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Show WELLSVILLE ' ' .WI1ISPKRS : i- Mr. Howell Re- tains Interest, j Wellsville, April 13 The an-! nouncement that Hon Joseph Wf-we1 Vhad severed his fconcc o-, lion with the Wellsville Co op is, unfounded Mr Howell still re-1 tains a considerable interest in , the institution and will be its ' manager, although his many oth-, er positions will require much of ,his attention During his f re- j quent absences, the store will bej managed by those capable young business men, Peter M Maughan and W U Maughan, Jr., who a re heavy stock holders The Co-op is one of the oldest stores fin northern Utah and has always been as solid as adamant and extremely ex-tremely successful. . That it will continue to thrive and expand jits many friends believe and , hope; j Brick and other material for I the new Wellsville meeting ! house is being accumulated, and jwork will be commenced on the' i structure in the near future. Th j rock walls were completed eight ' I feet from the floor before oper- j ations were discontinued last fall. The work of inaugurating the new mercantile establishment is ' progressing rapidly Prof E R Owen will be the manager, and will take active charge as soon as the sch xl season is closed, relieving him of his duties as principal of the Wellsville schools .The capital is $50,000 and the directors are E R Owen, Wil-lard Wil-lard Parker, John L Baxter, R J Kerr, Thomas Leishmaa, John H Wyatt and William Wyatt The new company has purchased the small stores owned by John L Baxter and R A Leishman, and it is expected those gentlemen will be employed by the new store A fine building will be erected but its location has not yet been decided upon. Hon. and Mrs, Joseph Howell will remove shortly to Logan, where they will reside in the F. A. Mitchell homestead. W. .lur-ray .lur-ray will occupy the Howell , home, and will put up his light- ning rod for the Democratic congressional con-gressional nomination, as he be-' iites he will stand a good chance against his old friend Mr. Hov. ell in the next state election |