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Show I BRIEF LOCAL NEWS 1. i Thelma Williams and J trie Lewis are helping with the holiday rush at the Mercantjle Store. The Committtee on W.S.S. pledge's are checking up the lfllH ncount, to see who have kept their pledges and who have not. What with high taxes, the influcu-za, influcu-za, the redemption of W.S.S. pledges and the purchase of Liberty Bonds, added to the high cost, of living, ;t looks as if Old Santa Clans would not get much of a "look in" this year, in the majority of homes. We are in receipt of a letter from one of our Saharaites who went to Sunny California looking for work nnd climate, and he seems to think if he were only back in Sahara t hi' world would look brighter. Lots of room here. All restrictions have been removed from building projects and anyone desiring de-siring to erect new structures or extend ex-tend and improve existing buildings are at liberty to do so without the formality and inconvenience of applying ap-plying for a government permit. -- The local stores are beginning to put on a holiday appearance, with the displays of Christmas goods. The trade at the general stores, despite the influenzu, continues very fair, but the cafes and bakeries, barber shops, millinery shops and other small bus-ness bus-ness establishments are fooling 'he pinch pretty keenly. William Smith, a local sheep man and a somewhat recent comer from Kane county, has developed pneumonia pneumo-nia after several days of influena, and is reported in quite a serious condition. con-dition. He is being nursed at his home and is being given the best of medical attention and care, and a favorable fa-vorable turn is hoped for in the very near future. 4 Due to the late sturt we obtained Oil this issue and the extra work entailed en-tailed In the delinquent tax-list, the Copy for which did not liegin arriv nig until Wednesday noon, this issue Of the paper is a couple of days late. However, if no unforseen contingencies contingen-cies arise, w expect to be on a nor mnl basis and on time with our next issue. The influenza "may bend our lines of defense, bift they don't break" and our readers will get their full number of issues, after all. |