Show correspondence LA VERKIN la verkin feb 7 this comman ity was indeed grieved over the death of our beloved friend bishop isom of hurricane he was indeed a good man a father to his people and a friend to all to his beloved wife and family and the good people of hurricane our deepest sympathy Is extended the annual stockholders meeting of the la verkin canal company was held last saturday and new officers were elected tor for the ensuing year rep james judd of hurricane who has been home from the state capital on official business was vis biting in town sunday we are having extremely cold weather here after the recent snow storm which reached a depth of about seven inches mrs morris wilson has returned home after visiting her children who are attending the D N C at st george mr air larsen of northen utah Is spending the winter here for the benefit of 0 his health miss leona elder has been spending some time in bt st george visiting friends bloomington bloomington february 6 5 elders charles cottam and H T atkin of st george elder norr of 0 enterprise Ente Vate prise and elder graf of santa clara visited us friday as missionaries their visit was very much appreciated A cottage meeting was held at the horns home of J S jones the school put on a play called maria marle s fortune which was enjoyed by all present after the play everybody danced until a late hour born a son to mr and mr mra arthur fawcett jan 3 31 1 at st george mother and babe doing nicely mrs emma larson entertained the young folks at a candy pull sunday supt bupt W 0 bentley visited our school tuesday miss bliss beth larson spent the week end at home NEW HARMONY new harmony feb 6 friday ee evening ning jan 27 the M I 1 asins de bated the subject of income tax sarah grant and laverna englestead taking the affirmative and albert mathis and elmer taylor the nega tie tine it was very interesting intel eating the young men chose sides and had rabbit bunts hunts friday and satur day the losing side giving a dance saturday night mrs reese davis has gone to kan arra to visit her daughter mrs berry williams who Is very ill it seems our winter weather Is just commencing there is a foot of 0 snow and it Is very cold A cottage meeting was held at the home of jas E taylor jan 28 ward teachers officiating susan E pace has returned from st george where she has been visiting fredonia FREDONIA ariz feb 2 elwin pratt and bladin griffiths have come in from the foot of lefever ridge where they have been building a house on pratt pratts a homestead they report 14 inches of fresh enow snow it looks like winter had come at last we have three or four inches of snow and it la is still stormy wilford brooksby and harold jackson have returned from los angeles california our ward lights are in running order at last thanks to some of our ward leaders MESQUITE mesquite Mea guite nev rev feb 13 12 mr ur and mrs ira leavitt and mrs W E ab bott have returned from st george where they have been for three weeks working in the st george temple most of the time mrs stanley haa has returned from hurricane dr L P leavitt has gone to las vegas on business james E hushes hughes la is building a new cement house washington washington feb 13 elders jos K nicholes and vasco M tanner of st george met with us in our sacra ment meeting sunday they gave some very interesting and timely in they were accompanied by miss evelyn thurston miss grace gates and wesley pearce who gave some exceptionally good music both vocal and instrumental there was a good attendance and the meeting was thoroughly enjoyed by all present after the close ot of the meeting elders nicholes and tanner gave some instructive and encouraging talks on poultry and garden raising there are several cases ot of whoop ing cough in town all the children of mr and mrs edward nisson have it and ono one of mr and mrs gottlleb gottlieb zahner s quite a number of our young folks attended the dance in st george saturday night they reported a very nice time charlie and frank averett came home last week from the road camp at pintura county assessor R P woodbury jat hurricane was in town monday on business james jolley roland thayne and earl hall lett left tuesday tor for rocks nevada george T thayne returned thursday from his ranch at poverty mountains walter has bought the wilcox farm in william gould returned last week from humpton Hup nev A A ruby has returned to his work at pintura IV 0 nisson ninon came down from hurricane saturday israel neilson Nel laon jr has a new now ford car can mm mrs cenia hall Is 15 still seriously ill GUNLOCK gunlock feb 12 the people of this community sympathize with mr and mrs clifton leavitt of veyo in the sad death of their little son paul george huntsman took mr and mrs edward leavitt to veyo thursday to attend the funeral of their grandson bp F J bowler was also in attendance heber hunt and howard leavitt have gone to las vegas nev with a load of apples mrs amos hunt accompanied compan led them as tar far as bunker vine ville to visit her daughter emma who Is attending high school there A surprise party was given jeremiah leavitt at his home last wednesday it being his birthday there were 22 of bis his family present ice cream and cake was served all bad had a good time bp F 0 holt mr and mrs N J nellson neilson mr and mrs henry hunt are spending a few days in st george doing temple work mr bir and mrs lee leavitt of veyo are here helping to care for their sister mrs george huntsman who is in a critical condition joseph nellson neilson has returned from wattle wattis where he has been working in the coal mine most of the winter GRAFTON gratton grafton feb 11 tuesday night a bunch of young folks from rock ville came down and were entertained at a party at mrs afton ballard a mr bir and mrs jay crawford Craw tord and mrs philetus jones left for st george thursday where they will remain for a week mrs fannie benhanan Beu hanan of rockville Is here at the home of bishop jones where she will stay tor for a week or two archie ballard has returned borne boule lo 10 lon valley where bo 40 ba has alu on 4 visit pt N new W atif SANTA CLARA santa clara feb 13 the boy scouts went to st george saturday afternoon and competed with the st george scouts in some of the scout games and basket ball two basket ball teams were chosen from the troop the smaller boys played the west ward scouts and were victorious the larger boys played with mr jarvis troop and were beaten two points our boys were victora ous in the following games crab and monkey race chariot race and the paul revere race we are very proud of our boys they seem to be putting the scout work to use in their lives ernest gubler met with a slight accident sunday he was on hia his way to st george about a halt half mile from town when his horse became frightened and ran into a barbed wire fence the horn of the saddle caught the top wire holding the horse ernest escaped with very badly scratched hands and some other cuts and scratches it might have been worse we have had some very cold weather the past two weeks there seems to be a considerable amount of enow snow in the mountains which gives us the assurance of water tor for another irrigation season the washington school basket ball team was here yesterday and played with our school boys the score was 26 to 29 in favor of washington the christian brothers are plastering for edward tobler who has built a new home on the santa clara bench miss bliss helen gubler has been here visiting for some time this morning for her home at logan mr and mrs edward frel frei jr i have moved into their new home on the santa clara bench NEW HARMONY new harmony peb feb 11 there la Is doiy about eighteen inches ot of enow snow on the level here and good prospects for more there la Is now more snow than we have had at one time for years geary page and others passed through here on their way home from toquerville where they bad had been visiting the snow Is so deep that they had to have another team help them over the mountain the eight months old daughter ot of mr and mrs james D ne nellson son w who 0 baa has been very ill with an abscess in the head ie Is reported to be slowly improving mrs gladys whitehead Is here hero visiting with her parents and convalescing atae attean r an operation which she recently underwent bp henry A pace Is in st george visiting tor for a few days with his family who are there spending the winter miss estella hammond who was operated on for appendicitis on oil the tt ath Is reported doing nicely f vern slack black of 0 toquerville la is here herd visiting his sister mrs del delbert woolboy new harmony peb feb 12 A baby girl was born to mr and mrs ales alex taylor yesterday miss bliss ada slack has returned to toquerville having spent a month here with relatives wm china Is home again from his sheep herd hard where he has been for some boma time LITTLE littlefield FIELD littlefield ariz feb 12 the littlefield post postoffice office has hats been moved to henry Pre haers the young folks had a candy pulling sunday evening at mrs chauncey potter s home joseph frehner frohner and family have moved across the river on to their homestead 1 t 4 mr and izad mr georgo St of 0 spent pudgy here ww tyr ys turne f nali A v |