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Show 40 YEARS AGO ... From the Files The report made by the Oasis State Bank is in the issue of March 30, 1911, made at the close of business bus-iness on the 10th day of March, 1911. Their total resources are listed lis-ted at $79,542.36. Individual deposits de-posits were $50,818.21, and savings accounts were $10,839.95. Henry Huff was bank president, W. Rogers Rog-ers and Joseph W. Damron, Jr., attest as directors and it was notarized not-arized by C. O. W. Pierson. In the ads, A. P. Wallace, carpenter, car-penter, contractor and builder, says "Phone 2 rings, Burtner". T. Geo. Theobald, Hinckley contractor and builder advertises that not only will he build a home, but furnish the money for it at 5 interest and allow 9 years in which to pay. J. H. Riding, photographer, will go anywhere to do any kind of photograph photo-graph work. Some o'f his pictures should be coming in for Who's Who soon. And S. W. Harder & Son, Lea mington merchant, advertise "Lad- I ies furnished with everything from a hairpin to a wedding dress. DESERET The Utah Mine at Fish Springs continues to make their regular shipments of ore, keeping four, eight and ten horse teams steady at work. Tuesday Mr. Ashman visited the grade school and in the evening a delightful banquet and dance were enjoyed by Mr. Ashman, the Burtner Ball team just defeated by Deseret, the teacher, the eighth grade students and their friends, Mr. Gardner, the principal and the trustees and their wives. After in- teresting toasts and a short program pro-gram the hall was cleared for the. dance. , The entire time of the Sunday evening meeting of the MIA was devoted to a preliminary debate, Resolved: "That popular election of the United States Senators is preferable to the present method of election by the state legislatures", legislat-ures", between John Reeve and 'Wm. Stapley, of Hinckley and Wm. Gardner and Nels Petersen of Deseret. Des-eret. Although some o'f the speakers speak-ers were not fully prepared, the debate proved very interesting and the majority decision of the judges Milton Moody, Bishop Damron and Mr. Hilton was in favor of the affirmative, af-firmative, represented by Deseret. which they handled their parts. (This same show was played in Scipio, and commended by the Scipio reporter, Dean Peterson, who writes - - ) You will perhaps realize how theatre hungry we are . when a large audience will attend a monkey, mon-key, rat and dog show which is to occur Tuesday night before this is in print. But when there is nothing else to go to perhaps it is permissible. permis-sible. Surely it seems as if the saying say-ing of Mr. Barnum is true as gospel gos-pel when he said "The American public love to be humbugged." ABRAHAM Work commenced Monday, Mar. 20, on the canals, cleaning and repairing. re-pairing. The wages are $5 for man and team. SCIPIO In the YMMIA try-out debate held here on Friday night with Oak City, the home team, which supported the affirmative side of the question, was the victor, according ac-cording to the unanimous decision of the three judges, -E. F. Pack, W. R. Thompson and Carrie Hatch. (Oak City reports that it was by such a close margin, 34 of one point, that they feel as though they gave Scipio a good fight.) The question debated was "Resolved, "Re-solved, That United States Senators Senat-ors should be elected by the direct dir-ect vote of the people. " Scipio, affirmative - D. F. Peterson, Orvil L. Thompson. Oak City, negative, neg-ative, Soren Rawlinson, Joseph Fin linson. OAK CITY 'Mrs. Dan Black 6i Deseret was in town last Wednesday doing a good business in Millinery. The Cockle Bur Click of Leamington Leam-ington played "The Old New Hamp shire Home" last Wednesday night before a crowded house. Everybody Every-body present had a good hearty laugh and expressed themselves as getting the worth of their money. All the actors took their parts well. Miss Sarah Prestwich and Miss Barta Nielson should be complimented compli-mented on the fitting manner in |