Show miss lavina pope of vernal is the guest of miss reva richens E L palmer of mt home was transacting business here friday sam snyder of leeton was transacting business here saturday mr and mrs A H whitlock jr were in vernal a few days last week A L green of ft duchesne was in roosevelt a few days the past week clare johnson and J L jensen made a business trip to ft duchesne friday wm milligan of south roosevelt bench was trading here on tuesday of last week I 1 jas sabey C C rich and ed 1 evans made a flying trip to antelope thursday mrs L R beagley of rand left spent a few days here with her husband the past week J B broaderick and son of the pole creel creek sawmill were transacting business here tuesday moyd floyd driscoll and J W port porter ter of south roosevett etl bench were among the roosevelt visitors Ts saturday and again you are admonished to be very careful and set nothing on fire everything is as dry as tinder S A russell returned from duchesne saturday where he lind had been attending a commissioners meeting bert allred lias has moved his family to roosevelt mr allred is s running a barber shop in the larsen building the people of lapoint celebrated the ath by having a basket picnic they also had an appropriate prop program C C rich of altonah alzonah was transacting business here friday mr rich says he is getting his ranch in fine shape leslie allen alien of neola spent saturday in roosevelt mr allen alien says they are doing a fine business in their new store jos hermonson who has been working at the mill here left for his family at ephriam they will wil locate permanently at roosevelt W A miles J H hardy and R S collett made a trip to the deep creek country saturday the trip was aas made in the miles car vernal will vote on water bondson bonds on august 8 which if carried will be used for the extension of the city water te t f F roy oy wilkins and wm C king left saturday for a fishing trip they are both expert anglers and no doubt they will catch the mit I 1 in the last baseball game of the series at vernal last week between duchesne and vernal 1 the score was 2 to 6 in favor of duchesne george madden of hayden was in thih city caty saturday transact ing business mr madden gays the first crop cj op of hay bay is fine in his section rae ashton returned from ver nal thursday where he had been sick at the home of his paren parents td me he is much improved he was accompanied by his brother lowe mrs lars jensen of cedarview Ced arview was shopping here friday they fired the new brick kiln idin tuesday they have about brick in this kiln and we understand they are nearly all spoken lor mrs weight son and grand son left here last week for car bon county where they will spend several weeks visiting relatives and friends A little moisture last saturday but not enough to soak up the soil this was the first rain since last fall the streams are getting very low david esaison of ft duchesne was transacting business in our city saturday mr eski son eon says everybody is busy haying baying in his section ed P balfour was down from his sawmill saturday he says their yard is stacked up with lumber and they are now ready to supply all comers let us all boost for the pioneer day celebration and then put our shoulder to the wheel and hep help make the best in the history of roosevelt albert of bennett was in roosevett etl saturday Satu iday mr r says the gras farn grasshoppers Q sho ho are getting rather numerous in the bennett section the pioneer aneer day committee have decided not to have a balloon ascension this year but there will be plenty of amusements to keep you interested R S collett mr and mrs ray dillman and mrs ruby sutherland went to duchesne friday mr couett collett and mr dillman had business with the commissioners the commercial club purchased a new sonora the past week it was placed in the front ro room omand and now members can enjoy good music at any houran hour in the day ashley bartlett of vernal was here a few days the past week mr bartlett is still interested in musical instruments and makes the rounds in this section every few weeks cole burke who had his jaw broken at the balfour sawmill about two weeks ago is improving he is able to get around on the streets and converse with his friends J 11 hardy made a trip to vernal and back friday he returned with his children who have been quarantined for scarlet fever at that place for this the past month mrs mary murphy of cedar view view was shopping here saturday mrs murphy has a large truck patch at cedarview Ced arview and intends to market the stuff here every week peter dillman of vernal was in our city saturday mr dillman was recently re appointed fish fiah and game warden and no doubt is see seeding ittig that the finny tribe get a square deal everett pack a former resident of this section and who lately moved to salt lake has joined the national Natio ial guards at salt lake and is now on his way to the mexican border the thimble club met at the home of mrs capt whitlock last friday A goodly number were present and all enjoyed a good time at a seasonable hour delicious refreshments were served the are through with their work on the ithe birch block and are now topping out the henderson block both build ings will now be rushed to completion by the carpenters and plasterers elmer lee ana and family returned from heber midway and other points in the west I 1 friday ri aday mr lee is mu sh g h improved in health and says the trip done him good They have been gone about a month y J L jensen the new druggist at the city drug co arrived the past week and has commenced placing his fixtures the new soda fountain haiblen has been installed add an d in fin a few daythel days day they will bo be ready for business 14 J delbert bosh ivan Christen seri and nephi taylor of levan joab county were in roosevelt the past week looking for 1 L nd they ably impressed and think akey will locate in chiz section G B kelley is training trai nine his horse for far pioneer day there will be se several y good races for the occasion I 1 spencer broaderick came in from aroi mt emmons monday mr broaderick is working on a store building at that place john C jacobs bought the fred hartle 80 acre farm west of town the past weik week the deal was made through the J M russell investment co they resumed drilling on the city w water ter well the past week but have met with a number of difficulties saturday they lost the bit and now have a fishing job on their hands it will only be a matter of a few days until they will be drilling again mr purchased the swain building on south main street the past week he also purchased the machinery of jas johnstun which has been moved to the building which will vall be in stalled and a first class mill will be in operation in a few days sunday evening mrs J ol of independence met with a painful accident while in the act of getting on a horse the saddle turned and threw her shattering the bone above the right ankle she came to town monday and the broken limb was set she went home in the evening it will be several day before she will be able to use the limb properly duchesne must feel awful proud of their ball players winning that purse at vernal last week three duchesne players and the rest from the outside of course it was good pickings i n g for the gambling element but wo we just wonder what the better class of duchesne people think of it the shurtleff hotel has had an overhauling this summer which has greatly added to its appearance in the rear they have some sleeping porches and the lobby has had new doors and windows added been re papered and painted it is very attractive and now looks like an up to date hotel at the elan theatre they vave ave a free dance friday night A large crowd attended and all report an excellent time this was a housewarming house warming event and manager isham says in future they will give dances every week the farmers commission co recently purchased this building and placed herbert isham in charge A crowd of young folks went fishing on the uintah sunday night among them were miss nellie wilcox miss hazel bryce miss alice bracken miss bessie angus sterling collett clare ashton raymond reef and mr jordon mr and mrs herbert isham were the chaperons chaperones chape rons they returned monday evening tired but happy they report plenty of fish in the river they received 80 columns of books at the trinity church recently all being of popular au thors they were a present of the womans comans auxiliary of cleveland and is the first batch of a traveling library As soon as they are through with these books they will be sent elsewhere and another shipment will IP b here from headquarters nicho nicholson ison has been sel selected ee fed as librarian last sunday some of our tennis players went to ft duchesne and played several sets of tennis dr W J browning and rae ashton played two sets with lloyd bros and the result was one set each dr E W brown ing and garl gari bracken played against mr bonnin and mr lloyd and the result was that bonnin and lloyd won both sets the fort players will play a return match here i iri A the near future the dry gulch irrigation company have issued the following notice to the citizens of roose veti because of the low waters in the rivers it is necessary necess ary that water users user be put on tu turns ans on the town ditch as well as elsewhere turns jiahe have now started oh an the page lateral cafra supplying jup plying the town and two other literals laterals late rals two days will be given to ca each ch division vision ai with the water shut but of each ditch two days out of every six ix water will be tu turned into the town ditch at 1 p m on friday july 7 for two days |