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Show SAHARA Sahara, Utah, June 27, 1917. J. E. Kairley is cutting S. A. Davis and Chris Hellings crop of rye. The vield is fair. S Our village blacksmith, we note, has a very husky helper this week in the person of our friend and neighbor, L A'M. M. Marshall. Mr. Carleson, formerly a resident of this valley, and a present extensively exten-sively engaged in the sheep business in the Imperial valley, California was a visitor at Sahara this week. A sudden gust of wind lifted the roof off Frank Nilson's new house one evening this week. The house is not completed as yet and in its unfinished condition presented a good target for the wind. We are informed that Chas. Mag-nussen Mag-nussen is to begin the job of section foreman, S. L R. R. at Sahara. We are glad to hear of this as Charles is worthy of some of fortunes smiles as well as sly kicks. Miss Grace Magmi3sen has left us again, we are sorry to say. She is at present employed at the Hotel Carter Car-ter at Lund. Miss Anna Reynolds has been appointed librarian for the Sunday Sun-day School since Miss Magnussen left. We now have thirty-six dandy books in the Sunday School library. Beginning July 1st our Sunday School will institute the merit reward system. The school has recently got-' got-' ten in quite a supply of maps, reward cards, etc., to keep the children's interest. in-terest. What we need now is an organ. or-gan. Anyone knowing of an organ for sale cheap would confer a favor on the Sahara Sunday School by writing the superintendent all about it. Social Events. Friday Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fairley Mrs. S. A. Davis, W. L. Shultz and Foster Howland went up to Mountain Saturday evening an enjoyable Home Folks dance was given in the school house. While there were only a few present, those who were enjoyed en-joyed thoroughly the evening. Friday evening Mrs. T. R. Prey gave a social entertainment in honor of Mrs. T. R. Prey, Jr. This was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. A number of people motored over from Lund for this occasion. K Sunday there was the regular Sunday Sun-day school services, well attended, after af-ter which a party of young people chaperoned by W. L. Shultz. rode up to Christmas springs where we enjoyed en-joyed a most excellent luncheon, after which "boots and saddles" sounded and we rode over the ranges to Mountain Moun-tain Springs where the remnant of our midday luncheon was partaken of. Then home through the gathering twilight. As the sun sank behind the western range to his couch in the western ocean it seemed to us the "End of a Perfect Day." The party consisted of Mrs. Dave Pearce, Missel-Laura Missel-Laura and Carrie Hedrick and Nal-borg Nal-borg Magnussen, Mr. Nelson and Shultz. We took a bunch of kodak views and discovered numerous beautiful beau-tiful flowers during the trip. I The past week was one of unusual social activity. Thursday, Mrs. Corn gave a surprise party for her husband, hus-band, "Pete" Corn. The occasion being be-ing "Pete's" birthday. An excellent evening's enjoyment was had by those present. There were several excellent cakes, but as none of them had candles, can-dles, we could only guess at Pete's age. We played cards, sang songs, told stories and ate lunch till the wee small hours. In fact, when I got home it was 3:00 a. m. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Markwith, Mr. and Mrs. James Fair-ley, Fair-ley, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Fourman, Mrs. S. A. Davis, C. J. Joubut, T. R. Prey, Mr. j and Mrs. Chas. Magnussen, Messrs H. O. Dougherty, Foster Howland, T. K. Prey, Jr., "The"() Reiley and W. L. Shultz. Red Cross. We are proud of our people here, flfet and about Sahara. As related in st week's news letter, Mr. Day of Parowan left us sixteen Red Cross badges to sell for the good cause. Saturday night we made a little plea for the Red Cross and sold eight of the badges, and only thirteen present to hear the talk, mind you. Next morning we sold three more at Sunday Sun-day School and Monday we sold five. w - Not much you will say. Well, listen. Jn f This little community is not, as yet a wealthy one, and each dollar represents, repre-sents, possibly, some real sacrifices on the part of the giver. It is the spirit of the giving after all which counts, and knowing some of the things we know; well, we reaffirm that we are proud of our little Honor Roll. Always hi rim m m',1l tnc fat't that there are others who would have given also but whom for reason of our poor mode of; transportation, i. e., "Shank's Mares," i we were unable to sec. With our little lit-tle contributions to the cause, small as it may appear, may be the means of bringing relief to some poor wounded, homesick or suffering soldier sol-dier boy, "Somewhere in France." Gosh all Hemlocks hasn't it been hot? Whew! 100 in the shade, with- I out an effort on the part of old Sol. ' It has been consierable windy also. ; That familiar old southwest wind has been tearing across the desert, rais- 1 ing dust and hades generally. Also (hying the ground and growing crops until we are beginning to sigh for rain. It would seem that nature is in I cahoots with the Ould Nick this year. Not alone here but everywhere. Europe Eu-rope is cutting one anothers throats on the battlefields with right good will and the food speculators are doing do-ing the same, only in a less merciful way, for us. Then Mother Nature takes a hand, and frosts or burns up the crops all over the United States. Blows towns upside down in the Mississippi Miss-issippi valley. Fires destroy warehouses ware-houses full of much needed flour. All in all, it would seem as if the prophecy proph-ecy in Revelations relating to the opening op-ening of the Seventh Seal was about to be fulfilled. n? -if "The O'Reiley" was in town the other day bitterly bemoaning the Home Cooking League and the bum results of the home Cooking. He looked considerably gaunted and we sure sympathized with him. The depressing de-pressing effect of baking powder biscuits bis-cuits and Jack rabbit roast is some-ting some-ting scandalous. We waxed sentimental sentimen-tal the other evening and while under the spell we composed a poem in keeping with our lacerated feelings. We intended to inflict this upon our readers but upon close examination the next day, we decided that it was baking powder and not sentiment which had inspired our creation of the lacerated heart, so in a cold, deadly rage we tore up our poem, and made another pan of biscuits. Ye Gods, will the time never come again when we can seat ourselves at a table loaded load-ed to repletion with civilized grub? With flour at $4.00 a sack, onions a dollar a smell and potatoes a nickel a piece with beans on the menu as "desert" somehow home (bachelor) cookings tastes of the filthy lucre, tainted money. Mazunna. Far be it from me to holler but a Billy Goat has it all over us nowadays. He can eat the labels off the cans, the contents of which are too expensive for us to buy. While labels, however attractive, are even more than baking powder biscuits. |