Show henry E petersen a student of stanford university writes the reaper that he will be home in about six weeks to spend the summer Ya vacation cation he says that spring has the reins well in hand in california and that the entire country has become a vast gaaden baaden of eden green grass and beautiful flowers everywhere the air is heavy with the fragrance of roses and every manner of beautiful flowers and it is worth ones while to make the acquaintance of strange trees and shrubbery one never sees in utah henery worships flowers and he sees them in his dreams in california he is kept busy during leisure hours in classifying species that are wholly alien he has made a number of tn trips aps to san framcisco a city which lie he describes as s a wonder but his mind often reverts reverta tu to utah and he is counting the days which must elapse ere he returns for a visit and comes ambling dewri the pike neal mcmillan the well known cattle man of murray was taken very ill at the johnston hotel monday evening his condition became much aggravated during the night and on tuesday morning he was taken north on a special train r marriage Marria je licenses have bee been n issued this week by the county clerk to james V skinner of sevier and miss aliss myrtle jensen of elsinore on saturday april 1 licenses licences licen ces bes were issued to frank christensen of richfield Rich neld and emma Beek becksted ted of monroe arthur 0 christensen of richfield and effie becksted of mon roe judge S G dark clark married first named couple and bishop athe s VS swindle windle of monroe tied the nuptial knot for the Christen sens and beck studs IV mr and mrs A D ikebe Nc boker iker of Ann annabella bella over from town wednesday the current issue of the Sevi erian the organ of the schools of sevier county is off the press it contains much that will interest parents and pupils and is in every way a commendable issue there is more than usual correspondence from schools in the district and the articles are exceptionally well written an address to eighth grade graduates is Is in the nature of an editorial and shows very painstaking work in itz its construction there are a number of poetical offerings ene cne of the best having been written by miss janice jensen of the richfield grades en titled the blue bird L A merrill is soon to leave sevier county to accept the position of managing director of state farm demonstration to make headquarters in logan mr merrill and his work will be missed in the sevier valley where his efforts have been greatly appreciated dr T R gledhill reports the Tol following lowing births A son to mr and mis alis paul kelley of marysvale Marys vale a laughter daughter to mr and mrs ralph nelson of this city a son to mr and mrs carl colby of venice the fair association held a meeting last saturday afternoon in the court house the time was spent in considerable discussion anent the holding of the coming county exposition and it was determined to begin a campaign at the earliest possible moment to advertise and feature prospective attractions premium lists are soon to be issued and the lists will be carefully edited enlarged and in many instances made more attractive it was the sentiment of the meeting that the Sevi er county fair be merged into a circuit embracing manti beaver and other towns in the southern part of the sta state teso so that there will be no conflicting dates and nd other irregularities it is the proper move to begin advertising sevier countes coun tys coming exhibition at as early a day as possible and also get premium lists into circulation long before midsummer david david blackburn once a very prominent farmer of wayne county committed suicide at his home in delta last week by cutting his throat with a razor the unfortunate man had bad been in ill health for a long time and con constant brooding had deranged his mental powers lie he had acquired a horne home near delta and was in fairly good financial condition he left a wife and large family dont fail to attend the dance at the star pavilion this saturday evening its purpose is to get the proposed ball team on its feet and to raise funds sufficient to encourage the players to do their level best in the opening game which will be pulled off of in the very near future saturday april has been designated by the city council of richfield as cleanup clean up and paint up day it is proposed to make this date locally memorable every property owner in the city will be urged to clean up and improve his premises and get all environments in sanitary condition last year richfield was awarded the bun for being the cleanest city in the state and the reputation should be maintained saturday april 15 will be a date that every home lioni loyer elover in this city should remember get ready for the occasion with paint brush shovels and rakes and be prepared to renovate and improve your home and a i its ts c environments nv i ron ments james MP eterson is ir in zion this week attending a meeting of directors of the agricultural college do you know what we think is the best story in the bible it may sur w v prise you but that one about noah and the flood we say this even in the face of educated folks who turn up their noses nose and sand declare the flood story a fake you remember that noah had to worl work a long longa time on the ark it was uphill busi ness too at best to go on sweating and toiling day after day in the hot sun out there on dry land while the hammer and anvil club sat around spitting juice on his boards whittling up his soft pine with their jack jackknives knives and telling wh what a t a fool he was to expect expect t a big ra n in a country that was too dry to grow alfalfa but old noali noah kept at it finally the flood came and every mothers son of the croakers was drowned this is the only case we know of where the croaker got what was coming to him r |