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Show 1 LEWISTON PROSPERS : AS WATER IS SECURED FROM BEAR RIVER A By MRS. ANNE ORCHARD EWISTON At this season of ! the year the people of Lewis-ton Lewis-ton have much to make them 0- . Hon received from people out side the ward has been appreciated". The cost is estimated at $26,000. I The third factor the building of the "City Community Hall" which will be modern in every detail. There will be a dance hall, the floor will be a novelty designed hardwood, blocked in nine inch squares, a picture show house, modern and equipped with the latest and best equipment a library, lib-rary, a community kitchen, post office and other rooms. The government gave us a gift, to stimulate work, 30 per cent of trie cost, tha ntv,av. to i nappy, ine general gen-eral health of the people during the I past year has been good. By far more births than deaths. Three outstanding outstand-ing things have and are happening happen-ing which have . helped to bring . about this hap- i piness. ' L.V:! . " UM' pi ueut u carried by the community over a period of years. It is hoped this . will be received through the re-t re-t turns from the building. The citizens citi-zens feel that our assessed valuation valua-tion is such that we can support such a building. We have been very much in need of recreation during the past few years, and this City Community Commun-ity Hall will be appreciated more tnan we can express. Club Activities The American Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary are fully organized organiz-ed and have been active during the year, also the Lions Club is outstanding. Lewiston supports two literary clubs and a number of card clubs, ine AXons club was ortranizorf of. Mrs. Orchard crops were good, although e had very little ram fall, but we t 'ere able to get irrigation water. l Cuch credit is due Saul E Hyer r being able to get the water. Mr. Jyer was a member of the com- J ' ....'l on the "Governors Com- j fotee in Re-Distribution of water ' 1 Bear River during the Irriga- on Season of 1934 of which FJ5. 1 tiamp was chairman. In April 3rd was received from the Utah Ijwer and Light, to pump no fiter. The condition was serious, tie committee held a series of leetings in the Governors room , the State Capitol, at Logan and ' Bear Lake after which they ' y Mrs- Ida Rogers, at that time it was the Ladies Club perhaps the other clubs are an outgrowth from this one. Among the outstanding club activities is the Lewiston Literary organized four years ago. Among the books they have reviewed dur-, dur-, gJte year are "Mary of Scotland Scot-land by Maxwell Anderson, "Modern "Mod-ern American Rose" by Carl Van Doren Years are Long" by Joseph Lawrence, "How Odd is God" bv Lewis Brown, "Art of Being a Woman' by Olga Knose. The Junior Jun-ior Literary is carried on very much the same way. KWfVhave four missionaries in !r,!r 4 tW0 havinS J"st gone and - there are three more to go within the next two months;'. Two Sfntdtn days as". Martan "me and Spencer Taggart. One of the beautiful outetand-ing outetand-ing social events, was the Golden Wedding reception of Mr; and Mrs.- Samuel F. Wiser given in their honor by their family - During the past year the "The-urer "The-urer Red and White Store" has been remodeled into a self service store. According to Floyd Tibbits manager, business has been good and they extend their appreciation to the people for their patronage during the year and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Much has been done during the past year by the city and church officials for the betterment of the community and for the happiness of its people. They extend seasons greetings, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" to the people Lewiston sends these greetings to all readers of this paper. :re successful in arranging with e Utah Power and Light and the ople of Bear Lake to secure iter. On May ith the pumps were irted and sufficient water was ceived to mature the 1934 crops lued at $700,000 . throughout the ligation district.,. These crops , luld have been almost a total ilure without. the irrigation water ! llch come through the Cub River : -igation. 'it'; Eighteen years 'ago 1 in 1916, A. Hyer, father of Saul E. Hyer, i s president of the Cub River l igation Company and worked rd for the success of the project, A. Hogan was secretary. Ap-sciation Ap-sciation for. the splendid work j these men and for the un-nng un-nng efforts of the committee of Ss year in securing the water is t by the people of Lewiston. The building of class rooms and modeling of chapel is a big fac-: fac-: r of happiness in our , commun-; commun-; On August Bth the work began jtth four.' men; tearing down the j wer on the chapel and from this pint the work went forward. Four-en Four-en class rooms including Scout id Van Guard room and Bishops fice on the back, Relief Society om, beautifully ''decorated and ;hted( a j .'banquet room large lough to accommodate class and garuzation- needs and a modern tchen are being built out right. The chapel is being remodeled, ie ceiling lowered and the room autifully decorated and lighted ith the new day light lighting stem. A heating plant has been stalled with a stoker. Following statement by Bishop avid O. Hendricks, "It is an in-liration in-liration to see how the people b behind the building of our lapel, and the voluntary dona- |