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Show NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS i Cathercd bj the Editor in His Weekly Rounds Deseiet Is growing nmhltlous. Having Hav-ing pulled off such a atlccessfil! Pioneer Pio-neer Day celebration she Is planning another for tlie loth and 1HU or Auk-list. Auk-list. On that date the last quarterly conference of the Millard Stake previous prev-ious to Its division Into I ao slakes wilt be held. On this account a big crowd Is expected to be present. To celebrate the occasion Hie people are going to have a series of baseball games and races on Die afternoon of the tuli and loth. Kvery baschitll team in tlie county is Invited to contest con-test fur a liberal purse that Is to he offered, tlie amount not yet known, and depending somewhat on the number num-ber of teams participating. Kach team must be home players and entries en-tries should be sent to W. H. Illack not biter than the filh. Good purses will be offered In the races, the) amounts also depending on the number num-ber of entries. Send In the class you want to enter your horse by the tith and the committee will do tlie rest. The purses will be big enough to make ft worth while to enter, so don't be backward In sending In an entry. Drs-leret Drs-leret has shown that she knows how to do things, and the celebration will be worth attending. Hinckley Is also growing ambitious, stimulated doubtless by Delta's big hall, and they are planning to put up a hall also. It la proposed to build a fine new hall and uieetlng house on the lot north of the Relief Society hall. Itotli buildings are badly needed, as the public school lias to be used for meetings, aud the Acnd-lemy Acnd-lemy gymnasium and auditorium are the only places for public entertainments. Tlie $11,000 Hinckley paid on the ' Academy has been a heavy drain but they feel that if they don't build a hall their young people will ail go to neighboring towns for amusements and they can't get their sltare of visitors vis-itors unless they have better accommodations. accom-modations. Tlie big ditcher at Oasis is being moved south of town to begin Hie ex-cavai ex-cavai lug of a new drainage ditch to run parallel with the other ditch to run between the farms of J. C, Haw-.'. Haw-.'. .ryt A. t ChH-twj,,,.-, I r fulfil , will be Into tlie same tint w the other ditch empties Into. Mrs. Delia Cornwall has bought the lot next Mrs. Agnes lteld( and will jnove her lie cream parlors to tho pew location. Mr. Dora Henry has been Visiting her sister, Mrs. Jackson. The Infant child of Mrs. Sam Rutherford Ruth-erford tlied on Friday, having lived only two days. Mrs, Olive Harrington of Fillmore, jls stopping with her untie, David Day. Manager lieckstrand Is having a new roof on the big warehouse of the Con. Wagon and Machine Co. The big freighting outfit of K. II, Cahooiis pulled out of Oasis last Saturday Sat-urday on its return trip to Fish Springs. It makes the round trip every ten days and is an established Institution. There are about 35 men employed at the mines at the springs ami thousands of Ions have been hauled to the railroad at Oasis and thousands of tons of aupplies hauk-d back. Miss Gertrude Ingalls of Sail Lake Is visiting Mrs. Itroadiua. Dr. Ilroaddits was called to Clear Lake last week anil- before he returned re-turned a fine baby girl had made Its apcpanince at the home of Frank Miller, Mil-ler, Mrs. N. J. Hansen of Abraham Is reported re-ported qul'e ill. Tlie church population of the county taken In considering the division divis-ion of Die stake, shows 2,ti70 on the least side and 2,3DO on the west side. In chinch activities the east side has a credit of 34 x-r rent while the West aide has MI per cent. Good for the West side. Lands on the west side of Hinckley are attracting attention. There is a lirge amount of excellent land In this locality and a canal from the high line canal U being considered to furnish fur-nish it with water. The second state camp fire of the I'tali Indian war veterans la to be held at Springvllle on August 2u-2.l, a?id Commander Kelly hopes Ut see a good representation from Millard county. Miss Hardy from Ciliente ha been visiting Miss Norma Moody. |