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Show PRESTON WILL CELEBRATE 4th Preparing For A Great Demonstration There. The Other News From the Idaho Town. PRESTON IDAHO, June 12, 1000. Tho first meeting of Mie commercial club to be held In its new club rooms was held In the Rogers & Hawkcs building last Monday evening. The club rooms consist of four large rooms as follows: Reception mom, private consultation room, toilet, room and reading room. For the present the baseball club Is occu pylng the reading room. Preparations on a largo. scale are being be-ing made to celebrate the glorious Fourth. The celebration will be under un-der the auspices of the amusement committee of the commercial club. Anangement are being made to run an excursion from all points In Cache Valley to Preston for the Fourth. Tho chief attractions of the day will be' horse races, match baseball game, parade and an Indian war dance. On investigation It was found that there was not nearly so much damage done by the breaking of the dam at tho Blackhurst reservoir last week as reported at the time. Some of the farms Immediately under the reservoir were damaged slightly and fences wcra carried away in places. It Is thought that the dam will be strengthened and sufllclent of the waste water caught to refill the reservoir this season. T. W. Smith and Geo. D. Parkinson returned Saturday from an extended trip to Salt Lake and Provo where they had been in attendance at the commencement exercises of the colleges col-leges at both places. So far this season farmers have not been under the necessity of irrigating as there has been sufficient rain to keep everything moist. The roads have been very muddy and arc just becoming be-coming passable again. It Is reported that two of the cases of spotted fever which have been In town recently are now out of danger. They are Yep pa Benson and the 11 year old son or Lamonl Taylor. Judge Parker and wife, of Pomery, Iowa, are In Preston visiting with their son, N. W. Parker, the Short Line agent here. Next Saturday there will be a match game of ball between Logan and Preston Pres-ton at this place. The Oneida county school teachers are in attendance at the Teachers Institute In-stitute being held here. Carl Smart, son of Thomas Smart, of Logan, was here for a few days. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cal Jenkins on June -ith a pair of twin boys. One of tho twins has since died. At last report the mother and child were progressing pro-gressing nicely. On Friday a girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert GUI. On Monday, 4th. a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Georgeson, of Weston. Preston Nlbley, of Logan, was up last week visiting George D. Parkinson. |
