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Show CLEVELAND . Saturday, April 13, Mrs. Jane Litster received a message that her son Robert had been killed the day previous in the mine at Coke Dale, Colorado. His brother Wm. T. Litster lef immediately : for the scene of the accident. The body was prepared for burial and shipped to j Cleveland, arriving the Wednesday fol- lowing, his wife accompanying the re-I re-I mains home. The funeral was held in j the ward hall, Friday at 2 o'clock p.m, I Bishop J. J. Larson conducting the ser-1 ser-1 vicee. Consoling remarks were made by Thomas D. Richards. Louis P. Ovesen and Bp. J. J. Larson of Ceveland and 'J. V. Leonard of Huntington, each speaking of the sterling qualities of the ! deceased . Sacred solos were rendered by Mips Vera Leonard and Alvin E. Leonard Leon-ard of Huntington. Many friends were in attendance from Castle Dale and Huntington. rt nert Sterling Litster, son of Robert C. and Jane Litster, was born in Scotland Scot-land 35 years ago, and came with his parents to America at the age of 7 months. Mo.it of his life has been spent in and around the mines of Utah, Colo., ami New Mexico, and he has made many friends wherever he went. He was married mar-ried about 12 vears ago to miss Elsie Leonard of Huntington from whom he was afterward divorced. One child, Mel-ross., Mel-ross., was the result of this union. He was married 7 months a n to Mrs Kate Johnson of Morely, Colo. and their honey moon was scarcely over when the terrible ter-rible calamity came. The heartfelt sympathy of the community goes out to the grief stricken wife. Beside his wife and children he leaves a mother, two brothers and two sisters mourn his loss, his father having preceded him to the grave. ' Smallpox has again visited our town, five families having been visited, All public gatherings are prohibited. Ditch cleaning is the order of the day now. The schools closed Friday after a successful suc-cessful year. CLAWSON Miss Ella Hall has been visiting with her grandparents at Ferron for a few (la v !. Bros. Ove;-on and Rasmussen were our speakers last Sunday. The meeting meet-ing as injoyed by all. Mr. r --v Miller has returned home from Castle Gate, where he has been visiting for some time. Mr. Vere King is at Price working. Mr. Edward Jenkins is at Emery after h-y. Mr. Thos. Hardy was a visitor here for a few das. Mrs. Clara Mill and Aaron Prows have been visiting at Castle Gate for a while. Mr. J. T. Charlesworth attended the late conference at Salt Lake City. Mrs. Paulina Anderson has been visiting visit-ing in Salt Lake city for a while. HUNTINGTON That the town of Huntington is to be bonded in the sum of $8000 to commence a water system wa3 demonstrated last Monday by a vote of 74 to 3 in favor of the bond. A tax will be levied on the town lots or personal property to the j amount of$8000and $16000 will probably j complete the construction. When our j town is equipped with a few of these i so-called modern conveniences.it will be moreinvi.ing to people who are seeking new homes, and in a measure will be the means of helping our town to grow The Commercial Club entertained the public on the evening of the 25th, (Utah Day). The full program will be given in next weeks issue. Mr. Glassm in is putting in a new store here. This makes us four stores. Competition brings down the prices of merchandise. We are always pleased to have the Walters company visit us, and we think considerable praise is due them for their excellent playing. On Mondav j niht last, they presented the fine melodrama "The Two Orphans" to aj crowded house, and will appear here again on Monday night next. Supt. A. C. Nelson visited our schools last week. On Wednesday evening he gave a very interesting lecture to a large audience, all of whom were profoundly pro-foundly interested in all he had to say. The superintendent is the poss-esser poss-esser of a brilliant personality, and held his listeners spellbound. His main subject was the "Human Eye." It is only too true that the eye is the index of the human soul. He touched on other snbjects equally as great, of the school and the education and all pertaining- to a well lived life. The school children sang the opening and closing songs and were complimented on their excellent singing. Miss Vera Leonard and Rolla Johnson sang two solos. Bros. Woodward, Heber Leonard and Peter Johnson offered a few closing clos-ing remarks and Bishop Nielson offered the cloning prayer. " Utah day was observed by our people. The program will be given next week. The sad news reached us on the 15th inst., of the death of Robert Litster of : Colorado. Mr. Litster was formerly a resident of Huntington. His remains were brought toCleveland for interment. Several buggy loads of our people were ; present at the funeral services. We feel to sympathize with those called U mourn . his loss. Mrs. EstherGrangeis home again af- , ter spending a pleasant winter at Mid- -vale with her daughter, Violet, who is teaching school there. Mrs. Emma Clark is home again. She will spend the summer with her sis- ter, Mrs. Elsie Litster. Mr. Clark will remain in Wyoming for a few months and will then join Mrs. Clark here. Mr. Kopf, our photographer, is proud of the photos he has taken of the many beautiful babies here, and thinks they should stand a fair show with the babies bab-ies of other" counties. Mrs. Marv Woods has returned home from Salt Lake City where she has pent the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Smith. Miss Almira McKee has returned home from Cleveland, where she taught school last winter. : ," EMERY Lund Day exercises were observed by the Religion class workers last Sunday evening. A short spicey program was rendered to a large audience. The vecincies in our Sunday School organization were filled last Sunday. Irven K. Williams was chosen to succeed suc-ceed Alfred J. Broderick as first counselor coun-selor and Lena Blackham was sustained as assistant secretary. Baby boys have lately been born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Larsen and Mr. and Mrs. Neils Neilson. Leona Olsen, who has been suffering a severe attack of appendicitis, is feeling feel-ing very well at present, and hopes for her recovery without an operation are entertained. Following is the program of the closing clos-ing exercises of school: Vagabond drill.. Mr. McAllister's dept.' Recitation Samuel Lewis Drill, "Buttercups and Daisies"... ...Miss Rasmussen's dept. Drill, "Work for Each" Miss Lee's dept Recitation Earl ChriStensen Song, "Tattle Tale" . . ..Lydia Olsen and Lillian Larsen Recitation Orvilla Hansen Boys Chorus Miss Duke's dept Recitation . Odessa Pettey Girls Chorus Miss Duke's dept. Presentation of Certificates to Eighth Grade Graduates Prin. Muraock Remarks Trustee Bunderson The District school teachers will depart de-part for their various homes within a few days. ELMO There is no sickness at present in( Elmo. IraKelsey met with a painful accident last Friday, while out hunting rabbits with a few of his school mates. One of his companion's gun was accidently discharged, shooting him through the ankle. He was taken to Dr. Hill but the doctor being unable to extract the bullet, bul-let, he was sent to Provo. Upon his return he will be under Dr. Hill's care. Mrs. George T. Oviatt has become grandmother, for her daughter Mrs. J. D. Brinkerhoff welcomed a little daughter daught-er recently. We have quiet a crowd of children, but no Primary. The attendance in our S. S. is on the increase. Last Thursday and Friday, Miss Marie Ma-rie Oliver, our one eighth grade student went through her final examination. The canal cleaning is now finished. Our school closes with a program next Friday, April 26th. A young man called here the other day aud told of an accident that befell him. He said he had not as yet saw his name in the paper, so we thought we would mention the fact he had lost a silver nickel. We hope h will find it as it is very valuable |