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Show PRESTON TO HAVE A TEN-ACRE PARK Will also Have Some H Baseball Doings. The News Sold. Other H Matters of Interest. H PUKSTOK, IDAHO, May 10. -At H their last meeting the village board H appioprlated sulllclcnt money to pur- H chase ten acres of land which Is to be H used as a city park. The land which M Is likely to be purchased Is situated H two blocks north and one block H west of the four main corners in M the business centre of town, mak- M Ing It a very convenient place to hold fl celebrations, baseoall games, etc. H Money was also appropriated for the M purpose of fencing the grounds and M building a grand stand, which will bo H ready for use In the near future. The H Preston baseball club has entered In- H to negotiations for tho purpose of leas- H Ing the grand stand and enough of the H grounds for a ball Hold. H Possible Slugging. H About two weeks ago, Thomas H Jenkins was seriously Injured by fall- H Ing Into the basement of J. G. Smith's H new store while on his way homo on a H very dark night. At the lme, It was H stated in tills paper that there had H been no precaution taken for protect- H Ing passcrsby against tho open cellar, H but Mr. Smith states that signal H lanterns have hung on tho sidewalk H each night since the cellar started. M It Is also rumored that .icnKins am m not fall Into the hole but that he was M slugged by some one and then thrown M In. On the day of tho accident there M weie a number of tramps In town and M tho nature of the wounds about Jen- M kin's head and face show that they fl must have been caused In some other M way than falling In the sand, tho hot- H torn of tl o cellar being sandy. H Baseball. H Next Saturday there will be a meet- H lug of the representatives of a num- H ber of the baseball teams of Cache H Valley. The purpose of tho meeting H Is to organlzo a local league. The H several teams Invited to participate fn tills organization seem very en- H thuslastlo and are looking for better ball this year than ever before. After H the meeting Saturday there will be a practice game between Weston and H Preston. I News is Sold. I James II. Wallace, of Sugar City, I who recently returned from ". two I years mission in tho southerc itatcs, ! I was in town last week. Wb,io here, m Mt. Wallace arranged to purchase the I (Continued on 4th page. ) I J ' m ( I Preston Notes. Concluded from 1st page. Cache Valley News of this place. He expects to make I'reston tils permanent per-manent home and will move Ills family down fiom Sugar City next week. Vuthful Boozers. Last week :t numbei of small boys raging from ten to fourteen jcars repaired re-paired to a back aid after a game of baseball. They had In their possesion a bucket of ler which had been bought on an order written by themselves them-selves Tin slgnatuie of tho order had been fotgi'd Before the bojs started to di Ink their beer they were delected and the liquid taken from them. All woie ar'eslcd and released on promlv of belter conduct in the futufe Sidewalk scons, looking east, from corner of 2nd South and 1st East St. i A motcment, Is on foot ,o close all business houses on Saturdays at four o'clock. The Superior Lumber company com-pany and the Preston Lumber company com-pany have started the movement by agreeing to close their places of business busi-ness promptly nt four. At the last regular meeting of the village board, one of the members of the board, Mr Joseph S. Geddes, resigned re-signed his position. It has not yet been learned whv Mr. Geddes has taken such action. Last Saturday evening the sewing class of the Oneida Stake Academy gave an informal social at the academy. It was declared to be a distinct success by all present. . Last Friday Judge Alfred Budge, of the Fifth Judicial District, was In town In the Interts', of the High Creek Light and Power Co. S. C. Chadwlck, of the Oneida Mining Min-ing Co., Is In Nevada Inspecting some mining proDerty in which the company com-pany is interested. Kldcr George Crockett returned Friday Fri-day from a mission to tlie southern states On Saturday a boy was born to W. G. Thompson and wife. Mrs. Willard Fjeltstead is seriously ill with lagrippe and neuralgia. Karl Smith, of Salt Lake, was In town last week. |
