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Show Morgan County News ' Mrs. V. I). Drown went to! Ogdett Mondiy. Nine head of horses belonging to August K. Hose were Insured on Tuesday by local agent Itoblson. The three steel bridges recently erected at Peterson, Canyon Crtrk tid Lost Creek by O. H, IUndall lid F. VT. Clark aro aow eemplet-ti eemplet-ti and have been accepted by the county board. Two baby bays made their arrival ar-rival in town I'rtday evening. They concluded to stop at the homes of Gedrge A Heiner and Jos. "S. Francis, All concerned ire sloittg nicely except George. He expects to be out in the course of a week. PEA CONVENTION The pea eunveatlon held at tbe Sukc House MoJdsy was a thorough luccess, Tho attendanco was good. Tbe following subjects were treated "What kind of land Is best adapted to tho growth of peas, and tho nee. nilty of having the laud trco from ulld oat, mustard etc." W. W. Francis. "Preparation ot 'ho land for tho erop, when nnd how to plow Urrow and disc, and tho neccesltj-ollmvlng neccesltj-ollmvlng tho land woll pulverised befoie plating tho peas." P. W. Olsrk. "When and how lo Irrigate pens, and how In general to take csre of the crop until harvested" V. T. Nelson. Mr. Jos,. A. Anderson manager of the Morguu Cunning Co. sHke on the necessity of cmo being taken in the growth uf pens, and uUo gave '-hi! firmer to understand that If they would go Into tho rasp berry buslnosssulllclcutly, that thu factory would bo equipped tn handle the product. He pointed out tbe fact that they could bu made a very pro ductlva crap to the farmers. Ninety six contracts were signed for noreago ot peas during tho com Mug year. QUARTELY CONFERENCE One of tbe most cnjoynblo con. fcrenccs of many years was held Saturday and Sunday at tho Stake Tabernacle. There wc.'e present besides be-sides the genornl Stake oftlclals, Francis M. Lyman of tbe quorum o( the Twelve, aud Itulon S Well", one of the seven presidents of the Seventies. The Saturday sessions were not at well attended as thoy have been somo tltno past owing to the con dltlon of the roads, which aro nl most Impassablo over the greater pirt of tho county. Ono of tho most pleasant and thoroughly onjoyed features of tho otnfcrcnce was the excellent inuslo 01 the Mot-gnu choir under the leadership lead-ership ot Ilonry Johnson. The crown. Ijg pleco wns rendered Sunday sjternton entitled "Ituiln" We Wh to congratulate both members Sid leuder fur their splendid ogreM. ADurlng Sunday morning Apostle wuinn delivered an excellent talk ifpoa tho prluclplo of repentance, ibowlng that upon this depeuded te real gospel ot progression, 'At tho afternoon meeting Elder Wells dwelt on tho subject of temperance. Ho was strong In the conviction. At tho next legislature tho subject of prohibition would como before the members of that body, Uo hoped that measures would bo taken to rellove Utah from tho stigma now attached to ker oane. Arising from the fact that wa wero one ot tbe seven States lathe Union la which tho llqusr tradlo was unrestrained by the law. Apostle Lyman devotee much of remaining time to. tbe subjsct of Umt libraries. Wished that every ard and Stake official would. se to It that each home was lepplled with a library In keeping wflh Ihelr eoadlllon. Was In favor ol placing tie best books and raegUlDei pub. Ushed, both In and out of tbe Cbureh, atthe disposal of tbe young. Parents should bo wise In the se. Icctlon ot the kind of books read In Ube homes. Tho progress of the action's throughout the county has been much retarded owing 10 slukasss. Tbe Milton school Is just surviving anntta.k uf themeascls. Both departments de-partments have bern closed at dlf. fercnt times. Croydcu and i'eur. son havo suffered a siruillar experience. exper-ience. Morgan Is now having Its turn. On tha south side the epidemic Is at Its hrigbt. la tho lower department out of M pupils thirteen have been In attendance during the list wetk. The others have been thinned out In proportion to the number and ago of pupils. The North side has Its worst yet to meet. Judging from thu past there Is no way tn escape. Grace LaCouro went to Ogden Monday. We understand she Is to be the hello girl when the tslephono is Installed, Landon It. I'ortcr has sufferea severely with pneumonia during tbe past week. Saturday he was very low. Dr. Illch of Ogden was sent for but was unable to ootne as he was busy. Sunday Mr. Porter was reeling easier. COUNTY COURT Hegular session nf cminly com. mlselonert coui 1 held In clerk's of-floe, of-floe, county court house, on Hon. day, March Dth. Full hoard present. On this day the following proceedings pro-ceedings were had: Minutes oNVhruary 8rd -08, were rend and approved. County Treasurer's Financial report re-port for just month was prevented, read, discussed, nnd on motion np. proven nud ordered filed. O. O. Porter being present on this day, Informed the county board that tho citizens of Porter, vlllo were now ready to complete! tho new roadopeucd up Just north! ot Ell Kllburn's resldenco;' stating that II Morgan county would bear one'halt of tbe expense toward completion com-pletion of said road, tho citizens of Portervllle would do tho balance of tbe work to the acceptance of the county board. On motion an appro, prlatlon not to exceed $100.00 was made by tho county toward thecon structlon and cotnplotioii ot said road, A petition was presented by John Green, signed by VI citizens of Pet. crsonschool district pray Ingibrcourt to uolto Peterson und Mt. O recti Into ono school district, liut In as much as said petition via signed only by tixpayers from Peterson school diatiict said petition wu tit) ol for firther Information, A ooiiiinuntculion from l-'or.i I Hro's'wiH rend by thu clerk in -, , lution tn the bail condition of tin-' bridge noross Cotton-Wood Croek Alter due consideration It was decided de-cided by tho board that a new bridgo be erected nt mice, and that said matter be turned over lo Commissioner Com-missioner flutters with H)iter to act. I Dr. Le Itny Pugmlte waa appoInU jH ed by tbo commissioners 1 1 attend IH the annual convention of health of. M fleers to be held in Salt Lake City fH Apri. 2nd, 1903. j Itllls aggregated J 157.03 were al jH lowed, and tho court adjourned un. Wm til April 13th, '08. M ENTERPRISE v B Enterprise, March 17. AJ Em Croft came up from t Ogdcu last aHj Saturday. H Charles Hibbctt went to Pott Bfi ervillc lust Saturday' to visit his D aunt aud uncle, Mr. aud Mrs. H Wm. Smith, returning Sunday, H aud left for his home at Market H Lake, Ida,, ou Mouday. , H Mr. and Mfs. Willard and H son returned to Huntsville Sun 1 day after a fewdays visit with H their son, nnd. daughter-in-law. M M"r. and Mrs. Win. Willard of H this place. Mrs. Wm. Willard H went with them for n short H Will Kohiusou lias his saw mill in running order and is turning out some good mill pro- M Eight couple of the young- M people fiom this settlement M spent Inst evening plensantly H with the family of Geo. Palmer. M |