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Show tiiendii took him from the tnilu at Oasis. Ho never recovered consciousness conscious-ness and died on Saturday, the 5th, I lit funeral was held on Monday and was largely attended. William V. lllark. T. W. Croper, S. V. Western. John Reeve and Hishop Joseph Dam-ron Dam-ron were among hU old friend who paid their tribute of reaped to the departed. The deceased was born In Kngland OS years ago and came to Utah when 17 years of age. He had lived In Deseret for the past 3."i years and was one of the workers In church and public affilrs, and will be greatly missed by his many friends. He leaves a wife and eight children, all being present at the funeral but one daughter In Idaho, who was too 111 to come. Upsides other honors that Millar J rou niy received at the Irrigation Con-Kress, Con-Kress, a pupil of MIhs Dora Henry, of Oasis, received the prize as the most proficient piano player In the musical contest. The prize was won over 60 other contestants, which not only shows the proficiency of the player, but the ability of Mist Henry, as a teacher. The State Hank of Oasis certainly makes a splendid showing In their statement this week. Deposit! of over IS2.000 shows that the people down here have some money and that they do not put It away In their stockings, but place It In a much safer place. NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS Cirtdb; tbe Editor in His Weekly Rounds Horace Cumiiiings, Superintendent of Church Schools, was In Hinckley this week, looking up matters at the Academy. He expressed himself an highly pleased at the work being done. There Is now an enrollment of 115 and several more have signified their Intention of attending. In view of the fact that many students are unable to legin work at the Academy until several sev-eral week after school begins and are obliged to leave before the term ends, the board Is considering the proKisition of shortening the school year to six months, cutting out some of the holidays and lengthening the "hours so that a student will be able to get through in the shorter time and have the other six months for farm work. The editor attended a number of the classes in session and found the students Interested in their work and the teachers taking hold of their work like veterans. The atudenta seem to think that the faculty Is able to meet all requirements and that their progress Is very satisfactory. It Is certainly a good thing that an Institution In-stitution like the Academy Is avail able on the West side. The public school of Hinckley, under un-der the prlnclpalship of Mr. Park, Is also doing good work. There Is an enrollment of 240 pupils In charge of six teachers. Material Is on hand for a steam heating plant for the building build-ing The plant will be In an annex on the east able of the school building build-ing and radiators will be placed In every room, as well as the halls. This will be a much needed Improvement. , On October 2".th and 26th the county coun-ty school Institute will be held In Unckley, Superintendent Nelson and Prof. Howard Drtggs will be present, beside ofher prominent educators. On .friday evening there will be a dince ymi on tfnrwyray eVentit',tnb''e tueeting. f Pratt Hroe. are finding that the cash ixystem they Inaugurated on the first f the month has been a good move. They are able to sell cheaper than before and their customers are realizing real-izing that the refusal of credit does not mean that the firm considers them dead beats, but that they must treat all customers alike and that only cash In hand enables them to sell cheaper. The people of lieseret are feeling quite pleased over the compliments they heard passed on Mrs. Grace Hopkins, the maid of honor at the Irrigation Congress. She was a noticeable no-ticeable figure among the maids and many thought she could have taken the position of Queen with as much dignity as the one chosen. Mrs. D. J. Hlark reports Juisiness good and more new goods arriving daily. She has recently received a new line of heaters, for which there Is a good demand. D. J. Hlark has been sending off samples of alfalfa seed and expects to begin buying in a few days. Owing to the early frosts there will not be ai much seed this year as last. There will be considerable seed from Ka nosh this year. That the people appreciate pimd Utah-made goods Is shown by the big demand made for the Provo blankets and shirts that Dam ron & Hawley have In stock. There has been a big salt on these good this fail. The petitlo;i to enable the Progres-slve Progres-slve ticket to go on ballot has rereiv ed 30 signatures in lieseret, whirh shows that It will have quite a number num-ber of supporters there. It Is now be Ing circulated In other prerlncts Mrs. Charles Thompson, of Oasis, presented her husband with a fine baby girl, weighing 11 pounds, last Saturday. Miss Clara Walker and George Stewart, of Meadow, who were married mar-ried In Salt Lake, have returned to Hinckley to mike their home. Deseret has lost one of Its oldest and most esteemed citizens In the person of Postmaster Joshua Hennett. Mr. Dennett had been ailing for some time with lung trouble. He went to Salt Lake conference week for medical medi-cal help, but was given little encouragement encour-agement for permanent Improvement oa account of age. He felt better, however, and started home on the 4th In quite a cheerful frame of mind He bee i me unconscious on the train and waa In that condition when |