| A hundred years ago in the month of November…
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| Two dogs run across Helper’s Main Street in the early 1900’s while this photo was being taken, causing a blurry image on the film. When it snowed on streets in the days before truck or tractor snowplows, the snow was seldom removed, but continued to be packed down until the spring when it melted away turning many streets into solid masses of mud. Snow hit the area in the month of November 1907 and caused a number of problems. |
J.F. Kein and family have moved from Helper to Salt Lake City and are to make their home there.
Large quantities of coal continue to go out from Price by railroad from the Aberdeen mine. The railroad car situation is improving.
There are at this time some twenty-five new houses, mostly dwellings, under construction in Helper and around the town proper.
Barbers certificates were granted at Manti last week to John Kay of Price and to W. R. Petty of Mt. Pleasant, but formerly conducting the shop here.
Ethel I. Smith has filed divorce proceedings in the district court against Ora F. Smith. The plaintiff is a resident of Helper. Judge Frye is the attorney in the case.
If the recommendations of Professor Hyatt at Salt Lake City are carried out Wellington or Price will have a weather observation bureau. The matter is now up at Washington.
Elmore Shiner has moved his livery business from west of the Mathis House to the Hotel Clarke property, he recently having taken a lease on the latter. This centralizes his business, as it were.
H.W. Millburn has sold to The Advocate Publishing company the lot between J. A. Crockett’s residence and Lowenstein’s store, together with improvements thereon. Consideration $1000.
Martin Millariche and George Shaeffear are erecting a building at the north end of the main street or road at Spring Glen and are to engage in the saloon business there. They are to depend principally on the trade from the ndependent mine.
The Cleveland Canal and Agricultural association of Emery county has filed application to appropriate 810-acre-feet of water, to be drawn from Lake Canyon and Lake Erickson, San Pete county. The water is to be used for irrigating three thousand acres of land belonging to the association.
| Bryan Olsen, Ervin Fausett and Butch Barlow pose on Main Street in Price sometime in the early 20th century. |
William McIntire was thrown from a saddle horse last Thursday evening, while driving cattle, sustaining a fractured collar bone and other injuries. He is being attended by Dr. E. M. Neher of Castle Gate, but will be, confined to his home for several days, although getting along nicely at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Frye entertained at high-five last Saturday evening about forty of their friends of Price, A. Ballinger captured the first prize, a silver napkin ring; Miss Margaret Morgan, second, a set of nut picks and cracks; Mrs. Thomas, Murphy and George Dougan, third and fourth or booby prizes, a sofa pillow each.
Dominick Milano and his son had a very narrow escape from a serious injury at Sunnyside a few nights ago. Being there for the night they made down their beds on the floor of Fred Paternoster’s bowery building. Before morning a heavy snow came and broke the roof in on them, they being completely interred with ice, sleet, snow and general debris. Luckily they escaped with a few scratches.
There will be a civil service examination December 11th at Salt Lake City for mechanical draftsmen in the Panama canal service at $125 per month. Occasional appointments of persons with special qualifications are made at $160 and $175 a month. It is probable that about fifteen appointments will be made this estimate being based upon the number of appointments made during the past year.
President Lindley of the Raven Mining company was in Price Saturday last from Chicago and after here in connection with his company left for Salt Lake City. Owing to financial renditions and a curtailed market for gilsonite and elaterite in the East, shipments of the product to Soldier Summit and Price has been discontinued for the winter and all teamsters are to be laid off, although the mines at Fort Duchesne and also in Lindley Hallow will be worked all winter and the output stored.
Tho Consolidated Fuel company has filed a deed of trust with the county clerk and recorder to secure to the Utah Savings and Trust company a bond issue of three hundred thousand dollars. The trust deed covers. two hundred and eighty acres of land known as the Miller ranch, together with the water rights thereto belonging, and a large acreage of coal lands being developed adjacent thereto. The seventeen miles of railroad to be built and all properties hereafter acquired are covered by the instrument.
People going from smaller towns to the cities are often impressed with the indifference with which they are treated by hotels and hotel employee. There seems be a sort of common understanding between hotels that commercial trade is more desirable for the reason that there is a chance to add “extras” which always means a neat additional charge for very little work, and no additional expense to the hotel, It is very gratifying, then, for home people to find a first class hotel that caters especially to local patronage. The Windsor Hotel, Salt Lake City, caters especially to Utah people and makes every provision for their care and satisfaction. The Windsor is located at 225 Main street, right in the business district; and visitors from this county will do well to remember this popular hostelry in the city.