Show PLEASANT WINTER AT TOWN OF IONA Special Correspondence Correspondence ONA Idaho Jan Jalu 27 This Is I ono of IONA I the most pleasant winters that tins has over ever boon beon experienced here luere helO the tho weather unit has not been excessively cold at ILL any anytime time The Tho roads have boon good with will but little snow In time tho valley and 4 I 1 feet of o the beautiful 20 0 O miles distant In 11 the hills his S The Tho ho coal situation has luas been much better than last winter as far Car as ni be being ing lag able ablo to tn get got sufficient of oC It Is con colt CO although the price has ranged higher most of ot the tho time tle Tho The financial panic has not lint material materially ly I 13 affected cd the tho pope people more unon mol than lo to tomake make obligations them more careful in n The Tue lle crop eol has ha u been the best known In the tho Snake valley salley with prices very satisfactory At this date dato theio thole Is I considerable hay hl not sold oid sol Most 1081 of the plowing was done lIone lost felt fall nil stock looks hooks well veil and amid a 1 grout great many man animals are arc ro being foul fed for 01 ou market The Tho stockholders of the tho lona loan Mer Mercantile cantile Co held their annual mooting yesterday a IL dividend oC or I per pel percent percent cent was wars WILl declared 10 per fler cent of or which wis IS placed In II a lu I fund Tile The he old board directors of or was waK reelected and lt It t was voted to Increase tho thug stock from to I JO Oa Elders I e Gudmundson amul uld Oe IR L 14 J Slang 1 were wore tendered u a I farewell farawell at the tho meetinghouse on Sunday oven oon Ing last lol lal nt at which time wn was t i raised to n thorn thom on their mission to Germany Elders Eder D E Cha ll and unties Charles Jr will wil leave 1010 for tor ho the mission field neld on Fob Feb r r the tha former for the tho Northern Norther states slates ana arid tho the latter later for or tho tile Southern states Mutes |