The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-23
OUR SISTER TERRITORY.
The Lively Spat Between Montpelier and Paris
General News.

! A fine race track just north of town has
been laid out and fenced by several of the
business men of Montpelier. 1t should not
take much of an expenditure to put this
course in tirst-class condition.
Christian Anderson, a young man who
came here recently from Brigham, has or
ganized a brass band among the young men
of the place. They are practicing like
good fellows and improving with surprising
| rapidity. "Chris." deserves praise for this
commendable undertaking. The boys will
receive the hearty support of the people.
who look with pride upon such an exhibit
ton of enterprise among their young men.
Thomas Jones, manager of Quail & Jones,
general merchandise store, is working that
business for what it is worth.
Montpelier is growing rapidly. Many
new residences and places of business are
being constructed in all parts of the town
Soon there will be no upper and lower div
ision, but one solid Montpelier, for the gap
is surely filling up.
Good for Montpelier! They are going TO
have paper within a month. A gentleman
was down from Pocatello recently and, re
ceiving the necessary encouragement from
the business men here, will shortly flaunt
before the admiring eyes of the world Il
clean, bright sheet.
The genial Ed. Burgoyne is still alive
which means that his business is not dead,
but fiourishing in every sense of the word.
Montpelier is going to make big fight
for the county seat and more than probable
she will gain the day. Paris will not give
itup without hard struggle, which will
bring on a lively spat between the queen
cities of the county. At present paris
ite'' would not live in Montpelier for the
world and the Montpelierite would rather
die than move to Paris.
Generally speaking, business is at present
little quiet, owing to the partial failure of
the grain crop this season.
Hundreds of acres of land are being pur-
chased in this vicinity at good figures. 1t
is expected that property will increase in
value to a considerable extent and within
a short time, too. Nothing like looking
into the future pace or two.
The country round about here has just
been blessed with beautiful two days
shower. 1t was worth hundreds of dollars
to the dry, parched lands and grasses.
Some of the local sports are spinning
around town with their prancing chargers,
showing that there is good horse blood in
the city.
in runaway the other day. He is coming
around all right and will soon be found at
his harness shop again.
Woolley & Hart are doing good business
in the machine line; so alsois John Bagley.
Jed Southworth is managing William
Quaifs dairy near mere. He was formerly
of Brigham, but has settled down here and
is doing what he can to work up the dairy
business.
The people of this valley should work to
have direct telephone connection with
Salt Lake. Now that the line is to be ex-
tended to Logan and Franklin, why not
stretch it on the Deseret telegraph poles
from Franklin to Paris? That could be
easily done, when Bear Lake valley would
be no longer isolated from Utah's business
centre. To be able to talk with friend at
Beaver or Nephi from Soda Springs, would
be no small affair.
A lively war is being waged between the
county sheriff of this place and prominent
Parasite Darts loaded down with wit and
spleen are fired from one town to the other
A number accidentally struck the local
paper, which blazed out with such beauti-
full pictures of noble deeds done in dark
luagmires and high places, that he who
read got up and shouted, sob, mamma!'
The people generally favor the Boutwell,
scheme, which shows there are
many great hearted souls in this commu-
nifty. A very few, through selfish motives,
but more often because of erroneous ideas !
now afloat, have raised their voices in oppo- |
sition, but for only short time. ''If you
can do any good with the water, take it, |
IS the general sentiment.
A big, plump, good-natured engineer |
rolled into Drivers drag store Monday |
afternoon.
''Well, Joe, gimme ten cents worth of
,arsafras?"
''Yes SIR" answered Mr.. Robinson, pill |
ng 1t up ON the scale and weighing it out. |
The engineer gazed with establishment |
lpon the great quantity heaped up, when !
yasped out: ''Great h, that stuff's !
cheaper than hay, haint itr'
Hereis another brpise for the old sore.
why can't we get our HERALD more regu-
arly! We get the dailies in punches and
'eldom when they are due. Cannot some
hing be donen'
JAKE MILES.
MONTPELIER, Ida, Aug. 20, 1889.