Show LOCAL S OF THE WEEK Mrs Marsing's l sister who is s visit visiting mg ing her from Malad l Idaho has gone vo to Stock more to visit with Mrs Thos Thoe Rhoads In III the last months month's school report he Duchesne school scored highest on on attendance and tied with Juanita on tardiness Wm Fitzwaters postmaster has hOB taken a tr trip p to Boneta to investigate the mail mall route A change in schedule has been made by which the mail mall will go to Boneta and then back to Talmage Mr and Mrs 1 B. B W. W entertained entertained entertained enter enter- the Bridge club club- Saturday night They leave right after Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- st- st mas JUas for or Wisconsin where they plan to make their future home Dave Thacker and wife from Charleston arrived this week with sheep which they will w winter ana feed reed at Bluebell They may remain and make their home out here I Mr and Mrs Irs George Averett made madea a trip to Talmage to visit Mrs Averatt's Aver etts ett's brother John Thompson who has been seriously ill 11 ll with a cancer No topes Dopes is entertained of his recovery The Red Cross society met In the Commercial club rooms on Tuesday Afternoon Mrs 1 Laird Dean has reigned re her position as pres president dent and Mrs 1 Fellers ellers has been appointed to fillIer fill tier ler place S. S N. N Playford and brother have about completed negotiations forthe forthe for forthe the purchase of r the Alma Wagstaff ranch on the Duchesne This is one of the best est cattler cattier anches along the river and an ideal home Mrs J. J A. A Washburn received a telegram from Roosevelt announcing the death of her cousin n Mrs 1 Richard Shumway It was impossible for hero her o o go over as Mr 1 is in the north Horth visiting schools s I I l t V c 1 f r. r Editor Harold Harold Dubendorff Dubendorff was a down from Altonah Monday among other oilier things to accompany the lady members of the Howard Foster troop to his town where Mr 1 Foster gave one of h his 8 celebrated performances that night and Tuesday Manager of the Raven Mining pining company F. F C. C Ferron was here Monday until Wednesday on company com corn pany business The Raven has been maintaining shipping of both Loth by y way of Soldier Summit and Helper Hehler About equal shipments are Going out each route L Little snow has yet fallen In the basin although the precipitation on the surrounding mountains has been been normal for this time of the year Vh While e Salt Lal Lake e and and Provo have been een v visited sited with snow storms the I beautiful has not put in appearance here Outgoing passengers on the Duch Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du ch chesne Stage and Transportation company are Jess Beal M M. M Smith L. L Workman Tom Judd Mr and Mrs Holgate R. R D. D Maxwell l H. H Wilson L. L M. M Chandler R. R Carl W. W Wall Harry S Seaton attn Mrs Steele B. B Stott 1 and d. d John Barbari Barbara for Helper Mrs Margaret celebrated her birthday on Monday Her children came and made It a shower bringing flour sugar and cg vegetables tables by the sack and other th things accord accord- A delicious supper Slipper was served Mrs 1 has haG 7 children 25 grandchildren and C G great grand grand- children Duchesne's water works system Is being heing Improved until it will vat ll have havethe havethe havethe i the best test in In the basin The mains have l been een extended a half haIr mile up the the river Increasing the fall 22 feet The water now goes through a natural al filter making it much better than thaI before re The mains are also being extended extended extended ex ex- tended to additional parts of the town and contracts are arc being let to Ind Individuals f 9 A letter vas Avas received from Han Harvey y who Is located ted at El Paso Texas lIe He says the Mexicans w with th Villa as commander are making a t great deal of of- trouble and ho lie may be retained there until after the war to tog g guard gU Ord the tho border Villa drove Americans across the tho R Rio Ro o Grande ana they had to travel up to El Paso to toge ge get back hack across He also stated that border soldiers were the with three of the big armor trucks with machine guns and rifle on them m. m I Georgo George Searle Sr of Roosevelt was In Duchesne for tor a few hours I Tuesday while on b h his way to Salt Lake accompanied by his son Claude who went in to enlist The Howard Foster players showed at the Liberty Saturday and Sunday nights This is an excellent company but owing to the fact that Duchesne I has been deluged with shows of var vari various i ious ous kinds and description the outside outside out out- side company was not met here with very large audiences Mr Foster has haa hasa a first class troupe and his plays are of the best In response to a telegram from a n nephew that his mother had been shot and killed Mrs Irs 0 O. O C. C Steele left Tuesday for Telluride The details of the accident are not known the telegram being one of f the usual unintelligible unintelligible un un- un intelligible ones that arr arrive ve at the lo local local lo- lo I cal offic During her absence Mrs Meadows l will have charge of the Cottage Cottage Cottage Cot Cot- tage hotel Bishop G. G V. V Billings returned Tuesday night from Salt Lake having as passengers W. W L L. Dean and A. A N. N Alt Mrs Dean and Mrs 1 Alt remained remain remain- ed in Salt Lal Lake e. e Mrs Alt AU expecting t to return to Duchesne the first of next week Mrs 1 Dean will rema remain in Salt Salt- Lal Lake e and there be joined b by Mr Ur Dean Monday when they leave for an extended trip to the middle- middle west and plan to be away until th first of oC the year Dr Harry Walker Valker and Frank Kelso returned Monday morning at 2 o'clock from a buying trip to Salt Sail Lake They made the round trip in ina ina ina a jitney and found considerable sno snow open apOll their return on Soldier Summit t tand and the Willow creek pass Wholesale Wholesale Whole Whole- sale houses they report are simply unable to till nil orders that are being submitted to them and only their alder customers are receiving attention atten atten- I tion New orders especially from the candy houses are being promptly prompt prompt- ly turned down The Uintah basin can raise Irish potatoes and in the Ozark mountains would bring at this time something ng lIl like e three cents a pound according to Mrs Velda C C. C Meadows but the sweet potatoes shipped in here for consumption on are sorry things i In comparison to the ones raised raised rais rais- ed at her fathers father's home The sweet ones bring less than a cent a pound there and are so superior to the ones on the northern markets that the latter would not be considered worth sav saving ng On Thursday Dec 6 a telegram arrived to Mr l and Mrs Holgate of Mt Emmons announcing the ser serious ous illness of their daughter Mrs Ross Musser of Grantsville They arrived in Duchesne at 8 p. p m. m and acid received another message containing the sad news of her death Mrs Musser was formerly M Miss ss Louis Judd one of the prominent young ladies ladles of the early days when this town was Theodore She leaves a husband d three children children one of or whom is three weeks old Mr Mr 11 and Mrs Holgate and Tom Judd left for Grantsville on Friday L. L C C. C Winslow the new clerk of the county board oard of education entered entered entered en en- on his duties the latter part of oC last week That 1 Mr Ir Winslow will make a first class man for the job goes without saying The present salary In iii Duchesne county is 75 per month although Special Aud Auditor tor Kelly Kelly Kelly Kel Kel- ly when here checking up the books out that It was a real mans man's lob iob and that Duchesne county should fall in line with many of the counties of t the state much smaller than Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne and pay salary commensurate with the pos position Few counties are arc paying paring less than a month Experts declare the Uintah basin is the finest spot In to Utah for ra raising rasing sugar beet heet seed says sas My Myton's tons ton's Free Pres Press Additional evidence along this tIlls line Is furnished by the tho Knight Realty R Investment The company's company's company's com com- pany's manager R R. R E. E Allen has conducted exhaustive experiments in Ju inthe the tho company's extensive holdings on Oll the tho Blue bench w with th the most satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory results in the size of tho the beets grown the amount of saccha saccharine rino rine contained In thorn thom and In the thenn nn analysis pt of ot the soil by experts A railroad of of even adequate moans ot of transportation t ton on spells sugar factories U tt convenient points throughout tho the thos basin s n. n 7 4 Wm Lawson has secured the entire entire en en- tire Ure first floor of the Dave Abplanalp building ng for his barber shop C. C W W. Baker plans to go with the work on his bungalow and will immediately ImmedIately immediately imme Imme- add acid dd the root roof He expects to have the finest house in n the basin The M M. I. I A A. A opened the winter season season season sea sea- son last Sunday night Among the musical numbers were solos by Miss Jennie Brown and Verd Washburn and p piano ano solo by Mrs Rowena Lam Lam- bert Guy Hollenbeck who left here last las week to was successful in getting into the aviation service ervice He writes that the examination was a a. most careful one and he was subjected subject subject- ed ed to tests practically two days Out of one hundred and fifty applicants he was one ne of twenty five to pass HOTEL GRANT W W. W. W Young Salt Lake C. C A A. Brooks BrookSi Fruitland P. P C. C Stiff an and wife wite My Myton ton Mr and Mrs J. J E. E L L. Carey Fruitland Wm Hadden Vcr Vor nal G. G W. W Brooks Fruitland Delary Delary Del Del- ary 1 Roosevelt Mrs J J. J W W. Kine Klue My Myton ton Clyde Fulmer Mt Home George Wedig My Myton ton R R. Wilcken Hanna Frank Chiarella Hanna Mr and Mrs Spencer Williams Wil Vil Williams liams Iiams Utahn Thos Rhoads Hanna I I. I S. S Eksund Mt 1 Home Ernest Ernes Marks larks Mt 1 Home J. J R. R Bywater Myton i Mr and Mrs Moffat Boneta Wm Sulzer l ew M. M E. E Alexander Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander Altonah Harold Dubendorff Altonah Jos Gill GUl My Myton ton W. W W W. Wadley Tabby Utah H. H C. C Smith Mt 1 Emmons H. H C. C Dill Altonah DUCHESNE HOUSE A. A Atkinson Detroit I 1 Mich ch Mr and Mrs Will Gould and Earl Elliott Elliot Matella patella A A. A Freedman Vernal Mr and Mrs Guest Vernal Mr an and Mrs Mrs- McDougall My Myton ton Jack Vale Vale- Pueblo P. P M. M Reilly Price Pricer M M. Pons Price T T. T Salt Lake LakeN N N. K Harris Ft Duchesne T. T McMaster McMaster Mc- Mc Master Salt Lake Geo B. B McC McClelIan McClellan McClel McClel- el- el lan Ian Roosevelt Mrs Lawrence Maxwell Max Max- well Tabby F F. C. C Ferron Myton pyton My ton Harden Bennion Salt Lake Mrs L L. Crandall Salt Lake Chas Leggett Salt Lake Jack Hymen Salt Lake |