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Show 1 Ebhrespdndenb M 1 Grain Fire in Preston 1 Loss 3001 Pushels M Preston, Aug. 7. Geo. L. Wilcox, a U prominent citizen heie, lost two KA. Htncks of grain Sunday by (Ire, the P two Btucks containing something llko H three hundred bushels. It sccmB that H an old straw stack had been set on j firo and had been left to smoulder, 3 and the wind coming up strong had U carried It to the stacks of grain. ra The Boston tlloomer Qlrls will play B baseball here August 26th, with the 19 Preston boys. It Is anticipated that S something will he doing ns good be- in lmvlor seems to be the order of the HI ,,nj" mn A new "Booster" camo to town to- PjB day. Mrs. Carter, the iroud mother of jB the baby, Is doing nicely, while her H husband, proprietor of the Preston fflS Booster cannot walk straight and has SB to ride n wheel, nnd even that is a 3 little wobbly as If It hnd been punc- PS tured. tm Ephralm li-Ickson, brother of At- fM tornoy A. D. Erlckson, spent a fow 'm days hero previous to his departure to S the southern portion of Utah, where he goes to take the prlnclpalshlp of the Heaver Stake academy at cBnvsr. He has the well wishes of the entire community. Cashier George Blood of the Idaho Statoand Savings Bank, who has been very sick is on the Improve. Hober Q. Hale who has been on n vacation to Bear Lake, stopped over in Preston to visit his father and mother In Preston, on his way homo to Ilolse, Idaho. Mrs. W. L. Taylor Is up from Ogdcn visiting with Mrs. George Carter. ' Mr. William Coles of Salt Lake City, brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. W, L. Roe, and who has been sick with rheumatism for some time, is visiting Preston In tho Interest of his health. Wm. Williams of Salt Lake, is In town interesting people in mining stock. |