Show 4 t t t 4 DRY FORK 4 march 11 we are sure having some storm the last few days there any snow enow here but plenty of mud and the snow enow was three feet deep at cooks mill on the mountain several days ago and we think it has been snowing up there while it has been raining in the valley so it looks as though we will have some water after all but we are in hopes we will get our now new bridge in before the water comes we have the timber down ready to commence it mrs steve beck and baby have been under the weather lately but are some better mr and mrs nett blackburn have been visiting afew a few days with relatives also having some dental work done they will return home on wednesday the little baby of arthur massens Mas that was left motherless two weeks ago seems to be getting along nicely grandma massey has the two little ones sewell massey who has been down to st george with his brother ira to s home again we are very glad to know the scarlet fever in the valley has turned out to be only german measles though we ve had none up here yet bruce mansey macsey thinks his eye Is gradually getting better we hope it is for he has had quite a lot of trouble with it for 2 or 3 months and it improve very fast jess caldwell Is home from lapoint po 11 t where he be has been visiting his brother ellis and family the people of dry fork are disappointed at not being allowed one good sociable entertainment in the new school house that has just been completed they are very proud of it and feel they ought to have been given the privilege of dancing just once on that fine hardwood floor it is a beauty and we are glad to have our children go to school in a building as nice as in other wards lyman hall who went to canada says saya in one of his letters that they will draft men next month from 21 up and that he will be one of them ell caldwell has gone to lapoint I 1 grandma caldwell Is busy knitting for tho the soldiers Bold lers mrs joe massey Is III again with a bad cold and lagrippe her husband Is out on the trap line for the government bert caldwell has had the misfortune to lose six calves lately with blackleg it les the profit oft off the herd to lose the calves we hear enos enoa bennion lost seven head with the same thing the women here are busy as bees doing red cross work they met at I 1 mrs joe last lasi week and did a good lot or work woric they also met at mrs bert caldelas Cal caldw dells ells the week before and talk about quilt ings well it was worse they had sewing machines too dan adams Is building his house i I 1 adding a few more rooms lie ile expects to have another ainther nice garden this his summer van dan always has fine gardens every year principal harvey If was very much surprised the other night at a noise in the new school house ile he hurried over to see what it could uld be ile he discovered a dog on the step and knew some one was there but the dog would not let him in until he took his coat off he lit a match and entered only to hear boar those inside scream surprise ilia his scholars had bad planned it and some come of the parents joined them in their program it was fine all went to the old school house danced and had a good lunch it was muddy but all had bad a good tine time van massey has bought the old lee hall place we hate to goo eee any one sell out and move away we would rather some more families would move I 1 in here lee iee hall lives in maeser clarence caldwell son of dave caldwell who is in camp merritt Merrl tt N J feels a little homesick or that he is forgotten ile he received any mail from hla his folks since christmas at which time he went to the hospital ile he was wan operated on christmas day for appendicitis it being one of the worst cases ever in that hospital so the doctor said on new years day he almost bled to death and had to be operated on again ilia his company Is quarantined in now they were ready to sail ball but a soldier broke out with scarlet fever it seems strange he cannot locate his mail ile he also says tits his christmas boxes never reached him although all were registered arid and insured ilia his folks feel bad to think he be hear bear from home bom josh hall and family have returned torn the reservation where they went to visit mr hall 9 sister mrs W 0 alexander ot of alzonah altonah on their way they stopped with mrs mark caldwell sister to mrs hall orson hall and family have been sick the last week with la grippe mrs johnnie massey is still in vernal where she went nearly two weeks ago with her little sick babo babe we hope he is better but haven t heard the last few days johnny is on the trap line with his brother george uncle chell hall la 13 busy building cribs into which to turn the water this spring it did him much damage last year aunt lole lola has been sick again her health ion t very good george massens Mas seya children have been sick with the croup but are better it to la still storming and very cloudy |