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Show 40 YEASS AGO . . . j From the Files... J NEWS OF NEIGHBORS On the 11th of August Millard Stake will be divided, and new stake officers will be appointed. The old name will be retained by the, eastern wards consisting of Scipio, Holden, Fillmore, Meadow, and Kanosh. The other wards will be in the new Deseret stake, as it will be called. This division will entail much less travel by the officers of-ficers of both stakes. Elmer, then ine-year old son of D. H. Cahoon, is laid up with a broken elbow, the result of a fall. The Fourth of July was a notable not-able day for George K. Talbot, Jr., as his wife presented him with a fine baby girl. She should be named Liberty or Columbia in hon Pahvant Indians, Lloyd Cropper and James Mace, livestock, Oscar Warnick, Pioneer -band, Noah Rogers, Rog-ers, Deseret of today, floral float, Marion Black and wife, freight teams of early days, H. S. Cahoon, and others. There will be a float with clown band, Edgar Petty, Geo r.ge Cahoon and Conk brothers, agricultural ag-ricultural float, Wm. Justesen, Deseret in the early 60s, J.V. Black Deseret pioneer blacksmith float, S. W. Western, and commerce and merchandising floats, Damron and Hawley and John Dewsnup. or of her birthday. A valuable horse of Dave Palmer Pal-mer was ibadly cut by a wire fence. Dr. Broaddus sewed the sev ered tendons together and hopes the horse may be as useful as ever. ev-er. Sherman Tolbert of Abraham received re-ceived quite a surprise this week when his wife presented him with twin boys, one 7 and the other 7V4 pounds. He thinks they are the prettiest babies in the land. The twins and their mother are getting get-ting along fine. Alfred Bliss has 22 teams and 14 men clearing off and getting ready for cultivating the 112 acres of land owned by George Snow be tween the two ponds of the Deseret Deser-et reservoir and known as the "island". "is-land". Plows, fresnoes and scrapers scrap-ers are busy leveling the very uneven un-even but rich soil and fall grain will be put in. We suspect that manager Snow will ultimately make a resort of this place, as its situation is ideal for this purpose. pur-pose. With shade trees, gardens, a big pavilion, boating and bathing bath-ing facilities, it would be the pleasure plea-sure resort of Millard county. THE NEW HALL The grand opening of the big new hall of the Delta Mercantile & Implement Co. will be held next Monday and free admission will be given to everyone. The company com-pany has not given the new hall a name and they offer a prize of any waist or skirt to the lady who suggest the most appropriate name. The hall has made the following fol-lowing rules for the guidance of patrons - - Wrestling, scuffling or boisterous conduct will not be allowed. al-lowed. Raggin, turkey-trotting and other indecent dancing is prohibited. prohibit-ed. 2i DESERET July 24th - - After raising the flag and firing a salute the people peo-ple will meet at the park at 9:30 a. .m. from which a grand parade will start under the direction of P. T. Black, marshal of the day. There will be pioneers on float, Indian war veterans, under Capt. L. R. Cropper, Utah, represented by Mrs. Grace Hopkins, Handcart brigade by bohn Cahoon, E. J. Eliason, Pearl Jacobson, Vernell Moody, Laurence Bennett and wife |