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Show I ' 4 AW aP VOL 6. - NO 48. JUNCTION. PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, Gircleville School James Plans Christmas Act , lYities. James H. Stciks n well known mining man of Marysvale, died Friday November 2Gth at his home here. Mr. Stocks had bien ill for some time ,with, miners rapid consumption. He was at Salina hospital for 'some time but as the doctors there could do no more for him than The CircleviHe schools are busy .at work on extensive plans f F the great holiday that is fast arriving. The grade school is abserved in the production of a play and entertainment comprising a full evening of Christmas cheer. A. beautiful pageant drama will be given interwoven .with Christmas songs. Fairies, spir-tt- s. gnomes and angels will flutter about numerously. A festiye spirit will dominate the entire program. 7 AH grade teacher are working conjointly in the production which will be staged on the evening of December 18. It is planned to close the with a public dance. , evening The high school is now Rehearscomedy entitled ing a three-aWI ie this is n t Agathas Aunt a Christinas Story, it will serve in ces. STFor w The we W3 mlrlitV.'-- s Now and Attractive for this yeai DHT front, om'jthrrrx sdectedalbour Holliday Goods from Eastern Lines. See them, They are now open for your inspection. so distinctive and extensive. youll enjoy buying from a line Oagons 1 Jim Stocks was born at Provo, ice m he r29, 1863, the son of Edward and.ary Stocks of that place. His early life was spent there and at about the age of sixteen, or nearly forty years ago he came to Marysvaie where he spent the remainder of his life. He was ident-ifie- y with the upbuilding of Piute c unty and Marysvaever since the 80s. He served two terms as sheriff of t he county, and was holding that office at' the time of the notor- ious Mills murder case of nearly thirty years ago. His fearless handling of that particular case won of his fellow citizens, to such art extent that most of the old timers st'11 speak of the matter in terms of admiration for his praiseworthy handling of a difficult case. At that time Piute county covered a much larger area than al time, and as transportation, faculties were limited, beirg sheriff Involved tipn over the mountains, and throughout tbehounty arduous and attCtmeprilouai, lutthe fact that he served two terms in tke' capacity is ample, proof that his office efficiently. He was mariied to Nellie Nay of Monroe (they were later divorced) and h y had four children two of whom survive Mr. Stocks,. Leo of Bingham and. Mrs. Paul Manthii of Portland, Oregon. Ilia son Ed Stocks died overseas during the World War and Ray anmher sen was killed in a hunting accident in Wyoming soon after the war. On Jul6, 1905 Mr. Stocks and Birdie May Stewart of Cent id n.arriedsix fjheir wjre children as well as his wife survive him. The children are Don, Grace James, Von, Claude and Norma Jean. Mary StocK, mother of . the . Tens Creamers All Wonderful assortment Heavy detachable Small Toys ' ' Hr Articles Salts 1 fjj Chtialnisa scenes in by continued them. They will be made tranrpnr pass throu h nt so the light d and also that they can be view, either side of the wi. d v. It Gloves jvs-Hojs- TLS, Toys. , Shaving, but Tires, pep Into ever; ere. We1! just tell everybody we tl oi ght of the you ever say that or hear it said? the assoitn t nl. .earMt will be easy for you to decide when you Sets 1. h mm A sh'- t v'W fellows' a , the-presen- Hid v Trays IhiB Guns re See Our Line Befqre.YYou Buy or Youll Wish You Had. 'v Bath v tact Vbat can a pci son get for axpnan. Toilet ! s.n I Hdkfs. 1 he thw walla and do r vays. will be turned into imi-- t ri e n stained glass windows. front the across ten large windows Silk Shirts up, ed before. Big assortment of useful, lasting nvtieh distinctive and beautiful. Ihe kind' it at uts ll ere Luncheon r Silk Hose $IU5 body ih tl mcffCem t sizes, $1T8, $2.05 New Games, Attractive Hooks. All Sle.l Wrgors 15 by 36 inches Rubber Tires $5.15 and $3.95. Rubber tiics.Theegu!ar Coaster Wepois almostU id le ti e rai j:e tf ary ever fff tiH rm mi avi h from 5c and Trays I'-a- ste-- 1 Land Toy Serving ' reinforced with angle iron The walking and talking Sugars lecti e lafitertSs' W Cover the rid lights m the two Class ibe of hallway. The main hallway Building , vriil express the holiday e spirit in numerous ways. wreaths f vergreen in monogrint deeoratonwlH suspended from Fishing Tackle ( Fine Xmas Candy 22c lb. High Grade Assorted Nuts 22c ' t - f t from w l. U to be hoped that if planning schools the bring the holiday spirit, with it. reek here will fairly came interested in means of raising revenue for highway building. At Home Dies that time motor vehicles were tax" of Victom is ) f r a liejoso anl this el V f Pioneer in Highway Mivement license was good indefinitely, jn Pneumonia, at Age of 59. association with the secretary of i state a new m. tor vehicle bill was Motor Vehicle Tax Law Providing for' Sponsored ' drawn, which provided for a motor Greater Road Revenues. vehicle tax on practically the same tfasis as the law now in effect and he Twenty-tw- o his state. ago years state highwa; Rrowning Fp0ns0Ied this bill fra R- Browning, to vas Miss married Beene, May e3lalure of 1925 throu&h engineer and well known through who with his son, survives him. SatuT 3:30oc1ock at died APPOINTED ROAD ENGINEER. out Utah, RESIDED-IEMERY COUNTY. 139 First This law proved to be a good day afternoon at his home, Mr. Browning lived in Emery co, avenue. start for financing the good roads for a number of years and was Mr. Browning was stricken with unty cause and in May, 1917, Mr. Brownin the development of the active He lapsed ago. pneimnia wJk ing was appointed state road engin after- road program of that county. into unconsciousness Friday Governor Simon Bamberger When the state road program was eerby noon and death had been expected the amendment of the htate in Us pioneering stages in 1913. Mr. With rewithout died He momentarily. j act in 1921. Mr. Browning His wife Browning first became associated! highway covering consciousness. l resigned as state load engineer with the state department, acceptand son. Lee B.- Browning, were at and Govenor Charles R. Mabey later a position as engineer of the ing bedside. the appointed him a3 the Democratic Mr. Browning was born at Alex- district including Carbon, Emery. member of the reorganized highway His Grand and San Juan counties. At andria, ,Va., March 28, 1857. He served in thiscap-iacityfthat time road building was in its commission. and in that city life was spent early more than a year, wheri Richmond. As a youth he spent part infancy and the state program en- - the commission resigned in a body of his time in Washington, D. C. as titled the expenditure of about Mr. Browning for a time devoted $100,093 annually. In this early as- . paffe tn the houae of representat-- j business. casociation with the work he laid out his efforts toprvate ive. He begin his professional 1926 Mr. Brown 13, Op February reer as an engineer with the Santa what has since been designated a3 ing was again named state road Fe railroad ir Western Kansas. the Midland trail. succeed Howard C. In 1914 Mr. Browning resigned engineer to From there he went to the Colorado Means, who had succeeded him in Midland company. About twenty-fiv- e as district engineer to run for the 1921. Since that time Mr. Browning or thirty years ago he came to state legislature on a road program. bad devoted'all of his time and enUtah and was employed as an engin He carried his district by a comfopt of the road ergy to the adjacc-min- t , eer by different coal companies of able majority and immediately be in Utah, visiting program At Ira Browning m . - -- - or P Fountain Sticks L4Set of the building vilbe beautifie For The Men Candle rt,.oC f Harmonicas -- ' and . , IT fahTD Furses previous has been in preparation for two w jek now and by the time of presentation the company of singers should be in exceilant trim. This combined entertainment will be r ady for presentation by. December 22 A dance will also be given following the entertainment. hi h The art department of the us vari on e.hoot is now at woik is It decorations for the holidijs. decorate planned for the class 10 ui In order that Ladies some very clever impersonations. The music department will1 offer a a; lect Christmas musical cone t to .the play. This woik by tlwhigh icho vvas-broug- back to marysvale, about two w6ks heforebTs death. Friends and relatives did their utmost to make his last few weeks of life as pleasant and free ficm pain as was possible'under the circumstan- the spirit Of entetaimrert. The story has a delightful arrangement of pathos and humor combined with thm he at home, could he done ct . Slosks Dies. H. all of the important projects under through this section. It is largely construction and those under con- - due to his influence that the road templation. Early in November he through the Black Canyon was built went east with Henry II, Blood Opening up a vast area of natural chairman of the state road comm iss resources and giving the people of ion. mi W. J. Pirkr anoth) r , JohnRvalley, Escalante and Tropic member of the commission to' at- - !a fine highway to travel on. If he tend the Conference of the American coui,j 8ee the value 0f a new pjeCt, Association of Highway Officials at 0f road and could in any way see t Pinehurst N C. While in North Carolina M r. Browning contracted a severe cold on a trip on road inspection and from that time on he was unable to shake off the ill effects of the disease He stopped in Chicago on the way home in r I study the methods traffic of handling problems in Ihionis, and while there took a trip over to Chicago Milwaukee I deceased lives at Shoshone, Arizona Two sister and three brothers Francis, Moroni, and Joe live in Arizona also, and another brother John lives in New Mexico. Funeral services were held in tl? L. D, S. chapel at 10:30 Sunday morning with Thomas Black officiating. The ward choir rendered Oh I Need Thee and My Father a duet Come Unto Every Hour, Jesus was sung by Mrs. Claude the way clear for the building of Stewart and Mr, Larsen, A solo Sometime, Somewnere by Mrs. high ways tie haii Wi ked ajgainsl ail odds and opinions of those high Peter Weimer were the musical 6r.Up j(, pU over the project. In numbers. The invocation was given losiegbim Southern Utah has lost by LeMar Anderson and the benean ardent supporter and worker diction bySamuel L. Page.( The whici can not easily be replaced. speakers at the services were J. E. Besides his wife and son Mr. Gibbs and Bishop Ivan L. Foisy InBrowning leaves other relatives and terment was in the city cemelaiy. a host Of friends to mourn his un A large crowd of, friends and retimely demise and the NEWS joins latives attended the funeral strhighway. these many fiiends in offering ess, all of his living children with He returned home on November sympathy and condolence to his the exception of Mrs. Manthii were 20 and remaiked to Mr. Parker on) bereaved in attendance at the services. family, the train that day Lat he was feelMrs. Littlefield of Pocatella, Claude and Legrand Stewart and ing miycn better than at any time Special Christmas scenes will be wives of Blabkfoot, sister and broduring his trip. That night he was taken ill and his condition imnrn d at drawn upon the blackboards of the thers respectively of Mrs. Birdie j various rooms of the building soon Stocks were tn attendance at the ely beeame critical. Mr. Browding was a member of! by W, D. Harrison who has charge services. Other relatives frem cut' Mount Moriah lodge No- - 2 F. and f the artwork here. It will be re- - of town were Mr. Larsen of Ogden membered that last year he drew Sam Gray and daughter of Central many to his room by his drawing. and Bee Christensen of Richfeld. 9x12 of the Three Wise Men. Sim Ira R. Browning waswel known ilar scenes will cover the bare board Shsriff Angus Fillmore antj.Att-- . throughout the southern part of space again this year. He plans to oroey Parley Magleby of Richfield the state and vas ever energetic in (place two drawingslc the old rock wera business visitors in oar it helping build better highways' building also. oil Ihqrsdajr, sucVi J , 1 ... t |