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Show UINTAH IIASIN SECTION T Dr W J Raker, the M)ton dentist, contemplate soon opening a dental office at HuniDslde W It Fo). whoso ranch Is on the I'pprr Antelope Creek, tells the usual star) of water shortage and coupe-inert coupe-inert short eroiwc My ton Implement house's have re-eontl) re-eontl) had so man) orders for binders that It has been iiwusit) to draw em the Vernal and Price- agencies to rill their contracts It Is repartcel that the condition or Williamson, the hsrnessmaker who was shot b) II G Clarke recent 1), bus grown critical, due to tho Injur) of the rplnal cold rendering pural)-sis pural)-sis as prolsible Hospital authorities fear the rcwult ma) prove fatal, Tho Htraw berry and Lnkr Fork rivers are lowest In history. However, this shortage Is not sectional ns tho seeme condition exists all over the state as well as neighboring states. J I) Reavers Is planning for his new building nt M)ton to bo erected on the sltci where tho old building wns burned on June lth Tho building Is to be or stucco nnd will be rift) feet wide b) forty-eight reet deep It will be used for pool ball, barber shop nnd cigar store, and will be ready In thirty du)s. Residences In M)ton are at a premium. pre-mium. Kvery available hnuso Is occupied oc-cupied und many people nro living In tents. The nineteen gipsies who entered tho Plntah Ravin's western gateway recentl) , and who said they bad on deposit In n Price bank eighty thousand thous-and dollars with which to purchase real estate in Duchesne county, nro gone The) left In a hurry, pa) Ing tho stage company flft) dollars ror the exclusive use or u truck to Helper. Robert I Rohm has recently returned re-turned to M)ton from an extensive prospecting trip In tho mountains to the north of Vernal, He Investigate d n number or copper prospect In Southwestern Womlng nnd round many promising leads. Ho expects to return to thnt section nnd do some development work In tho near ru-ture The September term or the district court ror Duchesne county will convene con-vene at Duohcsne on Tuestda), Sen-tvmlier Sen-tvmlier 7th. ' Myton's flouring mill Is now running. run-ning. Threshing of the grain crop has started In some parts of the reser-x reser-x at Ion. Quite a loos was sustained b) J n Reavers of M)ton last week when In fording the Green river twent). nine head of horses and colts were drowned. drown-ed. There were a hundred nnd fifty head In the bunch and when In the middle of the stream tney began mill-Ing, mill-Ing, Many of the horses and especlall) the colts, lost their footing nnd were unable to get up. The balanre or the horses landed safely In Crulg, Colo and were loaded ror shipment Reavers Rea-vers said that this bunch Is rur abuve the average Indian pony herd, some of tho horses being worth In the neighborhood or II to. Two engineers. Rock M. Pope and T, V, Jackson, have now been several days surveying the first three miles of the Uppor Rlue llenoh Irrigation district canal. It Is expected the Purple Ranch settlers, whose water has been turned off except a trifle for culinary purposes, xvlll turn out en massa In a few da)a to work on tho canal tapping Rock Creek, |