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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

Childs, Springville, and Harrison &
Co., Spanish Fork.
The principal onyx beds are to be
found in the mountains northeast of
Pleasant Grove and are chiefly owned
by Wadley and Dewey. Several car
loads were shipped from these deposits
to Chicago during the summer months
The class of onyx found in this neigh
borhood varies from pure white to a
chocolate brown.
Most of the onyx used in the city and
county building at Salt Lake City was
furnished by the Mexican Onyx com
pany and taken from the deposits near
Pelican Point, on Utah lake
These mines have been lying idle for
a considerable period, but the same
company are contemplating resuming
operations next season.
Culmer Bros, of Salt Lake City, have
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At a recent meeting held by the
Farmers union, over which the veteran
Farmer Rodger Farrer presided, the
output of grain and agricultural prod
ucts was fully discussed. From the
reports which came from the different
parts of the county it was learned that
the heaviest yield of grain was in the
vicinity of Spanish Fork and Lake
Shore. In. this section there are many
farms which bring 40 bushels of wheat
to the acre with the kernel plump and
healthy. Reports from the threshers
show an increase of about 10 per cent
over last year The price of wheat
being in advance of last year and the
yield considerably heavier is evidence
that there has been prosperity among
the farmers
In reference to the output Of
produce it is impossible TO even approx
mate. From the railroads it is learned
that about 100 cars of vegetables have
been shipped out of Utah county this
fall, but this is only a small portion of
what has been raised. A large amount
has been taken to market in wagons
and peddled about the mining camps.
c. J. Decker, who handles a, large
amount of produce as well as fish, re-
ports trade about 20 per cent higher
than last year
Phillip Speckart, who holds the key
20 the sheep and cattle sisrr+ion
that Utah county is being rapidly
drained OF horned stock. ~ h.
paving from l To cents per pound
more for beef and mutton this year
and has been compelled to go far into
the south to procure fatted beef cattle
and muttons
His business is shown by his books
to be more than 25 per cent higher
than last year.
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mer home provo City, but finally
concluded they would stay where they
We're and perform their part in making
the desert blossom as the rose" al
though the winters were long and try
ing, yet the soil of the valley was fer
tile, and the water supply abundant
The situation of the valley was well
adapted for raising hay, and for stock
raising the county could not be ex-
celled. The anticipatiOns of the pio-
neers have been fully realized. Among
the early settlers still living are Rob-
ert Broadhead, John W. Witt, George
Muir. John Hamilton and John Crook
The latter gentleman was a Utah dele
gate to the last irrigation congress held
at Lincoln, Neb. The spirit of thrift
which so characterized the first set
tiers has manifested itself in their pos
terity. The valley is we'll equipped
with water courses for its lands, which
yield their heavy crops of hay and
grain. Her hills are covered with feed
and fully half a million sheep and
thousands of cattle Craze upon the hills
of Wasatch county every summer. 1t
is valley of comfortable homes and
inhabited by a people noted for their
hospitality to the stranger entering
within their gates. Thrift and economy
are the watchwords of the people. Dur
ing the summer months the valley pre-
sentS a hive of industry and in the
winter season the air is filed with the
sound of merry sleigh bells Push ahd
happiness seem TO go hand in hand.
In all the departments of county. mu-
nicipal and school districts, there is
not q. dollar of Indebtedness. The Off
ces here seek the men and when the
latter are elected, like true servants,
work for the best good and benefit of
the whole people.
In the midst of prosperity which here
prevails, the educational, spiritual and
social needs are not lost sight Of. In
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HAPPY WASATCH.
County Where Prosperity Dwells and Debts Are IN
known.

Wasatch county was settled as early
as 1859, but under very unfavorable
circumstances. The county has an al
titude of $3.50 feet, consequently the
winter seasons were long and severe
to the pioneers, who were not so we'll
prepared for the extreme winters as are
their children of todaw. The first crop
planted in this valley resulted very I'M
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ference the president and board of di-
rectors are elected by the body OF the
church.
This institution boasts of the best
school library in the state, which con-
tains 5000 volumes. a physical and
chemical labratory has been estab-
hshed which is not to be excelled in
the inter-mountain region and the
X-ray apparatus cannot be duplicated
il Utah
Up 10 The present time. the enroll
ment reaches $50 students, which ex-
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manufacturing companies and also that
the waters have not been taken out to
irrigate the dry land adjoining Provo
City.
Reports of the county treasurer show
that the taxable property of Utah coun-
ty for the year 1897 aggregates SO, 5S5, :
1880 and brings a revenue for the
state and state schools of $50, 65S. "a, the
county and county schools of SAG, $50. Sc,
to the county school fund, $40, 67O.93. to
Prove City, 15,740.6S. and to the board
OF education Sl0.691.74.
The following table shows the amount
of taxable property. divided into dis
f1.ictS
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BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.
MINING OUTLOOK.

The mining outlook is better now
than it has been for some time When
the mines in Tintic, that is, some of
them, closed down because of the de-
probation OF silver, mining was stopped
all over the county. Prospectors did
not seem to have the heart to look up
new ground, and many declared that
they would not do anything until silver
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JUAB COUNTY. COURT HOUSE AT NEPH1

vaults and exhibiting them to the
world. Its period of dullness and bust
ness inactivity is almost passed, and
tomorrow may bring a down of finan-
cial brightness to one of the finest sec
tions OK Utah.
CATTLE AND SHEEP.
The cattle and sheep industry of this
county still carries its head at high
water marx. This county does a gen
eral good business, which brings a sure
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county, making large shipments out of
Thistle canyon.
Daniels & Holloway have sent out
many carloads from Spanish Fork can
showing has been made by the COM
panies operating at Salem, where the
red Thistle stone is obtained
A LEADING EVENT.
Among the leading events which
stand out prominently in the history of
Utah county is the fair which took
place during the second week in Sep
TENDER. This was voted a grand sue
cess and a large amount of credit is
due to Royal A Barney, r. Naeser,
Rodger Farrer, Mrs. Teenie Taylor and
many other notable men and women
of our country, for what was accom-
plished. Never before has such dis
plays of agriculture, horticulture, cat
tie sheep, horses, swine, poultry, man
ufactured articles, mechanism, art, etc,
been presented in this county The
good effects coming from the COMPETE
tons entered into are generally rec
ognized. 1t has given incentives to
greater perfection which will be patent
when another such an event transpireS
within our county.
SOME THINGS UTAH COUNTY HAS
Utah county has the greatest water
power and water supply in the state.
Nearly 600 square miles of land under
cultivation.
A beautiful fresh water lake in which
are large quantities of bass, herring
and other kinds of fish.
The best hunting and fishing in the
state.
! The largest wooden mills in the in
| ter-mountain region.
| A power plant capable of supplying
the entire county and adjoining mining
districts with electric light and power.
The only sugar factory in the state.
| The Brigham Young Academy, in
which will be enrolled during the year
1897 and 1898 nearly 1000 students.
| The Proctor academy, a sectarian
school, containing nearly 100 students.
Castillo Hot Springs, health resort
which is fast becoming famous
Provo Lake resort, located on the
shore of Utah lake, within three miles
of Provo City.
Geneva. a watering place on Utah
lake near the town of Pleasant Grove.
Two transcontinental railroad lines
and two local lines.
The state insane asylum.
A tabernacle capable of seating 5000
people.
wen equipped opera houses IN Provo,
Spanish Fork, Payson and American
Fork.
Eight wholesale houses doing thriv-
ing business.
Eight newspapers.
The champion college football team
of the state.
A splendid stake choir.
Six creameries.
Twelve lumber and building compan-
les.
Waterworks systems and electric
light plants in all the principal towns.
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the franchise. The management of
the road have signified their avowed
intention of completing this line and
it NAV be expected that before snow
flies in 1898 the proposed extension TO
Park City Will be q reality
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As to hogs there has been q slight /
advance il price and the farmers OF |
Utah county have supplied a large per- I
centage Of his demands.
A notable advance has been made in !
dry farming, the farmers having dis |
covered a method which brings into /
requisition lands hitherto unsubdued |
UTAH COUNTY OFFICIALS.
The people of these municipalities
made no mistake in selecting those who
have handled the government, and fl
nances Of this district during the term
which ends in 1898.
Judge Dusenberry, who occupies the
bench of the Fourth district court, has
dispensed justice in a manner which
has given general satisfaction. The
vigorous handling of criminals of the
class who prowl about at night, intent
upon entering business houses and
dwellings, and filching money at the
point of a gun, is a notable credit to
the judge, and has ELECTED favorable
comment from all over the state.
County Attorney Samuel A. King,
who is fast becoming recognized as one
of the foremost lawyers of the state,
has had signal success in procuring
convictions. He has shown exceptional
care in drawing up papers and filing in
formation, as well as deVoting con-
siderable portion of his time to bring
ing fugitives to justice, working in con-
nection with the county sheriff. Mr..
King has recently been admitted as a
partner IN the law firm Of King, Bur-
ton & King, the senior member OF which
| is Congressman w. H. King.
Praise is bestowed upon Sheriff Geo.
Storrs from all around and it is well
deserved. Il there ever was "a man
vigilant, keen and industrious in the
! performance of his duty, and one whom
his political opponents lauded, that man
is Sheriff Storrs.
The same record was made by Mr..
| Storrs when he acted in the capacity
of city marshal of Springville.
The county clerks office is ably con-
Quoted by George Havercamp, and the
same can be said of Treasurer Ellen
| Jakeman, and Recorder Hyrum Thom-
as.
| LEHI SUGAR PLANT.
The most important industrial insti-
! tuition in Utah county is the beet sugar
factory of the Utah Sugar company,
| located at Leh. This enterprise is of
| much more than local Importance, as
it was one of the very first beet sugar
| factories built in the United States,
and to its success is largely due the
numerous similar plants that are now
being established throughout the west.
The Utah factory was built in 1SSS-S9,
by a comapny of Utah's progressive
citizens, who expended nearly half a
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be readily seen that while the exporta-
ton is below previous years, a good
business is still being done.
The salt works of this city, that is,
the Nebo Salt company, We're recently
absorbed by the Inter- Mountain Salt
company of Salt Lake City, and under
their management, a great many i'm
provemerts are being made in the
works. The capacity has been increas-
ed, and the production has been CORE
spondingly larger.
The output Of the Nebo salt COM
pany, according to figures furnished
by Manager Cozier, is 100000 pounds
for the year, and they have a market
for the product in Utah, Colorado,
Wyoming and Idaho. The capacity of
the springs is six gallons per minute,
or %, 800 pounds of salt per day. From
each gallon of liquid from the springs,
three pounds of pure refined dairy salt
is obtained, through the medium of
evaporating tanks. The number of
persons engaged by the company is ten,
and it is in a most satisfactory condi-
tion
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.
The building operations in Nephi
during the past year have shown re-
markable increase, a number of fine
residences have been erected, and they
are mostly of the solid, substantial or
der One of these, the residence of
Councilman ALT Lunt. built by Grace
Bros. of this city, is built of the best
material, and is modern in style of
architecture, and it lends a solid air to
our city. Numerous other buildings of
like character are in course of erec-
ton.
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margin to the stock-raiser during the
year. According to estimates of some
of Our cattle men, nearly 5000 head of
cattle have been sold during the past
year to eastern buyers. and that, too,
at prices which the stock-raiser has
not had for long time. Stock in these
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GENERAL BUSINESS.

AS a general idea of the business
handled in Nephi, the following figures,
furnished by Charles Andrews & Co.
of this city, tell a tale: The total
amount Of wheat shipped by this firm,
which was received by them from
Nephi and Sanpete points, was 1920, 900
pounds: oats, 100000 pounds: hay, 1885,
coo pounds: barley, $4,000 pounds;
hides, 154, 900 pounds; pelts, $4,000
pounds; wool, 100000 pounds. So it can
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The schools are seemingly in a bet
ter condition today than they have
been and many Improvements have
been made for the accommodation of
the scholars. William c. Andrews. the
superintendent of the schools of Juab
county, reports the schools in good con-
dition. The attendance of the schol-
ars is better than formerly and the
teachers employed are better fitted to
fill their positions this year than be-
fore.
The citizens of Nephi take a justi-
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Helen Grace, are exceedingly liberal
and broad minded in their views, on
questions involving the interest of the
schools, as are also the citizens of the
city, and they, with the cooperation of
the people, are determined to make the
schools second to none in the state.
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parts are in healthy and fourishing
condition, the owners in a good many
cases having erected shelter accommo-
dations for the cattle, which they are
feeding I'D for the market, to shelter
them through the winter
The cattle-raisers are feeling good
over the splendid state of the market,
and it can safely be said that $4,000 to
100000 has been made in the cattle in
dustry OF this county during the past
yea-.
The sheep industry has received a
similar impetus. in that better prices
have been obtained for mutton, carload
after carload having been sent out to
eastern markets. The industry is still
growing, as several parties have pur-
chased herds from outlying counties,
having in expectation continuation
of the high prices which they have
realized or their wool during the past
wear
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MARBLE.

There has been a marked advance
in the marble industry Of Utah county
and some excellent stone has been
taken from the Curtis and Probert
quarries, near Springville. This is a
gray marble, suitable for monuments.
and is being used at the principal mar
Bile works in the county
In Thistle canyon is found the bird S
eye marble, which has its origin in
fossiliferous substances. Great guam
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What is regarded as one of the chief
pillars of the financial structure of our
county is the Provo Wooden mills, which
are the largest west of the Missouri
river. During the present year the
company have remodeled the mills
throughout, supplying the finishing
rooms with new machinery throughout
I7p-to-date looms have been put in, a
double set of boilers. new power and
steam apparatus, and the capacity has
been Increased 20 per cent.
This year a dividend of , per cent
has been declared. Last year it was
per cent, but the falling off is due to the
extensive improvements.
The following statement shows the
amount of business done in 1897, and
also 1896:
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Provo City,. E. ..........S2, 2O4. III 80
Provo bench. :. 800. :. 15S, SO. 90
Lake View. -. ... S9.442 80
Vineyard 49, 80. -. ....... 126. 1876 So
Highland 49, - 44410 90
p asant Grove.... =. .... 525.217.24
American Fork .. 719 POS. IA
IIchi.... -. -. ..... 9O7. 327 80
Fairfield. :. - 100, $50. SIS
Cedar Fort 80. ...... 144609 0S
Alpine. 49, 49, - 1900 90
Santaauin =. .. 175415 &c
Lake Shore. -. ..... 129, 760. 90
Benfa1nin... $500 $500 1876, 4SS. 05
Goshen. . 800 ... 3O7, up. SO
Salem. 49,. -. 49, 1880. II
Spanish Fork -. ...... 55,647. So
Spring Lake. 5000. 1880. OF
Springville -. -. -. $3.50, $50. OF
Mapleton.... 1928. SO
thistle. go ... $500. 251. 996 SO
Clinton. ...... -. - 113, $50. IS
Tucker. go. 49,. $500 1856 S95.11
p. Y. Junction. -. 156,903 SO
Net proceeds of mines...... 2O,S90. 90
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million dollars upon the plant. AS the
beet sugar industry in this region was
then in an experimental stage, many
obstacles We're encountered, but the
Utah companys courage never tagged
and it surmounted all difficulties.
to 400 tons per day, and it has a sugar
producing capacity of $50 bags, of 100
pounds each, per day. This year it has
consumed, in round numbers. 10, 600 tons
of beets, and produced 3,600,000 pounds
of sugar. It has paid to the farmers
for beets, about $4,000, and for labor
$4,000, thus distributing 100000 in cash
among the people of Lehi and vicinity
But for the blight upon the beet crop
this year. and the consequent short
product, these figures would have been
nearly doubled
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BIG POWER PROJECT.


Conspicuous among the enterprises
which have been established in Utah
county within the past year, is the
installation Of the Telluride Power
companys plant in Provo canyon,
which is now practically completed.
Manager L. L. Mum was asked to
give some facts in connection with this
work, and cheerfully responded. He
stated that the Telluride Power and
Transmission is the oldest power COM
pany in America. 1t was in 1889 that
this company was established, then the
pioneer plant on the headWaters Of the
San Miguel river in southwestern Col
orado. This was a 100 horsepower
plant, which was subsequently aug
mented to $50 horsepower additional.
In 1895 it was increased to 1000 horse
power. and in the same year the di-
rectors of the company commissioned
engineers to examine the water powers
throughout the intermountain region.
! The Logan plant was established in
1896, and in the same year two other
sites We're selected; one in Madison
/ canyon, on the Madison river in Mon
tana, and the other in Provo canyon,
on the Provo river. 1t was the intention
to erect a power house at the latter
site suitable for the installation of a
1900 horsepower, to have been COM
pleted in the year 1896
Trouble arose with the Rio Grande
Western railway, who claimed a right
of way in conflict with the power COM
pany, and the work was delayed for
one year, or until Mr.. De Lamar decid-
ed to close a contract for power with
which TO operate the Golden Gate in
! dustry. This contract was signed last
September, and requires the furnishing
of power for period of ten years.
1t is the determination of the COM
pany to install d 1900 horsepower for
the present, and as occasion may re-
ouile, to increase to the full capacity
of the plant
Mr. Num- states that the prospects
for the use of his power in the districts
of Tintic, Mercur, Bingham and Park
City are very iattering. There will
also be an opening for business in the
| adjoining agricultural towns. Before
Dec. Is the first current viii be deliv-
cred to Mercur. The fiume connected
with the plant is an ingenious piece of
mechanism, and dispenses $4,000 cubic
feet OF water per minute. 1t is con-
structed Of slaves made from Oregon
fir which can be bent around curves
and frightened with iron bands at WILL
No nails are made use of in the con-
struction of this fume.
Mr.. L. L. Mum, who is at the head
of this project, is g man of enterprise
anu uel-i illldlloll Ills elAoIlS III Otdn
county have been the means of putting
a considerable amount of money in
circulation.
Business men in this locality have
become familiar with the signature of
Mr.. Mum on the crisp bank bills is
sued by the Telluride bank, of which
he is president. Since October, about
$50 men have been employed in COM
pleting the work in Provo canyon. and
O. good percentage of the money maid
out for salaries has been expended
here.
MARBLE.
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PLASTER OUTPUT.

But one mile up Salt Creek canyon
are situated the works of the Nephi
Plaster company. They are pleasantly
situated on the banks of the stream
which has its rise at the base of ma
jestic Mount Nebo. On either side are
high hills, presenting a slatey-white
color to the eye. Here the tremendous
deposits of gypsum are to be seen. The
plant of the company is in splendid
running order. The company have in
their employ ten persons, and the ca
pacity of the concern is 100 tons per
day. The product is the finest in the
west. During the past year the COM
pany has shipped 4,64O,0OO pounds of
plaster to different parts of the United
States. They have supplied Utah en-
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was placed back to its old position
Lately, however, a better feeling pre-
walls, and new strikes are reported
every day. West from Nephi some
splendid ground has been found which
assays good values in the yellow metal.
and many new locations have been
made.
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LED in the stone quarry business in this
county, making large shipments out of
Thistle canyon.
Daniels & Holloway have sent out
many carloads from Spanish Fork can
yon during the past season and a good
showing has been made by the COM
panies operating at Salem, where the
red Thistle stone is obtained
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ceeds that of last year by about 100
The highest enrolment during 1895 and
1897 was 925. This year it viii pass
the 1000 mark
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RAILROAD EXTENSION.
Since the Rio Grande Western Rail
way company have been pursuing the