The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-04
BOX ELDER.
Unity and Progress Versus Discord and
Mossbacks

WORK Is progressing very favorably on
the Surprise and Grand View mines near
town, and every indication is that they
will be found among the richest mines in
Utah.
A vein has been struck in the Surprise
which assays high in silver and gold. The
owners, for q few days, refuse to make
known the exact assay, but is well known
that 1t runs way up in the hundreds of dol
lars, and we would not be surprised if it
went up to 81 900 in gold and silver.
A large force Of men is now at work on
these mines, and soon as possible more will
be employed.
1t has been well known Tor years that
rich mineral was to be found in the near
vicinity of Brigham, but as no paying
mines had been orked, capital was rather
tmid in Investing in this enterprise.
But now, all this is changed, and numer-
Gus applications for stock are being made
IL the above mines.
1.-THE spirit of progress is abroad in the
land"-end Brigham is one of the cities
that is taking the lead in the onward
march.
Among the many improvements guararl-
teed for the season of 1892, we would men
uon system of water works, a creamery
and canning factory
work on the building will be commenced in
about one month. and everything is to be
completed and the factory running some
time in May.
This will undoubtedly be a paying in
vestment to the stockholders, and most
certainly great benefit to the town. Then
we can SEND creamery butter to our friends
in Salt Lake and use the same ourselves
instead Of eating 'cow grease" as we now
do
AS to the creamery much, of the stock is
taken and the balece is all guaranteed.
Some of our business men have offered
to take stock to the amount of $1,000 if
necessary, but the originators want to get
as many sarmers intereste as possible,
and many of them have expressed their
Willingness SO to do.
Never in the history OF Brigham City
have the people worked so well together
and striven so hard for the community at
large as is being done at the present time
But as all rules have exceptions, so has
this, and were it well founded would be Of
serious nature. but as it is all done
through
IGNORANCE AND SPITE,
principally the former, will not amount to
much. We refer to the meetings held
Wednesday and Thursday nights of last
week, and what might very appropriately
been called "the kickers' congregation. !"
A call was MAIDS by some of the home
kickers (who presumably were ashamed of
their cause, as at the time for calling the
meeting they made themselves scarce"
and did not show up fer some time
Their champions were "Chief Kicksr''
Box, and Congressional Kickern Jones.
who showed up with cold indisputable
facts that waterworks would place all
Brigham in bondage, worse than were the
children of Israel, for twenty years.
"Mossbsck' Hoist was also 'in it." SO
also was Lawyer" Merrill, but they could
not kick so hard as did the Champions
The first night they were not 'prv psreds
to carry the sense of the meeting out, SO
adjourned without passing any resolutions,
30 a meeting was called for next night.
This gave them time to hx things up and
they did it in great shape. They had 1t all
agreed upon how everything was to be, and
as they were all of one voice, so 1t was.
The first rattle out Of the box" one of
faithful elected their chairman 1.-THE one of
the previous EVENING" and then rushed in
their speakers, and 1t was next TO impos-
sible for one of the opposite side to get the
floor (those for waterworks we msan)
much less to get one Of their men to speak.
But perseverance coneuers all" and fin
ally one Of them got the floor, and all those
who were open to conviction saw matters
in much more favorable light, but as the
post says,
"a man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still"
so it was with many of the anti-water-
works men.
AS this was a "kicker's CONGREGATION. ~
few Of the repr esentative citizens were
there, and no doubt ratification will be
called for Monday night.
The faUtE in the case are as fol1ous.
Fer weeks and weeks our mayor and city
council hsve studied carefully the question
of water works for Brigham, and unani-
mously agreed il was for the best interest
OF our city to own and control the proposed
water system.
After this had been done a meeting of
some fifty Of our leading citizens was held.
They discussed the matter and finally con-
cluded to uphold the council and support
them in their undertaking.
Matters went On quietly until few days
ego, when some man who had more talk
than common sense found out it might cost
him Is cents, 50 got his hack app and
commenced to kick.
The result is-nothing.
Water works are a sure 90. The CITY
will be bonded for the purpose of construct
ing and maintaining them; they will be
owned and controlled by our city We have
live mayor and city council, and the
Kicker will kick, the ''sucker'' will bite.
the man with push" will tget there''
Brigham city will "boom"-''aud in other
respects we are doing quite well''
CHARLIE.
BRIGHAM CITY, Jan. 30, 1892.