The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-13
SEWER ITEMS.
Yaearo's Travels in the South
Notes by the Sideway.
SAIr LAKE CRY. December 9, 1885.

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Thinking few words from the south
might be interesting to some OF your
readers, accordingly scratch out few
lines in relation to matters which came
to my notice while on short visit in
Sewer County.
The Eureka Company, OF Richfield
has lately been started for the purpose
OF encouraging home industry; II Is
composed of the Bean family J. K.
Wright. andeseyeral others. The stock
Includes the steam saw mill of Bean d
Co.. the blacksmith shop and depot OF
wagons, agricultural machinery, doors,
sash, &c, OF J. X. Wright. the steam
saw null OF Mr. ShirtliH, and several!
other properties.
The Rtchfield Coop is putting up a
line rock store in front OF their old adobe
one, and will be finished soon. The new
merchant fran of Thurber IL Co., is 90
ing lively business il general 1nerchan-
disc. The WOrkingmen ) Store has also
started a new stone store, which will
probably be furnished ntxs summer.
VIII Anderson Is also doing q rafting
business in merchandising.
The Rich6eld meeting house is pro-
crossing nicely; it is large stone struc-
ture. NOE that good lime has been pro-
duced at Central, rock houses will be
the general order In the couatry.
The good people of ,lenwood made q
determined stand against Irvine Bin
ders, this past harvest, and the young
men went into handwriting with q
good will, charging one bushel Of wheat
per acre. In consequence the rake ma
chimes were hauled out and did the cut
tingfOr one or one and one-iourth 0uShel
wheat per acre, and the taire binders
we're left in the shade. Others fixed
up the binders and harTe>ters as head
ers" so as 70 get ahead Of the mon
sLrouS prices charged for twne by the
machine men. he wire binders re-
quira about . cents worth of wire per
acre, while the Irvine machines require
from so 10 70 cents of Irvine 10 the acre.
It is said that the changing Of the bind
ers into headers gave pretty fair salts
faction. These machines are more con-
venient than the old Illinois "Crawfish'
arrangement which puts the "cart be
fore the horse" B Il there is q good
deal OF trouble with the header still. The
gam must be very ripe before it is cut,
so that it will not spoil in the stacks ION
this account large percentage is lost
in harvesting!
There are numerous grist mills IN the
country, but they are all IN the same
bad fix they cannot turn out mer-
charitable flour. now that there is such
a rage for fine -four; III consequence the
farmers are out OF pocket IN not being
able to put -four on the market, instead
of selling their wheat at such figures as
from 80 to 45 cents per .busbel. There
=, a ft1t frra fT0r soma aoraifafisf
who will either furnish the means TO fit
up one or more of the old mills with new
machinery, or build new ones. Stock is
slightly on the decline, and black leg"
is still doing its wicked WORK in some To-
calities.
Good, dean wheat should be sold at so
cents per bushel in several of the country
stores, but such an article is not 10 BE-
found in every bin; very few of the
threshing machines can clean wheat for
the market, or the hands do not take
the trouble to put their machines into
proper condition to clean the wheat
properly, small hand tanners are some
times used, but it is great expense to
cleanse the grain by hand.
On the road we encountered mile
stone" which appeared to read 10 III. TO
Gun, or as near common type can rep
resent it. The boys gathered around
like a herd Of wild steers round de
funct bovine. They snorted, danced,
and cut ND al kinds OF capers, they
tried 10 deeypLeF s i:1 ;i 60, .dsi
"our experienced eye" made it 10 miles
70 GunnisOn. We encountered these
mile stones along the road as far north
as Nephi. It appears that Juab and
Sanpete Counties have been putting
their county roads INTO Shipshape con-
dition and making them turn right
angles where they have been rtn in all
directions to suit the pleasure OF team
sters.
That enterprisng gentleman. John
Witbeck. late of the Juab Station, has
bought out the old Taylor Ranch south
OF Levan. and his hotel sign hangs high
on the top OF windmill tower there
He is blowing up piles OF land for dry
farming.
Hundreds OF acres are being broken in
Juab and Sanpete counties, where rye
and lucern are being sown II is said
that fall rye makes a fine crop on these
lands. and luceTn seed can be produced
- advantage on the dry farming plain,
as well as wheat and barley.
Wheat was going down slightly at
Nenhi. So cash; 60 trade. Payson stores
were paving 90 trade, but no cash buy
ers were to be encountered. Payson is
surely the land of fruit and honey; the
people use honey TO preserve their fruit
&C. thus saving q good margin IN the
sugar expense. The white wine OF
Father Winners manufacture Is GER
family not had to take. sACARO-