Show rr J PERSONALS AND LITTLE I LOCALS l r District Attorney C. C J. J Wah Is IB In Provo 1 attending court The C Campfire girls are planning n an outing lor for the Ithe near future A report conies comes comes from Mt l Emmons s that Mrs Chester hester Hartman is very m. m Y Work on the road from 12 lZ br bridge ge to c Vernal du dugway gw a y is about finished r Mr lr and and Mr Mrs s. s Mortal a V I have ye announced the arrival of a afon a V fon fo 1 May 11 II Duchesne n school teachers last 1 f I V week eek rec received ived pay pay tar lor for the last mD months month's th's work I Mrs Mm IX R. R t. t C C. C Pike of Ca Cache he count county Is the be guest of or her her sister Mrs Ja J Jos Joseph s eph E Holder I Fourteen inches hes of snow fell atthe at atthe th the Uintah canyon canyon plant last Saturday a u ay night Mrs Heber Allred of Leeto is recovering fro from an operation in lu the tIie e Roosevelt 9 s vel hospital f f Robert o ert M. M Jones ones has asked to lease 2 2555 5 acres oil U la land d in tow township a o on n south o th of range 5 6 west Ct I Either new quarters will be leased leas leas- l leased as ed l for for the he postoffice ce at DI or lr ora to f a at new building in will le tie erected a Ji t i r. r I 1 Mrs Irs W W. E. E Harris and children arrived this week from from f r Oakley where they have b been en for a a couple of years A A few ew f friends and relative relatives surprised surprised sur sur- Mrs W. W E E. E Evans on h her r birth birthday day anniversary last Monday night f Mrs Mabel of Roosevelt Hoose t d J daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Taylor of Randlett is very ill of ty ty- ty hold II Fly time is fast approaching Swat S t tc cc c ri t land and er cover cover up up breeding breedh g pl places ces Remember Remember Re- Re J i member r a fly does does does' not trav travel l more I j au iH than yards i if I f V 1 Dr George Creswell L. L C C. C Winslow Winslow Wins Wins- Ins Ins- low Frank Kelso were were down from Duchesne Tuesday night attending M f r the Masonic lodge I A surprise party was given on onFred onFred Fred Carr and wife wire last Sunday by their friends down the river They r expect to leave soon for Wyoming Mrs Eliza Harris who recently arrived from Cedaredge Co Colorado P f will spend some time here with t her children I Mrs W. W H H. Fitzwater a and c chil- chil i ildren il- il dren drew of Duchesne went to Salt Sal Lake t for a a. a ashor short visit They They w were e accompanied accompanied ac ac- P Price ice Mr companied o as far as by r Ho I Fitzwater C C. W W. Boggess of loka Ioka who some sometime es f t i t time ago suffered a slight stroke stroke of p paralysis Is getting al along ng quite niceto nicely nice nice- to 11 Hi ly and and will doubtless soon be be all aU allright right again V of the Iy on At Atthe the next ext meeting g Commercial club the question oi ot the parcel post back haul baul will be be dis drs- discussed c cussed ss d as will m also the proposed government government gov gov- garage I All persons who desire to join the Commercial club and who who have havo not been waited on by the membership please see Joe Holder Joe Cooper or C. C B. B Cook A. A L. L Herring and w wife fe ot of Veri Ver- Ver ernal er- er nal announce the birth of f a daughter daugh daugh- i ter on Tuesday of last week weel Mr Herring is a s son son n of Mr and Mrs seph Herring of My Myton ton r. r i The Duchesne county county board ol of will meet in June 6 if 8 9 20 and In Roosevelt June 17 and 18 Then wl will l be the of ta tax taa- take questions times to to up Aft After r the Masons had lad finished r i th their ir work ork last last Tuesday night and rc dY to togo go go home hom they v. v ero were ero 2 surprised by their wives and nd sweethearts sweet sweet- hearts who served a a. a most d I lI I supper L r Thomas O. O Robertson of ofIs Is Ss' working orkin on the Myton ro road d. d 1 H He will put In cu culverts verts and bridges bridge's 1 r Pleasant valley and Snake hollow hol hol- low lov and will fix crossings In Gate Gate canyon I II arrived wife and arri McKinlay Will m S s. s week from Ocean Par Park k this flits cd ed r lJ Calif al t where they spent the winter Int r will remain In the basin and InI in ti t t r I They I p vt t b I p. p r Colorado o erode rado f for r some some months t Di Mr ir re I r ur r 0 I is deep deeply y interested Jn oil j and may possibly help t to sink a well j i l fJ i f f I i J l j 1 I A. A D. D AlkIre of Loveland Colorado Colorado Colo Cola I rado Jado will spend some time with his brother P. P Alkire whose ranch is near loka Ioka Mr Alkire has has be been n employed employed em em- OYed by the Great Western rn Sugar I company for fir 12 years Fred Ferron was In from Soldier Summit looking after the Raven Ravon property It is more mor than possible that the Ft Duchesne Gilsonite mine which closed some months ago will again operate the in-the in the near future t I SS S'S Lester Robison who recently moved moved moved ed from Monroe to Cedarview was in Myton l on business this week He HeIs' HeIs Heis Heis is Is' Is Isa a brother of C. C W W. Robison who has moved from Redcap to Cedarview Cedarview Cedarview Cedar- Cedar view to run the the Raymond NeIlson Nellson farm Carm Bill Evans was a sad man last Monday morning The horse he picked picked picked pick pick- pick pick- ed to win the Kentucky derby last Saturday in Louisville didn't even show Bradleys Bradley's horse borse Behave Behave Yourself Yourself Your Your- self was winner Sixty thousand people people peo peo- pIe saw the race n The Tire winner got 35 The l county clerk is required by byJ bylaw law jaw J w to o pu publish lish In July of each year yeara a financial statement Tax payers of gf t Is county are entitled to know just J 1 their money is expended There TheT 3 never p y r has been a a. statement published since this county was c Cf cre r re Lets Let's ets et's pave have it 1 f yam Ja J. J u uJ J 5 dt l w- w Cecil CecH Calvert arrives arrived a few days q g fr Salt Jt Lake Jake where he b has bas s sI I been b Brill living for a a couple cO df Of f year yean The family will remain there for tor th the pr present sent r. r Mr r. r Calvert says there are many men in Salt Lake without jobs He came came here for work and ImmedIately immediately immediately immedi ImmedI- got It It with the Uintah Indian project Uintah basin farmers who pooled their seed have ave received part lart of their mone money The seed graded one v t v three and d f four ur brought 12 U h 1 10 0 7 7 and 5 6 cents per pound res pec- pec tl r. r Some So e of f t the e farmers will go into the pool again and others will vill not Or Orabell ell Smith three years and nine months old daughter of Mr and Mrs A A. 0 0 Smith of Myton died h in Roose Roosevelt elt l last st Friday Death was due to Brights Bright's disease brought on onby onby b by whooping Pi cough and measles The funeral was held In My Myton ton Mon- Mon day ay Fh The burial bula was in My Myton ton cemetery tery ery t i u tl JAny t J tAny Any young man of Utah who desir desires de- de sir sires ires s to take take a course course in military training raining Is Invited b by bYthe the government toy to o a attend eI d the citizens training camp campa aF a Camp L wis I A course of vo t two wo months will be given free by the thel government an nd transportation to toan an and from the camp camp will also be al- al I ai-I lowed owed I. I Miss Sarah Virginia Martin oi Ol Myton l sent ent us an i to Portales high school commencement commencement commence commence- ment l May lay ay 9 Miss Mart Marin Martn n 0 said saido d to o have made a wonderful record th the past year having taken two years year o of the he regular course in one and In iu addition addition addition ad ad- she made rapid progress in Spanish r The report that trio the count county commissioners commissioners com com- missioners ners will build a road Toad direct ct from Roosevelt to loki lok 1 up with part of the bond issue is s perhaps without a very v good foundation foun foun- ll dation The roads on which work is to be done were designated in the calland call calland calland and w ve we fail to discover ony tny ny y rc reference to a Roosevelt Ioka road J. J T. T Tom Nichols was In Price last Saturday and Sunday going out outto outto outto to Vernal to visit with his children there at the home of Grandma Gurr He is employed by one ol of o the Ire large smelting companies ap olp a at Zion and andis is p prosperous Up to lately latel- he has bas been een buying and cattle shipping to the Los Angeles Calif market Price Price Sun I Senator W. W H. H King of Utah Itah at atthe atthe atthe the request of Dr numerous oil l land nd lo locators to- to plans to urge the secretary o ol the Interior to protect the rights and Interests of or men e who entered upon oil lands under the old law In good faith did their development work and proceeded otherwise as the la taw law A Athen then required but who had not had not the leasing law Struck truck oil at the time wen went Into effect down n the thelver A number of or citizens river lver met mel at at the the h home ine ot or John Har liar risto to lo discuss the he needs of a a school h house n UI Uintah lt h county about boul eight miles below M Myton Iton ton There are 25 children of or school age who live al althe all the way six to cleve miles mlle from rom a school chool Those present at the theme me meeting Ung trl Included W. W y X A I A.-I Jennings Virgil Neal John Joh 1 Johnson Mr Irana ana Mrs Carr Carz O George orge Hemphill D Dr r. r F F. f I M. M Ackley 1 t Leona Wall Nall and Lavera Herring have bave gone to Vernal to see the pew new Herring baby named Belgium The father was a soldier In the world war and fought In Belgium Mrs Albert Dastrup of Ogden came In this week and will spend a short time with her ber husband at Altonah Al- Al tonah Mrs Dastrup's health is fine since she went to Ogden Sheriff Lafo LaCo Richardson and ana son Kenneth of Vernal went ov over r to see Wm Mr Richardsons Richardson's in father Kenneth will probably probably proba- proba proba proba- bly work ov over r there there during the sum sump mer I i Work on the Uintah Basin Construction Construction Construction Con Con- company ditch will soon soon be suspended for the summer The ditch Is now capable of carrying water for acres Not more than half halt that much is signed for by lan land owners own own- ers J J. J J. J Johnson manager of the Uintah Uin Uin- Uintah tah Power Light company company h has gone to Sa Salt t. t Lake on companY business business business busi busi- ness which will keep him perhaps for thirty days The affairs of the comp company ny are getting into good shape shap The service Is most satisfactory 55 Miss Lillian Babcock gave a acard card party party at the Art Shop last night Following Following Fol- Fol lowing owing were the guests M Mr Dir- Dirand and Mrs Mn C C. C D. D Kicher Mr Ir and Mr Mrs W. W E Iy Evans Mr and Mrs H H. C. C Vard Yard Miss Naoma Brown Mrs Irs J. J F. F Babcock Babcock Babcock Bab- Bab cock Lionel Babcock E B. B R R. Win Win- strom Jules Benbow Prizes r were von worn b by Mr Benbow Benbow and and td Winf Mr Mr Win Win- t I strom Refreshments rJ IJ and Bottom running ar i arauto l' l la a auto to line from Duchesne to o Salt Lake have made a most ary offer which if accepted W will Wl l cost cosi them hem a pretty penn penny They Thel have bave offered to haul from Duch Duchesne to Salt Lake and return during tb the summer every man mau who q Donated 1 york work on the Colton summit recent recent- I ly y The auto fare Is 28 Y We do do not know how many did donation work but surel surely not fewer than 10 1 r i Uintah county Is the first in the state to report an Increase m in the Valuations by the county assessor over lover the figures I DC ut r thu county county coun coun- ty paid taxes last taxes last year The report reaching the state board of equalization tl tion n M Monday showed the property assessed by the county assessor to tot to total total to- to tal t tal as compared with a year ago Uintah county county county coun coun- ty is the ninth to report for this year i L e eThree Three filings for water water rights were received from Watson in the office pf of R. R E. E Caldwell state slate engineer Gus Gus' Morris wants to use three s sec sec- c- c ond f feet ond et of oC water from Willow tree leet and springs in Uintah Uinta county to 0 irk lr-i about acres R. R S. S Squi Squier r rand and Nettie M. M Squier each sk for the use of of a second-foot second from Cl m springs In Main l canyon tributary to tin the same w waterway to irrigate sev seventy nty acres in each case Win Wm foreman at Nutter's ranch in Ninemile who had two to ribs broken broken when Roscoe Hall of Dryfork Dry Dry- Dryfork Dryfork fork hit him with a club Jb v lve mention of which was made in last weeks week's Free Press is getting along nicely and unless complications setin set setIn setin in ft will ill soon be about again Sheriff Barton arrested the Hall boy boyon on a felony charge He Immediately gave bond ond In the sum of or The matter matter mat mat- ter will come up at the June term of or District court The Boy Scouts will meet at the school house next Saturday night to study flag signals and the compass On Saturday April 21 they are going go go- going ing on a mile 14 h hike ke up the Lane LaKe fork river The lunch will consist of hot bot dog roasted potatoes and bread No matches will be used In I fire and no utensils will be used in to cooking food lood The hike will wm begin at the steel bridge where the boys rs will meet at 10 a. a m. m Certain magazine agencies throughout through through- out the country are arte a pray practice lice face of ot circularizing postmasters es espeCIally especially especially es- es those in the smaller towns Requesting them to solicit and take tale subscriptions The department nt calls the the attention of postmasters to Sect Seca and of the postal laws and regulations which pro d heavy penalty for in tho the cla classified I civil service who act as ay agents or solicitors It is also pointed out that I postmasters 8 of any anI and all other other oth oth- er cr er postal are prohibited from rom disposing of ot postage stamps In payment of or debts Any postal em em- convicted of violating ng these sections is liable liable- liable to to a a. fine o of tivi h hundred dolI dollars ra or imprisonment in ina Ina Ina a a federal r l prison rison f for r ono one year or both Imprisonment rM to r I |