Show lit birla rig peterson of hayden was visiting lit in vernal a few lay day tills this week I 1 ray kay dillman and E 11 II burgess are over from roosevelt attending court this weak mrs mra ekhard pope left for salt lake last laet friday lit in comply with john W pope mrs aire D L 1 tanner was a vernal visitor for a fe davs b i week eek fron ft duchesne herbert bassett 0 the drowns brown park country was visiting altine vl it in town a few days this week eek the local draft board have received registration cards from win budge wallis and jas G mcgarrigle there will be a red lied cross dance held at moffat june 21 1918 every body Is 13 invited go and have a good time inspector E A abbney spent a few days daya in vernal this athla week on business connected with tile the department part ment A baby boy was boru born to mr air atit mrs hire frank hodgkinson last monday nothing but contented smiles and favorable reports are coming from this happy domicile J 0 Garrigle Aft of spent the week end lu in verna mr Me GarrIgle has baa enlisted in the navy and la Is awaiting orders to leave for the training camp the second ward primary held an outing on the lawns of the court house hoire monday afternoon games were played and a general good time was waa enjoyed by all E F marshall was in vernal on oil wednesday of this week home lie he owns a homestead near randlett and was waa here for the purpose ur of making final proof mr and mra airs willis johnson reginald johnson and mrs airs were in vernal wednesday attending to some matters of business rhey Jilot motored ored over from roosevelt logan Dri grimball Drimba ll who taught school at the vernal central last year has accepted a position in ill lis it home borne town in arizona to teach next year we regret to lose him as lie he is it a fine young man and a good teacher A meeting of the board of directors of the ashley coop co op was held tuesday night it was waa reported by MIL manage wallace cragun that the business for MB had bad exceeded an mouth month since january 1 1917 7 viah ith the tha option of last december 1 mr and mrs wm win witbeck returned from salt lake ba baturka bat unla bringing back their daughter miss pearl Shim mina who has been attending school there the past season miss inez witbeck a niece of mr air witbeck accompanied them front salt lake to remain here some time as it special guest stray animals are continually destroying ying the flower beds at the court house bouse despote all precautionary methods taken by the park keeper and the day and night marshal the animals are continually alloa allowed e to run at random by the owners the efforts made to keep a beautiful park can not be successfully carried on unless more operation cooperation co is given by I 1 dattle owners alice and mera alera colton daughters 0 of f preat frest don U B culton colton have been III the past week john glenn spent thesda in roosevelt attending to several matters of business there the home of D U colton of mae ser was gladden monday evening by the birth of a now new baby girl fred M watrous and nd M I 1 R t pope of ducheane are vernal visitors I 1 1114 week eek attending to several legal matters at a meeting of the board of directors of the uintah tele hone bone co held monday evening it was waa decided to make a wage increase to ever em of the company C J manners of colorado la Is in 1 ii vernal this week being here to attend the hearing of a law suit uit in which he Is interested inter eted during the present term of court ed J winder who suffered a very painful break lit in his leg come om time ago Is recovering very slowly koth both wheels of a heavily loaded wagon agon passed over oer hit his leg brigham casto of salina father inlaw in ill law of hyrum swain la is in vernal this week visiting ile he Is ac compan tell led by K X W bird also of salina they came overland in their car tile the eclipse of tile the sun has come mid and gone the next great event pro predicted by the astronomers will be the eclipse of the the exact time has not been figured out ou t yet but it will be total permanent and visible everywhere moses V moore of rand Iland I 1 ett lett was aas in n vernal on oil thursday attending to several matters of business ile he reports that favorable progress Is being made on the mine in which he Is interested work vork on the mine Is going steadily on oil and he expects that by late summer a plant will ile be in running operation to treat the ores motorists are reminded of the existing ordinance relating to traffic rules the ordin ordinance anee states elates that all cars shall be parked on the right hand side aide of the street and at least ten tell feet away from any ire fire plug when going around corners it a square turn must be made enste it of cut ting the corner the ordinance Is bere hereafter after to he be strict iv enforced by b I 1 tile the officers active rehearsals are being held for the minstrel show of tile the vernal commercial club which will be given on juno june 28 and 29 miss grace I 1 tout Is going ahead with the supervision lit in the absence of mr air graham the board of governors are very much pleased at what has been accomplished complis hed so far and are very en its as to the present presentation ti of the show last friday night about twelve several young men attempted to shoot up the town thinking perhaps they were on oil the cattle range deputy sheriff hatch murray and night marshal doble dobie pursued the young men but were unable to overtake them names of some of 0 the boys boya have been ired and as aa soon its more evidence is gathered it la is said bald action will commence af calust them loose horses and cows have bela beau so 60 fie frequent quent on the new lawn ot of the vernal central school that it has haa be come necessary to lock the gates cooperation Is asked in keeping out all stray animals and assisting in any possible way towards the of f forts forta being made to beautify the ahbol grounds much good work ork has been done and it is a shame to see it destroyed by the indifference of others ahe I 1 he ashley forest range is reported very dry providing storms dont come lit in the very near future the range will ill be thrown open to the herds the forest sis supervisor anderson has bus beep well stocked title this i ear on oil account ot of vie fie war and the various conservation con on all available feed outside th the a forest Is desired to be used up before permitting cattle to grze graze on the range the whiterocks irrigation company has been d a decree by judge morgan correcting their water ater filin 9 to tho the original diversion of 50 second feet asked tor fur ilie cusa case wax as against the state engineer who nho it is alleged made an error in the filing and allowed but 21 second feet to be diverted the rase case hns has been pending tor for about two tuo ears and the decision rendered will aill greatly benefit all share hare holders under this irrigation company kompany rebecca of sunn brook farm glien under the auspices of the ulnah tali stake sunday schools drew a crowd bowd of people during the ta two 0 performances at the vogue theatre keen rivalry was exhibited between the vernal second naples al boser slid and dines wards for the special rah ra ma h prize which was to be aNkar awarded ded to the s school hool selling tile the most tickets mal won aon out tile the proceeds far ex eji corded ceedee the expectations of the various schools t M lyon of watson was visiting lit in town ton a da this week lewis hWel beenson Joll of LaPolt il b its en on oll our tuesday mrs airs anton ha hai been bee n indis posed pored for the past two weeks john davis of Ced cedarview arview was waa in vernal wednesday looking after business busl W K johnson and wife were ere over frum roosevelt Hoo sevelt attending to matters of business this week A uong tiong the other visitors in vernal this week from lapoint were jaw jais hardy at 0 peterson and mr air iiii at mrs mra harmon prof karl bart Doug douglass lasi has ordered a 15 5 horse home power pumping station for use on oil tits his farm on green river the pump will be wied used for irrigation purposes at mr r and mrs will carroll of san diego former old time residents of vernal are here spending a few days vial visiting ong their many friends and relatives robert allen alien whose it home oine Is in mantila manilla was as in vernal a ta as lays ays this week lie he reports conditions over there its ia prosperous with raap ran con it it ilal L 4 od in ill the he lease between bet tile the emerald oil company and mr air which we ae reported last week the cash ash payment prie should have been ir instead of cutting hay lit in ashley valley Is lit in full swing illy hy meeks has three mowers at work and john of the same place Is also cutting tits liis big crops are pro promised mrs airs russel drenner brenner and little lien aon kobby bobby of sharon 11 id t are here to spend the summer ner with mrs brenner tiers 8 parents mr and mrs charlea A johnson at mrs rs drenner was juanita johnson before her marriage rhe file moon stepped directly in front of the sun suit saturday evening and for a short time everything was as weird and dark nothing like it will be seen again until 1923 when war ar stamps mature have you got oursa mrs airs wm it II mease alease la Is at her moth er era s home serious 3 ill of pneumonia which aich caused tile the premature birth of a daughter llie little litile miss alas weighed four pounds while mrs airs mease is lit in a critical condition she ehe has a good chance to recover walter waller lloyd llod former resident rea ideiil of vernal ernal was visiting here a low lew days das this his wedi eh accompanied b his alte ile if lie for frei I 1 conducted a drug store here and ana at ai present ov owns ns a store in balt ball lake and is dutrh lt h representative of the A D S drug company pitty lc C univ I 1 it geo A chi ible was called to ha den wednesday to lu investigate an epidemic which mitch breite out there I 1 the he contagion seems to 1 I 1 be cu in the nature ot of septic sore throat and probably diphtheria ilaree I 1 ahree deaths death occurred there last week eek in order that a large size british union jack alag might be on hand when lien the occasion requires mrs airs 01 narah arah L sludge and mrs airs harty hany katti icv have made one ahey used ane large flag which was loaned by the salt lake commercial club as a put pat ten te le n 11 clarence and royal potter letl left fur for duties in ill the lie united state navy nav friday morning I 1 ahe he enlisted during the relent recent visit the naval recruiting parti part who were here with nith ensign wilson they will go direct to san Pran francisco cisco for or training rhe fhe big fourth or of july jul celebration eleura I 1 b ti on planned by the vernal commercial club is making rapid headway every edoll Is 19 being made to make it one of the most successful events ever I 1 staged in N ernal inasmuch as tile the j proceeds are to be turned over oer to the red lied cross croaa bee bec anderson andersen of tile the club states that conservation is to be made lit in expenditures in order that an am largo large it a sum as possible may be secured however furnishing worth while attractions and a proper celebration the contract for hauling the fiill between helper and ernal bernal has I 1 been awarded to tile the DuLl duchesne chesne iesue stage transportation co at it 0 ron o of the contract reads that alt all above pounds will ill be paid for at the rate of three and three and one fourth cents per pound it Is estimated that the total revenue for the year ear all amount to a sum between and the stage company has purchased a fleet of trucks to assist lit in the mall car carrying ring and u number of lie new cadilac cars have bell b ell purchased I 1 to handle the paR passenger traffic hereafter it is tile the plan of the combar to handle the mall mail independent of the pasq passenger enger cars manager murdock will nill spare no means lit in perfecting tits his line and intends making several other improvements miss grace I 1 employed at sti the county recorder acance fice during lie abbene of county recorder mrs elliean ell iuan ruan Lavato lavatories are being built in the dunty i ourt court house this week eek 1 ahe I lie work B H expected to be completed within the next two weeks I 1 ne e aie glad to get aos items but must insist on oil people signing their name nor necessarily for pub lia tion but for our protection W 1 I flar marchill shill of 3 H t II 11 it t is lit in vernal loo ng 1 lound ille 14 already interested lie heo 0 and may become more so BO before IP IF in lit in keeping with other laud land offices throughout the couer cou nr the local land office will remain closed every saturday afternoon until sept 15 the local land office la is swamped with patents which are being filed register peter hanson estimates that at least patents are la in the office manager lawrence allan of tile vernal drug co accompanied by hla his wife lett left for salt lake on mon day they will be gone about ten days zelph calder who left for boulder ulder colo to enlist in the army failed to pass the physical test on oil account ol oi ili injuries juries received lit in an all athletic event abnit time ago farmers who ho have filed on oil land on diamond intrain are highly elated over the prospects for a bountiful harvest this year and declare that it conta contains 1 some of the best farming land in the west e 8 t miss cleber wall and warren bill ings of jensen Jenae ii left for salt lake monday morning where they will aill be united in marriage accompanying them were mrs airs 11 it 11 wall mrs airs frank wellman and mrs airs prank frank kill bill ings ing tile three tennis courts which are i being built by the park commission on tile the playgrounds at tile the city park will be completed the end of the week the courts will ill accommodate twelve players at A time and are modern iu in every respect free ulie ule Is extended all those desiring to play word has been received lec elved by NN C walters of the walters stock coul corn pany ipaty that a I 1 fine boy was born to lit his wife at provo utah tuesday this is the third child that mr and mrs IN walters alters have been blessed with mi walters company are playing in an ell gement ga at the Orp licus theatre this week pope of salt lake accompanied by b state architect monson aie lit in ernal bernal inspect la the various school buildings which have just been completed rhey are being taken around b the members of the school board ali mr r pope is architect for the new see sec ond ward chapel which is now unter under construction mr air hayes of the mutual film company with headquarters in denver was aas a vernal visitor on monday while here he made arrangements with aith manager gilbert of the vogue for the presentation of the screen telegram which will appear every friday this weekly picture ser service will portray all the latest ings both at home and abroad ana particularly the activities of our army and navy I 1 the foundation for the second vard chapel has been completed the f bishing touches being made this week rhe cement and rock work will up no v he be i relied chairman anoe lay ti flat of the work will nill be finiF hd I 1 N aug I 1 richard fowler li ii the contractor pr lor the cement and rock construction the building will be really ready for occupancy by the time winter sets in A tourist consi consisting ting of J D goodrow and rat of colorado springs stopped lit in vernal friday frida to 1 I lacoma aloma N wash ash they are I 1 traveling overland in their car and report having had a pleasant tri trip p with A ith one or two mo exceptions at glenwood enwood Ul springs th ill road was blocked and it was necessary for them to go over Tennes tennessee gee pass the point joint in 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