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Show The Old Town of Deseret Its Past Vicissitudes and Present Prosperity Prospects for the Future This was the first settlement atoni the Sevier river. The lirsi dam am canal was built in ISStj. The tlrs years of the settlement were lull o hardship and misfortune. The dam on the treacherous Hevler were frc ipiently carried out and the farmer often suffered the loss of their crops Hut since the construction of the con crele hcadgatcH and spillway the; have had no trouble and the wate supply has been uninterrupted. I. as summer a new concrete apron wai built at the spillway which will pre vent any possibility of future accl dents. Deseret has a line new school house an excellent meetlug bouse ami a largi amusement hall, where dames am other entertainments are held. It I; surrounded by splendid farms, when great quantities of grain, hay and veg etables are raised. It Is especlallj adapted for tint growing of vegetables ami a pickle factory and canning fac ltory are proposed to take care oi these products. Sugar beets are growi: here to perfection anil it is protmhh that considerable laud will be put oul to this prolltahlc crop the coming season. DESERET NEWS NOTES Miss Koan Kelly has recently returned re-turned from a long visit In Salt Lake. Deseret Is always a bit brighter and more Interesting when Miss Kelly Is S here. Mrs. John Dewsnup has been 111, hut Is around again and feeling somewhat better. Dr. Mary K. Damron, who has served this community for so many years, has been 111 most of the winter, due to adhesions formed after an operation for gallstones Home time ago. Finally she yielded to the urgent advice of Dr. llroaddus to seek surgical aid In Salt Lake. Dr. A. A. Kerr recently performed a very serious operation for her, and we are glad to hear that she rallied splendidly from the operation opera-tion and Is Improving with remarkable rapidity. llasketball practice In I'etty'a hal. makes It a merry, noisy place these spring evenings. Damron Hawley have Just re- eclved a stock of new ladies' goods foi 1 Faster. The Chronicle will tell you t all about it next week, f On St. Patrick's day the Itellef So S ciety here celebrated the sixty -Ii i (it t' anniversary of Its organization in Nan s voo. An Interesting program by the i. young people was given in the Kelief i- Hall ill the afieruoon and sketch.- of the original organization and of the r early days of the Deseret Kelief So- t ciety were given by the president, Mrs. II. S. Cahoon and Mrs. Cropper. . In tint evening a picnic supper and - dance were enjoyed. No doubt our small houses, small ., stoves and our fear of open windows and plenty of fresh air are responsible I for much of this winter's sickness. Tin-t Tin-t sunny spring das are sending us out . of doors and banishing much sickness. . Dr. liroaildus has been very busy all i winter. In the fall, Deseret had sev-, sev-, eral very serious cases; during the . winter, Hinckley, with Its smallpox, r measles, pneumonia ami typhoid, i claimed most tif the doctor's time, and - lately Oasis and Iluriner (or Delta, rather!) have demanded their squire. Mr. William Justeiisen and family are talking of moving to California. We can't afford to lose them, for Mr. Justeiisen Is one of the most energetic and successful farmers in Millard county, coun-ty, lie has also mad" a line success at vegetable gardening and is one ol those who know that all this land needs is work. I'lONFFK. MRS. J. D. BLACK. Ha been established in business at Deseret for about, eight yearn. She deals chiefly In dress goods, ladies' and chlldrens' underwear and suit and millinery. She has Just received a fine 1 stock of spring sample hats and shapes which she can furnish trimmed or can trim to suit the taste of her customers. She has a great variety of the latest things in trimmings und with her experience ex-perience and taste can satisfy the most fastidious customer. S1ie makes a specially of ladies' suits and has a great variety of patterns to choose from. Mrs. lllack also carries a line of groceries, fruit and candy, and is doing a nice and growing trade. ....,. . . .. 1 .11 to-j- iu. ,1,1,, i i5rSTiiI iii j ' .. I .... tin. " ' -I- - --- - 7, ... -. i . ' I . ' DAMRON t HAWLEY. The business carrM on by this firm at Deseret was established In 1HS0 by Illshop Partridge. It was afterward nold to Wm. Kay, who retired from the business In lS'.i'.l after making a competency out of It. Mace & Damron and afterward J. W. Damron Jr. leased It for a few years. In August, 1902, J. W. Damron and J. C. Hawley purchased pur-chased the business and have run It ever since, Mr. Damron being In charge. The building, a good illustration illustra-tion of which Is given nbovc. Is a large Structure 2.1 X fiO feet, well stocked with a large line of general merchan dise. It has been the leading stand for Western Millard County from Its establishment es-tablishment to the present time, and the headquarters for the sheep men on the western desert. The management has catered specially to this trade by providing corrals, tents, artesian well and the most commodious graln.try In the county. The firm deal In hay, grain and farm products, beside farm Implements, wagons, etc. They have recently received a carload of seed oats from Idaho and the farmer who! wants a clean, first class grain should! secure some of these oats. I A Deieret Meetinj House. j |