Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-04-27
SAHARA.
Sahara, Utah, April 25, 1917.


your colors, not alone by wearing OF
flying flags, but by your actions, too
Another thing Mr.. Hedrick brought
was a huge bunch of beautiful red anc
white roses. Real roses. Ach, him.
mel! The "Nisions" roses conjure ur
for all Of us. Mr.. and Mrs. Hedricl
were so thoughtfully kind as to place
their beautiful flowers on the presi.
dents desk, as a surprise for him. II
is such little thoughtful kindnesses
that make the days grow brighter
Flowers l love and / miss them sore.
ly here upon the desert.
81 sometimes think that never blows
so red
The rose as where some buried Caesar
bled;
Drops in her lap from some once lone
ly head"
Perhaps in the days to come, we may
make the district to blossom like the
rose.
Mrs. c. II. Hunt and children from
near Lund, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Baker.
Mrs. Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. Baker,
Mrs. Hunt and families were guests
at doc" Hoxie Sunday. We will
wager that they had an excellent din
ner, as we can vouch for "Doc" being
an A / cook.
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Mrs. James Farley is suffering
from a badly swollen throat and
glands under her tongue. She has
tried various remedies without relief
The whole thing started apparently
from a severe toothache.
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Mr.. Rescue Haley made a trip to
Enterprise this week after a load of
spuds for Mrs. Phillips store Wheth-
er he took an armed guard with him
or not I can't say; but if he also had
onions in the load, and did not take
a guard, he was running an awful risk.
Your correspondent has four onions
in the cabin and has been seriously
considering having a safety deposit
box to keep them in. And flour $40.
Oh, joy! where will she stop?
Speaking of girls, some of our
friends were accusing us of thinking
of starting "cradle roll" because,
forsooth, we said we felt like kidnap-
ing one of the daintiest little elves in
our community. Mr.. and Mrs. Four
mans little girl. But since our Office
cat has presented us with seven kit
tens we venture to assert that we
aren't going to start a cradle roll; it's
already started, with vengeance.
On the morning of Flag Day, at the
unearthly hour of $3.50 a. m, we called
upon two of our society bellies, to dis
cuss some of the details of the pro-
gram only to be informed by mamma
that said bellies were taking their
beauty sleep, and for us to vamoose.
The advice was taken.
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We were certainly proud of the APP
pearance of our people on Flag Night.
Silks, chiffons, serges, and the Lord
only knows what else, mere man can
only guess and admire, were in evil
dence. The men folks had all shaved,
washed their faces, sleeked their hair,
rubbed "bars" oil on their mustaches,
(if they had any and put their pant
(trouser) legs outside their boots. But
really and truly, l doubt if one could
have found any where on the desert
more pleasant looking or nicer bunch
of people than were gathered at our
school house Saturday evening. We
are sure proud to be counted a mem
Der of community like this
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Miss Grace Magnussen is visiting
her parents this week. Miss Grace
sent word down from the mine while
back that she was getting ia ahem!
stout; but if so, we venture the as
sertion that stoutness will become her
Honest Injun!
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Mrs. Guy Johnson is reported req
covered from her recent illness. We
are glad to hear this and hope her re-
covery is complete.
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We were sorry that the superin-
tendent of schools, whom we especially
invited to attend the exercises Sat