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Show LEHI NEWS NOTES Special to The Tribune. LEHI, Feb. 14. Roswcll Roylc. one of the most promising young men in tho city, died last night from diabetes. Ho was working In tho sugar factory during the run Just ended, but about two months ago was compelled to quit work, and gradunlly failed till the end came yesterday. yes-terday. Ho was a son of H. M. Royle. The sugar factory officials will commence com-mence contracting for. tho next season's crop of sugar beets this week. Thi mountains have more snow on them thnn for years, nnd tho outlook for a bumper crop of beets Is most promising. Tho company anticipates that a larger acreage will bo offered this year than the factory can handle. Forty men will commence In the morning to overhaul the plant for next season's run. Lehl has an epidemic of scarlet fever, though up to date nono of tho cases has proved fatal. If the disease spreads much moiTj the schools will close. On Washington's birthday tho public schools, under tho direction of Professor J. W. McAlIstor, will present the .opera "Prlscllln." Much efffirt ,h,as been expended ex-pended and It Is anticipated that It will he necessary to produce tho performance two nights to accommodate those who. want to see It. Edson .Whipple, a leading townsman. Is suffering from a nervous collapse and Is almost helpless. Walter Hlggs, who Is Just completing a 300-foot contract on tho Midnight Bell tunnel near Alpine, reports tho property as looking fine. The llmo Is becoming highly mineralized, and he thinks the ore body to be but a few foot away. Dr. Holbrook, registrar of vital statistics, statis-tics, reports that for the past' month there wore twelve births ln Lohl and one death, which is a good argument against "race suicide" locally. On February 26 the Lehl high school basketball team will nlay a team from Tho Dalles, Or. The visiting team claims to be the champions of the wch-footcd state and to have lost only three games out of a. total of fifty played, v |