Show local news new S mrs marvin dalton returned wednesday from a trip to salt lake city marlin dalton of moab was visiting his brother merle over the weekend week end rev and mrs W E parks came up from moab to spend the weekend in san juan county mrs herman hulse returned to her ber home on summit point monday after spending a week visiting in monticello appl are being received nt at the local welfare office for the july 1 enrollment in the camp boys and young men from 17 to 23 years inclusive are eligible for the enrollment the county treasurers Treasur ers office has completed the mailing out of all assessment of valuation notices for san juan county in fact this was accomplished in advance of the meeting g of the board of equalization A rear sing shower of rain fell in monticello tuesday afternoon ind from various po ns particularly a little farher north we learn of other welcome showers which gladden the hearts of the th e farmers and stockmen stoc kmen among others who will attend the june M 1 I A convention at salt lake city the last of this week will be mrs D B perkins 1 president mrs frank halls and miss pearl walton her counsel lors they left monticello for the metropolis today the regular monthly meeting of the blue mountain civic club which was to have convened on the second monday of the month has been postponed for one day and will meet next tuesday evening at the county court house all members are urged to be present as important business is to be discussed and transacted the precinct republican primary was held june ath at 8 0 clock in the court room the new primary laws were studied and and the the following organization perfected chairman ralph A bailey vice chairman lizzie halls secretary vera foy treasurer george M palmer committee men jossph joseph adams frank halls halls and C E walton delegates to the county convention leroy wood chester black claude Clau deFoy foy kate hansen and lovina redd county nurse dorohy bayles assisted by district nurse miss jane west of price arranged for and conducted tonsillitis litis clinics in monticello last tuesday and in blanding wednesday the operations being performed by dr allen alien of moab who was also assisted by two of his nurses from the hospital the management and their patients in monticello are indebted to the boys for their cooperation in supplying the cots needed for the patients the local school building being requisition ed as a temporary hospital county welfare director wm E palmer has been advised by the citizens training administration at ft douglas that wallace W robson has been definitely accepted to represent san juan county in the military organization and while san juans quota calls for only one representative there is a possibility of other vacancies and fred J jensen frank W bailey and waldo F allred have been tentatively accepted and stand a good chance of being admitted in which case san juan county will be well represented this year at the camp burt west left last evening for blanding to confer with associates I 1 in relation to some mining operations in which he is interested I 1 mr and mrs chester black went to mancos colorado monday to bring mrs blacks mother mrs J W hancock home with them rev edward F of moab utah held services at the local catholic chapel last sunday morning he rep reported arted a rather slim attendance quite a number of san juan people will be going to salt lake city to attend the june conference of the church the latter part of this week the record is prepared to fur lish aish campaign cards for all can didt ted for county office desiring them this is the modern way to advise your friends of your political aspirations dr willam mckay director of the division of communicable disease control is lecturing in moncello and blanding this week on methods tor for the control of these diseases the weather has been cool and cloudy with occasional light local showers most of the week and while there has been no important amount of precipitation it has afforded considerable relief for arid and land crops marie M ogden left for the state metropolis this morning by auto having as a passenger mr robert T meyer a mining man of salt lake who has been looking over properties in which mrs ogden is is interested mrs claude baker and children of this place have spent two or three days this week at summit point visiting rela relatives rel aives lives and friends mrs baker was accompanied by her mother mrs hulse who had bad been a visitor here for a few days bishop and mrs L frank redd and chidden returned last sunday from the northern part of the state where they spent a week or more in salt lake city logan and other towns combining business with pleasure they report a pleasant and worthwhile worth while trip crops throughout san juan county are reported to be looking r fine me at this time and prospects in indicate a greater yield this year than last A good rain this month would produce bumper crops and possibly eclipse all previous records so far as total yield is concerned ross purcell has thrown his hat into the democratic primary ring and declared his candidacy for county sheriff if he meets the approval of his party it will probably be purcell vs allred at the november poll both men are well known to the voters of san juan county president leland W redd of the county school board was sporting his fine new oldsmobile car in monticello tuesday and showed a few of us a real car ride to blanding and return that evening just like sitting in an easy chair at home with the improved highway and the balanced ride of this modern car those who have occasion to use the four miles of new road up the blue mountains from blanding are grateful for the help given so willingly by vet bradford in pulling their cars out of the one really bad place with his horse seepage from the springs above the road keeps the black soil soaked and we are told that as soon as machinery can be brought to this point the boggy section will be widened and drained |