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Show 40 YEARS AGO ... From the Files . . . . DESERET The weather during the past week has been varied in character, hot, cold, calm and high winds. The growing crops are doing well. Hay was greatly improved and is possibly as good as the ordinary season, but from two to three weeks later which accounts for their being about the same harvested. har-vested. It is selling for $10 in the field and $12 delivered. Six-year old Olla Black, son of Mrs. Maud Black, was accidentally accident-ally shot in the fleshy part of the arm above the elbow by his cousin Harold Black, aged nine. The boys were playing in the yard, of Mr. James H. Mace, with Mr. Mace's children, whose little boy of about the same age went into the house and brought out his father's fa-ther's forty-four rifle, and in their play Harold threw the lever and loaded the gun from the magazine not knowing it was loaded. Dr. Broaddus was called in and dressed dres-sed the found which is no dang-srsous. dang-srsous. The little fellow is doing nicely and is playing around with Four more young ladies have been added to Mrs. Broaddus' music mus-ic class. Miss Inez and LaVern Western to the Mendelssohn and Miss Ethel Webb and Vilate Crop-I Crop-I per to the Mac Dowell class. I THE PRIZE WINNERS Our correspondents have made i a splendid record the past six months. There are fifteen all to-i to-i gether, and an average of nine send in something every week. None of them sent in a letter every week, but W.R. Walker our Oak City correspondent, came near est to it. He missed only two issues is-sues of the twenty-six and therefore there-fore wins the first prize of $5. A. P. Wallace of Delta comes a close second, missing only three issues. The third prize of $2 was won by E. A. Gull, of Meadow, who has i sent correspondence twenty - one 1 weeks during the past six months. HINCKLEY i Mr. F. L. Hickman has sold out his interests here to Mrs. Eliza-i Eliza-i beth Walker and Joseph M. Wright. I This would lead an outsider to believe be-lieve that Joe was expecting a big time in the near future. The hair bridle which Rich Cropper Crop-per has had to raffle off will be drawn today, July 4, at 4 o'clock. Look for the lucky man in next week's issue. (I looked and found it was drawn by one Mr. B. Clark, who will call and claim within ten days from date of this issue or it will be forfeited, the item says.) Our town joined ranks with Abraham Ab-raham and gave a good celebration celebra-tion on the nation's birthday. The band serenaded the town before sun up and was treated to cake and beer on the grounds. The program pro-gram was Marshal of the Day, F. T. Slaughter; music by band, under un-der direction of Frank Whitehead; prayer by chaplain J. H. Langston; song, "Star Spangled Banner", by Mrs. Jennie Langston; oration, Eugene Eu-gene Hilton, music by the band; recitation, Miss Mabel Parker. Thio Miss Sylvia Stout and company; stump speech, D. A. Morris; speech by goddess, Miss Nina Pratt; music mus-ic by band; song by Miss Effie Lake; stump speech, Donald Hog-an; Hog-an; music by band; prayer by chap lain. HOME FOR LUCKY ONE Wife Wanted: Applicants please address Albert Huber, cement contractor con-tractor and builder, Box 116, Hinckley, Hin-ckley, Utah. ! ! ! DELTA ' Born to the wife of L. L. Taylor last Wednesday, a girl. All concerned concer-ned doing well. Mrs. Waiora Wallace went to Am erican Fork last week to visit with her sisters, Mrs. Bassett and Mrs. Ingersoll. OAK CITY A week ago Ed. Q. Dutson, our local merchant and dry 'farmer, reported re-ported his grain crop a failure, but close examination he found his crop so large that he took the first train for Salt Lake to purchase purch-ase a header. |