Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-20
PAROWAN DEPARTMENT
Parowan. Feb. Is. 1914.
By Mrs. Thoms. d. Adam.

Parowan, Feb. IS, 1914.
The Stake Priesthood meeting of
the Parowan Stake will be held on
Saturday night Feb. 81, at Parowan.
A good attendance of the Priesthood
is desired.
Thomas Myres, councillor to JOS
eph F. Holyoak in the Y. M. M. l. A.
has resigned on account of being
absent from home great deal. Bro.
William Marsden has been sustained
to labor as councillor in his stead.
The ring of the hammer is again
heard on Thos. d. Adams new home.
Mr.. Adams has procured the assist
ance of Fred Bruhn in lathing pre-
paratory to plastering as soon as the
weather is sufficiently mild to insure
no further damage from frost.
Mrs. Jennie Pritchard is very i'll
at present with a severe cold from
which it is feared pneumonia will
develop; however, everything is be-
ing done for her that is possible with
the hope that she may soon be on the
road to recovery.
The regular weekly officers meeting
of the Y. L. M. l. A. was held Tues
day evening at the home of the SEN
Tor class teacher, Sister Mary Mars
den. Most of the officers and teach
ers were in attendance. Lessons
were studied over and discussed and
other business attended to.
Mrs. Mary Ollerton is expected
home Sunday, from Provo, where she
has spent the past five months keep
ing house for her children who are
at school. Her daughter Fay who
has been taking care of the home
here during her absence, will take her
place in Provo.
AT the regular meeting of the city
council held Tuesday, Feb. II, the
following officers were reappointed:
Edward Bentley, City Marshall and
water master; James Ollerton, City
Attorney; George D. Morris, Justice
Of the Peace;Dr. Joseph F. McGregor,
Health Officer and Quarantine Ply
sician; The appointing of the remain
ing two health officers, Sexton and
Road Supervisor was deferred until
another meeting.
Mrs. Thomas D. Adams received
word last Sunday morning of the
tragic death of her brother, George
Redd, at Colonia Juarez, Mexico. He
was killed by Mexican redfaggers
while attempting to protect his pro-
perty. He leaves a wife and several
small children. He was born and
reared to the age Of 10 years in New
Harmony and was the son of Lam
uel H. and Louisa Redd. His untime-
ly death came as severe shock to
MS relatives and friends.
The Commercial Club met We'd
nesday evening for the purpose of
considering the advisability of re-
servoiring the water of center creek.
The members discussed the PROPOSE
ton of locating reservoir on what
is known as the Gould Homestead,
the land now owned by Bp. Chas.
Adams, and located Northeast of
Parowan about two miles. A COM
mittee of three consisting of Chas.
d. Adams, Simon A. Matheson and
Oscar M Lyman, was appointed to
survey the site and make an estimate
Of the amount of water that could be
stored, gain whatever other in
formation was available and report
to the club at their earliest conven-
fence.
Last week Jesse Lowder captured
two five months old mountain lion
cubs, out across the desert near Pine
Valley. On a previous trip he had
killed the mother, leaving traps set
for the capture of the cubs.
On returning to the traps he had been
successful in getting one, and while
he was occupied claiming it, his dog
had located the other chasing it up a
tree. Through quite a risk he man.
aged to climb the tree and with a
wire loop succeeded in putting a
chain round his neck and tieing him
TO the limb, afterwards cutting the
limb off and dropping him to the
ground. After keeping them here
for several days he took them to
Lund and sold them to a gentleman