Show THE UINTAH C vernal utah jan 11 1898 since holidays are over our valley has settled down to its normal condition again but it seems very hard for all parties to get enough of a good thing so several surprise parties axe are had during each week as well as parties last friday evening a merry crowd of M I 1 A workers gathered at the home of bishop colton of millward and with songs games and luncheon proceeded to have an enjoyable time the occasion being a surprise party upon the president of the Y L M I 1 A of that ward the program began with a jingle in rhyme for the occasion composed by mrs C A after the usual order of the evening and just before the bounteous repast was served each young lady filed into the parlor and in turn recited an appropriate sentiment to their president after which miss may beers in a neat speech presented sister colton with a choice picture bought by the young ladies association for her the merry company did not disperse until the approach of day and then under from the hostess but all pronounced it a very enjoyable evening the uintah stake academy is having an excellent run this winter with a much larger attendance than heretofore it certainly seems that we are having our share of winter as we have had for a month about eight or nine inches of snow and sunday night and monday day added at least five inches more so that we now have about fourteen inches of the beautiful range cattle and sheep are suffering and many are afraid of losing nearly their entire herds the indians indian report their horses dying now for want of feed A grand ball is to be given on the evening of the dinst at the social hall in vernal for the benefit of brother melvln melvin pickup now in the northern states mission As this hall is owned by those not belonging to the church and has never been let before for a charitable purpose a great many from all parts of the valley are expected to be in attendance about two weeks ago the Post postoffice office at ashley was broken into by 3 or 4 small boys and robbed of some 20 the postmaster marked some money and caught the youthful offenders and immediately entered a complaint but the prosecuting officials did not seem to desire to prosecute and the result Is the boys are still at large this morning the thermometer registered 20 degrees below zero our coldest morning as yet but from the continual cracking of the house this evening it must be somewhat lower tonight I 1 our dur roads have been very slippery and as a result several accidents have occurred willie wilhe bowdens boldens Bow dens horse fell with him breaking his shoulder blade I 1 as his brother alfy was riding down down the street in a wagon next day the wagon slued blued around and he fell out the wagon wheel passing over his body causing injuries which have laid him up ever since william Worthing Wor things ts horse fell with him and as a result he sustained a compound fracture of the leg below the knee dr Bjorn bjornton pon was called and the patient is resting at I 1 ease and getting along well today the people of millward have been holding a special fast day for sister mary hall who has been to salt lake city under medical treatment since july last we hope she will be improved so that she may join us soon the missionaries for the Y M X M X A are very busy these days day preach tey hW the gospel of jesus to the saints bain ts and sinners of our valley we think it ia grand step in the right direction ana wish them thein success an epidemic of itch or rash or conw thing of that kind is spreading over the valley especially among the young children some of the little ones look very bad with great blotches blotcher blot ches or nor sore nearly all over them all ali are looking forward with anxiety to the opening of the uncompahgre indian reservation as we know herft beyond a doubt that many good homes will be had there R r L W |