| Show the bear is walking like a frenchman born to arand mr and mrs B wilcox last week a boy J M russell purchased a new ford the past week through h W S mckinlay the local agent the stork visited the home of bishop and mrs S A russell of ced arview last friday and left a fine baby girl A little stranger arrived at the home of arand mrs X bellon on monday it was a bouncing bey and all concerned doing fine W H henderson and wife of vernal and mrs ross bartlett of this place w who ho were visiting in sas sal lake last week returned sunday nigh high J knecht of chicago and miss fin gur of minneapolis will leave this wednesday for their respective homes after a pl pleasant amant with mr and mrs M L smith of bennett T mrs lillian whitlock entertained a number of friends last sunday evening eve evening in honor of her er brother leo of monte pelier idaho all report an excellent time leo returned to his work mondy monday dy mister miser miles bur burgess ess gave a par party y at his home lost last monday afternoon cheri were se sevan vencen aea little guests present ard and after playing organized games delic delicious icus refreshments were served 0 J bracken and wife returned sunday even evening ing from salt sah lake they were accompanied as far as roosevelt by miss gertrude collett who lias bas been teaching and attending school at the B Y U at provo P ovo the past winter U D angus boyer who was formerly principal of the schools here was declared winner in the oratorical con contest tt at the university sit of utah last week there were eight contestants and the subject discussed was commerce and international peace As a prize for his victory mr boyer was awarded a gold medal by the sons som of the am american en I 1 revolution saturday evening the friends of miss irma shum shumway way congregated at her home hom e ai and ad tendered her a farewell party quite a crowd were out and all report a fine time miss left monday for salt lake where she will be married in the temple after the ceremony the happy couple will go to panguitch where they will make their future home wm M anderson the forest supervisor of vernal was in roosevelt friday night he met inet with the dry gulch cattle growers I 1 association mr anderson has been making an inspection up near mt home and reports a lot of snow and that the range is rather backward in growth on the benches it is rather dry land and dusty ile he had a saddle horse and a pack mule and left for his home saturday forenoon walter barnes formerly a driver for the uintah railway ahas I 1 has resigned his position and I 1 purchased the big seven passenger ager buick belonging to leslie ashton and will enter into a stage service and auto service between vernal venial and salt lake he expects to run mainly between vernal and salt lake and vernal venial and craig mr barnes has had bad lots of experience and will doubtless make it a success vernal venial Ex express presa pontha colder calder madenis made his regular trip from vernal venial saturday mrs R 1 L woodward of ce darviel was shopping in roosevelt saturday mrs ruth harrison of vernal is the guest of her sister mrs ruth jenkins clare johnson and homer P edwards nide made a business trip to vernal wednesday mr and mrs jos carne came jr and his mother of bennett were shopping here saturday mrs susie susic evans of leeton was the guest of lier her aunt mrs anna brown a few days the past week mrs frank jenkins who was operated on at the hospital here recently is able to get around again the strawberry is reported bank full but all danger of bf flood is past as the river has been falling albert albeit and sam pullen of bennett Bennet fc were among the roosevelt visitors one day last week the roads must be getting better over the helper road the mail has been getting in at 4 lately they have installed ins WIled some new ne w cu lverts on the Benn ett road recently which has greatly improve col cd that highway mr and mrs J 0 hahn of myton were roosevelt visitors saturday they made the trip in the broome car jas johnstun went to the blue bench friday after the johnson car which was put out of commission last sunday denzil gardner gave a wedding dance at neola friday night A large crowd attended and all report a grand time jos came sr of bennett was in this city saturday mr carne came left for denver sunday and will wil return in about two weeks J H hardy and family made a trip to vernal thursday and return col home friday they made the trip in their new car B christensen and family and homer P edwards ibid a nd family fa milF made a lying flying trip to vernal on may 14 returning home at 1 p m J F wooly of salt lake who is is the surveyor of the board of u underwriters rider writers of the pacific was here fixing the insurance rates friday john E caldwell of ft duchesne was in roosevelt sunday he took a trip to cedarview Ced arview in the afternoon to visit with friends the senior class of the duchesne high school held a party at the gymnasium friday night the young folks report a splendid time mrs M L smith of bennett was shopping here saturday mrs beaver and son of myton were among the shoppers here saturday john angus of Lake fork was transacting business here one day the past week he says there are not many grasshoppers in his section the latest report from capt Whit leok cok is that he is getting along nicely if he keeps on improving he will be brought home in the near future ed gardner left for colton sunday where he is to meet A H whitlock jr who will c come om in with head of cattle for the summer range mrs J T came who had been visiting relatives at colorado springs the past few months returned to her home in bennett last week quite a number of new comers were in in this section the past week there will probably be a lot of real estate change hands in the near future they have bave been making some improvements on the city streets the past week A much needed culvert was put in at the wilkins place the past week ray dillman of duchesne came up in the christensen car friday night but was dropped near the city limits not that he cant come into town but some of his friends say he had to look k after a foreclosure mr and mrs john cook of hayden returned from sat salt lake last week where they had two successful operations performed on their little boy I 1 mrs jane rich who spent the winter in salt lake returned here the past week mrs rich is the mother of mrs clare johnson and mrs jas sabey yi the bracken building is about ready for occupancy the front do were hung the past week and the rooms are ww ready for the plasterers suppose all the people did like boino of our business houses sent out for all their printing how flow long do you think it would take to put this town on the burn bum eb simms of whiterocks was in roosevelt saturday mr simms is one of the prospectors in that section and claims he will have something good to give out in the near future J T came will move here from bennett Ben rett for the summer mr carne came has considerable brick and stone work in this city and he finds it will be to his advantage to live here mr cook and mr hold of the southern part of the state were in this section a few days the past week they went to the tha whiterocks country and leased a block of grazing land last week mrs R S collett presented the library with fifteen columns of excellent books it is only a question of time until roosevelt will have one of the finest libraries in the basin the vernal express has purchased a new model K linotype the new machine costs about 2500 but the express m man says the best is none too good for vernal folks floyd hickman moved to the wallace residence the past week on first south street the house was recently converted into a neat three room cottage the work being done by mr wallace miss may stock of Fish haven idaho was the guest of mrs jas sabey and mrs clare johnson a few days the past week miss mis stock had been visiting rel alif eVin va vernal rial before coming oming here the graduating exercises of the duchesne high school will wil be ba held on thursday evening may 25 at the public is cordially invited it will wil be held at the high school auditorium leo whitlock wh alock of Monte pelier peller idaho brought in a bunch of ol 01 thoroughbred white face cattle the past week the cattle af are for his father who contemplates going into the cattle business on a large scale sheriff wilkins made a business trip to the neola and taft country the past week of 01 course the sheriffs business is rather mysterious and it is hard to find out anything until after that thing is accomplished the new drug store that will be opened in the bracken building in the near future have purchased the fixtures of W P coltharp of vernal their drug supplies will probably arrive this week as well as the registered pharmacist A surprise party was held at the home of W F friday night in honor of mrs Wis combes birthday A goodly number were present and all enjoyed a fine time at a seasonable hour delicious refreshments were served mr and mrs H L morgn morg n of nebraska and mr air and mrs pardon dodds of vernal were the guests of mr and mrs J H hardy one day last week mr morgan is looking for a new lo 10 cation and will probably invest in soma som land in the basin the thimble club met at the home of mrs W A miles last friday A fine crowd was present and all had a grand time bille at a seasonable reasonable hour a delicious luncheon ws served the club will meet at the home of mrs hickman next r friday afternoon mr brazier of son of ot ogden took in the basin the past week mr brazier been on the reservation for the past two years and was surprised at the extensive improvements in that time he thinks this is th coming country of the of bah |
