Show along the uintah railway may alfrod me a passenger from watson to vornal vernal last week him george lehman of dragon visited friends in vernal thim week mrs D C fisher after spending upending some time with relatives in grand junction colo dolo returned to her homo home in tuesday mrs C H 11 howall of Ver vornor nair after visiting nor her husband in fruita colo ho pital wont went to grand junction to spend a fow few duye days with friend friends supt bupt john mcandrews McAndr and anti E S 8 gurr with many other uintah railway employees wont to grand junction monday to pay last to major jamon E hood who died in thu the gralia junction hospital at 10 a nt sunday mr and mrs lyman hall were thursday passengers to vernal to spend the holidays with friends fri mrs coarl evana evans was a thie this week pa songor to vornal vernal jumps james monaghan was a tuesday passenger to mack to denver llev rev at J horsey loft left vernal on tuesday going to salt lake city where his daughter margaret Is quito quite III in tho the st marks hospital two good games basket ball bau friday A medium crowd the basket ball bull games last friday night tho the vornal vernal athletic clubs second team played tho the naples duj d second team in a swift game tho the first half closed 15 1 to 0 in favor oc of the athletics but by somo some brilliant playing crept up until tho the cloeo close was 23 to 20 in favor of tho the athletics they tied on tho the score 19 to 19 the senior teams played a most exciting game at the close of tho the first half tho the score was 6 to 6 tho the final score was 17 to 15 1 in the favor of the athletics in a sensational celoso this Is tho the first time the naples team has been defeated this year twelve year old former vernal verna boy kills hill large bear alien allen clements who formerly lived in vornal vernal and mined coal on brush creek but now homesteading on douglas creek in colorado on tho the vernal grand junction road spent several days in vernal purchasing his christmas supplies mr clement has two sons albert 12 years old last september and noel 8 early in october mr air clements lost a 2 year old calf by wild animals and albert decided to do some trapping and set traps accordingly fastened to the dead an animal next day armed with a 22 calibre rifle he and his brother set out to see what they had secured coming to where one of the larger traps had been set they found the animal bad been moved trap and all not far away they saw a bear walking around with just one toe on a hind toot foot caught in tho the trap and dragging drugging the animal after him giving chase it was a matter of diplomacy as to which could waltz around tho the fastest first bear chasing boy and then boy chasing bear until finally the bear backed up against A tree for protection tho the boy saw his opportunity for a shot but tho the small calibre of the rifle deterred him from at first taking the chance and ho he was going to send his brother home for hel help p ho lie says then be he thought his father would think him a coward so be he decided to shoot the bear taking deliberate aim bo be shot the bear through the eye crumpling him up two more shots in tho the head quickly dispatched tho the bear the boys then hurried after their father and they loaded the bear in tho the wagon and took him home the bear weighed about pounds on the way down mr Von demore road superintendent on the state road came along took the boys toys picture ath with the bear and was given givon a good share of the meat this mr Vand took to grand junction and gave a bear meat dinner to about 20 boys since that time the boy has killed two other boars while alone and one while with his father mr bir clements says the boy has killed nearly every wild animal in their section except a wolf or a mountain lion and is satis satisfied fled ho he had a lion in his trap the other day but the trap was not largo enough to hold him 1 mr ir clements stated the road commission would keep the vernal grand junction road open all inter that all the bridges had now i been completed and that the road was in good condition since the freezing weather had hardened the soft earth nilst STAKE 31 1 I A SUCCESS SS on friday night the first of the series of stake M I 1 A dances MIS us given in glines v ward vard ard the hall ball was crowded to iti limit and cho to music rendered by walter G barnes roy lee archie johnson and ferrol pearce was greatly enjoyed the 11 1 I A stake board will hold a dance in every ward in the stake during the winter the next dance will probably bo be held in jensen |