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Show IT1 Brief Items of Interest Jg u fgvj Till TyKli Happenings of the Week Condensed 1? j3 iitsWI for teady Reference Vw- Mrs. E. B. Jorgensen and child are visiting in Salt Lake City this week. Joy was brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Press Duffin, last Sunday, by the arrival of a baby boy. L. A. Boyer, of the well known real estate firm of Cline and Boyer, came up from California a few days ago. Mrs. D. A. Baxter returned from Kansas this week, after a prolonged visit with relatives in tnat State. Mrs. Anna Fotheringham of Bpaver visited Mrs. H. Fotheringham of this city this week. Mayor Pitchfortb transacted business in Salt Lake-this week, returning to Milford on Thursday. Miss Letta Taylor is visiting her grandmother, in Ogden, having gone to the northern city this week. Mrs. Arthur Wood returned from Lamoni, Iowa this week, after a couple of months visit in the home of her sister. Mrs. Fotheringham returned this week, after an extended holiday among friends in Brigharn City and Scott Lake. J. W. McAllister has set a good example to Milford citizens, placing a large fly-trap in front of his place of business. Let the good work go on. The Delta Land and Water Co. and Beaver County Irrigation Co. have removed their offices from the Bank building to the Milford Hotel Annex. Fred Rothmeier, the well-known local barber, has purchased the M alonf residence and has removed his family to their new home. Mr. and Mr. H. T. Hanks left this week for a trip to the Yellowstone National Park to enjoy the wonderful scenery of that far-famed region. A. L. Armstrong, the enterDrisinc I agent of the Royal typew riter, paid the NEWS a visit on Saturday. Mr. Armstrong's parent's formerly res:ded in Beaver. Fred Cottrell, who was; so painfully injured a few days ago, by being dragged by a runaway horse, is able to be out and about again; his wounds are healing nicely. Miss Lola McCarrol left for Salt Lake, Wednesday evening, for a visit with friends. Quite a crowd of the young lady's friends gathered at the depot t "te 3 her off." Mrs. Wm. Munford and daughter, Vera, left Wednesday night for Salt Lake, where the former is looking forward for-ward to a well-earned rest after her strenuous duties iu the local post-office. post-office. Mr. and Mrs. C. T.-Woodbury and child visited relatives in Salt Lake, this week. Mr. Woodbury also attended at-tended the State and Congressional conventions in Ogden, to which he was a delegate. N. E. Gish, H. S. Taylor and C. S. Kraybill, prominent residents of Abilene, Ab-ilene, Kansas and subscribers to the NEWS, were in Milford this week, making final proof on some homesteads they have taken up in this valley. Mrs. Henry Jefferson returned last evening from a two months visit with relatives in Minnesota. Her mother, Mrs. McDonald, accompanied her for a visit here. Attorney C. T. Woodbury aud the NEWS editor returned this week from Salt Lake and Ogden, where they were in attendance at the State and Congressional conventions. Mrs. Woodbury and baby remained with Salt Lake friends" during the big gathering. Word comes to the NEWS of the marriage, a few days ago, of Miss Lelia Smith to Mr. Joseph Wells of Los Angeles. Also of the wedding of Miss Osborn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborn of Frisco, to Albin Gillius of Beaver. Happiness and long life to all parties. The benefit dance to be given at the High School "gym" tonight, is under . the auspices of the Home and School Organization, aud the proceeds will be used in prevididg steps for tho front approach to the grounds, as well as other improvements. The ovent should draw a large crowd. A severe wind aud raiu storm passed over the- valley last Saturday, ihe raiufall being heavier ou the Project than in Milford proper. Telephonic information in-formation from beaver was to the effect that one of the severest rain aud hail storms iu years, struck that city about the same time, the streets ruuniug flood-high with water. The camping party, made up of the Misses Nora aud Mary Roper, George Larsen and Mr. and Mrs. JoeTribole, returned this week, after two weeks of a pleasant vacation spent in the mountains moun-tains near Beaver. The NEWS will publish tiie number of fish caught by Larsen, as he has not quite decided at this time what number to turn iu, neither is he sure just what the public will stand for in the matter of size. Mrs. Cottrell accompanied her son, Fred, to Salt Lake the first of the week, the young man going to the metropolis metrop-olis to bring home a handsome new bicycle which he won in one of the big newspaper contests. Fred has almost al-most fully recovered from effectsof bis recent severe injury iucnrred in a runaway run-away accident, and, with his sister, Miss Delia, left for California yesterday yester-day to make an extended visit with friends in the south. A NEWS representative accompanied accompan-ied Rev. Allison and R. G. Siowertiu, au auto trip to Nada, last Sunday, where Mr. Allison conducted services. The newspaper man fouud some excellent ex-cellent farming conditions there and brought back tine samples of wheat aud barley. Garden stuff and alfalfa are also looking weli. But the parly was not so enthusiastic over the condition of the roads between Milford and Nada, as they had several mishaps, being "stuck in the mud'' several times and finally having to get the help of a team to pull them out of a hole. The roads are in frightful condition con-dition and should be repaired. They have had eleven iuchos of rain in Nada so far this season. In orderto permit employees of local business houses to witness Monday's ball game between Milford and Salina at 2,30 p. m., local merchants have agreed to close their places of business Monday afternoon, provided ALL close. So far there is but one store not ready with its decision, but it is inconceivable that one firm would desire de-sire to thwart the wishes of the others and of the public generally by deciding to remain opeu on that afternoon. Mr. Malm, an expert decorator and artist was in Milford the first of the week, coming from Detroit at the request re-quest of R.G. Siewert, the well-known local decorator, to give the latter some instruetiou along a certain line of fancy iutertor wall decoration. A NEWS man inspected some of Mr. Malm's creations, while here, and was delighted with the beautiful effects produced in his special lessons given Mr. Siewert. This is the second course of instruction Mr. Siewert has taken within the past few months, it being his desire and inteution, to keep fully abreast with the, times in regard to artisticdecorntive work, and glimpse of his workshop shows that Milford has an artist whose work has not been fully appreciated heretofore. Mr. Siewert contemplates placing an exhibit of his productions in some prominent display window on Main Street, in the near future. His work is worth loooking at and he should have no trouble in keep ing employed constantly. |