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Show RICHMOND DEPARTMENT 1 1 News Frotn the Lively Town up North -"'" ..!.-.. . ... II I Richmond, Oct.- 12. Fair weather prospects are at present a little tighter but if a have certainly , had "' t'ilege of rain arfd mud. ' Last Thursday evening the Republicans Repub-licans held their primary meetlnjfat the city hall, and after electing the delegates and alternates Mr. C, Z. Harris gavo a very interesting talk on the sugar, leather, and bootlegging questions. All but three, "William Hopo, Fred Whittle and William Met-, till attended the convention held In Logan last Saturday. Loretta Merrill Mer-rill was our only successful candl dnto from Richmond nnd sho Is to be congratulated on the honors received re-ceived of bolng elected county recorder. Last Sunday thoso who nttended sacrament, meeting certainly enjoyed a spiritual feast In listening to the sermon given by Walter Mouson president of the Eastern States mission. mis-sion. Walter was born nnd raised in Richmond, but of Into years has lived liv-ed In Preston nnd Ogden; nt prosent his fnmlly is with him In New York. Whllo attending conference ho took tho opportunity of visiting his ngod mother and brothers living h"ero. Tho Daughters of tho Pioneers will hold one of their regular 'meetings next Wednesday at 2 o'clock. A fine program Is arranged. Their relic cabinet is';now finished and In place. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jensen ot Brig-ham Brig-ham aro visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Christlanson. They nre looking for a small farm and a future homo in our vicinity. Mrs. Fred Spackman mot with the misfortune a short time ago,of falling fall-ing nnd breaking her nrm. Sho. Is gottlng along as well as enn bo ex-pected ex-pected considering her age. Miss Cramer, supervisor of tho lower grades, has been ' visiting thoso grades during tho week nnd has mado some little changes with them. j Grace Anderson has gone, to Salt Lake to be gono all winter. The books for our new library, liave now arrived and Miss Burnham Is busy arranging and placing thorn In proper order. P Mr. and Mrs. William Harrlsog&t .Logan have been visiting Mr. Harrison's Harri-son's mother Mrs. Jane-Harrison.. Ford Hlalr.Auto Co., from .Lojfon came up last Friday andi stoppedlat Hotel Richmond. Ten men In all and a very Jolly bunch. They seemed to tako particular notice of our muddy streets, Mamie Btirnham Monson from Salt Lake is here, gottlng Mrs. Elna Monson Mon-son ready to go with her o spend tbo winter with her nnd her husband, Otto Monson. i Word was received Borne tlmo ago from Willis Hendricks who is 'laboring 'lab-oring In tho mission field, that he was III nnd for ono week nothing moro bns been heard from him. His mother Is very much worried. C. F. Drown nnd wife, from Preston, Pres-ton, nro coming here to locate. Mr. nnd Mrs. McCnlllster of Rex-burg Rex-burg wero Richmond visitors last Saturday. Tho sixth grado held a fair last Friday and tho public wns Invited to attend. About fourteon mothers wero prosent and leport a vory nlco lltlo fair, consisting of fancy work and poems from tho girls and fruits and vegetables from tho boys. The following young Indies aro taking a course at tho Klester sov-lng sov-lng school In Logan: Nora Hurst, Vivian Tlpplts, Ida Knnpp, Vtda Brown. Mnry Smith and Martha Spackman will go In tho near future Mrs. Lydla Woodlaud entertained last Friday evening in honor of her brother Ephralm nnd sister-in-law Uo-7.lua Uo-7.lua Adamson. About sixteen guests woro present nil enjoying a ory pleasant evening in visiting with ono nnothor. Refreshments wero served. Our quarterly conference will bo hold n tho Smlthfield First wnrJ noU Saturday nnd Sunday, October 17 nnd 18. Tho Mutual and Religion class workers will hold their convoii ' tlons in connection with tho ernornl conference Tho high school faculty selected tho following students to draw up 'u constitution and by laws for tho ' student body: Olga Larson, Vclla Merrill, or Smlthfield; Jed Lewis pf Lowiston, Kenneth Merrill nnd Eliza Stoddard of Richmond. One week's campaign will now bo hold followed by '-'tho final election, of ofllcors Ono hundred nnd ten students aro now en rolled. Tho workers on tho electric road nro"W stringing tho main cable nnU two weeks moro nro counted on bo-fore bo-fore tho enr will bo put on tho track, Tho largo camp of Greek workors north of town has loft. Mr. Ephralm Adamson nnd wlfo from Park City aro visiting relatives -. J," f. and friends here. Somo of tho friends and relatives of Grandma Doty, went tp her homo last Friday afternoon and quilfod some quilts for her. Mrs. Doty is still very fcoblo. The Home Economics Club met next Friday at 3:30 p. in. In the high school building. Orval Hendricks nnd family from Oxford aro moving into Almlra Hendricks' Hen-dricks' old home. Frank Hendricks nnd wlfo nro visiting vis-iting relatives nnd friends hero. Miss Margaret Clark, tho well known Presbytorlan lady, met with a very curious accident In Salt Lake last week. Ij'or somctlmo Miss Clark has been lnborlng for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union nnd sho has been stationed at tho O, S. L. depot nt Salt Lako for tho purpose of directing young girls and alBo oth-o-s to whom tho city might bo strange tci rcspectnblo homes or bote's. Miss Clark was Just returning homo from this work when nn nutomobtlo struck her and threw her to tho ground. She wns nt onco transferred to a hospital, hospit-al, but Jus how bad her Injuries wero could not at onco be determined It wns found, however, that ono leg was broken. Another sad event happened last week to ono of our old time cltlzenB, ,Mrs. James Allen of Franklin. For somo unknown cause she consumed a dose of carbolic acid, with the sad result that death followed. The doctor doc-tor was at tho scene as quickly as possible but she was then beyond medical aid. She leaves four children, chil-dren, three daughters and one son tho youngest, a girl eleven years. She also leaves an aged father to mourn her loss. Next Wednesday evening, October 14, nt 8:30 o'clock sharp, tho Mutuals will glyo a social at the opera house and President Lucy Merrill of tho young Lndles,, and also President Rosclo Merrill of the Young Men desires de-sires every young lady and every young gentleman to bo present, and promptly on time. A short musical program will be rendered followed by games and other amusement. Light refreshments will be served at a booth. A yery fine time Is anticipated. anticipat-ed. v A very '"interesting jneetlng was held by tho Relief Society last Thursday Thurs-day afternoon. The lesson on gene-ologlcal gene-ologlcal work was given by MrB. Etna Et-na Merrill, current events, by Mrs. C. Z. Harris and the rest of the time was taken up by Mrs. Jane Harrison In giving conference reports and ul-so ul-so testimony bearing. Thoy will now hold their meeting every weok. Mr. Omanson's wife has now arrived ar-rived and thoy will locate in tho homo of David Smith Jr. Wo nro pleased to number Mr. Omansen and wife members of our community Tho lecture In Parents class given by Principal Brown was very good. It was decided that parents and teachers meet at tho club rooms next Friday at 2 o'clock for tho purposo of organizing a parents and teachers league, that "thoy may cooperate in bringing morals and manners among the children to a higher standard. A flno locturo on diseases and how to cure thorn was given last Sunday night by Dr. Wlnzell from Salt Lako. Tho lndy also gave some very interesting inter-esting demonstrations. LnBt Friday evening a few of tho teachers nud friends of Miss Lenora Merrill called at her homo and a vory pleasant evening was enjoyed by all present. . |
