Show Local Jots A son was born to Mrs Herbert Williams last Saturday q Mrs J J Turner of Garden City Kansas Is visiting with F M Turner for a fcw days House and Lot for Sale2 blocks from Main Street For particulars call on George Stewart M Mr and Mrs A C Larsen have just returned from tt long trip over rough roads to Price by team Quite a number of our citizens went up to Zion to witness the monster GAR GA-R parade Wednesday forenoonS forenoon-S A Stanford of Salt Lake is in town assisting John W Finch with his plumbing work while John is disabled The buying public should read the advertisement ad-vertisement announcing the bargains offered by Bolts Department Store at Provo Umbrella Lost Black mercerized cloth brass handle almost new Word Jensen on knob Finder kindly notify noti-fy this office Mrs C A Larsen from Ephraim and her daughter Mrs E W Larsen of Pocatello Idaho are visiting with I Mrs Alma Jensen i a I Mr and Mrs E H Johnson returned 1 this morning from the A Y P Exposition Exposi-tion at Scatle Mr Johnson reports having had a splendid time Our enemies will be pleased to learn when they borrow or steal this impression impres-sion of The Press that the editor has been on tho sick list of late Mrs John H Houghton and little diughter left last Saturday for St Anthony Idaho where Mrs Houghton has three children She will be gone o to month Tho cement sidewalks are now built built as far as exBishop Larsons place We shall be pleased to see Brother Larsen coming up town the coming fall and winter with dry feet Last Wednesday Wm Davis shot a porcupine which measured 36 inches in length and weighed about 25 pounds The animal was killed under a hay rake J which was standing by Wm Rigtrups fence Miss Annie Davis has resigned her position at Dahle Bros store We have made many inquiries as to the whys and wherefores but none seem to know merely saying that Annie seems as happy as a King Swell invitations are out announcing a select ball at the City pavilion on the evening of August 25th Judging from the present outlook it will be a swell affair and will undoubtedly draw H very large crowd Rev Robert M Stevenson President of Westminster College at Salt Lake City will preach at the Presbyterian Ciurch Sunday August 15 at 8 p m There will be good music The public is cordially invited Rev Theo Lee Pastor Mr and Mrs Harry Davis and their daughter Vera left lust Sunday for Scofield Mr Davis returned Tuesday but Mrs Davis will remain for a short time as a change of climate may improve im-prove her health which has been very poor of late We note in an exchange the drowning of John A Bent at Yakima State of Washington on the 30th of June in theY the-Y M C A swimming pool Mr Bent was 20 years of age and formerly lived at Mapleton about eight years ago his mother was a teacher in the public schools of Spanish Fork While doing plumbing work in Oliver Swensens new building lust Saturday John W Finch fell to the ground and broke the small bone in his leg just k above the ankle Mr Finch was threading thread-ing a pipe when u bolt in the vice broke throwing him to the ground with the vice on top of him He was taken to Provo Monday where his leg was examined exam-ined and set At a meeting of the Provo Commercial Commer-cial Club last Saturday night it was unanimously decided to cancel the plans for the G A R day at Provo on the 13th inst It was argued at the meeting meet-ing that Salt Lake had made elaborate plans for the care of the soldiers and had prepared a j good program for Friday Under these circumstances it was considered con-sidered best to cancel the date us it is a question whether Provo could get it croud out of Salt Lake for the occasion |