The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-16
BRIGHAM CITY BITS.
Big Business in Berries-ExamininE
the Gardeld-SaIt Lake Girl in
TrOuble-The PostOfice Bugahoo.

TrOubIe-The PostOfice Busahoo.
Brigham City, June IA big por-
ton of the people of this lively little
burg are just now up to their ears in
strawberries. Hundreds are engaged
in picking and shipping this luscious
fruit. Although the season has only
fairly begun, it is conservatively esti-
mated that between 80. ZOO and $4,000
quarts of strawberries lave been
shipped from Brigham City this week,
and that nearly a quarter of a million
quarts will be shipped from here ~
fore the season is over. There is IL
much money in the strawberry bust
ness here that large tracts of land are
now being devoted to the raising of
this excellent fruit. The Brigham ber-
ries are of such a fine size and quality
and rare flavor that they can compete
with any in the market. They are
now selling as low as so cents a case,
or about 4 cents a quart.
Several gentlemen from Ohio were
in town this week looking over the old
Garfield property, situated bout four
miles north of Brigham. After return
ing from a careful inspection of h
mines, they express themselves well
satisfied with the prospects. 1t would
appear as if these gentlemen are
stockholders in this mine, as it is
understood that considerable stock has
been purchased by persons living be-
yond the Father of Waters. This was
probably a delegation sent out pur-
posely to look over the property and
report to the eastern stockholders.
They will at least carry back a. good
belle them.
Mary Elizabeth Grice, giving her
age as 16, but with a form rather well
developed for so small a number of
summers, was found in Brigham one
night this week in company with some
travellers. h was taken charge of
by the police, to whom h recited a
tale of woe. She sale she was from
Salt Lake city and ran away from
home because her parents treated her
cruelty. The girl was detained here
over night and nex day was shipped
back home.
So much is contlpSally
arising out of the fact hat Brigham
City's pos flee name is Box Elder
and railroad name Brigham" that a
strong effort should be made TO aboI-
lsh one or tOther. II is said that if a
vote of the citizens was taken, it
would result in about SO to I in favor
of burying the Box elder"
A short time ago, G. F.. Harsling, a
Brigham pedagogue. bicycled from
Salt Lake to Willard, distance, 80 miles,
in less thar six hours. Harding didn't
say he was close on the trail of a
fast Ogden blocmer girl whose heels
he couldn't see for dust.
The stake conferences Of the pri-
~ q rio IOa1faF eAas.+s0- a~1 You've
Ladies were held in the Brigham
tabernacle Monday, Tuesday IN
Wednesday. Each meeting was IT.
tended by hundreds of members, a
large portion of the congregations be-
ing composed Of people from the
neighboring settlements.
The city police are having a lively
time handling the small army Of
tramps that seem to delight in making
Brigham their halfway house; and
the citizens are pestered to death with
the impudent, Sinking beggars-an for
the simple reason that the city does
not force these professional 6pOngers
to do a little laCOr while they rest
and feast in our midst. The remedy is
simple, but the application is slow in
coming.
At various times BrighaB 1tzens
ave buckled down and NHNE four
race tracks. All are still in Existence,
yet none of them are kept in 6t condi-
ton for a race. The bicycle boys
ought to build a couple or three
tracks also, then the town would be
"heeled."
The Indications are that there will
be no Fourth of July celebration in
Brigham this year. A sort Of apatheti-
cal spell seems TO have the town in its
Wnpatriotic grip.
The fields around this vicinity never
looked more glorious. Prosperity and
the very best indications of heavy
Yields of grains, fruits and vegetables
are seen peeping out from every nook
ana Granny of the county. From all
appearances only some sUch calamity
as the scOrching winds of Kansas can
now possibly blight the sanguine hopes
of the hardy tillers of the soil. Even
though they are not favored with an
other rain storm all Will be VET with
them on harvest day. Wonder II our
lear Republican friends charge I'll
these fair prospects to the goddess OF
Democracy, as they charged their ills
last year? OF course they do-not.