Show LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS mrs airs J B mcdonald McDo of middle ton was in the city tuesday jacob beacham of santa clara vas ivas i here her monday on business busine s L T watters oi of washington was transacting business here saturday miss hazel bentley entertained entert aired a a kensington Len last thursday even ing 1 D D wilcox of Mi daleton was anas here transacting I 1 business wednes day dai the washing mill has started and is ready to recene e wheat for grinding mr air and mrs airs M AT snow left wednesday for salt lale lal e city to with nith relatives M W andrus is confined to his home with illness the exact batule of which is uncertain mr air and mrs airs lawrence puce re turned sunday aiom prow i where they had bad been on a visit mr air and mrs john judd came fr from om lid la I 1 eri erl in ili tuesday to spend pend a it day ot 01 two visiting relatives mrs airs I 1 ewis ennis bleak left wednesday lor for goldfield nerada to join a her husband who is there worl ing mr air and mr IN illiam thompson left dundai for salt lal e 0 city to visit with relatives and friends mrs airs lena crosby entertained at 41 sociable 11 V ednes wednesday day ilter noon in honor of mrs airs man ellen neilson le ilson the washington steam threshing machine pas passed ed through this city tuesday en rout to santa clara to thresh wheat mr air and mis thomas andrus and air and mr charles andrus left tuesday for pine N ille to spend a weel or two wo bring in ili jour 3 our cheat ii beat to the wish ington roller mill to be ground the mill is now and is bet ter prepared than ever to care fir fr your gram grain mr air and mrs andrew gregerson left friday foi fol bellevue misses agnes morris ar d annie worthen accompanied them to spend some time visiting the soul ot of man isa is a far more fine ly iv strung instrument than the harp or violin and like these latter things is easily affected ly I 1 y atmos cherie changes the local school blaid has decad ed to have the exterior in ork of the goodw ard school repainted the windows re puttied and the interior of the building mr air and mrs airs J vi 11 pice price and family left tuesday lor for pine valley mis ml s pace and children intend stay ing there the rest of the summer mr air pace nill return alter after seeing them located willaid and ben borc ezra mcarthur and willard addius re turned monday from the ranch at canaan mr air and airs mrs jaci jacl wadsworth Wads North left saturday Satur dai tor for P ignaca where they intend spending pending some time with win th relatives mrs F jones of beaver who has been visiting at washington and here for several days left monday foi her home barren W arren cox and son I 1 ee left leit saturday for panaca to visit rela tives thele and visit other settle ments on busin business esQ mrs mary kemp and grand daugh ter miss louie thurston left sat arday for ogden I 1 where they intend spending some time mr and mrs airs rufus C alien allen left tuesday lor for Circle vill to visit with rel relatives atnes and to spend the ie gainder of the summer miss ruth armsttong Arms tiong who is teaching classes in piano music in the Elec erectile tile theater can accoe a feni moie pupils mr air and airs charles k and family and mr air ind mrs airs dun can 11 mcarthur cArthur and family returned tuesday from the ranch at para chaunt airs mary maudsley of mauds lev lel s lanch near central bas has been spending several days in the city with iel relatives lela tives atnes and left forber for her home bome 1 W wednesday ednes eines day geo atle diaries charles foster and others came in saturday from mount trumbull with a band hand of wil I 1 horbes which they bad round ed up on the range in that vicinity 11 illiam gardner left monday lor for pine alley Nalley drw eneth gard ner Rr rachael ichael atkin X cottam cottain and rena Mc accompanied him and intend spending some ah time there mi mis s samuel judd returned home IN wednesday ednes day dav from bingham where she had been to get her daughter mrs airs adyth klett and baby who will spend the Quirl summer mer here lila judd I 1 etui letu ned ined with them air lr and airs clifford 11 allacc ar rin ned ed hei heie e tuesday f from rom cedar city fhe former le ie turned wednesday 10 and the latter will remain here lor for some come time visiting with her parents all ill and mrs A 11 G miles the state board of health is re 1 colding numerous inquiries from over mer the state illative lela tive to fly killing I 1 and the secie tary of the board is confident there will be an immense slaughter of the pests during warm beatrel deseret news the rev gilbert a baptist mis inis anas vv as here the latter part of of last weel and sunday holding street meetings he ile also spoke about ins ili travels in the holy holl land at the eart ward sunday school and in the 1 tabernacle at the sunday afternoon services ber vices j aa the sultry weather of the past few days was inas broken early this coining by a thunderstorm which was succeeded by a steady rain it is still raining and will do much good though it caught some bay down causing loss to the ownell mrs airs emily C brooks president of the stile strike relief society and aid bwy al try jarvi baa haie e gone to visit pine N alley pinto and enterprise ward relief societies Socie tie and may possibly vi it other ward in the interest of the relief society before ie turning the town board of moab has ap rip pointed a committee to gie glee a fly killing contest tor for bos bols dollars will be gien in prizes the grand valley times one of 10 one of 5 and five ot of 1 each the contest begins july 13 and closes july jull 21 2 the gasoline power threshing machine m recently purchased by resi rest dents of this city i vis ivis tt is inspected by in an expert who cime crime f aiom I 1 om salt like lake city last week for that purpose it had been crabl ing the hulls bulls of some of the wheat and is now alright and doing splendid orl the salt I 1 ake ale II 11 S land office has re reemi veiNed ed notice of the filing of a number of townsite plats the fol lowing owing ot of which will ill be thrown open to public entry on august 13 town township hip 40 south range 7 west this land is somewhere about the I 1 ong valley country in kane county counts although flies feed regularly up on human food in buses and stores they lie equally fond of ill sorts of filthy matter and will inan an der tier back and forth from one to the other dragging their germ laden feet and bodies over food tuff they carry disease germs from ei I 1 filth to food 1 ve e may thus take tale into our stomachs stomach any germs acce arcesi ac cesi sl ble to the flies are hundreds of busy men in the world who have never yet done a lick of real hard work dr T B beatty be itty secretary ot of the state board of health has deceived ii ord from the postoffice post office department that flies which ha have i e been poisoned may be shipped through the mails malls provided they are bound in suitable pad ages to prevent their scattering through other mail matter deser et news the taxes tor for bt george this year will be about the same as last year probably one mill more making 39 mills the local school di district brict has paid off its bonds and the tax levy this vear year on that account will be 5 mills as is against I 8 mills last vear bear there is 1 a I special tax le levy ley y of 5 mills against bt george and na V ashington for state road purposes the lecture on health and the housefly given by dr F J 1 oldbury before the parents class of the east ward inard sunday forenoon is pronounced by bir those who heard beard it as a most able and instructive instruct ne talk the menace to the health of ol 01 the human lace by permitting the fly to bleed and live was clearly shown and suggestions for the best means mean of getting rid of them and preventing pie venting ting them breeding were nero also gln given en douglas wyo july 8 miss mina olin of boxelder Box elder encountered a big brown bear while fishing on her father s ranch yester day hur ring home she secured a rifle an and returning she found bi bibin uin ha hal I 1 been by her dog taking careful aim miss olin shot the bear t lettween the eves and he be fell to the ground this morning aided by her mother olin le ie turned to the scene and sl enned the bear the animal being too heavy to lecove carcas and all to the ranch the county commissioners met tuesday and among other business levied taxes it in was is found to be es necessary to levy a 5 mill tax for county purposes the other taxes were inere 4 mills for county schools 4 mills foi sheep beep 2 mills on borses and rind cattle the county decided to tal e oi overall er all county broadb in the st george precinct on pay ment to the county of one half the poel taxes collected in said precinct pie the county auditor showed the to tal valuation of the count this year it 1 which is in increase inci ease of 17 0 over er the final last year hon thom thomas is judd left tuesday for salt lake city to attend to busi ness connected with nith the state horti cultural board of n inch he be is dent he will visit fruit orchards in iron beaver and millard coun ties to inquire into hor ticul tural conditions he visited santa clara sunday accompanied by jos r atkin to encourage the people there to plant english walnut trees to which the soil thele seems ery nerv favorable |