Show sh local and pors personal onal mrs L N meredith has been in grand junction for several das having baving been called there on account of the serious illness of her father the uintah county friends of C E loose of salt lake are boosting him for governor they declare that cutler can not get the nomination again the local land office officials are so busy that they are working over time the work is 13 heavier now than for a long time another cleric would doubtless be acceptable ak R C diehl was over from the reservation er during the week mr riehl and pat ofallon OT allon who came here from colorado in march have leased the henry jim ranch near the post they will raise a great deal of small grain rain this year and about two hundred tons of alfalfa j captain C G H hall a ll 11 agent agent at whiterocks r k has given out the information that the renegade Whiten White vers rivers who rin ran away soon after the reservation vas vaa opened for entry and who are now at rapid city S D will return to the reservation in about six weeks there are of these indians more or less soon after they left here they were captured and were held as prisoners of war at ft mead at one time there were sixteen hundred soldiers rounding them up the government leased lands from the sioux tribe on the cheyann river reservation and put them ther when they return to the reservation reservation reserva tio 0 here they will go upon the lands allot allo to them before they ran away ath alile ft recent establishing of the ashley national forest brings up the question as a to the origin of the name ashley val j ae ley was named for william 11 II ashley a congressman born in powhattan county va about 1778 and who died near booneville bonneville Boo neville mo march 26 1838 1938 lie he received a public school education and in 1808 migrated to upper louisana now missouri where he became a brig odier general of militia he was an enterprising fur trader and in 1822 organized a company st strong rong which penetrated to the rocky mountains and formed trading relations with the indian tribes he realized ahanes a handsome ame fortune from this venture ile he was lieutenant governor of illinois in lap 0 alo O and he represented missouri in cor gress in 1 seth perry has returned from a trip to diamond mountain mrs flora mcvey of cando N D wants information regarding jonas douglas stead who came to utah about the year 1883 NW S M browne who was here several days attending to some hu business siness and shaking hands with old friends return ed wednesday for his home in los angeles I 1 clarance ashton has returned from salt lake where he has a been at work for a queen house for some time he will remain in vernal for the present 11 II J cooper representing the thea uintah railway company at dragon drago 0 was in vernal on monday transaction trans transacting i some business with the county cc commissioners mis ners j june ne was the coldest month for many years the lowest point was 40 dei threes grees reached june 3 and 4 there was a heavier ram rain fall in many portions of the state than for thirty five years mrs J D mcneely McNeel yand and her daughter mrs V D dixon of N C are visiting mrs scales at the post and mrs C G hall at whiterocks for the summer mrs airs scales and mrs hall are also mrs Neelys Mc daughters the husband of mrs dixon is a lieuten ent in the united states army one 1 e dollar and seventy five cents per eu andred dred for oats in vernal and not much for sale at that dr hirth had two hundred and thirty bushels and those anxious to buy bothered him so eo much that he disposed of the bulk to the coop co op the doctor had some barley and sold some of it for a dollar ten and thought he was getting a good price he felt pretty sore at himself when he found that he could have sold it at the coop co op for a d ollar dollar twenty five the report has been current during the week that victor cram was killed july ath while riding a broncho in wyoming A thorough investigation has failed faile d to verify the report mr air cram went to wyoming about a month ago to shear sheep and at last accounts he was at work there A telegram supposed to have been received here stated that he had been thrown from a broncho at evanston and that he wi w e s instantly killed ile he has many friends in this county who are anxious about him mrs mr blanch kohler of rangely langely Ran gely coo colo is 13 visiting her parents parent mr and mrs john blankenship henry erekson went to rangely langely the first of the week to look over the oil country with C 11 judd r r the report that the uintah railway people are to run automobiles from iwlew dpn dragon to vernal is again revived robert witmer has been fishing during the week As a side issue he was looking locking up some good mineral locations 0 miss flossie holdaway who has been visiting her brother hart harl H holdaway is expecting to return to her home in provo next sunday 0 N J meagher and wife have returned from whiterocks where they witnessed the sun dance they were guests of R L marriman and wife the news cornea comes from kansas that mrs ed dubendorff pf af vernal gave birth to a son june 28 mrs dubendorff has been visiting her parents for several months jackman herrick an attorney at thodore theodore was a visitor in vernal the first fi st of the week mr herrick has a brother who is a well known attorney in washington D C the saloon resta restaurants arants and all refreshment stands did a thriving business last saturday the saloons it is e estimated s li mated took in at least 1250 even at that there were not so very many drunks during the day C 11 judd who spent several days in the valley left the first of the week for rangely langely and meeker in his big buick machine where he is looking over the country with a view to reporting conditions to his los angeles associates socia tes bishop spaulding of salt lake well we 11 known in vernal is at present in london england he will be one of representatives in the seventeenth universal peace conference which convenes in glands En capital july 27 to august 1 dave toliver was fined 1250 1260 in judge Neb ekers court tuesday for carrying concealed weapons toliver got on a drunk monday night and decided that lie he would shoot out the electric lights at harry woods restaurant but he took another notion af after ter the offices came th the largest and most luscious strawberries arri seen this season were picked this thi week from the garden of william A ashton h t in the southern part of the city moth nothing of the kind ever grown in california has excelled them one of the berries measured four and one half inches in circumference 0 o dr garrett odonnell has haa purchased a buick automobile which should arrive here sometime next week it is a 22 horse power machine similar to the machine which C 11 judd has haa been driving in vernal of late one or two other vernal people have been considering the question of purchasing machines damp the uintah basin is attracting more outside attention than ever before many letters of inquiry are being received daily and newspapers throughout the country are devoting considerable space to the oil mineral and agricultural possibilities the denver mining journals are publishing inheres interesting tl ng items regarding the oil fields mrs william winn accidentally shot herself in the right foot last sunday while out driving with her husband and robert wimmer and wife the bourd is 13 not very serious but she will be laid up for some time it is hardly clear just how the accident happened the party was near richs richa coal mine at the time shooting prairie dogs mrs airs was sitting in the front seat beat of the vehicle when the gun was discharged captain C G hall and wife ife and children were visitors in vernal several days this week the guests of T W odonnell and wife J E pettit state coal mine inspector in his last quarterly report to the government says bays a satisfactory satis factory cono con e exists in all the mines minca of the state the many friends of miss hazel harmston who has been quite quita ill of nervous prostration will bo be pleased to know that she is much better than she was waa when her condition was last ed W H herrick of salt lake a sunday school missionary for the kiesby terian church in utah was in vernal on wednesday looking the field over if his i church has a very flourishing sunday school at roosevelt the government ditch work in the reservation is ia now in full haat and until the extreme cold werther weather cornea comes there will be plenty doing in that see sec tion of the country something like is to be expended during this fiscal year ending june 30 1909 J W lablance a sioux indian from the umatilla reservation in oregon says saya it unjust that the educate and better class of indians can not become citizens of the united states as easily as any other class lie he declares that if the indian is permitted to have a hand in the management of his own r clairs flairs his advancement would be rapid and sure without citizenship not much can be expected of him the cornea comes from myton of a cutting scrape on the night of july ath during or after the dance but the information received is 13 very rr sam sands ig reported to have stabbed joe 00 holder older F following 11 is 13 the program for tho the tur at the stake tabernacle sunday ight faight singing by the choir invocation a aaion ti n soprano solo why do summer roses fade miss ella pack five minutes talk on the lifo life of grover cleveland oveland Cl rank crank al young lecture the way of a republic charles demoisy song im always Alway sin in the way little reaco revco Christen sien benediction curtis blake is now running a stage from ft duchesne to vernal prid and return twice a week see the advertisement as to dates in another column at ft duchesne connections are made with the stage for myton which runs runa every day and at myton connections are made for theodore and colton express and private mail can now reach all a I 1 points on tho the reservation lit at least ono one jay day earlier than heretofore and many points two days davs earlier it is to be hoped that mr blake will secure sufficient patronage to justify a permanent business and more frequent trips |