Show newton notes of new nem EDITOR JOURNAL newton and its people are still in existence though we have not been heard from for some time there has been considerable sickness among our children ii athin the last month the complaint seems to be a mild form of I 1 lung u ng fever but I 1 believe all the sick are now improving and wo we feel thankful to the lord that no deaths have occurred in our midst for a long time with the exception of the infant boy of brother and sister christian nelson who died a few days after its birth sister nelson kelson has been a very sick person since that occurrence but is now improving the present stormy weather is not as welcome to our farmers as it would have been later on when crops were all put in some of our farmers got all their grain in before the storm came the majority have most of oath their air crops in so we ought not to complain A large larg e amount of 0 grain is ia still held by newton farmers who expect that prices will still raise our public square has quite an improved appearance this spring the fence being now completed and i it t appears to be a neat and substantial job the ground has been plowed and seeded with grain and lucerne trees will also be planted replanted and the old familiar sa sage e and rabbit brush on said square is now dow a thing of the past A few nights aaa ago an entertainment was given in the meeting house by our primary association the children did exceedingly well and it was a pleasant evening to all present once more the mountain lion spoken of ini in a former letter has made its appearance near town this time lime it was seen by president bannock stake who saw raw it early one morning last week between cache junction and newton come along ye and secure its fine pelt our reservoir has undergone cou considerable sid erable repairs during the winter and is now considered to be in in a fafe condition it is now rapidly filling and the prospects are that we will have plenty of water for irrigation purposes newton is not asleep in educational matters our district schools have been crowded this winter about twenty of our young people ale aie or have been attending colleges and the university uni this season we are again greally annoyed by numbers of be begging tra tramps many of whom a are re insulting an and abusive when not getting 0 what they want W F 3 N NEWTON EWTON april 14 |