Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-01-07

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as well AZ helping trade generally.
w. s. Steele. who claims to be a
graduate Of the engineering school al
Cornell University. In In Jail AZ Salt
Lake City 20 await trial on a charge
OF having obtained money and credit
at Price and Green River while repre-
senting himself as an agent OF the
federal geological survey Steele
claims TO have a wife and child in
Oregon.
Helper has seventeen or eighteen
saloons against Prices thirteen at this
time. II is predicted that several at
both towns will be forced 20 close at
almost any time because of lack OF
patronage. Even In the coal camps.
where the thirst parlors have every
thing to themselves. proprietorn are
complaining ~ the hard times and
general lack Of prosperity as II used
10 be.
Mrs. Helen ]. Hansen. mother Of
Mrs Harry Ackerman. II visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Hanscn's home u at
Levan. The Hansens will be rcmem-
bered by the early settlers. Mr.. Han
sen having been In the contracting
business In this section when the u.
n H. q. was building through this
section. lie was contractor for some
Of the construction work Of the road
over Soldier Summit
Miss Violet Menzies. the accomp-
lished daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Rob
crt Menzies. Sr.. Of Winter Quarters.
was married at Price on Wednesday
~ last week To- willis johnson. a pop
ular young man Of the upper mining
town. They are to make their home
at Winter Quarters. and have since
been receiving congratulations of their
many friends with numerous social
affairs since the marriage in their
honor.
Dressed pork. turkeys. chickens
and beef o. being handled Ia the coal
camps adjacent Co Price by pcddlora
at prices fully 90 per cent less than
the same time last year and with one
buyer or customer now to n half dozen
formerly Residents Of the mining
camps where work has been slim FOR
all employees for months. simply do
not have the money The camp stores.
however. generally report slight Inn
provemcnt In business.
Harmon Stolz II very much Inn
pressed with Arkansas No. an undcvel-
opcd country and IL making efforts 90
sell out at Price. In which event he
will return Co Rogers In that state.
Around Rogers II a great agricultural.
horticultural and timber section. The
state has lots 81 land not as yet taken
I up. which n also true OF the national
government Living IL reasonable
and the people there know not what
hard times are. lie has recently re-
turned from Arkansas
Surveyors said Co be In the employ
OF Uncle" Jesse knight have lately
run "a line FOR railroad from Helper
around the rim of mountains north Of
I Price 10 Coal Cteck. Jesse knight
has large coal land holdings all along
/ the route. This IL practically the
same survey aa was made many years
| ago 10y the Denver and RIO Grande a.
run from SunnyEide To n point In the
vicinity OF Panther Canyon. below
Castle Gate. II would give the sun
/ nyulde coal and that proposed 60 be
tapped about a per cent grade from
| sunnyHlde west.
George Robinson. former resident
| OF Grand Junction. Colo. and the Ia
Their ~ the Robinson brothers who nj
I one time conducted the first picture
show at Price. was buried nc Salt Lake
I city last Sunday The funeral wuf
/ from the Masonic temple and under
the auspices OF Argenta lodge OF that
city. Deceased was 81 years Of age
Death was due 90 pneumonia. Frank
Robinson OF Price, n Hon-in-iaw OF
Mr. and Mrs J. q. Fauaett. attended
his father the last several days pre-
vious 90 his demise Rev. T.. 4. Simp-
kin delivered the funeral address.
Attorney l.. A. Mcdee arrived Ia
Price Monday and will move his fam.
iiy here shortly. Mr.. McGee helieyei
Price will prove 90 be an excellent
field and intends 20 grow up with
Eastern Utah. For the present he vii
have offices with Carbon County Alb
stract company and upon itH compile
ton take offices In the VILLA build
Ing. Mr.. McGee IN "A graduate OF IN,
George Washington Law school anG
before entering the government ser
vice as postoffice Inspector. In which
capacity he served for period oI
seven years. practiced law for Nv,
years In Salt Lake city.
DIR. l. X. Humphrey. well and pleas
antly remembered In Price al the time
OF the building Of the Price River Ir
rigation company's big canal and th'
reservoir In Gooseberry Valley as th'
company's physician and surgeon, wal
married at Pueblo. Colo, yesterday, 4
Miss Dorothy Ingram. daughter OF Mr
and Mrs. ]. -. Ingram OF Salt LAKE
City. After the wedding the younl
people left for an extended trip. goinI
10 Chicago, New York. Cuba and homi
by way OF Florida and New Orleans
taking In the Mardi Gras festivities II
the latter city In February They VII
make their home at Salt Lake city
the groom being associated with Dr
]. 8. Critohlow. surgeon for the Den
yer and Rio Grande and the Westerl
Pacific systems.
Next Sunday. January 10th, ha
been officially designated as Better