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Show LOOKING BACKWARD Items of interest taken from the Files of the Milford News of Fifteen years ago this week The addition to the round house will be completed within ten days. Ten stalls have been added at a cost of over ?40,000.00. Local switchmen in the yards of the Salt Lake route at this place received re-ceived an increased of So per month in wage on January 1. The Moscow mine cut a lucious melon in the form of a dividend of 2Ji cents per share, aggregating 22,500. This prosperous company still has in reserve $25,0C0 in the treasury. J. W. McAllister, export ploneeer barber, showed his faith in the future of his home town this week by the purchase of the 25 foot frontage known as the old laundry corner at Main and Second streets. The price paid was $85.00 per front foot. Mr. and Mrs. Work, late of Delta have moved to the Beaver County Irrigation Ir-rigation Company's residence at Rocky Ford dam and will have charge of the big reservoir and .other property of the company during the coming season. Clark Kesler and Roy Warner will open up a garage next to the Hardy property on Main street. The Horn Silver mine has just issued is-sued its second dividend for the year, in the sum of 5 cents a share, or a total of $20,000.00, which was distributed dis-tributed December 30. D. A. Webster succeeded R. S. Ramsey as editor of the Milford News on January 1. George and Roy Baxter are working work-ing a claim acquired from the Copper Cop-per Ranch Company. Mr. Robbins, of Murray, has taken charge of the hardware department of Sloan's store. P. B. McKeon, of Salt Lake, formerly form-erly of Milford, was married last week to a Chicago lady. W. F. Cottrell and sons Roy and Fred, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tribole and Mr. Seiwert spent New Year's hunting rabbits south of town. Sam Cline and Russell Parsons went to Beaver Monday where Mr. Parsons was sworn in as County Attorney. At-torney. Marion Smithson, who is serving with the 2nd Squadron, Utah Cavalry on the Mexican border, has written a very interesting letter home. |