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Show STATELINE. Stateline, Utah, November 20, 1015. Postmaster La Cook was in town Sunday on business. Mr. Bowers accompanied ac-companied him. m Geo. E. Scott of Hamblin Valley has about one hundred acres planted to fall grain, which is coming up and looking fine. C. W. O'Grain has moved his family in from his Atchison Creek ranch for tho wmter, in order that the children may attend school, but as yot there is no school. Mr. La Cook of California, brother of the postmaster, has just finished tho erection of a fino resldcnco on his homestead. Mr. Bennett, also of California, Cal-ifornia, was tho architect. Henry Flinspach camo up on a flying fly-ing trip Thursday, to spend Thanksgiving Thanks-giving with the folks at the ranch. Mr. R. C. Warner of Hond's Peak, Colorado, Col-orado, accompanied him here. rt Alonzo nnd Dowey Roborts, sons of Jim Roborts, and aged 14 and 10 years respectively, started out last week to join two older brothers at Fort Duchesne, Du-chesne, Utah. Tho lads after reaching Beryl suddenly came to the conclusion conclu-sion that there was no place like home, they returned, joyous to get back. Tho two Lucas-brothers from their ranch near Modona, wero in town last week. They were looking for an empty emp-ty building that they could move onto their homestead, but they were unable to purchase one. George Tyron has gone to Modena for a few weeks to clerk in B. J. Lund's store. Mr. Lund, always calls upon Mr, Tyron several times each year for Mr. Tyron is a very competent compe-tent man, and understands the clerking clerk-ing business to a "t," having spent a ?ood many years at tho business in the East. At present they arc invoicing in-voicing stock. s t, Henry Flinspach reports that he almost had a serious accident at his ranch last week. Ho had just purchased pur-chased a new heating stovo from Mr. Lund and sotting it up built a Are in it and left the room for about five minutes. Upon returning he found tho floor under the stovo in flames. Henry states that if ho had been absent ab-sent a few minutes longer it would have been serious. The affair speaks well for the heating qualities of Mr. Lund's stoves. Mr. Mackelprang and family of Burnt Canyon, Nevada, passed thru Hamblin Valley the post week. Mr. Mackelprang was taking his family to Cedar City for tho winter. They were caught in a blizzard as they reached O'Grain's ranch and wero suffering severely from the cold, as they had only scanty wraps, tho weather being warm when they started start-ed from home. Mr. R. C. Warner turned up Thursday Thurs-day after an absence of two years. Ho has been leasing at Hands Peak, Colorado, Colo-rado, on a lead and zinc proposition. Mr. Warner has now taken up his residence on his homestead near by, and anticipates doing some extensive ranching in tho spring. His farm is near tho "Lonesome Pino." An exciting incident happened last Wednesday between hero and Violet Springs. Will Flinspach and his, brother Henry, together with two other cow boys Holllngcr and Warrenwere War-renwere engaged in driving a bunch of cattle to Heist's field in tho Esca-lanto Esca-lanto valley, when they "jumped up" two big wild cats. One of tho animals made off while tho other scaled the nearest tree. After tho boys had pelted the big cat with stones for a half hour without bringing tho gentleman gentle-man down, Will Flinspach grow im-patient im-patient and seizing a club started af-tor af-tor Mr. Cat. As he camo within striking strik-ing distance tho cat suddenly sprang at its antagonist. It was fortunate for Will that ho is "as quick as a cat." ,Ho had just time to "duck", behind a limb, and as ho did so ho wielded a back-handed blow which landed on the' animal's head stunning it, and it fell at Hcnry'a feet Tho boys all fell to trying, to exterminate tho varmint and in doing so caused such a commotion, mingled with the cries, of tho cat, that the cattle wero stampeded and it was only aftor a half hour's hard riding that they wero again under control. Dillard Lancaster secured tho cat as a trophy. , 'Sj r |