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Show HUNTINGTON Two members of the state road commission com-mission and two of their engineers paid us a visit on Tuesday evening. They phoned for a delegation of our citizens to meet them at the head of our canyon to escort "them down through Huntington canyon which was done, the party looking over the road proposition previous to locating a state highway between Huntington and Fairview, connecting the road between wo points already located. A meet-J meet-J ing of the citizens was called and a i goodly number gathered. A few words from several of our residents told what we would like and the commissioners commis-sioners each made a short talk, very encouraging, of what they found through the canyon and we feel that something will be doing In the near future to connect us with Sanpete and the camps of Scofleld and Winter Quarters at the head of our canyon. We hope so they can't make too many roads to suit us. Last Friday we held funeral services ser-vices for Elder Bengt Johnson. He had been ailing for some time and finally passed away last Thursday. He was born in Sweden 89 years ago the 9th of last March. He joined the church in his native land In 1853 and came to Utah in '55. He had been a hard working man all his life, believing believ-ing that a man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow and he never shirked. He was a faithful Latter-day Latter-day saint and died as he had lived, fully confident of the resurrection and meeting meet-ing his Lord in the hereafter. He had made his home at Salt Lake City, Pay-son, Pay-son, Santaquin, Moroni, St. George, Beaver, and Jericho, In northern Sevier Se-vier county, previous to coming to Huntington in 1883. He served one year as a local missionary in his native land before coming to this country. We also had another funeral on Saturday Sat-urday that of C. L. Allen, who was operated on for appendicits in Salt Lake. He lingered for about four days and passed away, his wife being at his bedside in the hospital at the time of his demise. He was a Utah product a grandson of Patriarch Charles Pulsipher who left us here n few years back. The deceased had been very active along manufacturing lines In Emery county, having been connected with the roller mills in Castledale, Orangevllle, and Huntington Hunting-ton at various times. He was also associated as-sociated with manufacturing interests in Salt Lake City. Both funerals were fairly well attended and the speakers had many good things to say of the departed de-parted and words of comfort and cheer for the mourning relatives. The Hon. D. C. Woodward, our old supervisor of schools, took a run down to see his sick sister, Mrs. Julia Wakefield Wake-field and to visit a little with old-time friends. His stay was short, having to return on Tuesday. He is supervisor of about 4 different schools in Salt Lake county, which required a quick return home as school days are drawing draw-ing near. "Shortie" has come back and they immediately lured him into the garage corner again where he is o badly needled needl-ed to patch up the wounded autos as they come In. His wife, Mrs. Lydia, will be in and attend to the office selling gasoline and dealing out the fixtures for repairing and we hope to see the corner grow, which we believe be-lieve will be the case under his management. man-agement. Our flour mill is undergoing a thorough thor-ough overhauling. They have been idle for three weeks but are now nearly near-ly ready to start again. |