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Show f STATELINE. t Statellne, Utah, Juno 13, 1910. vi , Lear Armstrong left last Sunday for Delta, where ho expects to remain for a few days and then go on to Salt Lake. Ed. Peak and Billy Jewel havo just returned from Steamboat mountain, where Ed. and Billy imvo some holdings hold-ings which look favorablo for Tungsten, Tung-sten, and Ed was just getting onto a place that looked very promising when he discovered a lot of bear tracks, and jnoway ho got out of there, according to Eds account of the matter, was nothing Blow, and had you been there you couldn't havo seen either of the prospectors a few minutes afterwards fpr dust. Ed. states that around Steam Boat is an excellent place for bears, &M, jw. f!nd t,mt as, air a? he is concerned, Si" ? definUelT in thdr P8SeS3lon in Mr. and Mrs. Abbott were down from the Ophir the other day and vis- ; , 'ted with Mrs. Tilley for a short time. V' Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kimball have just arrived from Gunnison, where they havo been paying a visit to Mrs. Kimball's relatives. They also stopped oyer for a time at Milford, wWc Mrs. Kimball has a sister residing. The force working at the mill Is rapidly rap-idly getting the plant put in shape and it will be but a short time now until the whistle will be heard. While waiting for machinery and other necessities at present they arc putting up some cyanide tanks. r m The force at the Ophir has been cm-- cm-- - - ployed the past fow days In tearing . . down an old whim and installing a new one, which is now in working order. V Fritz Johnson left during tho week for Enterprise to sec his family. Mr. Johnson liked it fine out here, but said he would rather get ono dollar a day and be with his family than to get five dollars and be away from them. Mr. Johnson is like Noah ho likes company, and lots of it, hey boys? Jim Canficld, Jr., came over from Enterprise last week to get Jim Stan-baugh Stan-baugh and Fritz Johnson, but Fritz slipped one over on Canficld and went as far as Modena with his high lonesome lone-some in the company's team. When Canfield met Johnson at Modena he seemed peeved and said, "You're getting get-ting danged independent in your old age." Fitz stood for a lew minutes curling his mustache and then said, ; "I never did like tho gait a snail trav- ; els." Frank Perry, who is employed at the Ophir is putting in his spare time teaching some of tho people here tho j -""4 latest dances. Bud is the boy who can i " dojttoo, for he is as light uh a feath-. feath-. "" er on his feet. He has created a new dance that ho calls the Perry dip, and HjjjfcV ' they are all falling for it ? During the week some of the West i side boys camo through with about "J five hundred head of cattle, which they j .., fr. ajPPeri from Modena. While here t '-d0, ' WSy-'got their heads together and ar ranged for a dance at the Smithson hotel, and shook things up until 12 o'clock. Roy Lyttlo and Albert Del-mue Del-mue and John Francis pulled off some new stunts that shook the hotel from floor to floor. Louis Fullyani and son and Jake Stutzenegger and John Francis passed through here yesterday en route back to Spring Valley, having shipped their cattle. Andy Somebelll and the rest went around the other way. Last Saturday a number of State-line's State-line's prominent citizens went down and attended a birthday party that Mr. and Mrs. Skaden gave in honor of Mr. Skadcn's birthday, who was Just 59 years old. The dance was a success from start to finish and lasted until 2 o'clock. At midnight a delicious lunch was sorved, which included ice cream. There was a large crowd present pres-ent from all parts of the Escafante valley, including everybody from the Heist brothers to Miss Weiss, who has a homestead out near the Knolls. Mrs. Benton from Heist sang at the hotel Muldoon to a large audience before the dance started. The ball was held In -)- the new Muldoon hall, Mr. Sievert fj furnishing the music. Wo all wish Mr. Skaden wight have a birthday ov- ery week. A few evenings ago William Adams r came into town suffering from a se- v vere attack of appendicitis, and in bad shape. He was taken care of by our local people, and afor diligent work Mr. Adams was somewhat relieved. The next morning he started for his sheep herd. While In town Mr. Adams stopped at tho home of Mr. Buohl. |