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Show Mud Spoils 30 Cans of Milk Benson Man Has Big Misshap. So Does One of Benson's Schoolrnarms. I1ENSON, April 12 Wc have bright weather at lust but the muddy toads will stay with us for a week or two yet. On Monday Joseph Barney, from lower Benson, got as far as King with a load of milk, which Is shipped from Smllhlield every day for the Logan Condensed Factoiy. He happened to get stuck In a bad place and the work of unloading was a fine Job up to his knees In mud. It took three horses to pull tho empty wagon out of the mud hole. After all this ttoublc he found he could not possibly catch the train at Smlthllcld. The loud was left at tho postolllcc until next morning, morn-ing, when It was found to be a total loss thirty tans of sour inlk. On Tuesday morning Miss Hannah Mathews, who Is teaching the primary grades at Benson schools, came to grief. Driving In a single buggy her horse lost his fooling and fell on his side in the mud. By the way ho acted he must have thought he was lying in a bed of roses. As it happened, help was close at hand and the Hcese biothers got him out of his bofl bed and Miss M. went on her way lejolc-Ing, lejolc-Ing, thankful that old Dick didn't get smothered In the mud. One hundred and fifty acres of fruit trees will be planted on J. Jorgensen's ranch this spring. Ucese Ilros. sold about four hundred hun-dred head of cattle this week. Miss Isabelle Boundy, principal of the Benson schools, has been ailing with a bad cold. She was able to bo at school on Wednesday. William Catmul.came from Rupert, Idaho, a lew dajs ago for the purposo of moving tho family. Ow Ing to tho baa condition of tho roads they weic compelled com-pelled to s.tay hero until now. They will ship their goods from Smlthllcld as soon as possible. Homer Wallace Is at home once more after his Journeylngs through several of the western states. Ho did not bring his house-keeper with him this time. |