| Show jensen jottings cottings Jot tings the central committee onith on ath of july celebration mr air M G johnson chairman met at the ward house sunday afternoon and formulated a program after appointing chairman and members of the dif different sub com mit mitte tees cs it was waa decided to celebrate at the ward house and the grounds adjoin ad joining there will bo be a dance for the children in the afternoon horse racing of different kinds foot races for men boys and girls ball game and other games and sports to amuse old and young in the evening will be a darce for grow n folks and refreshments will be served all through the day in abundance A good sociable time is anticipated boat racing was postponed until the pond at eben snows has been refilled which will be under the supervision of the county attorney and road supervisor the bridal procession was seen by reliable men and women last saturday coming from vernal where the tie fast was made which bound M mr r andrew murray and miss delia yeager as husband and wife A happy wedded life is the wish of your coi respondent and all of jensen people who hosing sing with the poet lin in the spring a mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love mr charles popper who for the last 25 years has owned cattle and horses on blue mountain is again seen passing through here in company with mr air 11 II al meeks eka wh managed mr air poppers Fop pera fur tunny years in this part of the v A ABOUT TOWN just before the national birthday celebration would be a good time to make it a deview of what is s and what it has been si me twenty years ago when the first pioneer settled on the tha green river bottom lands it did not ir po 0 by its present name but was A as simply referred red to as is down don on green river ur down p t L xa ferra as the jensen feiry betry often wai caud cau d later when we got a post office omec established at the ferry it was named by the postoffice Post office ke department jensen and has retained that name jensen has not grown up as mushrooms do or as boom towns do it has grown by natural increase of newcomers from time to time its growth has haa been healthy and so has its people they have gradually made themselves comfortable and ind epen dent today it is as pretty a spot as can be seen in utah of the same age and opportunities compared with the f formidable aspect which greeted the eye twenty or more years ago when the hyter of this article entered the contest for ark an existence where now the richest and best farms are were then the haunts of prairie dogs 66 and aroun ground d owl which now have been crowded to the few remaining knolls knoll the population of jensen ward amounts to a little over souls but a passing traveler would hardly take it to be one fourth of that amount as the settlement extends over an area of eight or nine miles along green reen river A center seems to ta form now and it is the opinion of most people that with the advent of the moffat road which will travel across the fields of jensen in its entire length will aill bring this to pass the moffat road coming down the west slope of the range will reach its lowest point at jensen from there the road will ascend again till it crosses the wasatch range at present jensen is the outwitting outfitting out fitting flitting point for the mining camps on blue mountain and vicinity and the placer mines on green river as well as the different ranches and cow camps on the mountains and also supplies considerable grain and hay to the uintah railway construction camps and the military post at fort duchesne two grocery stores supply the local and traveling public with anything they need from Angel food and other high grade groceries gio cenea ceries to the celebrated baled alfalfa in the line of dry goods they carry everything from silks and satins gatins to overalls and jumpers shoes and boots A gin mill is also operating and carries all kinds of liquid fourth of july oratory and an extra handle so in case of accident to the one in use they may immediately apply the other the jensen people are not proud of it but rather regard it its as a necessary evil the farmers in jensen are as a general rule thrifty and rt sive aside from debts contracted at the stores are free from encumbrances buchas such as mortgages and kindred obligations A school house erected five ears eara ago has been the aducat educational ional in and will ill in n the near future be enlarged as children are very numerous agriculture is the main mccu pation of the Jensen Jense itee niteis which is accomplished complis hed by irrigation through canals from athley ashley at hley and brush creeks while green river has furnished but very little of its liquid wealth at present one wheel and a steam pump draws water from it but several good farms othild yet yat be mad along alone the tha riva and watered at ered by power generated by the river itself or by steam hay cutting is now in full swing and a voral of the earliest have got their first crop in stack As a rule a good stand was prevalent and outstrips outstrip 4 last years first crop but worms and grass hoppers are numerous in places and threaten to take the second crop and dama damage ge alip grain |
