Show PERSONALS AND LITTLE LOCALS The basket ball teams will wUl play in Ioka loka Saturday night s w J I The Myton sold sam In Thrift stamps in February Mrs Mra Lillian Nowland sI spent ent Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day In Duchesne visiting friends S H. H G. G Clarke has been bee appointed agent to issue license licence for tor the sale oi of explosives Mr and Mrs Floyd Wheeler ted the W. W J. J Seaton ranch last Thursday A te came to La the home ot of Niels n of at Redcap February Feb Feb- US S. S people of at Moffat want a post post- established The chance seems Bail ji iJ James W. W BrIerly of BIngham and Miss Christy Clegg of Df Heber were recently married I I Gale DreIbelbis who lives near Myton has applied for a patent on ona ona ona a portable lire line One of the contracting parties to toa a wedding in the near future is an anold anold anold old ba bachelor In n Myton 1 Some of at the Myton 1 young folks attended attended at at- tended the dance In Hartford Friday night A good time is reported M M. M G. G Hunt and family and J. J L. L Finney and family of Independence were in town Saturday Fred Ferron and wife left Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day for Salt Lake where Mrs Ferron expects to consult a specialist Mrs John H. H of ot Vernal passed through My Myton ton Sunday en route rout for Salt Lake for tor a short visit Wallace Calder of the law firm of at ODonnell O'Donnell Calder Vernal has been In Duchesne this week attending court f I Since the Upalco ad an announcing increase in price of wheat has appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap farmers have been hauling large quantities to the mill Eldin and Loren Brady of Antelope Antelope Antelope Ante Ante- lope were My Myton ton visitors Friday Elc Eldin Eldin El- El c din ln has has Just returned from a four tour months' months trip on the outside Warfield Munce has written to toMy Myton My ton friends from France He says he enjoyed the trip over Warfield Warfield Warfield War- War field is In the signal corps Mrs C. C M. M Brooks has word from her bel brother Joseph Hempstead that he be recently arrived in France He lie is 19 in the marine corps s i Lew Milner has ordered a brick 1 making machine which should be here almost any day lay The capacity of t the machine Is per tier day f N Numerous service flags are floating oath g gt t 1 in and around Myton and many more will be lie floating when It Is learned that they may be had bad at Calvert Waugh company compans Charles Wall Eldwin Wall Walt Reuben Reuben Reuben Reu Reu- ben Morris made malic final proof on their homesteads last Thursday They proved up before U. U S. S Commissioner Edward ward Mackie Every I boy In Duchesne county who hs ha re reached ched the age o of 21 since last June 5 6 Is now subject to draft There are arc perhaps not fewer than such bops boye in the county Dr W. W J. J Browning of ot Vernal is isa t a a. near relative of J John hn M. M Browning BrownIng DrownIng Brown Brown- Ing of ot Ogden the Inventor 0 of the thema ma machine machi e gun recently adopted by the theUn Un tates government t. t The Price Auto and Service garage has filed filet action against II H. C. C Ward receiver of tho the Price Myton stage line Une The complaint Involves an ac an- account Cou count t contracted contract d at the Ute garage Residents of Upalco are wondering what has become of a a. petition presented presented pre pre- last December asking that be re establish the Upalco postoffice ed ed The matter Is being ed d. d Mrs E E. E C. C Lee of Nine NIno Mile MUe has been r removed moved from the hospital In Salt Bait Lake Lale by her but will remain in the city for or a short time timeto to recuperate She is recovering rapidly I IJ J J. J II n. and B. B L L. L D Dort rt of or ortho the tho Upalco mills the other day bought several thousand bushels of ot wheat In the Whiterocks country They They bought 2500 2 COO bushels from one man I Tho The annual meeting of ot the Dry Guch Cattle Growers association will bo ho held beld in Ia Roosevelt next Saturday Saturday Sat March 9 at 1 p p. p m. m for tor the tho transaction of such business as ray ay come before the body The Business Mens Men's League will meet tomorrow night This organization Is doing but very little good goodat at the J present resent time and unless members mem mem- memI I hers herB take more Interest it would be just as well to quit Miss Lois heeler has resigned her position on 1111 tine My Myton ton Free Press that she might aught attend to tD other work Miss Wheeler r while with us gave perfect satisfaction and proved herself herself herselt her her- self apt and capable It is declared that most of at the oil shale locations in Argyle canyon start at Hanks flanks s cabin If It that Is true there will be some hot litigations litigations if It the land ever becomes in great dem demand nd Isaac Dalton is ready to put in n another an as- other 40 acres in on his land just across the river He Is going to sow wheat and alfalfa Mr Dalton last year raised a good crop of wheat on new ground J. J R. R Lewis W. W I. I L. L Dean and A. A N. N Alt came down from traM Duchesne Monday Monday Mon Ion day night to the Masonic tion Mr Lewis as a conducted the ceremonies Mr 1 Dean act acted cd as marshal S Numerous have been running running run run- ning their cars since March 1 with 1917 licenses How am I 1 going to stick the 1918 license on when 1 I cant can't get It from the office of or the secretary of oC state slate asks one S OH Oil land leases hive ve been filed with the Utah county recorder reco for tor I acres of land near Thistle from rom Elias Ellas Gardner to tD Geo A. A Snow et al at and from John Pope to Geo A. A Snow et al aI for acres near Thistle Wanted Wanted Six Six good women or good goodmen goodmen goodmen men or three of oC each to accept places as members on Myton public I library board And we should by all means have a board that will give more nore time and attention to library affairs than the last board Mr and Mrs Herman Bunn Dunn are the parents of ot a ten-pound ten baby boy Mrs Bunn is a sister of ot Mrs Fred L L. L Watrous and was formerly a resident resident resident resi resi- dent of or Myton My ton Mr and Mrs Bunn Dunn have been heen spending the winter at Hot Springs New Mexico t i How many war brides in Duchesne Duchesne county The Free Press will wUl be sent free to every husband at atI I the the front Just send in the name and address A certain Duchesne county philanthropist philanthropist philan philan- has lias deposited d money here hereto to be used need for tor this purpose Neal Hanks blanks and Frank N. N Alger were here this wok from the Nine NineMile NineMile Mile section says the Price Sun The winter out ont that way has bas been most mild but there will be plenty of ot water for tor stock the coming year and also farming from the snows that have already fallen tallen I D. D II H. Gustaveson consulting engIneer engineer engineer engi engI- neer for the Ute Oil on company and several Beveral other oil all concerns operating in the Uintah basin underwent an operation for a few tew days ago age In Salt Lake From the hospital reports were received that his condition condition condition condi condi- tion is steadily Improving When J. J P. P May of Roosevelt stated stated stated stat stat- ed the Other night in In his Myton speech that Roosevelt lodge had bought worth of Liberty Liberty Liberty Lib Lib- erty bonds he neglected neglected neglected neg neg- to say that My Myton ton lodge had bought worth of at bonds and worth of at war ar stamps The second Liberty bonds arc are ready rendy and buyers may have theirs by calling at their respective banks as follows Myton State Bank Dank Bank of Duchesne Roosevelt BankIng Banking Bank Bank- Ing company Uintah State Bank Dank Bank Dank of Vernal These bonds begin gin to pay interest next May From Provo camp came word that tests teste made there thero on oil all shale shalo from Argyle Argle canyon produced sixty-one sixty gallons of oil to the ton and Kyune Spanish Fork canyon shale fifty eight gal- gal lone lons The properties from which the shale was taken are owned by Provo men that in Argyle canyon canon by John D. D Boyd Doyd et ot al aI and that at Kyune by N. N E. E Seamount and others Thirty eight hundred acres of the I Kyune property has hns been bonded for fora forI a sale to Denver and Salt Lake capitalists capitalists capitalists capi capi- I who expect to erect a Il plant for the extraction of the oil I A. A J. J Johnstun of Vernal and hi hison hisson his son W. W V. V J. J Johnstun of LapoInt and another son Lynn of Df Vernal have been out in the Nine Mile country this week locating oil all shale land They report that the shale sent to Salt Lake recently to be tested showed show show- ed values of gallons to the ton The rho following were installed as officers in Basin Lodge No 20 F. F and A. A M. M on Monday night H. H C C. C Means W. W M. M Ward C. C Ireland sec sea secretary H. H C. C Ward S. S W. W R. R H II Burdick J. J W. W R. R J. J Enochs S. S D. D Elias Ellas Gwinn J J. J D. D Edward Jessop S. S S Lionel Babcock J S. S C. C B. B Cook T. T My Myton ton men seem slow in paying poll tax There ar are more than delinquents To show the difference loka Ioka has one and one Next time a Myton lyton delinquent sets up a arell yell rell about deplorable condition of ot streets he should remember that it takes something else besides hot air to build said streets should begin right awn away preparing the orchards for the first fruit crops this year by hy spraying with the proper solutions to destroy all aU traces of the tho various tree pests For the coddling moth San Jose scale and leaf roller inspectors have prescribed the use of lime and sulphur spray at this season and declare that this mixture will be sure death to the various pests Three pupils in Miss Lillian Bab Bab- Babcock's Babcock's cocks cock's room never missed a word In spelling all during the month o of February and each received a prize They are Floyd Draper Thelma Waters Mylan Bywater Eighteen pupils started in the contest and all were perfect for tor two weeks and it looked for tor awhile as if Miss Babcock would have to award eighteen prizes but only three were successful Ed Holder Halder and wife wite have returned from Castle Gate where they spent the winter The They have not yet been able ible to secure a house to live In InEd InEd inEd Ed reports that he found his bees in fine condition He has about colonies which wintered at Leatham's Leath- Leath ams im's south of town He should make some money this year wIth honey loney at such high prices J. J M. M Russell of Df Roosevelt has been attending the meetings of oil shale men in Salt Lake protesting against the passage of the leasing bill hill in its present form by hy congress He is on the executive ex committee of or orthe the shale branch of American Mining Min Min- Mining ing congress The will insist that oil and oil all shale land be exempt from government control i As a means of stimulating movement movement movement move move- ment of farm products to the consumer consumer con con- sumer Postmaster General Burleson increased the allowable weights o of parcel post packages effective March 15 Packages es when mailed In the first or second zones ones for delivery deliver in inthe inthe 11 the first second or third zones may thereafter be as heavy as seventy pounds They are now restricted to fifty The total net receipts of Df the flue recent entertainment have grown since last announcement of The amount now Is close to tr The management of at the sho desire to thank through the Freo Frei Press all those who so willingly and liberally gave of their time In making the show a Success and they want to thank all aJ those who went to see the show Howard Deming a driver for the Price Myton ton Roosevelt Auto company company company com com- pany found the other day At least he lie just the same as found It J. J II II Coltharp picked up a suit sull cason cases case on the road between Roosevelt and My Myton ton and put a want ad in the Free Press Deming saw the tho ad and recognized recognized rec- rec his lost suit case He said it saved him lIe He paid 25 cents for Tor the ad I Edgar Williams left Sunday morning mornIng morning morn morn- ing for tor Pocatello where he has accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac a position with the Cook Drug company Mrs Williams Williams- will join him just as s soon on as school Is out which will be about six elx weeks Mrs Williams has bas decided to not teach school again and if she does not change her mind the young children of at the land will lose IDse the services ot ota of ofa a x first class l primary teacher Mrs Williams recently received a life me diploma few of oC are held in Ut Uth h. h Mary A. A Caldwell or Maeser ward vard Uintah stake aged 70 years has en enlisted enlisted enlisted en- en listed for tor war service Word re received received ro re- at Primary headquarters Ii it h. Salt Lake tells tes of her patriotism She came to Utah in 1854 Just recent i ly her youngest son flon went Into train train- Ing at Mare island and with the same patriotic zeal which caused her boy boyto boyto boyto to enlist Mrs Caldwell wanted to todo todo I do something for or her country The result is a pile of tray cloths and cup covers forwarded to tD Primary head bead headquarters quarters for tor the soldiers The workmanship on the little pile ot of articles Is up to the most careful and exquisite standards and gives proof that f if Mrs Irs Caldwell were only a afew afew afew few years younger wonders wanders against the Germans might be accomplished s Work will be commenced this week on the Ouray Valley Irrigation ditch Work was completed last fall tall within three miles of the finish As Is generally kno known n the Whiterocks White rocks canal is being enlarged so as aso asto asto to o carry the water of or the Irrigation company B. B O. O Colton will have general supervision of ot the work and will have 40 or 50 teams working un der him It If Is expected the work willbe will wUl willbe be completed in three weeks and will he be a 11 positive assurance that crops In Ouray valley will be furn furn- shed fished water next nett summer lUmmer |