Show jtb t our ur county count 2 corree independence sparks 1 I 1 will tell tel you the story as it was told me between twenty and fifty wagons pass through independence dai daily ly some from ashley valley and some from the outside world the tha indian ditches which have bee been n closed while undergoing repairs will soon bo be reopened the farmers around independence are busy putting in crops and hope to have some kind of a harvest in the fall to make up for the one they did not have last fall the prospects are bright for those who have plenty of get up about them talking about the 2 60 bounty 0 on n coyotes mentioned in the last express the uintah county hunters should hiko hike for the rocks in and around independence where there is an abundance of the nuisance the income per day for making short work of the coy coyotes oteis would surely beat ditch work as a long as it lasted J N peacher who moved here from idaho last fall has his daughter with him now she is ia a very winsome young lady and a welcome addition to the community alfred had his tent blown down on his land the other day he is now determined to build a rock house W J jackson the veteran editor and printer is 13 a large garden spot on his land for this thia spring he will have a sure cure thing this time in our opinion the express hit the nail on the head by the article in last weeks issue wherein it pointed out the necessity of the troops remaining at fort ducheane for another year or so under existing conditions this is in no time to leave the whites at the mercy of the red men the settlers are having no amill amount of trouble now days by the roaming of studs belonging to the indians it seems as though a settler who has no fence around his land will have no way of avoiding an undesirable breed of horse from his mares these studs will have to be gotten rid of or laid aid in the pound it is up to captain hall to do something about it A poultry man who has his hia headquarters ne near u r independence is considerably sider eider ably worked up over the f fact ac t that he was able to sell two eggs for 6 cents to a soldier a few days ago lie he is in hopes that the soldiers will liberally patronize him this summer ahen in quest of hen fruit RAMBLER jensen jottings cottings Jot tings A fine healthy looking boy arrived I 1 the to gladden the home of andrew I 1 murray and wife all concerned doing well at present john it murray has again taken up his abode in jensen his health was not in condition to battle with the hardships connected with making a new home on the reservation we are glad to see him back last week and this the exodus from jensen to the reservation commenced in earnest we will have lots lota of room to grow now wm win chatwin made us a visit before going to his reservation home to take up his spring work david richardson our old townsman who has hag been away since his hia wife died last year is 19 again aga with usand us and with him came john horrocks who will re 1 1 side aide at jensen during the coming summer sun A new store building is nearing con com albert snow and B E gard card ner are the proprietors it will be a meat market and possibly a f few ew ejde lines linea common to that line some of our most benevolent citizens have ave helped john it a few days battling against tho the pow ra of ashley creek which is threatening his farm and home gerald stewart lias has moved back to jensen from kennedy station St ution on the uintah freight line mr air D 1 0 mackay and family have now taken up their abode on their fm anim m w wk ich they bought of john agatin if wu we had more of the same quality tu to 1111 I 1 he other vacancies it ic would be all r right y the smiling face of miss joan lodd judd Is a ft new attraction added to tho the p s ock behind the counter of Billin billing wR sons store these fellows know a good thing when they see it we ere are glad for the telephone after no ao boig an isolation A big ik crowd of friends and relatives aisem assembled bled at hebar wals walls lust last wednes du evening to interview mrs carolina Curo Caro lira alawin C before her departure for noi FOL thern them utah where she goes to work in the tha st george temple A good t amk was waa had bad by those present and good wishes accordi d the veteran lada lad before parting she is one of the fw few living that has seen the prophet joseph smith the district school closes this na week pek roosevelt rumors there la is now a great rush ruah aeng tile the battlers bett lera lers to get in crops and several thousand acres of grain corn and alfalfa are being sown and planted besides a world of truck and garden crops this ye tr ir has haa seen the last of importation of grain and hay bay we will need to buy only our fruit A car load of trees at dragon for roosevelt and vicin tt it will mean the early supplying of even our fruit by homesteaders the board of directors of dry gulch irrigation company met monday and remained in session cession until late in the night ni g h t much business was wa transacted and places outlined for vigorous campaign of ditch building director hyrum baird recently returned from salt lake city where he made satisfactory arrangements for the placing of the bond issue recently voted by the stockholders As soon fl rights of way for the canals and other r necessary data can be furnished for temporary purposes pose an all opportunity to obtain was secured it if such Is desired work Wor kupon upon the government indian ditches in the dry gulch region is now in full blast nearly teams now being employed what with this work and the contemplated work upon canals of the dry gulch irrigation company and upon the state road there will ill be no lack of employment in this region this season owen bennion came in monday rooming morning with loads of hay grain and sped so ed preparatory to putting in a crop on hi his 8 farm under the hancock lateral we now have hour flour mush and milk in town the freight blockade is broken the roosevelt mercantile company has received several loads of freight in the last few das dabs three wagon loads of implements arid and othar stock for the consolidated wagon machine company arrived in town monday eighteen teams are now on the road for the firm and we vie will soon be able to secure much needed farm machinery wire etc the school house is now finished and will be dedicated friday night by a rousing fi diee ee for all dance rev J D stormont came over sunday from his homestead on lake rork fork and held services eer vicea in the parlor of the colorado house mrs A M todd is over from myton spending a few days with her husband who is engineer of the D G 1 I co mr and mrs ed F II Il armston and family have moved out from vernal to their homestead mr harbiston Har maton is absent for a few days doing patent work s ork at the Pa riette mines nearly every day sees residents of f ashley valley in our midst seeking homesteads nearly all the available government land has hag been filed upon but quite a number of claims are changing hands as relinquishments relinquish ments maeser items S D colton sold bold 35 tons tona of hav to the duchesne irrigation co the otili being 9 baled thomas murray has been ill the ax 1 week with rheumatism but at UA ito present time la is recovering moroni lisher fisher and family moved t their homestead horn estead on the wednesday of this thia week geo searla moved to the deservi t i n last week fruit growers in this dista dis tiit t 01 wn n busy ausy P spraying ra ing treed last ast season i i woo wooley ley and n green reen aphia greatly n u ed t the h growth r th of tipple apple trees th rh i gee beems s t to be a diffen difference nee of I 1 tween growers which is the hotto spray some have used a copper F na ll 11 phate pnat elimo lime mixture while others u ii us s i the sulphur and lime labh 0 D allen alien sold a team barnets i n I 1 wagon to bar musser of the irrigation company the tha price wi 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