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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
2
Dr Cresswell called to Fruitland to tend Leon Carey with typhoid fever at J E L Carey home. Numerous local visits, travel notes, family updates, and road work along Deep Creek road progress. Community events include dances, fishing trips, boat and mail carrier details, births, illnesses, and small travel reports from Duchesne to Kamas.
Tabiona residents report resumed ward house work and gravel hauling, while flooding crops face grasshopper damage. Families including Wagstaff Burgener and Cope visit relatives. typhoid illness impacts Azer Evans and his mother. Apricot gathering continues amid limited tree supply and a quiet missionary Sunday with prayers and talks marked by Bishop Horrocks.
Hayden Oberhansly welcomes a daughter born Aug 9. Nearby relatives visit from Myton and Kamas as Bisel, Peterson, and Nielson socialize. Outings to Uintah canyon and mining plans noted alongside band events, travel to Yellowstone, and local farm activity including thrashing, cattle buying, and school board meetings.
A baby boy arrived at 1:30 a m on Monday the seventh joining Mr and Mrs John G Bolton of Bennett as their fourth son. Del Singleton and others plan to finish road work east of the schoolhouse. Doris Diamond travels with the family and stays with Joshua Haslem. A fishing party visited Whiterocks including Bernice Nielsen Mate Haslem Doris Diamond and others. MIA camp fire rally was canceled as decided by Bennett MIA officers.
Miss Alta Jensen of Mt Wome visited Talmage the week end guest of her cousin Miss Mima Jensen. Wm Potter of Boneta came Friday on business. John P Pearson and R D Redford spoke at Duchesne L D meeting. The Misses Thompson Mofiti Clement with Wm Thompson fished on Rock Creek and report a good time. The young men will host a program and dance at the church house next Friday. Mrs Martha Jones returned to Price after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Draper. Mr and Mrs Stanley McDonald left for Heber. Mrs Draper hosted a quilting bee. Mrs Rosena Harrison of Phoenix is visiting her parents. The Friday dance was well attended. Mrs H A Beckstead visited the dentist in Du diverne.
Boneta residents report various weekend trips with L A Bench and Dr Sanford Ballinger stopping through on their way to Price. Local families return from Price and plan visits to Vernal and Salt Lake. The Boneta orchestra hosts a Friday concert as residents prepare for weekend outings and fishing trips in the mountains.
The Utahn ward held a sacra ment meeting August 13 at Woodbine with 60 in attendance. Several families plan to move for settlements outside for schools. Fred Giles of Dainsville visits sister Mrs. Levi C. White and will leave for a mission to the western states next month.
The Relief society spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Hadfield with refreshments and a pleasant time. Lila Jenson dislocated her wrist after a fall from a hayrack on Wednesday. Mrs. J. D. Bunce hosted a quilting party for her daughter Mrs. Luella Munsey. J. D. West and family, longtime Mt. Home residents, are visiting relatives this week. The school board visited Thursday to inspect the schoolhouse. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blaz ard on Sunday. Brig Stevenson travelled to Salt Lake Tuesday with Mrs. Bert Hadfield and Mrs. Willard Hanberg, who are seeking medical treatment at the IL, DB 5. hospital.
The report covers family visits in Vernal including Reatha Goodrich returning home after lessons with Prof. Hanson and various relatives dropping by. Irene Gale and family from Monticello visit for Sunday school. Gale party plans trips to Salt Lake. Leon R. Powell visits from Naples. Lewis Hancock travels to Roosevelt. M I A schedules Mothers and Daughters Day for September 25 with program, refreshments, and sports. Wim Elder returns from Roosevelt on crutches after a broken leg.
Mrs. EB B Murphy returned home after two months at the road camp. Friday night dance drew a lacze crowd from nearby towns. Miss Mamie and Lola Lloyd left for a new home in Price. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mitchell plan a winter stay in Kansas. E L Murphy and Jess Peetol went to Salt Lake on a business trip, accompanied by Mrs. J Hansen and others.
Antelope couple Antelope announces birth of a bouncing baby boy. Tom Jones visits town from Ileber on business. Mr and Mrs B A Daniels spend days with Mr and Mrs de Young then return to California. Eldon Brady home briefly from the herd. Geo Dean builds a new house on ranch site of prior fire. James Keel plans a new house with materials ready. Jess Bramley and wife return from Price. Darrel Dean and wife move to their father's farm home.
Duchesne county school board members attended a dinner hosted by E P Evans in Roosevelt First ward to welcome home Austin Smith who just completed a mission in the southern states. Neola and Duchesne news cover visits, travels, and local social events among families and area workers.
Grasshoppers are rapidly diminishing in parts of the country yet damaged seed crops in others. Correspondent reports Powell family trip to Yellowstone, store coverage during absence, and visits from church and community members. Honey crop is short, residents travel between Roosevelt, Myton, Neola, and Monarch.
Residents Elmer Morrill family return to Tri Del from Mrs. Minnie Johnson’s ranch. Fernando Ellingford home for summer. to attend Vernal school. Electric storm Aug 13. Haying delayed by showers and damaged. Mrs. Alice Morrill is Whiterocks Tridell district registration agent. office at home. Miss Alfen Todd of Myton visits. Gagon couple visit sister in Myton. Tatapochan Campfire Girls bridal shower for Muriel Chandler with guardian Mrs. T. Rice. Lunch served. Hugh Owens and Wallace Stark back from Ouray. Baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Foster on Aug 6. George B. Philipps and children visit on island. Rev. M. J. Hersey holds communion at Episcopal church Aug 13. Bishop Wall family and others vacation in mountains. Miss Kathleen Michards returns home from Whiterocks. Miss Fay Harrison visits Lapoint. Little Boy mine operated by Moses Moore resumes work.
Residents share movements to Vernal Roosevelt and Salt Lake visits. Families plan work on tunnels and cheese factory. Dr Newborne observes growing railroad prospects. Bookkeeping praised in Uintah county. student registrations, hunting seasons and officials’ activities update the community.
Local reports cover road funding to connect Vernal with Manila and Wy ming points, patent proof for Bliss Lott, and a Vernal search into a home stead patent. Funeral services for Dah f A. Smith in Ogden, and notes on Miss Hazel Cleary in Pocatello.
A cryptic message from a writer on a site mentions 30 proposed expenditures totaling 6 000, excluding railroads sugar in road and alfalfa. References to Duchesne county and Myton distance of 158 miles are noted with no further detail.
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