Show A new sign in front of the roosevelt drug store is one of the improvements the past week C C larsen is in salt lake lak e transacting business he will probably be gone for two weeks E M swain is in the charge of the roosevelt harness shop emanuel is running the place for george pearce chas neal the congenial telephone manager of vernal passed through here friday for myton and duchesne the IT fourth of july committee of vernal have settled all their outstanding bills and have a nice little surplus on hand J W priddy has lett the uintah basin country mr priddy was a good citizen and we are orry to see him leave R S collett reports that mrs collett is getting along very nicely at salt lake where she is undergoing treatment A H whitlock jr who has been suffering with rheumatism the past week is able to get around again with the aid of a cane theres going to be some big doings here on friday and saturday july 23 and 24 you folks had better fuss up and come coma over the tourist traffic on the pikes peak highway has been rather dull since the fourth but more than likely it will pick up during the next few days are we going to have a drinking ing I 1 fountain this summer it would be mighty nice if a fellow could get a nice cool drink of water these hot days E kennmer Kern mer who is manager of a big life insurance concern with headquarters at salt lake has been in the basin the past pait week he left saturday for myton rev simpkins grand secretary and roy watrous grand master of the 1 I 0 0 F lodge of this state were in roosevelt the past week inspecting the local lodge george potter ar of fort duchesne was transacting business here thursday mr potter owns the spring branch dairy D airy which is one of the finest dairy daig farms in the basin mr and ana mrs george harmess of whiterocks have taken charge althe Rooseve Roose veIt jt hotel where they expect to conduct a first f class hotel and restaurant see their ad in this thi tissue issue it was reported here saturday that the indians at whiterocks would start the sun dance t day saturday this is one of the greatest events of the year among the ute indians the tennis players are practicing every evening and when the annual tennis tournament of the bitah basin takes place Rooseve roosevelt IV will be able to give a good account of itself jas reed of whiterocks was iri in roosevelt thursday mr I 1 reed had been taking in the celebration at vernal and was on his way home he claims that he saw the whole works last week mrs davik david zabris kee proprietress of the zabris kee restaurant moved from the roosevelt hotel to the M E Il armston residence where they will continue in the restaurant business notice their change of ad according to the espres vernal is to have some new blood injected into the organization in the next few weeks the management has seen the need of new blood and some of the best players in vernal will now be secured mr and mrs christian christensen parents of B christensen and his brother richard and wife and miss marie stromness all of salt lake city are the guests of mr and mrs B christensen S gardner two sons and two daughters john jex joseph francis fr ancis and wife and mrs andrews of spanish fork arrived here th the e past week and all will probably locate mr gardner has taken acres of indian land near randlett and contemplates purchasing acres more in the colorado park this is considered among the best land in the T uintah b basin asin deep rich alluvial allavi 11 soil ad free from alkali al lali these people contemplate ca establishing quite a col colony ony in the park consisting mostly bostl y of spanish york fork residents the myton free press have their new printing press installed the press is large enough to print four six column pages on one impression impress ioli since the fire the free press pres has been printed at vernal four persons under the influence of liquor were detained by the officers during the celebration and placed in the jall jail to tore re cover after recovering they were freed upon promises not to io do it again vernal express now has a white enameled drinking fountain brorn from which gushes forth dear clear cold and sparkling water the fountain is located at the end of the large side walk in frond ot of the helper state bank T times in as S 1 the roosevelt Koo sevelt baseball boys won the prize at the vernal vermal celebration eb but that necessarily mean that they should quit practicing G go to it boys if you expect good results in baseball you have to practice according to letters re received here chas shurtleff and family have taken in the fair at san diego and on july 4 landed in san francisco they will probably start home this coming week they report everything fine in the land of roses dr wallace mace dentist of pleasant green arrived here thursday evening dr mace came to attend the funeral of his late brother in law bert warthen but arrived too late the dr and mrs mace left here sunday for their home at pleasant green chave we have some baseball club with depriest ter as pitchers catcher willman mease and denver on the infield collett reef and larsen in the outfield its a strong aggregation and they will give a good account of themselves in any game the eastern utah advocate and the carbon county news of price have been consolidated and in the future the paper will he be known as the news advocate fred fied watrous has disposed of his interest enters t to the duchesne record the nev naw firm plan numerous ous improvements on the news advocate it is reported that some of the sports want to play a i series of nine games with rooseve vet t for a purse of 1000 strange when our baseball fans returned from vernal they claimed the myton sports a nickle left bonde r where that 1000 would come from say fellows be cheerful lookers and just smile thirty five years ago the first fourth of july celebration celebia tion atvas vas held in uintah county ames james hacking and some of the old timers were comparing notes down at the court house grounds last sunday there were only eight men and women present who were present at the first celebration in the history of the county vernal express the united order of the F funnel un is the name of the new or gaizat ion that started here the past geeki week H E A isham is the big chief M L beers mogul inventor rae ashton master of lee ice water sterling collett jack bracken raymod reef keef and B bert ert smith the four innocent victims part of the form of initiation has leaked out the candidate has to put a nickle on his forehead and without touching wi with th his hands slide the coin in a funnel that is run in the belt of his trousers if you can accomplish it the first time you are entitled to the signs tokens grips and other secret work ot the lodge A M murdock and monte young officials of the duchesne stage transportation comand party C J oneil manager of the j uintah telephone com coin P any were not met with a warm reception at price last week when i they sought to make arrangements range ments to connect with the telephone lindof line of the eastern utah telephone company the fhe latter insisted that the uintah i join their price myton line and it was impossible to inthe duce price concern to allow connections at helper their ait t etude vv ever will in ifo no way ay interfere with the immediate installation s stal ti lation of bf the Iu duchesne chesne wire to helper and if the eastern utah ah telephone company still remains bains nains obstinate the uintah system item will be up the price ace river and connect with the mountain state slate s line duchesne record |