Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-04-23
Cedar City Rappenings

II you haven't tried the Ice Cream
they sell at "The Annex" you've
missed the best thing In town. Adv.
The case of scarlet fever reported
last week at the home of George
Ashdown is now scaling off and the
other children of the family so far
show no signs Of contracting the dis
ease.
Milo Cory, son of Sheriff and Mrs.
John II. Cory, fell from a shed Sun
day and fractured his arm Just above
the wrist. The limb as set by DR.. A.
N. Leonard and the little patient is
doing nicely.
There is an unusually long calen-
dar Of cases to come up at the present
term Of district court, and great
many residents Of Cedar City have
either been subpoenaed as witnesses
or summonsed as jurors.
Keep in mind the big District High
School track and field meet TO be held
in Cedar City Saturday afternoon,
May first. Athletes from four coun-
ties will contest for the various plac-
es. Lovers Of sport should not miss
this big time.
Shearing at Gould Ranch in Wash
ington county, where thirty machine
plant was recently constructed, is now
running at full blast and from four to
five thousand sheep are being shorn
each day. Some Of the wool is be-
ginning to pass through this section
en- route to Lund. The prices being
paid are 18 and 10 cents, delivered
on the railroad, as far as we have been
able to learn.
The Coffee Club" had the right of
way over everything else Of social
nature last Monday evening, when
they were the guests of honor at
big dance and feed in the Library
hall. The entertainment was given
by Charles Cory, A. H. Rollo and
John Nelson, and most enjoyable
time is reported. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to state that coffee formed one
of the important items on the menu.
Nearly all the available teams of
Cedar have been hauling gravel for
the concrete work for the new school
house, and good sized mound soon
reared itself on the selected site of
the building. The rate at which the
work has been pushed can be seen by
the fact that 125 loads were hauled
during one forenoon. wark on the
excavating 10 also being pushed, and
it is apparent that the contractor in
tends pushing the work with all pos
sible vigor.
It is reported that a couple of
"horse buyers" have been doing
laudable work at st. George in round
ing up the "tin horn" sports at that
place. A number of arrests have al
ready been made, and it is reported
that others are to follow. II is un-
derstood that the horsemen are work
ing their way north, and will doubt
less pay Cedar City visit soon. Our
local sports should have their "horses"
ready for inspection by the time they |
arrive.
Two cases of typhoid fever are re-
ported by DR.. Leonard, the local
health officer, at the home of William
Haslam, the patients being Lawrence
and Arthur. So far they are pro-
crossing favorably and the indications
are that the attacks will not be very
severe. Precautions are being taken
to prevent the spread Of the disease
by infection, and the health officer is
busy inspecting other premises and
insisting upon people cleaning up
their yards.
Professor Sharp Of the B. A. c.,
and who is also directing the work on
Dr. Thorley's large farm that he ac-
quired few months back from S. A.
Higbee, is going into the hog bust
ness on quite large scale. He now
has purchased about 1875 shoats and
is looking for more. A large acreage
of corn, about 100, is being planted,
besides forty or more acres of small
grain. There is already 80 acres of
alfalfa in bearing on the farm.
THAT GRAVEL HAULERS' DANCE