Show UINTAH u BASIN CORRESPONDENCE lit 4 44 4 4 44 There will wUl be a dance next Friday evening for the benefit of the th at the tile Rock school house bouse ever every every ev ev- er ery body invited Nathaniel Mitchell l and wife wire re returned re turned home from Salt malt alt Lake City CIt last last Tuesday where hoy have spent the past few ew cw mouths They report lots of of snow on their way out hero here Born to Mr and Mrs Oley Cynda- Cynda I Cynda-I ti gaard a fine tine baby girl on tho the of or February All AH concerned doing nicely c Robt Marchant farchant has t moved oved his cattle catto cat cat- tie tle to his place in Sowers Canyon Wm rm Lloyd will begin to fence rence his lease ho he has down on the Laker Lake- Lake r fork river this com coming ng week and aud get Unready It for spring work S SS S Mr Hakes has returned from Moab Moab Mo- Mo Moab ab county and states he has rented a a place there and will leave l la in a a. afew few Cew days w days with his family for that locality t 0 o o I UTAHN i The cantata put on b by tl e school Saturday night was very very successful The characters were all school children children children child child- ren experiencing their first appearance appearance appear appear- ance anee on the the stage and certainly did credit to themselves to-themselves and to their school The cast of characters is as follows f follows Betty the hostess Winnie White Violet Minnie Keel Nancy and Elaine college girls guests of Betty Delia Kofford Amona Ross Ned Jim Jack college boys guests of Betty who afterward Impersonates the constable and witnesses Arley White Ellis Olsen Shelby Mayhew Bridget the cook who impersonates Miss Ogden Myrle Abplanalp Jane the maid Gracia Peterson Miss Mary Ogden Bettys Betty's aunt Maud Keel Professor Tellus the fortune teller Bert Mayhew Mr Dir Piper who has been teaching at Talmage is now teaching the upper upper upper up up- per grades at Utahn I Lizzie Uzzle White Is living in Utahn at atthe atthe atthe the present time Arthur Larsen of Antelope Is visiting visiting visiting visit visit- ing with Fenton Keel Mr Washburn rn and wife their son Verd and Miss carrot Marrot of or Duchesne drove up to see the cantata Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night also a crowd of young folks from Crom and Talmage Utahn seems to be greatly favored by Mr Weatherman The boys are playing baseball and even when necessity necessity ne ne- c calls slide home it Is done with out fear of a getting muddy Mrs Elizabeth Olsen who has been ill the past three weeks Is now much improved Spencer Williams and Byron Spratt have not yet returned from Helper I suppose they have run up against some come snow Ray Mayhew was quite seriously injured last week by his horse fallIng fall fall- falling Ing with him In getting up the thee I mare stepped on his foot bruising and crushing the Instep quite badly i Work started on the Blue ben bench h ditch a few days ago Two crews are busy on repair work The snow Is mostly all gone but butth th here's heres i e plenty of mud yet et 9 4 UC 4 l i ii I oJ- oJ t c C 44 Born Dorn to the wife of at Henry Remund Tt e y morning a pair of ot fine finC twin boys Dr Padgett reports all concerned concerned concerned con con- doing well Did bid March enter like a Ion lion or like Uke a lamb Everyone seems in doubt The first four mornings of the month the mercury at zero and yet the sun suu shone bright bright- ly The wind did not blow no flakes lakes of snow fell and the f few w patches of old snow remaining ng on the ground were far apart and hard bard to find William E. E Craver Graver passed through town Monday evening with a herd of cattle he lie wintered in the tho lowlands lowlands low- low lands lauds but is now taking to his lanc lancin in the tho Strawberry rr hills It is likely the tho large hall upstairs in the block will bo be rented by tho county for tor use as a court courtroom courtroom courtroom room during the tho f fur ur quarterly sessions sessions ses ses- sious of or district courto court x o o TA TABIONA IOSA I I- 44 44 B. B P. P Hardy lIard is suffering from a severe attack of oC rheumatism Mrs A. A W W. Maxwell is able ablo to be beabout beabout beabout about again after an illness Ulness of a 1 month After the completion of Henry Groggs Grogg's little a house warming warmIng warming warm- warm Ing was as given en er E Every one present thoroughly enjoyed themselves There are five new cases of oC mumps mumps' in town and still sUll the health officer office r I if iC we have ha one doesn't get busy J. J E. E L. L Carey former Cormer commissioner commissioner commissioner commis commis- was the guest of the J J. J C C. Crandall's Saturday and Sunday G. G H. H Wilkon Wilken moved no-ed his famil family back to Hanna last week The affair between the basket ban ball team and amI the Embroidery Embroider club I Is straightened out at last Jast Mr Wagstaff Wagstaff Wag Wag- staff is to be for having having kep his promise as he always has done Some of or the basket ball team o or these that pIa play ball ban have been handling truth the the truth vcr very carelessly Their eagerness for sport has caused them to discredit our bishop and say he leased the hall to them for tor the small sum of or per week which he did not The team are only paying for the lights used lil at t. t night nigh and not for the building The ball bal have been teen determined o it the sewing club if possible possible pos pos- sible and have haye their practices al all all Saturday afternoon and evening which would i make malee it impossible to hold the Embroidery club there The notice was was given given out in meeting Saturday from 2 p p. p m. m until 3 I p. p m m. BO so pleasa remember the time o o HANNA Mr and Mrs C. C H. H Wilken gave a delightful dinner to several of their friends Sunday Mrs Elison EUson l Murry of or Duchesne came up after a young man mail that has been s staying ayn at at the l e J r I ra ranch h out but no ne had started for lor Park city The young man was wanted In Vernal Mr Will Vill Moon and two others started over the Wolf creek pass but the they found it Impassible In in- ina a blinding blinding blinding blind blind- ing snow storm They will try again when the weather weather- clears up Miss Alberta Bjornson spent the weeks end with Miss l Erickson at Tabiona The mumps seem to be the rage this week several of or the children are out of school U. U R. R and company are planning for a c concert In the near future Hurrah two more months s of school We Ve are all an glad as we like the teachers and all the tho kiddies are doing too well Mrs Pack is giving a dance in Hanna Thursday night Come one come all and have a good time Mrs Pack pays the fiddler Mrs biro Monroe Giles Olles bought several several sev sov- eral tons of ot aj 1 from 5 1 C 9 J Hay is getting s scarcer l In to this valley valley valley val val- ley hurr hurry up spring o 0 o 4 J J. J 1 REDCAP Oren Johnson Johnson- returned home last week we-ck from Cram Heber where he hc had been called by the death of his mother Mr and Mrs Irs John were Bluebell visitors during the week Mrs Irs McCurdy of Vernal Is visiting with her daughter Mrs Almedia Bird who has been seriously ill fo for forthe tho the past two months and at the present present pres pres- present ent writing is very little Improved Robert Hiatt home last las week from Sevier county where h he spent the winter He intends disposing disposing disposing ing of oC all his property and also hi his brother Franks Frank's who was accidental accidental- accidentally ly killed sometime ago and returning return ing to Sevier county to make hi his future home Mrs Eliza J J. J Gilbert was on th the sick list during the week The Infant of or Mr and Mrs Claude Claud Claudei i Shepard hepard who has been ill III with pneumonia pneumonia 1 monia is almost well again Steven Farnsworth while returning returning returning return return- ing from the hills with a load o of wood was attempting to cross crass a bad bac ditch and In la doing so BO w was thrown from his load and the wheel ran on his leg Jeg Just as the team stopped am amas and andas andas as no other help was near he lie spoke to his horses and nd they pulled the wagon up releasing him He escaped ed cd with a badly bruised leg no bones being broken Marvin G. G Shields spent Sunday visiting with his sister Mrs R. R A A. Murray of ot Bluebell The brass band newly organized made their first appearance In public Sunday evening In L. L L. L M M. M I. I A. A meet meeting meeting ing ng where they rendered a ve very beautiful beautiful beau- beau selection Otto Murray of ot Bluebell Is visitIng visiting visit visit- Ing ng with Shields for a few few- days ays 0 00 o 0 oA o A J LETTER ITER TO A FRIEND Ive I've thought of oC late my old friend Potter As down lifes life's way I soon must totter I And frosty Crosty age may see the time When I have lost tl the e knack of rhyme I and jingling letters And think it little short of crime to ape my betters That I would nHe just Juat this one mess And send send It through the Myton 1 Press To let you know Im I'm well and hale Dispensing round the old swill pall pail pallIn pailin In farmer fashion And baking biscuits hard as a rail and dishcloths dishcloth's And frequently I rido to town That weary eight miles up and down To gratify my In inclinations And hear about the fighting nations And Myton gossip Wh Which ch of or those two most tries my patience Would be a toss up Ive I've rhymed till Im I'm a rhyming scorner I met you on the State Bank corner You sprung that subject you call patches Damned if I wasn't rhyming snatches And going some And warbling little versy catches The wh whole le way home v Its It's more a philosophic a philosophic theme Than stuff of ot which most poets drea dream And full of ot thought and contemplation I tion For minds of at deep keen penetration penetration penetration tion Sartor From you its clearly my Impression Not far apart is Of Ot course this being but a 0 letter letter- More ore space and time must serve me better Your subject well might how dhow forsooth That dress dress- may mar hide bide In age ago and youth Some grave defects While Patches are are the glaring truth That cloth reflects But Dut why philosophy descan descanting ng When soon well we'll both be 1 sowing planting Lets Let's cut out all this rhyming ranting ranting rantIng rant rant- ing And sill Myton's gall wanting Lets Let's don the blues And buckle up our loins An And flabby This lite lifa if fr I have scanned It true Is meant for those who dare and and do do No there are an Idl Idle few Cew Who look Jook much like a penny new Neer Ne'er f soil their hands And eat the fat and sup the stew stev Of OC many lands You'll find them diem them round cafes cates and clubs club The world of or fashions fashion's gaudy hubs Fastidious s and correct in dress They never feel teel financial Their costly need v Would hundreds we may safely guess Yes thousands feed I A plague on all hot air and guesses M My space is filled and now time presses And Potter weve we've been In the west When lust just a nip of Dewars Dewar's best Vas Was thought no I hope sometime to be your guest Im I'm yours C. C Milne o 0 G I OP OF JOHN BARLEYCORN AnT M By George Stewart for 1 Myton Iton Fr Free e Press One dark stormy night between March and December The I wind wh whistled by with a hiss and a moan Ah Ali the voice that I heard I distinctly distinct distinct- ly remember As it came from a Jug with a curse and a groan It t lay by the roadside half full full 0 of liquor The he cork had fell tell out and lay Jay on the ground The he wind blowing iq II it now slower now quicker Gave ave it a voice with an ominous sound Voe Woe woe to your race the sport and the gambler Woe to the drunkard who has as no control And woe to that son who's an outcast and rambler With black stains of ot theft and blood on his soul You thought me your our friend I cheered cheer cheer- ed you and warmed you You sang and you played till the small hours of morn mornIn mornIn mornIn In the fires of hell and their shrouds there thera I wound you Yet you called mo me your our friend nd Dear DearOld DearOld DearOld Old John Barleycorn Ive I've made mothers weep tears of or grief and of sorrow Friend poverty stalks where here eer I command Ive I've m mado do men do crimes with ro o thought of ot the morrow Filth want Vant and rags you'll know as my brand ro Ive I've ruined dear homes where loves purity lingers I Ive I've vo CI made mado young girls drink the cup of ill-fame ill Ive I've made mado millionaires pawn the rings from their fingers Then stood by and laughed it was all in the game My disease it Is want when you drink me you have it My doctor prescribes graft gratt and theft to my friend Your conscience it hurts but I make makee you forget it When exposure it comes suicide Is the endIve end endIve Ive I've made sinners of or saints and robI robbers rob- rob I bers hers of or bankers Ive I've made hell on onearth earth for the whole f of ot your clan Ah Alt woo woe to the human who for my taste hankers Disgrace to the wom woman n disgrace to the man The wind it went down the voice it grew low I leaned oer o'er the jug to hear all he said He lie gurgled and hissed just t I as-I turned turned turn turn- ed cd to go The first of next August in Utah Im I'm dead Rejoice Ro olce every ever mother and sister and daughter With hearts full Cull of ot joy hail the dear dear August morn Our state legislators led him to the slaughter And nd placed the death sentence on 01 John Barleycorn o o COUNTY rrY CO COMMISSIONERS EnS REALIZE DANGER OF R. n RABIES s The board of county commissioners began their March arch meeting In the court house promptly at 9 o'clock Tuesday In the tho absence of County Clerk Francis Shelton who was acting In his his capacity of clerk of the district court Commissioner George G. G Lindsay Lindsay Lind Lind- say assumed the dutes of ot scribe taking minutes of oC the proceedings Clerk instructed to notify J. J A. A Young of ot Mountain H Home me proprietor tor of a pool hall that unless he hep p pays s 's his license as s requested heretofore heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore the county attorney will enforce enforce en en- forc force the ordinance In such uch matters In the matter of taxing dogs to prevent rabies letter of mayor maor and city council of Roosevelt ordered answered that the board board js alive e to the danger of dogs running at large and will Ill give glye the matter matter their serious serious serious seri seri- ous attention in the near future Clerk instructed to draw warrant warrantor of or to Utah Conservation commission commission commission com com- mission for a resource map of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne In ho he claim of F. F 0 O. Buell for 3 for loss of old court house clerk directed to follow instructions of or count county attorney Glen Lambert was called before the board and the different pha phases es of assessment were gone into Delinquent 1916 poll taxes of ot Ne Ne- ola ala precinct were referred to count coun- coun t attorney for collection Mrs Chloe Oakley applicant for widows widow's pension ordered informed county at present has no funds for tor dependent mothers Judge A A. A B B. B Morgan met with the board and asked that a more comfortable comfortable comfort com com- fort place be be obtained to hold court I |