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Show Duchesne Locals Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Case spent Sim-day Sim-day in MX. Emmons with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. l'orter left Saturday for a business trip to Salt Lake City. iMr. and Mrs. C J. Prcece, Miss Alice Todd and It. A. GilUa spent the week-end In Salt Lake. Mrs. James Dalgleish accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Hart to alt Lake City' Tuesday, Miss Ora Stott left for Salt Lake j Saturday where elie will visit for two weeks .before going to Morrow, Oregon to spend the winter. Mrs. Ellison Murray was painfully injured Sunday when she fell from a wagon loaded with potatoes. Several ribs were broken and her back injured. injur-ed. Elmer Mlckelseon and children, left for Salt Lake Friday for a short visit. vis-it. Mrs. Mickclson, who has been there for Borne time, will return with them. Some of the Duchesne people, who attended the State Fair in Salt Lake, are quite enthusiastic over the Duchesne Du-chesne County Exhibition. G. V. Billings, J. M. Miekelson and John P. Madsen were among those who are attending conference this week. Dr. Wl D. Bishop returned from Salt Lake Sunday. While there, he met Frederick S. Dellenbaugh of New York City, who, with Dr. Bishop's father, are the only two surviving .members of the Powell Expedition, who did topographical work on the Colorado River. Mr. Dellenbaugh stated that he plans to come out here next year to trace Escalante's Trail. Mrs. J. O. Orser, Assistant Cashier of the Roosevelt -State Bank and Mrs. Axel Birch of the Telephone Company were in town on business Friday. tMJrs. Jesse W. Johnston spent several sever-al days last week iu Heber visiting with her parents and son. Mrs. Donald Bench has resumed her duties as clerk In the Sanitary Market, after, three weeks absence on account of Illness. Vivian Gee spent Sunday visiting friends In Ileber. Emery Johnson, Sheriff of Ulntnh County was In town Monday on business bus-iness connected with his office. The county Clerk reports the following fol-lowing marriage licenses this week: Darrel King and Mary Ann Weist, both of Vrnttlt were married October Octob-er 3rd by Alma Poulson, Justice of the Peace; Claude Sadler and Wilma Pettey of Rains, Utah, were married OctolJer 4th, by Bishop F. Earl Case. Suit for divorce was commenced in the District Court by Leona Bunce vs. Scott Bunce. Mrs. Bunce asks for custody of a minor child. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ilollenbeck and son. Milton, spent 'Sunday visiting relatives in Bluebell. George Pope came in last week and has to work in Indian canyou in the elaterite mines. W. A. Paxton, Superintendent, spent the fore, part of the week In the northeast north-east part of the county. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Axelgard and four boys came over from Price Saturday Sat-urday evening and spent the night at the Bowers residence and took dinner with the Whltfrods Sunday, returning home Sunday night. J. W. Clement Is building another building on his lots In the north-west part of town. Mrs. Mary Spratt of Utahn left Saturday for San Diego, Calfornla, in company with her grandson and wife Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Brennlck; who have been visiting here the past two weeks. Mrs. Spratt has not been well of late and we hope the change will do her much good. Jospeh Gee came in from Colton Monday. with 100 head of sheep which he took to his ranch below town. Utah had ten delegates to the national na-tional American Legion convention at Louisville, Kentucky last week and 'this. Among the number was C. D. Pope of Helper, state commander Price Sun, Oct. 3. Mrs. George Nelson and children of Ileber are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Duke. "Mrs. Nelson is a sister of Mrs. Duke. Mr. and .Mrs. Arthur Brown are 'proud of the fact that they are now grandpa and grandma since the arrival ar-rival of a new Brown at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown, son and daughter In Salt Lake. (NO NEWS Editor Lumjkln tells of a reporter who asked a woman If she 'would give him a news item. She thot and thot, and hated it mightily ' that she didn't know a '"single solitary thing. I'm too excited to think, anyway, any-way, because my brother broke his arm when his house burned down this morning and I'm on my way to see him." Isn't that Just true to life? Mrs. Russell NIchol of Ileber ' Is visiting with friends and relatives in Duchesne this week. Dr. McKean of the state board of health is conducting clinics in the different schools of the county for immunization against certan . diseases closing at Duchesne today. One of the most delightful social events of the week was the "500" party given by Mrs. A. M. Murdock and Mrs. Grant Murdock on Friday afternnoon and enjoyed by the following fol-lowing guests : Mesdames O. C. Lockhart, J. D. Wiumier, F. O. Johnson. John-son. Blaine Pack, James Dalgleish, J. R. Poie, R. M. Pope, E. W. Crocker, A. J. Orr, W, A. Paxton, Titus Jones, V. J. Duke, Wells Murdock, Ixwe Ash ton, II. A. Pierson, C. J. Preece, R. C. Walker, R. G. Porter, O. A. Hal-stead, Hal-stead, L. C. WIuslow, E. Sadler, R. J. Larsen. E. M. Parr, J. G. Whltford, O. J. Smith, J. . W. Johnston, J. W. Cowan, J. P. Madsen, Melvln Poulson, L. Ji. Simpson, airs. Mary Connor, E. Stephens and Alice M. Todd. Mrs. Blaine Pack was the winner of the high score prize, Mrs. J. W. Johnstun the all-cut and Mrs. Mary Connor the consolation. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilson entertained enter-tained the following guests at dinner Sunday evening: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cowan, Mr. and Mrs. AUtert Stephenson Steph-enson and S. Wood burn. The following Duchesne people motored mo-tored to the oil well Sunday afternoon after-noon for a pine nut roast: Messrs. and Mesdames: T. A. Poulson, Donald Don-ald Bench, Lawrence Nelson, La veil F. Johnson and C. C. MIckelson. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. OToole, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Crocker, and Dr. S. White of Duchesne and Mr. and Mfrs. August Ligezette of Helper were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Pope at Consumers, Sunday, Complimenting Mrs. J. W. Johnston Mrs. Titus Jones entertained at a birthday party on Tuesday evening. Miss LIssIe Oderklrk is visiting her new brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Firth, at the Arlington Arling-ton hotel. W. T. Powell and wife of Salt Lake are visiting their son Dan Powell, who Is quite ill at his home on West Main street. " We ar,p glad to state that atr. Powell Is able to be up and around the house. Miss Lucy Crites is sinking a well on her homestead near the head of Blue Bench, 8 miles north of town. The shaft was sunk. 35 feet through the rich alluvial soil before the hard pan was reached. According to U. S. Weather Observer Obser-ver Winslow's report July 2nd wasi the warmest day in the four years' record of the station here. The mercury mer-cury reached 97 degrees. Some ranchers report it 102 degrees in the shade that afternoon, J. K. Fletcher, U. 8. Hydrographer, Js in town inspecting the renovating of the Strawberry river measuring station. He has Installed a large new traveling car on a cable to enable Observer WJnslow to cross the river from his ranch to the station. Charles BTunyer with his wife, family, household goods, wagons, horses hor-ses and cattle, have come in from their former home at Provo, to reside upon their Blue Bench homestead. Mr. Brunyer says he will not leave home again until water is on the bench, and he can go out In his auto-moilflle. auto-moilflle. Our three merchants seem to have arranged tliat there is to be no more opening of stores on Sunday. 'This marks a forward step in the progress of the town from the license of frontier fron-tier life to the better ordered conduct of a civilized community. Ranchers can make their visits to town on Saturday Sat-urday and rest on Sunday along with the storekeepers. The school election which was postponed post-poned from July 5th to July 12th, may be quite a spirited affair. The country people claim that while it may be all right for all three school directors to live within a stone's throw of the handsome $5,000 school built last year in Theodore, they are entitled to some representation on the next board and to more and better bet-ter school houses In the ruiral districts. dis-tricts. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Powell Pow-ell early Sunday morning a fine little daughter. Eight sheep shearers came in from the Vintaquin conutry Saturday night and announced that the clip for this season was finished. Hyrum Nicol has started a meat market in the former Cook restaurant, restaur-ant, near Pearl White's new confectionery confec-tionery store. The west end of town is becoming quite busy. Chass Clement located a fine homestead on the Blue Bench Saturday, Satur-day, SO acres of which are -under the canal. He left Sunday to bring bis father in from his former home at Mt. Pleasant. Geo. Cluff and a party of eight men are building bridges and cutting .dugways along Willow creek on the Theodore-Golton road. The stage made all six trips over the road last week on schedule time, 7 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Deducting for lunch the 52 miles are covered in 10 hours, pretty good time for . mountain road. Reports from those who have been in the Uintah mountains recently state that the snow which causes the floods Is practically all melted, and that from now on the Duchesne will fall steadily. At Theodore the Duchesne Du-chesne is a full foot lower that its highest mark, two Sundays ago, while Strawberry Is nearly down to normal. Forest Ranger Woolstenhulme in six days last week budlt a strong post 'and four. wire fence-around 320 acres of hay land In Sowers canyon to be Used as winter grazing quarters for the Uintah National Forest rangers' horses. Jos. Brandenburg and Fred Johnson assisted In the work, . which the ranger believes is the record for fast fence building in this section. Theodore is to have an old-time patriotic . Fourth of July celebration. The f Inn nee commit tee, L. C. Winslow, W.O. Perry and Ilermon Bunn raised a large sum of money for prizes in the horse and foot races and other sports in the afternoon. The baseball base-ball gume. between the married and single men promises to be the most exciting ex-citing contest ever pulled off on the Theodore diamond, The gentlemen on the general committee, A. M. Mur-ydock, Mur-ydock, Fred L. Watrous aud Mart Marsing, have arranged an unusually Interesting program of speaking and music in the town hall in the fore-hoon, fore-hoon, which the lady conferees, Mesdames Mes-dames BJornson, Biwin, Watrous and Fortle, say, however, will be excelled In enjoyment by the dance they will give in the town hall in the evening. The celebration will be held on Monday, Mon-day, July 5th. j. |