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Show - ' ; Si Black Hawk War Veterans at Deseret boys are doing some fine devel- oping on their mining claims in . Saw Touth range. They report the property looking fine. C. L. Judtl, of the Dep't. of Prehistorical Research of the National Museum, which is in Washington, D. C, who has ; been for several months making j extensive investigations of the , cliff and mound dwellings of South ern Utah, was in town ; Wednesday and he in company with Bishop Damron, went out to the Hot Springs north of Abraham to look over the ground which is reported to bear strong evidence of a very old civilization. n ' The Indian War Veterans ol Millard county gave one of theii !" chrracteristic entertainments here last week affecting' a reor-s reor-s ganization of the Millard Post at " the same time. Excellent pro-'"' pro-'"' grams were furnished Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday by the Deseret y and Hinckley sons 'and daughters of veterans. Veterans and their 6 wives as guests of the resident 5 members were conveyed over e much of the newly developed e country by auto Thursday afternoon. after-noon. Tne' entire day Friday . was devoted ,to the election of 1 officers and reminiscent talks by the aged , comrades, many of 5 whom are now past eighty years, 5 The Black Hawk war began 2 late in '63 when over some personal per-sonal trouble, two whites were killed by Indians near Gunnison Bend, Utah. Black Hawk, chief 5 of the Indians; becoming alarm- j ed declared open hostilities. The white settlers referred their trouble to the Governor of Utah, - who in turn asked the govern- 3 ment for assistance. The presi-3 presi-3 dent of the United States then 5 ordered the Governor to call out a the State Malitia. At that time no such body of men existed in " the state of Utah, hence the cit- - izens were called to arms in . their own defense. , This trouble with the Indians continued over a period of three years, all this time the citizens r doing active service without renumeration from the state or j- nation. Men furnished their own arms and commissaries were I supplied from the homes of the . people. It was many years af-. af-. ter, before any effort was made to gain recognition for the men 1 who sacrificed so much to guard home and border development. develop-ment. Since the organization of its veterans at Springville, Utah, several years ago, much has been done by the ernest body I of officers and the constant ef- fort of Congressman. Howell to gain some acknowledgment for ( our Pioneer soldiers as has heen ( gained for ih same service in other states. It is hoped this I recognition will not come too j late. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Damron, Sr., lt-ave for Inkuiii, Idaho, ; Saturday morning', where they 1 will visit with relatives for some time. ; Mrs. IsaU-lle Bennett expec Is to spend the summer with her I daughter, Mrs. George Hunt, in I Burley, Idaho. After an absence of six weeks I Mrs. J. ('. Haw ley. of Oasis, j ; j returned Monday from Iowa lint! ; Springs, Ida , where she has j i been under the care of Dr. j ; Prouse. Mrs. Hawley has been : : extremely ill but has' hopt- for a. complete recuvery. John Dews.nip drove a new i Maxwell touring car home, from j Salt Lake last week. j CLas. Baker and the Conk ! |