Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-05-12
STATELINE.
stateline. Utah. Aprll 8. 1916.

Stateline. Utah, April 8, 1916.
Bob Record came in today from his
ranch which is located near the rock
known as the Devils grave. He went
on up to the Ophir to attend TO some
business matters with Paul Kimball.
Tom Drake left Sunday for En-
terDtise, where he intends to pay a
visit to some of his friends and have
little vacation. And Tom says he
needs it, too, for he has been putting in
some hard ticks on the ranch this
spring.
During the week Desmond and Cliff
ford Hall, both of Enterprise, were i'm
town, having driven over from Deer
lodge, where hey have been working
for their brother-in-law, Everett
Hackett. They went back to Deer
lodge and will leave in a few days for
Enterprise, where they intend to work
during the summer on the reservoir.
c. w. O'Grain came in from the
ranch the other day and took back
his family for the summer, with the
exception of the children Of school
age.
Paul Kimball has just returned
from Modena, bringing with him Mr..
Dodd of Los Angeles, who is to be
the cyanide expert at the mill. He is
engaged at present in drawing up
plans, etc.
Mr. Roberts is doing teaming for the
Federal Mining and Milling company
Just at present he is hauling a guam
tity of sacked sulphur TO Modena for
shipment to the Salt Lake markets.
There is about 1S tons of the sulphur
and il was imported for use at the
Ophir mill when it was running
gotten, bud rolled up his sleeves and
announced that he was the "chief cook
and bottle washer, and from all ac-
counts Bud is "some chef" They
say that the way Bud can turn out hot
cakes would make q French chef. a.
shamed of himself
Bud Perry has been transferred
from the mill in the Rice Canyon to
the Ophir mine, where he is engaged
in cooking and is likely to remain at
the job until a woman cook can be
The Federal Mining company is now
employing force of about eight men
at their mill. and they are getting
things put in shape rapidly there
They are contemplating building a
new road from the Ophir down to the
mill in the Rice canyon, to save the
long haul around by the Johnny can.
yon. They are also contemplating the
moving of some Of the buildings from
the Ophir and erecting them at the
mill for the convenience of the work.
men at the mill, who will move Their
families out here when the mill starts
Tom Drake had lucky escape from
serious injury or death the other ev.
ening while riding in the valley after
dark, in company with Mr.. Bennett
The horse he was riding was a skit.
fish animal, and when the saddle
turned under the horses belly with
him it looked as if it was all day with
Tom. But to their surprise the ami
NAL stood perfectly still and Mr.. Ben.
nett soon rescued Drake from his per-
ilous position.
During the week Johnny McManr
came up from Modena, bringing with
him Mr.. Burgess, who has been at tht
Lake all winter. They didn't stop II
town long as Mr.. Burgess wanted Il
get down to the ranch to see how
things were getting along there.
The other night billiard Lancaster
clinched the wrestling title for thi
place by putting down Tom Drake
about 10 falls out of 20. Tom is con
sidered a pretty fair wrestler himself