The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-08-12
AT PAYSON.
Points From That Prosperous
Democratic Stronghold.
Visitor Sees, Hears and Writes of Few
Things, People and Subjects, While
SoiouIning There For Time.

] NlS1LCT sees, hears ana writes OF rev
Things, People and Subjects, While
Soiourning There For Time.
In one of tue coy rooms Of Mrs.
Hardy s the F. s. held very interest
ing meeting, Friday evening, Aug. Sth,
at which Mrs. Susan Fairbanks presid-
ed, and Mrs. Hattie Greer was secretary,
The subject for discussion was: De-
mocracy VS.. Repubhcanism. The
ladies who advocated the affirmative
were Mrs Lexia Harris and Mrs. Alice
! Colvin; those for the negative. Mrs.
/ Mile stark and Mrs, Elizabeth Done.
The terms of the debate were: Each
/ speaker was allowed twenty minutes !;
/ the affirmative to have the closing
speech; religious doctrine or belief on
politics not allowed; personalities strict
/ " forbidden. The debate was conduct
| ed on parliamentary principles, the
! 1eakers were earnest on both sides, a
| high degree of intelligence coupled with
rare native power was manifested, an
acquaintance with the historical dOings
of The parties was prominent point,
/ and the most marked feature of all was
| the absence OF i'll feeling. Ye
Lords Of the street corner debate, take
a lesson from your superior halves.
Payson is strictly progressive town.
Whit wealthy farms, numerous herds
of cattle. horses and sheep, its gradu-
ated mechanics, bank, numerous stores
newspaper, free schools, electric
lights, hotels, mills, Democrats, busy
boys and pretty girls, we may expect to
see it i'll the no distant future as one OF
the most important agricultural and
commercial centeTs in Utah.
Payson, being a Democratic city and
being anxious for foreign and domestic
news, also the progressive ideas of De-
mo"racy, the good people OF the place
have recently subscribed freely for The
DISPATCH and the future promises at
least 200 more in addition to its present
list. The people appreciate solid litera-
ture.
Mr.. Christensen, principal of
the Payson schools, is ex-
pected to return soon from
d visit to his relatives in Colorado, to
resume his labors in educating the
young. He will be assisted by the
local faculty, which appears to be Il
power in Payson.
BreretOn, Irvine & Co.. the headquar-
tiers of PaysOn Democracy, carries ON a
big business in merchandise and
when the public are made aware of the
fact that they can subscibe for THE DIS
PATCH there, it will add another laurel
t. that square dealing establishment.
'CuckoOI"
In few weeks the new roller mills
will commence operations. This indus
trv has been much needed some time
and will be hailed with favor by the
many farmers hereabou who from the
very necessity OF the case, have taken
heir grists to Spanish Fork.
For small fruit and garden vegetables.
this place is unsurpassed and II
ready home and Tintc market de-
mands at fair prices for all the sur
plus
The uolitical storm has entirely abat-
ted, and the wreck of the cyclone con-
lists of few honest but misguided Re-
publcans. GoJd fellows, nevertheless.
The harvest is great and the laborers
are scarce. VISITOR.
J. BOsHARD is building a large
house just north of his residence, to be
used for renting. The residence " i'll be
an ornament to that part of our city.
THE United States supplies Mexico
with twenty-four per cent. of the lat
ter's imported merchandise. Drugs
constitute the greater part of the i'm
ports.
THE store formerly occupied by
Hornbv. the hardware man, was turned
INTO a saloon yesterday, Peters from
the Hotel Roberts moving his saloon
fittings into it.
FELIX BACHMAN and party, who
went up Provo canyon on a pleasure
trip last week, have returned. They
the mountains.
W. II. FREsHwATER received some
goods yesterday which had been in the
recent wreck on the D. & r. e.. The
boxes were all charred as though they
had been in a fire.
THREE of the Pope's Cardinals have
been soldiers. Cardinal Lavigerie was
in the French army. Cardinal Howard
was in her Majesty's llfeguards and
tJe Cardinal of Perth was in the Aus
trian huzzars.
THE Provo Foundry & Machine Co.,
have completed the columns and lintels
for the Academy. The columns weighed
800 pounds each. and the libtels 900,
making nearly 10000 pounds OF iron
thus placed In the building.
Two very old Indian squaws from
Fort Du Chesne were camped on Cen
ter street, between NJ and n streets.
They spent yesterday in cutting and
drying peaches spreading them on a
blanket almost in the middle OF the
street.
S. WEsTERFIELD and j. j. Garter, two
prominent Salt Lake men were In
Provo Yesterday. Realizing the oppor-
tunitips afforded the sportsman in this
vicinity they intend to take Il hunting
trip into the mountains. They were at
the Cosmopolitan.
THE English papers now admit that
the wheat crop. both in Russia and in
India. is failure this year. Russia has
prohibited the expectation of any grain
Ienceforward. Three-fourths of the
wheat imported by England last year
came from Russia.
MARRIAGE licenses have been issued
to james w Kileen and Henriette M.
Haywood OF Provo, Henry Dressed and
Eda Erlundson of PaysoD, and Daniel
Norton and Mary Smiley of Lehi. The
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