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Show PttHSE HEWS V PARADISE, Feb. 15.--The young men of Paradise apparently havo bo-come bo-come tired of the quietude of their w country life. Being off the car lino Paradlso Is somewhat cut off from tho social llto of tho county. Under tho ablo leadership of Wm. T. James tho young men havo rebelled against being without public amusement and havo organised themselves into an athlotlc association. Thoy aro mak-ing mak-ing rapid preparation to enter most of tho athlotlc sports, especially basketball, bas-ketball, baseball, wrestling and boxing, box-ing, Tho Parldlso Town Board has been trying for a long tlmo to promote pro-mote a means of amusment (or tho boys in order to stop tho suspoctod gambling that some aro complaining of. They havo had tho cells turnod out of tho old Jail nnd turnod tho building over to the Ward amusment commltteo.Tho committee has arranged arran-ged an excollont amusement hall. i 1 - They hav? rebuilt tho floor, the build log wired and lighted and havo put in a lot of extra basketball equlpt-ment equlpt-ment which makes It a good place for amusmonts.Tho athletllo comm-Ittoo comm-Ittoo la ozpocting ono hundred percent per-cent membership, cards aro being sont out llko ot cakes. Mayor W. H. Shaw Is ono of tho llvo boosters ot tho town and has been Insisting that the young people got bulsy and show tho rest of Cacho County that thoro Is a llvo town In tho south. |