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Show SHEDS FILLED AT LEWISTON SUGARJACIORY Farmers Cannot Deliver More Beets Until After October 15. $125,000 Water System After ton days ot beet digging during dur-ing which tlmo the factory has been running to capacity tho sheds being filled up and tho farmers havo been ordered to bring no moro beets until un-til nfter tho 15th when according to contract they will bo pormltted to bring them In as fast as thoy can dig then. That thoy oxpect to havo them delivered de-livered In vory largo quantities Is shown from tho fact that tho Portland Port-land Feeder Co., Is engaged this week digging and clearing "a largo pleco of ground near tho factory whoro tho beets will be piled until the factory is foady to grind them The Utah Construction Company has tumlshejLjtho grading for tho railroad three miles west from tho factory, but it will bo some tlmo bo-fore bo-fore thoy will haul beets over tho road. The farmers along the road will pllo their beets at tho different loading places, Until tho road Is finished. fin-ished. Whllo tho season has boon very dry and many expected a very poor crop of beets, they are turning out bettor than was expected bofore tho digging commenced, at least a good average acroago will bo harvested, whllo tho number of acres this year will far exceed tho acreage of our former yearn. Tho tlmo for tho election of town officers Is drawing near, but thoro doesn't seem to bo much excitement over tho same. Thoro Isn't as ninny candidates as ono might expect in a city of such vtst proportions. No ono seems to bo anxious to cliaro tho honors of acting on tho town board, howovor thero aro a number of good men who would accept ac-cept the honor If It were forced upon them, and Hko those who aro now acting would no doubt do honor to tho trust Imposed In them. Slnco tho extension ofjthp town limits to tako In portions (of tho Second Sec-ond nnd Third ecclesiastical wards, Lewlston has a greater nroa than any Incorporated town In Cacho valley, val-ley, and tomo day wo hopo to havo plenty of peoplo to occupy theso vast acres. Tho water system when completed will bo second to nono In this Intor-mountalii Intor-mountalii region. A stranger lu town tho other day was heard to mako the romark. Why don't Lowlston havo somo paved pav-ed walks; How do they spend tholr money, but when ho waB told that they nro Just now putting tho finishing finish-ing touches on what will bo when completed n one hundred twenty-flvo thousand dollar water system ho was not surprised that wo nro not building build-ing nny paved walks this year. How-over How-over wo havo other Improvements In mind nnd a fow years longer will sco Lewlston marching sldo by sldo with her older sister towns In tho vnltey1. Dr. John C. Stocks a former resident resi-dent horo, but who has been living at Mount Pleasant, Utah for a number num-ber of years was visiting relatives nnd friends tn Friday and Saturday.. Tho doctor brought hla famllv with him In his now Dodgo car. Ho has had a very good and satisfactory practlco In tho southern town, but feelr. thnt ho can do uvon better In a larger city, und so hns now mado his homo In Ogden. Ills many friends horo wish him unbounded succcsb In his new homo. Edwin Stocks and wlfo former residents res-idents ot Lowlston, but who aro now fullfiedged .members of Uio'Cem state spent n fow days In Lowlston on their return trip from Salt Lako, Thoy wera looking prosporous and wnro exhibiting that snmo kind of feeling that ono has who Is well satisfied sat-isfied with things in general. Mr. Stocks roports nil tho former residents resi-dents of Lowlston, who nro now settled set-tled In his section of country ns being be-ing In good prosporous condition. Sunday aftornoon tho Uoo Hlvo girls of tho First ward met at tho homo of Miss Nana Hogan whoro refreshments wore sorved and a vory enjoyablo aftornoon was spent, twelvo of tho girls having finished tho Beo Hlvo work for tho Benson, wore awarded bracolots. Mrs. Emma Telford Is slowly recovering re-covering from her recent Illness and her many friends look forward to tho day when sho shall havo fully recovered. recov-ered. William C. Hall, who has boon hero ns a roprosontatlvo of tho Inter, raountnlu Potato Company, has finished fin-ished loading for this soason and has gono to Twin Falls, where ho has several acres of potatoes contracted. William C. Hall Jr., who has been horo assisting with tho work, loft on Snturday for San Francisco whoro ho will tako In tho fair boforo -ro turning to his homo In Toxas. Miss Carrlo Hougaard, clerk at tho Eaglo Clothing Co., has been very lit for a week past but Is recovering ami Is oxpectod to .bo ablo to bo at work again In tho near futuro. Mrs. W. A. nialr presented her husband with a nice baby boy on Friday last. Mr. Blair's anvil has a clearer ring this wook, he seoms to bo recovering very rapidly. Wo aro Informed that mother and baby" aro also gottlng along nicely. Tho greater part of tho thrashing; Is now dono although a few small Jobs that yet remain to bo thrashed. Tho Wiser Olovor Hodgo thrashing Machno Company havo thrashed over ov-er 00,000 bushels of grain this year and expect to mako It 100,000 bushels bush-els boforo tho close of tholr season's', business, BlBhop A. L. Hyer, O. A. Hog, an, Fred Elwood and wife, Tho'o Bart raclough, R. Beals, rilshop Karren, L W. Marlor and two daughters, A', L. Marlor and 3on, wero among tho number who vlBlted Salt Lake City during conference .wook. Georgo Squlros of tho American Steam Laundry, Wowed Into town tho other day nnd from tho smllo on his face tho whole town must bo cleaning up. Mr. Roy Pond and wife, of Oraco, Idaho, paid tho town a brief visit last week. |