The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-16
IDAHO INKLINGS.
The Thrift and Enterprise of the
Bear Lake People.
IMPROVEMENT THE WATCHWORD.
The Good Work Of the County Commissioners
Some Business Notes-Two Terms Of
Court-The Herald Catches On.

MONTPELIER, Idaho, March 13.-[Special
Correspondence of The HERALD - The
commissioners of Bear Lake county are
looking after the interests Of the county,
and are taking an interest in public i'm
provements. A new bridge across Bear
river, between Montpelier and Ovid, is now
in course of construction, and the old bridge
is thing Of the past. The new bridge will
be credit to the county. The contractors
are Messrs. Lowe, Davies and Grinnett, of
Paris, and the cost Of construction will be
about 81 200. In the meantime, travellers by
team to the county seat and settlements
on the west side of the river must cross at
Dingle Dell bridge, unless they wish to take
chances in fording the river and getting
good ducking. The new bridge, no doubt,
will be completed in about two weeks.
The oldest settlers in this valley say they
never before witnessed such a winter.
No snL E. nor blizzard, and not very cold
weather. Two distinct
SHOCKS OF EARTHQUAKE
were felt here on two occasions.
The passenger trains going west are
loaded daily with emigrants bound for Ore
gon, Montana and Washington territory
the passengers taking Horace Greeley's ad-
country Nearly every day from twelve
to seventeen passenger cars are on the
trains loaded, and standing room is at
premium. How long such a passenger
traffic will keep upis matter of conjecture.
BEAR LAKE COUNTY
will have two terms of the district court
this year The first term will open here on
May l and the second term on July 10. The
court calendar for this county will be clear
after the July term. From what your cor
respondent can learn there is a heavy Grim
inal calendar as well as several very i'm
portant civil cases. This county is looked
upon as one of the most peacable in the
territory.
The farmers are now making all arrange
ments for spring work and in fact are
blowing and sowing their grain on high
land. The chances are that water for irri-
cation purposes will be scarce. Bear river
is lower at present than ever before, but no
doubt the necessary steps will be taken to
secure all the water in this valley to make
hay with.
Ed Burgoyne has shipped all the surplus
teams and men to Boise valley to work on
the ditch that he contracted Tor some time
ago. Ninety-fiye teams and 40 men and
II men comprise til party.
OREGON SHORT LINZ FREIGHT.
The freight trains on the Oregon Short
Line railway do not do the business they
did six weeks ago. In fact, five freight
crews were pulled off the first of this
month on account of the decrease in freight
business.
MONTPELIER IS GROWING
fast. A number of buildings are in course
of erection. Among the most prominent is
George Sheehey's row of tenement houses
and Assessor and Collector Mills elegant
residence. William Vantesselrs restaurant
is also an addition to the town, and he does
rushing business. The county has erected
a Jail for Montpelier precinct. Although
not very large, it is probably big enough;
the majority of the citizens are pSaceable
and law abiding, and for that reason it will
not be occupied very much.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
John H Bagley has a law office here. He
has a good practice and he is perfectly capa-
BILE.
The postofice is still in the upper town.
The Tribune, some time ago, said that it was
moved. This is about as close as the sheet
usually gets. The female relief society and
the primary association had two days
meeting on Saturday and Sunday. They
were well attended. Excellent instruction
was given.
The Sunday school children had a concert
on Saturday evening last. 1t was a very
creditable affair. The proceeds went to aid
the Sunday school of Montpelier ward.
Rich Bros. g. Woolley are receiving now
an immense quantity of farming implements,
wagons and buggies.
Ed Burgoyne takes the lead in gen.
eral merchandise, and he also sells and pro-
poses to sell his goods as cheap as any mer
chant in Idaho. Ed. is no politician, but
was elected as commissioner for the Third
district He did not qualify because he
could not spare the time to attend to county
affairs.
THE NEW HERALD CATCHES OK.
THE HERALD is now the boss paper in the
Rocky Mountain region and everybody
speaks in the highest praise Of the energy,
pluck and enterprise the company has ex-
hibited. 1t is credit to Salt Lake city
and to Utah territory, and words of praise
are spoken right and left in THE HRRALD's
favor since it has put on its new dress. 1t
is a daisy. Success to it. Why even the
children cry for The SALT LAKE DAILY
HERALD in Idaho now.
A person is seldom sick, when their
bowels are regular and never well when
they are irregular Bear this in mind and