Show balad MATTERS west wind educational efforts Laia Lain antea auRes fatal fall EDITOR 1 not often seeing irenis froni from the balad valley in your enee esteemed ined paper I 1 tak tabe e liberty of penciling a few trusting they may not prove uninteresting ting to some borne ot of your many ninny readers christmas Christinas was ushered in with a blinding snowstorm I 1 which prevailed all day at night A FL FV cloud WEST WIND blew the ends out of the new brick to erect which the peo ople of west have exhibited a commendable perseverance perse varance the past past year the edifice was CO GO feet long long by 35 15 feet wide but the labor and means expended on it were suddenly swept away by thia this attack odthe storm king since then we have had sharp frosts and bow alternating with a preponderance of tho the former at times tile mercury iner cury has sunk to more of 30 degrees below zero at P present besent the tile beautiful covers the mallcy to an average depth of 12 to 15 inches with a superabundance in the mountains SCHOOLS IN ME VALLEY are tolerably well attended but the scattered condition of the inhabitants prevents man many y children even yet from enjoying the benefits of afan an education considerable in tercel is manifested in mutual improvement pro dances and other amusements cheer the hearts of your young g nud aud old and with many lime time passes as merrily along as the sleighs glide over the crisp surface of the tile snow THE amongst whom your correspondent resides are rapidly learning and adopting do tig the habits of their more civilized P brethren some are nak ing marked progress in education especially in ill penmanship a few specimens of which clipped from their copybooks copy books I 1 others are dull lull like the tile white children cli ildren there is a great difference in them some behave as well attend school as regula regularly rIv and learn fully as fast as the average whito white pupil on the dinst in company with a laborer I 1 visited cherry creek cn ek idaho at about p 1 in a ai little it lie bo boy y came almost I 1 br eathl hilo into the tile meeting aliouse willi theties that a shed lia hirl 1 11 OV ON HIS hurrying to t tho the place wo we quickly found the body of jenkin williams but life tt extinct it appears 1 that he wai in the act of propping I 1 the shed it suddenly fell upon him it dnald not have lave been more 1 than 10 to 15 minute 4 from the fall 1 ing WK of the shed to the tile rescue of the b body I 1 the deceased was a native atif f A balci aged eara he lie leaves a wife and nine nin 0 children como of ofa whom are qute small to mourn li hit budden departure yours I 1 fraternally cater nally JAS J Por portage feb pei 19 |