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Show Preston's Big Newsy Bunch I A Picture of Central School Building and Write-up, and All the Rest of It. Phkston, April -, Until Last Thins-day Thins-day night as Thomas Smith Jr. was returning home fiom the llublis-Sinith wedding reception he met witliquito an accident on the Woi in Creek hill. The past few dajs heavy rains had washed out deep holes In the toad on the hill and as the night was very (lurk Mr. Smith could not sec his way and his horse fell into one of these holes, carrjlng the buggy and occupant occu-pant after him. Tom wallowed, around in the mud for about an hour endeavoring to extricate the ilgbut was unable to do so and had to leavo It until the next day when he came oer with a team and pulled It out. It was veiy foitunatc that buggy, horse and occupant did not go over the dug-way dug-way in their llounderlng around In the darkness In which case there was danger of very serious Injury. Basketball Fever. On Saturday the base-ball players met for the purposo of elfcctlng a permanent per-manent organization for the coming season Tom Smith and O K. Mc-Dougall Mc-Dougall were elected managers of tho team, the remainder of the organization organiza-tion to be elfected in the near future. There Is quite strong talk In favor of organizing a local league, which would certainly attract considerable attention atten-tion to this part of the country I BBP t I The Central School, Tho people of Pulton are Justl pioud of their public school There ate no beltci public school facilities In the state than are aUouled In Preston. Pres-ton. In June, liio:i, school districts Not. lSand :ii weie consolidated and a new dlstilct, No. 'J, was created. This step was taken that there might hi, Instead of several small ungraded schools, one central school, well graded and well housed and up to date In evciy particular. The present Central public school building was erected in I'.Kll at a cost offc'-'O.OOn It was build by Geddcs. Jensen Sc Co. and Is situated on tho cornA of Oneida and First F.ast Stiects The building is SOxSO, with two stories and a basement It Is const meted of red pressed brick aid cut stone, has 11 laige, well lighted and well equipped school rooms. This winter a modern steam heating plant was Installed making, the building build-ing very comfortable In cold weather. The present board of trustees consists con-sists of the following: Ilenij T. Bog-ers, Bog-ers, chairman; Nephl Lai son, secretary, secre-tary, R P Stokes. Allen R Cutler, Joseph Johnson ana Geo II. Carver. The faculty numbers eight and is as follows: Joseph W. Condle, principal, Mary Dalley. Mary Thomas, William Gerr, Myitle Blown. Ray Bogers, Kdna .lolin-.un and Olive Hanson. Principal Condle Is a giaduate of tho University of I'tiili, where ho did some very line woik as a stullent Ho Is thorough In his woik and Is. giving good satisfaction heie The trustees have engaged Mr Condle for the coming com-ing school vein There hae been uniollcd this winter between three and four hundred hun-dred students, who have been taking woik up to and Including the seventh grade. Piincipal Condle repoits that even now the school Is ciowded for room. If our population continues to increase as It has done for the past year or so we will soon need Just such another grade school as the Cential School. Personal Mention, Tt-morrow night theie will be a missionary farewell paity given in tho I Fourth ward meeting house In honor of Elder W. A Skldmore, who leaves for a mission to Great Britain soon. MMr. Geo. C Parkinson will leave for M Moscow tomoriow whcic he will meet HjBJ with the Board of Regents of the Ida- jjVB ho State t'nlvcislty for the purpose of HB considering the icbulldlngof tne Ad- HB ministration building, which was do- B stroyed by lire last Friday. BBJ John Larsons & Sons, Foss Bros BBJ Clothing Co. and Bogers & Ilawkcs BBJ arc picparliig to put down a twelve BBJ foot cement walk in front of their BBJ places of business. Tills will add ma- BBJ lerlally to the good looks of the cor- BBJ BBJ To-day Prof. Ball, of the Agrlcul- H tural College of Utah, lectured In the BBJ First ward meeting house on beet cut- BJ tural. He devoted considerable at- BBJ tcntlon to protection against destrue- BBJ the insects. The lecture was well at- BBJ tended and enjoyed by all present. BBJ Next Friday night there will be a BBJ social given In the Third ward meet- BBJ Ing house In honor or Klder William BBJ Ilawkcs Jr., who has recently return- BBJ cd from a mission to the Eastern BB BB The Preston public arc cry cxten- BB slve newspaper readers. One hull- BB vldual Informed us last week that he BB was taking 'J7 periodicals, seven of BB which were dally newspapers, BB Tho regular meeting of the Co miner- BB clal Club which was to have been held BB to-night, has been postponed until one week fiom next Thursday night, April Bl The education committee of The Bl Preston Commercial Club have sue- BJ cceded In landing the Teacher's In- BH stitutc for Preston this summer. Bl Mis. Ransom, of Gentile Valley, who Bl came to Prcscon somo tlmo ago for BJ medical assistance, has returned to Bl Gentile Valley Bfl At present wo aie having some cry Bl unusually stormy weather for this fll time of the year, which will make the H season for farming very late. H The Commorclal Club House Com- H mlttce Is negotiating with Rogers & H Ilawkcs for club rooms In their build- , M Mr. A. II. Thompson, of the Cache H Valley Mortage Loan Co., of Logan, Is H In Preston in the interest of his tirm. M K. G. Farmor, chairman of The Re- M publican County Central Committee, M was In town from Clifton to-day. M Ilyrum Hatch, of Franklin, shipped M a train load bf sheep from Preston to- M Mr. Joseph Belnap retuincd from a M business trip to Ogdcn to-day. M Elder N. C. Miller leaves on May 2 H for a mission to Denmark. M |
