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Show TREMONTON, THE BIGCST LITTLE CITY IN UTAH mt Mint VOLUME COMMISSIONERS uir OHIUC midO pivnr HOLD I Jei-son. l':;. NUMBER 8 1!M4. W. S. WEST By The Leader's Stall Saturday Mr. Commercial Club Plans Series of Base Ball Games to Provide and Mrs. A. left here for Dempsey, juuno, wnere Mr. Loveiand is going to try the springs for his large congregation gathered' at the M. E. church last Frida? afternoon for the funeral servurf of Grace Johnson of Tremonton. Eleven years of her life, from the age of six years was spent ip this city and in that time she eifeiwei herself to a host of friends. 1". LjOveland Needed Improvements health. Mr. and Mrs rave moved from If you want Sherel Tucker rarland here. ( to go anywhere in to take fwLa hurry get Mr. llarwood jain you on his motorcycle. 7 - Henry House lejprnning these days in a new auto last Saturday. ' The O. M. C. give a ball here Friday 24th. Be sure am m t miss this event. Free nnm-- T R. A nit , the pony express VtB Mrs!' is at Logan. "driver and Older jtfrs. Frank union Alice Johson attended a Everybody is busy patting in L. D. S. children service sugar beets and gardens. in Brigham last of all News is as scarce as hens' teeth Sundayjifternoon in Deweyville, but remember the and Harry ball Chas. WcwSisrard Mr. west was appointed by the govft Friday 24th, and come and ernor Zenor, left Monday as delegates of Georgia to fill out the unexenjoy yourself with the rest pired term of the late United States to the Grand Lodgefllhe I. O. O. Senator Bacon which will end with F. at Logan. The raBpwing were the election next fall. delegates for the Daughters of Rebecca: Mrs. Wm. Bradford, GARLAND CLUB a meeting of the Garland Mrs. Sarah Allan, Mrs. Chas. DEFEATS TREMONTON Woodward and Mrs. T. G. Brown. fcrarv Tuesday, b i d b Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hadley of irere submitted and considered for Tremonton are members of the lie $x.(NM Carnegie structure. .1. School Teams Contest for First Newton of Ogden was accepted orders here and also went as dele Place in North Division the general contractor. The gates. Health officer Emery was 4j Building will be rushed to comple Tuesday afternoon the Garland town last Friday and as a result of tion as soon as possible. and Tremonton schools played the his calls at various homes a genMiss Downey of Salt Lake City, final game in the northern diviseral clean-n- p has begun ami sev- a member of the State Librarj ion elimination contest for the eral premises have tajntjt OS a more Board, met with the Garland by the State Bank Board last Friday and con- trophy offered sanitary appearance. . for the, team Jn tbj;-Of, city ifiisd business pertaining to tfltfj Wm7 Bradford aa 1 Freddil the county winning the fihampion-ship- . have been working in Bear Rivei new Carnegie library. The victory was won by Canyon returned home Saturday Friday of this week the Stake Garland, the score being 4 to 1. for a little visit. I. 1. A. contest will he held at Until the beginning of the eighth Mrs. Wm. Bosley and daughte garland at 8 p. m. inning the game was anybody's, May were Brigham visitors Sat Varo: Capner of the Kimball & the score standing 1 to 1, but in urdav. Richards firm of Salt Lake, was a in the eighth Garland took a lead, C. G. Adney transacted business larland and Riverside visitor this and held it. in Salt Lake Mondav. On the same day the final game ieek to determine the championship of A game of base ball was played Sunday Dr. and Mrs. W. M. the southern division was played on trie Lorinne school grounds Cragun and Dr. and Mrs. J. H. A. Bear River City and the between Tuesday, the contesting teams be W lift lock motored to Malad, where school of Brigham. the niftier ing the eighth years of Brigham they report having had a very w inning by a score of 27 to latter and the school at Bear River, pleasant visit. 1."). Within the next few days the The score w as in favor of As the result of an accident at Whittier and Garland teams will Brigham. o the sugar factory last play a series of three games to week, Don Bush sustained a bro- determine the county WILL ENTER CLEAN ken wrist. .aaaaaal . ohe i$fards Mi. Atlas laitlfl recently was appointed of the Juvenile court of the Dla- Cclumbla and is the first one ex to hold such a ooaitlon in Washington. n K pialization. The county surveyor was instructed to go to Plymouth anil survey the right of way between Sees. 9 and Hi Tp. 18, N. B i W. and establish corners. The Clerk was instrueted to a Ivertise for bids for the repairs to be made on the county jail. The usual elaims were allowed. 0. P. Bargernon of Brigham in town Motidny making the trip across the eountry bl auto. wa-- i a visitor . . Culvert Co., presented and ordered filed. W. C. Hunter and Lewis Bitton asked whether the board had taken any action with reference to the opening up of a road in the Rawlins precinct which had been heretofore referred to them. They were informed that the matter had been iuvestigated but some of the parties owning the land to be crossed were unwilling to open the road. The. Board having visited the road in vest Portage, whiehseerd tain parties are attempting to close and placing obstructions thereon, a resolution was ordered to be drawn up authorizing the County Road Commissioner to take immediate steps to cause the removal of all such obstructions and encroachments. The State Auditor having represented to the Board that during the last fifteen months the State had paid in bounty to Box Elder County on jack rabbits, over $10,(10(1 and the county having expended a like sum of $10,060, and he further stated that the State had expended about all Box Elder The County was entitled to. county's general fund being already overdrawn, a resolution was passed by the Board discontinuing the bounty on jack rabbits in Box Elder County after May 1st. 1!)14. A petition of dependent mother. Mrs. .James Perry, was presented and upon motion she was allowed $20.00 per month. A communication from the County Treasurer with reference to the reduction by the Board of the salary of his deputy was presented and the clerk was instructed to inform him that said reduction was made for the reason that they considered the expenses of the Treasurer's office were too high ami it was simply an adjustment of salaries paid in the various olliees. motion duly seconded. Upon Monday. .lune 1st, June '2nd, .'ird and 4th. are fixed as the time that the Board of County Commission-ewill meet as the Board of . Garland. v - . 14-2- 6 Utah-Idah- CITY CONTEST R. L. and Don Bush were Ogden Mayor and Officers of Commer cial Club Enter Tremonton in State Contest BALL GAMES TO PROYIDE FUNDS Deweyville. A Silas Older has recovered his recent illness and is able to be about I Correspondents. Corinne granted. as-t- APRIL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES LATEST NEWS FROM The Board of County Commis si oners of Box Elder County met Mo regular session Monday the 20tli day of April, 1914. All member present. The minutes of th session were read am! previous approved. Commissioner Roche reported on the petition of Ray High, et al. heretofore referred to him for investigation and action, and recom mended that the petition b Charles Hendriekson and E. O. Norr, residents of the Blue Creek Road district, appeared and stated that fhe new road opened up. running north from Blue Creel; springs, needed grading and now would be an opportune time as the gradiug outfit was working in that vicinity. The matte wa, taken up with the State Road Commission to ascertain wh they would be willing to stop state road work at this time to. said work, and upon the advice of the State Road Engineer, that they were not in a position to stop work upon the State Road at this time, the request was denied for the present'. Christian Sorenson appeared relative to the controversy between Box Elder County and himself the location of the road running through his place. He was informed by the Board that they had recently visited the locality and had made arrangements for the county surveyor to establish a line between himself .and M Whereupon they intend to open up the road. James Jenson asked permission to place a cement culvert across the county road near the watery lane, in order to convey water upon his meadow. The matter was referred to a committee of the Board for investigation and action. Deputy road Commissioner Godfrey Roche of the Malad Road District asked for more cement He was informed that culverts. there are a number of ' culverts on hand and that he can obtain what he desires. Communications from the Fort Dodge Culvert Co., Landis Company, J. I. Case Co., Utah Concrete Co., Fort Smith Culvert Co., and the Troy Wagon Company, relative to iron culverts, etc:, were presented and ordered tiled. A communication from Samuel .1. Ross relative to a certain wagon which he had broken down because of the bad road, and asking for damages, was presented and ordered tiled. A communication from the Bar-to- r Implement Co. presented and ordered filed. A communication from .lames J. Burke Co., referred to State Road Commission. A communication from Burt and Carlqiiist Co. referred to Commissioner Conley A communication from Jol n Gilbert, referred to a committee of the Board for investigation. Victor Madison suggested to the Board that they put in sanitary t ols in the various offices. A communication from at t rneys Maughan and Law was to the presented and referred county attorii y A communication from I'tah Cement Pipe Co.. was presented an ordered filed. A communication from Dr. T. B. Beatty, stating that the register of vital statistics for Manila precinct had resigned, and sugge.-t- -i lg the name of Bertha Baker as a suitable person to be appointed, The appointment was presented. was made. A communication from Utah Tilt If atiLHOr H REGULAR MEETIN 1 UTAH,, TREMONTON, I visitors last Sunday. From the noise made in town Tuesday one would think that the war in Mexico could be heard here, nut we learn it was only an auto Tremonton has been entered as IF. M. F.) that Mr. John Owens a contestant in the clean city Hold to Dr. Day. contest to be conducted by the Monday morning Fred Manning's I'tah Development League. The 'iiteher shop was turned over to cities of the state have been & Garrett wens Success to the divided into four classes, class A . lew proprietors. Ross Evans is back in town again with his folks. Several friends of Mrs. Frank Barber met at her home Tuesday of this week and enjoyed a pleasant afternoon eating ice cream and including cities from five to ten thousand population, class B in- luding cities from two to five thousand, class C including towns from five hundred to two thousand, and class I) including towns of five hundred and under. Towns will be scored according cake. to a system of points, and the day. Let Friday is "clean-uptown in each class receiving the everybody get in aud clean up highest number of points in the and keep clean. class to which it belongs, will be awarded the prize for that class. Col. ('has. W. Thatcher of ChiTremonton, due to the rapid intown Wednecrease in population, is included in cago passed through sday on his way from 1'ortland to class C. and because of itfl Chicago, "is outfit consisted of a system, will receives score which of small mules hitched to a but few other towns in the state in tiair light wagon and loose burro which the same class are entitled to. uses to pack some The details of the contest trill be occasionally over of his traps rough roads. be announced later, and in the Col. Thatcher is marking the meantime it is the desire of the kutO roads across this northern mayor and of the officers of the in the (food Roads Associ Commercial Club that citizens rountry not only log- - the roart He ation. begin making plans, to the end red ami black signs to that Tremonton may win the ut puts up oint the way for the traveler. prize, which will be a drinking This i In- - fourth trip across the fountain, or some other mi table At a recent meeting of the Com mercial Club it was suggested that a public hitching rack and water ing place be contributed for the accommodation or teams, ine hitch rack facilities at present, are wholly inadequate. The present plan is to build a large shed, with hitch racks and feed bins, on a site to be selected by the Commercial Club or the town board. At a comparatively small ex como do pense accommodations provided for a number of teams, so that a man driving into Tremonton could hitch his team in a dry, shady place, water and feed them and go about his business until he is ready to return home, with a feeling of security as to his team and their welfare. In order to raise the necessary funds to carry this plan through it was decided to give a series of base ball games this summer between the north and south sides of the town the proceeds to be turned over to the Commercial Club, to be used in this worthy enterprise. The arrangements and plans for these games were placed entirely in the hands of Fred C. Gephart who will see to it that two ball teams are organized among the lfcfiidenl.-- ; of the Respective eides of Main street, and that they am brought together on the field of battle for the amusement of the people and the benefit of man's best friend, the horse. We trust that this new project just launched by the Commercial Club will meet with the approval and support of every one in the (Jreat Bear River Valley. Walter W. Powell of Sacramento, Cal., arrived in the city Tuesday morning to spend two or three weeks visiting with her Mr. and Mrs. George parents, Mrs. Meldrum. She was accompanied Mrs. A. H. by her mother-in-law- , Powell. Mrs. Powell was former y Miss Bessie Spencer of this city. Postmaster L. W. Anderson of Brigham was a visitor in this city Last Saturday Harry Morris Monday. It was his first visit in held an auction sale of his housemore than two years, and he was lold effects, and on Sunday left at, the for Ogden to reside, accompanied surprised wonderfully growth of Tremonton within that by his wife and baby. He has a Mr. Anderson said the position with a life insurance comperiod. new post, office here is one of the pany. Harry had been a resident finest as well as one of the most of this city for some considerable complete from the standpoint of time, being employed for a while in the store of Wyatt Bros., and convenience he has ever seen. later conducted a meat market in of the Curlew val which he was associated with G. Aaron Eggli He is a yrmng man of inley came down Wednesday with a W. Catt. a good worker, and we He tegrity, load of grain for the market. reuuested that The Leader be hope he may have success in his be changed from Holbrook, Idaho, new position. his former address, to the newly AID SOCIETY WILL established postoffice of Curlew. HOLD FOOD SALE " ai tide. ontinent, WILL OPEN BRANCH The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. church will conduct a rood sale at the store of Shaw & StevThe first of the coming month ens next Saturday. The public is will of this to Bros, invited attend. place Gephart ordially open a branch store at Howell. .1. W. Goheen, The new store will be in charge Henry Seeger of Mr. Clyde (iephart, one of the and H. G. Scott have improved (inn. A lease has been taken on the rear portion of their lots on addition of a suitable building, and soon the Main street by the and fences the genersubstantial will stock of the of goods placing white of real ous paint, application begin. This enterprising firm will no giving that portion of the street doubt succeed in building up a the appearance of being a porsplendid business in Howell, in tion of the famed "spotless town." view of the rapid development If all others would do as much, of that part of the country, and there would be no question about the large territory tributary to the Tremonton winning the prize in the clean city contest. place where they will be located. STORE AT HOWELL |