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Show Preston Items. PttESTONt Idaho, March 7 -The largest conference ever held In tho history of Oneida slake convened In Preston last Saturday and Sunday. Apollo Orson K. Whitney, of Salt ! Lake city, was In attendance. The conference convened In the Academy on Saturday and In the new opera I house on Sunday, On Saturday Elder Solomon II, Hale of the stake presl-'dency. presl-'dency. Apostle O. F. Whitney, and j Elders Thomas Stokes and John Pat-ton, Pat-ton, recently returned from the mis slou Held, addicsscd tho conference. ,On Sunday Prcs. Geo. O. Parkinson John John, Jos. II. Geddts and Elder Whitney occupied the time. No butter but-ter criterion by which to judge of the faithfulness and Integrity of the saints of the Oneida Stake of .Ion could bo given that the numerical strength attested at-tested by their crowding the spacious auditorium of the new opera house to the doors, and this, too, In the face of 'roajls characteristic by their appareut laipassabllity. The'staHe Y. M. & Y. L. M. I. A. held forth In the opera honse tunday night. Tho oung people turned "cm masse" to hear Elder Whitney. Eldef J Golden Kimball of the First Quorum of Seventy was up to Preston Friday last. Ho Interviewed twenty-one twenty-one of the missionary boys. Some of tho bos havo already received written writ-ten Invitations to attend a missionary school In foreign lands. Elder Kimball Kim-ball addressed the'Student's Literary SocleU" Friday night speaking forcibly forci-bly and Interestingly on "Moral Edu-catlan" Edu-catlan" Ilrothcr Kimball commended the academy on her good showing of missionary boy3. We have a class of twenty-six. Thursday night a largo crowd wl 1 assemble to witness a debate In tho debate in the Academy. Tho question Is "Resolved, that tho Island of Cuba should be annexed to tho United States." James Thomas and Ellis Harris will present tho alllrmatlve, and Wlllard Nuffer and Gcorgo 11. Crockett will argue the negative. These debates occur semi-monthly and aro noted for-tho spicy wit and educational "ginger" cjiartctcrlstlo of such gatherings. "Human nearts" simply captured Prestonltes lasH' Friday night. "Stand-Ing "Stand-Ing room only" was the watchword beforo the curtain rose on the second act. Messrs. McQueen and Ncedham aro regaling tho patrons of tho McQueen opera house with fancy vaudeville acting act-ing this week, "Park" "Zeno" the "Lcroy Brothers" and the "Burgess Sisters" aro doing tho stage stunts. After each performance the house Is thrown open to free skating. Notices havo been posted for a special mass meeting to meet In the Central school house at 2 o'clock p. m March 10 '07, to placo In nomination a municipal ticket to be voted on the coming April. Tho Superior Lumber Co.'s new building on upper Main street Is near-Ing near-Ing completion. C. D, Goasland Is out hustling for state Insurance commissioner. Tho streets are so muddy that sounds of vindictive awfulness from "Gehenna" come up quite frequently frequent-ly of late. |