Show local and personal the bottom la is dropping out of the roads and all mails are delayed several hours the mail coach did not arrive until 11 p in tuesday owing to the muddy roads ed F harmston and ward E pack started wednesday morning for the purpose of setting the corners of all the town lots lot in the new townsite of roosevelt rock pope has taken a homestead on the strawberry river nver about eight miles above theodore it is his intention to move his family out and make his home there as soon as spring opens the blue birds and meadow larks have returned from the south their very welcome presence reminds one that it Is close to springtime although t the he several inches of hard crusted snow in the fields still looks winterish john packer is rapidly recovering from the effects of the giant powder explosion in which he figured conspicuously busl last week he says that his eye sight is uninjured he feels that he has had a close call and is very glad indeed that lie he is still here at fort duchesne ducheane some of the sports have organized a gun club and are practicing at the trap and some of the boys tell us that a challenge for a trap shoot will be issued to the vernal berfal club in the near future the vernal club is always ready to take any snap of that kind frank U nelson the man whom the colorado ruel fuel iron company has placed in charge of the development of the iron mines on dyer hill has returned from michigan and is now giving the dyer hill mines his personal attention the company is pushing the test work as fast as possible joab collier our local weather observer reports that during february there were two nights viz those of the 3rd ard and ath when the thermometer registered a temperature below zero the night of the ath was the coldest night of the month the point reached being 4 below the warmest day was the when the ran up to 43 above from february 10 to the end of the month the maximum temperature pera ture ranged from 23 25 to 40 above taken as a whole it has been a remarkably warm month hy meeks has been making some extensive improvements of late in the uintah livery stable the leading features of the improvements are the modern stall manger and hay shaft copied from denver livery stables the shaft is 26 x 36 inches in size and extends from the hay loft to the manger they simply fill the shaft and it contains enough hay to feed 48 hours besides there is absolutely no waste the arrangement is about as convenient as any we have seen mrs airs jane S rich has leased the cottage hotel to mrs airs margaret mcclel land who will take charge of the house hous in the near future mrs rich intends intend taking a much needed vacation for a few months As her little grand daughter essie rich will graduate here this spring she will be placed in one of the salt lake schools for the coming school year essie is a daughter of charlie rich and was reared by her grandmother because of the death of her mother while essie was a mere babe mrs rich will also spend sever a al months at boise idaho visiting with her son john rich the cottage hotel has been one of the most popular hostelries in vernal and N v e trust that the new management will be rewarded with a liberal share of public patron age ge I 1 one indication that spring is here I 1 the ball getting out on the few spots of dry ground and playing catch two of the uintah railways big freight wagons arrived this eek pulled by a team of ten hoists the broad tires make heavy pulling in the mud jas richardson Is going to dragon where he will have charge of the work at the dewey oil spring the company Is ia running a tunnel in the hill expecting to tap the source from A inch the oil seeps out the case of the state of utah vs alphonso wardle for disturbing the peace was waa received by justice of vernal precinct on change of venue from the justice court of james oneil and the trial set for monday march 12 his alleged offense was reckless discharging of firearm firearms fire armi and killing a dog the property of john holfeltz john holgate has moved his family to his homestead on the reservation ile he was waa in vernal the first of the week but left again wednesday with a load of household goods ile he says they will make their home there let come what may the work on their water ditch W will 11 be commenced as soon as the frost is out of the ground the snow on the duchesne is already gone |