Graham guardian., 1908-05-29
THATCHER
IBy Our Special Correspondent

Mr.. SkouseD OF Old MeXico, IL
visiting with his son, the black
smith, D. +. Skousen.
James Nj. Duke went to Clifton
Sunday to be in attendance to hi
son Ray, who is to undergo al
operation.
The customers of the Big Sin
are glad to see Seth Hopes bach
in his old place behind the dry
goods counter,
The Thatcher creamery broke
down this week, and as a result
great deal of the milk is being
taken to Stafford.
Sisters Hyde and Farnswortb
of Salt Lake City, will be in at
tendance at the Relief Society
Conference, Saturday forenoon.
The Y. l.. NJ. |. A. enjoyed a
pleasant social Tuesday afternoon n.
1t consisted of an elocutionary re.
cital, interspersed with music and
singing. This was followed by
lIsh refreshments. 1t was greatly
enjoyed by all present.
Joseph Phillips has taken the
place of Prof. Jones as cborls'e OF
the Thatcher choir during the pro-
fessor's absence. Mr.. Phillips is
q talented musician, and u good
leader and will, no doubt, keep
the choir up to its present high
standard
The rates made by the Southern
Pacific TO the NJ. /. A. June con-
ference in Salt Lake City, are:
Forty.one dollars and ninty-fve
cents, (s4l,95) from Bowie and re-
turn. This privilege will be open
on the fifth, sixth and seventh Of
June, and are good for sixty days.
1t is hoped that the people will
take advantage Of this opportunity
so that it will not be withheld in
the future.
President and Mrs, Kimball, ac
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. c NJ.
Layton, returned Tuesday even
ing from trip to Duncan and
Clifton, where they have been IN
the interest of the Academy. They
found the people there much in-
terested in the new Academy
building, and willing to give 1t
their support. The visiting party
drove to Franklin on Friday and
after completing their business
there, took the train TO Clifton,
completed their business there,
then back to Franklin, and drove
from there home, feeling that their
trip had been very pleasant and
profitable one.
The Mount Graham Lumber Co.
are much encouraged over their
present outlook. The big new
mill put in last summer Is doing
splendid work, with Harvey Blair
as sawyer. they now have such
great quantities of lumber on hand
at the mill that they have no
room to stock It, and are shipping
it down the fiume part way down
the mountain, where a man is en-
ployed to care for it, and stack it
there. Work on the fume is be
ing pushed at the rate of IL quarter
of mile week, and as it is past
all the steepest mountains and the
roughest places, they hope before
many weeks to have it down to a
good wagon road. They have
great abundance of water, and the
flume carries the lumber 80 sue.
cessfully that the company is
much encouraged. Four good
teams are kept busy supplying
logs for the mill. Mrs. Harvey
Blair is running the boarding
house. Quite number of work
men are moving their families in
to the mountains, until it is begin.
ming to look quite city like. A
number of new houses were erected
last fall, splendid bath house put
10 and other conveniences sup
piled. A trip to the mountain to
see the big fiume work would be
worth while for all interested in
that sort of business.
The following teachers have
been employed to teach in the
Thatcher schools next year: Prot.
J. N. Haywood, as principal, o. G.
Jones, Maud Callison, Ettie Lee,
Viola Freeland, Mrs. Cordelia
Rhodes and Clara Nash as assist
ants. The lower grades were over
crowded last year, so they have
hired an extra teacher and will /
rent room in the Academy for
one grade, which will better con-
ditions. Though we have had
good teachers in the past, our
corps for the coming year is
stronger than ever, and we look
forward to u successful year. The
last year were on higher
plane than ever before. The aver
age attendance and punctuaity re.
cords were splendid. The manual
training under Prof. Welsh was a
very successful feature, and was
the means OF keeping many of the
larger boys iu school who would
not have remained without it.