Show local and personal ap sasi sf mrs geo E ada adams ms entertained a few friends at dinner last friday evening the W P coltharp mercantile company store was closed for a day or two this v week eek taking stock lyle ly ie fisher v whose hose homestead on the reservation was contested lost out it is dundei understood stood that he v will ill ask for a new hearing ed samuels and family and W H burton and f family amily left last Wed wednesday ednes nesda morning for the whiterocks k can cans 0 0 country for an outing 40 J W wing jr representing the standard knitting works of lehi is here in the interest of his company ile he is a brother in law of prof A B anderson anderaon the E W davis kurn k furniture urn iture company will tear away the one story part of the store and erect a handsome two story brick it is understood that mr me mc naughton will also build on the lot adi ad joining J george parkinson and william smet urba of steamboat colo have been m the city this week on their way to t the reservation on a tour of inspection they are both charmed with this uintah basin A dance was given at bartons lake last friday night twenty couples were present the music was furnished by a refreshments were served the two dances in the city were largely attended the courier editor acknowledges the receipt of meyeral invitations this week to take dinner with ranch friends but business is so rushing we will have haie to decline with thanks each invitation was accompanied by the picture of a pitchfork craig courier just a little more than a month and all the schools will again be in session it is understood that most of the teachers have been engaged the names of those who are to teach in the central school and the uintah stake academy have been published the teachers for the congregational school have been secured but their names have not yet been given out for public publication aion 0 J bracken left this morning for salt lake to buy fall goods for the bracken clothing company dr G H christy is celebrating another one of the anniversaries of his birth today and this is friday the that is if you figure it backwards Witch ets 8 the famous medicine man rom r m oura ouray was in vernal the first of the week 1 he is said to be one of the most jost trus trustworthy t indians in the tribe 1 sam hunt the man who must answer alto to the district court for stealing the mcgillis check at dragon and for forging the name of mcgillis to same ha has secured bonds in the sum suin of george and thomas are the bondsmen henryg henry G clarke of myton wants to be receiver in the jand and office lt it is reported that he has made application for the position there has been a rumor in circulation for several months that don B colton expects to resign the position but the rumor has not been authenticated at at the tabernacle last sunday night ellis merkley delivered the lecture mrs kate calder read a short story and mrs winnie collett sang a solo anese entertainments which are given every sunday night are quite interesting and should be attended by as many people as can crowd into the taber natie naele the celebrations in honor of the twenty fourth one at naples and one at glines almea park were very successful the vernal military band furnished music at the glines celebration A feature of the afternoon was the harness race between art richs mare and d the wilson horse from provo the provo horse won the race easily J W van court was fined 12 50 last saturday for fighting with john n he have the t pay the fine and the judge ordered th tha he be put on the streets to work it ou out monday morning when city marsha a meeks escorted him to the streets t to do his first days work he refused to strike tap when the marshal informed him that he would either do the work or eat bread and water he told the marshal to bring on the bread and water at last accounts he was still eating his scanty meal van court came here from wyoming where he was engaged in shearing sheep all t the lie puli political kirins pir ins are Ile beginning ginning to cast falgout for twi twistable table candidates candidate to run for office chiq fall edmund ilir ch aho ho served it a i ear in the slate prison for embezzlement has returned to vernal joe warner has purchased the buick machine which was waa brought in here several weeks ago by C II 11 judd ludia william brittain is ii i i said to bea be a candidate for county attorney subject to tle the actions of the county convention mr brittain is iq a native of barboursville ky will allen alien last week completed a reservation trip selling school supplies for the E W davis company ho had wonderful success from here he went to Coloia colliado do miss clara shaw left last week for los angeles angele calif to spend the summer with relatives miss aliss shaw has been in vernal about one year she was employed most moat of the time by W H burton dl dirt rt will be broken for the new building of tho the consolidated wagon machine company in a few days the management announces that the building will be ready for occupancy before the fl flies iea it W odonnell county and city attorney has announced that he will not be a candidate for county attorney this year he says he has held the position position for two terms and is willing to other man a show mrs elizabeth E swett was surprised last sunday by the members of the old ashley sunday school the visitors all took their picnics along with them and a delightful day was spent mrs swett is a teacher in the sunday school the coltharp mercantile company h ha purs purchased based the billings store at jensei jense the stock valued at was sold eft much less than that figure the stor r building and lot were also purchased gus emert will have charge of the store for the present mr C H judd and wife returned to io their home in california last monday after having spent several weeks in this community As mr judd represents capitalists who are interested in the oil fields in this basin he will doubt less make frequent trips here the many friends of victor cram w I 1 be glad to learn that the report of h 8 tragic death in wyoming july 4 w s incorrect ile he writes a letter fro fron n heber in which lie he says that he is a very live corpse and that he expects i 0 be in vernal in the future to pro it captain jinks has i ed his arse the one he lost a year or so ago and which was sold to ira burton by jess mccarrell at the suit in replevin captain jinks the ownership the bill of sale given burton by mccarrell called for the brand on the wrong shoulder three of of f the alexander brothers were in vernal this week there ate aie six of these brothers and they all have homesteads on the reservation two near Roo roosevelt and the other four about twenty miles from roosevelt they are hard working men and a credit to any community their names are woody benj L R A lament william Z and J B alexander they all declare that the crops on thir farms this year are fine R A hart of the department of agriculture U S experiment stations drainage arrived from salt lake Wednes wednesday clay night in response to an invitation from the vernal city council to R C brown chief engineer mr brown will reach here next tuesday the object of the visit is to give the city council information on the drainage question preparatory to the commencement of the drainage of the city cita of vernal of secrate water 00 there is but very little sickness in the county at tl is time lime lt us remember that this is the finest climate in the world the people of this beautiful valley live long as will be I 1 attested by the old folks picnic to be given sometime next month of all the old ones who were present at free stones grove one year ago none have died so far as aa we can now recall let us hope that the caldwelle Cal dwells the lyons the Mow reys the workmans Work nuns mans the hul lingers dingers and all the rest will be there again this year and that they will be just as ag anxious to run foot races as they acro last year regular services will be held at the st pauls episcopal church tomorrow to morrow morning and evening eve even nini inix forest adams adama has hag been engaged on the government ditch work on the res er for several leeral weeks tom birchell returned from salt lake afew a few days ago and left immediately for the reservation where he is cooking for one of the ditch camp outfits jimmie oneil son of justice of th the peace james oneil has haa returned from his mission lie ile has been absent two tao years and two months most of which jame ime wak spent in denver 1 m p N J meagher and wife J 11 II reader and wife and two sons and ray reader and wife left last friday for the little hole country on a cimring ping trip they will return come tinie time next A miss mary donoher gave a banquet last saturday night in honor of mies alta newcomb on the eve of her departure for california 1 W odonnell acted as toastmaster Toasts were responded to by charlei charle demoisy sr I 1 charles demoisy jr D dr r G II 11 christy paul and C B cook prof moores ed the music miss newcomb left for california Californi alast last monday morning she was as far as dragon by miss misa isabelle DeMoi demoisy gy |