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Show j r V J EMERY j ! I Mr. Lawrence Larsen, a former re- I sident, who was in town on business last , week, reports hotel business in a flou- j rishing condition at Gunnison, where ha : ', is proprietor of an uptoltta h use. f Miss Grace Larsen returned home j last week. She has spent the past six j months in Sanpete. j Mrs. Catherine Elwards has returned i home from the Reservation where she i ; has spent the summer. Sha will leave , this week for Gunnison to remain , for an indefinite time, j Mrs. Eunice Petty and Mrs. Blanche j Petty from Castledale are Emery j visitors this week. I Our town has "gone dry" again and all the men and teams are busy cleaning clean-ing the canal, while tha female population pop-ulation is out in full force cleaning the I meeting house, preparatoy to quarterly . conference w.iich will ba held here I November 11 and 12. j We are pleased to report our town is ! free from sickness. i ' HUNTINGTON All interest this week seems to center 1 ed in the moving pictu -e-vaudeville show being offered by Mohammed the Great, i The people seem to enjoy themselves to judge by the 1 irge turnouts they get each night. A prize is offered to the most popular young lady and also to the : ho ..eliest man. Miss Chase is in the lead in the former contest and Moroni Nielsen leads in the latter. The final j count will be made next Saturday night ; when the prizss will Oe awarded. There was a meeting held here last 1 Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, when all cue aiva u iges a id dis id in; iges of the present conditions of the Manti forest reserve were thoroughly discus sed by trie peuple of Huntington, Cleveland Cleve-land and Lawrence, who seemed to be very mucn interested in the welfare of j this section of tne country. We feel ; taat Messrs. Snerman and Jensen, who are here representing the rpserve, i were quite well impressed, and we feel that good will result, and that people peo-ple living on the east watershed will have their interests looked after in the future. The gentlemen are also visiting visit-ing the towns south of here on the same mission. Notice has been given out that the Huntington grist mill will run night and day as long as the weather will allow them to run by water, and for the people peo-ple who want grinding done to bring their grain in, for they expect to close ' down when it becomes necessary to run : by steam, so come in with your grain. ! With the exception of col Is the general gen-eral health of the people is good. The stores are as usual trying to tempt every penny w ; have by most enticing en-ticing displays of goods. - Not much doing in the building line. I We would like to see the people wake up ' and improve their homes. If moi-e of 1 this was done it would show to the ' passers-by that we were industrious, and wanted to help build up the county. No storks appeared this week. ! ORANGEVILLE The funeral services of Bro. John Eden were held October 31st. Bro. Eden died of complicated troubles. He was formerly a resident of Mammoth, Juab county but has lived in Orangeville for several years. Ha was a quiet unassuming man, and was highly respected among his friends and neighbors. neigh-bors. The deceased leaves a widow and a large family, several of his children being married. His family intends returning to their former home, and thepeople of Orangeville will certain ly miss them, as they are good citizens; still we wish them success and prosperity wherever they go. The Ladies Aid Club met at the home of Mrs. Maggie Jewkes. last Wednesday. Wednes-day. A most enjoyable afternoon was spent. Mrs. Jewkes served a delicious lunch. Mr. John Cox has moved his family in from Rock canyon flat for the winter. Our schools are having a very succes-f succes-f ul run. The attendance is very good. Mrs. R. E. Robertson i3 running the hotel in Orangeville, and has excellent accomodations for travelers. Good care will also ba given their teams. Mr. Wm. Reid has sold his barber shop in Calinte, Nevada, and is going into business in Salt Lake. John K. has only six children living at that place Qiilting bees galore are the order of tha d iy with conversation rang ing from "higher" criticism to the making of chili-sauce. LAWRENCE Tha Lawrence pVolic school is miking mik-ing this year the b inner season of its history. The tardy and absent marks are fewer than ever, while the attendance atten-dance is greater. The teachers (Principal (Prin-cipal Clem Christensen and Valera Fillmore) display a passionate zeal in their labors which along with the intense interest of tha pupiles will surely make the school a great sucaess. The trustees are doing their part exceedingly well; having ordered many excellent books, which will nicely fill our library shelves. The base ball game, played here Friday between the public schools of Liwrence and C istledale, .results in a score of seven to two in favor of I Lawrence. Tne large erowi cheered I with. " .Vh oo! vVa jo,)!" fro n beginning ! to end. There was a complete shut out from the first innings until the I last. i Mrs. Marthi Millar h33 returned from Idaho, where she has been visiting visit-ing with her children. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkerhoff from Wayne Co., are visiting with their son James and family. They brought home Miss Maria Brinkerhoff who has spent the summer with them. Threshing is well along, and crops are fairly good. The Mutual work is progressing rapidly. The officers feel to thank the parents for thair support. Colonel C. P. Rodgers, te aviator trying to fly from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific, has down as far as San Antonio, Texas. Lawrence expects ex-pects him to alight here long enough to say hello, anyway. |