Show LETTER PROM FROM MRS I B. B One week Reek ek has haa passed of the tho sh six weeks weeks' summer school The weather er has been very pleasant bat promises to be warm for the rest rapt of i the term The attendance la is not nearly so largo large argo as last year ear About are enrolled with only 26 25 of the maze masci- masci aline a- a line Uno gender Last year e r the total on on- waa was Something over one hundred are enrolled for tor correspondence correspondence correspondence cor cor- cor- cor course On Friday afternoon afternoon after afternoon noon a grand reception was held inthe In Inthe Inthe the beautiful administration build build- Ing The The TheU U. U of U. U orchestra dispensed dis dis- dis the sweetest of music while the gayly dressed pedagogues whiled away the time timo dancing promenading ing and drinking punch On Thursday Thurs Thure- day night Prof Maud May Babcock gave a dramatic reading which waa very entertaining In the gymnasium a charming an and I graceful little lady teaches the standa standardized stand stand- a dancing folk dancing ana anaesthetic anaesthetic esthetic dancing every mory p. p m. m The domestic do do- science nce department has haa a a. cafe- cafe tarla tarJa which Is noted for the splendid bill of fare of the most palatable foo food and when the 11 o'clock lecture Is is' is over there re Is a grand stampede for the dining room Friday morning Prof Bennion gave Savo ave a a. very Interesting lecture o othe ol the war Every morning the 11 o'clock period Is reserved for lectures lectures lec lee tures and they are Interspersed with choice musical numbers Mr Mrs A. A BJornson and Miss Alberta are in attendance from Duchesne Miss Lillian Babcock from My Myton ton Miss Louise Erickson of ot the Tabby school also Miss Irene Ash sh of the school On Saturday afternoon the annual excursion for tho the teachers to visit the great copper mines of Bingham will take cake place Last Friday night we att attended tho thu commencement exercises of the East EastSide EastSide EastSide Side high school and saw the Dart Dan boys graduate One Wednesday night it tt St Marys Mary's wo we witnessed the graduation grad of Miss diM Mary McAndrews of Vernal also met the Maxwell girls who ha fo been In attendance Mrs AIrs O O. C. C Steele of ot Duchesne has hasa i iJ J nt a few sw aw days in the city Dan B Barry rry and W. W E. E Broome are bothe both e at the Cullen hotel Tom McGuire and wife are now residing it tt Murray where Tom has a good position John Parsons is here and has aB been boon w working on the new buildings build build- tugs ings at Ft Douglas Bert Walling me ne of ot the pioneers of Duchesne Th Theodore o ore has perfected a patent for separating separating gold gold from the dumps md nd Is Is- promised n a fortune before ery long MRS A. A BJORNSON Iu Duchesne or 0 and the Uintah Railway which penetrates peso pene no- no trans the basin with its Ite terminal point 60 miles from Vernal or from Duchesne The state road rold commission com come mission has authorized the construction construction tion Uon of ot a state road into basIn basin basin ba ba- ba- ba sin which when constructed will open up the possibilities of truck automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile transportation Tho basin Is la open to automobile traffic at present but the roads are closed during the tho winter mont months s when the snow Is deep on tho mountain passes Indian Lands The Lands Tho United States government has for sale a consIderable considerable considerable consider consIder- able area of or land which was allotted to Indians This is being sold In 40 acre units The Tho government also has largo large tracts of or land which are being leased at a very ery low rental approximately approximately to per acre Further Information In this connection tion Uon ma may be obtained by writing the I Indian agent at Fort Duchesne Utah The developed devel Possibilities The Possibilities lands In Uintah h basin are all canal 1 under Irrigation by gravity systems with an abundance of wate Most of the Indian lands are covered by complete canal systems regardless regard regardless less of whether these lands are d developed de do- eloped or not |