Show LOCAL L OCA AND PERSONAL P SO N fera carter and wife formerly merly miss virginia karren live returned from theli their honeymoon trip the population of wasatch county since the creating ol of duchesne ducheane county Is estimated at I 1 mrs minni long and child ren arrived the first of the week from oscaloosa oskaloosa Osca loosa lowa foi for a visit with her father mr W 8 powell in union ward john kleeman has been looking over the country with a view to securing more land ile he will probably get what he wants on green river a few miles this side of ouray joseph macknight traveling ie i for the studebaker corpany con pany was in vernal for a few days he says the intention of hla his company is to establish branch houses at myton and duchesne cli esne J R cooper treasurer of the george A lowe company ogden was in vernal for a few days on bu business in co connection with his house while here lere lie he was the guest of leslie ashton someone some one has suggested that postmasters registers and le ie cheivers calvers of united states land offices ott oft ices united states mai inai chals and other federal officers should be elected by the people john glenn has been re letters of inquiry regarding the condition of the pikes peak auto highway the uintah basin and he ie has been replying that this Is 3 the best way to make the ti ip f from roni denver to salt lake J P may has sold his in ill terest in the roosevelt stand aid and the duchesne record to wm win H smart and has gone to salt lake he will likely return to the basin but is not sure of again going into the newspaper business professor william hanson who recently returned from provo will demain in vernal indefinitely notwithstanding the fact the information was given out that he expected to conduct a studio in fiovo he says lie he had flattering offers to locate in that city but decided not to do so john holfeltz Ho feltz formerly of vernal has been appointed postmaster for the new post office at red cap on lake fork the name of the new office was for the famous red cap leader of the renegade utes there is also a government canal named for this noted old brave there will be a special meeting of the uintah power and light company at myton february 20 for the purpose of considering and acting upon the proposition of increasing the capital stock from to and increasing the number of directors from f five lve to seven it Is said that tb this Is company has made a and one half per cent dividend since last Nol november vember wednesday january 13 1915 the engine at tile the new well at white river was started up tip running for only a few minutes joe and blair wilson allson are and they will bo be joined this week by ed J and clarence wilson and two shifts will run until the gas stratas are reached when lights for night work will not be per permissible meeker review A duchesne correspondent of one of the reservation newspapers is opposed to the proposed legislation providing for wide tired wagons for flie fhe reason it will work such a hardship on people who would have to dispose of the narrow tired wagons he falls fallo to t take ake into consideration the fact that such a law if passed would probably give the owners ample time in which to wear out such wagons lorenzo D creel agent for or scattered indian tribes in utah says the indian can be taught farming and religion but not sanitation A new act of the legislature provides that the discoverer of a lode claim must do the assessment work within six months after the location senator funk of the utah legislature has introduced a bill to prohibit the shipping of liquor in utah from a wet to a dry territory A baby boy was born to mrs ralph friday january mis 1 I en is a daughter of mr and mrs john carless james reed of glines raised 30 bushels of corn last summer on one sixth of an acre of ground ile he raised 1000 pounds of beaus beans on one acre of ground harmon sow ar da and son eon wllbur wilbur have returned from an extended trip through parts of the south they vi visited 8 ite d with kith relatives relative ind and friends and also while absent they did some family ge work friends and relatives gathered at the home of mr and mrs david witmer and gava a surprise to mrs elsie elate nellson neilson bixler before she returned to her home in boulder colo indo the evening was spent in card playing A delicious lunch was served since this paper per last went to press we have enjoyed two nice falls of snow last friday and saturday about eight inches and tuesday and tuesday night of this week another four inches warm weather caused considerable evaporation butt bub there is plenty for all purposes one of the vernal people who listened to the debate last saturday night at roosevelt between duchesne high school and uintah academy pupils declare that miss afton sabey Is one of the gie best beat debaters in the 11 intall basin she is the daughter of james sabey formerly of vernal fred feltch who came in in n saturday from craig reports considerable snow along wolf creek it drifted in places to two feet or more mr feltch says the auto truck which left vernal the f first of last week was only about 50 miles out on saturday owing to a break in a part of the machinery E D smith manager of the sunshine ranch was in vernal wednesday on business ile he is making preparations to put about acres in wheat tile the coming spring he has now in cultivation about acres five hundred acres in cultivation will begin to look something like farming on a large scale mrs cora johnann io linson and daughter miss hazel johnson have returned from provo when returning aiom wyoming last fall where she had spent the summer with relatives miss johnson was stricken in provo with appendicitis and for a timelier time her condition was very serious her mathol went to her and has been with her since that atiniz friends 0 00 miss johnson johni v ill be afie pleased to know tun abe is much an fn proved unproved the people of northwestern moffat county are having a hard time to secure adequate mall mail facilities some months ago the old established tice flee at ladore in browns park was discontinued forcing the people of that community to go to sunbeam 65 miles away for their mall mail now comes the news that the democratic administration in its pursuit of economy will on february 15 discontinue the office at sunbeam still further increasing the injustice to the people of that section of the state steamboat sentinel W B D broome the page fence man has an attractive new ad in this issue mare mara Pope who was operate I 1 on last friday for appendicitis bitis is getting along nicely the free press is the name of the new paper soon to be established at myton milo allo hadlock has bas accepted a bobitt position 0 n with the government as blacksmith and will soon move his family to fort hall idaho miss gladys fitzwater daughter of mr and mrs W H fitzwater of Duchesne and earnest son of mr and mrs frank formerly of vernal will be married on february 17 sewell of jensen has caught one hundred and eleven coyotes this winter along the snake john creek near blue mountain he says it looks to him as it if there are just as many as before he caught this bunch they have been destroying many sheep word has been received by miss ellen bender that miss vonda howell a former teach er in the central school of this city was injured a few days ago in a street car accident in boulder colorado besides suffering a broken rib the young lady was consider ably bruised an item etem was printed jast week to the effect that leslie ashton was about to purchase the albin blach biach building in roosevelt since that time we the deal has been consummated the purchase price was the building to Is feet two stories and Is on the main street of roosevelt grant carpenter of the for estry service who came down f from rom cooks sawmill on saturday says the snow fall last week was heavier in the valley i than ithan on the mountains ile he says the depth at the toot of the baldee for the entire winter is not to exceed sixteen inches at a meeting of the board of governors of the vernal commercial club tuesday afternoon the question of moving from the present quarters in the coop co op block to the rear room up stairs of the calder building was considered it was decided such a move for the present would not be justifiable the local woodmen goodmen gave a very pleasant progressive high five party last tuesday night the prize winners at cards were mrs forest adams first and mrs michaels booby those who took part in the program were bob wimmer james onell oneil jr herman miller mr michaels mrs michaels miss michaels C B atwood jr mrs marle marie lewis refreshments were served the vernal express to Is building a branch of the union pacific from tho the encampment country across routt and moffat counties through the uin tuh tall basin to park city with the moffat road already at craig and their own surveys made it seems probable that if tile the union pacific really wants to be f first into that freight producing territory she will start to build in the near future pilot 0 J bracken and lyle fisher of the ashley coop co op and guy bracken of the bracken mercantile company of roosevelt have returned from an extensive buying trip which included denver st joe st louis and chicago they encountered vely cold weather in snow in nebraska and the loveliest climate in colorado they bought large stocks of goods for the two establishments there are many changes in styles and fabrics for the coming spring and suimei summer A I 1 large portion of the goods bought were made in america |