he has been talking about it for the last quarter of ot a century to our personal knowledge e a ore original and unique Few states boast the achievements such as i commemorated in lu this design s than 70 years have elapsed I the tho Battalion made its memo memo- march and the most of oC its mem- mem havo have passed to tp the great beyond ils Is monument should be built at atif atit J It if we are to proceed according i st at h hand nd evidence and and not according to more or I fanciful and legendary tales them and their difficult cy Is la sufficiently creditable and i ying to tell their history as it nH viii 1 J without hout adornment Th Tha Uncle Sam is about to Investigate 1 hay profiteers In la Uintah co county nty Merrill Bennion postmaster at at Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal received the following telegram front from tho assistant U. U S. S attorney hi in hi Salt Lake Havo Have received wire from Vernal citizens regarding ho hoarding of or hay ay and prospect t of at starving cattle Will VII tako take action agal against t these men men who hoard hay J If you ou can tn furnish me me with sufficient facts Must have written statement of or JI men n who own hay amount of hay hayther hay they ther have on hand and amount they need for their own u use ulle te Wi WH Viti Ion you O not mo at once written all the facts In careful f I J ai you t. t think tp it It Il advis- advis adv advis advisable able ablo you yeti f Aw AT ell 11 informed Informed Inform inform- ed d representative pr S c to tSa Lake al I J. J 1 Utah lo confer to-confer confer with me me r it 0 There were dozens of oC drunks In Dayton Myton Christmas night Evidently they didn't get hold of at any of that stuff with a wood alcohol base or there would have o been a few dead ones lying around next morning More than 50 people have Ilave died ref re- re f in different parts of oC ther the r I United States as a result of drinking drinking drink drink- ing lag wood alcohol The Christmas entertainment at atthe atthe atthe the Presbyterian church on Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- night drew a packed house The program all nIl the way war through consisting of ot music speeches a and a Christmas story was interesting A feature was the P part taken by year six-year old Maud Rogers daughter of oC Mr and Mrs Irs W. W T. T Rogers The other little girl i t for the part was unable to attend and Maud committed it to memory after she arrived at the A collection was taken up for starving children in the Holy land cite I he dollars halves quarters dimes nickles and pennies as they fell into the contribution box sent messages of oC cheer and hope across the sea More than 4 43 3 was the sum donat donat- ed That amount will save the lives livesa a of eight children for or a month I |