The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-10
HAPPENINGS OF THE
DAY AT GREEN RIVER
snecIal TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
GREEN RIVER, June a-The railroad
improvements which were promised tos
surveying corps Is MT work laying out the
ground for new tracks and buildings,
while gang OF thirty men has been
This building Will be Sc by so feet
large amount OF material for construction
Is being accumulated at this point IL
is now given out that the long delayed
work on the Sallna cutoff Is 10 be start
ed at once.
The interests of the Land and Townsite
company have been sold TO Messrs. De-
los d. Potter and j. F. Ewing Of Pal
isade. Both Of these gentlemen already
are large owners OF real estate In this
vicinity. The amount involved In this
deal runstwell up into the thousands. The
property sold consists OF the remaining
town lots and tracts of the Townsite COM
pany. Fritz and Lewis made the sale.
Committees were appointed at a recent
meeting OF the citizens TO prepare for
rousing celebration OF the glorious
Fourth.
A committee of local land owners at
tended the meeting Of the county COM
mssioners at Castle Dale the first OF this
week. IL was felt that the assessed val
ues of the lands in the Green River val
ley were much too high. The county
commissioners took the same view of the
matter and have made A reasonable re-
adjustment of the values. Messrs, Frank
Cook. d. D. Potter, J. F. Ewing, w. II.
Shane, A. D. Lewis. T. NJ. French. and II.
NJ Eidred constituted the committee.
A. F.. Peck has moved his real estate
office into the room vacated by Or. 6. w
Middleton on Broadway. DR.. Middleton
has moved his office to a new location on
the Same street.
Miss Rose Gibson is a visitor at Glen
wood Springs, Colo. for couple OF
weeks.
Miss Dorothy Foy and Miss Mabel Hen
ry are home for the summer vacation.
the former from the Brigham Young COL
lege at Provo and the latter from the
Emery Stake Academy at Castle Dale.
DR. and Mrs. David Cook have gone 10
Bakersfield, Mo, where they will be
guests Of their daughter for a month
Miss Agnes Harper of Panora. ILL.,. is
recent arrival. She is sister of Mrs,
Price and will clerk IN the new store OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard H. Merritt have
!eft Green River for Spokane Wash. Mr..
Merritt probably will go into business
there,
Mr., and Mrs; \. R. BOYD, who have
been visiting their daughter Mrs. Paul
! Wood have returned to their old home in
Leavenworth. Kansas
The Ice plant OF Messrs. Warner and
Bennett has been received and is ex-
pected TO be in operation before a great
while. Cook Bros. viii also operate an
artificial Ice plant as soon as they re-
ceive their machinery from the factory,
Miss Ethel Peck gave a very pleasant
party for the children OF her room in The
public school on last Monday evening.
Games and refreshments were enjoyed
| 10 the full by those present. Miss Peck
| has resigned her position in The local
schools to teach IN Grand Junction, Col.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F.. Whistler of Elsin
! entertain last Tuesday evening In honor
of DR. and Mrs. Coleman OF Palisade.
The guests played whist and were served
with refreshments.
G. II. Mahony has returned from
Fruita. Colo, where he was called by the
death Of his father.
Mrs. Geo. Beeson is Salt Lake Wis
| ftor Of this week.
| Mr. J. c. Voorhees, has returned from
! n business trip 10 Anita. Iowa He was
accompanied by his son.