Show py 4 OUR correspondents MESQUITE mc quito nevada march 12 peas potatoes onion radishes and other garden truck is up and looking fine spring is surely lacre iho trees arc leafing and blooming J leavitt gao gaoa a bee to get some of his land cleared most of the town men responded and got in a good days work which helped bro louvitt out adamco mas given in the evening for the work done and a cry enjoyable time was spent sirs nephi johnon lias been bedfast for ocr a week but we are glad to say she is on the road to rc christian jensins alfalfa is up eleven inches high OVERTON overton nevada march 14 alie key west company has commenced work on its mines and expect to build a smelter on the virgin I 1 aher near the badger bench cros fus sing the company mil make a S road over the mesa to logon to ship ggs u f x material from and bullion to moapa f tho nearest railroad point J the grand gulch yearns are haul r X ing copper ore from the mine to the aff A railroad at moapa right along even tho copper is down to 12 cents wo icam that miss nora of logan lias been cry sick with measles but is improving no brig whitmore ia putting in a carload of ore at moapa before going back to his mine we sec notices in ton thai there is to be a grand ball in alie hotel at moapa toni glit the irrigated land companas comp anys f K agent is around trying to buy a lot more land W W macdonald has his nc av i lumber house about ready to moie into school has started up again the measles having cleared out very warm and good growing weather now there was a nice dance here last night SANTA CLARA santa clara march 16 died recently the anc ear old acon of loranzo and susie caused by pneumonia they haac the sympathy of the entire community as they buried their eight year old daughter sylva a year previous alie santa clara dramatic Ura matic co played the old faunte play at washington last friday night and play the same play uncle N toms cabin at st george saturday evening march lath but owing to a sudden attack of illness to one of their troupe buo abandon tho play for that evening will it in the near future john Stal ieli has received a letter from his acon george who is down in the argentine republic he reports himself well and lias gone to oat raising he expects to raise bushels of oata this season arnold and tobler will leave tor mining camp and caliento Calic nto tomorrow with chickens and they lccy them 10 dozen chickens 1600 dozen eggs and gome butter elder earl of nevada attended our ward sacrament meeting today he was called upon to fecak and hw remarks were listened to great interact inter ct come again bru earl pioche with joe graf has gone to and chicken elizabeth him as far as walker accompanied wn botard the train w for pioche to visit with her boerr ink and family fruit trees arc m bloom lucirn about inches engh gram looks well and in fact everybody acela well of birds and buzzing of bees bespeak that spring 13 here simual and frank and edward knight of littlefield arizona were up on business and also took a load of wheat to mill to exchange for flour monday march tho male population of this town will commence cleaning out all town and field ditches miss is again able to be out of doors after her long of rheumatism glad to acee tier out miss josephine tobler lias gone to nevada on a visit to tier brothers and sister stockmen Stoc kmen liere complain of many cattle dying on the ranges john and ahmo gubler have a ver sick at tins w the dry farm on the clara bench looks all 0 k PINE VALLEY pine valley march 14 R B gardner H 0 gardner roal S gardner and frank snow returned last week from burtnor Burt ncr millard county where alicy have spent a month at clearing and plowing their land under alie new sevier canal alicy report the canal construction st as progressing rapidly and eliat considerable acreage will b planted to grim tins 5 car their water shares have increased per cent in value within tho past twelve months bishop acter snow joseph bur gass john A gardner rcuben gardner royal J gardner ind E E warren n turned early in the week from attending quarterly conference at st george snow bringing with him his daughter ann who had been in on her sister mira for si weeks at st george the eight mile flat ditch is reported as completed and coders approximately acres of land lying about fac miles northeast of chad bums ranch about one third of tins land will be planted to gram this year robert gray and H rum and james jacobson took potatoes to st george tuesday WHEELER wheeler march 15 some of ir oung folks attended a dance at e hurricane friday night aliey report that a grand ball will be indulged in soon celebrating the ecat of the finishing of their church and school house we wish them suc as in their struggles in building up e town by tho looks of the water in alie river it is snow in the mountains we do not i alie danger during high water liepe the water commissioners I 1 haw no need to call on us fur moro ro water our district school march with miss grace atkin as teacher spring is bierc in a garb of fruit tree blossoms nevada march 9 the key west and alio great eastern mines have consolidated within eighteen months aliey expect to hao ft plant erected toworu alio ore worth of work lias aly ready been dono on alio key west on alio great eastern they y expect to right immediately on the great i the two minca include eighteen claims maniger C W darling wants ten or twelve good miners to begin work within ten days tins force of men will be gradually increased until men arc employed thi is direct from 0 W darling last week while bishop bunker was cutting down the large cottonwood trees in front of ins home lie had a narrow escape of his life the roots of the trees being BO old had partially rotted and as he cut one down alic branches of the tree being entangled in those of the one next to it pulled it ocr with it not looking for anything of alie kind alic bishop stood right under it but as miracles will happen alic trunk fell straight enough to fall on alic stump of the other one it felled him to the ground but he has only a wrenched back in consequence his head happening to be where it went between the forks of the tree as it fell on march ath such a flood of water came down alio old virgin river that our mails could not leave until march ath and a portion of our dam and new ditch was washed away now that it 11 ditch cleaning time also we will not have water in town for several days bishop J I 1 earl and ex bishop E bunker jr left sunday morning on the stage for pioche they having been summoned as grand juryman jurymen jury men A new baby girl lias comedo the home of tobler born march ath all concerned are doing nicely VIRGIN angin march 11 mr holohan of the co lias been sick for the past week with an attack of la grippe holohan and woods are talking and expecting to put down a test well no 1 using the oil for fuel and mr holohan talks some of an oil refinery which will be a great benefit to this country saturday afternoon george A damaron Dam cron superintendent of alio paraffin virgin oil company struck a little oil he drilled monday having a better showing aa he went down but lie decided to shut down for a while the star crescent company has now readied a depth of feet and hae a flow of gas they are still going down and to go to the second strata of oil at least D E martin and wife left for their homo in california yesterday morning they expect to be absent for an indefinite length of time y H H minor of the starr and minor lumber company has returned to his home in california for a short visit are still quite a number of cabs of humpa in town but measles have all died out the big machine of H II 11 clarks will be moving south during this fine weather everything in business is very quiet now PINTO for alie benefit if thero bo any whom it will benefit a neighbor last week thinking the water from beef would be good for iier chickens mixed some bran in alie saino and fed them and the was a good number were found dead next morning so dont tied our chickens annc C E knell and son herbert have come in from gold springs where they have working mra W lund came in with to wit at her old homo again this is the first winter in alic history of pinto blidt water hah IKUI K running in the ditches this show s what kind of a winter we hao had we arc having lovely weather and the ground is drying farmers will scoon begin to plow they are plowing on alic desert R 0 knell went to cadar this week and brought ins afo and new home wo welcome all new comers thomas robinson from is here visiting with his relatives airs martha tullis and family robert platt is suffering with a poisoned hind at this writing he is improving some misses maria platt and mary knell went to enterprise last night to attend a party GUNLOCK gunlock march 16 the fhe acar oll daug liter of leavitt has been cry sick caused by drinking hot water from alic tea kettle she is now getting around again but glicr mother is sick from the effects of being in attendance eglit and day miss irene canfield of cedar city has been visiting with her mother mrs J S P bowler and has returned home by way of st george K W leavitt lias gone to acoma to meet his mrs houston who has been staging with bior husband at las vagas the past w inter A number of men have left here for alie beaber dam wash attracted there by the gold excitement miss clara holt lias returned from a visit to and mesquita hiis eleda holt lias gone to oasis to stay with lier father washington washington march 17 the people were greatly favored by alie presence of the stake the bt george stake choir under of jos W mcallistor cr sunday night the speeches songs solos etc were greatly enjoyed and appreciated we feel to thank them for their kindness mr and mrs J D L arrived homo friday the have been spending the winter their daughter mrs ruth roylance at william has gone north with onion sets he is filling orders in Ka narra carowan parowan and oilier places A danco was given in alio larson hall last saturday night an enjoyable time reported by all barron returned honie sunday from gold springs where ho lias been working march 16 william L crawford has jut returned from hurricane where he lias ixon planting grain mr and mrs harold russell have macd up from wheeler where they have been living for alio pat pa t year fruit trees aro in bloom lettuce radishes act etc arc coming along nicely alio people are preparing to start the sawmill running in about three weeks alie health of alie people is pretty good the exception of a few colds LEEDS leeds march ll 11 almonda are in bloom and gardening is being done spring lias indeed come alic pat pa t week haa been delightfully warm and pleasant george angell lias completed a new barn eliat is an improvement to his place mrs mary 01 ian left today for bt george to mit and friends mitt hartley left on tho ath int for gold spring to find employment |