Show I IT T r l MONTICELLO NEWS The bridal shower in honor of Mrs John ChrIstensen held Monday at the J M Bailey home was v well ell attended There were ere many useful presents to help in the furnishing furnish of the new I heme The program was vas good Re- Re Refreshments of Ice cream and cake were served George Dalton spent a few days from from his cattle ranch visiting his fam- fam family ny ily this week M Land L and W R Coleman were out near Lewis LeIS Colo after aftel gram grain Sat Sat- Saturday Saturday Donald Evans has a badly mashed foot caused by a wheel on the steam shovel sho slipping when hen he tried to block it John Christensen had the misfortune misfortune tune to lose his fine team by poison polson- poisoning mg ing Monday F W Kellel lost a rid rid- riding mg ing horse hOlse m in the same field the same da day Mayor C A Burr left Sunday for Springville and Ogden lie He expects to tobe tobe be gone a week or so He IS having some dental work done Mrs Artnur Cramne and son JImmie left Sunday for their home in Springville after a week visiting rela- rela relatives tives in Monticello Mrs C E Rhodes of Boulder w was tS visiting Mrs H E Blake Saturday Mr and Mrs George Hagler of South Canyon Point were wele business callers in town Saturday The San Juan County Gazing AS- AS ASsociation Association recently organized to care fOI the grazing interests of the county under the Taylor GrazIng Act held its second meeting in Blanding Satur- Satur Saturday Saturday day morning prior to the meeting of the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah President Charles Redd called the meeting to order and called on Claud L Young to report on the meet meet- meeting mg ing held the week before at Grand JunctIon w ith Administrator Carpen- Carpen Carpenter Carpenter ter of the federal government Mr Young reported that so far it is eVl- eVl evident dent that the administration of the act is designed to be eminently fair to all classes of users of the range President Redd went into details of the meeting giving an outline of proposed district boundaries ies decided on He stated that he had been successful in getting a date set for a meeting in San SanJuan SanJuan Juan county for the permanent organ organ- organization of a grazing district in the county That the date set was for the of January next at Monticello He stated no permits for grazing would be Issued until after aftel the meet meet- meeting meeting ing He also said that It has already been decided by the administrator of the act that the permits will wUl be issued in three classes A Band B and C The mattes matter of securing drought relief over the ranges took consIderable time after which the president was instruct instruct- instructed ed to name a committee of seven to work ork out the theater water ater problem of the ranges wIth the government The following v were ere chosen for the purpose Leland W Redd George Dalton Joe Nielson Claud Young and Lloyd Adams The old folks of Monticello were en- en entertained Sunday at an outdoor pIcnic an and l pine nut gathering frolic on Dodge Point some eight miles south of ofton town to The Theard ward ard entertainment com com- committee committee assisted by Silas Smith and wife of Dodge Point were the hosts to the old folks the committee gath- gath gathering ering them up and taking them to the grounds in cars Some twenty five people over sixty years of age were the guests Preceding the picnic spread the crowd wandered through the timber gathering pine nuts of which there IS a plentIful crop thIS year notwithstanding the drought conditions The whetted theIr appetites to a point that helped them consume the sumptuous picnic spread that was all ready for them on their return from from the tImber An hour was sp spent nt around the festal board after aftel WhICh a program of reminiscences and stores was enjoyed The majority of the guests were among those who pioneered the settling of ofSan ofSan San Juan and redeeming It from the primitive Each knew some early day incIdent of which their neighbor was the hero or the goat and the storIes told brought out m many tny a laugh and many a haIr raising thought of tragedy averted or suffering endured I Though the day was v windy and some some- somewhat somewhat what inclement thE party was voted one of the most enjoyable and success success- successful successful ful of the annual affairs of the kind that has ever been held m in honor of the old folks The Democrats of Monticello held their precinct primary for the of delegates to the county convention Monday night The call brought out the largest gathering of the kInd ever held in tills this part of the state It was estImated that almost a third of he party m in the precinct was v as present some seven eIghty votes being cast for deTe- deTe derogates gates to the convention Eleven dele dele- delegates delegates gates were chosen out of SIX twenty made they r being Fred Wi w Keller F Y Jensen George P F 1 Ba Baton ton E L Jones Donald T I Adams r I Ir r Frank Trank Redd O 0 R Christen Christensen n El- El Elmer Elmer q J mer Dalton Beth Mabel Keller end D Dy DyB B Perkin C R ChrIs ChrIs- ChrIstensen H was chosen precinct chairman to succeed A B Barton Miss Isabelle Redd was wac chosen secretary and Mrs I R S Pehrson vice chairman George GeorgeF F Barton was named as candidate for forI I of the peace with F Y Jensen for tor constable JensenI I Adam Gallegos nineteen year old school boy or Mexican parentage was brought to Monticello from Blanding Sunday night by Deputy Sheriff Sherif Arah Shumway and lodged in the county jail accused of attempting to murder Miss Rose Palmer a seventeen year old school girl of that place A preliminary ary hearing was held before Justice of the Peace George r Barton Tuesday at which the accused waived hIS pre pre- preliminary hearing and was vas bound over overto overto to the district court According to rumors and eVidence brought out at atthe atthe the the young man had been beena a schoolmate of the girl for years they having gone together a great deal at- at atI attending tending partIes and pUblic functions I He had become enamored of her and andon andon on Sunday night while their way vay home he asked her to marry hIm She IS alleg d to have refused his advances which set him m in such a towering rage that he drew his pocket knife from his pocket and ond stabbed her in the left bl st ea-st Just dust above the heart The girl succeeded lcd in reaching h officers were They found too the boy at mediately took tool him in brought dm to Interviewed the boy but lIttle word from that he was wa-s drunk at atH does even now happened or what he did |