Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-03-29
SAHARA

Lund for an indefinite stay
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\ Mr.. Jenkins Of Beryl was a visitor
at the ranch Of C. J. Hellings one
day this week.
Messers Guy Johnson, Athel Griffin
and Hal Griffin went TO Cedar City
Friday on a short trip.
Miss Grace Magnussen made a fly
ing trip to her home Sunday, return
ing to Lund on No. 2.
Mrs. johnson has returned to her
claim near Sahara and is preparing
to do bit Of improving this coming
season.
Mr.. Jack Holland left Friday even
ing for Lyndyle, Utah, to enter the
employ of the Salt Lake Route. Mr..
Holland has filed on q claim south of
Sahara.
doc" Hoxie, Charles Hellings and
Guy Johnson drove to Lund Sunday
to see Mr.. Brooks in regard to the
well. We expect to get Mr.. Brooks
and party to do our drilling.
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We had very fine rain ending in
two or three inch snow fall this
week for which we are very thank
full. There is lots of moisture in the
ground now and this seasons crops
should be assured.
We were very glad to greet Mrs.
"Pete" Corn Friday evening as she
alighted from the GIG train. Our
little colony extends it's hearty greet
ing to Mrs. Corn as she is an active
member of both club and community.
Chas. Magnussen has returned after
a short business trip to Los Angeles.
He reports conditions, from working
mans standpoint, as rotten in that
city. He also tells us that Mr.. An
derson's family will soon return to
their claim.
On account of the fact that some of
our members live as far away as Vir-
ginia and New York, we have decided
to keep the well subscriptions open
until April LIST. Up to date we have
3S subscribers and expect enough more
to pass the forty mark easily.
So
Mr.. Athal Griffin has presented his
name for membership in our club.
Mr.. Griffin goes to join Uncle Sans
forces very soon and he will make the
fifth star in our service flag. We
wish him an honorable service and
If the Gods will, safe return. bearing
the symbol of distinguished service
with him.
Hooray! We have our school again
for at least two and one-half months,
with Mrs. Hobbs of Latimer as teach
err. This is fine and has caused gem
eral satisfaction throughout our col
ony. We are glad, also. to welcome
Mrs. Hobbs into our community, and
we sincerely hope that her stay among
us may prove pleasant as we'll as
profitable
A man, woman and child got off
No. one day this week and applied
at the section house for work. There
being no opening he said he would go
on next day but when No. came
next day he said he had no money
with which to continue his journey.
So the section hands and Mrs. Mag
nussen made up a purse and the fol-
lowing day sent them on their way
as far as Modena.
Our rabbit drive. Scarce it is to
laugh, that rabbit drive. We caught
two poor misguided rabbits in our
carefully constructed pen, "The best
plans mice and men gang aft aglee"
and ours certainly went somewhere
We registered good turnout, but
not enough to drive over the territory
we tried to drive over. However. we
had dandy lunch and a fine sociab'e
time after the drive, in the shelter
of the huge rocky gorge up the biz
draw. No one registered kick after
all, though we failed so far as los
conejos We're concerned, our social
time was success,
Here is a coyote story sprung on
us by Mr.. C. f. Phillips. Mr.. Phillips
had ladder up against his house
and in the ghostly hours of the night
he heard soft foot falls on his roof,
and Immediately suspecting "A wise
coyote of having climbed the ladder
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