Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1912-09-05

Hunten puts in his spare time on
a ranch which he owns not far from
the Colorado coal camp.
George o. Horner has rented the
west store room OF the new Fitz-
gerald building at the corner OF
Main and Tenth streets and will
open a five and ten cent store. His
stock Is now en- route and will be
here by the time the mechanics are
through with the finishing OF the
room. Horner has been for some
time in the employ Of the weeter
Lumber company.
Carl Peterson OF Mt. Pleasant
was found dead I'm the mountains
east OF there last Saturday. The
cause OF death is undetermined.
His skull was fractured. and Il Is
believed the young man was kicked
by his horse. An Investigation Is
being made. Peterson and his bro
Their at one time worked for Carlos
Gunderson OF Price as sheepherders.
Gunderson was telephoned OF the
finding of the mans body.
Prices public schools open next
Monday. September 9th. with Prof.
Wayne Johnson as principal. The
teachers are Addie s. Wilcox. Mona
Goodwin, Carlos Woodward, Evelyn
Lowrey. Nellie Muldrow. y. W. An
derson, Pearl Dalton. Charlotte
Balm and Ida Pace. Miss Balm and
Professor Anderson come from Man
II TO Price. Price academy began
last Tuesday. The teaching corps
appears elsewhere in this impression
OF The Advocate.
Prof. Marcus r.. Jones In a recent
trip to the old iron mine at the
head o. the north fork OF the Provo
river discovered at an altitude OF
nine thousand feet a fern entirely
new to this country. growing In
clefts and crevices OF the rocks.
The botanical name Ia pelleat graso-
lis and the plant IL about three
inches long. Prof. Jones says he
has seen nothing like II In twenty
years. This rare variety OF fern
was not supposed to exist In this
state.
The completion OF the geological
survey OF the Grand river from
Moab TO the Green river will be at
tended to by a corps OF government
engineers within the next few
weeks. Il. G. Selz. head OF force
OF surveyors OF the geological sur
vey. arrived at Grand Junction the
other day. where no will be Joined
by five other engineers The work
will take two or three months to
complete. The party will start in
at Moab. where they left Of last
year.
The American express and the
Wells-Fargo have issued orders to
their agents TO use the universal
system OF labelling and billing Of
freight which was authorized BY the
Interstate commerce commission In
recent ruling. Under the new
system all way billing IL to be done
In triplieate. one OF the copies TO
be posted on the shipment for tho
Information OF the conaigncca. Each
shipment also must bear label In
dleating whether Il IL prepaid. col
ioct or n lot shipment.
Penn Olson. who Is looking after
the farm lands OF John Y. Smith
under tho big canal south OF Price.
has left at the office OF the great
moral and religious" samples OF po-
tatoes grown Just west OF the old
sheep shearing corrals that would
be hard TO beat In any mans coun-
try. In the Immediate nelghborhooc
there IN this year about two hun
dred acres OF potatoes planted that
will average three 10 four hundred
bushels 10 the acre. This Is the
first season the land has been oul-
tlyated.
Beginning September 25th and
continuing until October 10th. spe-
oial colonist rates are 20 90 into
effect from as far East as Chicago
TO Utah points. Stopoyer privileges
are allowed TO all points west OF
Canon City. Colo. The roundtrip
fare from Chicago 10 any point In
Utah is $500; from 81. Louis.
$50 90: Missouri river points. $4,000.
Low rates are also In effect from
81. Paul and Minneapolis and from
Iowa cities, Detailed information
will be furnished upon application
10 any Denver and Rio Grande
agent. or 20 y. A. Wadleigh. gem
eral passenger agent, Denver. Colo.
Frank r. Kieser. a brakeman ON
the Denver and Rio Grande, was
instantly killed at Thompsons last
Thursday by being run over by a
train. Kieser was switching on a
sidetraek when the fatal accident
occurred. lie lived al Denver. and
his body was placed on a train 10
be shipped to that place. A cor
onor's inquest had not been held.
however. and when his body reach
ed Grand Junction. the officials OF
the line would not allow Il 10 so
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