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Show i Smithfield News JB. SMITHFIELD. April 18. Funeral S services over the remains of Mrs. M Mary Bowers were held on Sunday in the First ward meeting house. Blsh- ' op C. J Plowman had charge of tho fj services. The choir sang "Oh My K Father." Tho opening prayer was of- Vr fered by Elder A. J. Wrekham. Slng- flng "Sister Thou W,er't Mild and X.oyely." MIes Barbara Maughan of ;-, Wellsvllle was the firBt speaker, Sho K ald: "I deem It. a great honor to X have tho privllego of speaking at Sls- I ( ter Bower's funeral. I know her for some eight months in tho cltv if I' Vancouver and I learned to lovo Iwr. When I visited her Bbo would hao 'me read tho letters sho had received from her children and would b:t. r! ' her testimony to Uio truthfulness of P tho work of tho Lord. Her groat desire was xo como to Utah wimt sLo could minglo with the Saints nrd go to the templo of tho Lord. Stic was so anxious to attend our nieot-, nieot-, Ings that sho would travel tlircp M miles .and remain all day that sha kM might not miss tho afternoon and ev- pT enlng sessions. If sho was no thoro we knew sho was 111. Sho was often Jeered by tho peoplo who did not un-.' un-.' dorstand but it did not lessen hii- testlmony. of the gospel. She stood i -llrnx in what she believed was right, I , Elder Burrls, another missionary i lnancouver, met.b,erJur.ycara.agQ II wwL hM h oould , Ufy tlmt , afc K. was ono ot Gods chlldren. Ho told of hor strong testimony to the dlvl'i-ity dlvl'i-ity ot tho Mormon church. Elder William A. Noble told ot his acqualntenco with Sister Bowers and her1 family while on his mission to England. Ho testified of her noble character and hor faith and devotion A duet was rendered by Nathan Done and Mrs. Clara Sparks. Elder' George Done said ho had been much impretsed with Sister Bowers from tho first and felt very grateful wnen ho saw her enter tho temple, that sho had boon granted the deslro of her heart. The choir then sang "Not Half lias I Ever Been Told.' Bishop 0. J. Plowman mado a few I closing remarks and thanked all who had assisted tho family in tlie1-hour tlie1-hour ot bereavement The choir then sang: "I Need Theo Evory Hour." Sylvester Lowo offered tho closlm; prayer. Tho Morgan Canning compnuv havo announced that they w' pa $65 to"$70 a ton for the 1910 crop of peas. Tho farmers have contracted contract-ed to plant 1400 acres of peas and tho company expects to can other products of the valley. Another Smithfield plonoor passed away at Clifton," Idaho, on April 11, Villlam Treasure was born in South I Wales In 18t, cowtec to Smithfield J In 18C3 whero ho lived for some time. Ho Is survived' by six children chil-dren ,two wives having preceded him. Tho, flu condition Is improving. Vory few homes aro now'undor Quarantine, Quar-antine, there being only six cased at the present tlmo. Mrs. Alice Lower received a telegram tele-gram on Wednesday froai hor eon Steven announcing his sufo arrival in New York from overs jas. He was a member of tho 91st dl'Uln. Ho .was sent to Camp Mills to oo mustu-cd mustu-cd out. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cragua received re-ceived word from their son Lieut. Dresden J. Cragun stating that he was on board tho transport a. VI mil vistock, Siberia, ready to 04II 00 Kf ril 1st but tho trip would tam forty or fifty days, owing to slon.s to 'bo made at Japan, tho Philippines, Hawaii, Ha-waii, etc. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Dyson oxpfi!) heir son William about tho same Unw as ho went to Siberia with this cj'.i-pany cj'.i-pany about eight months ago. Elder Ernest Kearl leaves Salt Lake on May 14th for the British mission. Messrs Joseph McCann and James A. Cragun motored to Dayton on Thursday evening to meet the "Victory "Vic-tory Special," tho band and glee club of "Preston accompanied by hundreds ot citizens took part In the demonstration. demon-stration. These gentlemen have some talcs to tell about tho war relics carried car-ried on the special and tho talks mado by detailed soldiers. Miss Annette Goodwin of Logan eame, up to attend the Easter party t given at tho Crystal on Thursday. Mrs. Aline Dono and Mrs. Ingra Toolson aro both critically III, suffering suf-fering from paralytic strokes. Mr .and Mrs. Evan Clirlstenson havo moved back from Twin Bridges Mont., to mako their home hero. Mr. Calvin Cragun has purchased' a homo In Provo. He will sell all his Interests here. Tho following missionaries have been called to labor In the mission field: Truman Hlllyard leaves on April 30th for the Northern states; George Cannel for tho Mexican mission mis-sion and George Noble for the West- .crn mission on the same day. ' Prof. George B. Hendricks and Prnf. Chrlstensen of Logan were on the peace movement. 1 ' m m |