Show v LOCAL OCA AND P personals E so N 1 7 e cyrus A thompson of L lapoint was as in town wednesday lie recently sold a shorthorn bull calf tor for david 0 mackay was in town yes toi woiday day transacting business relative to his ouray valley holdings ills elal home Is now at provo the ladles ladies aid bad bad a very pleasant meeting with mrs J W V cannam on wednesday p m the next meeting will be held at the home of mrs earl cannam on wednesday april misa bliss johnstons junior endeavor a gave two appropriate easter songs A duet christ arose and its hal beuliah chorus closed the program which was immediately followed by baptism laptiam the first volunteer for or the army front from duchesne la Is hyrum deeben whose parents were born and reared in germany und who have been residents of duchesne for the past four 5 ears sheriff richard pope has haa made on an investigation of the facts relative to the story emanating from dragon that a horse dragging a mans B leg had been killed there li is nothing to the story somebody has been peddling hot air the of vernal 2nd and ward have planned a patriotic meeting for the evening of april A special musical program and good speakers will entertain the audience this meeting will bo be held a week from next sunda evening aaron trumbull of jensen gave us a pleasant sant call monday ile he re orts thit the dredge it tho tha upper placer orlis will be ba reidy for business as soon as cist cast I 1 are received dom the factory ind nd a good run vill will be made this summer mrs lillie perry wife of george perry erry of lapoint has recently purchased 40 acres of land adjoining the lapoint town townside sile from mrs melva G lines clines for 2 this land was purchased from franklin hadlock a few bears ears ago by the late charles G lines clines and is a good piece of property it is located north of the deep creek bridge miss bliss nell U B has been formally ally installed as chief clerk of the state stale board of equalization it has been said she secured this high state position because she is a good democrat there are many others whose democracy is above question but very few who have qualified fled themselves for such important work there is plenty of room for other girls who qualify themselves as she did W K B broome of amton came over from that prosperous burg tuesday and will be ba in vernal about ten da das s ile he has a carload of wire at watson and will be making doli deliveries li in a few days ile he to la making headquarters a at t the st bt elmo llovett llo hotel ile he is the agent for or the Ds do laval separator and Is prepared to furnish separator parts mr broome Is iq an enterprising business man and Is pushing page fence and the de cival separator hero here in company with jimmie johnstun of roosevelt lie he has the duchesne county agency for the ford car A very enjo enjoyable able event was the surprise party given mr and mrs vern workman one evening last week when about forty of their neighbors and friends gathered at the residence dence of mr and mrs E S gurr where mr and mrs workman wore were spending the night before leaving for their new home at altonah alzonah 1 ahe he evening was spent in dancing and placing cards at midnight a delicious lunch was served and mr and mrs workman were presented with a handsome cut glass sugar bowl and cream pitcher at a late hour the guests departed wishing vern and allt stella all kinds of happiness and ar f 0 in their new home the ceremonial meeting of tile the camp fire girls was held at the home of 0 mrs marry ratliff on tuce day evening in the of a doyen invited guests i with ith miss bliss slater guardian la in charge of cere monies conlea about a dozen girls who cat around in camp style cyle prettily dressed in costumes of their own malting making remsen represented ted their camp achievements they received honor beada in handcraft hand cratt health cratt nature lore and patriotism aleven girls girl were given the wood fathera degree the of which la Is a silver ring the camp fire hau hae been a very helpful and 1 interesting part in the LIA lita life at ai illyox it Is reported that there there are ger man U boats operating in the pacific the united states government now has plans to raise with which to finance the war the mutual creamery company of salt lake Is establishing a cheese factory at roosevelt the plan to la to have it la Is operation by june lot lat lars mrs charles defoley returned last week from a winters visit with her parents at indiana her husband met her at vernal and they have returned to the ranger station near alzonah altonah it 1 according to the quotations in late bee journals the price of honey in all markets is steadily climbing most markets are bare of honey the demand ought to be extra good this year clarold charold vH arold davis has undergone a very serijus operation at the latter day saints hospital at salt lake city lie ile passed through the opera tion nicely and his condition was favorable at last accounts vernal city has started a campaign of street grading that they hope to follow up until all the streets are graded the work Is under the direction of william winward and first south street la is now being graded wheat to is selling in chicago tor for over 2 00 a bushel the winter wheat heat crop of the U S Is very short so prices will soar to undreamed or of heights before another year rolls around wheat is A good crop to if nl III allf hi y r shearing at the plant of the aln tah county sheep shearing plant basti j at bonanza began operation last monday morning with a full anfe of sh and a full crew of men inen in every ciery department of tho the work george kritos herd was the first one to undergo the de wooling process sam murray is the superintendent of the shearing company the city park commission is anxious to have the people assist in giving the park a cleaning and to look after the trees there are some very agreeable surprises in store for those interested in the park As several organizations organization i have trees planted each should keep a guard guardianship lan over its particular tree and next week will be a fine time to give the matter attention just before going to press joseph P atwood called at the express office and showed us a telegram from his brother charles atwood alwood of raymond canada stating that the remains of their mother mrs elizabeth atwood would be burled at raymond sunday april the cause of the death of mrs atwood and her daughter mrs kendall will not be known here until letters are received gordon W graham left jensen tor for his home at lilly colorado du during r the week this thia Is the second winter he ha has a spent in the uintah basin and while here he has left some good purebred shorthorns shor thorns in this neck of the woods he Is in a booster and would do us a lot of good if he be would locate here but he be intends to locate in the vicinity of rifle or some other favorable railroad point lars charles neal who has been in charge of the roosevelt exchange of the uintah telephone company has returned to vernal after a winter spent at roosevelt last fall she went to roosevelt to start the exchange and assist in training new operators and expected to be away from vernal a few weeks at most her mission was longer than she anticipated but she has left the exchange in good shape mrs myrtle king a former emp employee loee of the company Is now the head central at the roca Roc cavolt yit Y it office Willi william abi burton of lapoint was in town yesterday esterday having brought over oer a load of potatoes for vornal vernal people last year mr bir burton raised over 1300 bushels of potatoes and for the part of the crop left over until spring he la Is receiving two cents per pound he Is planning this year ear to raise eight acres of potatoes and about three acres of melons ilia his spit is peculiarly adapted for these to crops some soma years there Is IL a good market for potatoes and most always a good one for melons mr burton has the best beat improved farm la in the lapoint district 1 it Is expected that 1 brazil wilt will declare war within the next few days manager wallace cragun of the ashley co op Is home again from a trip to salt lake city president don D B colton and family are expected home from salt lake city tomorrow night e s dan 11 II hilar hillman n and family are due to arrive in vernal almost acy day now A marriage license was wa issued during I 1 tj the week by county clerk 01 0 noil to waldon walden burson bureon and irene larose labobe both of whiterocks Whlter ock paul davis has enlisted in the utah national guard his father hon john N davis received word to that effect a few days daya ago I 1 tiles miss may emert lost s 20 bill near ear the uintah state bank lat last week it in 1 hoped that the finder will be honest and return same to the young lady marion K shatter shaffer has baa returned from a mission to new zealand last lant saturday hla his wife received a telegram from him to come at once to salt lage lake city she left sunday morning tonight and tomorrow tomor raw night the vernal 2nd and ward mutyala are presenting a thrilling patriotic drama the patriot this production has been in course of preparation for some time and will furnish some gome splendid entertainment those who have seen the roher rober say bay it la Is extra good tho aro ei vo po to bp a 1 ha bal el ci rilda filda and Sa aaili b L mt im tat it at tho the vogue thre tbt are tile ilio bulah academy will present college dils a I 1 plas full f lill lifo ind arid ayllon alaa mary merkley the dl reitor lins has staged this alay lay at prova aud and at Ro iburg idaho where it was counted a great attraction but she bays elio ebe has never before had a cast of characters equal to the one who will present college days in vernal they have been under training it a long time and are prepared to present this one with a the whole project la Is being carried by the academy without outside help uintah academy plays have always been popular and well patronized this effort will doubtless eclipse any of its predecessors it will be presented at jen sell gen monday night a bishop jones of the episcopal w 1 be in vernal thursday off 0 this weeke it is hoped that many will turn out t T N to greet him thursday evening i A i A |