Show miti jtb nr county roosevelt rumors ors it s heido seldom m that a town of as small as Roo roosevelt is honored by the presence of so BO illustrious a personage as was our towns visitor last monday night joseph Josep smith hSmith president of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints addressed the largest larges t crowd d of people ever before assembled bled in tile the school building at roosevelt As early as eight the house N was as packed and when hen a few moments after that hour the illustrious visitor entered with tits hia party and escorts the hushed tf un n sion bion of the audience was impressive indeed president smith was accompanied by his hia wife his son gon apostle smith pres wm smart joseph 11 II hardy R S collett and bit hop lambert the meeting was waa opened by an addrene from R 8 collett m who ho dwelt largely on the honor the town was A as afforded by this thia visit isit addresses by joseph 11 II hardy and wm smart and apostle smith followed that of mr collett after which the audience was wag f fiorei a brej with mith a song speak gently to the erring soul ully rendered by mrs E K bassett president smith then po powerfully and impressively spoke to the people holding their attention for thirty minutes ile he was very enthusiastic about the ic xe and among the excellent advice he be pave gave the homesteaders ste aders N was as I 1 to keep keel all allvon 5 ou have and get all al 3 ou can mr air smith and his part left roose belt early tuesday morning for rheo dore where in the evening of tho the same day lie he addressed the people of that city our prominent citizen joseph 11 II hardy lias has recently been 1 to the high officio of first counselor to the president of the umlah stake ilia hia many warm friends throughout the country ai aie e heartily offering their congratulations on frida friday evening a dince find and supper for the benefit of mr gagon was enthusiastically attend attended cd in great numbers mr cigons recent misfortune the destruction of his home by fire and tho the loss of all his goodshaw goods has sternly appealed to the sympathy of his mana man sincere friend the danco dance proved to be an unusually enjoyable affair for the young people and a de licious supper served at t the home of mr and mrs ed harmston was even more popular the last assessment on the harding lateral calls for work from men and teams during the next few weeks quite a largo large number of men will report for duty monday sept 2nd and mr J garnett holmes returned to his home au aug at roo roosevelt evelt after a short business trip to vernal miss lillie whitlock is assisting in the post office at roosevelt this week A eek |