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Show MEASLES AT MT PLEASANT Children Have Been Having It Since Schools Closed. Special to Tho Tribune MT. rLEASANT, Vtah, May IS. Thle city Is In 'ho midst of an epldemlo of measles. Since the closing of the public schools children chil-dren have been coming down with tho dleeHO in all parts of tho city So far no deaths ltae occurred, Bort Seely of thla city left this wek for Japan, whore lie goes as a missionary' of the Mormon church. His father accompanlod the young man as far as Salt Lake City. Last night a large number Off frlenda met ot the oat)"mbly hall to do honor to President Presi-dent Peter Mataon, ho leaves on Monday for Scandinavia, where ho will prealde ovr that mission An Impromptu programme was car-vied car-vied out. speeches being mado by President C N Lund and Bishop Rasmussen, a recita tion by Miss Borg and songs by th ML Pleasant Pleas-ant Gleo club Refreshments, consisting Of lco cream and cake, were served after the exercises. Unless for lack of Interest on the part of tho young men here, this place will soon havij a company of mllltla. Some years ago the, town had a "splendid company, but stnoo Its dls-bnndrnent dls-bnndrnent no Interest hna been taken In th mllltla. It ecema probablo now that we will , e thn organization of a new company. E-x-SberlfT II P Jensen, who has been suffering suf-fering from rheumatism for somo tlmo, wae tuk.-n to Rait Lol;o this week for treatment. Although a stout, able-bodied man. Mr. Jensen ho for weeks lain as helpless aa a child Gilbert Rcekstrom has gone to Idaho, where ho will toko the management of E. J. Kearnvs'9 sheep Interests In that State Walter James of Black Rock Is In town this week dulng business. Ho has a dd out his en-tlro en-tlro herd of aheep and in the future will do-voto do-voto himself to othor lines of business. |