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

owned and operated by the county; an
opera house, capable of seating 700
people, a. new school building of stone
and brick, built the past summer at
an expense of $4,000, which viii be
ready FOR occupancy in a few weeks.
The pupils enrolled in the three divis-
ions Of the school number III. The
church of Latter-day Saints and a Sun
day school, under the auspices of the
International Sunday School Union,
embrace the religious organizations.
The L. D. S. church is about to COM
mence the erection of a new church
building, the present one being found
inadequate.
The preliminary work of organizing a
fruit growers association has been
started, and it will be in position to
take charge of the fruit business next
season. A cannery and evaporator has
been projected, and a company has
been organized to construct telephone
line to Thompson.
Five tons of alfalfa is the estimated
average yield per acre, there being
three cuttings.
The elevation Of Moab is 1000 feet.
The La Sal mountains lay rs miles to
the east, by the trails. The county has
granted q franchise for the construc-
tion Of = wagon road along the Grand
river to Cisco, and the work is now be-
w
open with it about one-half completed,
and the work has been going on but
three months 1t is the expectation of
the projectors to have it ready for the
passage of wagons by April l, when the
heavy traffic into the mountains will
commence. This route will give a. new
and better outlet to the railroad, it be-
ing practically q. water grade, and but
d few miles longer than the present
route to Thompson across the desert;
it will connect the principal valleys of
the country.
Little Castle Valley is 20 miles north
east of Moab, on the Grand river, and
runs back close to the mountains. 1t
has a present population of $50 people.
1t has a postottice (Richardson). and a
weekly mail There is a good school
with an average attendance of 25. The
valley lays in the direct route to the
La Sal mining districts.
WestWater is a thriving town in the
extreme eastern part of the county, on
the Grand river, and Rio Grande West
ern railway. 1t has a present popula-
ton of about $50, a school and daily
nail. An irrigation canal is being con-
structed, taking water from the Grand
river, from which several hundred
acres of land will be watered next sea-
son. The canal will be seven miles in
length. Near here rich placer ground
has been discovered the past summer,
and company is now putting in an
extensive plant for washing the ground.
The northern half of Grand county is
covered by the Room, or Book cliffs,
through which large deposits of coal,
gilsonite and asphalt are found. The
region is also heavily timbered.
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WASATCH STAKE TABEERNACLE, HEBER CITY

rock structure, about so feet by $50
feet, and has high tower in front
from the top of which is obtained an
excellent view of the valley. The in
terror presents a very imposing appear
ance. 1t has a gallery around the two
sides and front. at the back are three
pulpits or stands from which the apos-
ties and other leading Mormons dis
pense spiritual food for the Saints at
quarterly conferences and each Sab
bath afternoon. This is one Of the neat
est places of worship in the state and
is the pride of all the spiritual minded
people of the city.
President Abram Hatch has been the
spiritual leader of the people here for
a quarter of a century. Besides his
ecclesiastical calling he is interested in
a number of commercial and other en-
terprises. He owns several flour mills.
is president of the firm of A. Hatch &
Co., also has other interests both in
this county and in different parts of
the state.
The Methodist chapel is a. modest
rustic building. The Rev. Mr.. Hunt of
Park City, occupies the pulpit here and
advances his views on the plan of sal
walton to his congregation.
The Ancient Order of United Work
men has a, lodge here of about so mem
bers. Their club rooms are located in
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The poet said: God made the coun-
try and man made the town."
Men of energy and great foresight
made Morgan. The confidence of theI
Morgan people in the future greatnessI
of their city is not born of mere theory,
but is based upon past demonstrations
and the knowledge that at the very
gates of the city are resources which,
cannot fail to attract attention. It isl
rich in agricultural lands and mineral
wealth. Happy farmers, with their
rich homes, surround Morgan on ALL
sides, and today Weber valley is al
paradise.
One of Utah's enchanting spots that
cannot be excelled is Lake Como. This
beautiful bathing and pleasure resort
is situated on the east side of the city
limits. With it's large pavilion and
bOWeries, bath houses, plunge baths.
boating and fish lakes, it is one Of the
best summer resorts in the county.
These baths are fed from warm sui
phur springs. Its surroundings and
great natural beauties make it attrac-
tive to the pleasure-seekers.
In 1854 Richard Fry. Bishop Charles
Turner and Brigham Young selected
the spot for the metropolis of Morgan
county. Assisted by Surveyor ]. W.
Fox of Salt Lake City, the town plat
was laid out, on which now stands
Morgan City, the capital of Morgan
county.
According to the latest census, Nor
gan has a population of 800. Farming
is the chief industry. The people are
also engaged in various pursuits, such
as railway work, wholesale and retail
merchandising milling, mining and
creamery, lime and brick making. All
professions and lines of business are
represented.
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This unhappy condition is not the
result of the unusual financial stress
of the people, for in point of fact the
times are better than a year ago; but
the causes are traceabIe to increased
expenses and some mistakes in local
government. Among the latter may be
mentioned the high license on sheep
Our commissioners, believing that such
an ordinance would bring additional
special tax or license of 3 cents per
head on that industry. The result of
the license was the withdrawal of al
most all the sheep from the county
and the consequent loss of not only
the proposed license, but of the usual
regular tax. This loss was not merely
distinctly perceptible in our finances.
1t came as a heavy blow and extended
to all classes OF the people, as well as
to the home government. The sheep
men had been the main support of
many, and almost the only thing that
brought cash to the people. The pat
ronage of the people was largely with
draws from the county with the herds.
But even to the fraction which they
have spent here is largely attributed
to the improved conditions of today
above those of a year ago.
The expenses of the county, as before
SpiClOuS oIuUHS THESE was the prose-
stated, have been unusually high. Con-
cutiOn Of the Harry Mills murder case
The taxable property of the county
amounts to $500. COO Taxation for the
present year has been 5 mills higher
than last year. The people have paid
this uncOmplainingly and apparently
with less effort than year ago.
The years grain harvest has been
much superior to that Of last year.
Thirty thousand bushels would have
covered the county's harvest last year
whereas this amount was raised in the
three districts Of Circleviile, Junction
and Kingston alone
The mining industry was never
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look for the mining industry of the
county is considered very favorable.
Besides mineral deposits. we have
mountains of rock suitable for build
ing and paving purposes. On the Uin-
tab Indian reservation are inexhaust-
ible deposits Of coal and other miner
ais, which, when opened, will make
Wasatch one of the wealthiest counties
in this intermountain region.
The Wasatch Manufacturing COM
pany. run by Messrs. H S. Alexander
& Son, has one of the best equipped
plants in the state and is doing an i'm
mense business.
The Heber City flour mill, called the
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AttOrney.-JOShua Williams.
Surveyor-F. W. Clark.
Superintendent of SchOols.-Miss z.
Bohman.
A few years more will undoubtedly
see Morgan one of the busiest, largest
and most prosperous cities in the west.
1t occupies a point of vantage that is
hard to equal. Despite the many dis
couragements the people are still hope
full and confident, for they know that
capital cannot much longer overlooh
their claims. and that the future viii
justify their confidence.
The leading business houses are: u
G. NJ. L; Tucker & Tonks, merchandise;
Littleheld & EddingtOn. saloon; the
Williams hotel, II. Williams, prOprie-
tor; Thomas Poison, harness shop;
Heiner & Taggett, meat market; DR.
I. S. Wadsworth druggist; Dave Cool
bear, merchant; the Morgan hotel, Mrs
Stuart, manager.
The town has q good weekly paper
the Mirror, established two years age
by Matt r. EdsalI. 1t is now managed
by 0. 0. Davis and has a large circula-
ton throughout the county.
Among the Industrial concerns are
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Der shop, a cheese factory. dress
making and millinery establishment,
and newspaper, the Roundup. Many
nice brick buildings have been erected
during the past season, including
large store, hotel and residences. There
is no railroad at present in Rich coun-
ty, but there have been three lines
surveyed through the county, and in
the near future there will be railroad
running through this rich valley.
A telephone line running from Ran
dolph to Evanston viii be in operation
within few days. The telephone COM
pany has been incorporated with a cap
ital stock amounting to $4,000. The
poles are all erected, and the wire is
being strung. thus connecting Ran
dolph and Woodruff with the outside
world.
The main line will be extended to
Laketown, and probably through Bear
Lake valley to Montpelier, Ida, next
spring. 1t is also a certainty that a
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traversing the district. Randolph dis
trict has So miles of main canals, with
800 miles of laterals, watering So 800
acres, the estimated cast of the sys-
tenn being about $4,000 The largest
canals are taken out of Bear river and
are from Is to 20 feet wide.
Randolph is the largest town in Rich
county. and is the mercantile center for
"a large section of the country round
about. A well built brick court house
stands near the center of the town,
the building costing originally $1,000
The people are deeply interested in
educational matters, and have erected
two school houses, one of which cost
over $4,000 There are four teachers
employed, and the school attendance is
large.
The town has three large stores, all
of which do a fine business, and one
steam saw mill and two water power
saw mills, two brick kilns, two lime
kilns, three hotels, a harness and sad
derry shop, two blacksmith shops. bar
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potato yield was 10000 bushels, and
other products were as follows:
Wheat, as, 900 bushels; oats, $4,000; bar
ley 1000; hay, 10000 tons. In the coun-
ty there is $4,000 acres of tillable land
owned and 10000 acres under cultiva-
ton
Some of the. finest timber in the state
is to be found in Morgan county. The
mountain sides are covered with a
dense growth of pines, cedar, mountain
mahogany and maple. A number of
sawmillS are in operation.
The valley and bench lands are easily
irrigated, and the county is well
watered by the Weber river, Lost and
Canyon creeks and their numerous trib-
utaries, which also furnish abundant
water power. The community is COW
cred with a vast network of bitches.
MINING.
Morgan county is rich in minerals
but the people have paid little atten-
ton to mining until recently. Con-
ditions are now rapidly changing.
PROSECUTORS are coming in and many
important discoveries have been made.
Capitalists have become Interested and
several companies have been incor-
porated, and the outlook for 1898 is
very bright The principal work done
in this locality has been by the Garfield
Mining company, the Chicago Hard
scrabble company, Morgan Milling
company, Hardscrabble Mining COM
pany, and klondike Mining company.
A great amount of work has been done
in the Cottonwood district, in the
northwest corner of the county, and q
number of shipments made, with good
results.
The geological formation of Morgan
county is. of much interest The Car
boniferous, Devonian and Silurian
groups are exposed to the surface
from the north to the south boundaries
of the county. On the north end of
these erollns is sit1lated the Cnttnn-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
RICH COUNTYS INDUSTRIES.
Section Of the State That is Rapidly Forging to the
Front

Rich county occupies the northeast
ern corner of the Utah panhandle, and
it's chief Industries are agriculture,
stock raising and mining.
Randolph is the county seat, and is
located in Bear River valley. 1t is SO
miles from Evanston, Wyo., and is con-
nected by daily stage with the latter
place. It's population is about 500 peo-
pie, having increased about 100 dur
ing the past gear. The majority of
the inhabitants are engaged in farm
ing and stock raising.
There were 1850 bushels of grain
raised by the farmers of Randolph this
year, some farms yielding over 1000
bushels. The people of Randolph own
about 10000 head of mixed cattle. and
the sale of cattle and horses bring to
their owners about $4,000 annually.
The hay crop averages from $4,000 to
100000 tons.
The irri alton system is perfect, a
splendid n. twork of canals and bitches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
PICTURESQUE MORGAN.
Mining Resources Are Now Being Developed With Salts
factory Results.

Morgan is the picturesque county of
Utah, and she is richly endowed with
material resources. It has vast min
eral deposits, large bodies of building
stone, extensive areas of agricultural
land, splendid bodies of timber, invig-
Grating climate and abundant supply
of water. The topography of the coun-
ty is characterized by charming al
formation of wooded hill and arabic
valley. In these valleys are green
meadows and fields of grain, with here
and there the villages of the indus
trious farmers, with their small flocks
and herds From the mountain tops
you may look down upon the small,
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mines at Park City, the lumber in
dustry has not done as well. There
have been manufactured only about
sos. 900 feet of lumber
1t is impossible to obtain an estimate
of the number of bushels of grain
raised. The crop was not an average.
The hay crop was good, and thousands
of tons of hay were stacked during the
summer, to be fed to beef cattle during
the winter. for spring market
The cattle industry has been better
than for years. The price of beef cat
tie and sheep has been higher than
at any time during the last decade
Since Jan. / it is estimated that fully
100000 worth of beef cattle have been
shipped out Of this county. Hon. James
W. Clyde, mayor Of Heber City, is one
of the heavy shippers of cattle. Sheep
men claim that about half q, million
of sheep grazed on the hills of the
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branch line will be carried down Bear
river to the Beckwith ranch, distance
of 20 miles. Parties contemplate build
ing large grist mill here next sum-
mer, and creamery is almost a sure
thing. Business has increased so rap
idly during the past two years that one
of the mercantile firms will erect "a
large two-story brick store next spring.
as the one-story building is totally in
adequate. Many new dwellings, are
now in course of erection, and next
year will witness building boom.
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With the present prospects for improv-
ed transportation facilities. and
larger home market, the orchardists of
this region have prosperity in view.
Several hundred acres of orchard and
vineyard viii come into bearing an
other year.
LANDS FOR SETTLERS.
There are thousands of acres of fer
tile land yet to be claimed by settlers
in the valleys bounding these noun
tainS. In many instances water can
be had with comparative little labor,
while the reservoir system will solve
the problem of watering the most of
it. The so-called desert laying be-
tween the Grand and Green rivers in
Grand county, embraces a half million
acres of as good soil as found any
where. The water of Grand river can
be placed on this at an expense esti-
mated at near two millions of dollars.
A company has been organized in the
east to carry out such an enterprise,
and the prospects are good that a start
Will be made this coming year. 1t is
but a question of time when it Will be
done
MOAB
Moab, the county seat of Grand
county, IS situated near the Grand
river in the southern part of the coun-
ty, 80 miles by wagon road from the
railroad at Thompson, and viii be
about 40 miles by the road being con-
structed now to Cisco, along the Grand
river. It has q population of about
500. There are five general merchan-
disc stores, two saloons, two wagon
and blacksmith shops, a planning MILL
physician and druggist a millinery
and notion store, two hotels, two res
taurants, meat market, barber shop,
tin and sheet iron shop, a weekly news
paper and printing office, daily mail
from ThomDsons, and a daily mail to
Monticello, the county seat Of San
Juan county, 60 miles south; livery
stable, a ferry across Grand river,
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all the towns and villages Of the coun-
~ are school houses, churches and
amusement halls.
EDUCATIONAL.
The county has a population in the
neighborhood of $500 and about LOO
students are enrolled in its public
schools. Professor A Woolton, county
superintendent of schools, has held this
position for sixteen years. He considers
the outlook for the future in the county
along the lines which interest him most
as being very encouraging.
Besides the district schools. the New
West commission has a school at He
Der and about 100 students are enrolled
with Miss Stella A Eaton as princi-
pal, assisted by Miss Mary kugler.
HEBER CITY.
Heber City being the metropolis of
the county, here are located the princi-
pal places of interest Among the lead
ing features OF the city with its pop
ulation of 1000, is its magnificent dis
trict school house, which is a large two
story rock building, and as one of our
spiritual lights often says looks like
it had been let down from the skies.
In this hall of learning are some 400
or more of Heber's future men and
women preparing for duties in life, I'M
der the care of an able corps of teach
ers, with Professor Henry NJ. Arid as
principal.
The county court house and stake
tabernacle occupy a block in the CEN
ter of the city. The court house is
two-story rock building, equipped with
offices and vaults, for the county rec
ords. etc The upper floor has one
large hall in which are held the ses-
sions OF the Fourth district court.
The stake tabernacle is an imposing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

From the Chicago News: A person who
recently attended an art exhibition has
drawn up a set of rules to enable the
novice to know what kind of picture he
is looking at. He says that if a painter
paints the sky gray and the grass brown,
he belongs to the old school.
If he paints the sky blue and the grass
green, he belongs to the realistic school
II he paints the sky green and the grass
blue. he belongs to the imDressionistic
school.
If he paints the sky yellow and the
grass purple. he is a colorist.
If he paints the sky black and the grass
red. he is an artist of great decorative
talent, and may make posters if he per-
SeyereS
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they labor. The county school tax
for 1897 Was $1,523
Following is the roster of county Of
ficials:
Commissioners F. Bohman, Jo-
seph Durrant, James Tucker.
Sheriff.-Christophe Kofford.
Clerk.-D. A. Robinson.
Treasurer-F. A. Little.
Assessor.-James w Carrigan-
Recorder.-James Durrant.
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.PIUTE COUNTY IN HARD LUCK
REVENUES INSUFFICIENT II
PAY CURRENT EXPENSES.
Sheep Men Removed Their Sheep tc
Escape the Tax-Good Prospects
For Improved Conditions.

In the home government of Piute
county, finances are in a state Of about
81, 200 deficit for the present year, which
means almost bankruptcy for a county
OF such small population. The commits
sioners have laid over all bills for Of
fetal salaries for the present quarter
to be paid in 1898.
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Peoples flour mill, owned by A. Hatch
and Mark Jeffs, respectively, have a
capacity of so barrels per day. and are
each running their fun capacity
The latest industry to start up in our
progressive city is the Wasatch cream
cry. 1t commenced operations the
middle of the present month. So far it's
products have been eagerly sought af-
ter. This new institution will be the
means of placing $4,000 to 5000 per
month in the pockets of the people of
HAher.
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The Mystic Smell.

Z never knew" remarked the casual
reader, what poets mean by the spell of
imagination until today"
How did you find it out?''
Happened to notice how some of the
dialect writer's imagine words are pro-
nounced in certains parts of the country"
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county during the summer, and that
about S1S7, 600 worth of mutton has
been shipped to eastern markets
The production of honey is getting to
be quite an industry in this section.
Bee men report about 1926 pounds of
honey raised during the year.
There was time when people of
Heber City considered it impossible to
raise fruit, but now there are orchards
dotted all over the valley The fruit
being of the finest quality. The out
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EDUCATIONAL.

The population of Morgan county is
about $500 and there are 7O4 children
Of school age. Miss Emily Bohman
the county superintendent, reports that
there are IL school districts in which
there are three graded schools The