Show washington washington may 14 franl has just about finis ed mak ing batting out oi of what cotton there was on hind hand at the factory the batting is of a nei ei y good quality and we think it would be a good thing for the people to raise some cotton here as the homemade bitting batting is much better than the imported there is a qu quantity quint entity ity of cotton seed 0 on ia hand at the factory that will be furnished free to any plant them in members embers of the stake sunday school board met with the bunday school here sunday they gave gae us some very nery useful and suggestions and their visit nias v as appreciated by all come again miss migs loda ruby entertained the members of the Y L M I 1 A last 1 wednesday ednes day evening at a kensington refreshments refreshment was served and a pleasant evening was pent miss mina funk returned home saturday from st george wl ere she had been spending a fen fenn das the primary officers and teachers went to st george thursday day to at tend the primary convention mrs emma morrison oi of monroe is spending a few weeks here with hei her father neils ed ciszon and E M iverson re turned today from lund where they had been for fi eight bunkerville BUN KERVILLE bunkerville Bun kerville may 10 our school closed yesterday with a nice enter tain ment at night the teachers tea cheis have had bad success in their work they gave the children a dance today and a dance for adults tonight they will soon leave for their homes in utah the two gentlemen teacher to return next year the misses nettie and winona earl and leroy hafen have return ed horne bonie from st george where the ime baie been beeh attending school at the stal e academy we ire are hiving having stormy weather again this week while some hae bane their lucerne dow dox n elder frani franl reber is in boin ton n to to night he be too has been at st george i attending school F A number of our men and boj q are out anthe moapa virgin may VIRGIN 13 mrs esther eail went to new nen harmony la last lat t week to attend the funeral of her uncle benjamin bruppacher her mother mrs anni arma and sister ot of the deceived deceased and w u ho h has a been in harmony the past pact tn two 0 years ears attending to her brother will return to hei bet old home in virgin as soon as her business matters ire are settled up mothers day was honored here sunday the whole time in the afternoon service eq was vas given over to the congregation to speak of mothers and many good things were nere said bishop samuel isom of hurricane was with us and he gai gave c a good tal tall I 1 along that line ile e thank the bishop for his visit henry cornelius rube maloney bluford beams and miles earl left last saturday for lund with w ool elisha lee and family have hane inov ed to their farm at dolob to spend the summer there mrs matilda clark of panguitch is visiting friends and relatives rela tiNes heie correspondence toquerville toquerville may 14 we are glad to note the optimism manifest ed concerning local conditions Po boosters lie aie needed in every corn com motes are difficult to lo 10 cite when hen a beam obstructs the sight an organization along the lines of horticulture looking to ta e marketing of dixie products haq been effected with head quarters at hurricane R C savage was elect ed one of the directors ot of the new company may uc ces attend their efforts george R Bring bringhurst burst has gone to pinto mr J 11 harrison mrs u s mother who has been visiting here for some time accod danied him home many of the grape vines oi of this place and bellevue hae been dug up and old fruit trees tal en ell out and the ground planted to choice trees mrs S V and misses laura anderson and ruby w ent to cedar city to beat be at the track meet td to tal e place last saturday there will be considerable fruit of various I 1 ands in this I 1 c iliev though the apricot crop was considerably damaged by late frost the weather is cold and change able and summer will be appreciate ed when uben it comes conies airs mrs Fl izabeth theobald Theop ald is quite ill 11 iab with infirmities of old springdale springdale may 13 professors Profess ois Woo dnard and miller of the dixie academy gie us a visit list last week they wont went to view the beauty of the canyon then held meeting with us at night they appreciated the and we ap precia predated ted their talk mrs thornton hepworth and mrs william gifford are in st george for a tew few days the former to have her teeth fixed the latter to v ork nork in the temple S K crawford has come up from st george with his children mrs crawford is there under the doctor q care for some time the rii river er is raising very fast the fords below aie ale getting dangerous to cross OVERTON overton may alay 9 the schools cb will close for the summer on fri fn day the the fol following pro grim grain will be carriel carne i out in the evening by the pupils of the school medley chorus students prayer rec moo cow CONN moo vernon cooper musical play red riding hood I 1 I 1 pupils of the low ei grades rec last day of school I 1 ellen shurtliff operetta Ope retti gypsy festival I 1 pupils of the higher grades song my vada I 1 students under the management mam mani gement ot of the parents class the oth of may will be observed ed as a street cleaning day na L batty davids conger sher man thorn is and thomas anderson are committeemen in charge of the work in the four sections of tow ton n into which the work is divided the ladies enill ill sene gelie dinner for ill the workers in the shurtliff hall ball leonidas hickman of beier beaver be bea ier ver utah has been the prin principal cipar of our cal caine rie piet ird i adt of logan utah has hid had charge of the primary department they have done efficient work nork through the past win winter terin in our schools the following are candidates for graduation from the eighth gride grade returns from their elimination examination pi pera pers not having been receive I 1 yet glace bichoff jem jean anderson I 1 dia cooper ellen shurtliff ind and zilli zill peterson sirs irs ratie king entertained a party of six 3 oung I 1 idle monday mond aa evening in honor boner of miss carrie richards ards who will leive leave for hei bei home at I 1 ogan utah after the close of her school here friday miss migs mildred andersen anderon who is president of the local I 1 L M I 1 A entertained enter timed the mutual girls it her home wednesday Wednes dav evening cil cal e ind and ice cream was berned ind and ill enjoyed a fine time the officers and teachers tea cheis of the primard association met on the ath at the home of mias 1 jem jean anderson An derbon for their regular meeting a s cul cial followed the close of the ae session slon I 1 I 1 A gunlock unlock fa GUNLOCK may 13 mrs F J bowler and mis john U R hunt Hun thae ha e returned irom from mesquite beadi benada they have been pending a few days visiting fi lends and reli rel i tives mr and mrs hule hul e leavitt ot of mesquite nevada ire are here she visiting with her mother he in the interest oi of the phone line miss edna canfield Cin field has returned home after spending a i month or two with jobie bunker of grabs grass valley the gunlock boys with G A truman oi of enterprise haie return ed with their cattle from the virgin river josiah leavitt and family have moved to ox valley where they will spend the summer the young people of central down for a dance friday night J L bunker is busy building a house at glencove Glen cove coNc new hermony may 14 lour correspondent has been to and noticed the good the iron county people have and they ire making them better all the time there is i a foice ot of men nien and teams grading beti between Neen cedar and paro NN wan an we think the people of iron county are fairly well converted to dry farming judging horn the amount of dry lan ian I 1 gram grain they ha han e in I 1 was talking with nith some of the sheep men mPa in carowan parowan rowan they tell me the flock ma teis are out about 30 0 on wool contracted too early in the season quite a number of the sheep men are in a bad box for lambing ground the cold backward prevents ts many of i them from getting to their regular mountain lambing grounds about thirteen herds will try to lamb their sheep on the mountain north ot of harmony where u usually bally there are not more than three or of four the harmon sheep are home again after an absence of more than a month they were longer than they figured on account of too much falling weather airs mrs annie imlay lee and her daughter maggie are here irom from friends panguitch visit visiting f ng relatives and ROCKVILLE rockville may 13 mrs reese s school closed friday the logli the parents gave gae her a surprise at 0 clock with a program from the ath grade after indich refreshments refresh mente w ikeie ei e arved served on saturday night a tare ii well ell party was had it the home of mrs reese and her biter georgi ana to show appreciation for the past services in our ward inard charles petty returned friday from deseret where he has been t the he past winter teaching school chool he was inas called sunday morning to st geoage his wife being sick william langston and fames james lemmon left on the lor for N nevada evada to find work the hall boys le ie turned today from dolob inberg they have bane been uth cattle BUN buni bun I 1 erville may 4 IN arren cox and two sons of st george have been in town all this week neek looking after cattle on tuesday morning about 3 0 clock mrs may cox was awak ened from a i sound sleep by her husband edw cox in aking a strange noise she could see that he was wis apparently dead and called 11 barren arren ii who ho was in the next room they managed to drag him out on the porch and called for help tle tl e neighbors soon came ready to help and it took some time with rubbing to bring him back to life it was caused he be thinks by indigestion and stagnation of the blood he is out and around but does not feel iery ery well has been ailing for some time this weel haa has been one round of sUrp surprise tise parties for the school ers bi the stu lents last night the sunday school and na M I 1 A officers persuaded i couple of aung ladies to take them to the school house houe where they found a godly number numbe r ot of the parents and young folks thy placed games and danced then were ee served with cake and beer all seemed to enoy enjoy themselves our town looks nice and the air is full of the perfume of the roses the farmers are busy putting up their first crop of hay and drin aning ing cattle we are habing cool veat h er after a thunder a few feni da das S ago LEEDS leeds alay may 14 IN ft illard and clifford mcmullin and george 01 en aie ale at work on bonanza flat they are fencing and plowing ind and from the energy and hours spent there xie tt e can expect to soon see this flat blo blossom bloom om as the lose libby hyrum and george leany are home horrie from st george georgo mi Ms mis s libby has hag been teaching in the Wood waid d the past and hy ium aum and george attended emy joseph stirling arrived home sun day from logan abele he has bas been the past winter atten attending Aing the A C ammon aninion jolley arrived home sun day from cedar where he has been the past few months foiest supervisor raphael was as in town last night from st george the district school closed here thursday with a trip up the canyon |