| Show mrs mary E harmston 56 birthday anniversary celebrated in good style complimenting mrs airs mary alary B Il harmston armston on her 65 birthday anniversary he be daughter hazel davis assisted by mrs airs crais craig mellette floyd and eugene hainston Han Harm entertained at the travelers Trave lerf r home hotel at a surprise part thursday afternoon porn com P C orn om 3 to mr air charles alb ight 01 ol the roosevelt drui store took 6 0 pictures or of the party mrs Il harmston armston accompanied her son Af mellette ellette to vernal an 01 thursday conling mo nigg where she sli visited her old friends tri eads mr air ane and mrs alms george E adams and a delicio delicious irs turkey dinner she returned home and just as she ena stepped lato the hotel door she wa greeted n feted with the son BOW should auld acquaintance be forgot the su sul prise was so complete as t to be almost overwhelming the afternoon after noo i passed merrily away in one grand visit many were tin tb stories told of the pioneer days of roosevelt when we lived in tents dug up the sage brush killed off rattle snakes and horned toads toad wad add were all like one big family in in our joys and sor sorrows aws sirs mrs harmston Har roston Is the first white woman to come to roosevelt and stay here eve evea since the spring of lot 1906 the harmston ranch 40 acres of which were script at a cost of and laid out for the townsite was named by mrs airs harmston the roosevelt ranch her baby son born in september 1906 was named Theo theodore dove roosevelt and when the fhe town waz in it was called roosevelt to start the town mr arr and mrs airs harmston Har naston gave ave the public school two acres 0 of f land the dry gulda a lot and the roosevelt iller can tile a lot mr air harmston gave ave 1000 in cash toward building the hall durvan duriac the luncheon which was w served on the table in the dining room mrs harmston Harm stoa 1 was presented with a delicious big white birthday cake made byners by mrs elizabetn winters a beautiful scarf and pair ot of kid hid gloves by mesdames s mary alary orser ada johnson abelin melinda d bryce we nellie I 1 I 1 e W wilkins I 1 ikin q lola richens clara johnson elizabeth morrell effie emert alta Phil Phillip lilya 3 and isabel T harmston a beautiful bouquet of I roses oses flom mrs airs sarah asmith and aad a dainty lace collar and cuff set from mrs airs clarabell arabell CI reef the following braf history ot or roosevelt Koo sevelt loaned through the courtesy of the city cou neil ll was read by mrs davis to the guests fl from flom om the tahe revised ordinances of the city of roosevelt roosevelt utah is situated on all or pats parts of the foli owin original homestead entries ed F P harmston frank orser henry guckert J garnet holmes elroy wilkins ed C heller A bich bi ch and george geci e al pickup the finst fi st falln filing made wash was the harmston Har naston continued on back baci page mrs mary E harmstone Harms tons birthday anniversary celebrated in good style continued from page eone one en try in february 19 1906 0 G the f first sign of life in the redemption of the fhe arid land was a tent pit pitched elied by A C harmston armston II craig jan 1 1906 near the present hann harah ton ston home just south of tile the 0 occidental ci dental seed plant now the c earners in april 1908 1906 the original townsite of the nwe of the N wl W was platted and named roosevelt in ili honor of theodore roosevelt on may 15 1906 the dry gulch irrigation co established its headquarter s here mrs jirs J G holmes was the first ft postmistress and mellette ellette Al II Il armston was the first mall mail carrier the mail being brought from ft duchesne ii in a mail bag tied to the back of the saddle the farst store was the roosevelt mercantile ale company established by IT J laa handing d ward pack J G holmes wd and win 11 smart on december 24 1910 the roosevelt hall ball was completed the th town the first commodious meeting place for general purposes and the work was done by popular subscription and donat donations iorns the uintah power and light co turned on the first lighting current july 4 1914 jess frizzell was operating at the plant and mrs frizzell cooked tor for the men who built the plant and pipe line when alren the town was established it was in wasatch Wasat cla county but a new county was created out ot of the eastern patt of wasatch county in 1914 trouble arose between wasatch and uintah county over the collection of taxes mr harmston surveyed the meridian the boundary line be tweda uintah and wasatch counties harmston was employed by the uintah commissioners to locate the line the town of roosvelt roosevelt incorporated at a mass meeting of 44 citizens petrrna y 20 1913 R S collett acting as chairman the following were nominated by citizens and were appointed by the board of county I 1 commissioners of wasatch county as our first officers ed F harmston president of the town board R S collett owen bennion Benn lon 0 11 bracken J 11 II hardy t usters us tees geo A ce clerk geo Rr bracken acken treva treasurer larer succeeded by 11 P edwards ernest 11 II burgess attorney 1914 and 1915 E F V harmston president R scollett J IT hardy wm will 11 gazon gason A birch ch t trustees us tees geo A pearce clerk C L achton appointed may hay 6 1914 IT P edwards treasurer E IT burgess attorney on aug ai 5 1914 roosevelt became a city 0 of the third class accord according ln to a special election jue ju e 21 of that year ed F harmston armston II mayor maya R 8 collett W A warthen wat then 0 IT bracken win IT gagon C L ashton councilmen the latter did not quality qualify and R F P shumway was appointed appo anted to till fill the vacancy ra caney 11 II A isbarn isba ra ro corder 11 P edwards treasurer E it II burgess attorney roosevelt is situated approximately in the center of the forme uintah index a reservation it nas aas enjoyed a a steady growth since its settlement and now has a population of 1200 with an a assessed valuation aLlon of for th year 19 1925 25 ria traveler home hotel iii the seem of a family party thurl lay day raight ig ht january 22 from 3 12 in honor of Ms als al M s may E harmston birthday those prasert I 1 i ing mr air ann mis If mellette ellette harmston Harm stin ani ton t on floyd mr and aid Ms mrs R E daal dails fanet and B edgar frizzell il mr and airs let ie hai inston mr aril an mrs floyd harmston Hirm H matoi ston isabel 1 iia ini toll and sons martoia Mar loii loia haij ro j and fred and mary ilary E harmston haf amston mrs davis in behalf of the danily an dented her mother with an ill leather bosco basco hand bag and a wall blacque pl acque the evening was spent with cards music and visiting aid and at 1130 refreshments wae served in the dim is room |
