The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-03
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
A Big GriSt Of News From the
City Of Homes.
LOOKING FOR RESERVOIR SITES.
The UnOccupied Land in Pah Van Valley
How Reservoirs Might be Made
Etchings of Ephraim.

in town yesterday.
Strawberries are very scarce now, but
raspberries are in full blast.
Mrs. Abigail Rosenbaum purchased a
handsome piano few days ago.
The Jolly face of Joe Allen, of East
Portage, was seen in our midst a few days
ago.
All. Snow is the father of another
black-eyed boy. Mrs. S, is doing very
well.
Bishop Dewey and wife were down to-
day from their charming little villa in the
north.
At the United States commissioners
headquarters there has been considerable
stir of late.
o. G. Snow has exchanged a lot in the
Fourth ward for the old Loveland place on
Main street
Ann Burt Davis, of Salt Lake, was here
visiting with her grandfather, William
Box, when he passed away.
Several headers and number of self
binders are at work in the harvest fields
between here and Collinston.
B. M. Young is recovering rapidly from
his recent sickness. Come around again,
Morris, and give US one OF your hearty
shakes.
II. G. Morris, the genial manager of
Studebaker Bros department of Logan,
was in town last night and returned home
to-day.
Mrs Lana Snow Savage is up from Salt
Lake, spending few days with relatives
and friends. Always welcome at the gates
of our cosy little City of Homes"
There was a pleasant little party up at
A. E. Shows Friday evening. Wine, cake
and ice cream, interspersed with toasts and
songs, whiled away the happy hours.
Our musical friend, John Detton, has
branched out into another line of business.
Now he sings as he tacks the bars" on the
fruit boxes; then he sang as he marked the
bars on the staff.
milk shalle''is becoming q favorite drink
with the young men who have no girls, and
those who have ''solid'' girls wouldn't take
it for the world, and don't know the ice
cream parlOrs are open yet.
Several boy tramps have been doing good
work on the court house grounds the past
week That's right; ''rope 'em in" and
make them useful while they dwell among
us, or lOiter around our city.
Mr. Carl Jensen, of Bear River city, is
now connected with the Coop. here as
commercial tourist" He is q jolly good
fellow, and win make friends wherever he
goes. The co op. has got hold of a good
man.
Frank Fishburn, accom- panied by his
wife is over from Smithfield. Frank came
get some good fruit and visit for a few
weeks with his relatives and many ac-
quaiutances
David Booth received a card from friend
in Salt Lake the other day, to the effect
that there was a good opening down there
for him. He is, at present, leader Of the
choir, and his other duties compel him to
decline remunerative positions.
What's matter with the Fourth?
Are we non even going to show orr cOlOrS2
Come, let's ''get move on us' and fire
gun and "fling the starry banner out at
least. No move, no sign, not even any gas
about the subject, or we would probably
have more light
Louis Burg, IT, expects to vacate his old
quarters in a short time and move a half-a-
block south of the Coop Bargain store
Here he will continue the tonsorisl art
Mrs Emma LOngreen will also vacate a
room in the same building, where we expect
bank to open its eyes at this place
A number of the "boys" were out on the
street to day, having been bitten too much
with snake Juice. There is a snake Juice
mart in town, and now and then an IN
guarded snake will crawl noiselessly out
and slip down the throat Of one of our I'M
sophisticated boys" OF course, it was
purely accidental.
Only a few moons before bank viii
loom up on one of the principal corners
here IN town. HrlEQaul mas signed IN VAN
for one these past few years, and now that
one is assured, it will be greeted with out
stretched arms and hearty support. Next,
give US a weekly or semi-weekly news
paper; it would, without doubt, do well
here.
George F. Smith, of Salt Lake and T.
g. Norris of Logan, went to West Port
age short time ago, where they started the
first new Whiteley binder ever operated in
Utah or Idaho. The purchaser was Nathan
Yearsley, who set the harvester at work in
his immense field of siX-fOOt rye. The ma
chine did admirably, to which the score of
men present testified.
E. W. Dunn and wife have been paying
US short visit. 1t was but limited, as Mr..
Dunn was obliged to ret4-n to-day to re
sumo his labors as railroad agent at Men |
don, as the man who relieved him was sent |
TO another point. Eph and his young bride |
are receiving congratulations on all sides, |
and their friends are numberless.
The Bear River canal scheme has been !
agitating most of our property-oWners for |
the last few weeks, and they have been |
somewhat doubtful as to the outcome. Now |
it seems To be a sure thing, and we expect |
a sixteenth shadow Of a boom to sweep over |
us soon A plumber of property sales have
been made of late and prices appear to be
on the improve. Several strangers were
In town looking around with lnoplrlng eye,
ana pricing property. IL oil aus us W GIL
William Box, commonly called Father
Box one of the Oldest inhabitants of this
place. died to-day after an illness of only
few days He was kind, fatherly old
gentleman with friends innumerable and
whose enemies would count less than the
kings in an empire. For many years he
has been patriarch of the Mormon church,
and was a firm believer to the hour of his
death He was always at his post For
years and wears he rang the town bell On
the court house promptly at - O'Clock, and
all the clocks and watches Of the place
were regulated by the unvarying stroke
Notices posted up in the southern and
western parts of town warn ali droves,
herds and foclzs passing this way to take
designated route which keeps them out of
the city This is a most creditable under
taking as flocks and herds passing through |
a city are positive nuisance. j. M.
BRIGHAM, June 90, 1889.
Hunting for Reservoir Sites.