The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-01
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
MendOn, the Thriving Cache
County Town.
JOIs FROM MOUNT PLEASANT.
Park City Pickings-Tbe Willard and
'Jpab Boundary Line
Proper Credit.
Matters at MendOn.

The Co-oP and Andrew Bigler's stores
appear to be in hourshing condition
and doing u lucrative business.
REvs. GREEN and Daley were over
from Logan Monday, and held forth at
the chapel, returning the same night.
PRESIDENT PITKIN, who was in town
Wedn,s lay, spoke to the Saints
gathered That evening at the meeting
house.
MERDoN supports three schools. Miss
Brown presldes at the Presbyterian
Chapel; and Frank Christensen and
Miss Ihackery te4cb the other two-all
being well attended.
WITH scarcely an exception, the peo-
pie are more than aslouiShed at the
verdict III THE HERALD libel Case.
More, perhaps IN WellsvJlie and Men,
don, where Lowe Is well known, tuan
in any other part of the community.
A NUMBER of fine horses are being
raised bere by some OF the young men.
There is some talk of taking one or
more into The other vail y d4rlng the
CO Ming u inner. aud showing The Orig
hamites what MendOn horse flesh with
good training can do.
SkvERAL persons intended to go down
to see Booth aud Barre t; bat when
they heard of the ticket craze or
monopoly, and that seats could hardly
be secured TO- love or money, they
thought Me- dou atmosphere eIe-
valiag lugh too the present.
TORYAL ToRRIsoN who had his hand
50 ne lrIy saved of in a mill at Logan
last winter, was seen on the streets
Wednesday with bis njured arm
bsndaged up. His hand being saved
almost borders on the miraculous, as
for some time this member seemed
dead, and his friends expected 1t woulu
have to be amputated. He needs to Dr.
congratulated.
WATER is very scarce; the people de-
pend mainly upon few small springs,
and the amount of snow that falls In
the mountains during the winter, for
this priceless liquid. Ii artesan we'll
boring would prove a success here, the
value of property would be grea ly en-
hauced. Tie principal difficulty found
III boring IN this section SEEMS To be IN
the great beds of sand encountered
at some distance from the surface. II
this obstruction cou,d be overcome
water would no doubt be plentiful, ana
many would glad Y eXpend a good.
round sum Tor flowing wells on their
premises. A succt siful vel -borer
should make small fortune out OF the
surrounding towns. Several very good
strikes have been made inthe helIs only
half mIe east OF here.
MENDOE is a sleepy little town OF some
$50 inhabitants, suugly situated IN ii
graceful bend of q mountain in the
southwestern part oil Cache Valley, just
opposite Logan; which is seven miles
east, across the valley. a portion of
the iowa is built On the rolling hills,
which are but the ST piping STONES to
the towering heights Of this branch OF
the Wasatch. Snow capped peaks rear
their massive forms into tue GEAR, blue
sky, only few hundred yards back OF
this coy village. Through all the hot
summer months there remain IN many
of the secluded ravines, large banks of
pure, white snow, which coOls the
evening and morning br9ez $ to such
an extent. that hot, sultry weather Is
almost unknown III this section. and
life is a bon. In the fall. especially, is
this q beautiful and delightful place,
&nd many ramble is taken over the
tremendous, 5saW-teeth like peaks,
from the SUBMITS of which, Ogden,
Plain City end other cities even farther
south, can be plainly seen.
JAKE MILES.
MGNDoN, Utah, March 80, 1888.