The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-01
THE COUNTRY SOUTH
The Work Being Done at Mount
Pleasant.
THERE is WATER IN ABUNDANCE
The People Jubilant Over the Advent of a
Branch Of the Rio Grande Western
another New Paper.

MOUNT PLEASANT, May 90, $780,
Especial correspondence of THE HERALD
Last Monday evening and also on Tues
day Apostles Lyman, Taylor, Grant and
Lund, accompanied by President Jacob
Gates, visited the people of Mount Pleas
ant, when new organization in the wards
was effected. Heretofore, the town has
been divided into two wards and presided
over by Bishops Seely and Madsen, the
latter being bishop of the north ward and
Seely Of the south.
Both bishops, with their counselors,
were honorably released, and On motion the
vote was unanimous for consolidating the
ward into one.
The name of c. N. Lund was put before
the people for their approval as the new
bishop, with not dissenting vote against
him. On Tuesday meetings were held in
the morning and afternoon, at which time a
full and complete organization was made,
including teachers and ward clerk. Peter
Matson and Lars p. Madsen were chosen
and sustained as counsellors to Bishop
Lund, with George Christensen as ward
clerk. AL were unanimously sustained by
vote of the people.
The instructions of the apostles, we be-
lieve, will have a tendency to cement the
people together more closely than ever, anu
with our new organization we expect to
move along more tremendously than ever
before.
All of the people seemed satisfied with
the selection of the officers, and now if
they Will support them the unity and good
will of the people heretofore existing will
be increased and strengthened to greater
degree
We have water in abundance just at the
present time If the warm weather con-
tinues, it will not be long before the whistle
of the saw mill will be heard in our noun
tains in every direction. Already the snow
is fast disappearing.
We have sheep herds located on every
side of US. The feed usually left for graz
ing purposes for our cows is being en-
croached upon little by little, so that now
sage brush is about all that is left
AT the last sitting Of the city fathers,
which is, by the way, the first sitting of the
new city council, plans were preached for
the supplying of the city with water for
domestic purposes; also, for the extinguish-
ment of fires. We hope the subject will
receive duo consideration and be carried
into effect.
AT last it is an assured fact that San
pete county is to be favored with branch
road of the Rio Grande Western. Con-
tracts have been let, and the work has
been begun. With the advent of the road
the hitherto immense amount of shipping
via Nephi will be cut off, and the resources
OF Saupete county viii receive more atten-
ton than ever before.
The merchants and travelling public will
look forward with pleasure to the time
when freight can be unloaded at their doors
without transferring, and when the capito
city can be reached within twelve hours
after leaving home, as is the case at pres
ent. Boarding the stage at 30 am, one
finds himself at Moroni about am, and
after standing around for half an hour, he
again resumes mis- journey on the S. P. V
as far as Nephi, arriving there about II 80
The next step is to console himself unit
2:30, when he resumes his journey to Sal
Lake. No matter how urgent or pressing
his business may be, there is no earthly
show Of getting to his destination an houl
sooner. We trust that all this may be OBJ
waited little, and that ere long our ride tt
Salt Lake and return may be in more com
modious conveyances and within shorte
time.
The new county newspaper, to be pub
hshed at Ephraim, will make its adven
within a few days. A meeting is callet
for Thursday night TO ascertain what cal
be done towards sustaining it.