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Show J - I Prize Fight at Preston Bunch of Sports "Will Have a Big Time To-- To-- night. Other News from Idaho. PRESTON, Idaho, April 21.-Last L Saturday night the board of directors of the new opeia house met In Pres. Geo. C. Parkinson's oillce and listened to the report of Manager Stanley Jon-' Jon-' asson. Upon the payment of $420 due I for rental and damage, Mr. Jonasson was released from his contract with with the board. It Is the Intention of the board now to oversee the conduct con-duct of affairs themselves, employing a competent man to manage trie house and collaborate with them. Several candidates are seeking the position. . J. I. Shcpard, local manager of the High Creek Electric Light & Power .; company, has announced ti Hat rate of , 35 cents per light, three lights for a . dollar. On a meter basis the chargo will be fifteen cents per kilowatt hour, 1 with a minimum charge of one dollar and two dollars per month respectively. respective-ly. The company Is doing a most excellent ex-cellent business, nearly everybody In i the city being subscribers. o Owing to the fact that the former ; contest was stopped by City Marshall ' Stevens in the llftlt round, bills arc out again announcing a return cngag- ment between "Kid Klrby" of Salt I Lakn and Henry Knight, of Denver.to bo given In McQueen's hall next Wed- 1 nesday night. Hert Danford, of Salt ! Lake city, will be the third man In the squared circle. The principals have been In active training for three weeks and the contest Is scheduled to 'j go ten rounds, and the "powers that i be have piomiscd that they will not interfere. The betting odds arc 2 to 1 In Knight's favor. If the former llstlc ' argument Is any criterion the mill w III be a red hot one. A swell dancing social was held In the Academy last Friday night, Instructor In-structor Anna Frost entertaining tho girls of the sewing department. An Interesting Impromptlc program was rendered keeping every one on tlie"rtul vlve" as well as In ecstasies. The affair af-fair was a brilliant success. A delightful social, at which Mrs Geo. Parkinson was hostess, was held at Pres. Geo. C. Parkinson's home last Tuesday night. It was strictly an Informal In-formal allalr. Miss Annlo Parkinson presided at the piano with signal credit. Those present report an enjoyable en-joyable time The dancing social at the opera houso Saturday night was a grand success. While the crowd was not large it was a select one. Mr. Geo. I). Casto was lloor manager. Skating has been eliminated entirely, the lloor has been overhauled and dancing will be a joy supreme and blissful. Briefs. Miss Maud Uantwell, of Salt Lake city, Is spending the week In Preston, the guest of her sister, Mrs. N. H. Noedham. Commencement exercises for thn district school on. the cast side of Oneida county will be held In Preston, May :i aud 4 Miss Hellc Chamberlain, State Superintendent Su-perintendent of Public Instruction, will be In attendance and will deliver the address to the graduates. Pres. James McClaln, of Moscow, Idaho, will deliver the Commencement Commence-ment address at the Oneida Stake Academy May 24. Edgar FJelsted, Unci Aldcr.Marlner McNiel and Lester H)bcc have recently recent-ly returned fiom missions. |
