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Show I SMITHFIELD'S REPUBLICANS bbt I Nominate Good Ticket- Two Death in I The City. All the Other News. BJ Smitiikihm), Oct. 24. The republl- BJ can primaries were ticld Friday even BJ Ing In fliilyard's opera house and BJ a winning ticket nominated for the BJ municipal election. The meeting vsas BJ called to order by R. II. Ttiorn'ley and Hl in a neat address he asked that all JBffitk ; things be done In a kindly spirit and BN7!t for the good of the party. He was Bj ' glad to sec so many democrats present B and Invited them to join with the B party of progress to help elect a ticket fl ' that would be a benefit to the city. B Sam Kelson chaplain, In a short prater, H opened the meeting. The secretary B read the platform and principles of B the party, and these were adopted un- H anlmously. B Mayor. B Nominations for mayor Mere now in B order. Lou Plowman nominated .1. B J. Meiklc; W. O. Smith nominated W. B L. Winn; Geo. Y. Smith, Samuel H Nelson and J. J. Richardson were nominated but declined. The follow- ing tellers were appointed: Willis Smith, James Meiklc and J. J. Rich- ardson. The ballots was taken and the following votes cast: J. J. Mclkls lii W. L. Winn ,4U W. L. Winn moved that the seerc-I seerc-I ' tary be Instructed to cast the votes for J. .T. Meiklc, making the nomlna-B nomlna-B tion unanimous, Carried. ' 1 Marshal. Nominations for marshal were next H in order of business and the following I were put up for consideration; Geo. 1 .,. Morrill nominated Ilany Munns; laBSHMk'' Bishop WoodrulT named R. .1. Nel-"TjPT Nel-"TjPT son; R. H. Smith named Wick Ewlng; 1 C. E. Petersen put up Win. Gritllth. A Four ballots were taken to decide U the winner. J 1st '-'nd I Munns fft 74 I Nelson 11 Ewlng 54 C4 I Grlmths '.'! fti On the .'trd, Nolsou dropped out and I Munns and Gritllths remained to tight I it out on the 4th which lcsulted as H follows: Munns ... .1-1 Gritllths "0 B Ilarry Munns was declared the B nominee. B Recorder. B Wm. Pllklngton was nominated by B W. L. Winn for recorder, seconded by B by Bishop WoodrulT, and there being B no opposition, the vote was declared B unanimous. Thus Wm. Pllklngton B follows himself Into oillee. Ills re- H cord has been a good one and the B honor of a second term is deserved. B For Treasurer. H For treasuroi, the name of Miss H Nilsou was put up by W. L. Winn R and that of pilabeth Raj inond by J. B .1. Richardson. Elizabeth Raymond Wt won out by a vote of l()(i to X K Justice of Peace. HR The uuamlnous choice of the con-Slprtiventlon con-Slprtiventlon for Justice of the peace was P4nygPrSamucl Nelson and no bettor man JNMf could have been chosen to till so Im- JBt portant an ollice. m Councilmen. PJk The following quartette weie named Wi for councilman for tho term of 4 years. m W. L. Winn, by F. Gordon; C. Emll K Peterson by W. O. Smlth;Gco. Doane, B Jr., by Abe Smith; R. H. Thomley by BJi Tliad Daly. The ballot disclosed a Iff prcpondcianccof feeling In faor of HE Geo. Doane and ho was declared the Hi nomlneu for the long term member (Bi ship in the couucil to be . OK Tim other colincllmen chosen are Hfl 0. Emll Peterson, Bishop Woodrull M and Manford Smith. HJf Ths meeting closed at a late hour. M Tho Smithtlcld band enlivened things H for a time bub seeing an all night ses- jQi slon ahead loft at a leasonablo hour. 9B The further piocccdlngs were made Bjf rooro enjoyable oy tho whistling and BI playing of James Craguu. H Altogether tho Republicans have SB! put up a good representative ticket HjH and, of couisc, the winning one, since Bl there Is only a very faint rumor of wI any PPoslt,on' The city Is In good k tMwkiiamls for the ensuing term of two BjB'Jr years?, ni Sad cnth' I ffi A particularly sad and distressing death occurred in our city on Oct. 17th in the loss of Miriam Smith. Mrs. Smith had returned home from the north to be confined and while not in good health seemed to improve nicely for a week after confinement. Then her heart trouble, from which she had suffered for years, became worse and dropsy set in. Improvement Improve-ment for a time was followed by a still greater weakening of the small store of stiength left and the end came peacefully on Tuesday at '2 p. m. the cause of death being heart failure due to organic disease. The baby seemed to partake of the lack of vitality vital-ity of the mother and proceeded the mother only by a few days. This double loss Is a heaitrendlng shock to the bereaved husband and family of the deceased, to whom tho sorrowing sympathy of the community goes out In unstinted measure. The funeral was very largely attended. Another Death. Afton Toolson, who lias been so seriously ser-iously 111 the past four weeks with a severe attack of typhoid fever, died Sunday morning at 4 a. in. The de-(Concluded de-(Concluded on fltli page.) Mrs. Robert Broberg of the Scenth ward Is 111 with typhoid fever. The aged mother of Holmcr Peterson, Peter-son, of the nth ward, is very ill. Ralph Smith, Sr., of Greenville, is very sick with a stomach alTcctlon. Mrs. Ernest Gaymon, of Franklin, was operated on at tho Cache Valley L. D. S. hospital Thursday afternoon of last week. After Mrs. Ed Gardner had so far recovered from smallpox so they could be straigthencd out last week, her little Infant broke out with a severe case Monday and the quarantine had to bo replaced. Mrs. GusScovlllc was taken to the Cacho'Valley L. D. S. hospital Sunday sulfcrlng with a very serious case of appendicitis. On account of her being be-ing so low it was deemed advisable not to operatoon her. The physicians hope to pull her through although her chances for recovery are very slight. As wo go to press sho is reported a little better. The many friends of the Colllngs family, of Paris, Idaho, will regret to learn of the death of William Colllngs at Ogden on Monday morning. morn-ing. The young man was taken to that place to undergo an operation for appendicitis, thccITccts of which caused his death. Tho body was shipped by train direct to Montpelier on Monday. Tho young man boro a most excellent reputation, and his death Is Indeed a sad blow to the family. Dry lumber to haul from Smith' mill, Logan Canyon. Henry RJorkman, from Alexander, Idaho, was In Logan on Monday, no says that since tho water lias been taken out upon tho land between Soda Springs and Bancroft tho country is forging to tho front. The development develop-ment of tho country can bo estimated when It is stated that in 1001 thero wero but Hvo cars of grain exported from Alexander station, whllo for tho year 1005, to date, ono hundred and fifty cars havo been shipped. At Alexander Alex-ander a lock school house Is being built at a cost of $1500. Some or the Mlckolson boys, Chris Johnson, Jacob Joppeson, an'd tho Anderson brothers, formerly of this city, are In this locality local-ity and aro all doing well. Agents from the Rlackfoot Sugar Company havo been In that vicinity contracting ougar beet acorage for next year. Tho soil Is admirably adapted for beets, and potatoes weighing three and a half pounds eacli havo been raised there. . |