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Show EVENTS AT OAK CITY 9 The Oak City correspondent has been away for the past two weeks, which accounts for there being no new from here. A farewell party wa had for Fred S. Lyman Saturday night. A purse of about 160 waa given him. He left Monday for hi new field in Great Hrltaln. ! , Illshop Lee Anderson ha been quite 111 tbe past week, but Is much Improved at this writing. Tbe student from the Millard Academy returned home last week and were speaker In Sunday meeting. Tbey were Misses Zella and Margaret Nlelson, Miss Frankle Rojier, 1-ee Walker and Cliff Talbot. The people of this place are mak-Irrg mak-Irrg a determined effort to eradicate the pest known as "the qulmp." In the early season poison wa put out and hundreds were slain In this manner. man-ner. At present the "bucket prlgad" 1 doing a great work. A person tpay see them nearly any time of day with their bucket carrying carry-ing water from some near by stream In this way thousand are being caught, and some of the boys sre making good wages. j Mr. Glen Fuller Is In town making mattresses for feather bed. He Is getting considerable work, aa the people peo-ple can see the benefit of having something more convenient. His wife and children are also here. The Oak City baseball team la rounding Into ahai snd will soon be ready for any team In the county. What' tbe matter with the weather i man? Can't be give us a little rain and not ao much wind and frost? However, tbe frost of last week did very little damage. Most all the apricots ap-ricots and some peaches were killed. I |