The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-04
BIG PAYDAY LAST WEEK
Utah FucI Company Lets Loose Of
About Eighty thousand Dollars.

sUNNYsIDE. Dec. Freeman
Sumner. paymnstcr for Utah Fuel
company. was In camp yesterday and
the day before. Tho amount paid out
here this month 20 employees II said 60
be among the largest sums ever dis
tributcd locally. perhaps eighty thous-
and or more dollars. This does not
include contractors and their ems
ployes engaged In other work than
mining. II ~ not now uncommon for
coal miner TO draw down as much
az two hundred and fifty 20 three hum
drcd dollars monthly.
J. n. schinncss. general manager
OF all the wasatch stores. accompanied
Sumner on his trip. lie IN much graf
flied with tho showing OF business for
the year just closing. and especially
with Sunnysidc. which does the largest
business ~ any Of the five stores un-
der his direction.
Postmaster Twaddlc reports the
heaviest business this Christmas. both
incoming and outgoing. In the history
OF the office The money order re-
ccipts are simply immense. However,
himself and his force are handling
things 60 the entire satisfaction OF
residents and patrons.
Several residents OF the camp have
lately taken on the oil fever and have
located groups OF claims In almost
every direction from here.
More people would be going from
here To- the county scat more frequent
~ but for the miserable roads. They
have never been worse than now.
wasatch Stores company had the
best holiday trade this ycar,for many
seasons Manager Iiadley manages 10
have In stock what the people here
want In consequence they don't have
10 send away for anything. The stock
In general IL as much up 10 date as
those anywhere the country over. not
excepting Salt Lake city and Provo,
Mr.. and Mrs William Bennett. the
Misses Fern and Lavoe bennett Of Salt
Lake City and Mr.. and Mrs Roy Ben
nett OF Cameron spent Christmas here
visiting frlcndA
Mrs. John DE I.angc entertained nt
dinner Christmas for Mr.. and Mrs.
George DE Langc. Mr., and Mrs Del
bert Crawford. Mr.. and Mrs David
Peterson and Mr.. and Mrs James
Peacock.
Mr.. and Mrs g. 4. Draper and Mr..
and Mra r. J. Redmond OF Moroni
are visiting here. the guests ~ Mrs
John g. Preston.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilson are yls-
lting friends al HiaWntha for week.
Misses Mary Dowd and Izctta Funk,
who have been attending school In
Salt Lake city. are spending the holt
days here with their parents.
Mrs. Loa Taylor u spending the
holidays at Wales.
Mrs. Vern ual and Miss Nora ual
OF Provo are visiting here. the guests
OF Mrs. Hugh Burdick,
Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Llewellyn and
J. u. Wells OF Victor are visiting rela-
tives here for n week.
Mrs. zeph Thomas entertained at n
christmas dinner for Mr.. and Mrs,
John Jones and family and Samuel
Judd.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Naylor. Miss
Lulu Duerdon and Dolbert Kay. all Of
Salt Lake City. are visiting here, the
guests OF Miss Hannah Naylor.
Miss Mary Ann Jones. who has been
ATTENDING school at the brigham
Young University OF Provo. II home
for the holidays.
Miss Ardella Medley Is spending the
holidays In Salt Lake city with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Farley Neeley
Mrs. Mae Noal OF Salt Lake ciD
and Miss Matte Parry Of Logan, who
have been teaching school here, arr
spending the holidays with IN" home
folks.
} Miss ELLA Nelson Is home IRON
Price for the holidays.
Mrs. william Mecham OF Wallsburl
Is visiting here with her daughter
Mrs. Forest Farley.
n. J Binch OF the auditors Officer
, lof Wasatch Stores company at Sal
! Lake city has been here this weel
helping In the inventory al the i've
} local stores. which was completed thi
afternoon The stock here viii rui
about a hundred thousand dollars Al
} other stores OF tpe company are ais
being inventorieh