The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-19
REXBURG, IDA, NOTES.
Especial Correspondence


Rexburg, Ida, July 1.-THE municipal
contest in regard TO the city election last
April is now settled. The new officers
We're sworn in Oh Thursday night, the
last meeting OF the old board. Ihe case
was argued by stlpula ton by the lawyers
OF eacn side before Judge Stevens We'd
nesday at St Anthony. The agreement
sets aside a prOtraCted legal fight The
agreement made by representatives of the
Citizens and the Peoples parties stipu-
lated that the present chief of police and
the water engineer should be retained.
These men were dDpUintees Of the Old
board. In regard to the liquor question,
the new bO4ru will drop the question of
prohibition of saloons and abide by the
event of the county local option to be
held soon in Fremont county. Each par
ty pays its own court costs. The new
Officers are. Mayor Thomas Z. Kicks,
clerk, William Z. Gee; police judge, S. S.
Smith, jr., treasurer, Alma Carblne; city
engineer, j. d. Speirs; COuncilmen, First
ward, Eli McEntlTe and Willard Johnson;
Second ward, Henry J. Flamm and John
l.. Ballif; Third ward J. NJ. Cook and
w. D. Mahan. The contest entered by
members OF the Peoples party last April
was on the grounds of irregularity of cleo
/ ton The election was conducted in one
place.
At mass meeting held recently it was
decided to have a big celebration of the
Path of July. The following were chosen
as an executive committee: Oscar \.
hIhuldHs Arthur GOILcI. IT, ana refer
Nicholson. Committees were also chosen
for the various features OF the program,
which has been arranged as follows: Sa-
lUtes and unfuTling Of national COlOrs at
sunrise; serenading by the band Pro
gram at City park at 1870 a m There
will be children's races and other sports
at the park at ] D. m. ReXbuTg and St
Anthony ball teams will play at p. m.
/ Horse races on Main street at $50 p. m.
/ Grand social dance in the evening. A
1 ig a a 10 nj
visitors. The park has good shade ana
/ has been nicely cleaned IN the park pro-
gram the Fremont Military band. under
/ Professor q. j. Engor, viii furnish the
music. Attorney T. ]. Stewart will be
/ master of ceremonies. Dr. ., 9, OrmSby
/ will be marshal of the day. There will
/ be a number of five-minute addresses, as
/ follows: Uncle Sam" by Pete Nickel
/ Plains and the Indians" Ed Merrill;
/ Brigham Young President Bassett;
Idaho" Mrs. G. W. Flamm; Capture of
! Mexico" c. G. Keller; Fremont and the
/ Pacific" OrsOn WaldrOm; The Army
and the Navy" Professor E c. Daily;
/ solo by Joseph Adams.
/ Miss Dosie Hansen, aged p, a resident
Of Salem, took suddenly i'll last week and
I died Tuesday She had been working at
/ Ashton and came home in apparently
| good health. Deceased was a daughter
of A. J. Hansen and was much esteemed
. Funeral services were held Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Thatcher of Logan
are visiting their sons, Ross and Edgar
and other relatives in ReXburg. Mrs
Thatcher is a sister Of Councilman John
L. Ballif.
The county commissioners were present
ed this week with a petition asking for g
road to 60 through the Webster-Wood
mansee company farm on section lines
The petition was signed by citizens OF
Herbert and Rexburg. This action came
as the result of failure to make sat
isfaCtOry agreement otherwise.
/ Commissioner James II. Wallis spent {
few days at home in RexbUrg this week.
Elder Ord Jacobs returned a few days
ago from a mission to the northern states
/ The Farmers association of Hubbard has
contracted for 20,G00 pounds of Irvine witt
the Keller company Of ReXburg.
The Kicks academy circular of th'
school year of I9O9-10 has come from the
press 1t shows that there are fOurteei
teachers on the teaching corps. Severa
new features, such as a tWO-year must
course. advanced work in manual train
ing and drawing. are offered in addition
. to the usual courses, The school viii con
tinue under the direction Of Professor I
, c. Daily. who held the position for tn
DIR. Walker will give a lecture Sunda!
morning in the Second ward parents de
partment on "POliteness From a Psyche
logical Standpoint
I A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs
Cecil Clements of Hubbard on Wednes
day.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Adams
I a daughter, on Wednesday.
The Fremont Co Military band, unde
the leadership of Professor c. J. EngoT o
Rexburg, will take part in the G. A. r
tencamDment in Salt Lake next month
This consists OF the best players of tn
county Its members come from Rex
burg. St Anthony. Sugar City, Rigby ant
other towns of this county. The band &
practicing regularly and will give a goOs
account of itself at the reunion of tn
G. A. r..