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Show ilntocal Nei i J. E. Haslam is feeling elated over tho promising condition of his grain (crop on his dry farm near Quitchapa. Ho says there arc somo fino fields coming along in that section. Mayor Swapp is away on business in Wyoming, the town of Fnirviow near Fort Bridger being his destination, destina-tion, and tho taking charge of a herd of his sheep up there being his business. busi-ness. Mr. and Mrs. William Williams and family left for Salt Lake City last Saturday by automobile. They will go via Oasis and after visiting with relatives thero, will go on to the state metropolis. o Attorney E. II. Ryan returned today to-day from Phoenix, Arizona, whero ho hns been in connection with the sheep license suits ho is defending for local lo-cal parties. He found the usual accumulation ac-cumulation of business awaiting hio attention on his retum. A cotcrio of young sports, comprised com-prised of Bill Mlddlcton, George Palmer, Ralph Wilkinson and Cecil Adams, left last Monday morning for a week's camping nnd fishing out on the Mammoth and other contiguous streams. o Anyone wishing eye, ear, noso or throat work dono by Drs. Stooftuy & Leonard, can make an nppointment with Mrs. J, C. Isbell. Thoy nro expected ex-pected at tho Cedars Hotel about July 20th. This is tho last trip they expect ex-pect to make to southern Utah this year. Adv. lw. Tuesday morning between four and five o'clock n car drove up to tho gas tank in front of the Cedar Mercantile Store and tho occupants hopped out, broke the lock on the tnnk, filled their tank, climbed aboard and streaked away south down the Arrowhead trail into Nevada. Wednesday morning Richard A. Thorley and Forest Supervisor Maco led Drs. James, Plummer nnd Paul up into some very striking cliff effects in Dry Creek ennyon. Tho visitors were very desirous of getting color views of the towering rocks, but tho light did not fall from the proper angle an-gle in tho forenoons, so thoy returned to the samo locality on their way back from Zion National Park and secured mnny very good pictures in color. o - According to County Agent Almn Esplin, tho campaign of poisoning- n-gninst n-gninst tho grasshopper is going steadily stead-ily along. The poison is doing a noticeable no-ticeable work in cutting down tho number of tho pests, but there is also noticeable a great deal of dam-uge dam-uge from the hungry host The poisoning poi-soning campnign is valuable, but tho more effective way of suppressing the evil is fall plowing nnd springtooth-ing, springtooth-ing, which kills the eggs by the millions. o Mr. and Mrs. Grovcr Greaves and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dnvis of Snlt Lake City nre visiting the Indies' mother, Mrs. Emmn Cutler, who is nssisting her son, II. S. Cutler in the mnnnge-ment mnnnge-ment of the Cednrs Hotel. Mr. Jos. O. Sandin of Hatch, Garfield Gar-field county, and his daughter, Miss Velmn, are spending a week or two in Cednr City visiting Mr. Snndin's mother. Joseph spent his boyhood in Cednr City and occasionally gets over to perpetuate his acquaintanceship in Cedar City and visit with relatives. Monday evening Mr. nnd Mrs. W. M. Mnco entertnined a party of friends nt their home, the ocension being the birthday of Supervisor Moc just which birthday being immaterial. Tho time wns passed pleasantly in a game of five hundred, supplemented by a delightful nrrny of refreshments. Those pnrticlpnting included Dr. nnd Mrs. Mncfarlanc, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Gownn, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Spilsbury, Mrs. Randall L. Jones, Mr. nnd Mrs. Will Dobson, Mr. R. T. Forbes, of Cedar City, and Mr. and Mrs. Grovcr Greaves of Salt Lake City. i John Benson of Enterprise was visiting his friends in tho locnl Forest Offico Wednesday. Leo Harris, Bhcopmnn of Washington Washing-ton county, is spending tho week in Cedar City. Tuesday H. T. Johnson, manager of tho company which bought tho Little Johnny mino at Statclino recently, waq in Cedar on business. Mrs. Wildn J. Woodard and daughter, daugh-ter, Maude, from Widtsoe, aro visiting visit-ing Mrs. Woodnrd's son, Mr. D. Wilson Wil-son Woodnrd. Mr. and Mrs. Gcorgo M. Hunter are visiting their son, Miles Hunter, who with his family In ranching on Cedar mountain, during tho summer months. Milford baseball team is planning a game with tho Cedar City team at the fair grounds here on tho first a-voilable a-voilable dato nftcr the Twenty-fourth. Warren Cbx, proprietor of tho Arrowhead Ar-rowhead hotel fn Saint George, and one of the livo boosters for Dixie and tho Arrowhead trail, wns in Cedar on business Mondny. Mr. Seth Harper and Miss lanthu Mathcson returned Monday from Salt Lako City, whero Miss Mathcson has been spending her' vacation. Her sister, sis-ter, Miss Violet, who accompanied her north, will spend the summer in Ogdon. Parley Dallcy is putting in a few weeks on business fn Pnnguitch nnd tho other localities along the head of tho Sevier. Mr. Dalloy was one of Iron County's representatives at the recent N. E. A. convention in Salt Lako City. Tho Monroe baseball team will play Minersvillo next Monday, Milford Tuesday and Cedar City Wednesday. Sinco the Cednr boys made their excellent ex-cellent showing against Minersvillo nnd Milford on tho Fourth, local fans aro looking for a pretty lively scrimmage scrim-mage on the Fair grounds next Wed-nesdny. Wed-nesdny. Tho road signing-truck of the Utah Stnto Road Association went through Cednr City todny, posting signs as it progressed, on its wny to Zion National Na-tional Pnrk. C. S. Avery nnd Mnce Duggins were in chnrgo of the expo-dition. expo-dition. Big dinmond-shnped signs nro boing plnnted which nre lettered in blue on n yellow background. Richard A. Thorley, president of the Iron County Board of Education, is home from attending the recent N. E. A. convention in Salt Lako City. : Tho big convention wns not attended by the usual number of teachers this year on account of high railroad rates and heavy hotel charges, as compared with tho poor pay received by teachers teach-ers generally. |