Show roosevelt rumors special to the express ROOSEVELT UTAH march 5 the wide publicity given giac n this town and surrounding country is bearing fruit people from nil all parts of the east cast and west are making inquiries as to the adaptability of the soil to the growth of all kinds kinda of grain and vegetables arid ard as to minerals timber lands dmd grazing not only ara they making inquiries but many are coming here to go into business and to locate honest pads dr ferguson of castle dale has announced hi his s intention of opening up a drug adora hero here in the immediate future ile he desired to purchase tho the building occupied by the exchange conducted by mrs Shirt leff and mrs strang but as the building was waa not for sale pale ho he concluded to purchase a lot and erect a building of his own neils neilson Nei laon also alao of Cast ledale will soon open up a harness shop chop mr epperson and five other men from heber were here during the week for the purpose of buying land they visited other portion of the reservation but declared that tio ho place they saw suited them as well tie s does roosevelt roosevell prank frank owens owena of colorado has been talking of starting a h bank here he is ia said to have plenty of money it is the general that a bank would pay from the beginning lybbert brothers have sold one of their sawmills twenty eight miles from roosevelt to jed wardle cewill he will carry on the business on a more extensive scale than ever lybert brothers will start their other mill right away there is a big demard demand tor for lumber and there is no doubt but that both mills will be kept busy the price of lumber is 18 per thousand at the mill or 28 delivered the sad intelligence of the death of ward E pack was re receive ceiviA fi heo ere from salt lake lash la thursday wis mrs wi s park pack left immediately for that city and the children went over to vernal Vert ial soon after th the funeral is over the family will return to tho the home here karl the oldest boy will run the farm freddy holmes school five miles north of roosevelt is out after a most successful term of five months an interesting program was waa rendered last friday afternoon mr holmes will not teach again next year ile he and hla his mother have removed to the ranch two and one half miles milea cast of the town where mr holmes expects to farm this I 1 year prof nelson G of public schools of uintah county delivered an instructive lecture before tho the excelsior debating and literary club hero here a few days ago the club meta every tuesday afternoon when splendid programs are given there is a membership of thirty five and the attendance it at all the meetings is large freddy holmes Is ia the president of the club and thomas johnson is the secretary mrs J J strang has gone to salt lake for a visit with her mother who was waa on a visit to roosevelt for some time mrs charlie milligan has haa returned from denver deneef and canon city colo where she spent most of the winter A T moore has returned from denver and ia now on his ranch which is one of the finest in the gulch mr moore will sow about acres in oats C C larsons big now store was the scene of much merriment last monday night mrs guckert and mrs roberts gave a surprise party on mr and mrs larson lareon which proved to be a swell mell affair about people were present after lunch a dance was enjoyed mr and mrs milligan and george georg e allred furnished the music music it is rowland johnson and not clare i johnson who leased his bis ranch the last dance of the season will be in browna halt hall tonight this is ia due to the fact that mr brown is going to be absent from town for awhile john redmond who has haa been tending bar for mccurdy allred has gone back to bis ranch to begin operations for the summer C 11 II Shirt leff is ia on his bis ranch one and one fourth miles from town he is going to make many improvements this coming summer mrs mra alvin birch will have charge of the harris restaurant in the future mr and mrs harris harria have gone to their ranch about all |