The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-11
ROCK SPRINGS NEWS.

Rock Springs. Wyo.. March IO.-Aiiss
lone Jensen was hostess to a dozen of
her young friends on Friday evening.
me time was pleasantly passed with
Misses Robb Reavill, Mary Spicer and
Hazel Hunter
Mrs. George Murphy entertained on Fri
Day afternoon in compliment to Mrs.
halpn Mulvane. After the card games,
in which Mesdames Heitz. Wassung and
Gottsche were the successful players. the
guests fingered for a social hour over the
prettily decorated tea table
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph IredaIe arranged
delightful musicale for Thursday even
ing, at which about twenty guests were
present. Those who assisted in the pro-
Iredale. Miss Mary DevIin, A. NJ. King
and Miss Hazel Iredale.
ID. {. Mcintyre of Salt Lake was in
town last week in-,the interests of the
Der of Rock Springs people are inter
ested.
The Business Mems league met at the
city hall TO discuss means of civic i'm
DrOVement. a committee of which A
Kendall is chairman, was appointed to
formulate plan for improving the city's
water service, which il Inadequate, par
ticularly in case of fire.
Ira Dodge of Kemmerer has been in
town on business connected with the pro-
posed telephone line between Rock
Springs, Boulder, Pinedale and Lander.
This line will be great improvement
over the present one, as it is now neces-
Sary 70 talk 200 miles to reach Lander
whereas it is proposed to rduce this dis
lance to 80 miles over the new line.
The Wyoming Auto Transit company
which proposes to run an automobile
stage line for freight and passengers into
the county north of here, and eventually
into the Yellowstone park. this week
Cupied by L. Bendsen's blacksmith shop.
and intends TO build the1 con an up-to-date
garage in which to house its automobiles
of which several are now on the way
T. W. Boyer returned on Sunday from
ChiCdgO, where ne was attending the
meeting OF the National Wool Warehouse
association. James Z. CoSeriff of Raw
Inns will be manager of the storage ware
house at Chicago, and Wyoming sheep
men are well pleased with his selection for
this position
William VI. Hartman has returned to
Superior with his bride The young cou-
pie were recently married in Lancaster
Pa. and will now make their home in
Superior.
John Hay has gone to Hilltop, New, on
business.
Mrs. Gaensslen and Mrs. Harris. Of
Green River, spent Saturday in town.
A. NeubeT returned on Monday mornln 2
from a business trip to Denver.
The waters of Bitter creek nave been
unusually high this week. an da repeti-
ton of the floods of previous years was
feared. A force Of men was kept busy
for several days blasting out the ice that
blocked the curr e1t and IL is now believed
that the danger is past
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Moore are visiting
friends in Salt Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Warren have re-
turned from Boise 20 make their home
here.
Mrs D. c. Nelson of Salt Lake was Wis
iting friends here last week.
At a meeting of the directors of the
First National bank the regular semi-au-
rual dividend to stockholders was de-
clared, and the bank surplus was raised
$50 600, making a total surplus or $780,
600.
Miss Ella Ace has returned from visit
ofeight months with friends in Pennsyl-
vania-
w c. McKecwan, formerly assistant
superintendent has been appointed ST.
perintendent of the Wyoming division OF
the Union Pacific, vice H. L. Anderson,
resigned.