The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-17
Some Lucky Farmers Find
Themselves Rich.
NUMBER OF CASES CITED.
FIELD OF OATS THAT AVERAGED
sixty BUSHELS.
One Big Wheat Field Averaged
Forty-Three Bushels to the Acre
Mail Carrier Arrested in Wayne
County For Robbing the Mails
Rushing Work on the Provo
Power Plant.

Logan. Sept 16.-Your correspondent. |
in interviewing farmers from the ex-
IRENE north and south of Cache county |
regarding the wheat product, the re-
suit Of dry farming, is enabled to re-
port the following list of individual far
mers:
From Lew ston precinct in the north,
Bishop William H. Lewis, 1000 bushels
OF wheat His land averaged 4S bush
els to the acre. the entire district aver
aging 25 bushels to the acre.
Pond Bros. 5000 bushels; A l. Hy-
ers. 6.0o0 bushels; Hendricks Bros, 1000
bushels: William Rigby, 5000; a d.
Smith, 2,0e0; w L. Allen. 5000; oscar
Pope, 1900; Jefferson Emerson, 1000;
William Bowman, 5000: F. NJ Steven
son. 1900; Henry Spalheplan, 1000;
Newell Builen 5000, Bergensen Bros,
1900 and many others ranging from
900 To 1000 and over The above IS the
estimated number of Bushels
AT WeusviHe and vicinity. south end
OF the valley:
4 William Murray. 240 acres. 5000 bush
els; =. 7. Stewart. 150 acres, 5000;
BRADSHAW Bros. $50 acres, 5,00Gi OAR
ley & Sons, 225 acres, $500; Bishop w.
n. AdQE0n cons GoV rASlSSf 'fNN'1
Levi Garrett, $50 acres, 1000; Barker
Bros. $50 acres, 5000. AS in the case
Of Lewiston many run as high as 2,a8V
bushels. The average yield per acre
in this section is estimated al Is bush
els.
Bishop w. H Lewis Of Lewiston had
70 acres planted 10 oats TINS season,
which averaged 60 bushels TO the acre.
Moroni Stocks Of lewiston who is in
Logan today, stated that six threshinG
machines have been running for three
weeks part at Lewiston and three
weeks longer run viii be necessary to
finish the thrcahing for this year.
MIXING OF THE SMITHS.
Thomas H. Smith. who lives near the
DEPOT. received notice from Governor
Wells of his appointment as commits
sioner to eXpend the money approprl-
ated by the legislature last winter on
the road batUeen. Cache and Bear Lake
valleys And Commissioner Hyrum
Hayban received from the governor
notice of the appointment of Bishop
Thomas X Smith of Logan. Fourth
ward. to the same position, and he had
notified the bishop of this fact. S'on-
missioner HaybaH called up Secretary
Hammond this morning by telephone
ard learned through him that Thomas
II. Smith is the appointee. It appears
by Mr. HaybalI and others that Thomas
X. Smith was first appointed, but ow-
ing to the strength Of Thomas II. 8 Pc
fition the appointment was reconSld-
cred to the disappointment of Thomas
Y. Smith.
AN ELECTION COMMITTEE.
The Logan city council met in regu-
lar session last night. With President
John z. Carlisle in the chair.
In connection with the regular rou-
tine work the following business was
transacted:
The specfal elections committee re-
ported and recommended that q per-
manent committee of three be appoint
ed on elections. whose duty it shall be
to instruct the proper officers in all
election details, also recommended that
SIS be appropriated with Which TO pur-
chase from the county one-naH IN
terest in the booths and ballot boxes
70 be used at the coming election. The
report was accepted and adopted. Pres
i1ent Carlisle appointed w c. Gates,
William n. Thoms and Joseph Tarbet
election committee.
Marshal Mccullough asked that a
new ordinance be enacted that VIII
compel all persons TO remove from the
banks of running streams all OUT houses
and corraIs that are calculated to be-
foul the waters; that said ordinance be
made TO cover all the conditions he had
found existing, which he explained.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on ordinances.
The auditor was instructed to pros
cure a copy of the state laws OF 1897
for the use of the council.
The surveyor was instructed to fur
nish the council a map showing the
municipal wards, also those of the cleo
ton districts
The salaries committee recommended
that the salaries of city officers for the
next two years be fixed before the po-
litical conventions meet.
The salaries committee will meet next
Monday evening TO prepare an ADJUST
rnent of salaries to submit to the coun-
ell at their next meeting.
Anfhon Anderson, the wood worker
of Main street has bought out the Pc
terson mill property of Logan, Second
ward, at cost Of $3.50 % "a Wlli move
his business there in the near future
When Christian CART of Ogden will
omen uI business in the place Ander-
son now occupies.
NJ. H Farpes has completed Che tin
roof Of the addition to the Lewiston
school house, The addition is much
larger than the original building
The postoffice department at Wash
ington has asked for bids for carrying
u,aa over the star routes of Cache
county.
James Yirkbride. ex-sherif Of Cache
comfy, and wife, came to the Temple
City last evening from their home 81
Alton, Star Valley, Wyoming He re-
ports excellent crops there this season
and no frost up to the time he left
There are many cattle buyers ir
Cache valley this fail. Cattle of al
kinds are bringing good prices, and arc
getting scarce
David Jensen and Nora Findland
both OF Preston, Ida, were united ii
The hold bonds Of wedlock at 9:3t
o'clock this morning by Justice Will
liam n. Thomas.
Bishop William H. Lewis Of Lewis
ton. one of the trustees of the Brigham
Young college. is doing business today
in the Queen City of the West
A pleasant party was given last even
ing at the home of Mrs John Needhan
in honor of Mary Wright. mother o.
Bishop J. r, Wright 1t was the occa
sion of her 94th birthday. Mrs. AIDE
line Benson, ga years old, wife Of Apos
tie E. T. Benson; Mrs. Mary A. Maughn
81 wears. wife of Bishop Peter Maughp
and others. Mr.. Needham is ~ years
old. They were associated at Nauvoo
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