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Show " NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS id .- &!hsd fcf the Editor in His Week!; Rounds e Mrs. Simon Webb, who has lived li Hinckley for the past 25 years oi more, died at her home last Satur e day night. The cause of her deall lB was pleural pneumonia. The funera jl took place on Tuesday and was at tended by a large number of sorrow ly Ing friends. She leaves a husbsni r and seven children, three of then iy married. One of the married daugh ,d ters lives in New York and had beet quite 111. It Is believed Mrs. Webb'i j death was hastened by worry over thh n daughter's health. Of the children a a home the youngest; Is about threi years old. The sympathy of all go oui to the bereaved husband and mother P less children. M Miss Lulu Huber itt getting alouc n nicely after the operation for appen dleltis. It was a very serious caw (( and the doctors bad a hard fight to m save her life. The Academy choir repeated the operetta of "Sylvia" for , the benefit of Miss Huber and realized .j D. A. Flanlgan, the inventor, has h gone to Detroit, the center of the tu-, tu-, tomoblle industry, to interest manu-, manu-, faoturers in his compound drive k. mechanism for autos. Expert; who t. have examined the Invention exprewi . the opinion that It will revolutionize h the automobile. The compound drlvs j gives greater control and permits ol y greater speed with greater safety. The . newly elected officers of the com-,, com-,, pany are Win. Bishop, president; Jo h seph Blake, vice-president; Jamei K Blake, secretary-treasurer. These, with If. S. Cahoon, and R. E. Roblnon, Y constitute the board of directors. A , large portion of stock is held by t tUockley people. They have a amsJi block of stock for sale at 23 cents per , share. While east Mr. Flanlgan will also see about having bis wind motor j manufactured, as he finds there are not the facilities for hating it built cheaply In Utah. The Hinckley dramatic club is rehearsing re-hearsing t he rural comedy, "Down on the Farm," for presentation to the , public early In March. The Millard Academy basket ball i team scored two more victories last week. It beat the Dixie team by a : score of 56 to 39 and the Fillmore team by 47 to 32. Tills gives a game to esch of the Millard County teams. The third and deciding game to determine de-termine the team to participate In the state league game will probably be played March 1. The committee from Oaxls, Deseret and Hinckley to see about organizing organiz-ing a joint Commercial Club met last Saturday and considered preliminary plans. They met again this week and worked out further details. The plan is to have each town represented on the board of governors as that local Interests can be considered and taken before the whole club for action. Everyone seems to be enthusiastic about the new club and prophecy tbat it will result In great good to all three towns. ' The three towns are also making preparations to receive and entertain the members of the demonstration train that visits Oauls on Friday. The visitors will lecture and explain their exhibit at Oasis In the forenoon. They will then go to Deseret and speak in the afternoon. After this they will go to Hinckley and be given a banquet at S o'clock and at 7 o'clock they will speak at the Academy. The evening will close with a grand ball Everything Every-thing Indicates a big turnout. Dsn Black has aa floe a lot of work horses for eale as we have seen anywhere any-where from a splendid pair of 1"0-pound 1"0-pound mares to light borses for riding rid-ing or driving. |
