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Show LOCAL HAPPENINGS OF IMPORTANCE WEEK'S ACTIVITIES ARE SUMMARIZED WITHOUT COMMENT The News' force, both front office and back 'shop, being rushed for time this week on account of illness and orders for job printing, the following ir- a summary of the most important im-portant news developments of the week locally. It is not intended in-tended to slight these items in spp.ee, and they will be written about more in detail next week. R. R. STABILITY IS MEETING'S KEYNOTE C A Good-Will meeting was held 1 Thursday in the Union Pacific Employees' Em-ployees' clubhouse, and was well attended at-tended by railroad men and Milford business men... Speakers were Mr. Brophy, Union Pacific Good-Will speaker, from Omaha; N. E. McKin-non, McKin-non, Milford Trainmaster; D. M. Carroll, local U. P. Agent; Geo. Jefferson, Jef-ferson, Milford merchant and county representative; and Sam Cline, city ) attorney. - Stability of Milford as a railroad terminal was the theme of all talks. Assurance that, to his knowledge, there was no possibility of the railroad rail-road terminal ever being moved from Milford, was given by Mr. McKin-non. McKin-non. Mr. Jeffersn urged the maintenance main-tenance here of a large corps of shopmen, shop-men, stating that the town wished to co-operate with he railroad, and that if given a large payroll, Milford would enjoy a boom in population and civic pride. Mr. Cline stressed the capability of the railroad employe em-ploye who .owned property in the town and was therefore interested in its progress. Water and power conveniences, con-veniences, moral conditions, as well as low tax levies, were emphaszed by Mr. Jefferson. ' FIREMHN, ATTENTION! When a fireman discovers a blaze, the siren should blow one long and four short whistles, if the alarm is in the north part of the town. If the fire is in the south end of town, the alarm should begin with one long and only three short whistles. Firemen are urged to pav particular attention to this. Si ' ORPHEUM REMODELING AND SOON TO OPEN A different loking place will greet the first cutomers when the old Or-pheum Or-pheum Theatre is re-opened. It is being entirely remodeled preparatory to being opened for business. Much interest is manifest as to when it will be opened and by whom, but at this date, this information is not ; public. LIONS WANT SCHOOLS TO RUN FULL YEAR Opposition to the decision of the Board of Education that schools be closed early this year, was expressed at the Lions Club meeting this week. The matter of students' credits, as well as the ability of the board to secure good teachers for next year if this year's contracts were abrogated, abrogat-ed, were mentioned. Borrowing, with later raising the tax levy, were suggested as a method out of the difficulty, and the matter was left to the Educational Committee for immediate im-mediate study and action. It is reported re-ported that the Parent - Teachers' Association is thoroughly in accord with this plan. Dr. Addison gave an excellent talk at the luncheon on science of medicine, medi-cine, which he termed a science, an art, and oftimes a religion. Medicine now stands on the threshold of immense im-mense developments he said, particularly parti-cularly with reference to the relation rela-tion of psychology to the treatment of illnesses. ROBBERS GET AWAY WITH CLOSE TO $100 Ed Peterson's pool hall was robbed early last Friday morning. It was believed the crime was committed at about 2:00 A. M. ..Two slot machines were taken out, smashed open, and left in one of Mr. Peterson's wood houses. ..From seventy-five to a hun- |