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Show BUDGET Newsy Notes of Smithfield. Smithfield. May 1 5: h Ralph T. Merrill of Smithfield has returned re-turned after an absence of over 31 months on a mission to Switzerland, Switz-erland, and he occupied the tabernacle tab-ernacle stand fifty minutes Sunday Sun-day afternoon, relating his experiences ex-periences wnile away. He kept the audience spell bound at times, selling of the customs of the people of Switzerland, Germany Ger-many and France. He bore a powerful testimony to Mormon-ism, Mormon-ism, and exhorted the people to live moral lives and show an example ex-ample to the world, worihy of imitation. im-itation. His relatives and many friends welcome him back again to our peaceful city. The farmers are rejoicing over ov-er this lovely ram we ;vre having as many of the sugar beets that were planted woid hnv failed on account of the grosnd being I so dry. Samuel Nelson, mayor of tha 'city, has returned again after a three week's visit to CV.rdston, i visiting his sons and daughters ports prosperity in our Northern, neighbor's country. What might haye bi:on a hge I blaze but for the timely appear-! appear-! ace on the scene of our station f agent. Alfred Hsnson, with wat-i wat-i er. was a tire' started, by some small boys near the new station outbuildings, which would have ! been destroyed. I . |