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Show HOT OFF TIIE WIRE About People and Events of Local Interest Htruy Bits of Information Gathered at Random and Arranged for Rapid Readers Mrs. Turner of Salt Lake received a package of ferns, holly and violets from France. Mrs. 0. E. Adkins entertained the 0. E. S. Club at her home Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jefferson entertained en-tertained Thursday evening of last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Siewert spent Sunday at their ranch on Beaver Bottoms. The ladies of the Catholic church will give a St. Patrick's day dance at tho opera house Saturday evening, March 16. Dick O'Rourke was taken to Salt Lake last Saturday night, where he is undergoing treatment by a specialist. spec-ialist. Mrs. P. J. Adams returned yesterday yester-day from her visit to Seattle and Camp Lewis. She reports a delightful delight-ful trip. Born, at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Mr. and Mrs. Heber Hanks of Mil-ford, Mil-ford, on Monday, March 11, 1918, a baby girl. Samuel Blunt was called to Salt Lake City Monday night by a message mes-sage saying that his wife was not so well as she had been. Mrs. J. M. Gailey went to Los Angeles An-geles Thursday morning, where she expects to reside. Mr. Gailey is located lo-cated at Kelso in San Bernardino county, California. Mr. and Mrs. Hermon J. Wells returned re-turned Sunday from a few days visit in Salt Lake City. Mr. Wells was called there last week for examination examina-tion for military duty. Mies Dorothy Phillips of McPher-son, McPher-son, Kansas, arrived in the city this week and will act as bookkeeper for the Burns & Bird company. Miss Phillips is a sister of Mrs. H. M. Korns. In a recent letter to his sister, Geo. T. Larson, formerly manual training teacher in the high school of Milford. gives the information that he is now in service in France and likes it. He belongs to Co. B., 18th Infantry. American E. F., France. He has not heard from his friends here since his arrival there. Charles Stanton, formerly a well known settler on the project, now of Calexico, California, was in Milford this week. Mr. Stanton was on his way to Salt Lake City and stopped off to attend to some business matters mat-ters and to visit friends. He is now the owner of a good farm and a string of pure bred Holstein cows and says he is "doing fine." Several families have moved into new quarters this week. Mr. ana Mrs. Joe Tribole have moved into their new home recently purchased of C. A. Arrington; the Edwards family has moved into the Cottrell house vacated by the Triboles, and J. E. Tanner and family haye moved into the Arrington property across from the grammar school building. Mrs. Wil TT" Morris entertained the lady teachers and a few other guests at her home last Saturday afternoon. af-ternoon. The guests brought their fancy work and spent a very pleasant pleas-ant afternoon. Delicious refreshments refresh-ments were served by the hostess. Those present were Mesdames Bird. PItchforth. McAlister. Bates, Wilkinson. Wilkin-son. Korns. LaFea and Johnstone, and Misses Evans, Huish, Slaclt, Meklrum and Street. Anna Griffiths spent Sunday visiting visit-ing with her parents. Mr. F. Steigmeyer of Salt Lake arrived in Milford this morning. Milford people have received Invitations Invi-tations to attend a dance at Baker tomorrow night. There will be a dance an Irish dance a regular St. Patrick's Day celebration at the Old Hickory mining min-ing camp tonight. Several auto loads of Milford people will attend. Messrs. Waddingham, Parkinson, Vincent and Bush went to Los Angeles An-geles a few days since to enlist as special service men for Uncle Sam. They are all experienced railroad operatives. Geo. L. Swensen, an official of the Delta Land & Water Company, has spent several days In Milford this week. The Milford Leather Goods Company Com-pany of this city has established several sev-eral agencies In surrounding towns, which is increasing its business quite materially. The Ladies' Aid Society will meet at the parsonage for a Silver Tea on Thursday afternoon, the 21st. Mrs. L. M. Kelley, hostess. Eight of the men who have been at work on the Mountain States Telephone Tel-ephone Co. improvements in this city left Wednesday evening for Salt Lake City. The period during which rye flour may be used as a wheat substitute In Victory bread has been extended to March 31, as in some sections of the country other substitutes are not yet available. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Nebeker gave a very elaborate reception at their residence Wednesday evening. The affair was one o unusual social importance im-portance and greatly enjoyed by all guests present. Very attractive and dainty refreshments were served. The Bush Brown residence property, prop-erty, adjoining the residence recently recent-ly purchased by Fred Jefferson on the Heights, has been bought by Billy Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols moved into their new home the first of the week. There will be some remodeling re-modeling done on the residence soon. Mrs. A. H. Dahle received word from her parents this week that her brother Mr. Irl Booth was expected home on a furlough on account of the arrival of a baby girl in the Booth home. Later word was received re-ceived that no arrival or word had come, and fears are entertained by the young wife and family circle that he is en route to France. Mrs. Dahle was preparing to leave for her home town on her brother's arrival, but as yet the family reunion seems uncertain uncer-tain and distant. Yes, Milford 's sort of a good old town, Though she isn't so much for looks. She isn't an Eden of flowers and folk Aren't crazy o'er high-brow books, But she moves along In a modest mod-est way And grows and prospers day by day. |