Show bear river gily city the beat bear river valley telephone co held its annual stockholders stock holders meeting on the ath and a gratifying showing financially was made the earnings on a capitalization was 12 per cent farmers begin to realize that the use of a telephone is two years ago the company only had 90 phones now cow it has that dread disease diphtheria lias has broken out in our town in two families and caused the death of a child in each household before they were nvere aware of the nature of the ailment while there are other children sick in each of the families the disease has been checked through medical aid and strict quarantine it is hoped will prevent any further spread oi of the contagion A large number of guests took part in a dutch lunch served by mrs david holmgren recently all went home feeling that the dutch menu Is the best ever and they hope for a second trial soon farmers are busy spreading fertilizer on the soil preparatory for another crop A few years ago barnyard fertilizer was by many counted as not w worth orth hauling but since the work through our institutes began b ega u fertilizer is worth something it itis 11 sought forat 1 a load many acres of orchard will be put in next spring mostly apples january 8 |