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Show over the baseball game game played at Gunnison by the Boston Bloomers, Too Late For Last Week. A for? have begun harvesting small grain. The alfulfa seed crop is reported re-ported exceedingly good and beet fields looking fine. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Roylance were Sunday afternoon visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs. George Fisher. H. A. Kearns and wife of Gunnison spent Sunday e.t the home of Fre-mGQt Fre-mGQt Barnes. F. Woods of Layton is stopping at the Parker ranch, lookiug after hi? farm he purchased here last Decent ber. Mr. Woods says he likes Guq-nifion Guq-nifion valley better every time he sees it, the crops being among the best he-has he-has seen this year, Mesdams M., Petersoo, George Fisher and F. Barnes were guests at the home of Mrs. J, K, Roylauoo Wednesday afternoon, By Another Correspondents The electric storm occurring Tuesr day put; a number of electric lamps, out of commission, leaving several of the home9 in darkness that evening,-. Harvesting is full under way at this time. Crops are very promising and the yield of second crop alfaUd. exceeds expectation. Three Bteam threshing machines, are lined up ready for the season's work. Mrs, rierbert Beck on Wednesday afternoon entertained the Embroidery club in charming style. George Peterssn is improving his. boms by adding new rooms. The benefit dance given.lasfc Thursday Thurs-day ia behalf of our new musiciaD, Sophus Christensen, was a complete success financially, Mrs. C. H Embley will spend next, week in- Ephraim, visiting her-daughter her-daughter Mrs, James Willardsen'. Reckless drivingis a too common occurence of late, but on Sunday August 5 there hannened a chanter - x in this line that should serve as a. warning against thd practice. It appears ap-pears that Archie Sorenson was returning re-turning late in the evening from Gunnison, on horseback Harold Nielson and Wiilard Jprjcen, juveniles, juven-iles, and two young giria happened, along in a buggy and drove so recklessly reck-lessly that a collisiou with Mr. Soren-sou's Soren-sou's horse was the retult, one of the buggy shafts penetrating the animal's ani-mal's flank and pierced through the back, It w-as feared tne injured horse might die, but it appears now will recover. The case is given ovtf-to ovtf-to the county attorney and will be handled by the juvenile court. CENTERFIELD. We were late wih our few Items of news last week, but we wiil try and do better. Time passes so rapidly one scarcely realizes the week has gone. May be our editor will publish a little of our last week's news, if it is a little ancieni. Nearly every one here attended quarterly conference held last Saturday Satur-day and Sunday iu Gunnison. One of the liuest rains of the season fell in this section of the valley Tuesday Tues-day evening Not necessarily needed, however, for vegetation, yet was a great benefit in laying the dust. Mrs. II. C. Hansen is slowly improving im-proving since her recent illness, attended at-tended by her daughter from Mauti. Rasper Schmitt and wife from Sterling, 111,, have been visiting a number of people in this viuicity and getting acquainted. Mr. Schmitt has purchased the 40-acre farm ewued by T, F. Kearns, just south of Mr. Tufts place aud one of the best in this section. He Hud his wife will return to Illiuois iu a few days, but as soon as they can arrange business affairs and attend to shipping iheir household house-hold effects will again be out here, where they expect to begin the erection erec-tion of a new residence about October 1. Mr. Schmitt says the farmers of Illinois he is sure would not believe him if he were to tell them about the hue alfalfa seed and small grain that is raised iu Guuuison valley. They ivo'.ud consider he wt.e exageiHting Siuco Tue?.l.i all the talk ha-? been |