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Show 40 YEARS AGO ... From the Files.... OAK CITY A large force of men have been working in the mountains increasing increas-ing our water supply. Mrs. O. H. Jacobson and her two daughters, Maggie and Nellie, Jos. S. Anderson, Joshua Finlinson, Geo. E. Finlinson and Charley G. rtoper attended the MIA conference confer-ence in Salt Lake. Mr. Roper won first place in the mile run. It seems as though other runners are afraid of him, for they dare not get close to him on the outcome. GRADUATION PROGRAM Mr. S. J. Rawlinson and his school are preparing for a big lime on the 9th inst. (Then follow an account of the program to be given at 8th grade graduation exercises. ex-ercises. Pupils from the entire county co-unty were there to receive their diplomas.) There are 109 eighth grade graduates grad-uates in Millard County this year. This is the largest class in the history his-tory of the county. (The entire list was given in the paper forty years ago. We copy here some of them.) Deseret: Lay ton Harris, Owen Black7 Marion Crofts, Edgar Moody, Moo-dy, Norma Damron, Lavern Western West-ern , Agnes Black, Eliza Black, La-Verne La-Verne Croft, Neva Cropper, Blanche Blan-che Dewsnup, Arthur Palmer, Ethel Webb, Vilate Cropper. Oak City: Gladys Lundahl, Edna Anderson, Lee R. Walker, Don L. j Anderson, Silva Christensen, Parley Roper, Zella Nielson, Rullie Nielson. Niel-son. Oasis: Golden Huff, Alma Christensen, Christ-ensen, Lillie Hansen. Leamington: Mildred Shettle, Nola Greathouse. Burtner: Lemira Turner, Leslie Lewis. Abraham: Martha, E. Hanson. (We note that Owen George was one of seven graduates from Kan-oosh. Kan-oosh. At Fillmore Hillman Davies was one of twenty-three.) BURTNER Jack Sly was in Scipio Tuesday. He is traveling for the White Sewing Sew-ing Machine Company. James A. Melville is fitting up the company office, and after this week he will have everything fixed fix-ed up and ready to carry on his business in a business way. While climbing ino a wagon one day last week Thomas C. Callister fell and sustained quite severe injuries;. in-juries;. . Apostle F. M. Lyman was the principal speaker in meeting last Sunday. McDowell Club, meeting aj 4:30, Wednesday afternoons, are Neva Mopper, Norma Damron, LaVern Croft and Norma Moody, and in the Grieg Blys' Club, which meets Saturday morning at 10, are Samuel Sam-uel Hales, Allen Crofts, Laddie Damron and Roy Moody. Ayoung Salt Lake boy, James I Crook, recently from Austtralia, is j living with Mr. and Mrs. John Dew snup. His distinctive English ac-cenj ac-cenj and polite speech and manner are very refreshing. Elder W. J. Finlinson returned June First with his wife and children child-ren who went to Salt Lake City to meet him. Choir practice was being be-ing held in the dark at his home when he returned and when the lamp was lighted he was surprised surpris-ed see the large crowd that had gathered to surprise him. Ice cream was served and a jolly time was , DESERET Three music classes or clubs have recently been organized in Deseret by Mrs. C. A. Broaddus. In the Mendelssohn Music Club, which meets on Wednesday at 3 p. m. are Lucile Damron, Ora Hales Biah Kelly and Lillas Black; in the had. Elder Finlinson fulfilled a good faithful mission in the North western States Mission. Mr. Gad, the Studebaker agent, had been here and made another sale of a rubber tire buggy to Mr. Wells Nielson. OASIS Born -jo Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jensen, Jen-sen, of this place, a bouncing baby boy. This is the first born and we can tell that Peter feels mighty proud by the pleasant smile he wears. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Our graduates from the district school will go jo Oak City this week to participate in the commencement com-mencement exercises. These are the first graduates from our district dist-rict school and we feel very proud of them. Oasis can boast of having the best crop of alfalfa in the country. Mrs. Agnes Reid claims this honor. The piece of ground measures four rods by two, and yielded 1000 lbs, that making a rate of three ton to the acre the 1st of June. The land owners of Deseret recently re-cently me and appointed a committee com-mittee of three, J. C. Hawley, John Styler and Lars Hansen ,to investigate invest-igate the drainage system, so that the energetic people of this section sect-ion can get busy and have the benefit of the ditch engine as soon as it arrives and before it is taken to other parts of the country and lost track of. We are earnest workers. |