Show the roads arc re in in excellent shape in this vicinity miss afton Sabe reported as very sick with pneumonia barney miller of monarch was transacting business here F friday ri miss clara marshall was on the sick list a few days the past week the schools are still closed at bennett on account of scarlet fever it is reported that there is an epidemic of measles on indian bench born to mr and mrs jas fisher tuesday november 23 p a girl wm P merrell of bluebell was transacting business here friday roy price of altonah alzonah was among the roosevelt visitors F friday leslie ashton of vernal was the guest of his sons here wednesday george pierson of indian bench was among the roosevelt vis visitors t tors friday thanksgiving is a thing of the past and the next big event will be christmas mrs sam rolfe of vernal is the guest of her daughter mrs wm win C king mr and mrs roy davis of whiterocks were shopping here one day last week only twenty five more days un til christmas christma dont forget that shopping early stunt appropriate I 1 exercises were rendered by the pupils of the lapoint school wednesday mrs lynn orser and miss elsie collett made a trip to vernal on sunday of last week this is what we call ideal winter weather not too cold and no snow to impede your travel mr and mrs T R bonnin of ft duehesne duchesne spent thanksgiving with friends in roosevelt I 1 an excellent dance was held at lapoint thursday night it was the annual thanksgiving affair johi ferrel of mt emmons was shaking hands with b his s many friends here one day last we week k mr and mrs albert II 11 kaneai ancale of ft duchesne were amona among the he roosevelt visitors one day last ast week A lovs 10 I 1 pound boy baby was born born to mr and mrs jas saturday all concerned doing nicely earl christensen was in from lapoint friday mr christensen is teaching the lapoint schools this year we that duchesne county is going to hold a county fair idair this year does anybody know anything about it hardin bennion returned from salt lake wednesday where he lad had been attending the funeral of his brother SR bennion E S birchell jay birchell and jeff davis of the castle peak mine spent thanksgiving with their heir families and friends in roosevelt the home economics association cleared over at their bazaar last week this will almost be enough to wipe out the indebtedness mr and mrs james mcnaugh ton lon miss hazel johnson and douglass king of vernal spent thanksgiving with mr and mrs wm win C king mr and mrs brig christensen and daughter revoe were guests of relatives and frien friends asin in vernal thanksgiving they returned home sunday mr and mrs homer P edwards mr and mrs evans mrs A hatch mrs W A miles and 11 hank stewart made a trip to green river St sunday inday W A miles and jas sabey re turned from nine mile thurs day with a big herd of horses they were vere brought in to feed and brake this winter J M russell returned from a prospecting trip thursday he has been near book clial cliffs s on green river but has no anfor mation to give out at present jas moore of neola was seen on our streets friday in the contest at the isham drug co the result of the count on oil monday night was high school district school the little girl of mr and mrs E M swain who has been suffering with pneumonia the past two weeks is irn improving roving some but not entirely out of danger J B christensen of manti has been looking over the basin lands for the past two weeks with yi aji the intention of locating ha was in the boneta country friday and saturday the elan theatre awarded prizes on wednesday eve evening ning of last week in fact it was a thanksgiving prize geo brack en and floyd bryco bryce held the lucky numbers each cach receiving a fine turkey dr and mis len and son of scorers were the guests of her parents mr and mrs V W A miles mies thanksgiving they made the trip from scorers in five hours they returned home friday and now the vernal express comes forward with a story that the union pacific has a railroad ties stored within thirty five miles of Verr vernal fal now that u listens good and we sincerely hope the railroad will be here ne next at summer george bartlett who was shot by ay iy a drunken indian recently re umed turned home I 1 from vernal on tuesday of last week his hi s friends at lapoint were all de lighted to see him ile he still has a pain in his log leg but is in hopes he ne will vill bo be as well as ever in a few weeks el elsewhere S e V her P in th this S issue there is an ordinance calling for a special election to be held in roosevelt roosevelt in order to bond the city for to issue bonds for the purpose of owning her wn waterworks water works the election will be held on thursday december 20 10 the following partook par took of a thanksgiving dinner at the odd fellows half mr and mrs wm win S mckinlay mr and mrs herbert isham dr and mrs W J P bt 66 dwning 1 nl ng dr and mrs EW E W browning miss hazel bryce mr clare ashton and mr rae ash ir n itoney toney the indian who shot geo bartlett on nov 2 blat bat whiterocks went to verril vernal and gave himself up on wednesday of last week A prelim inary nary hearing was held and the indian was bound over to the district court he was released on his own recognizance to appear p C r for trial on deaeger december 8 saturday S I 1 night about 10 the fire alarm was sounded the firo fire proved to be at the home of roy larsen on second secona north street near the dry gulch bridge it was in the cellar cellai just back of the house the lining being covered with straw and either caught from a cigarette or a match the people res corded immediately and the fire was extinguished before there was much damage done the uintah basin land office reports a large number of bonifield boni fied settlers coming into int 0 the basin and the number of inquiries regarding our country is rapidly increasing on sundays mail inquiries from seven states were re received saturday mr motter of of the uintah bash land office sold sold the samuel lublin at rand leatto H F hyatt of monte vista colo while in Rind randlett lett he be saw the D R G R R surveyors who were about through with that section and will move their camp to ouray this week this company ilso also sold 40 acres near lapoint to walter I 1 allen alien of holdredge bebr the past week the building activity in roose velt is still on workmen are busy on the foundation of the kelley block on main street which will be a two story brick feet the foundation for the bracken block is completed and workmen are busy hauling sand brick lime rind and lumber this building will be feet and will make two elegant store rooms when completed they are laying brick on the bank block eblock and have the walls up about five feet this block will be feet and the roosevelt bank will occupy the east cast side of the building while the west side will be occupied by a business firm |