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Show I f I I ' ' I ... t , A , I PfIfcOVJN DEPARTMENT I h H v a . . . . - - - .- , . . . H 1 1 Dec. 5, 1913. I State and County Road Com- jB missioner Hendrickson reports I the breaking up of camp and the jl stopping of construction work on 1 the Lund road last Saturday night. Up to that date 13 miles of road had been co mpleted, from Cedar City towards Lund, which takes it to the Big Hollow, near Corry's station. Work will again be'resumed as soon as the ; ' v weather will permit. All being well County Com- , miBisoner W. A. Evans intends leaving for California Monday morning with a car load of i( beef cattle f The presentation of Ruy Bias by the Adams Stock company com-pany last evening was well re-,, re-,, ceived. Their specialties, con- Isisting of vocal and piaono solos, as given by Lawrence J. Adams and Miss Mamie Carling, were loudly applauded. Miss Carling has been termed the V French Cecelia of the Desert I and on listening to her able rendition one would surely feel that, she had been rightly named. The Commercial Club's offer of a $5 prize for the two best stories written within Bixty days, subjects being "The Local Advantages of Parovvan," and I "Why I Live in Parowan," I - closes Tuesday Dec. 9th. All I those contesting must have I ' their stories in by that date. The Teachers Institute held J ; Friday and Saturday was one 1 , of the most successful ever held in Iron county. Dr. Paul is one II of Utah's foremost educators, II and his lectures were "full of val- riable thought. 'His talk Friday ! A morning on the conservation of mr0r:tr''S' natural resources of our flMZ-Bw state wtos very good. In his talk nvr Friday evening on "The Birds" M" . . he made an eloquent plea for the protection of our feathered rm friends. He displayed about 50 .m specimens of thebirds, explain- M ng their value "in the protec- il tion of our crops from distruc- II tive insects, etc. At the close of jjl the Saturday morning's session J the teachers of the Parowan I District served lunch to all the visitors. Saturday evening a meeting , of the water owners of Centre Creek was called to consider an IV jffer made by J. S. Hanks and Clarence Richards, for the sale 1 ,6f the property known as the ' Yankee Meadow for a reservoir site in which to store winter 1 water. The price asked was i $100 per acre. After due con- 1 gideration the offer was re- ' jected. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Benson s jl spent Thanksgiving in Beaver I with their daughter, Mrs. Flossie Hutchings, A party will be given Friday evening by the Ladies' Home Economics Club. The proceeds will bo used for purchase of ) equipment with which to try J out their demonstrations. King winter is much in evi-1 evi-1 dence these days. Parowan Val- ley and vicinity has had a very heavy snow storm this week. On Sunday afternoon the snow j " began falling and by Monday i " noon it measured 15 inches on iPl , the level. It would be difficult I to estimate the value of such a ?. storm, both to farmers and Ml The officers of the Parowan Hr !' Primary association are work- ff ing energetically with the child- wk ren, preparing a Christmas en- Hj& jtertainment. The youngsters if are all enthusiastic though it 9 means a great deal of labor for ml the teachers, JH ' The last arrival in Parowan jK : is a son at tho home of Mr. and mf v Mrs. Jos. F. Holyoak. All are P mdoimjr well. HI I WOQtttKE??WmmmWtommmmmmmmi Mrs. Olive Ward returned last week from St. George, where she has recently undergone a critical operation. Sho is gradually grad-ually gaining strength and hopes to again enjoy normal health. She is a very useful member of our community, being asplendid nurse and wo all feel grateful to see her on the road to recovery after u long illness. place in 1915. They" also wish to know what inducement Parowan Paro-wan ''will offier to secure this race. The trustees of the Parowan School District havejust completed com-pleted the erection ot a school house at Lund and employed as teacher Miss Cathie Webster of Cedar City. School began Monday, Mon-day, Dec. 1st. Aftir a successful tour of Southern Utah, covering more than a month, the Adams Stock Company returned yesterday. They experienced considerable difficulty coming through Bear Valley on account of deep snow. While on the tour they secured the services of Mias Mamie Carling, Car-ling, a proficient pianist, thus adding one more to their already well equipped company. Thursday Thurs-day evening they presented to the people of Parowan, Victor Hugo's' most famous drama, Ruy Bias. The company leaves Friday Fri-day morning on their northern tour. They will probably invade Idaho Mr. and Mrs. Chas. D. Adams had a splendid surprise in store for their daughter Lucile on her return home for Thanksgiving vacatiori, in the form of a beautiful piano of the Regent make. The instrument is a beauty, and to say that Lucile appreciated it, expresses it -but mildly. County Commissioners met in their regular monthly meeUng Monday, Dec. 1st and transacted regular County business. The Parowan Commercial Hub will convene next Tuesday evening, even-ing, Dec. 9th at which session Beveral important questions will be discussed, one subject being the advisability of changing the site selected for .the erection of the CityjLibrary from the north central part of the meeting meet-ing house square to Main street. They also wish to ascertain whether Parowan wishes to secure se-cure the Derby race which A, E. Sherman of Escalante is endeavoring en-deavoring to promote, and who offers $250 in addition to the entrance fees with those entering enter-ing horses, the race to take - |