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Show L00iEGl?AOTARD " fkJvjTyT' " Ileum of inli'i t'Kl taken froin the IWiiW CL. l'il''M "f ""' ,ilfori1 Nl'w" of V ( hJ3 Fifteen ycnm ago thin week Lester (lline was severely bruised, a delivery wagon was smashed up nnil a telephone pole was left lying' on the ground as a result of a runaway run-away the preceding Saturday morning, morn-ing, ('line had just begun his duties as delivorynmn for the Merchants association, as-sociation, ami although he was pretly well up on the nierchanies of a jitney, he was not an expert in the knack of putting a horse in the shaft. It was said the collar was upside down and the holdbuck straps were not fastened. fast-ened. So when they started down the grade the 'wagon ran up and bumped the horse ami they immediately immedi-ately got into high, hitting about a fifty-miles on hour clip. After making mak-ing a few .short cuts the wagon struck a telephone pole and pulled it up by the roots, (.'line was thrown out and although considerably bruised up was not seriously injured. Harry L. Coon, a patriotic youth of IS, had shown the "Spirit of '70'" when he hud resigned a good position in Milford and had enlisted in the coast artillery April 10, 1917, accompanying accom-panying his brother to Fort Harry, where ho was soon assigned to the signal corps, later being made first sergeant and regimental clerk. A spirited Fourth of July celebration celebra-tion had been held at Minersville with J. S. Murdock acting as marshal of the day unci Fred K. Pryor giving an interesting and patriotic address. Several things had been done at Minersville for the purpose of raising rais-ing money for the Hed Cross. A sheep had been given by Tus Gillins, which had brought $tM.60 and was won by Lester Carter. A steer, donated by 11. C. Kyre, had brought $ll!5, and, after being won by George Marshall jr., had been given back to the com-mitteee com-mitteee to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Mr. Marshall then bought the animal in at 5-10, making a total of $105 that was realized for that one animal. Mrs. Nellie Osborne Os-borne had also made and given to the lied Cross a beautiful table-runner, which brought in $30. Altogether, the proceeds of the day amounted to more thun $00. Every Monday afternoon, from J:o0 to o::0 o'clock, Mrs. D. A. Baxter Bax-ter was to be at the lied Cross rooms to give instructions in knitting to anyone wishing to learn, and Mrs. W. F. Cottrell had reorganized her sewing sew-ing unit and the ladies were to meet Wednesday afternoons at her home. Vivian Duffin was running the stace to Beaver for the Time being. Miss La Rie Williams, obliging clerk at McCulley's store, had spent the previous week at her home in Minersville. Mrs. D. A. Tanner and children had gone as far as Fillmore with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Tribole to visit friends at that place. Miss Catherine Smithson and sister, sis-ter, Mrs. W. E. Palmer, had arrived from Portland to visit with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Clay of Bur-bank Bur-bank had been in Milford a part of the week. market is comparatively a small part of the total supply. Many attempts have been made to establish a system of grading and marking locally but apparently it requires re-quires federal initiative and authority, author-ity, which we now have, to brng it about, Western livestock growers are pretty much concerned over the drouth conditions of the middle west, based upon the fact that our local market is influenced by the middle western markert. The chances are that there may be a pretty heavy liquidation of immature stuff due to a shortage of feed. Just what the practical effect will be remains to be seen. From the information we have, cattle supplies in the middle west are fairly heavy. About the only thing can be said at this time, is to market mar-ket your livestock when it is ready. |