| Show Jn the Good Old Days I 50 YEARS AGO June 7 1914 The Vernal Commercial Club will give six hundred dollars in prizes on the of July Manager Showalter of the Orpheus tells us that he has signed up with the Ralph Col inger company for a weeks week's engagement in Vernal I Afton Calder returned home on n Tuesday from Pres Pres- Preston ton Idaho where he has been teaching school the past win win- winter ter Herbert lyzack announces the marriage of his daughter Bessie to Willard Jensen of Centerfield Marion Westover is over from Randlett making application application cation for final proof on his homestead W S Henderson is riding in a new Ford car Rae Ashton spent several days with his parents this week The Ashton boys are building up a good hardware business at Roosevelt Guy Prichard came over from My Myton ton with the ball team for the last Saturdays Saturday's game bor in the Argentine Mission Mrs Jerry Esplin and boys left Thursday for Southern Utah where they will spend two weeks with friends and relatives Archie McConkie took a group to the temple Thursday They were were Eva Simp Simper r El- El Elmira El mira Snow Roy Carroll Burke Evans and Mrs Joseph Klein Mrs Ned Cook went to Moab to spend the weekend with her husband who is working there on construction construction tion Mrs Niles Mott and child child- children ren of Salt Lake have enjoy enjoy- enjoyed ed a week here visiting the Bill Motts and Rick Mr and Mrs Byron Collett of Duchesne visited the Carl Colletts Saturday Cody Jenkins spent the weekend in Salt Lake visiting friends Terry Adams spent the weekend here with his par par- parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Adams He is attending school in Salt Lake to Lake Saturday with the track team where they entered the Class B Track Meet He parti parti- participated in the mile relay which placed filth fifth Wilford Adams of Sandy spent Friday here and at- at attended attended tended the wedding of Mr and Mrs Boyd Porter Mr and Mrs Carl Collett are parents of a baby son born Ma 9 Tamera Hacking of Salt Lake enjoyed the weekend here with her parents Mr and Mrs Leo Hacking Raema Hatch took Mrs Abe Hatch to Salt Lake Mon day for medical care Mrs Frank Hanchett and andI I baby daughter of Salt Lake are visiting at the Denzel Adams home Mr Hanchett wU wil come after them Tuesday I 70 YEARS AGO June 7 1894 Utah's best crop was aug aug- aug augmented by several new arrivals arrivals als last week Jack stroms strom's face is hidden by a smile that resembles a huge rent in a circus tent on Be ac- ac account count of being a daddy to a aboy aboy boy The prospects for the open open- opening opening ing of the Uintah Uintah and Uncompahgre Uncompahgre reservation ion are good If the bill does pass Uintah County will be the richest county in the Territory in a avery avery very short time afterward I The mail contract for next year will begin the first of July with a new schedule It will leave at 8 am and arrive in Vernal in thirty five hours thirty six to Ashley or the end of the line The Manger Mariger In In- In Investment vestment Company has the contract Sheep shearing has com com- commenced with the herds on Diamond Mountain and the scribe was informed by a prominent that they expected to get better prices for their wool this seas seas- season on than they did last The most of them are broke now and If they do not get better prices this year the sheep industry will be dead I |
