Show LOCAL OCA AND AN D P SON A epli was in town the fore part of the week the schools of the valley started up last monday with ith a fair attendance the wilcox academy and the aln tali academy basket hall ball teams will lock horns at the gym tomorrow saturday night A rousing good gartie game Is anticipated I 1 eslie ashton of the As ashton liton hard wale company will leave for a plea s suie ui e trip to california in a few d days ays ills ilia wife and lowe will accompany him ashley bartlett lias bas just returned from a trip to chicago and cincin while anay aay lie ho had some interesting te experiences that we will relate next week heber powell sold his sheep about out head to T T alexander for 9 this heat little sum has ben accumulated by mr air powell in a few ears eara miss evelyn ellison Ell lson lie io has been doing such efficient work for the lie express on it subscription ac leaves in the morning for salt SAH Lako City where she has been employed by the salt lake tribune maor edward D samuels returned last week from zion where lie ho attended the wool growers con coll ile he reports weather conditions in salt lake about like they were in vernal lust last winter mrs airs J 8 campbell accompanied by liei hei mother mrs anna goodman of vernal utah returned friday a visit of several das spent at the exposition mrs goodman will spend the winter here Es condido calif advocate mr air and mrs airs harold reader have returned from a wedding tour to the coast they made an extensive visit to the golden state and spent ome ionie time with relatives at salt lake and grand junction on their A ay home mrs sarah trott burke passed avay yesterday at the home of her daughter mrs buist from a com plU plia atlon tion of diseases of oe long standing she has been a sufferer But ferer for ears deceased was horn born juno june 16 1855 in wilson county tennessee mid and married william T burke while still in her native state twenty eight years ago the family family moved to san lula luis valley and later to pueblo twelve cars ago the family moved to lo vernal where they have since resided mrs airs burke was the mother of ten chil children dreu of whom survive her they are virge and jesse durke burke of naples and mrs jobbe dunt of vernal venial the funeral will be held at naples at 2 p in a next sunday grandma burke is seriously she Is now at tho the home of her daughter mrs airs john buist the old lady has bas been in poor health tor for a long time miss loe a graduate ol of B business college long deach beach california Is at present assisting in the office of tile the doard board of education mrs josephine carter has returned to vernal for a short site she told an intimate friend that site she will stay here until the coal and w water ater famines in salt lake are over A birthday party for miss odle mckee and miss MIBS marle burton burlon was given last friday night january 19 at the home of mr air and mrs george mckee it was a good old oid fashioned festival at which sixteen friends of the young ladies were present manager wallace cragun of 0 the ashley coop co op who with ills his wife and lysle lyale fisher of the same institution have been east buying goods for their store tor for a year ahead in many lines returned last friday they visited st joe st louis and chicago spending considerable time in each city mr air cragan furnished us is some interesting material upon financial finin fin inclan cial conditions in the cast that nill be the he subject of an article next week the academy basket ball teania both junior and senior went to roosevelt last friday about forty rooters from the student body went along to cheer the basket ball warriors and incidentally fraternize with the hospitable students of the duchesne Due besne high the party was wae conveyed in six autos and one or two buggies all report that they were royally treated in our neighboring city and had a good time of course the basket ball boys went after the scalps of 0 the duchesne high school teams both junior and senior teams and returned with mith said eald scalps dangling at their belts belta the games were well fought out Ps es tile the close scores will show the U A juniors won by a score of 25 to 23 while tile the seniors won by 25 26 to 22 the next game gaine will he be played in hi vernal venial where the U A boys expect to do the du chesters ches ners to a fare ye well there Is no doubt it will be a hot game las as both sides are confident the express predicts victory for the home teams tile the forest service has prepared for loan to schools libraries and other educational institutions sets bets of sixty four samples ples of commercially important woods of the united states together with maps showing the region in which each species grows short abort statements of their principal uses and physical characteristics te charts and tables showing forest products by states and maps of the national forest regions of north america and the national forests this entire exhibit occupies pies a space about tour four feet high by thirteen feet long this exhibit is gotten up for the use of public schools and libraries weighs about 27 pounds and it will be furnished to public schools and libraries upon application to the forest st supervisor it should however be borne in mind that there Is only one exhibit of this kind in district 4 and it will be supplied first where the demand is the most intensive applications however will be filed immediately and the demand tor for the exhibit will III be supplied as soon boon as possible wm win M anderson forest supervisor the sunday school of tle the vernal second sard nard will be held beld next sunday morning it will be held regularly from now on ilie tunnell oil company la is shipping in the machinery tor for its ita refining plant frank pope and nate hunting are hero here to get the teams to move moe it from the station to the tunnel the largest item of machinery Is a boiler weighing pounds there Is ie a steady flow of oil from the alie at a meeting of the board of directors I 1 of the first national bank of 0 moab hold held this W R mcconkle was appointed to the position of assistant aBs Latant cashier to take the place of J W biggane whose duties as an officer of the neada bank will require hla his return there within the next six weeks mr mcconkle is at present teaching in the moab schools and will continue in that position until the school board can ill range airanne to relieve him of his bis school work irand grand valley times there musi must be bamo bomo some self constituted high priests in the salt lake contingent on of the democratic party that are endeavoring to create a number ot of fat saler led commission for themselves the governor la Is right in standing against the proposed legal hold up there ld Is no need of a high salaried saler sale led ried commissioner to enforce the prohibition law give local peace officers a good workable law and they will dry the state it the cow county law makers join the salt lakers in making such an expensive and needless experiment the are untrue to the people who elected them the legislators better take the tip now and eliminate the whole commissioner business |