Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-20
ESSAY CAIGH" IN BEAVER
"Reminiscences OF His Old Stamping
Ground.
Csurt Postponed BuiIdiaEs aud Inns
Dying for
want Of Patronage.
spselal eore.pondsass 70 lhs nav.

BEAVER Fen. ls.--rhoss who were
waiting here with as much patience AZ
they could command Tor the solvent oi
the District court were thrown into q
state Of disappo ntment more or less
pronounced through message from
Judge Higgins announcing thu, the
term would 20 over 10 next week.
This vas because Of his being sum.
m0nsd 10 Salt Lake 10 cit for a while
with the Supreme court, which body
seems 10 need relniorotments continu-
ally, this being a necessary oulgtowth
Of all It, members having previously
been trial judges and prActlcing altor-
neys, In one or the other of which
capacities they frequently collide with
qualification anu have TO take n back
seat for the time being, each vacancy
thus created being filled pro temp0ro
BY n dittiict Judge. There IL no present
telling Just how long the fiiih district
tribunal Will remain IA this state OF
suspension, but probably not later than
Mon1ay or Tuesday next; meantime
the lawyers sod othots here who are
waiting for hottllitlss to commence
can 20 fishing. pay ball or MAKE them.
selves useful A. we'll ne ornamental by
saving wood, VI which there IL n good
deal 10 do, no coal being used In this
town.
Beaver, and ia fact all the coun.
try towns OF southern Utah,
show but little change from what they
were some yeafe ago. This 10 by odus
tho most progressive la tue matter Of
improvements, there being several
nav buildings some OF which are quite
metropolitan Ia appearance anu de-
| algui tut In places tho came rlcketty
old slabs span tho water bitches that
the people used u "teiefn on a score OF
yeafs ngO while practicing the funam-
bulistlc feat OF proceeding from shore
/ TO shore, the came array OF bullOeks
aud heliers patrol the highways. and 1
was shown one old hen who In
the halcyon days OF youth
hets and mine-uted 10 lay
an egg every afternoon, Sundays
executed, ana ia doing II yet.
Very few people ever die In Beaver, no
The population that 1 knew then has
changed very little, albeit there Ia n
go0dly array Of young men and women
/ lchisny unmarried, A. olsswhefel who
were then either Infants In arms OF
awaiting the summons 10 appsat on
this stage OF action. These / learn
from observation and contact are
physleally equal TO any, are fairly edu.
Gated, decidedly Intelligent and over.
wholmingly Republican In politics, the
laft condition not beiug necessarily 9
sequence Of the Others by any means.
Ihe Amusement hall here will by no
means compare with that at PaiOwAn
when the latter N finished, In FAC, there
will be- but few In tue State tnat will
do 20, and outside OF sAit Lake, Ogden,
/ Provo and Logan, | believe none ut
all. The Beaver hall IL, however, quite
connections ana tolerAbly well AZ.
pointed; II In built of huge cubes Of
stone, slate.ooloted, anu being un-
painted and undeeofaied, has more the
appearance Of country barn or gritt
mill than q temple VI Thespis. IL IL n
quarter Of a century or more old aud
internally IL n long way ahead OF what
II was when the writer used 10 tear
passion land sometimes n shlrtl TO
tAtIeTs on its "boards;" these were
not always securely fastened aud
unless tho actor was careful and vigi.
laht 10 Woulu nOmttlfnua mako an oNit
which bis part did not call for. Nails
are cheaper now aud all that 10 past.
The proprietor Ia Mfr. Jotoph Field,
than whom there IA not a more widely
known citizen In this end OF the State.
He has been engaged In business Of
various kinds TO an unusual extent.
At the time the writer rosidod here
Mt. Field was the proprietor Of n news
pager and Job printing ofiee, OF which
the iotmtT was the chief iAclOium;
Joseph also conducted the amusement
ball spoken Ola general mel ohandising
establishment, drug store, iAnnrfy
a harnsts'maklug establishment, a boot
anu shoe factory, a glus-making con-
Germ, wood yard, n hay market, o
butcher shop, and one or two other
Ihings that | have forgotten, 1t takes
man like him to build up n place, and