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Show Chips and Shavings Around Bingham At a meeting of the Town Board on Wednesday evening with Mayor F. E. Straup in the chair, with all members present with the exception of Councilman Ray Rentier, it was announced draft on an ordinance fixing fire limits and regulating the building and repairing of buildings in the Town of Bingham would be read at the next meeting. W. Peterson, Peter-son, of the National Puvwp Co., of Provo, came to Bingham on Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon and demonstrated a new pump which he is anxiovs to e installed in a Bingham fire fighting equipment. Representatives of the Underwriters Association conferred! with the Town Board respecting the New Ordinance which they are getting get-ting drafted. Carl Carlson, Fire Chief, of Bingham Bing-ham Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 who was badly burned at the fire on the 30th of April is able to appear on the streets once again. Jim Jimas, the popular manager of the United Drug Co., of Copperfield, was a business visitor to Salt Lake this week. Lester Baker, former Mayor of Kemmerer, Wyoming, and Editor and Publisher of the "Kemmerer Republican" Republi-can" and the "Rock Springs Rocket" two of the best papers published in the state of Wyoming was a visitor at the office of the "Bingham News" on Monday. Mr. Baker is popular in Bingham and in 1912 was engaged in the newspaper business here. Frank Lohr of the Bingham Stage Line left this week for Shady Rest, the summer resident of Bill Collins, on the Provo, where he will spend two weeks recuperating. He will be accompanied by his wife. At the annual meeting of the Utah State Association of Letter Carriers at the Federal Building at Salt Lake City on Sunday last Irvin Stillman Fire Chief Knight of Salt Lake City was the guest of honor of Mayor May-or F. E. Straup on Wednesday who came to Bingham to investigate conditions con-ditions as to improved fire fighting facilities. The Mutual Improvement Association Associa-tion of the L. D. S. church held their annual picnic on Tuesday last. Three Bingham Stage Line cars were secured se-cured and took the members to But-terfield But-terfield canyon where luncheon and sports were enjoyed. The many friends of Pete Pitehios will learn with pleasure that he is recovering nicely from his recent operation op-eration at a Salt Lake Hospital and hopes to be in Binghann in the near future, to resume his business activities. of Bingham was appointed Vice-Pres ident of the Association. We congratulate con-gratulate Mr. Stillman on his appointment. ap-pointment. Sid Harlan, of the Bingham News printery spent the week-end at Salt Lake City visiting friends. He was registered at the New Wasatch and altho he missed a number of friends on this trip he hopes to be in a position po-sition to meet more next tilme. Before the Industrial Commission at Salt Lake on Tuesday the question of the death of W. S. Myers was investigated. in-vestigated. Myers was not the victim vic-tim of an accident but died as the result of a disease. He was employed employ-ed as a miner in the Buterfield Tunnel Tun-nel by the United States Mining Co., and died after being a patient five davs in the Bintrham Hospital. There was no claim for compensation, althc the matter was brought to the attention atten-tion of the commission ' by S. S. Myers, the son of the deceased man. The Bingham Mattress Co., under the supervision of George Smith, of the Bingham Furniture Co., will open a mattress factory at 188 Main Street for the manufacture of new mattresses, mattress-es, also for the remodeling of old mattresses. Mr. Smith altho only a resident of Bingham for a short time is making rapid progress in his business bus-iness and is to be congratulated on his new venture. We are in receipt this week of a copy of the Mountain States Monitor Moni-tor for May, a magazine published monthly by the Mountain States Telephone Tel-ephone Co., of Denver. It contains a write-up on Bingham, with a view of the camp which was accredited with having been taken from an airplane air-plane but such was not the case. Copies Cop-ies of that same picture having been reproduced before an airplane was ever seen in this state. A photo of the employees of the Bingham office was also produced which was anything any-thing but a credit to the photographer as our Bingham girls always look a 100 per cent. . The Hawaiian entertainers at the R. C. Gemmell Club on Friday evening proved one of the successes of the season. .The vocal and instrumental music was appreciated by all present, while the straw dance was popular with some of the bachelor members of the club. The Aces of Harmony will give their last dance of the season at the Highland Boy School house (TONIGHT). (TO-NIGHT). Dancing to commence at nine. American Railway Express Travelers Trav-elers Checks are always safe, consult the agent at the Bourgard Building. Members of Volunteer Fire Companies Com-panies No. 1 and 2 of Bingham met in No. 1 Fire Hall on Tuesday evening. even-ing. Members of both companies entertained en-tertained after which luncheon was served. Bud Yokum left this week for Park City where it is understood he will engage in the jitney business. His many friends in Bingham wish him every success. e Guy Bolognese, of Salt Lake City, one of Bingham's pioneers, was a visitor to Bingham on Thursday. Gene Jenkins, manager of the Mountain States Telephone Co., spent the week end with his family at Provo. . ' Engel Chipien, so-called light heavy weight wrestler of California met defeat de-feat at the hands of Max Glover, the Utah Copper Wrestler at the Swede Hall in Carr Fork on Tuesday evening even-ing last. Chipien was under the care of a doctor and carried a certificate to that effect altho he wrestled for about fifteen minutes. Very few attended at-tended the match. The delivery team of the Wells Groceteria ran away from Carr Fork Tuesday last, and bumped into the Citizens Coal Co.'s team in its flight down the canyon. One of the horses suffered a broken leg and had to be shot George says the horse was insured in-sured however, and his merchandise will continue to be delivered free The many friends and admirers of "Parson" Simpkin, formerly of the Phillips Congregational church at Salt Lake City will be pleased to learn the "parson" will be in Bingham on Saturday May 23 at the unveiling of the portrait of the late J. D. Shilling, former superintendent of the Utah Copper Co., at the R. C. Gdmr mell club. |