Show local and personal I 1 rev hey M J hersey has returned from isalt salt L lake ake abere where he attended the epis EPI a conference ile he held services hefta last sunday the vernal military band is receiving a number of new instruments the boys say they will be ready to furnish some splendid music for the fourth of july celebration J C hacking county clerk has sold about twenty two acres of the farm he had advertised to john S hacking for 1600 1500 the land is a part of the old alf johnson state estate located north of the lycurgus johnson mill J P rudy was over from his farm near afie the post on monday he is raising a fine crop this year he has thirty acres in oats and twenty in wheat and says saya it is looking fine mr rudy does not think the weather on the reservation has been as disagreeable as it has in the valley and he declares that vegetation over there is IB more davan ced than it is here mr of montrose colo has been here during the week looking over the country with a view to purchasing a farm he said he had no idea just juat what a wonderful section this is ile he declares that 2000 farms here are much better than farms in the montrose country the soil lire here he thinks will produce a greater variety of stuff than the montrose soil will produce senator M M warner of salt lake is among the visiting attorneys at the district court senator warner is one of the most brilliant lawyers in the state and has hai been interested in many notable cases he is here as the representative senta tive of mrs chadwicks chadwicke Chad wicks land suit which involves the ownership of the chalwick Cha iwick farm located to the northeast of the city senator warner came to utah several beveral years ago from colorado 0 andrew dudley of jensen on his hia sixty fourth bourm birthday saturday june 6 had a family reunion and a grand time it was of the twelve children eight were present there were nineteen grandchildren and two great grand children present forty seven relative es ea and friends enjoyed the occasion 4 19 among those who went over from vernal were mr and mrs L 11 woodard mrs woodard is a daughter thomas morgan and wife were in vernal this week from steamboat springs colo having come through by w N sy ay of blue mountain mr morgan brings good new s regarding the moffat road and he does not talk like a man who would exaggerate exa ile besas saas there are now 2000 men at work on the various portions of the road and that before the ond of summer the number will be increased to lie he thinks the road will reach steamboat by the first of Novem november james jamea J cook has returned fro from T grand junction lie he says there is is plenty of fruit in the grand valley former mayor lycurgus johnson hm has been very ill for the past week or two his friends hope for his speedy re covery the sunday services at the congregational church will be held at 8 in the evening the remainder of this month and after this month they will be discontinued for the summer miss hazel ashton was given a state certificate by the state board of education at salt lake out of more than one hundred aad fifty applicants for certificates and diplomas only afif fifty ty were successful r charles P F carpenter of vernal and miss hannah collier of dragon were married on tuesday they will reside at dragon the groom is the son of 8 1 F carpenter and the bride la is the daughter of joab collier miss flossie holdaway Ys of provo prove is 18 the guest of her brother H H 11 holdway holdaway da miss holdaway was for formerly merly a resident of vernal having removed to provo with her parents last july many changes have taken place in vernal even in that short abort time WS miss hazel johnon and mrs E H belcher left last saturday morning for salt lake for a vi ewt vt and incidentally to attend the state democratic convention which meets today E H belcher went along and while away he will attend the convention of postmasters just as he was preparing to retire for the night a host of his friends surprised councilman L H woodard last fr friday night the anniversary of his birth it is not ae definitely finitely known though it is is presumed that mrs woodard was in league with the visitors but whether she was or nt the occasion was a mo r delightful one bishop john N davis has announced that the creamery crea merv will va ill bk begin gin operations next monday bishop davis says bays the creamery company is 13 nogent for a hand band separator and advises that the farmers who propose to furnish milk should secure these theae separators as aa they will be very beneficial especially in abe th saving of much milk fol foi the young calves many people of ashley valley will learn with regret that miss alta newcomb is to leave here some time the last of this month or the first part of july for Cali california tomia where she ehe will remain permanently miss mias newcomb has been in this city since soon after the opening of the reservation and during her residence here she has been prominently identified in tb the betterment m ent of the community socially educationally atio nally and religiously religious Iv there is as much credit duo due her for the bright of the vernal public library as is due any one person she has been ant an indefatigable worker for the success of that institution 1 I lie he in rori nation curnel f r in a reliable source that ellis elba merkley and miss mies jeon jean gerber hu ho left hero here a few days ago went to salt lake to be married in the temple R S collett J 11 mease and georgo A have been appointed as the auditing committee to go over the books of the secretary of the ashley upper irrigation company louis louia kabell end and family have re returned tural from boulder where chere the children louis and merle have been attending the state university louis graduated et this term merle will graduate next year 1 the Rebe kahs abs elected the following officers last wednesday night mrs helen woodard IT G mrs afro rose kian kill V G fern dillman secretary S P trim treasurer hannah carpen her trustee the rhe installation will take place tae second week in july charles mcculloch and son james tatum and a mr sutherland of montrose colo came to this country in wagons and took a trip of inspection all over the reservation they were much pleased but up to date have not been een able abl to locate homesteads it is more ore than likely that they will buy land somewhere in the valley fr dr chas E hirth who left hete easter sunday april 19 for a long trip which was to include the western and eastern portion of this united states has decided to return home after irvn having g covered only a part of the west he 1 is due in vernal tomorrow afternoon the doctor is still of the opinion that uintah county is good enough for him county and city attorney thos thoa W odonnell donnell has returned from salt lake where here he stopped off two or three f w weeks en route home from california tom has been offered a very responsible b legal position with one of the big in mining companies of nevada he has u until the first of july to decide whether he h will accept tom has many friends ho would be sorry to see him leave vernal grant cowan and wife have returned from michigan and points in the east mr cowan says politics back there especially in new york state la is somewhat tangled up and that no distinct line has been drawn dran so BO far rethinks he thinks however that taft can carry new york and he believes that the man who gets the support of the railroad and other trust interests will be elected president the entertainments and dances of the public I 1 bic library asso association associate ciati on have been so successful Cess ful that another new ew I 1 will be given in the opera house saturday and monday nights june and 22 the story of that famous western novel the virginian will be told in brief and during the telling of it the different characters in the book will be portrayed in tableaux the scheme is original unique and the entertainment will doubtless be interesting te frank M young and wife entertained wednesday night in honor of the young people of the valley who have returned from the various schools and colleges and also a number of those who have attended the local schools among those thoe who ha hae e been away to school find and who were present at the party were ere lyle young willard young louis kabell merle kabell gladys carter fera carter charlie latch mary young A i and no wonder johnnie paid his subscription two nears ears in advance and was nibbling over with good fellowship is he grasped the hand of the editor you would too my dear reader if the good lord had blessed you in the same manner yes siree there was great rejoicing and it abated yet at the home of john T down ett at jensen last monda monday y morning when twin boys were born out of a family of 7 children john had only one boy and ho he has arrived at that age seventeen when boys begin to spark the girls girla and have foolish notions of leaving home and making a home of their own and naturally john was getting quite a few gray hairs worrying over the prospect of having to hire help on the farm the world looks brighter now and john says he willingly performs the double shift of irrigating all day and walking the floor all night with those twins in anticipation of the help they will voll be in a few years when he is getting old and shaky the little chaps are doing fine they were named wilford and williard and we weighed sighed 7 12 1 2 pounds each |