The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-06-02
CLOSING OF EMERY
COUNTY SCHOOLS
GRADUATES PROM
THE EIGHTH GRADE.
schools Throught County Closed TINT
formly Aftcr Eight Months-IJcet
Meetings sun Being Held In That
Part OF the Country-Other News
Of Interest From Over south.

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schools throughout the county closed
uniformly after school year of eight
months. except the high school "
Huntington and the eighth grade and
high school at Green River. BEFORE
consolidation Green River schools
convened nine months. aud IN order
to give the eighth grade the same
privilege this year the school patrons
paid the teachers salary the last
month A. q result there were sev.
entcen graduates from the eighth
grade and no failures. Professor
blackburn at Huntington taught the
largest eighth grade class in the
county the total enrolment being
thirty. Ninety-four young people
graduated from the eighth grade In
the county thi, school year. This
number represents ~ per cent 81
those who took the examination.
The little town of Clawson-aiways
one 81 the foremost places In the
county To- boost for anything for the
general good Of the county-ls again
to the front. this time In support Of
the blk campaign Co secure enough
sugar beet acreage for the years
iei5-is-ie to Justify the construction
of railroad through the county TO
the town of Emery. aud q sugar fac.
tory somewhere In Emery or Carbon
counties. Ciawson has now hun.
drcd and thirty.siN acres of bccts
signed up FOR and there are nj least
thirty more acres that are sure 81
being secured. Furthermore. some OF
the leading mon ct Ciawaon are vii.
ling a. double or treble their acre.
axe but what the proposition goes
through This II the heaviest acre.
age In proportion Co population yet
signed In the county The Cinwson
meeting was held last Saturday even
INK. ON Tuesday night u fairly well
attended meeting was held nt Fcrron
and nearly two hundred acres were
signed mp at the meeting. Another
meeting was held at Victor wednes-
day night and sixty acres were signed
up notwithstanding the fact that some
Of the heaviest prospective signcrs
were not present
u. J.. Peacock. manager 81 Pea.
cocks Cash store. reports that tho
Peacock truck made the trip from
Salina o. Emery In four and hair
hours, loaded This route IN travelled
daily by auto aud. with the road and
bridge work now under way compile.
tod. this route 10 sure a. come in for
a big share OF traffic
orangcyillc surely gave the sugar
beet proposition hig boost last night
at the meeting held there when TWEEN
tY-HrVcn men signed up for two hun.
drcd and fifteen acres of bcctH. 4. q.
Jcwkcs, :. y. Snow. Sr.. and J Frank
killian each went down Tor twenty
acres and w. 81, Peacock. Sr.. signed
for fifteen acres. while there was not
"a man went down for less than five.
I'd Jensen returned 60 Cleveland
last week from salt Lake city. Ills
wife will have to remain at the hospl- |
tai about a month longer.
Mrs, Jane Ulster of Cleveland Wis. |
tied last week az Helper. Also az ,ho |
bedside OF her daughter. who II 40 az |
the hospital at kcnilworth.
The Mohrland orchestra gave "a
dance at the Davis Hall In Cleveland |
last Saturday night \ large crowd |
was In attendance from an the neigh
boring towns
Mrs. Sarah A. cowley of Cleveland /
II visiting relatives az Storrs.
MIR. and Mrs James y. johnson OF
Cleveland attended the commence.
ment exercises of the Carbon county
high school, their daughter Emma
being graduate from that institu-
ton. Miss Ruth Whimpey who was
also "a student there. viii not return
home for her vacation. she having
employment at the telephone office.
Mrs. Carrie Cowley returned last
week 10 Storrs after visiting FOR some
lime with her parents az Cleveland,
a. l.. Oyiatt OF Elmo Is hcrding
'heep az Cotton.
The people OF Ornngeyillc cele-
rated good roads day by turning out
md putting into right good shape the
Dad Immediately west Of town lead
NIX a. Straight Canyon. A couple Of
rood culVerts have been put Ia and.
~ taking the lower crossing. over
irimcs Wash. any car can reach the
Slack Diamond coal mine In Straight
'anyon In one and h Y hours,
Bishop" l.. G. Moore OF Rochester
eturned Thursday morning from salt
AXE city where he went 90 meet
nth parties interested In Rochester.
George A. Pettey and family passed
through town last Tuesday afternoon
ound Tor Altonah. where Pettey has
good opening FOR a sawmill and "A
blacksmith shop. Needless 90 say, he
: not gone for good. but retains his ,
enron property which viii be taken
are OF by his son Ross. who accom-
anied the family northward. but win +,
sturn Immediately.
The stork visited the homes OF Mr. !
nd Mrs. Charles Oyiatt anj Mr.. and
Irs. George +. Oviatt of Elmo re-
entity. leaving girls, 1
Mrs, Eva Wardell and sister. Mrs.
hrissie Christensen of Black Hawk, l
re- visiting with their parents. Mr..