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Show ,, NEWS OF CITY AND COUNTY Interesting Local News Items and General Gen-eral Happenings for the Past Few Days. T t A boy was born to Mrs.DavId Nelson i on Wednesday. ? A son arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs George Jacques last Tuesday. Thos Smart Is laying pavements around his residence In the Third ward. B M. Lewis is making extensive Improvements on his domicile In the Fourth ward. President Newell Kimball and wife were among the passengers to Salt Xake City yesterday. A. H. Thompson of the Utah Mortgage Mort-gage Loan corporation went to Preston Thursday on business. Joslah Hammer of this city will leave for Alberta as soon as it is learned that the trains are running on schedule time. The county road through the Bight Hano. fork of Logaa canyon needs re-pairing. re-pairing. A few davs work done at once -would help materially. David Eccles with his son Roy, M. H. Browning, Manager Jos. Quinney , and Joseph Monson went to the nigh Creek Electric Light plant on Thursday. Thurs-day. Quite a number of Logan citizens took advantage of the cheap rates to "" . Salt Lake on Thursday. Among them Wk were Herman Johnson, Stephen Hall- stone and L. C. Farr. I The set of berry dishes on display In the Cardon Jewelry window Is of the very best. It will be given away to the lucky number. See the card In the window for particulars'. Mrs. John W. Woolf and Miss Zlna Woolf left for Salt Lake Thursday morning where they will remain one week and then will return to their home at Cardston. The latter has been an A. C. student. One of the finest draft teams in the state was taken from this city a few i days ago by the transfer company of I Salt Lake city which paid the modest .sum of $625 for the team. It was I raised and sold by Thomas Smart ot thls.clty. Already Logan has two conventions for next year, the state teachers and i dentists have decided to meet here. There are prospects of our Retting the U. C. T. next season and we have revived re-vived the good news that .Logan may get the Utah postmasters association to hold Its next annual convention at this place. Considerable activity Is going on in the Blue Creek country. Crops never looked better. Fred Manning and Boskelley brothers are building tine (residences. In Salt Wells an effort Is bslng made to drive for a flowing well. Mr. Chris Sorenson of Mcndon has en gaged a party from Ogden to do the work. Twenty-five dollars per day Is p?ld for the driving and It Is said they are prepared to. go down 800 feet. Several pieces of property have recently re-cently changed hands in that locality. Fall wheat Is from six Inchts upwards In height with a good stand and plenty of moisture in the ground to assure a good crop. A few years ago this land was considered worthless but it Is now looked upon as ope of the best wheat producing sections In jfe northern Utah. Ellas Davis ot Mcndon was seen on our streets Thursday. J. M. Thomson, city recorder of Richmond, was in Logan Thuisd'ay. lion. David KccMand M.H. Browning Brown-ing will leave for ew YorK City today. to-day. A. J. Hansen and wife are attending attend-ing the mutual conference at Salt Lake City. Mayor Edwards, Bishop N. Crooks-ton Crooks-ton and Instructor E. P. Pulley went to Salt Lake yesterday. Samuel Oldham, Con Anhder and C. F. Olsen came from the south Thursda), bound for Salt Lake City. A telegram from Cardston, Alberta states that that country has had one of the worst floods it has ever experienced. exper-ienced. Mr John A. Hendrlckson and wire, and Mrs. A. 0. Barber are visitors at the conference in Salt Lxke today and tomorrow. G. W. Skldmore went to Predion l Thursday to visit his brother. W A. Skldmore, who has Just returned from the mission Held. ' . -Isel Ricks has just completed a large Book of Mormon map, showing the land, roads and cities of the Nephlte people. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eliason are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Anna, to Dr. Grorge Thomas It will take place the first week In Ju'y. Three persons were fined $10 each by Justice Brangham on Thursday for drunkenness. In default ot payment of the above sum they will work on the city streets for ten days. Wednesday morning the state board of equalization met with the county commissioners. The board visited the Telluride power plant during, the afternoon af-ternoon by request ot the company to look up some matters in regard to the assessment of the power plant. I 4h The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination examina-tion to be neld In this city on July 8 and 9, for the position ot clerk, examiner, exam-iner, civil service commission. For application blank 1312 and clrcularof Instructions address secretary, twelfth civil service district, room 241, Post-oruce Post-oruce building, San Francisco, Cal. The meeting of those interested in the protection of game and fish at the court house Thursday evening was well attended. It was desired by those present that club be organized for the protection of the flsh and game. A committee was appointed to draft by-laws and a meeting was called for Monday evening, June 22, to discuss the matter farther. It is the plan to have the laws relating to fish and game enforced At the residence of W. T. Knowles on Tuesday was held the Knowles family reunion. The 80th birthday anniversary cf Father William Knowles, Know-les, deceased, was the Oth of June and it is customary to hold the family reunion re-union annually on this day. There were present live children, forty grandchildren grand-children and five great-grandchildren, A well arranged program was carried out, luncheon was served and most ot the family attended the Lyric theatre In the evening. J. W. Peters of Brlghanv was a Logan Lo-gan caller Wednesday. He says that Brigham expects to get the office of district attorney this fall and thinks the Republican forces will stand behind be-hind Fred J Ilolton. Mr. Arthur Stover, a former resident resi-dent of Logan and a graduate of the A. C , arrived In town with his bride on Thursday and Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fleming for a few days. Mrs Stover Is a native of Kamas City. Joseph B. White has tiled suit against I. P. Jacobsen. The complaint sets forth that defendant while shoeing shoe-ing a horse for plaintiff Inflicted serious seri-ous internal Injuries which caused the death ot the animal. The plaintiff demands $150 damages. Peter M. Maughan ot Wellsvllle over whom a rumpus occured at the recent county democratic convention and who was turned down as a delegate dele-gate to the democratlo state convention, conven-tion, Is In Salt Lake City quipped with a proxy which will entitle him to a seat In that august body despite the opposition Clarkston intends in the near future to take on all the airs possible for a city of the first-class. Daniel Butters, Joseph A. Godfrey and Walter L. Thompson were in Logan Thursday making preliminary arrangements for the incorporation of a waterworks and electric light system. They say power enough can be had for 1,000 electrio lights. About twenty-five of the leading city stores have been vlslted'by Tns Rbi'Uhlican representative and have expressed their Intention to close their business for all day on Monday. This Is In conformity with the governor's recent proclamation for Flag day requesting re-questing that the day be made as much ot a holiday as possible and that people abstain fiom work. Prof. William Peterson will be connected con-nected with the Elk Coal company the coming year, during his leave ot absence from the A. U. U. The gentleman gen-tleman returned from the Elk coal fields last Wednesday and will leave for the east in a few days In the Interest In-terest of the company. He states that railroad building has begun on the spur from the mine to the main line which will be completed In thirty days. John F. Wright made a business trip to Salt Lake yesterday. Arthur Bergeson of Lewiston was In town yesterday on business. For Sale Three tine building lots, centrally located. Inquire 180 North First West. A John "Hill and Wm. Stephens re-1 turned Thussday from a business trip to Montana. Fresh strawberries at the Cherry Lawn farm, 030 East Canyon street. Bell 'phone 113. wc George Wagner ot Lewiston paid a fine of $5 to Justice Brangham yesterday yester-day for being drunk. Sidney Stevens' Implement company are headquarters for two-row and four-row four-row "riding" beet cultivators. Mrs. C. M. Groesbeck returned trom Chicago last night in company with , her daughter, Mrs. P. M. Kelley. The latest and best two-row and four-row "riding" beet cultivators at Sldnev Stevens' Implement company. District Attorney Fred J. Ilolton returned to Brigham yesterday after attending to legal business for two days here. Mrs. Geo. D Felt returned to the state metropolis yesterday after a weeks' visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hansen. The estates of Wm. B. Preston Jr. and Solon Barber have efted) a compromise com-promise with the O. S. L railroad company for the severe loss they sustained sus-tained in the sad accident of last sum-mer. sum-mer. Each family will receive $2,000. Prof. Henry C. Parker, who is Is to havo the chair ot geology at the A. C. during the absence of Piof. Wm. Peterson, Pet-erson, has purchased a lot Just north ot the Temple boarding house and will build himself a home. A sc en-year-old boy of Mrs. Laltha Raincy received a severe cut In the arm with a pocket knife Thursday afternoon. The Injury was Inflicted by a small boy belonging to the circus crew. The fattier willingly paid $25 for professional services and $15 damages, dam-ages, to the mother of tho Injured child to avoid having the caso come to trial. Mr. A. Magnano and Miss Mary Cooper, who were recently married In Salt Lake City, are here visiting their friends A f ter going to Preston, Rex-burg Rex-burg and Seattle they will leave for Europe on their wadding tour. At Smlthtleld Thursday evening about forty friends called on W.N. Moses and Indulged In a social In honor of Mr. Moses, who will leave In a few days for the mission tield. Games, music, and refreshments were a part of the evening's entertainment. A nice sum of money was contributed. It Is to be regretted that sonic way could not have been provided for the conveyance of those thirteen passengers passen-gers from the Junction to Logan Wednesday Wed-nesday evening who missed the evening even-ing train, their train from the north being late. These persons were unable un-able to get the train crew at the Junction Junc-tion to bring them over and consequently conse-quently were compelled to put up with the scanty accommodations offered of-fered at that place. |