| Show OUR correspondents bunkerville BUN KERVILLE nevada may 8 friday last was old folks day dinner was served at twelve and about thirty five of our agul fathers and mothers sat down to a hearty repast dinner was followed by a program of songs etc and a dance in the evening in which both old and oung joined closed the event bishop bunker and orange leavitt have returned from pine villey where they have been after potatoes sirs emily bunker went as far as grass valley with her son to panguitch where she intends to spend the summer i with her daughters mrs josephine dark of provo is hero visiting relatives after an absence of about eight years will att batty brought her over from overton and took back with him thomas judd of st george our little burg was made lively last week with the visit of a number of tho boung people from santa clara who were down visiting relatives and those who would like to be relatives key west has shut down for a few days on account of there being a disappointment in getting powder and all hands cook and all have come down to town since miss ethel bunker returned from provo she has taken the place of mrs annie cox as clerk in glicr fathers store ira earl knew el and tommy leavitt and ethel bunker have returned from the bangham young university A mr mcvey is cicro visiting the lead mines north of town PINTO pinto may 8 mrs emily D is somewhat better but has bpck in a critical condition she is able to move a little and we hope to soon her able to be with us again is considerable sid erable sickness sick nesa here moistly the gnp mrs jane bulha tulha was aiken very sick sunday A doctor was called and she is improving slowly her sister mrs S bracken of pine valley is with her the friends of david R forsha of st george were pleased to see him here last wednesday granville pace of cedar city has been visiting here a few days with relatives hay baling is the order of the times here also hauling it to mo dana A number af drummers have been doing business here tins week forest ranger mit moody was hero this week on business washington washington may 12 sunday night elders sproul and conducted a missionary street hect me as aliey would leave done in alic mission field it was made more real to them when after meeting no opo invited them to bed but gave them an invitation to sleep in the meeting house word was received here i eliat willum weaver who lias gone north with onion sets was very ill in cedar city it appears that he vaai poisoned by eating canned fruit lias gone to bring him home A number of alic men and boys have gone to panguitch where alicy k have secured employment on the hatch and cinal v 1 auar who has been spending some tune hero with relatives returned last week to his home in mount pleasant miss louiso willey who his been spending the winter herd for her health returned to salt lake city last thursday miss gem neilson has gone to cedar city to wit her bister mrs lon ahlstrom the water master has hid men out tins week cleaning alio ditches born on the ath mst to mr and mrs barron a girl the children chil dien are making a quilt for the fair toquerville toquerville may 12 robert acano of la varkin is not letting the hard times bugaboo interfere with his plans he and MISS jennie wallace of this place left yesterday morning for st george to be married alio best wishes of a host of go with them on their covage on alie sea of matrimony G M is expected home today from kanbas city where he went to receive a horse to chasseur for the leading horse association rone is an expert judge flesh bom to mr and mrs howard a son mother and and babe progressing nicely and papa snaps his fingers at jhc thc cry of hard times much activity ia going on in the farming industry the hard times are us back to first principles an ill wind that blows nobody good we are hiving another spell of cold weather with some rain our fruit crop looks very SANTA CLARA santi clara may 10 program for old folks pirty entertainment 11 a m dinner 12 30 outing to dodges spring and dance in the e ening A good time is anticipated samuel has gone to also adolph hafen and dicob laub have gone to delamar De lamir with produce william will bo home from provo where he lias been attending school by alie time this appears in print joseph and wife of littlefield arizona were here on a visit to relatives and friends gram p and tho first crop of hay s being out james graf has gone to acoma on business enterprise enterprise kiy 12 wo biad a nice ram last night which did this part of the country much good the has been cold the last two weeks and everybody is wishing for warm weather word came to mr and mra hunt sunday thit their son george was suffering smallpox in sioux city iowa he has been 1 ibor ing as a missionary tho three months mr and mra arthur jones returned homo friday fron bumont bringing with them mrs jones miss opal hulett miss duiker who hat been suffering from an attick of appendicitis is able to be up and around again mr and mrs don spent a day or two m pinto last week attending to business and with relatives our boys and men who have been out at modena shearing sheep the list si weeks arc ill home today and mrs J J to mr born abou a bou jones on may 5 mother and babe doing nicely and father recovering with a smile mrs sidio hunt who has been ery sick the past three weeks is thought to be slowly improving the terry bros arc hard at work plowing and fencing their block WHEELER wheeler may 11 the most impressive funeral services cier attended in this part of the county was that of elder leroy hall of rock whose death has been announced in a previous issue his body arrived in wheeler grafton Graft at one thursday where it was met by bp david hirschi and a number of friends and relatives there were residents of hurricane toquerville virgin grafton rock ff ville and also pres cottam and david H morns of st george in attendance the president of the conference elder beecher accompanied the body home at the funeral elder baecher portrayed elder halls diligent labors in the mission field and alao gave an account of his sickness and death his presence was much appreciated especially by alio parents and acl of elder hall and the bishopric fifty four vehicles and a number of horsemen formed the funeral procession we were honored with a visit by the silver band yesterday winch marched through alie streets and placed several times which was surprising and interesting te to both old and oung some people hae been playing tacks such aa removing baurs from wagons etc which do not reflect much credit on them wo hope they will sec the extreme folly of such antics and quit by a slip the writer omitted to say miss lottie ballard is on the eick liba suffering from quinsy HURRICANE herncane Hurn cane may 11 A very serious fire occurred liere tuesday morning frank Strat tons house caught fire and to the ground with almost all of its contents it is thought that it started in alio ceiling from the stove pipe which possibly had been shaken apart by the wind duang the night frank was in alie field plowing and hw wife was at alio corral when alie firo started and it being a frame it wis beyond control bedora help could annc some bedding and a few chairs w ere about all eliat was saved from alio house A few sacks of flour and some bottled fruit were taken from tho cellar which wis under alie aliouse A subscription has been made for the assistance of alio family thus mi Is hoTi oss ail T new adobe boic will bo seen on alio site of the one destroyed a cry short time county commissioners daggatt isom and panco and co attorney pickett held a session of the county court here today and received the new steel bridge mr C it coleman of the bridge company was present hay cutting is now in progress but the crop ig not thoroughly matured some arc cutting a little sooner than they otherwise would on account of being out of ibay elders george allies and wm 0 bentley were the speakers at our ward meeting sunday littlefield arizona may 11 isaac C macfarlane of st george utah and some have been surveying the land between here and the narrows is about three thousand acres of the best fruit and grape land in the county and wo expect work will soon be commenced on the dam and ditch the height of alie dam will be eighty feet and there is an excellent site for it between ledges the ditch will only have to bo half a mile long or thereabouts to reach alie land wo hope and look forward to the time when it will be built for it will cause lots of new homes to bo built for the young people alio are growing up in this daie land success to the washington COUNTY may its das be long and successful for it is truly a credit to have such a lively and up to date paper it is the aim of the writer to have it in every home in tins place having already 99 per cent who can beat that hafen of santa clara and joaeph T atkin of st george were here on the ath dinst as home missionaries their talk was along the line of improvement both spiritual and temporal come again brethren the first crop of lacem is all stacked and some of the second crop 13 six inches high gardens are very backward thia on ac count of so much cold and windy some of our old folks went to nevada io oin in with alie old folks party which was held on may 1 aliey all aport having had a grand time hugh bunker posted through here on alio ath dinst with a load of potatoes from grass valley utah ho disposed of some of them here william J congar of nevada was here on business the logli ho alo al o was ono of our speakers sunday afternoon we biad a frost cicro last saturday something very unusual fur tins time of alie 5 car mita ella cleber is on the pick list with a very bad te |
