Chicken Thieves Still Active: Information reached here on Friday that the chicken thieves whose exploits here were noted in our last issue, have been pursuing their nocturnal depredations farther down through the county. That the parties who perpetrated these recent thefts are the same who operated here, is quite evident from the tell-tale moccasin and over-shoe tracks that were discovered following the raid which took place last Wednesday night when among others, T. A. Lucas & Son, of McKee, were relieved of some poultry. Billy Woods of the same locality lost some oats. Next we learn of the raiders paying their respects to C. C. Hutchison, near Wyman, where the hen roost was depleted of a score or so of birds. Mr. Hutchison, it seems, happened to arrive home from Quyon, and almost caught his unwelcome visitors in the act, but couldn’t leave his horses to get after them before they made off with their horse and rig, which he saw distinctly.

Water tanks and cold snap: The water tanks and cisterns in town were replenished early last week by a copious rainfall which just eased off in time to save the sleighing; and then came a real January cold snap, the mercury dropping to 20 deg. below zero in some places, on Thursday night. THE EQUITY thermometer registered 11 below and stood at that figure at 7 o’clock Friday morning.

Biggest time ever: This was the experience of the bumper crowd who attended the Rebekah’s “Old-Timer” in the new theatre on Thursday night. Although real zero weather prevailed, people from all sections of the out-lying district, were present to participate in the night’s fun, and with all conditions favorable to the staging of a good time, everyone “went to it” to their heart’s content. The Rebekah’s proved themselves most hospitable hostesses, and did everything to make their guests of the evening feel at home and happy.