Show SANTA CLARA santa clara jan 19 another case of scarlet fever is reported le ona a daughter of john S brucki is tho this 13 the fourth family who have quarantined on account last sunday evening dr george an educated student who has spent many years in travel and study spoke to us on the prehistoric conditions of this continent on which subject ho is very mell informed the farmers and cattlemen ire and hippy over the steady downpour donn pour of rain which has reached our section of the country leo reber cut his foot with an axe while chopping wood very nearly beening alie great toe but he is much improved work on the santa ahra bench canal has been suspended for a few days on account of the inclemency of the weather the infant son of adolph hafen is very ill he probably Dro bably with pneumonia charles hafen his gone to short creek to beadi school bloomington bloomington jan 19 reuben larson returned homo tuesday from modena where he had been to take his uncle alfred birson and brought back freight for the carpenter bros D r woodbury wis in town friday visiting the sick there 13 no new caes of scarle tini and those that have had it are getting along nicely william fawcett of st george and andrew nordin foreman of the ciui ic mine were town agit ors saturday mrs joseph lee of hornsburg Harns burg and her bon william booth wore in town sunday visiting relatives ruland tho little son of mr and mrs willard birson is very ill the carpenter and fawcett broom factory has started work again there is quite a flood in the rio virgen since the recent rama vernon eardley of st george was a town visitor sunday correspondence la verkin jan 17 reading of tho improvements in different towns of the county reminds us of our own two brick houses hav e gone up costing from to one a two story building for william hard ard the other a bungalow for john A judd one nice frame building for arthur woodbury one store installed by henry W gubler and ano hay sheds we have about twenty families nine cisterns are in operation and other heads are operating on more there is one improvement needed hobt of our fences are made of hiie ornamented with cow ticklers tic klers tick els her when she reaches through for lucern so that she pushes farther and horse cutters most of the people ef this place prospered during tho past year we hae bad a steady down pour of rain for the past 48 hours it seems eliat providence is preparing dixie for dry farming and many in the eastern part aio looking in that direction GUNLOCK Gunloc lc jan ib about SO young people took chickens and went to the residence of henry hunt and had a chicken supper games were played ami a jolly time nas had by all the sewing club met at the home of mra A H truman about 9 a nice lunch was served everybody reported a good time was had thorold truman is here spending a few days with ins wife he has been working down at the narrows mr and mrs john R hunt and mr and mrs james L bunker were down from glen cove to spend sunday it has been raining quite steady since last thursday morning mrs elizabeth truman is quite sick with a lame back bunkerville BUN KERVILLE bunkerville Bun kerville jan 17 our basket ball team the B H S boys went to overton and played a game with the overton basket ball team last saturday the score being 25 to 14 in favor of bunkerville Bun kerville the bunker ville eighth grade boyte played with the overton eighth grade the score being 23 to 9 in favor af bunkerville Bun kerville the las vegas basket ball team was expected to play here today but owing to the rainstorm we have had for two days will likely be too muddy a gentle rain has been failing since thursday morning last monday forenoon foie noon harmon bittiers Wit tiers straw stack was sot on fire by his little boy playing with matches unknown to his mother there was nothing burned except the straw and part of the fence but the fire caused quite an excitement the school bivs were soon on the ground and helped to put it out mr wittier being gone to the gulch PINTO pinto jarr 17 mr and mrs E T thornton have just returned home from st george where they have been for a short visit we have had a few das of very wet stormy weather and mud i joseph D cox and walter J knell have gone to salt lake city on business jolin page was in town yesterday on business 20 A company has been formed of and hurricane people for the purpose of developing the and in hurricane valley in the arizona strip some work has already been done and work will bo continued in a few days A pleasant surprise was sprung on the presidency of ane relief society mesdames R J abury M A and E A ander son at the homo of the president by the members of that organization farmers and brockmen are pleased with the excellent three days downpour ft inch has left a wealth of snow in the mountains for summer use mild clear weather prevails after the storm mr evans of the road construction camp was here yesterday to arrange for the storing of supplies etc preparatory to the work to bo done on our roads B jar vis r was in town last week arranging foi a cannery to be established here and for crops to keep it supplied for the coming reason A baby boy was born to mr and mrs vernon slack on the dinst mother and doing nicely B H forsyth and R H lund have returned from a business trip to long valley and kanab roy grant of new harmony is hi tow n and is connected w ith the hurricane valley land project george R and A F gregerson were business visitors here last week LEEDS leeds jan 20 alie forest service men are up from st george and work was resumed this morning on the road to danish ranch it was suspended for a time on account of the storm thursday january 8 the relief society met at the home of mrs anna angell all the members took lunch and an enjoyable time was had by them niels bastion came in from enterprise last week ho expect to return to that place soon with his family our farmers and stock men are rejoicing over the storm and think it was the right thing at the right time charles westover vcr jr of washington was a visitor in leeds sun day SP springdale RINGDALE jan 19 most of the men of town turned out saturday and worked on the road in the up per and lower end of town they will work again tomorrow we have had a lovely storm the last oliree days rain in the valley and snow on the mountains hurricane HURRICANE jan 19 A special election will bo held hero jan for tho purpose of deciding whether or not the citizens wish to bond the town for in order to install an electric light plant good authority estimates that Q can install a first class plant with an emergency engine for by floating bonds for this amount and bearing four per cent interest it would cost the town about per year to keep up the interest and redeem the bonds in twenty years certainly the plant will bring dioro than this amount above the expense of jiin and running it hurricane needs a plant and is large enough to justify the installation of one we need the power for running washing machines freezing ice etc and ve believe the people are progressive enough to vote in favor of this project bp A P of boquer ville is building a frame dwelling aliouse on his farm in the south hurricane field he has also finished a cistern at the same place sir is one of the largest stockholders of the hurricane canal co and is a leader in farm improvement walter spencer is here and is thinking some ol 01 running an auto truck from here to lund next summer we think walter is the right fellow to pioneer this as he is a capable well experienced hand misses elsie stout and mamie workman are at st george taking the sunday school kindergarten Kinder karten course will and manti workman have purchased the goulds ranch of J W imlay mrs clara button underwent in operation at the washington county hospital last week we have had considerable rain the last neck and the dryland farmers are smiling enterprise enterprise jan 19 some time ago wo made mention of alie midwinter course offered at the B A C at cedar city and of the number going from here to that school and made the following comment at the close dixie take notice it camat up later by pros snow that h thought it was a slam on our church school it was explained to him and for fear others might have also construed it in alie borne way wo will explain we meant no slam at all but rather to call attention to the course offered and from observation we have found out that a good number would take advantage of such a course if offered at the dixie two of our youn ladies are now taking the special work offered there and we only wish to say success to the school and hope more will take advantage of it and all other schools to gain knowledge ind education why that big broad smile on your face mr farmer why wo have had the storm of the season up liere at enterprise it lias rained almost continuously for four days and lightb and the country is certainly net the roads arc very heavy and the mail is late evcic day but mr perry alie mail contractor in hi usual way is making the best of it and doing all he can to get through if not on the schedule time born to mr and mrs john Z alger jr a girl january 16 littlefield littlefield jan 15 the work at the narrows is pr giess ig ve y rapidly horses and in ichi a 0 being shipped in there balot ak of a railroad coming in the near future from st thomas nev our school has resumed dgien after holidays holi Jays mr oui school teacher has returned after spending the at his home banta Clari he has his ite here for the rem under of alie winter we have very stormy weather at present it has been raining all week and looks as if it might rain for another week the water is out of our town ditch frank left tonight for mo api icv taking six men to the railroad from the camp at the narrows samuel reber jr has bought a house in mesquite nev ho is at work now rodiville RodL ville ROCKVILLE jan 19 william froan was a city visitor on the tho arv and farmers are delighted with tho nice we joo returned from cedar city on tin benjiann nn demill of haerlin La erLin is a city visitor |