The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-08
Bear Lake Billets.


the front in regard Ito politics. Phi
maries were held in different precincts
of the county to nominate delegates to
the county convention, which was held
at Paris. the county seat. on Saturday
August 4th, to nominate delegate to
attend the Democratic Convention
to be held at Boise on August I'm d
to nominate delegate to Congress. Al
the county convention 8. II. Mills, oil
Montpelier, was made chairman, J. r.
Shepard, of Paris, secretary. Joseph
Jones, OF Montpelier, was chosen dele
gate to the Territorial Convention.
Joe is the right man in the right place
and he will represent the Democracy
of Bear Lake County to TIE entire sat-
isfaction of the party.
From what can learn there is now
on docket very bad scandal case from
| st. Charles. Parties have been bound
over to await the action of the United
States grand jury at Blackfoot at next
term of court.
LATELY there has been considerable
rain here, which has put the hay croI
back and done considerable damage tC
grain crops, but the grain in this val
ley looks splendid. There will be q
scarcity OF hay.
TIE deputy narshala- have just
started across the valley, no doubt in
search of game, and before returning
will visit Ovid, Liberty, Paris, Bloom
ingten and St. Charles.
BEAR Lake County, like every othe,
county in Idaho Territ Y, is beginning
| to talk politics on ever. md, and it Is
asserted that there will be greater in
terest taken in politics this fall than
ever before. Two years ago there were
only ninety eight votes cast in this
county, on account of the anti-Mor-
mon test oath; but this fall Bingham
Oneida, Cassia and Bear Lake Counties
will put in strong vote, and from what
1 can CLEAN, Bear Lake County alone
will cast 600 to 800 votes.
MONTPELIER is getting to be promi-
nent shipping point. Star Valley is only
forty miles east of here. Several hundred
families moved in there this spring.
Bids are already out for contract for
tri5weekly mall service, from Mont
pelier toiAthan, distance of fifty miles.
THE Hon. J. c. Rich has law Office
in Montpelier and is getting quite q
practice.
ED BURGoYNE, the merchant prince
of this valley, is doing large
business. He supplies nearly all the
Star Valley trade.
DRIVER & Son has also a business
here and carry large stock of drugs.
paints and oils and their trade is in
oreasing all the time under the manage.
ment of ]. s. Robinson.
DEPUTY United States Marshals Hob
son, Phelps and Watson paid a visit to
Bennington this morning, and arrested
Bishop Amos Wright on the usual
charge, but the depU ties got left. The
bishop mounted horse and left the
deputies to mourn his departure.
BEAR Lake Valley has a climate that
exceeds anything in the world and pos
sesses the advantage of cool night,
where people can sleep comfortably af-
ter hard day work. The Bear Lake
is the finest body of water in the west,
and IN the near future you will find
boats sailing on it. The lake abounds
in fish, and the Bear Lake monster still
lives and breathes in that beautiful
body of water.
TIE last term of court that was held
at Paris was the most expensive that
this county ever had, and the most tri-
Hing cases were taken before the grand
Jury. and mass meeting was held in
Montpelier some time in May last to
express the sentiments of the citizens
In regard to the official acts of the sheriff
and deputy sberiffs of this county.
RESOLUTIONS we're adopted by the meet
ing, and the last grand jury investig ated
the meeting, at cost, no doubt, of
hundreds of dollars, AID nothing could
be made of it. RAMBLER.
MoNTPELrER. August 6. 1888.