Show locals veo 0 william oakley ot of jensen jeneen spent monday in vernal transacting business monday Is labor day and a public holiday declared such by federal and state law hyrum 8 cooper of roosevelt was in vernal wednesday transacting business charles zimmerman of roosevelt was waa in ton wednesday on matters before the land office theda dara in under twe flags Is booked to appear at the vogue theatre september edyth bates batca and pearl are leaving vernal saturday for salt lake city where they ft ill en ter the east bast high for the year miss alice cook who has been employed at the golden rule store to is pending her vacation in salt luke lake city visiting friends and relatives misses hilda and myrle asleton are leaving monday for berkley cal where they will enter the university ot of california miss melr MM lr enters her second year as she ehe at tended the last winter mr and mrs J W V robinson ond and mr and mrs J robert robinson of provo ire are spending a week in vernal both gentlemen are prominent t attorneys in provo and well known in vernal E F P malin of ogden ot of tho the scoville paper co was in vernal this week lie he brought with him his son basil Bas iland and his mother mrs louisa hatch malin as aa also miss cook of provo sister alster to yobu john W cook of vernal who to la still ill I 1 the noise of steam threshing machines board beard near vernal reminds one of the almost forgotten railroad locomotives threshing ma chines are running continually through the basin and the farmers 4 are kept busy harvesting crops the uintah lund land live stock co I 1 4 are to be commended for their good work in bringing the opportunities of ashley valley ovalley to the attention of the nebraska and kansas farmers these people will make welcome and valuable additions to our community A 0 fisher on monday took over the business and stock of the mati ket and grocery now known as haunera market mr hannor will go from hero to vernal uth and it he does not find and anything to suit him 4 i there will probably return to his hie old tamping stamping gro grudda eds in craig co 4 olo courier 7 i ashley park closed saturday eye eve cuing for the season celeb celebrating Tating th occasion ath a big and attractive dance many of the younger sot set of participated in ill the good time und and the music was exceptionally splendid the manager nia nager informs us that many improvements will be made tor for the season ot of 1918 nearly two mouths months ago A B thurman and A it I 1 herman of nebraska visited ashley valley through the he efforts of manager ratliff of the uintah land live lire stock co last week a letter was received from mr herman stating he had bad started to vernal with the first party of ne bras bra kana and that mr thurman would leave about the fret first of september with the second party thonas thomas livingstone a pioneer fruit man from california with his daughter averle has been looking over the valley with a view of en in the nursery business it mr livingstone decides to locate he be will make an extensive study of the varieties adaptable to the ashley val lefand will again be ba the pioneer in tho the industry he has haa so BO long been a leader in he Is looking over vernal and vicinity with his old friend harry ot of the uintah land Ll livestock estock co miss mary mcandrews entertained at a cleverly arranged dancing and nd card party wednesday tor for her girt girl friends who are leaving fl h town to attend in salt lake provo and california the time wn anc consumed in games card playing an I 1 dancing after which luncheon was served the tha invited gueits gue t were follows follow edyth bates baten mima davis da vis mildred davis helen pearl hilda ashton gordon De Moley Moloy david cury orla fowler talita whitbeck lorenzo samuels john pope returned from salt lake sunday evening with a carload of passengers alsa avis watkins Is leaving for salt lake city to attend the L 1 D S university this winter jack gleason and wife and J 1 L morgan and wife are spending a few duya days fishing in the mountains ll errill dennion departed tor for silt salt lake city monday morning to spend a short but much needed vacation there sheriff pope les lea ashton and jas oneil made a record breaking trip to duchaime Duc Due hoime boone sunday night returning monday morning two grant six demonstration cars one pink and the other slate color are in vernal from salt lake lake city and ogden this week isek mess patsy deaso accompanied alioa kenna and miss myrl cragun to salt lake and will attend the st marys marya academy along with miss myrl myri postmaster david bennion returned from salt lake city monday evening after having spent a week in the metropolis mrs dennion accompanied him but will return later hy moyes and herbert vaney were among the pas passengers seagers that went with mayor samuels and son guy to salt lake city in hla his buick six monday morning moyes will visit in ogden and vaney will go to valley to visit hla his folks john sherman barber at the deseret gymnasium Gymnast and wife jolin john ruff engineer at the same place and wife and family are vernal visitors having spent the week with W 11 II and wife mrs sherman and mrs ruff are sisters bisters of mrs and aeo oeo pack thomas A welch of burnt creek wyo made the trip to vernal over the mountains on friday so BO as to be here to make final proof on his homestead and next nex day on oil sunday lie he left to make the return trip this la is one of the hardest trips in the country a distance of seventy miles over a rough mountain trail cecil taylor and ralph A taylor came in from the book mountains monday to get full information re garing the draft the young men were registered in county but want to bo be transferred to grand county ralphs name was waa among those included in the first draft list for uintah county moab times W B erickson brackson manager of the tracy motor car company and family and miss jasmine young are visiting with tile the young family mrs erekson and miss alsa jasmine are daughters of E I 1 young mr erekson brought with him a jeffrey six which he expects to sell while in vernal varnal miss misa jasmine was nt at the cheol heel of the breche Br ecoe 1 I 0 Thor eaon united states surveyor general tor for utah has received instructions from clay tallman Tall iuan commissioner of the land office at washington that the part ot of the township of myton will bo be survey surveyed cd immediately and placed at the disposal of the commissioner of indian affairs A public onto of cheso lands will probably be ba held soon mr bit and mrs E 3 young jr entertained torta ined this week in honor of vla via biting re relatives latties from salt lake mf lit and Afro john sherman mr air aud and mrs airs john ruff mr air and mrs mr air and mrs afro W B D B Kr eksen and miss jasmine young all of salt lake and mr and mrs W 11 II mr air and mrs U J young mr and mrs frank SIdd oay mra airs ceo W anck mrs afro dell W colton of oc vernal luncheon was nas served to 18 robert sweeten of holbrook Holb idaho left virnal thesda morning his hia home after it a delightful stay nearly two months with his daughter mrs ballace cragun I 1 grandpa sweeten Is a pioneer of 1847 7 arriving la in salt lake valley in fall of that ear car alth the third company of emigrants salt I 1 a nl e ch was as but sixty das old hen ho he toot foot there und and he has bein it grov gro to a u metropolis of people lie ho was one of the pioneers of valley and N ft as also the first man go into curley valley and take land ile he Is in his year but hale and hearty and very strong as an straight its as an arrow the of the express feels fortunate having made the acquaintance of pioneer as aa there are but very now remaining 1 V U H MUST 10 A 8 n IS 9 11 ILSON ai we no go to pream void 4 mic in es that M milson ibon lina has rejected tho popes of bakee lie 0 till the united states must fight to it finish fillish and 1110 e cannot take tile the word of tile ho 0 pr arbut But rulers of german Cern mii ns 04 it a guarantee of tillit Is to endure c if 1 l E H A manker of the manker real estate has been kept busy this week with prospective buyers miss pearl baxter ot of suit salt lalie lake city is ia visiting with her sister lator mra biro henry glenry of city ted burton Is bidding good be to his many friends as lie be leaves sunday to attend school at salt I 1 lake ake city enos Il Benn ennion loii is at glenwood Glen mood springs recuperating hla his health and expects to be there another two weeks A big baby boy arrived at the home of reuben fuller monday weighing within a hundred pounds of his bis happy daddy benjamin T shatter shaffer of 0 american pork well known to this community and roosevelt was as in vernal on business mednesia Ved Med nesda lorenzo samuels and afalla whitbeck will be students at the salt lake east elgh high school this winter they both leave monday rooming morning miss minia mima and guss davis have bave made arrangements to attend the brigham young university at provo this winter they leave sunday morning mra airs M A workman la Is home again after a delightful visit to her children in Atto alzonah altonah nall and roosebelt Roos Roose cyell since june she reports them all doing nicely readers headers will kindly take notice of the display advertisement of the jensen mercantile py pov this issue the jensen tile co has a remarkable largo large store tor for tho the town ot of its ita size and carrice caralt s good dependable merchandise ray and miss misa lucy dell bell were married at salt lake city last wednesday and after a short honeymoon in salt lake and other places returned to vernal sunday evening congratulations from their many friends are in line and the express joins in wishing them a life of happiness the happy couple will make their home in lapoint archie smith one of the loading salesmen at the ashton kelly mercantile cantile company and miss elsie hodgkinson daughter of mrs william hodgkinson were marrim married lit in salt lake last wednesday returning to vernal sunday evening both these young people are well known in this community and the express jolna joins with many others in wishing them a happy voyage through life century the twentieth century club men members ibers and a few guests enjoyed a particularly pleasant after noon tuesday august 28 at the home of mrs airs L IT II allan when mrs charles demoisy gave a sketch of the life of verdi and a very complete review of life his best knonk opera Il Trovatore with aith selections from the opera by suh artiste as caruso alda aida and alan turner the red cross croas work was begun h the club and it hopes to complete it a small comfort bag for each cadi of our on mn soldier boys boya ahn leave in the near future as aa such jork ork can be done even before boroto the R red d cross chapter which we nope hope to have here very soon Is formed club will meet next tuelda Tu esda the fourth with till mrs william NI M AD AH derson J S sabey prominent she sheen eniti niu ii ashley valley was in town ton this on one of his regular trips the naples caplas ward chorus will tho the music for conference we this organization has hag pre some excellent numbers for the occasion nile hughel reports favo favor abio progress pro greBa on the five mile extension of af the city water mains lu in mr opinion the extension w 11 1 be completed in tour four weeks time judge J T mcconnell came in from the oil workings at chapeta ami week the judge thinks more of the property iro perty every day mr mr alv connella cila particular mission in town was commissary supplies and H t new cook geo ceo A has the thanks of the express force tor for a couple of de licious watermelons water melons some day shortly we are going to make a raid on the farm and give our readers an all idea of its productive ness jesse wm win burke did not file exemption papers as was published a couple of weeks ago neither did clarence caldwell the latter en listed in the forest regiment july 27 and will leave for service as soon as returns come from washington mrs airs lawrence blackett left for coplit thursday morning NN where here she will remain for a short time be tore fore moving with her family to vernal mrs airs blackett ackett Dl ats been visiting with her husband for the past ten days and Is elated over this prosper one valley 0 wm win mcewan of salt lake city has baa our thanks tor for ft a fine dewi of trout which lie he brought us on an ali tb i return from his fishing trip this Is the first fish we e have hane received from frodi iny of those whom we have mentioned in the express as having gone on oil fishing trips J A arnold who has a large flock of sheep ranged near roosevelt left for salt lake in his machine this week when in the basin mr air nold makes its his homp home in vernal mrs arnold and children expect to joh mr air arnold sometime next month to 10 make their permanent home here A transaction took place widnes wednesday afternoon whereby the bugnel business of what nhat has been known as the ver hal taito auto compan conigan Co nipan changed hands bands walter birnes and it A burling ame arranged for the transfer from the owners of the former auto company pany and took charge immediately changing the name to the ashley motor company the corm ap pp ny will havo have the exclusive abny of 0 the buick cars care which filis fia hereto fore been liand handled led by Le gAshton Les Ashton A new building is being jo considered I 1 lf 1 barnes and RI as their present business demands more room A complete line of accessories for automobiles hlll ill bo be carried in stock and as soon as can be made a stanley steamer car will be put on an tile the road from vernal to salt lake and return for carrying passengers |