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Show OLD LADY DIES I FROM FALLING Mrs. Margaret Lewis, 90 years old, is Victim. False Fire Alarm Causes Great Excitement. l I'kkbtok, Idaho, .Ian. "Jo. Mrs. Margaret Lewis of the Third ward died on tlio evening of Saturday Uio 20th. About two weeks ago Mrs. Lewis had a bad fall in which her leg was badly broken. On account of her I age, she being In" her itoth year, she & did' not recover the physical shock caused by the accident. The funeral was held In the Third ward meeting house on Tuesday. Mrs. Lowls burled her third husband twenty-six years ago. She has one daughter, also a Mrs. Lewis, who survives her. On Saturday the 20th, the town was thrown into quite an excitement on the receipt of a telephone message to the effect that the home of Bishop II. S. Qeddes was on lire. The BIsliop and his wife were in attendance at the Relief Society Annual at the Second ward meeting house at the time of the alarm. In ten minutes after the alarm was received fully twenty sleigh loads of men were hurrying to the lire. On the their arrival at the house were found a house full of badly frightened children but there was no lire. The children had imagined that they detected de-tected smoke Issuing from a locked closet but on their forcing the door no Ore was found. The good work that the telephone did In bringing men to the scene and in spreading the alarm woll proved its worth. Mrs. Aaron Gledhlll of the First ward died very suddenly on the even-I even-I ing of the 20th. As slio was alone in I the house at the time of her death it j will probably never bo known what ! caused her death. Her funeral was I & ,1C'(1 m t,le new 'rst wan mcct ' ing house on Wednesday, the 24th. The speakers at the funeral were: President Sgl. H. Hale, Mrs. Oeo. T. Benson, President Geo. C. Parkinson and Mr. Tanner of Whitney. Mrs. Gledhlll buried her tirst husband In England some years ago. She was the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom, eight daughters and one son, survive her.. The community extends its sympathy to the bei caved hus- bind and children. John Larsen and Sons have recently moved their merchandise stock into their new brick block. All of the ofllccs on the second story arc rented Thoso now occuplng olllces in Larson's new block arc: A. W. Hart and C. S i Chadwlck, attorneys at law and dealers In real estate; Joseph Davis, attorney at law and dealer In real estate; Dr. C. A.Cantlcld, the Oneida 'irrigation District, and the Village Hoard. Several Sev-eral other renters will bo in within a few days. On Monday night, the 22nd, the stake presidency met with the stake i choir for the puiposo of holding a business meeting. A number of new .i 'names were added to the roll and a "" program for the future was made out. v A line spirit was manifested by all present and somo good singing Is lodk- " ing for at our stake conference to bo held on tho 17th and 18th or next i month. The plans of tho new opova house, "gotten up by Architects Nutlcr and ,' . Klelllng are now on exhibition. They aru modern in every detail. Tho opera house, when completed, will bo ono of tho finest buildings of Its kind in the state. Its cost, when furnished, will be about $20,000.00. In connection with the theatre auditorium, will be an up-to-date dancing hal). , Mr. Hebor Q. ITalo and wife came . ' up from Salt Lake last night. They will remain In Preston a few days I visiting with relatives and friends, after which they will go to Ilolse J whoro tiny expect to mako their j future home. Mr. Halo is, at present, ; chief clerk In the olllce of Col. Allen j Miller, commissioner of Immigration, ; labor, and statistics. Box "11" lotters are again Hying ' around. Thoso recolving Box "B" J i letters, recently, aru Oliver Millard, L; -6 i called to the Northwestern States and f ',' .' Samuel Stephonson, called to - the 'b. ' Southern fitates. , I" t i 1 ( 1 I |