Show correspondence virgin jan VIRGIN 30 mr wilson of fullerton california an experienced driller is here as head driller and field foreman mr air Browns brownshield field a driller from california is here to drill the company Is working double shift on the alsop no I 1 R E parsons president of the company has returned to california on busi ness niles earl and alva charts charls worth are working for the company mr air cobina of los angeles was a late visitor in this field he seemed en thus thusia lastic of the showing and as he Is quite a noted oil expert his opinion Is valuable quite a party of 0 ent oil men are expected the first of next week and it is expected that there will be greater activity soon at ter their arrival As a result of the meeting of the board of directors of virgin canal company the people of virgin will convert their canal water upon the townsite don flanigan la is spending a few days in town visiting at home han haigg ing lately come in from their herd the at I 1 A Is rehearsing the play A prairie rose it ts Is expected to stage it sometime this week karl Harl of hurricane has been in town several days henry has gone to lund for freight SHORT CREEK short creek ariz jan 27 set tiers have been notified that their land has been designated as enlarged homesteads acres and that they could start their final proof jack murphy and joe jot J smith who have been camping for several weeks with C E wormley have gone to gt st george for awhile before leaving for their home in wyoming joseph and luther cox jos millett guy semple and P F S cowgill have been up on the mountains getting out logs tor for watering troughs mrs kate reese who has been sick tor for the last week Is beginning to improve pro ve and we hope to soon see her well again mr and mrs friend of cane beds are the proud parents of a baby girl which came to them jan IS 18 lindau foremaster and clarence cannon of st george visited at the E E mcdowell home guy semple has just completed his new well getting water at 32 feet A small force of men have started work on the new county road enterprise enterprise jan 30 the county school board came here friday to re ceide the new school house af after ter the building had been inspected the school children met at the school house and had a good house bairn ing short speeches by the members of the board and musical numbers by the band and school chorus were en joyed by those present in the even ing a program followed by refresh ments and a dance was given tor for the general public every one had a good time we are justly proud of oui school house as it has all the modern conveniences and la is strictly up to date tn in every particular it is a good job done with the best of ma serials we had a happy surprise in the excellent music our band furnished fri day it being their first public appear ance they handled their parts like veterans mr air the conductor is to be complimented on the showing they made enterprise has a won darful supply of musical talent and we aie aid glad to see it being developed we have experienced some of the coldest weather in the history of en ter prise the past two weeks some damage has been done to potatoes freezing in the pits from all appearances we are going to have winter a plenty there is pow about sit six inches of snow on the ground and it is still coming full blast born daughters to mr air and mrs william bauer and mr and mrs airs J G hunt all concerned doing nicely dates not given ed I 1 PINE VALLEY pine valley jan 24 the youria u people gathered at mr air and mrs airs lel leni snow a jan 22 and had a pop corn party and a good time generally on the they had a candy party tor for the boys ot of the town fenton gardner had an ice cream party jan 15 tor for the young people a fine time being had peter E beckstrom Deck has returned from st george where he has been tor for a short time re rex gardnea has just returned from st georga george v where here he went some time ago january was the coldest day te vi e ever had in pine fine valley reuben gardner has returned from st george CENTRAL central j jan 91 1 ray burgess and H J holt went to st george sat arday on business they were accompanied by grant keyes of anna bella who has spent a couple of weeks here visiting friends and relatives he was on hia his way home again june chadburn Is home from the gyp mine nev for a few days his family is in st george austin bracken has spent the past week at philip burgess Is riding after cat tie tle for royal hunt there is about six inches ot of snow on the ground mesquite Mes duite MESQUITE nev jan 23 fred rustin from millard county utah Is here to help build the new school house that Is already under con construe tion it will be laid up with cement blocks walter hughes one of the school board will help supervise it A al woodbury is sending some of his household furniture to the gyp mine mind the family will follow boon soon and will live there for some time mrs luna leavitt has taken her daughter ida to bt st george to h have ave dental work done george hardy is here from la ver kin utah visiting relatives and friends mrs airs lary mary G abbott and lenis have gone to laa las vegas PINTO pinto jan 27 royal gardner of grass valley passed through here wednesday returning from delta where he has besa been sines since october last H E harrison of newcastle was here today on business PINTO pinto jan 21 A surprise was drung sprung last sunday evening on mr and mrs airs heber harrison by mrs olive knell and family and mr and mrs airs C E 1 bnell nell ice cheam and cake was served and a deiy pleasant evening was spent mrs airs sophia page and daughter golda returned home last week from toquerville where they have spent the past two months with mrs ed win higbee mrs page s daughter we have a week of the coldest weather registering 22 below zero glen tullis ot of newcastle was here yesterday on business bloomington bloomington jan 31 elders charles cottam IN C cox and J J jones were in town sunday as home missionaries visiting the homes of the people and giving them some very good instructions mrs R T riding was in town friday visiting relatives and friends she having just returned from salt lake city mr air and mrs lev levi atkin passed through town friday to st george several sheep herds have passed through here the past week going south charles larson spent sunday and monday la in st george on bus business Idess martin larson oi of beaver deaver dams was in n town sunday an 9 business rockville ROCKVILLE jan 29 mr and mrs william langston returned train st george the latter part of the week reek where they have been for the past two weeks doing temple work mr and mrs airs robert slaughter remained in st george the demills played the town in a game of basket ball friday the demills winning then they played springdale the game same ending in favor of the demills nevell new ell devill was home the latter part of last week on a short visit he returned monday to st george mrs cora cox has been ill for the past two with a very bad cold she la Is on the improve now mrs kenneth hirschi hirschl has return ed from a month s visit with her parents at st george miss ina has ret returned arned from st george where she slid has been attending the D 11 C claud hirschi hirschl and sheridan ballard of 0 hurricane were town visitors today mrs ida millett came tn in on the stage from train cedar city saturday night irene Is here florit cedar visiting her mother mrs alice rus sell VEYO i veyo jan sir 31 john 4 L heywood slipped and fell striking hia ribs on the edge of the wood rack tack it Is causing him a great deal of pain and he is afraid he has fractured a rib we have about six or eight inches of snow which tell fell sunday night and monday there has been quite a wind and some places the drifts were quite des deep P lem S leavitt has been called to gunlock on account of his sister mrs george huntsman who is very sick mr air and mrs fred chadburn Ohad burn and mis allis belle leavitt spent it few days in st george last week mrs airs esther puce pace of gudlock is I 1 in n town staying with her niece mr mrs lee V leavitt HURRICANE hurricane jan 30 many of the citizens of la verkin and toquerville met with our citizens here thursday to consider the electric light tion A committee was appointed to inesti in estimate gate the cost and power site mite lor buting in our own power plant dr clarence clark gave a epla idid edid talk on the evil effects of tobacco sunday afternoon also in the M 1 I 1 A meeting at night mr air and mrs airs wm win L crawford of springdale made a business trip here friday returning home saturday born jan 25 to mr and mrs airs harian stout a boy all concerned getting along nicely joel joet eagar of catte cane beds bed came in on business today work on the grade on the hill Is still progressing washington washington feb 1 john adams vaa vas thrown from a horse tuesday afternoon and seriously injured an interesting and successful vaude vaudeville Nille was presented tuesday night by the M I 1 A to a large and appreciative audience for or the benefit of the boy scouts the washington ward will present their vaudeville at santa clara friday night A dance will follow the vaudeville mrs 1 1 D neilson entertained at a birthday dinner thursday in honor of her husband covers were laid for eight lilly the infant daughter of wll lard 0 nellson neilson died saturday night funeral services were held hold sunday at 3 p in herman Is leaving this week v eek for or new york to receive treatment from a amous famous hungarian doctor alfred ruby has returned from mount trumbull II ariz for a visit with his father amos ruby joe judd Is here from shein shem spending his vacation with bis his parents mr and mrs joe judd A son was born to mr and mrs jim turner sunday night mother i and child doing nicely mr and mrs haven from enterprise aye ave visiting mr and mrs airs A thur the beehive girls will give a confetti ball next wednesday night miss katherine Kather lne miles Is spending a few days with miss dee scott GRAFTON gratton grafton jan 27 five loads leads of cottonwood from gratton grafton and six from rockville were hauled to the home of mrs airs alice russell and chop ped into stove wood by the men and boys of both towns while this work was being done some of our carpen repaired her house putting in an upstairs and new ceiling parlor 4 the men of the nearby settlements have been doing volunteer work on the roads the last week or two it has certainly helped condition conditions very much ellsha russell of nephi and mrs mona ballard ot of hurricane was in town tor for several days visiting relatives and friends andiew benhanan Beu hanan Is preparing to move to horse valley in the near f tu u ture and will make his home there frank kelsey and james prince both of new harmony spent monday in town visiting with friends mrs vera mallett of rockville spent thursday visiting at the home 0 of f bp P jones rulon jones Is working at virgin city tor for henry cornelius springdale springdale jan 30 the men are working on the road they are making quite an improvement on some of the sharp turns we have had quite a bit of 0 freezing weather lately and plenty of ice six or seven inches thick Is being put up tor for summer use the mothers served a supper to the boy scouts and their fathers friday evening at the home of bishop hepworth A birthday party was given mrs lewis crawford wednesday night at he the home of james crawford Craw tord A baby girl came to the home of clr and mis barney gifford jan 27 we have been having a nice snow tam 5 the lat 40 fa am 4 |