Show w. w BASIN COR CORRESPONDENCE 1 I 4 MOUNTAIN HOME nOiE Friday night the h homo home of Mr Frank Palmer was completely destroYed destroyed destroyed de de- bi by fir fire The fire was not discon discovered discovered dis dis- con covered red until the tho building was aflame They were able to save only a l few fo bed bedclothes clothes and a n piece or two of furniture The Tho loss Is partly covered by Insurance I Mr tIr BriS' BriS Stevenson Brig Stevenson left leU for Cor Price Monday with his truck f Or Oral l Miles l and Reed Lyons Lons made mada madea a trip to Tabiona the l latter part of the th-e week weel ft r r i Mr Elmer Ewing and mid family have moved moved onto the Modock place Mr Ewing is r rebuilding th the Modock Modock house which li burned urn d' d down some somo sometime sometime time ago Miss Bessie Dessie Ivle Ivie Is st staying at t the home of Mrs Orsan Nielsen Th The con concert rt and dance dan given by bythe bythe bythe the Roosevelt veit high school band was wasa a great success su success cess The Th house was was was' packed and and every v- v vry ry one s seemed emed to have a ver very enjoyable time Mr and Mrs Elmer made a a. business trip to Upalco Sunda Sun Sun- da day Remember the p pie dance dance 1 fe 4 next ext Friday night Everybody Everybody and a good time assured J Miss hu Luci Lucie ll 13 Brown rown is s here here r v visiting her sister Mrs Irs Frank Clayborn Miss Ifs Ethel I Christensen ten n spent pent a 1 week with th her e parents parent Mr r. r a and d Mrs ft 4 Adolph Adoph Christensen before l leaving ving for tor Pr Ice and nd other h outside e points points 91 ts for th the summery summer r 4 r fr i t BLUEBELL LUEBELL r 4 Farming FarmIng VC 1 and and 1 ditch work york 7 goes steadily q 9 on j I f r Les Leslie Lesli 13 B. B Goodrich to took a layoff layol Monday Monda in l spite of r the h b busy sy Mmes Jlmes and went v. v ent to Roosevelt and nobody wondered Wonder wondered d Yh when p he proudly an announced un ed the arrival r lv l gf a sweet little daughter daugh daugh- ter Monday Mo d. d three three a m. m at the hospit hospit- al All All concerned doing nicely Mount E Emmons ons bas baseball l te team m played ou ours s Friday ay t talleys 13 to to 2 t. t f in our favor favor favor- I 1 I I y Mrs l Alzina ina Joh Johnstun s un went went c down downto own to Roosevelt Ro Roosevelt sev it I Monday I on on business All Wen went well until U turning in the home lane lane ane when when e t. t the the hind lInd ax axle broke No r-o one one w was was s hurt j j v r I r ff 0 t ALTONAH LT X H. H i Mr Mitchel U e the e pe new water master a t r for Al Altonah h d district district has arrived d and nd will is home at Altonah Th The Chrystal Bros Bro h have ve made t Jever several tr ps t to Altonah ah of late Ever Everybody ody here is busy with their crops and v very ry few e loafers to be seen around Alt Altonah nah i The There have ve b been ep s. s several veral house parties The older people enjoy them much uch q better than some of our new t fashioned fashioned d Jam Jass parties rt es Next Friday the Altonah base ball ballplayers ballplayers players playe wilt will play ay at at Mt Ho Home e The Roosevelt dramatic company played I here Saturday night to a full tull house Soap soft or otherwise Mr Chidister arrived Monday with freight from price J I r l 4 4 MOFFATt MOFFAT t of 3 I. I Mr nr Bradley dley Cloward made a trip to Roosevelt Friday having dental dentalI I work done i The population has increased by two t this ls wee week Baby Daby boys arrived at the homes Des of ot Mr and Mrs Czar Rude Rudey nd Mr Ir and Mrs Irs B B. B F. F McGinnes Mc- Mc Ginnes At th the farm bureau meeting g held Wednesday a evening the local went wenton on record as favor favoring ng the plans of the Uintah county farm bureau pur pur- purchasing purchasing chasing 3 a a. a moving p picture machine Also the organizing of ot a baseball team v Mr Ben R. R Eldredge arid a and 1 Mr r. r. r Owens of U. U A A. A C. C Logan C.-Logan Logan Utah will speak on DO th the dairy question nex next Saturday April 16 16 at Bennett 10 a. a m m. m If It you only milk one c cow w It will pay you to attend It will be bean bean be an all alt day round roundup I Mr Chester C arrived home f Saturday night from Logan Utah where he has been going to school Mr Louis Nace of ot Ft Duchesne Du-chesne has purchased a new Dodge car Mrs Jim Beddes Is over from Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal visiting her son Marlon Marion West- West over t. t JI J I I J RANDLETT fo The concert and nd dance given by bythe bythe bythe the high school students of Roosevelt was a great success The people sure Bure appreciated d' d dIt it and wish thc they would come again The Priscilla Thimble club met with 1 Mrs r Victor Ja Jackson klon last week Mrs Q Owens en Mrs A Ashton Mrs Millie Millie Millie Mil Mil- lie Brennan Mrs Clella Brennan and Mrs Mrs Rice e of f Randlett went and andreport reported report d a good time Rev Rev- M M. J Ji J. Hersey and daughter Dorth Dorthy Mrs s Frank Smith and three daug daughters daughter ter all g of Y Vernal J p passed s ed through he here last week e to the bear bear dance Mrs MI Millie Brennan and daughter Marjorie spent a part of last week with friends at Ft Duchesne Mrs Jo Josephine Taylor ta lor o of Ft FL Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne was In Randlett Sunday af ar- ar ar- ar L Marlon Marion Harrison and George Burgi Burgi Burgl Bur- Bur gi gl att attended n t the dance at POI Friday night a party on Saturday then h Mutual Sunday night The Th The children of this vicinity spent Saturday afternoon at the hall dancIng ing 1 Mr Dic a and d Mrs E. E D Durfee r and children children children chil chil- dren left Friday to spent a few days daysi 1 i in invernal Vernal S I n r t 1 4 HARTFORD RD i. i 1 oJ- oJ Mr Alfr Alfred d' d and nd Owen Morr Morrell U. U left last ast Friday for Delta Utah where they expect to work this summer Mrs Mary Diary E. E Young has been taking taking taking tak tak- ing care of her mother who has been ill with hea heart t tro trouble le There Ther are no po new cases cases of small smallpox pox l Mrs rs Marie I rie Roberts gave a birthday birthday birth birth- da day p party ry l last st Thursday even evening ng for Evan Roberts Mr Frank fra rank k Watkins Is Is' Is moving ng his family back on on his ranch They spent the th the winter in Du Duchesne where he l has a b been en tea teaching school The There wasn't a a very Tery large crowd out to toy the the dance dance last Friday We hope there will be more more out next next ext Friday A April rn 15 16 Ray Major EH Ell and Zella Zelia McClean McClellan McClel- McClel lan an Mac a and and Veda Yeda Nielsen attended the dance dante at Randlett last Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day ay e evening evening ni g. g School let q out t last Friday April 8 Nearly all of ot the students passed their grades ade J 4 TABIONA A IONA Lougy and B. B T. T Clark are o out t Crom from Salt Lake on business Er Ernest s Allen len has has been shearing at es the past week Mr and Mrs Rudolph and Victor Barbieri returned home from Rock creek where they completed the rang ranger er station and a bridge across Rock creek The The little eight months daughter of Df the K C C. C J Jensens was very ill with whooping cough and pneumonia Mrs Jensen took the little one to Dr I I i Cresswell of Duchesne While playing little Elsie Wagstaff Wagstaff Wagstaff Wag- Wag staff feU fell and broke her arm over Only a month ago she fell out of the back of a wagon and broke it Mrs Lena D. D Michie and daughter daugh daugh- ter Mrs Ernest Allen spent Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day at Red Cliff visiting Mrs J. J H. H Wilcken another of Mrs Michie's Michle's daughters Dolph and Bert White returned home from Salt Lake Saturday night While there they attended conference four days das Also had the he pleasure of visiting with their aged mother gain again 3 HANNA cr Foster Rhoads and Frank Clark are very ery busy breaking horses Mrs Jack Wilcken and children have been quiet sick the past week Hollo Rollo Jones made a business trip to Salt Lake take t this ls week Ed Adair an and Don pon Briton o wont went nt to lamas Kamas Sunday Charley Lee has on the sick list the past past week eek Mrs Rollo Jones Jones and Mrs Will WUl Milber 1 were x visitors I at the Flag ranch Wednesday Y I Miss Vera Reid spent Sunday with her parents at Farm creek 1 I AB A. A B B. B Atwood and son spent Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day at the Jep Thomas ranch ranc Miss Lorene LIrene White spent Sunday with her friends at Tabiona FRUITLAND The people of Fruitland were hooked Shocked to hear of ot the tragic fate tate or H. H H H. L Huntsman n. n He He bought u h ranch here about four years ears ago ana and he and his family lived in this community com- com about t three years He wa waa was wasa a good neighbor and made many friends His wife an and three children have the sympathy of the ty Bian Dlan Brooks returned home last lase week from rom Nebraska He sold his homestead here some time ago to his brother Francis and went to Missouri and from there to Nebraska but evidently evidently evidently evi evi- evi- evi dently he likes Utah best Evidently prohibition prohibit prohibit prohibit pro pro- hibit in Utah by the number that were laid ald out with some kind of snake poison Friday night How can men be so foolish as to run the chance of poisoning themselves s with such dope I wonder if t they ey have ever read the Bible where it says No drunkard shall enter the kingdom kingdom kingdom king king- dom of Heaven and if It they think a drink is worth more than their soul There was a meeting of the land landowners landowners landowners owners of ot the proposed Currant Creek Irrigation district at the East school house April 9 for th the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of voting on the question of ot the organization of said district We hear that the vote was unanimously in favor of forming the district There was a road meeting at the West school house Saturday April 9 A. A F. F Maxwell one of the county commissioners was present and he decided that the road should be where it would do the greatest good to the number and not nearly nearly nearly near near- ly a pension for lor a favored few So the contractor Mr Goodrich and his crew resumed work on the forest road Monday April 1 Wm Ivie vie has been appointed to look after the county roads in this community and we believe he will wUl try his best to to todo do the tha work In a satIsfactory satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- manner anner The directors of the Red Creek Irrigation company company- held a meeting meetingS S Saturday night and voted an assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment to clean out the ditch and get it ready to turn In n th the water i. i M ROOSEVELT t ft 44 S S. iI H H. Freston one of Roosevelt's most staple and respected citizens I passed to his reward early last Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- I mor morning Death was due to toan toan toan an acute attack of pneumonia In which which all w was s d done ne tor for his relief II that was was possible but without any apparent effect for good The funeral funer funer- al services were held last Tuesday under the direction of the Second Ward of which Mr Freston and family arc are members The respect with which Mr Freston was held was evidenced by the throng of friends and and relatives who attended these services Following Is the proceeding proceeding proceeding proceed proceed- ing Son Song Sweet Hour our of Prayer by y S Second cn coed ward ch choir lr under the direction di dl- dl of Pro Prof Hood Invocation was vas offered by W. W II Gagon Cagan Abide With Me by Choir Bishop Paul S S. S Hansen then delivered a sermon in 1 which he said that Mr Freston was wasa a man who was honest and ene energetic getic He was a man who attended strick ly to to business and business and did not enter into the affairs of others others' continued the speaker then added many other sp splendid qualities with which Mr Freston was endowed This was followed with a Solo In that Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Beau Beau- Land by Pro Prof James Hood Wm ONeil O'Neil then added to the good words of the first speaker in words of consolation to the bereaved and admonished his listeners to live JIve worthy before their God The choir then sang sang- the he closing song Shall We 1 Meet et Beyond the River The benediction was pron pronounced by Dr J. J E E. Morton after which the granddaughters granddaughters granddaughters grand grand- daughters and nieces nieces' gathered up the array of beautiful flowers from the casket m marched out of the hall proceeding the pall-bearers pall who were Henry Freston Vernal Verna Freston Freston Freston Fres Fres- I ton Sam Page Joseph Page William William Will WUl- I iam lam Page and J J. J S. S Redmond Interment Interment Interment Inter Inter- ment took place at the Roosevelt cemetery Mr Freston Came tame to the I Basin Jn In in the spring of 1907 or 1908 I He has done much to redeem this country Recently G. G W. W McCall and J John hn Cleghorn Cleghorn of t Salt Lake City Cily l leased ased the limit of ot acre acreage ge for tor forthe forthe the p purpose of oil drilling g in this vi vicinity vicinity vicinity vi- vi for ten different companies Each compa company y b being a allowed lowed a ma maximum maximum max max- of or 2560 2660 acres would mean ean that over acres cres were ed in the leas leases Mr Cleghorn stayed over ver In Roosevelt looking over conditions with a view to possibility of ot settling here Mrs Luke Clegg Is visiting with her folks in the state of Oklahoma She he wl will stay the su summer er through The High School chool track rack meet which was held here on the D. D S. S H. H campus was yas a a. swell affair as some styles It fl The Wilcox Academy was absent but the U U. A. A and the D. D S. S H. H showed show show- ed up very strong The writer is unable to tell just to what extent the Uintah Academy won from the Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne High but it was by no means by a small margin The stars for forthe forthe forthe the D. D H. H S S. S were Heber Galloway and his sister and Lamar Marshall For the U U- A. A we must mention King Hullinger and Woolsey Following are the results of the events yd dash King of U. U A. A first Galloway Galloway Galloway Gallo Gallo- way D. D H. H S. S second time 11 sec sec- i 1 1 mile mUe run King K Johnson in order given time 5 min 25 seconds Broad Jump Galloway Wooley Coupe 18 ft 7 In yd d dash Wooley Woo ey Coupe Coup Galloway time 25 seconds Discus throw Hullinger Smith Calder 89 ft 6 In Girls 50 O yd dash Lam Lamar r Ia 1 Marshall Wooley Johnson time 8 seconds High jump Galloway Hullinger Timothy and Coupe tied for tor third 5 6 ft It 7 In yd hurdles Galloway Hullinger time 20 seconds Hammer Hammer Hammer Ham Ham- mer throw P. P Smith Hullinger 89 ft 11 In Girls relay D. D H. H S S. S won Lamar Marshall and Miss Galloway feathering for lor the D. D H. H S. S yd dash King Coupe N. N Johnson time 58 seco seconds ds Shot put Hullinger Birchell e l Timothy 37 fi ft 1 In After t the e meet the Uintah boys were treated treated treated treat treat- ed tO to the play Soap by the successors successors successors suc suc- to Pills Recently there has been born a aboy aboy aboy boy to Lynn Johnstun and wife We I all known Lynn ILynn for his high kickIng kickIng kicking kick- kick Ing but believe me he ho can ste step higher high high- er than ever now Ray Dillman Is the proud proud father of a big girl and andGe Ge Geo ONeil O'Neil Is sparring with his first son sonto on to bring him up as a boxer Frank Fank Swain and family of Vernal were visiting with Emanual Swain I t the e ore fore part of the week Frank Fran and William WilHam Owens left for tor Idaho The he fore part of ot the week They expect to make their future ho home e In the Gem |