Show LIGHT IN THE HORIZON the united states is slowly I 1 but surely emerging from a i period of keen financial stringency and commercial unrest it has been felt by all classes 0 of people in every strata of society but light is showing at last in the distance and relief is in sight 1 but it will require yet a little imore more patience on the martof the people and a united effort and determination to wrest prosperity from chaos those who expect to see an instant transformation from stringency to boundless wealth will of course meet with disappointment I 1 but commercial and financial experts are all agreed that the next six months will see the united states in the midst of an era of unprecedented prosperity in the me mean an time let us be patient and work I 1 D W wilkinson of neola purchased a lot here the past week and will build a residence immediately K rae ashton was in vernal a couple of days this week blank notes for sale at the standard office justice russell held court saturday it was a petit larceny case the victim pleaded guilty and tafe th e judge fined him 25 and costs ashley bartlett came over from vernal monday lie ile re reports his 3 year old child who has been sick with typhoid fever as improving T T wilkerson the merchant 0 of f hayden was transacting L business in roosevelt tuesday mr wilkerson says the hayden section is prospering the average precipitation of the state of utah tor for december w was is 53 inches or 38 inch below the normal not a good omen for next summers supply S A russell of cedarview Ced arview was in the city monday mr russell informed the scribe that he would go to duchesne Duches nc wednesday to attend the commissioners meeting county attorney ray E dillman left for duchesne sunday where he had some important business to transact concerning the county he returned tuesday evening the ground hog hod must have seen his shadow tuesday february 2 for we still have some cold weather and a little snow perhaps all signs fail on the western slope if a measly baseball player can get for six months work our brains ought to entitle us to about a million plunks bring along those subscriptions brother 0 S stout of leeton was in the city tuesday mr stout called to get the purse was found on the north side of town saturday and belonging to miss lucy N carter of whiterocks the past week a civil case for damages was heard in justice russells court in which fred jensen was plaintiff and frank orser was the defendant the case was decided in favor of the plaintiff the water main near the po post office burst burs fand and as a consequence the water seeped to the surface under the postoffice post office building and run over the sid lewalk workmen repaired the breakage the past week smith bros finished harvesting their ice crop for this season and have all their houses filled to capacity roosevelt folks can rest easy as to their cooling drinks and ice cream during the hot season guy bracken who has been in chicago st louis and st joe for the past three weeks purchasing a spring stock of goods returned home tuesday mr bracken said he had a very pleasant trip some of our nearby exchanges in towns not much larger than roosevelt carry whole page ads of their home merchants the standard has a little more advertising space to spare mr roosevelt merchant the lid is on in price and all gambling games of chance dice and slot machines have been thrown in the discard the authorities are going to make a clean and wholesome town out of the biggest little city fred jensen and rube hiatt plumbers on the high school building left for their homes in in vernal thursday when it comes to catching the stage they are the boys who can deliver the goods they missed misac d it wednesday but thursday they were johnny on the nt spot hesp it is a great joy to this editor on monday afternoons to see the school children pas passing sing in front of the office carrying a opy copy of the standard just off the press and a half dozen of them reading one copy at the same time and yet there are a few parents hereabouts who vilo deny their children the he enjoyment of reading their nome home paper now would be a good time for some one to go into the water business water delivered to your door for so much L per bucket or by the barrel of course it be a big thing but it would be better than loafing especially if you have a team of horses that are eating their leads heads off get busy somebody inbody and go around and get orders mrs N S neilson is reported on the sick list J H hardy went to myton on business friday I 1 the infant child of austin pack is reported as having pneumonia clare johnson and J H hardy went to fort Du duchesne chesno on business thursday it is rumored that clare ashton has been appointed postmaster at roosevelt the 7 year old boy of samuel smith has i as been very sick with pneumonia the past pas week in the future the roosevelt standard will wiil be issued every wednesday instead of monday E H gardner of hayden left for salt lake city friday where he has some e important business to transact the reapportion ate bill introduced in the house calls for a senatorial district comprising wasatch duchesne and uintah counties victor dump left here for red liff cliff colo where he will visit with his family for about two weeks leroy goodrich ind and mrs olive burgham went to hayden thursday mrs bingham bineham went to attend relief society at that place arthur and ruth goodrich an and d gladys bennion who came over with the U A students of vernal rem remained ame d over sunday visiting relatives claude peacock of mt home won in a eleven round contest at myton monday night with bla blahn n ot of carbon county quite a number from here attended and they report an interesting te fi fight 9 ht roosevelt utah dec 14 1914 this is to certify v that apple trees I 1 bought of fred motter made a growth of four feet six inches in first season and bore fru fruit it the second season after planting adv F H woodhouse we wish to call your attention to the new ads of the roosevelt melcan tile co and the elan theatre the the cards of M L beers jeweler dr E J morton morion of the uintah basin bashi hospital and the change of ad of the bracken mercantile co aks bertha dawson of whiterocks and miss enama emma Over hansley and dense isel gardner of hayden haidea were in roosevelt saturday evening and took in the movies and later indulged in skating the young folks report an enjoyable time they left here for hayden H sunday morning if the farmers in this neighborhood have any wheat to sell you had better bring it to roosevelt we have a good mill here and splendid stores to do your trading it is impossible for our merchants to supply the demand unless you do this and they they will be compelled to ship flour in unless you do this bring your wheat to the nearest and best market while coming to roosevelt saturday miss lucy N carter of whiterocks was thrown from her horse near roy wilkins residence in the melee miss carter lost her purse which was later found by james sabey and brought to the standard office and advertised which has since been returned to tb her aside from the shock the lady sustained no other injury chris riding who has been the bho head carpenter on the new nev high school building left hor his home in provo tuesday the carpenter work on the high school being completed mr riding has been on the job since last july and has made many warm personal friends since coming among us we shall a always I 1 ways have a war ms ot in our heart for chris for he helped to while away many pleasant hours that would otherwise have been lonely the skating folks of this city are having the time of their lives the old as well as the young are arc indulging in this sport and as a consequence the ri rink has been crowded on every occasion sion there is always some one to furnish the amusement andrew whitlock Whit loek roy wilkins and james sabey done stunts that would put an ordinary vaudeville company to shame but a few nights work and they hey are as fit as a fiddle dan lymberi can also do fancy stunts with his hands and arms if J H hardy keeps it up he will be able to break record on speed while R S collett is becoming efficient in the long and graceful crace ful stroke fun yes for the other fellow you canfall can fall the quickest and harbeston har hardest deston on roller skates than anything exer yet yel invented |