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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-26
Notice to Water Users.

State Engineers Office, Salt Lake
City, Utah, Oct. 16, 1909.
Notice IL hereby given that Joseph
r. Jones, ct oil, whose pcss-ofilce nd
dress ~ Enterprise, Warrington Coun-
IS, Utah, have made application In
accordance With the requirements Of
CHAPTER los, Session Laws of Utah.
1905, az amended by the SeseioU
Laws of Uteh, 1907, to appropriate
eight (S) cutie feet rer second Of wa
ter from Cottonwood Creek, Washing.
ton County, Utah. Said water will
be diverted by means Of csual at a
point which lies 2,640 feet enst and
8, $50 feet south of the southeast cor
ner CT Section 10, Township 81
south, Range IL west, Salt Lake tsse
aud merid ian, fiom wtere 1t will he
conveyed for distance Of 6, 600 feet
and there used from March TO Sep.
ten,ber so, inclusive. ct each year, to
iriivate $50 sores OF land embr, ced
in Section ID, Tcwnship 81 south,
hsrRe IL weut; Sect!ou lS, Township
81 south. Rspge l6 west. Salt Lake
hsse end meridisn. AZ much OF said
water as may be recestery VIII he
used duTirg the rericd from October
OF each yesr uutii Frbrusry %, In.
elusive. of the year following, for
domestic purpnses, This application
Is designated 10 the State Engineers
Office as No. 23l6.
All protests against the rrau ting OF
said application, stating the reasons
therefor. muet be made ty rtf davit In
duplicate aud filed In this office with
in thirty t30l days after the ccmpje.
tion OF the publication OF this not ice.
CALEB TANNER,
State Engineer.
Date of 6rst publication October
%, 1909, dete of completion of pub
iicstlon November %, 1909.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-26
Mothers Cookin' Up.
By Edith Mlniter.

Gettin' close TO Ohristmas--
Know IL by the way
Mothers got the rookin' chairs
Dressed In tides gay;
Know II by the "tryin's"
When we dine or sun,
All the folks are comm home,
An mothers oooSin' up.
'Gettin' near to Christmar,
Gettin' very nigh,
Mother ruts white aprons on.
Lays the gingsm by;
Ark Gus hours are over,
Almost time for fun,
Don't osre when the folks show up
Cookin's almost done.
'Gettin' suug to Christmas,
Front door opened wide,
Hear the sirtigbt roarin'
Soon's you get inside;
Saw, the stage is stoppin'--
oh, for kisses sweet
Mother, now the folks are come,
Cant We start TO eatY
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-26
Notice to Water Users.

State Engineer's Office, Salt Lake
City, Utah, November -. 1909.
Nntice IL hereby given that the
Old Fort end Old West Field Reser-
weir and Irrigation Company, by its
secretary, John Chsttetley, whose
post Office address il Cedar City,
Utah, has mtd9 application ia &C.
cordance with the requirements of
the Compiled Laws of Utah, 1907,
as amended by the Session Laws OF
Utah, 1909, TO appropriate five (5)
cubic feet per second OF water from
Goal Greek, Iron County, Utah. Said
water will be diverted at a point
which lies 23l feet south Of the north
esst corner of the southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section
IL, Township SO south, Range IL
west, Salt Lake base and mer dian,
and conveyed by means of a ditch
for a distance of 5000 feet, where
1t will be used from September Is,
inclusive, If each year, until March
81, inclusive, OF the year following,
to irrigate 400 acre, of land em
braced In Sections 3. 8 and 10,
Township 80 south, Range IL west,
Salt Lake base and meridian. This
application 10 designated In the
State Engineers Office as No. 2419.
All protests aRainst the granting
of said application, stating the Teas.
ops therefor. must be made by sffida.
Wit In duplicate and filed in this office
within thirty t3Ol days after the com
pletion of the publication of this
notice. CALEB TANNER,
State Engineer,
Date Of fret publication Novem bel
10, 1909, date Ct completion Of pub
llcation December 20. 1909.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-26

Lame back comes on suddenly and is
extremely painful. 1t is caused by
rheumatism OF the muscles. Quick re-
lief is afforded by applying Chamber
lain's Liniment. Sold by Palace Drug
Store.
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ill., ! didn't know who'd be here. So
cut down across the woods an" set there
by the spring till now
You amt had a thing to eat said the
wife. tenderly. You let me get light
No His hand was on her shoulder.
checking her. DO you wish I'd come to
the weddin'"" he asked, haltingly. Should
you ben pleased to have me here?"
She was silent for moment while they
followed the clocks tick, and he wondered
at her trembling so under his hand
Yes she said: then, gently, 4 should
ha' ben pleased 10 have you. So would
Annie But her voice broke there,
and with it her hardly won control. NO.
no. she sobbed. lit don't make any diff
ference when you come, so long as you're
here now. Do you spose l care whethe.
folks see you or ne tor whether they
think you've done what's right by comm
or anything in the world, SOS you're here
Twin and breathin' in this room She
had laid both hands upon him and was
breathlessly. When he bent TO her he
saw that there were tears upon her face.
why, Sally he spoke. :owly and in
wonder, Il never knew you set by me like
that
"Oh, me"' she was sobbnG. 'Oh, my
soul, / amt died while you've ben gone,
but / guess l can't live through anything
like your comm home. Oh. mel Oh.
me-" Stephen put his arms about her and
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and sat there looking straight in front Of
trembling fingers. She turned up the
wick, and he wheeled about III his cha l.
and looked at her. She was changed
since the day he left her here. Now she
was, perhaps. more a mother than i,
wife. soft brooding bird who had pro-
aside. Yet her cheek was smooth ard
fair, and the gloss of her brown Draids
was something he remembered. This was
the sweetness of maternity, and il moved
him.
Ply George he broke out, under his
breath.
What is it, Stephen" She asked HIN
softly, and, standing with onc hand upon
the table. she looked at him in turn. lie
was. TO her faithful voman's eyes, almost
she remembered him. Ills outdoor life
had kept him strong and well. An I'M
fretted existence had helped disguise his
years. He was clean and wholesome, ana
she felt in her heart that she was proud
of him.
What is it," she asked again.
Sally said he, coming to his fee.
and facing her, you must ha' got pretty
well wore out with me, all this time
the accumulated wcarying of the years.
Il never did once she said, with the
simplicity of a child.
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He Lacked Repose.

e n RS. WILLIAM ELLIS COREY, in the
iSA foyer of New York's Millionaire
Theater, compared metropolitan with pro-
vinclal manners.
metropolitan manners" she said, ARE
distinguished by repose. Provincial man
ners are noisy. When I think Of the naive
provincial girl in the calm and cultivated
society OF Paris, London or New York, l
am irresistibly reminded OF little Chi
cago boy. To polish the provincial girl
Is just as hard as it was to put a polish
on the Chicago lad.
1T was Christmas time, and a large
and distinguished party was invited to
the boys house for dinner. He was
drilled in manners for the occasion. He
was especially warned to be silent.
Promise not to speak till You are
asked a question: said his mother.
And this the boy solemnly promised
to do.
AT dinner he was full of curiosity and
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shoulders. You want me TO stay, now
I'm here?'
\ look Of terror vssaS her face. lie
knew il for what it was, and wondered
again that any man could be 50 dear 10
any woman. But sac spoke with modera-
ton.
IF you feel 10, i want you should"
Then you listen 10 me. / amt done
thing l couldn't tell you. An we amt
50 terrible old. We've got a good deal .
time before us An what's left ont, Well
settle down here together. an III see
what l can do
His wife flushed slowly. The delicate
reddening Of her cheeks was pretty /.
hiu. SHE laughed little with a sudden
thought, 1t was a mcrriment not far from
tears.
"Meboe I amt soin' to die after ALL"
she sad. I've ben possessed thinkn'
over wlat was past an gone. Now ! see
what twas. You was on your way, an 1
got new. ont some how" She turned back
TO him from the pantry where her cookery
awaited him. Her eyes were shining.
Now, you only think" she said 4
guessed twas death, an so lis, "A kind OF
death-for death the passn' away Of
things that was. It's "A kind of Begin
mn, too. Now, I'm Soin' to make a cup
o tea an we'll set down an drink It.
Mebbe well eat 1 piece O. weddin' cake"
Copyright, 19Os)
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mother There was patience in her voice
''What'd he get tired OFF,
Well, said Mrs. Marvin, with the air
of one who, having abandoned caution,
has not yet made up her mind which way
to take, s"folks are made up different.
Your father had a kind of rovin DISPOSE
ton. He hadn't ever ought to settled
down. But he did, an he never realized
how twas goin to pear to him till twas
too late"
Seems if you made him out a kind OF
a gypsy said Annie, with distaste that
seemed more than half partisanship of
her mother
NO. said Mrs. Marvin. II shouldn
call it that, either. But folks are differ
ent, Annie. The sooner you find that out.
til, better. sos to give 'em free swing
Who's let you have free swing?'' ASKED
the girl. holly. WHO'S thought of you
all these years."
"Oh. guess he's thought considerable"
said her mother. your fathers real
faithful disposition. He wouldn't ha' sent
home money if he hadn't been. No, your
fathers just ben travelling round over
the country, clock mendin' and tinkern'
an workin' in factries, an you've no call
to be ashamed of him..
You speak as if twas what you'd have
picked out for him to do. IL you had your
CHOICE said the girl.
II couldn't help pickin' 1t out, if that
was the way he was made said her
mother, with the queer little tang Of
humor that sometimes frightened her. "If
I'd ha' had any choice. I'd had my two
good feet, an then I'd ha' gone with him.
You would, neither? failing round
over the country for all the world like two
tramps?''
Il certain would said her mother.
wouldn't you with Frank"
The girl considered briefly.
"Wellt' she said. In a moment she
spoke more shyly. Mother, there wasn't
any trouble between you and father when
he went away Did you have words?''
your father was pretty still all that
spring" Mrs. Marvin spoke rapidly, as
if. having launched upon her narrative.
she found it hateful to her. II guess he
was thinkin how dull twas just to do
the chores an read the paper. Well, one
day, long towards spring, he says, Sally,
should you just as soon Hiram Means
would take the farm to the halves" Ger
tain, says IL lHdt SOuT WISH. wen,
] couldn't help KNOWN what was comm,
an didn't feel any surprise when he be-
gun to pick up his tools, an made up a
little bag t he could sling over his back
One mornin'-'twas the I'D o. June-he
shaved him an took his bag. You was
over to Aunt Nabby's, playin' in the gar
den. 1 remember you come home to din
ner that day with your apron full u
poppy dolls. There want no dinner.
didn't get any. But I'm runnin' ahead O.
my story. Well. he come along to the
winder where l was putin bread into the
pans, an he says, We'll. Sally, I guess
I'll set out an see what l can find"
What did you say. mother"
III didn't say anything. Oh, yes, I did,
l says. You got clean pair o. stockin's?
An then, when he said he had. / says,
Don't you want 1 should put you up
some Luncheon? But he shook his head
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Christmas COnviviaIity.

A T a dinner in Denver, Judge Ben Is.
\ Lindsey told story about Christ
mas conviviality.
There used TO be an old fellow or six
ty,' he said. who got arrested about
twice week for conviviality. He was
always hailed before Magistrate Blank,
and as the magistrate was about sixty,
too, Il queer kind OF comradeship almost
friendship, arose between the two men.
In the late autumn the topper was call
ed away from Denver. He did not return
TIL Christmas time. The convivial Christ
mas spirit in the crisp Denver air was,
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What you doin' that so early for?'
asked Mrs. Marvin.
Annie's voice came with a fiute-iike
cadence out Of the dim corner:
II thought Id get everything done up.
so there'd be nothing to think OF. Ihen
We can sit down by ourselves and talk
Mrs. Marvin waited by her chair until
both weights had been wound. and Annie
had given the pendulum that little tap
she always accorded it. at the end, TO
make il swing the faster. 1t was trick
on her childish days, when she was first
allowed to wind the clock. and her
mother, after trying in faint-hearted
way TO break her of the habit, had ac-
auiesced in IL as an irregularity likely 70
give a moments pleasure and do nobody
harm.
Les not stay cooped up in here, said
the mother Les go out an set on the
steps
Annie put hand through her arm and
the two went slowly out to the front-door
stone and established themselves there,
where honeysuckle was sweet and the
garden threw back its blended scents. 1t
was an old custom, this summer-night s
communion of a mother and daughter
who had fallen into a concord of habit
through their life alone together. 1t
would not be the same again. Tomorrow
Annie was to marry Franklin Blake.
There was silence 70: time, the girl
looking off into the orchard across the
road, and the mother with her gaze fixed
on the young figure wrapped about by the
dark, but visible to her consciousness
through the eyes of love.
You think we'd better whip the
crelm?' she asked, though the question
had been settled twice over.
For the chocolate?" asked Annie, to
carry on the specious dialogue. Yes,
guess so. But most of 'em will take cof-
fee anyways
Well" said Mrs. Marvin, musing into
space. Il hope it'll be good
Then again the talk dropped, and n
whippoorwill called from the orchard.
Mrs. Marvin shivered.
He makes me as nervous as WITCH"
she said. HE sung every identical night
the month before your father went away"
She was not used to mentioning the girls
father In that tone. For years she had
referred to him in commonplace fashion.
as if he had just driven to market, and
row Annie started at the change. The
night her mothers altered voice, both
gave her courage.
Mother" said she abruptly, do you
know where fathe- is?"
We'll, no." said her mother. without
hesitation, Il don't knows / do
But Aunt Nabby asked you yesterday
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by 2M>ce &>,ozvn

The words were like sh adows comini
out of the night. They struck at the CIR
and hurt her. and she answered sharply
What makes you -ay such things
What makes you say you won't be here
Mother, where you goin'o"
Her mothers soothing hand was on he
hair.
There, dear, there" said Mrs. Marvin
as women comfort bapIes. Don't yo,
fret, mothers right here. Only, If any
thing should happen to me you must b'
ready to see to father
II want 20 see to you.' cried the girl. II
a passion Of Inconsistencies 1T amt righ
to leave you alone in this house, anyways
even If you do sa. you'll spend night:
over to Aunt Nabby's. oh, mother, your;
terrible obstinate no. 10 come and live
with u.s.
We'll, now, YOU see, dear she said ten
derby, Il couldn't. could I, when YOU
father might be home? He's CROWN
older every year. an the timell com;
when his legsll fail him, an mebbe the,
he'll thinks of us So. you see.'
why, mother" she said in a whisper
you've been mournin' him all this time
But her mother answered practically
I've ben real thankful his rovin' dis
position never took him off to sea. 'Twoult
ha' been terrible in storms. But some
times, winter nights, I've laid awake
we'll. I've got faith to believe he amt be'r
showed up yet
Then they sat still for a time. There
were more questions the girl longed &
ask, but the atmosphere had changed be
tween them.
Presently a woman's figure came along
the path. Annie saw it first. Aunt
Nabby." she said, rising. Mother, II
go in. 1 don't feel like seeing folks to.
night
between the borders.
Beats all how this mignonette does
smell"' she said in a voice of soldier-like
quality as she reached the steps.
Pick sprig," saio Mrs. Marvin. you
always was great on SMELLS
mo, l got some lemon verbena here
said Aunt Nabby, tanning herself with IL
and diffusing odors. '"T'won't do to mix
'em. / harnessed up this AFTERNOON an
drove down to the Junction to git bottle
O. cologne for Aniie tomorrer 1 thought
mebbe she'd like to scent UP her hand
kercher."
That's complete. Well. Nabby, tomor-
rer's most here"
Yes. 1t don't seem more'n yesterday
Annie was trottin' off to school with that
little waterproof on, the hood up over her
head
mo. it don't" Mrs. Marvin impulsively
put out a hand and touched her sister
''Nabby." she said, what if 1 should tell
you suthin?''
Yes said Nabby comfortably, 80 do. >
well, sometimes ] think Annie's we'd
din amt the onl.- thing that's goin t.
happen
What do you mean, Sa cah?"
81 don't believe in signs an omens, u
Sarah went on breathlessly. But I've
go in into my head suthir's goin' to hap
pen right here. It's goin' to happen 10
me-
well, what kind of thing is it?' Aunt
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stood there, his check upon her hair. For
the first time lie understood his life, AMI
the pahg of IL was so great that even a
Homan's mercy could not save him from
il. Only by his homecoming could he
learn what ii had been to go away. But
s. rah Marvin was not unlike the
young Sally who han chaued and hantered
him those years ago. She withdrew her
self from him an put up her apron ID
wipe her eyes.
There" said she, with little broken
laugh, Il should think | want more'n
three year old. Now, you le' me light Il
light, Stephen. an git you bite o sutl-
In to eat
Stephen sank into his chair. as IL the
weight of though. were heavy for him.
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Nabby spoke with abated curiosity, no;
yet knowing what form of sympathy was
to he required of her.
.'Nabby | think I'm goin' to be called
away"
You think Stephens goin' TO send To-.
ye?''
NO, OH no, He never would. i think
I'm goin' TO die
Cats grandmother. Sarah Marvin
What's got that into your head?"
Mrs. Marvin spoke solemnly now, as IL
she told the story 10 herself, regardless
of her nearer.
It's partly because my mind dwells SO
on the past. Grandmother Marvin al
ways used TO say that was a sign She
said when old fol- got ready to go there
was kind of forerunner Well, Nabbs,
that's how it's ben with me this last
week. l feel as IL | was kinder preparin
To he gone
Cats grandmother" said Aunt Nabby
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if you supposed he'd come to the we'd
ding, and you said you thought likely
not. But YOU spoke as if you'd heard
Mother. you don't hear"
NO" said Mrs. Marvin. in colorless
tone: Il don't hear"
Il think It's shame the girl burst
forth.
The mother answered gently. like one
directing emotion into some safer
channel.
No. dear. il amt shame. You don't
see how Ills, that's ALL"
But habit OF years once broken the
girl dared what she never had before.
Until now her mother had wrapped their
lonely life in silence
81 see what everybody Sees" the daugt-
ter said. Father went away when / was
y little girl He's never set his foot here
since. Hes sent you money: but what's
money? Mother. what made him go?'
Il guess he got kind o. tired said her
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Didn't YOU want | should come back"
Not TIL YOU got ready
!, shade of perplexii:. cro: scd his brow
and wrn!lled ii.
Sally" said he, did YOU understand
what made me want TO 20 away"
Yes said Sally. in that same instant
loyalty. course /. did
We'll, that's moren ! do. What was
it?"
You wanted to because You wanted
to-" said Sally. You was made that
way
Well mebbe / was. But it's mighty
poor way, an | ought to ben kicked out
ont. Now, you look here, Sally" He
crossed the space between them at 4
stride. and put hi hands upon her
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Il don't knows ever | see anything
quite SO pretty. Then he added with some
awkwardness, Il was over thirty mile
away. I thought I'd come"
Yes; Annie spoke about you last night"
She was shaking now that she was
afraid her feet would tremble on the floor.
Maybe she thought I'd come. Did you
think SO, Saily?" Some eagerness had
crept into his voice.
No" said she, gently. Il didn't spose
you would. Stephen, here's your chair"
She drew 1t forward from its place beside
the hearth, but he only laid his hand
upon 1t.
Il did come" he said. quickly. like a boz
making confession. Il got here long
about IL, but 1 hadn't the face to come
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! watched him most out o. sight, an
down under the old elm he turned an
waved his hand to me. Then / went in
That was the I'D o. June"
Her voice showed no emotion, except
perhaps. little wistfulness
Mother" cried the girl sharply, he.
mind upon the maj she loved, Il should
think you'd have died.
''Oh. no, i don't know how to put il
Annie. but when things are big enough
they don't kill you. They Just shut out
everything else, that's all
Annie moved little ,,earer She laid
her hand on her mothers knee and tn
mother put her own hand gently over it
You see.' said Mrs. Marvin, Il couldn'
say SO much as this before; but, now
you're goin' TO have a home o. your own
seems II you ought to know how things
stood, SO. If your father ever come BAGS
an I want here, you'd take him in. You
would. Annie. wouldn't your
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of course. too much for him. and the day
after his return he was hailed before the
usual, magistrate on the usual charge.
The magistrate In the green-festoon-
ed courtroom, felt kindly and forgivine.
Well, George he said to the prison
er. you are here again at last eh?'
Yes. your honor. said old George.
humbly.
You've been away some time. haven't
your
Yes, your honor; nigh on to three
months.
And how many times. George, did
you get drunk during that period?'
L don't like to say, your honor. old
George fa!tered. before all these here
people.
Well said the magistrate, take
paper and pencil and write II down.
so George wrote, and the paper was
passed up TO the magistrate, WHO looked
at it and said:
"'Ah, well, it's the Christmas season;
and since YOU were away three months.
George. and only got drunk sixteen times.
III let you off
Thank you. judge said old George.
as he left the dock. You looked at tie
paper upside down. thought"
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animation, turning big interested eyes
on every face, and the fish course had
arrived without a word CT sound from
him. BY that time however. his pa
thence was exhausted. and he cried to his
mother peevishly:
Say, mamma, when are they going TO
start questioning me-?
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said Mrs,
Marvin, Il guess
" e re prepared
She liuped to the
rocking c II ir by
the win Il O W anil
stood beside it in
the dusk. Annie,
her daughter, who
lived with her In
the old NJ a nv ! n
h o m es t e ad, W a )
W in lin S up tn g
clock.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-20
ROBBERY OF MANAGER
WAS PRACTICAL JOKE

Under the heading Idaho Grid
ironers Robber of Spoils," the Port
land Oregonian yesterday had front
page account of an alleged holdup
in which the manager of the Idaho
football team was an unwilling vic
tim of two thugs who relieved him
of a check for $659. The story
went on to explain that while the
team wa sreturning to Morrow from
the Portland game, that Manager
Smith stepped from the train at a
small station for stroll on the plat
form, when he was seized from be-
hind by two burly thugs, etc.
1t now develops that the holdup
was joke and that it was perpetrat-
ed by two of Smiths fellow football
players. Instead of being held up
however, the check was slipped from
the pocket of the coat which the
manager had left hanging in the car.
The details of the joke were told
last evening by William Dunn, who
was the conductor on the train and
who witnessed its perpetration.-
East Oregonian.