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Show Paradise Pointers The familiar face of Fred Turner was seen upon our streets on Thursday. Thurs-day. Thoso who take the Republican like It llrst-class. A party Informed us that while travelling tra-velling through Held roads recently a distance of eleven miles, he actually saw the following farm Implements standing out, exposed to the weather, many of them left where the work ceased with them last year: two mowers, mow-ers, two hay rakes, two sulky plows, ono gang plow, ono hand plow, one cultivator, two harrows and two binders. bind-ers. Farmers, this Is poor business. -Last Wednesday night a program and sociable was given under the auspices au-spices of the Y. M. and Y. L. Associations, Associa-tions, which closed with an oyster supper and dunce, about 100 couples being present. On next Friday the Primary Association will give a concert. con-cert. Quite a number of our men aro working In tho mountains, some at tlio Laplata mines, others at saw mills. Tlio health of tho people is generally good. Wc understand that within tlte past two weeks, some parties camo down Ulacksmlth Fork canyon on snow shoes. They measured tho snow at tho "Landing" which Is about three miles cast of Garr's ranch and It was ten feet deep. This being tho case, snow must bo at least twelvo feet deep on tho dlvldo between Cacho and Rear Lako valleys. Somo old residents of the county predict that wo will have very high water this year, much higher high-er than for years past. Wo have plenty of winter hero and more coming. We have about one foot of snow which will tako considerable consider-able of a thaw to melt oil, as It Is frozen solid to tho ground. Tho largo canal that conveys the water to Hyrum Is llllcd up completely, teams driving over It anywhere. These last storms aro making some of our stockmen scratch their heads. Somo parties In this locality and towards Wellsvllle aro getting a llttlo close run for hay. Tho Paradise people have had their sharo of amusements this winter. They havo a homo dramatic troupe that docs well Indeed with their performances per-formances They played about three weeks ago, only charged 10 and 20 cents a ticket and after all expenses were paid they netted $37.00, which was given to the brass band organization organiza-tion to assist them In buying Instruments. Instru-ments. Another performance will be given shortly entitled "Woman's Honor." |