Show ay W V 11 LOCAL OCA AND personal P SO z starl rT Arl r mrs leslie leal ie ashton enter gained the embroidery club last tuesday J B huff fluff of roosevelt and marg margaret rot bowen of pana lish ish fork were licensed to wed ved on december 28 charles boyer and binnio deal of springville Spring ville were recently granted a license to wed miss gertrude collett of roosevelt was a visitor in vernal tor for a few days during the holidays the duchesne stage and transportation company recently purchased an auto truell to haul parcel post it has been suggested that there should be a uintah uinta county day at the san diego exposition some time next summer i clarence and ray ashton mr and mrs herbert isham and miss bessie angus spent a part of the new year in vernal miss angus was the guest of misses louise and eunice jorgensen the current topics clife met today with mrs A V watkins an interesting item on the program was a review by mrs J L hayes of tile the ida M tarbell book the business of being a woman the J H coltharp store at fort duchesne was burned down wednesday night of last week A defective flue was probably the cause the loss 1088 Is reported at the insurance was or A M mckie has returned from boston and other points he was accompanied by ilia mother mrs jessie mckie of massachusetts she is 78 79 years old but appears to be much younger she stood the trip first class word has been received from mantl manti to the effect that miss jane martin a sister of miss mary martin well known in the uintah basin died in salt lake recently deceased had been teaching in the public schools of salt lake mr and mrs C 1 I johnson entertained the following guests for dinner new years dan lybbert and wife jas sabey and wife heber miller and wife jess hyatt and wife mrs 0 C rich and children and mrs jane rich roosevelt standard lon atwood recently brought head of cattle from spanish pork fork to the bennett country where lie he will feed alfalfa hay for the remainder of the winter it la Is said that lie he purchased hay in the stack for as low as 4 p per or ton among the very many parties in vernal now new years eve none were more enjoyable thin than that given by miss simpson sampson at the homo home of mr and mrs charles Della hoyd the games played were highly enjoyed by every one present miss simpson is a chaim ing hostess hogness the war pictures Ic tures at the orpheus last saturday night attracted a capacity house mr showalter has been changing the bill every night this week and the crowds have been good A feature of the bill tonight is the battle of bull run all soldiers will be admitted tree free when the wite wife 0 of a well known farmer of the valley came in the other day to gut get 1000 butter wrappers printed she was asked why she does not sell her butter fat to the local creamery her reply was that she can make more money selling the butter to merchants this office prints at least butter wrappers every year for farmers that means pounds of butter the local creamery perhaps ell boat about that much stockholders in the vernal milling and light company re tour four per cent dividend shacks this week lawrence miller a brother of f mrs haller erekson arrived a short time ago from wyoming with his hie wife they were married a few weeks ago arthur goodwin and ashley bartlett spent pl a few days daya on the reservation this was mr goodwins first visit to that wonderful country and he was much impressed especially with roosevelt and myton ed evans bvans a son of B E W evans was stricken with appendicitis itis while on the mountain last week he hurtled to vernal and was operated on last sunday his condition is now very favorable mason lyman of the bennett country was in vernal for a few days mr lyman was seriously injured a few months month ago at price when a train struck him he has completely recovered enoch gurr was over from whiteriver Whlter White lver river the first of tile the week ile he reports a little more snow than in the valley the sheep on the winter range are in fine condition says mr gurr better than when they went off the summer range the roosevelt basketball team defeated a picked team from the valley last saturday night at the uintah gymnasium the score was 18 to 12 A V watkins of vernal and john hislop of roosevelt were the referees tomorrow night the myton team will be over and it Is expected a good game will be played wallace kraupa a driver for the duchesne stage and transportation company and miss hazel murdock daughter of AM murdock of duchesne were married last october they succeeded in keeping it a secret until a few days ago mrs kraupa is teaching school in idaho and after a short visit in duchesne she returned to her work last week de voe boyd a lad recently of california is at the vernal hospital recovering from an operation for appendicitis this was the second operation the other having been performed in california ills his condition was serious the boys mother who is with him was formerly miss aggie wilkinson of this valley a sister of mrs pern fern birchell of roosevelt charles charlea DeMol demoisy sy jr of vernal and miss edith C carlmon Marl mon of whiterocks Whlter were quietly married in grand junction on thursday december 31 they came to vernal on friday and for the present will reside here mr demoisy is connected with the ashley national forest service mrs demoisy hat has been teaching school at whiterocks nothing new in jensen since tile tho horse thieves surrendered according to andrew murray mr murray says he and billy williams were riding f for or cattle in the hills in that section all that day and had they met the fleeing men they would no doubt have ridden out of oc the country on two good horses while he and M mi williams were walking back to jensen as neither had a gun that day following are the officers and directors of the uintah state bank elected at the annual meeting oi stockholders last tuesday enos bennion president ed D samuels vice president H W woolley secretary john K bullock wm H geo E adams S D colton L W curry Is again the cashier A dividend of four per cent was declared last july a dividend of five per cent was waa declared making nine per cent ceni for the year the late ante bishop spalding carried accident insurance ranco to the amount of mrs wm M anderson An deroon Is visiting with her parents mr and mrs charles carter in salt lake alfred powell has sold to willard williams 18 acres in the naples ward the price was 1600 1500 speaking of payrolls the pack allan coal company die tributes the neat little sum of 1500 each month to the 23 miners misses mary mcandrews and merle ashton have returned to school at st marys after a pleasant time at home during tile the holidays W 8 henderson dr chas chaa hirth and other are glad to be in vernal when they hear that the thermometer recently registered 20 below back there miss ella bain one of the very efficient clerks in the coltharp store has returned from grand junction where she sanet the christmas cioli days day dr H B lloyd of port fort duchesne was injured a few days ago when his team i lan an away the doctor suffered a broken rib and was shaken and bruised mr and mrs L H allan entertained members of the vernal tennis club last thursday night at cards lynn reader and mrs rebo calder were the prize winners J W robinson of provo has sold to james F P crap man acres of land near the old jensen ferry two mites miles below jensen the price was 2000 J W cannam and wife went to palisade colorado the first of the week to attend the funeral of the wife of their son guy C cannam she died after an operation for appendicitis ross bartlett of vernal and miss rose hilyes hayes of liberty were married here last saturday the bride to Is a teacher in the hayden school she is a daughter of mrs horace morrill of the reset batton don B colton left on wednesday morning tor for salt lake to begin his work in the legislature the law f irm firm of colton aud and watkins has been dissolved mr colton has leased offices in the uintah state bank building the annual meeting 0 of the vernal commercial club is scheduled for next tuesday night the most important business to be transacted will be the report of the secretary and the election of officers W H fitzwater of duchesne who was here the first of the week has purchased the much tamed famed horn brittain Britt aln ranch between duchesne ducheane and myton he sold acres of it to W H alien ien of port fort duchesne alfe ranch ranch was purchased from D D carter bishop paul jones of the episcopal church will be in vernal soon after the middle of the month he will likely hold services at st pauls church january 17 on the night of january 18 a reception will be held at the lodge for him before returning to salt lake bishop jones will fisit the reservation the stockholders of the ver nal irrigation company elected the following director at their annual meeting on tries day enos ecob bennion and G oso three years don B colto Colton clayborn BrIm bramball ball and ed D samuels one year A V watkins was selected see retry and |