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Show Chips and Shavings from Bingham The State Industrial Commission awarded $16.00 a week for 63 weeks to Solaman Vegil of Espanola, N. M., who is the father of Tilar Vegil who was killed on March 12th last by the fall of a large rock from the hanging hang-ing of a stop on the 1700 foot level. Vegil is survived by his parents .also five younger brothers and sisters who live at Espanola, New Mexico. C. L. Countryman has tendered his resignation to the Town Board of Bingham as Town Trustee, the resignation resig-nation to take immediate effect. William Oates of Redwood Road, a native of Cumberland, England born January 16, 1888 and a resident of Copperfield for many years died on the 20th inst. of pulmonary hemorrhage. hemor-rhage. Deceased is survived by his wife, Hannah, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Askew, former seridents of Bingham. ' Mr. Oates was employed by the D. and R. Railway Co., and was much respected in the district in which he resided. Funeral services were held from the O'Donnell new funeral home on Sunday ladt, with a number of friends from Bingham and district attending. The Rev. Alvin Butcher, conducted the services. Interment was made in the family plot at the Wasatch Was-atch Cemetery, at Salt Lake City. WHY GO FARTHER THAN THE AMERICAN EXPRESS OFFICE for MONEY ORDERS WHEN YOU CAN BUY THEM RIGHT HERE. Warning has been issued by County Sheriff Ben Harris that vandalism or boisterous conduct on the streets will not be tolerated at Hallowe'en. It is desired also by Chief or Police Frank Thompson that parents take a hand in the matter and try to keep their children from damaging property prop-erty in Bingham. Members of the local order of B. P. O. E. will give an Election Dance at Canyon Hall on the night of Nov-1 ember 3. The music will be furnished by the 10-piece Royal Purple Orchestra Orches-tra of Salt Lake City. The Election returns will be announced from the dance floor. Secure your tickets in time. Art Macke, Doc. Inglesby, "Shorty" Jones and Mike Morris, returned to camp on Wednesday after a successful success-ful deer hunt tin the Kaibab forest. Each secured a big buck apiece. Doctor F. E. Straup, mayor of Bingham, Bing-ham, F. Thompson, chief of Police, Water Master, W. Robbins and Carl Nichols left this week on a deer hunt. A. L. Larsen, special representative of the Modern Woodmen of America is now at the Modern Hotel and would be pleased to meet old time members of the organization who are residents of Bingham. At a recent conference of this great lodge which has a membership mem-bership of 1,100,000 it was decided to open the field for quartz miners, which has given him an opportunity to organize in this field and hopes in a few days to be able to point out the advantages of this lodge to the many miners in this camp,, .The Volunteer Fire Companies of Bingham Canyon will give their annual an-nual Masquerade Ball at the Canyon Hall on Saturday evening. Prizes will be given as follows by the principal stores of Bingham: The Bingham Merc offers a $5.00 prize; The Golden Rule Store a $5.00 prize; R Jay Mitchell Mit-chell Store a $5.00 prize; Schramm-Johnson Schramm-Johnson Co., an Ever-Ready ' pencil; J. Bogan, $4.75 in trade and Jacobsen Clothing Co., $2.50. The Dance will commence at 9 p. m. and will be one of the swell affairs of the season. W. Waters, Midvale'g popular attorney at-torney was a Bingham visitor on Wednesday. Wed-nesday. Fred Farris of Denver, Colo., is the new movie operator at the Gem Theatre. Mr. Farris is a (union (operator (op-erator of long standing. |