Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-21
SPANISH FORK.
Wave ~ Prosperity Exceptionally IIns
Crops iisr,estrd-Gd Educational.

Special CORRESPONDENCE.
spanish Fork, Utah Co. Nov. 20. -
This IL tho time Of year when bu-l.
ness ia at L. Hood tide horc Tho very
numerous wagon loads 81 farm prod
ucts delivered AT the stores ana rail-
road dcpots. added 10 the great number
~ large hnv.Htnclgs. herds. large and
smnll-of Tot heeyea aud sheep. gran
aries nllrd with cereals, pits with p0tu-
too and pocket books with no d~arth
Of coupons and cash are Indicative ~
pros porous timea. Then the hank de.
poHlta are nearly twice a. large this
year as compared with last year Their
sum IN the spanish Fork hank alone
IN IN the nvlHhhofhuod ~ fi00 00l Added
60 the great amount ~ stun sent by
rail-. onsi and west, Tintic draws con.
siderable supply from here In daily
wagon loads. Mr. Lars Lawrence aud
others Of this place run q regular rur-
avian % teams loaded with pigs chick.
ems, butter egHH, turkeys. etc, To that
camp and bring back with them, for
general distribution, thousands Of doi-
lars annually.
Under such conditions A. IL but ron.
ronnhle 10 expect that the merchants
are doing wen. Indeed. there N tem-
porary scarcity of clerks In some Of tho
storcs, "a rrent " the trade, The long
established Coon, store. with III many
dinncts-butchcr shop. harnosH shop.
shoe shop, gfllt mill eto. under tho
highly capable infringement of Super
intcndcnt John Jones, II running full
TIT on "a sound business basis. Other
stores, such az the Young Mons. Oran
Lewis. Hughes and Argy1o'n are having
fun share Of the trade.
Influenced by the rapid glowing bust.
ness " our town, Mr., James liutchln-
son has Just opened clothing store
with promise OF success aud Mr.
Lew Jones has nearly comnlttpd a
building on Naln street 10 be- used 90
a hotel.
THE BEET CROP.
a crop from about 400 acres OF boots
~ Of excellent quality with ouun.
tlly equnl 10 o good average. while
the price paid this season Is above
that Of previous years.
GRAIN AND ALFALFA SEED.
II IL estimated that 10000 bushels Of
wheat and about u 300 pounds VI lurern
seed have been raised this yenr Tho
luccrne seed, though, W but one fourth
of n crop. II sells readily Mt elk and
onc-hnlf cents per pound Tho out. bar
ley and potato crons have been un-
usually good, the demand falr, and the
prlcos reasonable,
EDUCATIONAL.
Tho inst ten weeks OF the school
year closed with gratifying results Frl-
day lRst, AZ tho Central, where eight
grades congregatei a vast picnic added
much aeHt 10 an excellent program
worthlly rendered, The program con-
sisted of singing by Misses Chrlnten.
sen, Rowe and Nelson, reading by
MNscs Mary nelson, Martha Farnaday
aud Maud Hicks, recitation by Misses
Jomimn Anderson, Jennie Jensen, Mary
Ann 1onaou and Esther Rees, Speeches
by Misses Jane Argyle, olivia Siringcr
Rozcttn Hanson and Emma Hicks, and
an oratOrlcal contest between Miss
Tavern Moore ana Miss Martha Holt.
The quaker Medicine company has
been doing an Immense business hero
for evoral days, ThrunRa OF people
nnod Dahle's han every night.
II IN sad 10 relate, that at such gath
erlnFa a. the last one mentioned, ns
well NJ many others, tho h0odlum ole
mpnt h rnnHpluuously IN evidence, who.
with ~ yoils and vicious conduct mar
all enjoyment, aud Is standing re- |
preach TO those whose duty II Is to to- |
cure pence and order.
The city has lust completed Il series |
OF drain dltohea on tho east bench-a |
long needed and valuable Improvement.