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Show I News from Rexburg, Ida. H ItKXIWiU!. Idaho. May:N It was H remarked quite recently by a prom I- H ucnt cltl.cnof Lokiiii while standing H upon Main street In tlio thriving' city H of Rexburtf: 'I am iiilto ;it home H here, fur nearly every one I incetlsjn H Old resident of Lonn or Cache Valley. H 1 have had at least udo.un in I'llaUons H to dinner today." Thomas K. Hicks, H the enterprising pioneer of the upper H Snake Itivcrcouutry, died In Septem- H her, 11)01. lie perhaps contributed as H much to the material development of H Cache Valley us any man up to the H time when he was called hi ISS.'lto H take his family and head a colony In H the settlement of that now most bean- H tlful section of the west. He went H cheerfully because he thought It was H his duly, lie threw his whole soul In- H to the work, and since his death It H lias been said of him, "llebulldcd bet- H ter than he knew." The Kicks Aia- 1 demy Is a monument to his memory, H, and his old associates, ajo, all the peo- Hf pic of that fair land, Gentile and Mor- H mon, speak of him as "the grand old Hl man or the Snake ltlver Valley.'' H. I was goliiK t" say the Kicks Aca- H! demy is on ' of the lluest school build- H logs In the State of Idaho. There Hj were ,V0 stuilcuts In attendance at H! this school during the past school year Hj and the splendid results of the train- Hi Ine of the students attending this In- stltullon arc manifest In the eillcleut B help the bishops of tho various wait's H p;ct from the boys and girls on their return home after the close of school. H County Seat Matter. H Hcxburu; had her petitions praying H the district court to order an election H for the removal of thocountyseat from H St. Anthony to Kexburg- grained on H Monday the 21st Inst, ami we expect H Sugar City will help us to get what H , rightfully belongs to us from eery H point of view One thing we need H most of all In Kexburg Is a stake tab- H crnacle, and no doubt the authorities H will soon see this necessity and direct H us to go ahead with this work in the H near future. The people of the stake Hi have voted on a site and have hauled H considerable rock for the building, but H were directed to stop the work until H the Academy debt was paid otf This , debt we understand 1s about paid and H the people say they are ready to go H ahead with the tabernacle. lllsliopT'ioinas t' Kick", who has been sick for the past month. Is rapidly rapid-ly iccovcilng. The health of the people peo-ple here has been excellent during the past winter, for which we thank Ood. Great Improvements. There are contracts let for $100,000 worth of buildings in Kexburg (luring the present year. There arc three stone stores and hotel buildings in course of erection on Main street at the present time. James 10. Fogg has the lluest resilience yet built In Kexburg Kex-burg In course of construction. It will cost $,0(K) The Second ward Is building a hrlck addition to Its tabernacle taber-nacle which will cost when llnlstied about $7,000. The 1st ward has Just llnished what Is said to be the most handsome ward tabernacle in the church, at a eoU of ir.,00O. The city has a large force of ir.cn at work on a 10,000 water works system which will be completed during the summer Our telephone and electric light sstems are giving us good service. ser-vice. We have two miles of the best plank sidewalk in the county, The sugar factory is Just two and :i half miles northeast of our city. Good For Langton. Our dlst i let school In magnlllccnce of stiucture is almost equal to tho Academy This school has been presided pre-sided over during the past two years bv I'rof. .lames A. Langton, formerly of Logan, and his ability as a learned professoi In this school Is highly appreciated ap-preciated by ouv cit lens. We have In Kexburg about l,o,iielilldien of school jc which logcth- with 250 others who come into the I'v to take advantage advan-tage of our educat In "I facilities, puts the school population to 1,210. |