Show V Park Float 1917 Christmas eve was appropriately appropriately appropriately celebrated at the New Park Hotel The Glee Club consisting consisting consisting con con- of W. W J. J Thomas Carter Joseph Kemp George Tippett Bert Nichols John Gilber Ed James James H. H Richards and Herb Knee- Knee born made merry with Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas as carols Hostess Hethke served re refreshments refreshments refreshments re- re the guests popped corn sang songs told stories played the piano combining in all an old-fashioned old happy time It wa was s 3 o'clock Christmas m morning 0 r n i n g before festivities ceased Never was there such weather in Park City as we are now hav having ing at this time of the year Itis It Itis Itis is more like early spring than winter Warm sunshine has left but little snow on the ground There is no sleighing everything everything everything every every- thing is on wheels and the Daisy stages are making regular trips between here and Salt Lake George Cunningham located at Fort Omaha is home on an eight day furlough and is enjoying enjoying enjoying enjoy enjoy- ing his visit with his young bride and his parents He is glad he is isa isa isa a soldier boy and while the drilling at times is exceedingly arduous he enjoys the camp life He is a member of the aviation aviation aviation avia avia- tion corps It will be remembered remembered remembered that while for Texas Mr Cunningham was caught in a wreck and was reported badly hurt He re received received received re- re only a slight shaking up however and suffered no serious results Glen Ridge son of Mayor and Mrs A. A P. P Ridge arrived home the first of the week to spend the holidays with his parents The young man is in inthe inthe inthe the radio telegraph branch of the Navy and stationed at Mare Island California He is en enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic en- en with his work andis and andis andis is proud to be in the service He is going to school and hopes at the conclusion of the course he will sail for France Council Meeting December 7 1917 COUNCIL MEETING Excerpts The city council met Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day night with Mayor Ridge Councilmen Neilson Billings Rosevear and Hales present with Recorder Miss Hurley Legal Advisor JE J.E. Johnson Marshal Robertson and Water Master Wilson at their posts Mr MacFarlane is visiting in inthe inthe inthe the east Mr Jon Deason was an interested interested inter ested visitor and the only one A communication was readI read I rom the county commissioners regarding colle collecting c tin g of poll taxes outside of city limits of Park City and desiring that same be turned over to county treasurer treasurer the the county clerk informing in informing informing in- in forming the council that check covering same would be much appreciated On the motion of Nielson and Rosevear the communication was ordered filed A Logical Protest Mr John Deason was called upon and stated he was present to protest against a lien being placed against his mothers mother's property because of the de delinquent delinquent delinquent de- de sidewalk tax recently advertised in The Park Re Re- Re cord Mr Deason said the reason tax had not been paid was be because because because be- be cause the sidewalk had not been properly constructed and be because because because be- be cause of this fact the cement w walk a 1 k had been bee n a serious detriment to the property in instead instead instead in- in stead of a benefit The walk had not been built according to established grade and as a result there was a sag and in summer stagnant water from drains was the result and andin andin andin in winter continued making ice-making the defective walk a menace and nuisance the year around It was admitted by all in authority that the walk should be t torn tor o r n out and rebuilt in accordance with wit h established grade City Attorney Johnson gave his view of the matter corroborating corroborating corroborating corro corro- borating what had been said by Mr Deason Yet the delinquent tax had been advertised and the sale would have to take place on day set Marshal Robertson Councilmen Councilmen Council- Council men Billings and Rosevear discussed discussed dis dis- cussed the mat matter t e r agreeing with Mr Deason in his protest protest protest pro pro- test the hard problem being a proper adjustment of the matter before the date advertised to sell property On motion of Mr Billings the m mat matter a t t e r was left with Attorney Johnson and Mayor Ridge to devise means of amicable adjusting the matter to the satisfaction of all con con- NEWS ABOUT TOWN Willard and Henry Bircumshaw Bircumshaw Bircumshaw shaw went to Salt Lake Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day of this week to enlist in the service of Uncle Sam They have passed three examinations and expect to be accepted to to- to day Willard will enlist as a musician Attorney G General e n e r al Dan B. B Shields was in the Park the first of the week with other members of the State Road Commission His visit was so brief that he scarcely had time timeto to call on his mother and sisters sisters sisters sis sis- sis sis- to say nothing of shaking hands with his many Park City v friends and admirers PARK PARK FLOAT 1917 Material arrived this week for the erection of a new Union Pacific roundhouse to replace the one recently destroyed by fire It will be built on the old site A. A K Dray night foreman at the big Judge smelter had his hand quite badly burned last Saturday through thoughtlessness thoughtless thoughtless- ness of a workman The in injured injured injured in- in member was promptly attended to and Mr Dray was back on the job the following day The only colored baby ever born in Park City arrived at atthe atthe atthe the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Sibley on Thanksgiving ing Day Arthur Sibley is in inthe inthe inthe the employ of Frank Andrew and is rejoicing over the birth of his first born It is with a great deal of pleasure the patrons of the Denver Rio Grande welcome Conductor Jim Langford back backon on the local run For nearly a year he was following other pursuits and all during his ab absence absence absence ab- ab sence it seemed as if something was lacking lacking and and there was It was the genial spirit and pleasing per personality son a 1 it Y of Jim one Langford-one of the oldest conductors conductors conductors con con- in the service and one of the most popular He re reported reported reported re- re ported for duty last Saturday and it i is s worth going to the train daily to hear his familiar call of C All aboard With the equally popular Dick Moore as brakeman brakeman brakeman brake- brake man it is now like being at home when taking a trip to Salt Lake so genial is the atmos atmos- phere DECEMBER 14 1917 PARK MINING NOTES Wm M. M Curtis owner of the Glencoe situated in Blue Ledge district has a force of men employed employed employed em em- in c clean cleaning 1 e ani i n g up preparatory preparatory preparatory pre pre- to commencing active development work There is capital behind this move and perhaps in the be ginning beginning of much development work to be commenced commenced commenced com com- in the eastern portion of this district It is a known fact that the Park Park- Utah Park Utah has big holdings in inthis inthis inthis this section and that with the completion of the lay laying ing of heavy rails in the big bie Ontario dr drain in tunnel a act active c t i v e and continuous work will be pushed on the Park- Park Utah holdings and this will mean the prospecting of the eastern portion of the district and beyond the question of a doubt new ore reserves opened up and mining interest renewed The eastern portion of Park City district has been woefully neglected in the years gone bye but Col Wm Curtis has never lost faith in the future of it and he is going to live to see his optimistic prediction come true The directors of the Cali Cali- fornia-Comstock fornia after all their continuous and per persistent s i s ten t boosting in the Salt Lake papers have been compelled to to throw up the sponge sponges and announces to the stockholders that it is impossible to either continue development work or pay the debts incurred CROSSCUTS Reports from the Iowa Cop per is to the effect that streaks of ore is coming in the bottoms of the shaft The shaft is still in quartzite PARK FLOAT 1917 Leander met with a rather bad accident while coasting coasting coasting coast coast- ing on the hill across from the Rio Grande station He was riding with a companion who belly buster and Leander was riding on top of him An effort was made to pass under a freight car and Leander struck the car with his head receiving a bad scalp wound mashing his nose and receiving other cuts and bruises He pluckily walked home but was in bad shape when he arrived there It was necessary to call a physician who ad administered administered administered ad- ad ministered an ic fc in order to sew up and dress the wound The lad is quite badly disfigured but will suffer no bad effects from the accident Shirley Derry Will Clegg and John James were also hurt the same evening but nothing of a serious nature DECEMBER DECEMBER 21 1917 NEWS ABOUT TOWN Gilbert Kimball was knocked senseless and quite badly bruised last T Tuesday u e s d day a y while coasting |