Show I PERSONALS PERSONA S AND LITTLE LOCALS F Jed Woodard's water notice is beIng being be be- ing lug published In this Issue r WI William Boulden and E E. E T. T Kolbe are arc making plans to prove up on homesteads Mrs George E E. E Philipps Is spending a few days with the on their ranch above Duchesne Not to exceed 65 of the teachers for Duchesne county had bad been employed employed employed em em- at last accounts Mrs J. J W. W Elliott of Fort Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne spent a short time visiting with Mrs George Elliott Several thousand honey cans have bavo been shipped in recently The first crop will soon be gathered W Warfield M Munce nce has has' been In Salt Lake Lak for a few days lie He went out f i t v v. v W. W W. W T Reese and party I 55 7 M TO S. S Johnson and nd Ethel Duke Z of err er r were granted a license to towed towed towed wed by the clerk of Salt Lake county Deveaux Sh Shurtleff of Roosevelt returned so soldier dier Is driving a truck for the Uintah Uintah Power Light company com com- pany The first cutting of ha hay Is about up and the second cutting will begin on onman man many farms before the last of the month Henry Kahn after a long absence Is making this again He was vms a salesman In this basin 29 years ago Duchesne City will vote on a bond issue for to complete the water works The present bonded debt is Henry Wathen of Bluebell and Sergeant Frank E. E Caldwell of Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal are among the recent arrivals from overseas V Enumeration of Duchesne county school children will begin In a few days The last census showed approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately Word Vord comes that R R. R W. W Robinson a teacher In the Roosevelt High school was recently married to Miss Edna Varley of Roosevelt Mrs E. E M M. Bunce of Mt Home was the guest of her daughter Mrs Wm H. H Morrison She was on herway herway her herway way to outside points for a visit S l B. B W. W OT ole of Duchesne Is making plans for his bottling works soon to open The opening has been delayed on account of slow freight There will be a scarcity of hay and grain on the lands watered by Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah and rivers Crops under Under under un un- der the Duchesne never were better Many My Myton ton people will attend the various celebrations tomorrow The largest crowds seem to be headed in inthe inthe the direction of Upalco Altonah and Mt Home 1 Electric wires are now strung from irom Roosevelt to Fort Duchesne andIn andin and andin in the very near future two dozen houses bouses at the Indian agency will be electrically Illuminated Albert Bill Harmston son of Mr and Mrs Ed F. F Harmston Roosevelt has arrived In New York The report is that young Harmston was in five different battles Wilbur Haines and wife who spent the winter here and who are now back in Grace Idaho can not keep away They are negotiating for a tract of land In Indian canyon Mrs Airs Owen Smith has bas returned to Price to resume her hospital work When asked Jf Sf she expects to remain away w from from My Myton ton permanently Mrs smith replied most emphatically In Int t e negative Miss Miss 1 Elsie Colett has returned to her her home In Roosevelt after a successful successful suc sue year teaching at BIngham Her lIer sisters Miss Gertrude and Miss Marie are at t summer school U. U of U U. Salt Lake Friends of Mrs B. B W. W formerly Miss Hazel Hazel- Dickerson of Duchesne will regret to learn that her health has bas been very poor for some time At last accounts she was Slowly Improving The body of May Jenks the Ute Indian girl who lost her life Ufe In Gre Green n river while trying to save her sister was discovered a short distance below below below be be- low where she went under Particulars Partin ulars of of the tragedy were In the tho Jast last issue of or this pa paper paler r. r I f W. W E E. E Broome received four more Fords Deliveries were made to Dr R. R J. J Enochs Myton lyton Joseph Van Neeta Myton 1 John C. C Jacobs Roose Roose- velt Mrs D D. D M. M Grove has been suffering suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing with an acute attack of neuralgia of the heart beart Her Tier condition since last Tuesday has been alarming but i tit ht a late hour today she was report- report fed d slightly Improved Last summer the river was unusually low while the Uintah flow was quite satisfactory This year just the reverse Is true It seems that the farther east we go gothe gothe gothe the lighter the snow fall e Mrs 1 Paul Curry returned to her home homo in Fort Duchesne after a short visit with her husbands husband's parents Mr and Mrs J J. J A A. A Curry Redcap Mrs Curry brought her to Myton 1 where she boarded the government truck Charles J. J Neal and family have returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to Vernal after having spent several days In Myton l Mr 1 Neal field manager of the Raven Oil Refining Refining Refining Re Re- fining company Rangley expects to largely Increase manufacture of gasoline gasoline gasoline gas gas- oline when the new refinery gets to going good Mrs C. C W. W Dubendorff this week received an appreciative letter from the French orphan girl she adopted Mrs l Dubendorff's efforts to help belp win the war and to aid those made destitute destitute destitute desti desti- tute b by the war have been worthy of commendation She never failed to todo todo todo do her bit and her best Jacob Tacob Hunkey eight miles up the river has bas so far cut the record crop of hay From 25 acres Mr Hunkey put in the stack between 81 and 82 tons the first cutting He has also insured it ft Last year an Incendiary burned a large tonnage and there was no insurance We have bave received but meager news of the recent marriage of Leon LeGrand Pack of Vernal The bride was Miss Charlotte Seymoure Boyd of Tacoma Mr Pack Is well known In the basin He is a son of Mr and Mrs Leon Pack and a brother broth broth- er of Mrs L. L H. H Allan The cost of electricity for pumping water for the Myton 1 water works during June was 2310 The cost In InJune InJune inJune June 1918 for the same work was This reduction in cost Is due to two things a things a more efficient pump by at least one third and a re reduction reduction reduction re- re In the cost of electricity r Rev M. M J. J Hersey recently told this good one A husband was continually continual continual- ly calling his bs wife angel and she was just gust as continually objecting to It You all the time remind me of an angel he be said because you are al always always always al- al ways up in the air you are everlastingly everlastingly everlastingly harping and you need more clothes Clyde Dart student at Harvard Hanard Is taking a summer course doubling up so as to be able to get his A. A B B. B degree next year He will then begin begin begin be be- gin his year four four law course course Clyde will be only 22 when he gets his de de- gree At 26 if he has luck he will hang out his shingle Alex Beffort has bas received word that his brother Xavier Beffort finally finally finally fin fin- ally succeeded in making his escape from Parral Mexico where he be was building an electric light plant for English capitalists Mention was made in these columns lately that he be feared the ugly Mexicans w would uld take his life Ufe Not very many My Myton ton people at attended attended attended at- at tended the Ute Indian Sun dance which concluded near Whiterocks last Friday Many wanted to go go but it was impossible to ascertain the proper date The date as published in n the Free Press was the date set by bythe bythe bythe the Indians but they changed It at atthe atthe atthe the last moment C. C E. E Green who sold Bold his Redcap ranch to Dr R R. R J. J Enochs and moved moved moved ed to Hayden Colorado wants to come back Not that he likes Hayden Hayden Hayden Hay- Hay den any the the less but that he likes Redcap the more He Is said to have remarked to a friend the other day that if he had his eighty back he would never sell it again They all sa say that sooner or later W. W W. W Hayes who bought the Charlie in Indian canyon canyon canyon can can- yon six above Duchesne was here the other day buying farm ma ma- chinery lIe He recently leased lease another ICO near by and is now about to buy still another Ho He has bas herds of cattle and horses homes on his bis places and says they are getting along well The feed teed in the mountains he declares never was better i Rev A. A L. L Rice and wife will at attend attend attend at- at tend the Randlett celebration tomor tomor- row Irow Myton 1 has signed up for the Ellis Ellis- White winter Chautauqua five consecutive consecutive consecutive con con- nights some time in October I i LeRoy Wimmer of Cedarview Is Issuing issuing suing his wife Laura Vim Nimmer mer formerly Laura Ramsey for divorce He lIe asks the custody of the daughters daughters daughters daugh daugh- Violet and Ada I. I Daniel Stewart superintendent of Duchesne county schools has been absent for some time attending the annual meeting of the National Education Education Education Edu Edu- cation association at t Milwaukee Samuel Roberts first Cedarview boy bor to join the colors has returned home One of the many joys awaiting awaiting awaiting await await- ing him was the baby daughter Sammy Sammy Sammy Sam my born while he was In the service L L. R R. R Wharton of Price representing represent represent- ing the brokerage firm by that name handling the stock sales for Cor the Cedar Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar Butte Oil company at Whiterocks Whiterocks Whiterocks White- White rocks spent several days In this part of pf the basin Mr l Wharton believes believes believes be be- the plant will be in operation isome Some time this fall faIl Mrs J. J A. A Palmer calls cans a meeting of the Red Cross for next Monday at 4 p. p m m. m In the Calvert hotel to discuss discuss discuss dis dis- cuss important matters Including that of reconsidering the question of turning over all money In the treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury to the head organization The decision some time ago was that only only only on on- ly membership money should be turned over Rev W. W W. W Reese archdeacon of the Episcopal church made a tour of pf th Uintah basin He was accompanied by Mrs Reese and by Mr Brown Drown and wife Mr 1 Brown Is the treasurer treasurer treasur- treasur er er r of St. St Pauls Paul's Episcopal church In Salt Lake Mr 1 Reese says his church is planning upon sending a Sioux Indian In here to act as missionary among our Indians Plans have been made whereby the Indian Indan department will take over the entire entire output of the Draper sawmill In this connection it might be well to say the price of lumber is soaring Native Nathe stuff In the rough is 43 per thousand Oregon flooring 90 Maple flooring which a little while ago was 90 Is now now and oak which was Is now i l Mr and Mrs Luther Moore who won the hearts of every boy at the Knights Knight's Blue Bench Dench camp by their excellent cooking are going to enjoy a a. well weIl deserved v vacation c They left for Price first to stay there a few days and the balance of the vacation time will be spent on Mr 1 Moores Moore's ranch near Neola where there is very good fishing It wont won't be good any anymore anymore anymore more after a while because Luther ha has made up his mind to catch them all and then some more Duchesne Duchesne Record J. J B. B Whittemore and wife are both back home Mrs Whittemore spent more than two months with relatives relatives relatives rel rel- rel- rel In Missouri 1 Mr Whittemore returned from an outing in Colorado They expected to meet in Glenwood Springs and spend a week there together together together to to- gether but telegraphic communication tion was out of the question and It was impossible to locate each other Bert wen went t through every train except ex- ex except except ex ex- one for two days looking for his wife and the very one he be missed was the one she was on Miss after atter a pleasant pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant visit with brothers J. J E. E and J. J Edward and sister Mrs W. W J. J Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art and friends returned last Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day to her home in Salem Just Just before before before be be- fore her departure Miss 1 Holder asked asked asked ask ask- ed the Free Press to deliver this message I wish to thank the good people of Myton 1 who have done clone so much to make my visit a pleasant one My wish for all aU Is health happiness happiness happiness hap hap- prosperity When summer skies are ape clearer and summer days are fairer I hope again to meet you Until then goodbye The business features of the conference conference con con- ference nce at Roosevelt were as follows Reorganization of the Mt Emmons ward bishopric w with th Ira B. B Cannon Fred E. E Case and Leroy W. W Rust succeeding succeeding suc sue Jesse L. L Smith Fred A A. Case kind jand Ira B. B Cannon Appointment of Imanuel S. S Eksund as a member of the Mt Home ward bishopric appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap of ot J. J Clifton Moffitt as a member of the Boneta ward bishopric bishopric bishopric bisho bisho- pric appointment of Elmer Sweat Inthe inthe In inthe the Strawberry bishopric appoint appoint- appointment ment of Jesse L. L as a high councilor Fred S S. S Musser as an al altern alternate al- al ternate tern ate high councilor Alphonzo B B. B Madeen as clerk of Boneta ward |