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Show PERSONALS AND LITTLE LOCALS The following dispatch was received receiv-ed from Washington: ''The treasury department announces liquidation of the Bank of Duchesne". L. C. Wins-low, Wins-low, one of the depositors, said he had heard nothing of it. "Liquidation "Liquida-tion means settling up'' declared Mr. Winslow. "I have not yet received mine." A feature of the Fourth of July celebration at Upalco will be the unveiling un-veiling of a portrait of the late Theodore The-odore Roosevelt and reading his last message. There wil be many sporting sport-ing events in the afternoon and a dance at night. The proceeds will be used to help pay for a school bell. The celebration is in .charge of the Parent-Teacher association. ' Did you see the meteoric showers? a . Don't wake me. up until next high water. i ... What about that camping ground for tourists? L. N. Shanks has returned from an oil shale assessment trip. ... There are some pretty lawns, gardens gar-dens and orchards in Myton. ... .Mrs. Lew Milner, of Indian bench, has been quite ill for a few days. At last accounts she was better. ... Carbon .county coal mines are working only part of the time. a A .clean up aud paint up campaign in Myton would be a good thing. ... Green river was higher this sum-' sum-' soer than it has been for years. The rubbish on lots where buildings build-ings were burned should be removed. . Will McKinlay and wife have gone to Steamboat Springs for the summer. ... Robert G. Turner and Miss Pearl Witt, of Heber were recently married. mar-ried. ... Fishing is reported good in most of the streams. It will be ideal for the Fourth. Parley Ostergard has returned from Salt Lake where he attended school. Miss Alaska . will return later. . Naoma Burgener has been appointed ap-pointed postmistress at Midway, Wasatch Wa-satch county, vice Cora Bigler, resigned. re-signed. ... Charles Hume, of Fruitland, was here this week for medical examination. examina-tion. It is feared he Is contracting tuberculosis. ... James H. Moore, superintendent of schools, Duchesne county, will attend the National Education convention in Des Moines. Among the newly weds well known in the basin are Miss Mabel Olsen, of Isiar.illa and William D. Field, of Lyman, Ly-man, Wyoming. No criminal cases were tried this term of the District court in Vernal. The case of C. A. Cawley, embezzle-men, embezzle-men, went over until the September term. Numerous weekly newspapers in Utah have been violating the anti-cigaret anti-cigaret law by publishing cigaret advertisements ad-vertisements since the law went into effect. ... There are not nearly so many flies in Myton as there were this time last year. People are swatting and at the same time covering up breeding placet. D. H. Madsen, state game and fish commissioner has sold 119 beaver hides for $1015. This a high price In view of the receni slump in the fur market. ... Locators of mining claims are busy doing their assessment work. The bill introduced in congress to extend the time had not passed at last account!. ac-count!. ... People of the Bluebell neighborhood neighbor-hood are much worked up over the disappearance of two girls, mention of which is made in this week s correspondence. cor-respondence. ' . . Hundreds of acres of alfalfa in the Uintah basin will go io seed that otherwise would have gone to hay for the reason late news is that seed will bring good prices. . C. C. Jacob, Federal water commissioner, com-missioner, has been Joined by his wife and three sons who will spend some time here. They have rooms at Mrs. Christine Moodie's. Where are you going to spend the Fourth? Celebrations will be held at Roosevelt, Arcadia, Duchesne, Uaplco, Vernal, Uintah Park, Mt. .Home. All will be good. r ... Mrs. W. E. Broome was called by telegraph to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Mary Shugart, of Oklahoma. The telegram stated that Mrs. Shu-gart's Shu-gart's condition was very critical. The Duchesne board of education will perhaps soon publish a detailed financial statement. The supreme court re:ently ruled that all boards of education should publish such statements. They must be full and complete and not mere skeletons. I Dallas Young, of Antelope, has tiled application with the state engineer engi-neer lor permission to use two second sec-ond feet of water from .Antelope reek for the irrigation of 140 acres. . . Albert H. Kneale and wife, of the Indian department, Fort Duchesne are expected home in the near future from their vacation. They spent part of the time in Washington City. ... Mrs. R. J. Enochs ana children have returned from a visit to Hay-den, Hay-den, Colorado. They were accompanied accom-panied by her mother, Mrs. B. T. Shelton and by her brother, Sam Shelton. ... Mrs. W. T. Giberson and sons Thilipp and Paul and daughter Louise, of Salt Lake,. are visiting her nephew, Will A. Jennings, down the liver. Mr. Giberson expects to join them soon. YY. H. Coltharp, George E. Adams and John H. Reader, of Vernal.'spent Saturday here on Uintah Power & Light company business. They returned re-turned home Sunday. They report business in the Ashley valley better. . J. J. Johnson, general manager of the Uintah Power & Light company is here for a couple of weeks looking after the affairs of the company. Mr. Johnson has been in Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming. He says times are no better there than here. . Geologist Cline, of the Royal Dutch Shell Oil company, and wife left this week for Salt Lake, from which point Mrs. Cline will soon start for California. Mr. Cline expects ex-pects to return here for an indefinite length of time. Rev. William H. Pond, who will be in charge of the Episcopal work in Duchesne for the summer and per-hap per-hap permanently, was a visitor in Myton. Mr. Pond is now rector oi the Boardman church near Youngs-town, Youngs-town, Ohio. When he tendered his resignation recently they refused to accept it and gave him three months leave of absence. Boardman church is 113 years old. ... C. A. Snyder, J. D. Beaver, Charlie Payton, George Stewart and R. L. Hurd left Monday afternoon fori Montezuma county, Colorado, in two, automobiles, a distance of about 400! miles, where they will do the annual assessment work on the Snyder-Beaver Snyder-Beaver placer claims, which are said to be very valuable. The - dirt, according ac-cording to report received here, will run as high as $1.50 per yard. All eyes will be turned toward Jersey City next Saturday. Jack Dempsey, of America and Georges Carpentter, of France, will contend for the world's pugilistic championship. champion-ship. The winner is to receive $300,-000 $300,-000 and the loser $200,000. The arena will seat 70,000 fans and if the seals are all sold the gate receipts will amount to more than $1,500,-000. $1,500,-000. "Tex" RLckard, the world's greatest sportsman, is the promoter. . . A horse saddled and bridled, belonging be-longing to Charles Tucker, of Vernal, Ver-nal, was lost for 33 days. He was turned loose at the Dyer mine, in the mountains north of Vernal, to go back home, but failed to show up on time and a search was instituted and the country for miles around was scoured. Wm. Winn, of Vernal, recently re-cently found the horse in the Brush creek sinks. The saddle was much the worse for wear, but the horse was well aud fat and not a hair was turned under the saddle. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whittemore last Saturday night entertained a few of their friends at Monte Carlo whist. The decorations were red roses. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Preece, Misses Louise Holder, Merle Stewart, Naoma Brown, Alice Todd, Lillian Babcock. Messrs. E. R. Wlnstrom, William Preece, Paui Hammock, Lionel Babcock,, Glen Blair, Ilillery Holder. Burtie Dart, Fred Todd. Paul Hammock and Fred Todd won the prizes. After most delightful de-lightful refreshments were served the guests enjoyed danclii. Burtie and Alva Dart last night entertained at a card party at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mr. B. L. Dart. The guests were Misses Louise Holder, Merle Stewart, Agnes Beaver, Alice Todd, Naoma, Brown, Elza ZIrker, Lillian Babcock, Messrs. Fred Todd, Paul Hammock, Lionel Babcock, Hillery Holder, Harold Knudsen, Warren Odekirk, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Dart. Prizes were won by Miss Louise Holder and Mr. Fred Todd. Consolation prizes were awarded award-ed to Miss Naoma Brown and Mr. O. A. Dart. After refreshments were served dancing was enjoyed on the porch. - |