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Show LOOKING BACKWARD From Kile of WashlnKton County News June 2o, li Clinton Larson, the phenomenal hi h jumper from the Dixie high school of St. George, returned yesterday from Chicago, after winning the championship in tne scholastic meet at Chicago. Lai-son Lai-son quietly sneaked out of Utah to Chicago and won the first place with a jump of five feet eight inches. He made a record in the Utah meet of six feet, two inches, which probably will stay for a number of years. He said that his opponents in Chicago did not force him to go higher than five feet, eight inches, but he could have done better. Larson was given a handsome loving cup for his work in Chicago and will probably win two or three more in the next few years. Dr Clarence Crosby Snow returned re-turned to his home after being graduated June 6, with honors from the Jefferson Medical college col-lege at Philadelphia. The Southern Utah Packing company started up its canning plant at Leeds Monday morning with a full crew of workers. Page seven of this issue is mainly devoted to the obnoxious house fly. Read it and be convinced con-vinced that the common fly is a real peril, then get to work and help get rid of the pest. The News acknowledges receipt of an invitation to attend the Home Coming celebration, dedication dedi-cation of the Tabernacle and Stake Conference at Randolph, Utah. (John R. Wallis had been a previous resident and editor of the Randolph Reaper). Washington, June 21. One billion bil-lion dollars to be raised by the sale of state road bonds, guaranteed guaran-teed by the federal government, will be spent for good roads, if a bill which will be favorably reported re-ported to the senate by the post-office post-office and post roads committee this week is passed. A meeting of citizens is called by Mayor Woodbury to consider plans and means for a Carnegie library building. Citizens have agreed to a 2 mill tax, which will bring about $600 and the two schools, Academy and Woodward, will bring this up to $800. $1000 is needed. |