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Show J I'KOA. I'xoi, Ulab, Jon3 0, 1900. SlATOaTlutai i-t21 ijppv bullion iWriiiilinee. 11 C 4 lip. Jobn I'askett ol Ileneter wae a pleaunt visitor here lait week. jB Tbopiimary department of tbo dlt- ( trlct icbool will close on I rlday, II J. 0, Lambert of Merlon wat bore on IB Tutiday transacting hutlneii. K, F. I'almer, Jr., A.M. Lyone and I J. T. I'almer lelt here to-day for abeer- Ingcorrala seeking work. Abraham Walker returned home from I Bencer, Idaho, on Friday, owing to the ltatb ot bit brother Charlee. I H. U, Wright, J. A. Merchant, A It, I Merchant, Oacar Wilklna end a number .m otolherewete4n Coalville on Monday, -. Decoration Day wat obiervtd hero ( and the gravee ol the departed loved t unci were decorated with flowers la !l i 'b profusion, 1 A number of our cltttene went to J g( ! Coalville the flrat of the week to attend J the Dlitrlct Court ae well to trant- l actbui'neie with the County Cominls- alonere $ MIieGliievraMarchantcameoutlrom T Salt Lake City on Saturday to attend ..2- tbe funeral of her couiln, Charlei It. I "Walker. The young lady will return to 5 the city on bunday, the 10th, fc Tbeioll la rapidly drying out and i everibodr wanta tbe water lor lrrlgr.- J tlou purpoice at onto, and from preient I Indication! water will be icarco and In K Breat demand beforethe teaion la far 6 advanced. JB Tbe conference which waa to hate )i i been held In reoaonJunelOlh, will be Ifell he,d lu RoI',0,t owlnt t0 clrcum 5 j atancea which were unforaeen when the appelutment wae made. 2 j On Sunday mornlugthe (untial ter- -S ' wlcetwero held over tbe remains of QQ 1 CLarlea Hath Walker. Appropriate re- Xii j arki were made by Blibop S. T. At- "S J woodolKamai, Tree. Ward E. rack pfl of Kamai and Tree. W. W. ClulT ol 1 I Coalville. 'The alnglng waa iplendld " aad the reinarke ol tbo epeakere were if B J calculated to cheer thoie who were 9 S called upon to moatnandencourageono I and all In good workt. The funeral wae tbe largeat ever held here, there being '( -Isllort from llenefer, Coalvlllo, Iluytt- " ' wllUi Waniblp, Kockpert, Oakley, Mar- Ion and Kamai, all of which atteited to the love and reipect In which tb deceatid and bis father, mother and family were held, Tbe offerlnga of tlowera weto numerous and handaome. The frightful accident In which Oharlee B. V alker, the 18 year old eon el BlibopUlapheu Walker of l'eoa, loit hie life early on Thnriday morntng, May 31it, baa caat a deep gloom over Jbe entire community. The particular! of the accident, aa faraa can be learned, are ae follow! : Charlee d. Walker and Clarence Walker, hit couiln, were each driving a team and were on their way from here to what Ii known as the New Meld, In Oakley precinct, and eaitol reoa, where the two young mena' fathers fath-ers own feriui. While In the lane, which cronee the bench land, Ibeyoung men tried the mettle of their retpecllva teama, after tbe race thoy drove down off the bench to the lower road which rant parallel with a large, deep Irrlga-gallon Irrlga-gallon canal, the read and canal being clove to the hill; tbe road being In the canter, the hill on one aide and the canal oa tbe other, In many placee the road la eo narrow that teama cannot pan without going oa tbe aide-bill, Alter coming Into the lower road the young men atopped their teama to look at a watboutln the read; alter driving over the waahcut Clarence, who waa driving the rear team, aaw a flati In a little pu Idle ol water end gotout of the wagon to get It, while Charles went on up tbe real, while Clarance waa after tho fiih his team alerted up on a trot and gaining gain-ing In tpeed flora the atari, eo much to that Clarence could not overtako It, Tbe front wheel ol the rear wagon atruck the hind wheel of the wagon la front, threw the front wagon around eeparatlng tbe box and hind wheela from Charlee' wagon and throning hlaa onto tbo front bounde, Charlee clinging to them aa the team ran. hen Olarance reached the place where the wazont cam together he found. tbaLble,wagop1had.bi erlurnj txluplldeilown with tbe lilnd'wnoele oa on top ol tbo bez ; hie horeee bad broken loose from the wagon and bad followed the other team, which had got Into tbe eanal and had run about fifty rods alter parting with the hind part ol tbe wagon, Vt hen Cla.ance reached tbe place where the teama bad atopped In the canal he found that Charlee' neck waa caught In the apokca of one ol the front wheela and hie face under tbe water; one arm, tbe lelt one, waa thrown over tbe tingle trail and hla If na lavlne crotawlie of the canal and In front ol tbe other wheel, Clarance raited Charlee' face onto! tbe water and, teeing that hie couiln wat dead, ran for help. Soveral partlee were toon at the piece; tho young man waa taken from tho wheel and laid In tbe abade; Mr, N. I'earton then notified the Tuttlce ol the I'eaoe at Oakley, and then rode to l'eoa at fait at hone and tpur could bring btm and notified tht father ot the young man of the accident, lien and teamiitarttdat once to bring tbe remalne to bit homo In reoa. Upon examination ex-amination it wae found that one arm waa broken, tho ecalp wae torn almoat entirely from hit head, and hia head and the upper part ol hie body wat brulttd in a frlghtfnl manner, Olarance taytheeeen bit couiln fall onto the front boundt and heard him call for hla team to atop twite, Olarance la aluioit heartbroken over the ead affair; tba finding ot the doad body of hie couiln gave him atbock which be will remember remem-ber at long at life shall last, Chailet D. Walker wat a young man ol ttudlout andquielhtblti; wat alwayt alive to bit known dulict and took a prominent part Inward aflairi. Ilia parent! bad great hopei for him but which are now loit In griol. The tympathy ol the entire en-tire communlt) haa gone oat to thoia who are called upou to mourn until we aball all meet on tbe other aide where death la no more, B. It. E. Visa. |