The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-24
A HASTY FLIGHT
D. P. T. Spins Through the
Southern Country.
GRAsSHOPPERS DOING DAMAGE
The Rio Grande Western Service Retrograd-
iug-Ihe Beauties Of Castella Springs
Other Southern Notes.

The farmers of Sanpete are having a
grasshopper siege of the $3.50 order To
avert the consequences of their depre-
dations mass meetings are being held
in Manti and other towns to dis
cuss the best means of determination.
Last night the Manti brass band was
out enthusing the people to attend a mass
meeting in the Tabernacle, at which sew
eral means and suggestions were discussed
and a raid will be commenced Immediately
on the youthful intruders.
When it rains in Sanpete county it
means what it says, and Just rains. or more
properly speaking, pours. 1t seems as
though Old Neptune had been letting the
weather clerk draw from his bosom a
goodly draught, especially for Sanpete
county, and giving daily exercise by thor
oughly saturating the ground. This pleases
the farmers, if no one else.
The political elements of Manti are in
quite fever of anticipation and hope that
ere long few leading Democrats will run
down and boom Democracy in this very
| fertile field of politics. Men of both old
parties are anX ious to join in the great di-
vision and not be left in the assure Glib.
eral partly caused by the inevitable crash
| that will dissolve the old bulwar1s.
Manti has had civil government class
that has been injecting decided Democratic
medicine into the political views of the
people, being as it was engineered by we'll
known Democrats, with DR.. F. r. Kenner
| as a sort of wet nurse or obs tetrician, and
he will attend TO all embryonic Democrats
that are developed.
The last Manti City election demon
strated the great necessity of organizing
into something different to what had been
ruling and agitating elections in the past.
Age certainly corrupts in politics if the re-
timing fires of defeat do not enter and Grad
icate the impurities of some of the "bosses. J,
Manti is called the Temple City, still
she supports three everyday saloons anG
one Sunday saloon the latter of which the
combination can soon be learned by merely
pressing the button with quarter of a col
lar.
William A. Cox is one of those few who
never saw railroad till the Rio Grande
Western punctured Manti last Wednes-
day, when he tried his first ride, taking a
trip Of seventeen miles to Spring City
Those on the train say he did well for his
first trip.
When the Rio Grande Western reached
Manti it was thought good service would
be given. In fact, for the first few trips
good comfortable cars were given anC
plenty of room was furnished the heavy
passenger traffic, but now it seems that the
new toy has become old, or else the com
panv are sure of their victims and propose
to torture them by crowding them like the
Confederates did their prisoners il
Libby, and allowing the car to become
refrigerator. This was the case all thu
past week and if the weather doesn't mod
crate to allow the patrons of the road Il
seek relief by adjourning to the observator,
cars (fiats) it is question what will b,
done.
While the r. G. w. folks have shown
enterprise in all their main lines and ever
stations in the Sanpete country, we hop,
they do not propose to allow the public t.
feel trip to Manti would be a menace
from the insufficient cars and comfort ser
vice of one of their profitable branches, tn
Sewer valley
At Fairview a snow storm Wrs unde
way which had whitened the ground wit
mantle of an inch in thickness. Some ap
prehensions are felt that it may tur
colder and Jack Frost get in his wor
again to the damage or destruction of thu
fruit.
Castella Springs is a place of which it
builders might well be proud, as shout
the entire territory as it is place that
being built up and improved to such an ex
tent that 1T is getting TO be veritable san
itarium or health resort. Messrs South
worth Bros. have been working like beaver
during the past winter preparing a grea
surprise for their visitors this summer
having had the whole grounds laid out i
pleasant walks, green lawns and pleasan
shade trees, all supplemented with beau
tiful lake about 800 feet across In thi
will be placed swans. geese, ducks, fish
ETC.. and other aquatic creatures, tendin
buildings, bath houses, etc., present yer
pretty appearance, and do the protector
great deal of praise. 1t is pity tha
those coming and going to Sanpete coul
not have the privilege of being left at thi
{ pleasant stopping place to while away tn
required time to change cars instead of ths
dismal station Thistle. 1t Is certainl
much more preferable. D. Fl.
Provo, May %, 1891.