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Show LOCALS John R. Robinson, Jr . left for Salt lake City yesterday to attend the Woolgrowers' Convention. Dr. R. Leigh is spending a few days in Parownp practicing his profession as dentist. Miss Minnie Knell of Pinto is hen-visiting hen-visiting with her sister. Mrs. Thos. Forsyth. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pace went to Salt Lake City in time to participate in the Hays reception at the Utah Hotel on the 10th and have remained for the Woolgrowers' convention. Mayor Arch Swapp made a hurried trip to his sheep herds near Hurricane the first of this week, and then ran into Salt Lake to attend the Wool flowers' Convention which opened there today. A number of Cedar City and Iron county sheep men nre in Salt Lake City attending the Woolgrowers' Con-' Con-' vention which opened there this morning. morn-ing. A big time is anticipated by the I sheep men. and a number of important I questions will be up for consideration. Dr. Bergstrom and Miss Giles, the professional nurse, went to Pnrowan Wednesday to perform a number of operations for tonsilitis and other ' nose and throat troubles, some of I which were for the family of Wiliam C. Mitchell. w Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Haight are receiving the congratulations of their many friends on the arrival of a son and heir at their domicile Tuesday. January nth. Mrs. Haight and the baby are doing nicely, and it is believed be-lieved that with careful nursing Her bert may pull through. It will be of interest to local peo pie to learn that up to the present time something like $750,000 in Federal Fed-eral farm loans has been granted to residents of Iron county. This money is of great benefit in the development of the farm of this section. w Last Thursday evening at the home of Conrad Haaght, the Bon Ton Club met and yartook of a delicious de-licious chicken supper, and Sunday-evening Sunday-evening they met at the home of Moroni Corry for an oyster supper in honor of that gentleman's birthday. Both affairs were very much enjoyed and a jolly time in both instances reported. The Bon Tons an- a lively bunch and trust them for having a good time when they set out to do so. L. K. Whitmore, cashier of the First National Bank of Price, Utah, was in town a few hours yesterday on his way to St. George to visit with relatives rela-tives for a day or two, la-fore continuing contin-uing his journey on to California. It will be of interest to old timers in Southern Utah to know that the cashier of the I'rice bank is a grand I son of "Doc." Wbitmort, who was killed by the Indians out near Kanab in the early settlement of the country. coun-try. He is a nephew of Mrs. Nixon, who resides ot St. George, and he is a cousin of the Whitmore Brothers of Nephi, prominent in banking and commercial com-mercial circles there. |