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Show THE NEWS FROM FILLMORE Public Affairs and Local Happenings it the County Seat Came Commissioner Mlah Day, left last Sunday for Salt I.ake City to make final arrangements for installing install-ing the spring fish fry in his district. He expects to place a start of Chlneae phesants also In the various counties. From Salt Lake Mr. Day will make a tour of his district, beginning with St. George and working buck. The new Fillmore school house Is finished at last. The board Is showing considerable reluctance about accepting accept-ing the building on account of certain defects of workmanship. The tax payers In general support the board in its position. The building has an excellent ex-cellent appearance to casual observer, and the teachers are very anxious to get in. City Marshal Proctor Robinson Is making strenuous efforts to catch the person or persons who are poisoning the dogs around town. The comedy, "The Culii :i Spy." played by the Fillmore lll;;h Hchool Dramatic Company last IVh'a night, was a brilliant success. It was the first performance of the kind given In Mr. Tomklnson's hall. The large audience au-dience appreciated the ample seating room and absence of fear, after the long series of experiences In the old State House. The players enjoyed the large stage and good scenery. , There was not a player who did not do well. Chaise Trimble, as a "handsome" "hand-some" Irish American, and Alfred Jordan, Jor-dan, as a brave Dutchman, rendered the comedy parts to perfection. Josie Melville, as Little Cuba, was up to her usual standard of excellence. Fresh from the old sod, Lillian Hanson most ably conducted her diligent search for a lost love, aud was finally content to take what sh could get. Will Starly, f. . Jtlv.ry.nct with the M vt '' jLiftle CuCa, outwlttf.tf Tie fierce vil- """" lalns, cleverly acted by Noble Peter-; Peter-; son. Waldo Lyman and Clarence Owens. Ow-ens. Ethel IVuy, as a little Spanish Beauty, did well her short part, as did also Hillman Itavis In the character char-acter of a colored cook. , In the window of the Speakman butcher shop, reported to be partly owned by the Stevens Mercantile Company, Com-pany, appeared last week a sign that startled the citizens by Its boldness. It read: "Hood liquor for sale here, on the prescription of a physician." No drug license had been taken out, and only druggists, we are Informed, can In a dry town hold an Internal revenue license. Druggist Erven Day complained to County Attorney King. Shortly afterward Mayor Daniel Stevens Stev-ens made a visit to the butcher shop, and the next passerby noticed that the sign was removed. The moral t plain. Two fights moved the quiet of Fillmore Fill-more last Friday. One occurred In thtf new school house between two very respectable re-spectable carpenters. It appears that one criticized the other's work. Words and blows followed. Now black eyes and skinned faces tell the story. .The other happened on Main street between the drug store and the post-office. post-office. Stories conflict as io how this fight started between the two "loving" cousins. One now complains of losing a $1." pair of glasses and of having his eye injured. The other's head Is wrapped In many cloths, and bis face Is black. Stories have been told of brass knuckles and flying rocks. The correspondent, however, has not found any one who actually saw either. All four gentlemen evidently will admit ad-mit now that "fighting Is bad business." busi-ness." One arrest has been made. News from Baker. Nev., shrdluna |