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Sunflower Philosophy

Thank q man for an unexpected favor.
and then watch.
Foolishness is more respectable now
than ever before in the history OF tue
world.
1T is hard to do business" said busi-
ness man today, 'and compete with men
who do not pay their bills"
man who attends parties. or who Is la
love, should give one-half OF his salary
back to his employer.
A widower is saved from second mar
riage by his daughters as often as the wheat
is saved by the snow.
The morning times., 1897-02-24

A neat thread cutter for sewing ma
chimes that is always ia its place consists
of very small pair of scissors fastened
to the push plate in the proper position
to cut both threads a. once.
Small bayonets or knives for use with
revolvers have a long round shank to eX-
tend into the muZzle of the revolver
The morning times., 1897-02-24

Don't fail to take care of good shoes.
Don't put them away soiled and dusty.
When packing for q journey stuff them
out with tissue paper, so they will retain
their shape, and wrap each shoe in tissue
paper so il will not get ubbed or scratched
The morning times., 1897-02-24

passing shade Il came down here to be
quiet l wanted to finish the part Of
'Etruscan Sarcophagi relating to the Earli-
lest Hellenic limitations. I didn't want
to be bothered with what they call So
cety. Still, it may be as well, perhaps To
have an oxford man near me. l wonder
if he's classical? If so, l might get him
to revise first proofs for me. second eye
is always useful One sometimes Qverlooks
Il Greek accent gone wrong in a quotation.
The other day almost let lambanei pass
as proparoxytone! He may be useful, this
oxford man. III ask Mrs. Griffith the
name of him.
Three weeks later they sat together on
the heather by the Horses Head Rock Il
could put in welchif chose, but merci.
fully spare you); Miss Frewen with the
last batch OF proofs of "Etruscan Sarcoph
agi,' Mr.. Arthur Pelew-for 1t was that
distinguished young Chemist-with u vol
ume of William Watson, which he had
The morning times., 1897-02-24

Don't wear low-pricei shoe; they are
not cheap. Economize on something else,
if necessary. Good leather cannot be
bought for song, and shoes made to hell
at a bargain are seldom good shaped,
therefore not as comfortable, and certainly
donot wear as long.
The morning times., 1897-02-24

Don't polish calrskln shoes with liquid
dressing ii VIII crack them. The paste
that men use is the thing, and don't
put too much of this on or it will not
polish so readily, besides hurting your
shoe.
The morning times., 1897-02-24

Don't wear overgaiters unless to pro-
tect the upper part of your shoes from
the swish of your wet skirts in stormy
weather. This fashion is out of date,
looks nannish and makes the feet look
much larger.
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SHOE D0NT'S

Don't fail to rub patent leather shoes,
particularly new ones, with the palm Of
the hand until quite warm before putting
on, and ii " i'll prevent splitting and crack
ing.
The morning times., 1897-02-24

non't wear shoe run down at the heel.
1t is one of the things that detraets most
from the nicety of a woman's dress, and
it Will very soon spoil the shape of the
shoe
The morning times., 1897-02-24

Don't have fancy pointed tips ON your
shoes these days. they are quite passe
The proper kind is a plain straight across
one, with just ii single row of perfora-
lions TO mark the egde.
The morning times., 1897-02-24

Don't neglect Ia turn the uppeTs of shoes
down and put them 10y an open window for
an hour or two to air after wearing 1t
is more hygcniG, economical and fast I'LL
GUS
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pretending to read, though he was really
engaged in gazing furtively all the time
at Miss Frewen's hands, and Miss Frewen's
hair, and Miss Frewen in general.
She laid down the first set. May |
look:" he inquired, and took the slips
up eagerly. Then he murmured to him
self half unconsciously, "Monica!''
81 beg your pardonf'' Miss Frewen said,
looking up sharply from number two.
The morning times., 1897-02-24
ON RECORD FORH0ME RULE
The Board of Trade Takes a
Hand i'm Politics.
AT A SPIRITED MEETING

a Resolution Offered and Adopted
Suggesting That Local Offices BE
Filled by Citizens of the District.
Mr.. MIIard's Effort in Behalf of
East Washington.
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ITO be concluded.
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LLANFIHANGEL SKERRIES
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BY GRANT ALLEN.

I opyrighr. 1887. by Grant Allen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

Of which the red man reigned and roam
ed according to his own sweet will; but
now, at the beginning of the 50th year
of settlement, the timber, the game and
the red man are gOne-an vanished be-
fore the aggressive spirit of the pale
face. Today some OF the valleys are
converted into the homes of a happy
and contented people. The soil. which
has never yet been scientifically cult
waited, has yielded in great prOfusion,
cereals of all kinds, fruits, large and
small, vegetables and hay.
It is estimated that there are nearly
70, 600 acres Of land under cultivation
within the county. Artesian water has
been obtained in many places, and
thousands Of acres of idle land could
be brought under cultivation if the cap
ital was here to bore for water, or to
store that which we already have.
The yield OF small grains of all kinds
for the year 1896 was approximately
130, 900 bushels; for the year 1897 it did
not exceed $4,000 bushels, from about
the same acreage. Dry farming" is
fast becoming q feature in the industry
in the county and the great disparity in
the yield for the years mentioned was
due to the dearth Of rainfall in the au-
tulnn of 1896.
The average yield per acre on irri-
gated lands for 1895 was: Wheat, 80
bushels. oats, 60 bushels: barley, 40
bushels. and rye, % bushels. For the
wear 1897 these was a slight decrease
in the yield. The average yield per acre
on the dry farms for 1896 was nearly Is
bushels, While for the year 1897 it fell
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below eight bushels. The fruit crop
this year was better than last, both
as to quantity and quality. The yield
of tubers was about the same as last
YEA being about 200 bushels potatoes,
and 500 bushels beets, carrots, etc, per
acre There is a decrease in the hay
crop for this year.
The live stock industry is on the
wane, owing to the impoverished condi-
ton of the ranges, which have wholly
been given VI, to the maintenance of
sheep, the hardest Of all domestic an
froals. the jackass excepted, and they
now subsist only upon the STUDS OF the
native sage brush.
The county is rich in its minerals,
tpilding stone and lime quarries.
Mining has been confined almost
wholly to the Oquirrh range of noun
tains and q small portion of the Deep
Greek country.
The great mineral bodies have never
vet been prospscted- The Onondaga
range, vaster in its area than the
Osuirrh, has never yet been awakened
cy the echoes of the blast or the hum
of machinery yet values are found
sslonz its -sntire length at the grass
r3ots,v and mineral bodies protrude
themselves at irregular intervals across
she traeKless wastes.
To0ele county is divided, politically
into z3 precincts. road and school dis
tricts, and contains three Incorporated
cities and zen towns and villages. The
total assessed valuation of property
was, for 1886, s., 2G9, 23l, and for 1897, ST.
OBJ. ceS, being a decreased valuation on
real. and an increased valuation on
personal property and improvements. a
Eoodly Number Of lew residences and
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should be taken into account that An
nabella district is just completing a
fine new school house, at a cost of
about $4,000 She has levied 2O-mill
tax for five years to pay for the school
house ard defray the school expenses
Other districts that have erected new
school houses this year are Aurora and
Central.
In the county there are As schools, of
which II are primary, IS grammar, IL
mixed, and one high school. The last
is at Richfield, where it opened last
September the first high school estab-
iished in the county. It started with
"a students, and now has an attendance
of 40, still increasing. The principal,
w. A. Nelson. came from ogden. and
graduated in 1894 at the state univer-
sity.
On the last of last June 1857 of the
2,i40 children enrolled were of school
age, % under 6, and 81 over IS years
old.
The average monthly salary of Sc
vier teachers is $49.07 for males and
$31.40 for females. The Presbyterian
church maintains mission schools at
Saiina, Richfield and Monroe, and the
Methodist church at Elsinore
IRRIGATION INTERESTS.
In the Sewer valley portion of Sewer
county are about 200 square miles, or
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SEWER AND HER PEOPLE,
Rich, Prosperous and Populous Southern Utah County

$4,000 acres, of arabic land About
half of this $4,000 acres, is now under
cultivation In addition to this section
there is a considerable stretch of
farmed and grazing land in Grass val
ley, over Cove mountain east. Alto
gether the county is SO miles long,
north and south, and 50 wide at it's
widest points, east and west. This
year, by the termination of long tried
irrigation litigation, an agreement was
reached among contending water COM
panies which viii result in the doubling
of Sewers farming area and the fur
nishing of room and employment for
twice her present population of about
10000.
Largely dependent upon the outcome
of this water litigation was the great
est irrigation enterprise ever projected
in Sewer county. Last August the OF
ter Creek Reservoir company was in
corporated, with Richfield as it's prin-
cipal place of business, and a capital
stock of $4,000. It's officers are: Rob-
ert d. Young. president; w. G. Baker,
secretary, and William Ogden, treas
urer The directors are Yergen Yer
gensen, Peter Christensen, A. W. Bob
man, Simon Christensen, ]. A. Ross
BeaSon Lewis, Carl Hutchins and
James Fl. Wells, all the officers, direc-
tors and stockholders being Sewer
county men and corporations An ideal
reservoir site was purchased, Is miles
up the Sewer rivers east fork from
Junction, Piute county, and 81 miles
south of Richfield. The irrigation COM
promise involved $4,000 acres of farm
ing land directly dependent upon the
canals of the litigants. Then there is
an area of $4,000 additional acres, now
arid, Which will be made arabic by
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294 for 1896. The total tax levy was
the same for 1886 and 1897, being 21a
mills. The total revenue for 1897 is
$3,4S1, against $2,417 for 1896 On Dec
10, 1897, the city treasurer reported
$1,000 cash in the city treasury The
city has no debt. John c. Shields is
the mayor. The present mayor and
council retire on the first Monday in
January -.ext John c. De La Mar is
the Mayor-elect.
Tooele has seven mercantile houses,
two retail liquor houses, two butcher
shops, three shoe factories, three black
smith shops, one hotel, two boarding
and lodging houses, one postoffice, one
barber shop, one weekly paper, two
amusement halls, one school with five
departments, two churches, Mormon
and Methodist, two Sunday schools, one
choir, one dramatic company and one
uniformed brass band, one tailor shop,
two millinery shops, five practical
dreSsnakerS enc drug store, one phySi-
Clan and two dentists.
Tooele county more than held it's
own during the recent years of depres-
sion, and her people were we'll fed and
clothed, and While not wealthy, were in
comfortable circumstances; the wall of
distress has net been heard in the
land, and with the return of national
prosperity, and with her vast resources
of wealth only just beginning to open,
she is bound to increase in popula-
ton wealth and enterprise
Greater opportunities are not afford
ed than Tooele county offers for the
judicious and permanent investment of
capital.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL AT sALINA.

Ceilings $500 for his half interest, and
he and LisOnbee now own the place.
Much Of the little hill thrown up by
the springs is almost pure ochre. This
year John Beck and Max Sohr worked
it under a lease, and shipped ten car
loads of the umber for paint. Two car
loads are left on the dump. Samples
of the mineral have been sent to Lin
coin for analysis, and if results are
satisfactory. Messrs. LisOnbee and
Packard will work the paint fountain
vigorously next year, sending the min
eral to Lincoln, St. Louis, Chicago, or
the most available market, where a
factory is located. There seems to be
70 limit to it's amount, and much of it
shovels out almost pure paint, resem-
bling putty. Years ago the Monroe
folk used it to paint their adobe houses
Another group of Sewers noteworthy
springs is near Joseph, il miles south
west of Richfeld, and Richfield herself
depends upon a mammoth warm spring
for most of her water. The Joseph
group comprises 13, varying in tenn
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i've stamps. vanner and 40 tons per
Ray capacity. The ore is almost pure
sericite of lead and concentrates so
clear that it can be used as a suhsti-
tute for litharge in chemical opera
tions. In 500 grains of the concentrates
are found only four miligrams of sill
yer. Men versed in metals have stated
that the only mine to equal this was
once operated in China but is now
worked out. Professor Ball is one of
the Ball Electric Light company. New
York, whittier he was recently sum-
moned by the death of brother whose
business place he temporarily oc-
cupies. In time he will return to
Salina to work the lead property and
also to take onyx from a fine bed he
owns mile east of Salina Finely
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TRE. SALT LAKE HERAID SUNDAY. DECEMBER a8 1897

Collections are somewhat easier and
losses on accounts amount to about 3
per cent.
Peter A. Droubay of Tooele city car
rieS the largest stock of goods.
There are two Touring mills in the
county, one at Mill crossing, near the
shore of Salt Lake, re other at Too
Gle. The mill at Tooele, owned by j. c..
Sharp and c. r. Mcbride, contains four
double stands of rolls, has a capacity of
so barrels, and is provided with water
power.
{. r. Mcbride has leased this mill
and now has the sole control.
During the year he has purchased
q, 1000 bushels of wheat at an average
price of rs cents per bushel. The mill
has manufactured as a merchant mill,
S00 600 pounds of -four 800, OGO pounds of
bran and shorts, 10000 pounds of
screenings, LOCO pounds of germade,
5000 pounds of chop wheat, 5000 pounds
of COW feed, $1,000 pounds of chop bar
ley and $4,000 pounds of chop corn be-
sides doing the custom work of Tooele
and Vernon amounting to $1,000 bush
els of wheat, $1,000 pounds of corn and
10000 pounds of barley
Mr.. Mcbride has sold 1000 pounds of
his product, mostly -four, at Mercur
alone, and has not lost one cent, and
none Of his customers have yet asked
their account to be carried longer than
80 days.
TOOELE CITY.
Tooele City is the county seat 1t has
a population of 1000. The total assess
ed valuation is $165, against $162,
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law requiring the recorder to paw over
to the county treasurer all fees collect
ed by him.
The Mormon religion largely prevails
throughout the county, and the church
has its organizations in nearly every
town and hamlet.
The number of poor, wholly and par
tally supported by the church, is So.
Hugh S Gowans, Charles L. Ander-
son and George r. Richards constitute
the presidency of this stake of Zion.
The number of criminals confined in
the county Jail during the year was
five.
The schools throughout the county
are in a better condition than ever be-
fore as pertaining to building and ap-
planes, number and efficiency of in
structors, general attendance and fnan-
cial condition
The school population is 1904, as
against :, AS for 1896 The total reye-
nues for school purposes amounts to
about IS per capita.
There are 10 schools in the county,
the two largest being at ToeeIe and
Grantsville- The academy at. Grants
vile is a substantial adobe building.
The school at Tooele is an elegant
brick structure with three floors. The
building is not yet finished. and has.
to date, cost trifie less than SIS, 900
Tooele is the only district in. the county
that has bonded Indebtedness. and
there they issued bonds for IS, 900 bear
ing 6 per cent interest.
BUSINESS INTERESTS.
There are IS mercantile houses in
the county, Mercur excepted. whose ag
gregate value of stock approximates
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ature, and the desired heat can be at
tanned IL. any kind of weather, simply
by combining streams from the various
springs.
Only a few rods north of these
springs are others, entirely different
The water Of all of them is OF uni
form temperature of 12O degrees. About
them they have deposited sulphur and
iron for ages, until they have builded a
little mountain of their own. In its
summit is followed out a pool where
the sulphur water collects.
In $780, II. E. Lisonbee and David
Ceilings located this ground for lum-
Der, and have used the pool for dipping
sheep. 4 more perfect sheep dip could
not be made by man. About year ago
Milan Packard Of Springville paid
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other buildings were erected during the
years 1867.
The total revenue for the county was,
The tax levy was. for the two years
under statehood, mills for county and
2 mills for county school purposes. Sal
aries paid to all the county officers for
the year 1897 approximate $1,000 per
quarter, as against $500 per quarter
for the year 1896. The county is free
from debt, has some money in the
treasury, and its warrants are worth
their face. The recorders office has
filed for record during the year 1900
instruments, as against 1921 for 1885,
and has turned into the county treas
ury, as fees collected, $2,e1475, as
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FACTS ABOUT TOOELE.
4 Great Big County, Where Peace and Contentment
Reign.

1ooele county is situated in the. north
western part of the state, and contains
an area Of nearly 1000 square miles, and
|Mhlle 1t embraces within its bounda-
Irles more sterile lands than any other
county IL the state, and the water sup
ply is very limited, yet it is blessed
With an excellent climate, an album
Ioance of fertile soil and a frugal,
thrifty and intelligent people. It's prin-
sclpal mountains are the Oquirrh. Onon-
Idaga and Cedar ranges. In the pioneer
Edays these mountain ranges were COW
Tered with vast forests of pines, fir
scuaking asp and cedar timber, and pro
.Vlded haunts for countless myriads of
wild game and savage beasts, over all
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according to the census of 1895, is
Annabella 33S, Aurora $780, Burrville 119,
Central 22S, Elsinore 500, Glenwood
452. Gooseberry SO, Joseph $50, Monroe
1,151, Plateau 1873, Redmond 400, Rich
field 1S17, Salina 1922, Vermillion 243
and Wallsville 49, Since that census,
however, the population of the county
has increased at least 20 per cent.
SALIVA AND HER SALT.
Salina town is we'll named. Salt
surrounds her on six sides, north, east,
south, west, under and inside, for the
water she drinks has not lost the
SAVIOR. Salina is one of Sewers bust
ling, best and biggest towns. For some
years she was the terminus of the rail-
road that extended south to Belknap
in 1896, and was then headquarters for
wool and stock buyers for a large
scope of adjacent country. Even since
the steam civilizer pushed on to pas
lures green, Salina is characterized by
the nip and push that goes with and
follows the railroad. Salina people,
generally speaking, are above par in
liberal thought, broad-guage human
ity and progressive energy.
The Salina salt company has been
doing business nearly four years. The
base of supply is the Willow Greek
mine, seven miles northeast of the
town. There are 60 acres of rock salt
formation whence the company mines
and hauls. Ali over this go acre tract
the crude salt comes in strealls of
immense size. Most of it is 93 per cent
pure, the waste being q red clay, and
often are found pieces from which all
the refuse has been washed, leaving
nothing but beautiful crystals of salt.
Operators have been down 40 feet be-
low the surface and find the salt
grows purer with depth. There is no
telling how much of it is there. The
Salina folk claim that by ANALYTICAL
test their rock salt has been proved the
clearest of any in Utah. The COM
pany's plant, which cost $1,000, is
equipped to reduce the mineral to a
first-class table, dairy and packing
article, and ever since it started work.
ing it has been unable to supply the
great demand. The capacity of the
works is 1900 pounds per day. Ever
since the Salina company started it
has paid WE'LL selling in all about 500
tons of dairy and table salt, besides
the large shipments of rock.
UNIQUE LEAD NINE.
Up Salina canyon, three miles south
east of Salina town, is q lead mine
whose like is not known in the world.
Ore to the amount of 10000 tons has
been blocked out and there seems to
be a whole mountain of it present.
Professor r. E. Ball, who owns it, has
done 500 feet of development work and
placed on the ground a $4,000 mill of
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Many of the schools are obliged to con-
tent themselves with poorly paid and,
therefore, inefficient teachers. The
school population is only ESQ.,
The future prospects of the country
are encouraging. New settlers are COM
ing in and the higher prices of grain,
wool and cloth cheer the Woodworking
industrial classes, which form the pop
ulation of the southern counties of
Utah.
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lishment of Marquardsen, Jensen & Co.
Mrs. Charles Anderson is in the hard
ware and furniture business, and J.
Ostlund carries a stock of general rner-
chandise. Henry c. Larson and D. P.
Jensen have launched livery stable
in Elsinore this year. and c. w. Sny-
der . saloon Alma Frandsen is the
towns principal live stock dealer. zElsi-
more has a good roller mill, provided
with both water and steam power. Its
grist this year was larger than that of
any year before.
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healthier at Marysvale than at present.
me law is forcing the miners to make
oesper explorations than formerly, and
sae result has been salutary, revealing
mere valuable ore.
me schools cannot be said to have
silil'sOEeo- The population is not large
enough TO command q sufficient share
81 the state appropriation to insure
more than 20 weeks Of school annually.