Show this week twenty years ago issue of may 14 1919 ata at a meeting of the county commissioners with members me abers of I 1 ithe the county fair committee and a representative delegation from cedar city it was decided not to hold a county fair that year because both parowan carowan and cedar city claimed it was their turn the fair had been hold held in pro paro wan in 1917 but cedar city had 1 passed it up in 1918 and therefore felt that it was their turn in 1919 As no agreement could be readied reached between the two towns the commissioners ners decided to abolish the I 1 fair that year parowan carowan was considering si sid cring going ahead with a far fair and ram sale on its own accord using the dates set before for it which were september 17 18 and 19 parowan carowan Pa rowan paragonah Para gonah nall and summit had oversubscribed over subscribed their allott ment of victory liberty loan bonds by parowan carowan citizens purchased paragonah Para gonah nall 9 and summit 1300 seven carowan parowan I citizens purchased 2003 worth of bonds each enoch burton had contracted to build a business block on main street adjoining the matheson me meat at market for george taylor and sons the building was to be used for a confectionary and cafe miss melba bunh of this city and mr frank finnegan of boston were married on friday of that week at the home of mr and mrs george R gunn with justice jus tic e of the ahe peace H S hyatt officiating the orton hotel had been leased to J W gleason and was operating under the name of the paro wan hotel it was rumored about town that another store building was to be erected by the marsdend Mars dens next to that one being built by george taylor and sons the peerless sawmill owned by john W benson and J B dalton had contracted this summers run to the cedar lumber and commission co the estimated output of the mill for the season was over board feet of lumber at the last meeting of the iron county school board janitors were named for all the schools of the county and the budget for the next year was discussed and ordered filed with the county clerk the paragonah Para gonah nall schools were to lose close on friday of that week with in an excellent program being given by sy the students under the diorec tion lon of principal clifford empey |