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Show now townsitc of Sterling, Ida. This town whs promoted by the residents of the community, who are too progressive pro-gressive to wait on the movements of outFlde capital. They purchased la suitable for the, purpose, prepared It for a town, set tho date and had their opening before the railroad reached them. Every arrangement, was made for the comfort of people from a distance. dis-tance. Three roast oxen wero roaav nnd over 1000 loaes of bread, all of which were consumed by the crowd, numbering over "O0. K. N Kennedy served as auctioneer I and proved a decided 6ucc ss. Four hundred and fifty out of six hundred lots were sold, segregating In value , 1 $20,onn. The people interested deserve de-serve the success. If tho fame grosslvoness which characterized . the promotion of this town is continued In Its development it is certain to become one of the strongest town in the valley. STERLING TOWNSITE OPENING A SUCCESS Blarkfcof. Sept. 1 1 Phenomenal "icce?s attended the opening of the |