The daily sentinel., 1914-07-02
Iona NEWS
(By LIZZIE RICE.)
Thursday, JuIy y

the show in Fruita Saturday eve
ming: Mr.. and Mrs. r. ]. Mont
gomery and family. Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Kinney, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Ballmer and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cool and family
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. R. Wolf and little
Elizabeth Fields went to Fruita sat
urday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moracle and family
went camping on the desert over
night last Saturday night, returning
Sunday morning.
Leonard Ballmer is spending a
couple of weeks in the hills at Car
bonera with the Cool boys. -.
Mrs. Outten of Fruita is sewing
for Mrs. Brumbaugh this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brumbaugh attended
services in Fruita Sunday evening
Miss Ruby Smith is confined to
her home with rheumatism in her
feet. In other words she is suffer-
ing in defeat"
Iona came near having a disas-
trous fire Sunday night when Miss
Irene Leeman, who is helpinr Mrs
Brumbaugh in the absence of Rubv
Smith, came home from church, she
went to Ruby's room and lighted the
lamp and dropped the burned match
into one end of the match box. think
ing, of course. that il was out. She
turned and begun to make prepara-
tions to retire when she heard a
peculiar swapping on the dresser
and turning found the matches had
ignited and the entire box was
burning. She grabbed the box and
started for the door when the box
fell to pieces, scattering burning
matches about the floor which
caught some clothing on a chair. She
called to Mrs. Outten, who was in her
room near. She ran in and seeing
the situation grabbed comforter
and threw it over the chair, thinking
to smother it, but 1t had gained too
much headway and but for the time
ly presence of Ed Fields and Sy
Smith, who were in their rooms and
were cafled to the rescue. the John
athan Inn would be lying in ruins
today. They each seized a fire ex-
tinsuisher and soon succeeded in
putting the fire out. Besides the
damage to the room both of Ruby's
hats and a couple of expensive
dresses were burned.
While Mrs. K F. Collins was in
Fruita Monday her horse which she
left tied in the street became frigh-
tened, broke loose and ran away.
smashing Emmett's new buggy to
pieces. While they weer unfortun-
ate in having their buggy wrecked,
yet 1t was very fortunate that Mrs.
Collins was not in the buggy when
the horse took fright.
Werner 2. Reed and sons-Verner,
Jr., and Joseph-are spending a few
days at their ranch this week. Mr.
Reed has Just recently returned
from n trip abroad The Community
Life club will give an Informal re-
ception in compliment to them. The
reception WIFI be held on the lawn at
the ranch on Thursday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Musser, Mr.. and
Mrs. Camm and Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Vey took their lunch and a freezer of
ice cream and spent Sunday in the
hills. west of the McVey ranch.
Miss Dora Baders of Iona and
the Misses Olsen and Krieger of Chi
cago, Messrs. Pilo, Anderson, Her
bert and Henry Bader took their
lunches and spent Sunday in Horse
thief canon.
Mrs. Pilo, who has been confined
to her bed for several months. is
slowly improving.
Fred Bethurem left Wednesday
evening for Kansas.
Al Davis left for Denver Friday
evening to be gone several weeks.
Grandma Galyean is reported on
the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Nelson went to
the Junction Saturday.
Everett Filbert of the Reed ranch
went to Fruita Saturday night and
stayed over Sunday with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Elfing of Chi
cago are expected in Iona in a few
days.
The Ladies Union gave an ice
cream social on the company lawn
Tuesday evening. While it was rather
chilly, cream was very much in de-
mand, the neat sum of s12, 900 being
realized. number of young people
from Mack were in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson and MI.
and Mrs. Pilo entertained in ho''~-
of the Misses Olsen and Kriegor OF
Chicago Saturday eveninS. those
present were the Misses Cleone
Smith, Anna Cool, Laura Akrens and
Dora Baders, Messrs. George Cool,
Ray Montgomery. Herbert Baders,
Henry Baders, Claud McCollum and
Walter Smith. They played new
game, the name of which | failed to
learn, but it is played in this way;
The girl sits down and puts an open
Bible on her lap and the young man
must get on his knees in front of
her. place his hand on the Bible ana
swear that he will tell the truth. the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth. Then what do you suppose
she asks him? Whom do you
love?" And after taking such a
solemn oath what could they do?
Each ''fessed up as to his loved one
with as solemn a mien as though he
were doing the II do" in the mar
riage ceremony. but we aren't going
to give the boys away by telling the
girls names. Shame on you, girls,
for resorting to such means to get
into their, secrets.
The box social to have been given
by the Community Life Club Satur-
day night has been postponed indef-
initply