Show local and personal more afore snow this week to gladden the heart of the man who has 10 hay to sell the next term of the district court will be held at vernal wednesday march Rem eber the masquerade in the social hall friday march 16 1906 prizes for sustained characters lorin lonn caldwell and joseph hardy were over on the reservation the first of the week looking for land caldwell has filed on a quarter section in the dry gulch district A nobby new sign in the form of gilded pestle and mortar surmounting a black pillar has been put up in front of the vernal drug store the owners have also put in handsome now new doors with large oval plate glass centers fred wood has received an offer from the tho manager of the tha ferris ferns haggerty mine at grand encampment wyoming to take his old position again as engineer at the mine behas decided to accept the position for a few months at least one of the causes of the shortage of flour this winter was that the freezing weather this winter had filled the penstock of fletcher reynolds mill with ice however the warm weather has reduced the ice to such auch an extent that they have been able to run the mill for nearly two weeks now the parents of charles collett have received word that his only son a child two i 5 ears of age died rebr february uary mr and mrs mra charles collett have two children both girls still living heis he is now a resident of bennington idaho his many friends here will bo be pained to learn leam of the sad bereavement the stock of boo books 0 and stationery which F r A brinton has purchased from calder brothers has been moved to the coltharp block and good progress toward arranging the stock upon the shelves has been made mrs bassett is having screens put in to divide the confectionery department from the book and stationery department in both blines of business they are ready to thip public A company manufacturing a patent drill is now seeking a contract from the denver northwestern pacific railroad to 0 bore the tunnel thru the main range in 70 days ic is claimed that with the new drill this will be a comparatively easy matter the company agrees if it does not complete the wonderful engineering gi feat within the time limit of 70 days no morey need be paid by the railroad for the work done it is probable that the proposition of the drill company will be accepted and that the great tunnel will be built in a shorter time than any similar tunnel in the country the work is to be begun at the earliest moment and the worl of pushing the groat moffat load to the coast is to be pushed rapi rapidly during the coming summer denver republican it was a glorious old dance monday night which is always the case when 9 given yen by the vernal gun cauti the members of or the rifle team W were re all with their best girls they had on their high heeled boots and can dance too as well as shoot on the left lapel of the coat each one wore as aa a badge a big long and a broj broad spa vi ro a chater and nd it was all at the expense of the gun club but there are rumors that they cant do it abam ond a ft ohp gup club chib la Is looked for ohp 1 I hp hill hall was crowded and every one danced gril and talked aad hw a good time it ag a much of a sociable as a dance but then they help it such music would enchant even a wooden man and force him to dance I 1 march first finds tho ashley valley alley with at least ten inches of snow enow on the ground 0 geo banrett went to the reservation yesterday for a trip to the various settlements A T atwood has purchased the old reynolds farm opposite thu tho reynolds fletcher mill and la is moving to hia bis new home this week mrs win ashton rind and miss ethel returned home sunday night havird had a very pleasant trip to the coast miss bliss ethel took charge of the thud thad grade at the central school monday morning the services in the congregational church sunday morning will be aspea a special illustrated sermon for the young people followed by the regular communion service which begins at 11 all are welcome black frank have comP completed lct the transfer of their stock and fixtures tur s from their old stand and are minfort comfortably fort ably domiciled in one of the new rooms in the coltharp block the new stand is ia a marked improvement over the old one and the change will result in a marked inci increase ease in their business they have a lease on the room in the coltharp block for five years some extensive improvements are being planned for vernal among them is 13 a two story brick building feet to be built by the ashley coop co op the new building will be larger than the one occupied by the coop co op at the present time it will bo be thoroughly modern in every particular E W davis davia and company will occupy the entire building ladies of the T thalia alit club met at the home of mr E W davis march 1906 members answered to the roll call with quotations from french literature chapters eleven and twelve from french art were discussed reading from bay view magazine the women of france and a group of eminent women adjourned to meet with mrs walter Carloss after the meeting was adjourned a delicious lunch was served in honor of vice president mrs william ashton and daughter who have recently returned from california MRS J A B see sec |