Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-21
CHARLESTON.
a TYPICAL nOBmoN rowS.
Thrift, Prosperity. aud the Highest Nor
aiity Prevail Dry rarm Experiments.


Thrift. Prosperity. aud the Highest Nor
aiity Prevail Dry rsrm Experiment..
Special Correspondence.
Charleston. Cache Co. nov. s0.--Thia
thriving little village nestles under the
mountains IN the northwrat part of
Cache Valley. cache County IL was
settled about thifty.HiN yclrH ago by a
few families. and on account W the lack
Of water and timber Cand these condl.
lions exist today had very hard time
for many years. \ few men started 10
farm the dry benches. aud although
they wcru laughed a.. uud made all
manner u sport o. thoy made rrnnl
success ~ II. An their rrlin n now
raised On dry farms. The ulu Inflated
lands have been turned into alfalfa or
hay land.
DRY FARMS.
Those dry farms last s.ar produced
100000 bushels of wheat This Ve4r
near 10000 bushels were harvested
notwithstanding The summer druth
AMI heavy trusts. To gI,s nn I.i,n of
what this people have done In dry farm
ing. u really must ha seen tn b. uiip
ppterinted Farms range GOO the way
from 80 tn 900 acres Ihn farmers lN..
tI1Wcd clear up to the base of tho
mountains. and every hil uni hollow
On tho benches az around AZ ID TO-.
suit NJ their success Doe dry Urmiur
thr people are we'll o. du. OF cuursp
the miles N wire fencing aud the most
expensive ana Improved farm mnahin.
cfy had 20 b. bought. and thia sapt tho
people dclying to pay on thoae heavy
expenses. but today no ward loo cache
valley IL morc prusperouH.
New public and private BUILDINGS att
e. fHHN ar
~ architecture. Tho old STONE school
building has been rmldnlrd. ami "a
new brick school hour HATS IUru bullt
costing 5000. The church has had
new roof. and they arr about decorate
INK tho inside.
Among the now residences that have
Hnfuns 40 IN the past year uu. those
~ MosarH. Archibald. iipHgie. gplrif.
Iriiiin, ana the UnrrunH. father mud
syn, nnd tho brothers Gudfrpd. each IN
these have built modern brick tntura
opating al the way from $500 10 81 Ooo
Ihic" public schools are ln daily srs.
Moni hno Sunday school nUurirhcs
IN We ward organizations ate wen
Elghtccn families have moved away
10 seek new homes. Some leupin want
the earth. These have gone 10 idaho
ana Cat ada 10 get moro room. Thuy
have sold their dry farms nt tho follow.
NtA NiNl'Hf ilNuAl nffNH. NIhsn. forty
a. 80. ana another eighty acres fof
The Charleston ward numbers $40
foulg. bishop John Jnr1iuo has pns.
sided over the wand twanty.thr.o
years, and under his fathoriy ndniiu.r.
tfatlon prosperity has come 10 Curi,s.
ton. ana be is beloved hy his rcunlo.
tn" ward ia free from debt. they nave
paii 800 ~ the new iirlrhum Young
college ~ Logan. und figi 90 tho rio.
nvrr Monument. being tho only WarI
IN tho Stakc that has paid ~ praulr.
ton in fun 20 this fund. The ward
has eleven misalnnarica iu The HELD and
hvc more win leave December 20th.
TYPICAL "MoRMON" SETTLE.
MEST.
During the thlrty-HlN ycarp that this
town has been settled thorr have been
no whisky shops. no Immoral house,
aud no llleRltlmatc child in this typical
'Mttm0u' 10ttlcmcui. nut MH could
have been said OF scores OF other towns
until what b. tcrinrd modern civllibI.
tlun cumc AMONG ~. Good hyaiih.
lrarc ana plenty nbIunl ThU'C lto
rn .ult In tho warl3 ouY Two agsd
papil1 draw a little Hurpit. -oul m
fmutfsd q little -four and "a. pins.
coal How ~ THIS fUr these dcluded
90 Mo- monuT San uur LEI tucrs
give 1g such % rCcgri Tot th,tt1-rix
gHIHHt ~ no. WhNfuF