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Show tJINTAH BASIN COHRESPONDENGi H.; sj: ijf. j.'; $ HC tK Hi H? & ROOSEVELT Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi 55 Hi Hi Mr. Joseph Hardy returned from an extended business trip through Colorado in interest of the Farmers Commission company. Miss Clara Circle is visiting with friends in Salt Lake City for the remainder re-mainder of the vacation months. Districts have been assigned for those who have handed in application to take "school census for this year. Parents and guardians are held responsible re-sponsible for the name and correct age of all children of school age. Poth picture houses are running each night at full blast Mr. Jim Mathews is at work again putting in the remainder of the cement ce-ment sidewalks for the city. While the Fourth celebration was not very extensive the program was good what there was of It- The In-diuis In-diuis won the ball game by a score of 11 to 8. ' A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Houston of Whiterocks Surdav morning. Mrs. Blumer ot Salt Lake is here tending Mrs. Houston. Hous-ton. All concerned are doing nicely. nice-ly. Reports come that the Indian Sun dance will be held next week. Mr. and Mrs. George McClelland have returned after a short visit with jelrtives in the southern partcof the iVtate. Mr. Scott - McClelland, brother f Pnnrno f-ltno with thPTTl. He ha9 in which the Naples girls were victorious. vic-torious. After ball games there were races between the several wards of the valley in which the Vernal 2nd ward won on points. The ballon ascension as-cension which was scheduled to take place in the afternoon had to be abandoned on account ot the wind but by evening the wind had abated somewhat and an ascension was attempted at-tempted but for some reason or other oth-er the balloon, after having risen for about 300 feet, began to descend. Mr Garrett who was riding the para-schute para-schute was slightly injured through 'jumping when the balloon was within with-in a few feet from the ground. Plenty of good entertainment was offered the public In the evening. The Ash ley park was open for the first time and the motor boat was in constant demand. Moving pictures were shown at the Vogue and the Howard Foster Fos-ter Players played the Lonesome Trail to a packed house at the Orpheus. Or-pheus. The dance after the show was well attended. Thus ended a most memorable and enjoyable Fourth. It is rumored that we are going to celebrate the 24th. It is to be hoped so. Mr Ruple returned to our midst last week. We are very glad to welcome him home again. The Orpheus met with some bad luck last Monday night they broke part of their machine and In conse-nuence conse-nuence they had a dark house on Tuesday and had to hold their big dered and Mr. J. M- Mickelson and Mr. John W. Moflltt delivered sound patriotic addresses. The afternoon was filled with sporting events and a dance was given at night. After all expenses were paid twenty dollars dol-lars and fifteen cents of the proceeds of the day was giv.n to the Red Crosb rund. Those donating were as follows: fol-lows: J. M. Mickelson. $3.00; A. O. Madsen. $2.50; Wright Potter $2 , .A. M. Marchant. $1.; J- W. Mofiltt, $1.; R. M. Brandon, $1.; W. M. Potter Pot-ter $1.; J. L. Omen. $.75; Wallace Mollitt. $1.: F. E. ueynolds. $1.. Mrs. Ruth Madsen. $.50; Mrs. Mollie Merriwether. $.50; W. . C. Crook, tri: Tliirnas Merriwether $.50 , Joseph Ilenrie. $.50; Thomas Brun-don. Brun-don. $.50; R. W. Rust, $.50; Bruce F. Brown, $.50: Ed Clyde. $.25; Reno Crook, $.50; Dance, $.90. : O Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi m Hi H5 5K Hi 3K DUCHESNE ?t & jk Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi HS H? , Dr. Enochs, who Is on the board of registration, helped through the rush Monday and Tuesday. Rev. Sloan was a worker Monday. The board of registration with as many assistants as it could get worked work-ed Monday early until Tuesday late getting out cards to Washington and the originals ready for drafting. Last Saturday Sheriff Wilklns and several citizens took prisoners a suspicious acting man who turned out to be an escaped convict from i- ! Hi Hi :r. Hi ir. ft. rr. in m c NEOLA i, Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi & Hi Hi Hi ;K Hi " Hurrah. Hurrah! We are all living so soon after the celebration of the Fourth of July." No limbs broken ind no bad accidents happened. But Neola celebrated in grand style. Those who did not attend the days pleasures and the big ball at night niied half of their lire and if they don't attend the good time which in to be had on the twenty-fourth, they will miss the other half of their life Well the putting up of hay has begun be-gun in earnest and the click click of the cycle can be heard in every direction, di-rection, all day long and part of the night time, the farmers are rushing the hav making, before 'the rain comes which Is very common at thl period. ' The freighters who went to Price ' -a long time ago for goods for the-Fourth the-Fourth have just returned. The ball game which was played" between the married and single men-on men-on the Fourth resulted in the singles winning the game four tallies. Last Saturday a game was matched between be-tween Cedarview team and the N. B. B. T. or Never Been Beat Team. But the team at Cedarview never showed' up and the crojvd dispersed thinking think-ing that Cedarview team was not In. 11 The new organ which the ward or , dered from Daynes F.eebe Music company com-pany has just arrived and all of the liovo nmnnunced It very good. It is a beauty to look at. It Is an Estey and that accounts for its-good its-good qualities. . Mr. Van Wllkerson came In to-spend to-spend the Fourth as he figured that he could not spend the day in a better bet-ter place and have so much pleasure. It would pay any one to quit a sheep herd to join such a pleasurable time as we had here. Mr. German Workman has been called to Wyoming on legal business and left on Saturday's train. He wilt be gone about a week. Last Sunday afternoon, the majority majori-ty of Neola's enthusiastic citizens-met citizens-met together and completed arrangements arrange-ments to celebrate the twenty-fourth of July. The committees are as follows: fol-lows: Executive committee, John V.. Kjelstrom, Charles Little, Chris. Jensen; finance comittee, Hugh Barnes4 John A. Olsen and James F, Woodward; program committee, El-nora El-nora Allen, Louie WImmer, Helen. Hutcheon, Ray Beal and W. E. Glines; sports committee Sam Peterson, Peter-son, J. William Workman and James D. Mecham; decoration committee, the Beehive Girls, with Almera Little Lit-tle as chairman; refreshment committee, com-mittee, James O. Peterson. Esther Workman, Milinda Olsen. Amanda Duncan and William K. Dye: parade-committee. parade-committee. NephI Smithson, Jess Beal, Wm. A. Wilkerson. Barbara E. Abercrombie and Louie Wimmer. These committees have had expert-ence expert-ence in pleasure making and they say that they are going to show the-people the-people a genuine good old pioneer celebration and a very good time. Neola is still growing. returned home to Loa. Mrs. Buckwater of American Fork is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Thos. L. Smart. Miss Nellie Patry is clerking in the C. C. Larsen Mercantile Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Evans and Mrs. Homer Edwards returned Sunday from a v isit to Salt Lake City. - Mrs. J. H. Hardy is around agaii. after her Illness. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Burgess ana family left Friday for American Fork to visit with relatives affd friends. Miss Griffiths, sister of Miss Lou Griffiths, is here visiting with her sister. Miss Griffiths will open a music studio here. o H; Hi H- Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi VERXAL Hi Hi H- Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi - Hi The 4th' of July celebration was a great success everything that goes to make up a celebration was had. The glorious weather contributed greatly to the success of the day The parade was the first item on the Ingram. This was scheduled for 10 a. m. but of course it was latt in getting started the ' parade was composed of floats representing the allied nations. The business house? ot the town each provided a float. The feature of the. procession was tie Goddess of Liberty. This honor v as won by Miss Hilda Ashton, she ----laving secured over 900,000 votes in the contest that took place two weeks ago ending on the 28th ot June at the Orpheus theatre. Miss Asbton was beautifully dressed and rede at the head of the procession oi a float representing a throne drawn by 4 white horses. "Some oi the nations represented were France, Belgium, England and of course Uncle Un-cle Sam was well to the front. This I'irt was taken by Mr. Ward McCal-Uster McCal-Uster of the Howard Foster troupe vjiud he certainly took the part to perfection. Much credit Is due to Mr. McAllister for the help that he gave in making up the various characters fter the parade there was a pro-pram pro-pram at the Tabernacle. Mr. Don B. ('olton was the speaker for the occasion. oc-casion. The Tabernacle was fittingly dec-cvited dec-cvited with bunting and flags of the ah'd nations, making a very striking strik-ing effect, the program was scheduled fT noon but owing to the lateness tf t!;e parade it was an hour late. After the program the people adjourned ad-journed to the ball park where sports of all kinds were participated In. Flit there was a ball game between Verbal 1st and 2nd wards In which tho Venial 1st ward was the winner hy Hie score of 25 to 5 thus winning the $50 cash prize offered of which the boys donated $5 to the Red Cross eoclety. "Then a ball game between the girls teams of Maeser and Naples special charity over uu ueuuouaj. Last Tuesday the 3rd somebody robbed the dressing rooms under the Orpheus while the actors were on the stage. Mrs. George Mattlson lost an Elk Horn watch given her by her husband also some small change. The same night probably the same party, broke into the theatre again and stole some money that Mrs. M Morgan had left In her hand bag. No trace of the' missing articles has yet been found. The Red Cross box that was taken tak-en from the Orpheus was found rifled in an alfalfa patch near the theatre. Another party of recruits left Vernal for Salt Lake City last Tuesday Tues-day morning. Mr. Barnes took them out in his automobile . The pool halls are a thing of the past in Vernal. The town hoard passed an ordinance closing them a short while ago. Now there lis no place for the poor loafer to go. Hard lines, eh? Vernal visitors this week Included Includ-ed Dr. Beavers, George Philipps and George Mulvey all of Myton. Everybody that wants a job now can get one as the farmers cannot get enough help to put up their hay crop which Is going to better than usual. y: i :v : y : y ift 1 ij: i iji ALTOXAH ye yti y,i i y y y& ye i;; Fifteen hundred second feet of water are reported flowing down the Lakefork river. The hay crop is proving to be a heavy one. The making of it is In full swing. Dr. Ship made a fine catch of trout the other day. Jim Crystal spent a day in town during the week. He stopped at Mr. Clare Preece's home. " Caldwell and Preece are nicely located lo-cated in their new shop. They arw to be complemented on Its neat appearance ap-pearance and the attractive arrangement arrange-ment of the stock. It took a team and two men two days to clean the yard up it was left In such a condition condi-tion by Mr. Millard. Our jolly water commissioner Is on the war path and the reformation being attained by his vigorous efforts ef-forts is meeting with the approval ot all law abiding people. They who are careless with the waste water on their farms are law breakers and Mr. Borgquist is drawing their atten-I atten-I tion to the fact. Mr. Curtis W. Caldwell has made a business trip to Vernal. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Preece were guests at the Crystal canyon ranch on Sunday last. They enjoyed the entertainment with which they were I received. Mr. Maxwell is in Myton for a day or two. Miss Cylista Maxwell is vis iting a week with us. It is a pleasure pleas-ure to note how much at home she seems to be. The Beehive Girl's dance this Friday Fri-day night is expected to be a decided decid-ed success. The girls are serving strawberries and ice cream and are working hard to do their share of the world work. They are raising .beans for the U. S. army and are trying try-ing to raise money to meet the expenses ex-penses incurred by the attempt. Mutual Improvement meetings art very well attended. An average at tendance of seventy-five obtains ana last Sunday night ninty. Well pleased pleas-ed peope listened to the very attractive attrac-tive program rendered. Dr. M. B. Ship lectured on physical culture and Mrs. Hazel Simons recited most entertainingly. en-tertainingly. These were only two of the many Interesting numbers rendered. ' Dr. Ship lectured before the as sembled Relief society members on Friday. The subject treated 13 not known at present writing. Be assur ed it was an interesting one as thtj doctor knows how to make any subject sub-ject Interesting. Vernal Miller, son of Mr. Marion j Miller contracted typhoid fever two j weeks ago and but a week ago Di. Ship was called to attend the illness and the lad feels so well today that he cannot be kept In bed as all such cases are expected to be for the first three or four weeks. Five hundred and fifty are the estimated es-timated number who listened to the very patriotic program rendered on the Fourth. The afternoon was giv. en over to sports which afforded t h people much amusement. There wer races run and won bv the fat, the lean, the big, the small, the clownish and the dignified." It was a glorious day commemorative of a glorious event. The birth of our nation and it was finished by a grand ball at night which lacked nothing in giving pleasure to the merry makers. Preparations are on foot for .a big celebration of the twenty-fourth The day will be commenced with a grand parade. Two Utahs will be represented, that of '47 and that of 1917. A sham battle will be staged, white men and Indians participating. A base ball game will be played by the Mountain Home and Altonah teams. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Preece assisted by Mr. Will Preece, Jr., entertained at dinner. Some of Will Preece's famous icec ream was served. He surely knows how to make this popular popu-lar refreshment. Mr. and Mrs. Das-trup Das-trup and children, Mrs. Alec Crystal and Mrs. John Clyde were the guests. After the dinner Mr. Dastrnp took the party for a joy ride in his auto mobile. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis W. Caldwell entertained their sons and daughters and families at a sumptuous dinner the occasion being the serving of the triotic program was rendered In the morning, amusing sports obtained in the afternoon and a very enjoyable dance was given In the evening. Thej music was furnished by the Altonah orchestra. A ball game was played in the afternoon by the AAonah and local teams. The home boys were the victors. Many people from neighboring neigh-boring towrns helped make the pleasure of the day. We ard prepar l ing for a big celebration of the twenty-fourth. 1 -.t: :k yi yt yi y- v rH Hi Hi MT. EVMOXS Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Mrs. Alice Burlingame was the honored guest at a shower given by young ladles of the town. She was the recipient of many dainty token suggestive of the esteem her many friends hold her in. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McKelvey and Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Wilcox made a brief isit at the home of Mr. Loyd Peacock on Tuesday evening of lasi week. They motored from Price in a Maxwell car by five o'clock in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cotrell of Salt Lake are visiting with the family ot Mr. Ira Cannon. It was a crowd to be proud of the one that celebrated the Fourth at this town. To them too is due the acknowledgement of the fact that it was through their assistance that the clay was a success. The fact that they, the assembled people, helped is duly appreciated. The program with which the day was commenced was all that one could wish of it. The numbers were most pleasingly rendered. Special Spe-cial mention should be made of the drill by the little girls done under the direction of Mrs. Lewis. Miss Minie Lewis assumed the character of the Goddess of Liberty. Mr. Ira Cannon represented Uncle Sam. Bishop Owen Bennion delivered tho patriotic address of the occasion. The sports of the afternoon drew forth one continuous gale of laughter. Most noticeably the Indian chicken pulling where Indians boys riding galloping ponies as best they could, tried while the animal was in motion, to pull from its buried position a bag with a prize of three dollars in it The baseball game of the day was a good one, very closely contested for the first five innings when the local boys weakened and the Mytonites walked away from them, winning the (game by a score of 12 to 6. The attendance at the dance in the evening was a record maker. The Lake Fork baud helped a great deal in making the day a most pleasur able one. o Hi Hi Hi Hi r!i Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi TABIOXA Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi the camp on Price road. Mr. W. E. Broom was in town Monday. Miss Alice Todd was visiting in Myton Sunday and Monday. Glen Lambert has been assisting the county clerk for the past two iweeks. Miss Hazel Hemphill has been transferred trans-ferred to the treasurer's office for the month of July. , Mr. Bartley of Ashley Bartlelt Music Mu-sic company, was in town last week. Sold several new victrolas. Mrs. A. M. Murdock lias been In Salt Lake with her son Homer, who ,is doing nicely. Mr. Richard Hartley will leave for Salt Lake Thursday. He has recently re-cently sold his dairy cattle to some one in Myton. Orin Smith left for Heber last Friday Fri-day for a few days visit. Mrs. Smith and children will accompany him home. Dr. A. Bjornson was visiting In Myton last Thursday. Wimmer White and Charles Partridge Part-ridge were married at Partridge farm Thursday evening. Rev. Bishop Jones held services at the chapel Wednesday evening. A boy at the home of John Keel. Arrived Wednesday morning. All concerned doing nicely. Adam Kohl who is visiting his brother Geo. Kohl has had a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. Miss Helen Dean has been absent from her work in the drug store because be-cause of illness. Red Cross Dance Saturday evening Everyone come. o Hi Hi r- Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi HAXXA Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi H-C Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi i Mrs. Monroe Giles has gone to Heber He-ber to spend the 4th with relatives and friends. Miss Ruth Phelps has returned home from Denver where she has been to school for the last two years. Mr. and Mrs. James Maxwell h fve gone o Diver for a short visit. Mr. Ethan Jermney is at the ranch closing up his affairs before going to East canyon. Mr. Wm. P. Hanna and Frank Defa have gone to Park City on business. busi-ness. Mr. Charley Wilckin of Salt Lake City made a short visrt out to his ranch last week. V. R. Savage returned home from Salt Lake his sister Miss Savage returning re-turning with him. Mr. and Mrs. Adair went over to Kamas to spend the Fourth. C. P. Leamaster has just returned from Helper where he has been after af-ter a load of freight. J. A. Pack was shaking hands with friends at Hanna last week. A. B. Atwood was down to Duchesne Du-chesne to the land sale on the second. o H-C Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hr LAIvEFOKK Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi He-Brother He-Brother Bud Murrey and son Leslie and family have returned from Kamas. They like this part of the county fine and are glad to be back again. John Moon and children also accompanied ac-companied the Murfeys back. Mrs. Moon will follow in the fall and all will make their home here. We are glad to welcome new comers to our midst. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Vejn Cluff on the 2nd a fine baby boy. All concerned con-cerned doing nicely. We are having some very hot weather but nevertheless gardens cropps are growing fine. A large celebration is being planned plann-ed for the 24th and a fine time is expected. ex-pected. The program will be printed print-ed next week. All are welcome to attend. Mrs. J. M. Pitt received word lately late-ly that her father David Eskelson of Ft. Duchesne who has blood poison had to be taken back to Roosevelt again for another operatin. We all hope for a speedy recovery. Fourth of July celebration and everyone ev-eryone had a real "tiresome" time. The main feature of the day was th wrestling match between Will Milliner Mil-liner of Hanna and Darro Joins representing rep-resenting Tabby. Milliner is now the champion middleweight of the upper Duchesne. During the wrestling match Mr. Wadley was so interested looking on that he did not notice the sawdust pit back of him and stepped off into it. The result was a broken ril) and several bruises for he unfortunate un-fortunate man. Pearl White and Alta Allen returned return-ed home last week. A few of Tabby's young folkes spent the Fourth in Duchesne. Fern, Ruby and Doris Maxwell, Lawrence-Maxwell, Lawrence-Maxwell, Harold Allen and Verl Wadley. G, N. James asked to borrow a light buggy from one of his neighbors. neigh-bors. Said he wanted to bring back about a hundred and fifty pounds from Park. So on the Fourth he returned with his violet. first fruits of their fine vegetable garden. It was Saturday night last that Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dastrup entertained at dinner Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Preece and Mr. Will Preece, Jr. o Hi HiHiHiHiHirK MOUNTAIN' HOME Hi Hi Hi ?K :& Hi Hi Mr. and Mrs. William Hadden and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson are visiting visit-ing with Mr. and Mrs. Heber Ilar-ward. Ilar-ward. Mrs. Hadden and Mrs. Wilson Wil-son are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harward and they are gaining much pleasure in associating together again after and extended sepration. These two young couples have been living at Storrs and they motored in in Mr. Hadden's new automobile. All who have b en working on the reservoirs came to the settlement for the Fourth. Stockmen are roundingup their cattle preparatory to taking them on to the summer range. A large number of this community went to Duchesne to vote for the opening of the grazing reserve for wc are anxious that more tilled land be added to the support of the town. In vedtigation made by those interested in-terested In the building of a new school house for the town found thai conditions do not favor Immediate construction work being done. Houses as they are fall so far short of meeting meet-ing our needs that we wait anxiously anxious-ly for better equipment. They who attended the celebration celebra-tion of the Fourth declare it the best time ever. A mn't interesting, pa- vi vt ;;r yu i s Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi rli TiOXETA yc vt: i: yp i y t yz i jj; The celebration or the Fourth partook par-took of the spirit of the times. It was sane, it was patriotic and full of a realization of the grave problems and tasks which confront our country. coun-try. The people enjoyed every moment mo-ment of it because of the faith they have In the destiny of the nation. Is It not to become the greaest on earth; first in war, first in peace and first In the heart of humanity? Songs and recitations were ren- |