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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31


acres of rich farm land in the western
PARTON of Weber and Davis counties,
but up to last season only early crops
could be grown as the supply of water
ran short during July and August By
the construction of the dam at an ex-
pense Of about $50, 900, reservoir ample
for the storage of sufficient water to in
sure a good supply all the season was
made. This permitted the farmers of
Layton, Roy and contiguous places to
grow small fruits, sugar beets and in
fact all kind Of produce grown else
where in this locality. Three crops of
hay are now insured. where but two
could be cut before. and the quality Of
grain crops also enhanced The value
of each acre of land watered by the
canal was undoubtedly doubled by the
reservoir and already efforts are being
made by the Wilson and Hooper resi-
dents to increase the size of the reser-
voir and let the land of those districts
be watered from the. canal.
E. P. Ellison. Layton. is president
of the company. and ]. C. Nye Ogden,
is secretary.
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half of the fruit shipped came from
the orchard of o. w. Warner.
Fruit Industry Thriving.

Fruit Industry Thriving.
The fruit industry is yet in its in
| fancy, not one-tenth of the acreage now
in fruit having yet reached the bear
ing age. The great drawback is the
| long haul in wagons to the railroad,
thirty-five miles distant, over not the
! best of roads.
The state appropriation of $500 is
now being expended on this road and
will do much to aid the fruit grower in
getting his crop to market. Until the
large body of land lying between the
Grand and Green rivers in Grand coun-
ty (the largest single tract of arabic
land in Utah, estimated at 100000
acres), is made available to settlers by
! the building of a canal for irrigation,
which means the expenditure of several
million dollars, this section cannot be
estimated high in agriculture.
The comparative small areas of land
under cultivation at Moab and Little
Castle valley. and along the Green river
near Green River station, are not suffi-
cient to supply local demands for hay
and grain, demand that the develop
ment of mining is greatly increasing.
A large section of this land lying along
the Green river opposite Green River
station on the Rio Grande Western
railway. has been located by the state
under its grant from the general gov
eminent. ana a survey EndOe Dy an IT
rigation company with a view to re-
claiming this land with water from the
Green river. Another year will doubt
less see that section Of Grand county
increasing in popularity. A colony Of
fifteen families from Emery county is
preparing to settle on the so-called
desert" at a point about ten miles
south of Thompson Springs, on the Rio
Grande Western railway, relying on
storage reservoirs for water supply.
A start was made toward contracting
reservoirs at this point about ten years
ago and was abandoned. but the work
will be renewed this winter by mem
beers of the colony.
The road between Moab and Cisco
along the Grand river. which is being
constructed under toll road franchise,
was so far completed the past summer
that a wagon can pass from Moab to
Little Castle valley, distance of fif-
teen miles, where it connects with the
old county road to Cisco. This makes
travel easy between the principal VAL
leys of the county, the only means of
passage with wagon before being by a
long and difficult route via La Sal
mountain, from two to three days be-
ing required to make the journey. 1t
can now be made in less than five
hours. Provo and Salt Lake parties
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pay big returns on the money invested
The dairy interests of Cache are
worth more than passing notice. There
are seven large creamerieS in operation
In the county, and their output yearly,
at a conservative estimate, is 200, 900
pounds of cheese and 100000 pounds of
butter while thousands of hogs are fed
on the by products of these dairies.
Lorenzo Hansen, the pioneer dairyman
OF the state, has the largest Interests
of this kind in the county. Last year
his output was $4,000 pounds of cheese,
10000 pounds of butter, made from T.
OC0,000 pounds of milk, the product be-
ing marketed for about 100000. In ad-
dition to this, he fattened and sold 1890
hogs
There dairy products are unexecelled
in qualify and find ready market at
the highest price in Salt Lake Butte.
San Francisco Portland and Seattle.
The value of last years dairy output
is placed at S175.000, a. considerable item
of revenue to the farmers of the county.
from whom nearly all the milk used
is purchased.
The commercial distribution of this
vast yield of agricultural products is
carried on by about 100 firms, capital-
lied at approximately $1,000 600. and
Which do a yearly business Of more
than the amount named.
Inc ngureS OF 1885 are given because
accurate estimates Of this wears pro-
ducion have not yet been obtained. 1t
is safe to say, however, that with the
exception of grain, potatoes and hay,
this years crop equafed that of last.
The. grain, potato and hay crops were
poorer THIS year than for a long time
past, not over two-thirds of last years
Yield being harvested.
Logan, OF course, Is the main dis
tributing center, and the largest bust
ness concerns are located there In
that city, too. the greatest progress in
the matter of industrial development
has taken place.
Manufactures and Improvements.
Logan City boasts of varied indus
tries that as yet are in their infancy
One of these that has shown consider
able growth Of late is the manufacture
of knitted goods. Three factories are
located here and each institution is
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unwatered farms which have been un-

unwatered farms which have been un-
der cultivation but a comparatively
short time. Fifteen years ago. dry
farming in this county was considered
impracticable and Improbable; now,
however, the unwatered region is the
most profitable, producing the best
grain at the leas. cost, and farmers
have climbed as far up the mountain
slopes as blowing and harvesting are
possible in their efforts 10 place under
cultivation every foot of the valley 5
fertile soil
But the production of the staple GER
calls is not the only great agricultural
resource of the county. Every year a
quarter of a million bushels of pota-
toes are raised here. from 10000 to $4,000
bushels OF corn. $500 bushels of apples.
5000 bushels of plums, 1900 bushels of
pears and a vast quantity of small
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the Office is a little over LOO per day,
and the total weight OF first-cfass Og-
den mail matter handled per day is
about seventy pounds. The entire
amount of matter handled is about
three times the amount originating in
this city, The second-class matter
shows about sixty pounds per day; the
third and fourth-class. fifty pounds.
The weighing of classified mail is a
new regulation, and no comparisons
with last year can be made as to bulk.
However, the money order and stamp
p departments show increase in revenue
and business volume. The number of
money orders issued in 1898 was 1,S26.
This year shows a slight decrease in
number, but the amount &c the past
year. up TO about the middle of De-
cember, showed a total of S94, $3.50, an
increase of about s., 900 over last year
The amount paid up to the middle of
December last showed a little over
$4,000, an increase of nearly Sc, 900
over last year.
A notable fact is that $45 900 more is
sent into the town by this method
than is sent out. The stamp sales real
revenues of the Office the past year
were $26,356, about $4,000 greater than
the expense of maintaining the same.
Through registered packages averag-
ing 500 per day are handled at the Of
flee. and local registry letters are re
ceived to the average number of over
$1,000 per quarter.
Charles Meigham is postmaster,
George j. Kelly assistant, and the fol-
lowing constitute the clerical force:
Frank Costello, Bert Richey, Frank
Clayton, NJ. o. Corey and Miss Edna
Thomas.
STREET CAR SYSTEM.
During the year the Ogden Electric
Railway company constructed two
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and stock-raising is still one of the
important sources of Cache county's
wealth. Year by year the husband
man has crowded lack the herdsman,
until the hills alone are left for the
cattle raiser, but by pasturing his
animals there in the summer and feed
ing them in the valley in the winter
he is still able to make his BUSINESS
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located the offices OF the county corr
poration.
The officials OF the county are given
below:
District Judge-Charles H. Hart.
Board of Commissioners = James
Meikle chairman; II. +. LilienquiSt
and Thomas Muir.
County Treasurer-Samuel w. Hen
dricks-
Sherfff-Emer Crockett.
Attorney-Frank K. Nebelxer.
Clerk-John w. Owen.
Reccrder-Miss Bessie Morehead.
Assessor-Walter w Jones'
superintendent of Schools-W. G..
RAYMOND.
Sur-veyor-J 6 Baker
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The Columbia club, formed in No
vember. 1898, by a number of unmarried
young men, had a very successful year
as social organization. Reading and
game rooms COSTLY fitted up. are MAIN
tanned on the second floor of the Loan
& Trust building. The club numbers
about seventy-five members. The Off
GERS are: W. L. Watts, president;
Joseph F. Burton. vice president; J. F..
Grant, jr., secretary; Hermann Kuchler,
financial secretary: assistants, Gus
Wright and W. G. Webb; Charles Hol-
lingsworth. treasurer; James Hassett,
c. S. Croker, H. r. Macmillan, a. H.
Sanders, Charles r. Hollingsworth.
Robert Robinson. Fred Massa, eXecu-
tive committee
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Where Were Others.
New York Press.

Il married YOU he observed, for your
self alone. but now"
1t was clear the honeymoon was on its
last legs.
Now I find have got the whole fam
fly
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OGDEN CITY.

The assessed valuation of Ogden City
property for 1899 was S7,515, 076, about
three-quarters Of the county's wealth
being in the city.
There was about $4,000 collected for
the city in taxes. and other revenues
about $4,000. Taxes yet to be collected
Will swell the total revenues to $103. 120
A notable Improvement during the
year was the paving of TWenty-fourth
street from Washington to Grant
avenues, the material being macadam.
The cost Of this work was about 50, 900,
as much Of the rock used had been
broken by prisoners in the city stock
ade during the two years previous.
The expenditures of the principal de-
partments during the year We're: Po-
lice, $10619.72; fire, S11.914.01: streets,
s9,2S3.10; water supply, $6.042.SS; street
lighting, S5.24S; estimated other ex-
penses, $1,000; total, $11OS45.62.
The officers Of 1898 were:
John a. Boyle, mayor.
Z. H. Anderson. recorder.
Mrs. II. S. Emerson, auditor.
E. N. Allison, jr., city attorney.
Robert A. Moyes. treasurer; E. T.
Hulaniski, justice of the peace.
Councllmen-Thomas E. Browning,
president OF city council
First NNard-Job Pingree, John Jenk-
ms.
Second Warc-J. E. Williams, Martin
Cullen.
Third Ward-Myrtillo Shaw, NJ. L.
Jones.
Fourth ward-A. L. Brewer, E. t.
Wooley.
Fifth Ward,-T. E. Browning. s. P.
Ash (died last spring and succeeded by
John Watson-)
The officers-elect are:
Mathew S. Browning, mayor.
John Y. Bluth. recorder.
Mrs. Lizette Miller. auditor.
Robert Moyes. treasurer
Herbert r. Macmillan, attorney
Joseph Hall, justice of the peace
Council for 10000: First Ward
William Emmett, T. H. Carr.
Second Ward-George w. Jones, DR..
II. ]. Powers.
Third ward-C. E. Cross. Joseph Par
ry.
Fourth ward-Chris Flygare, A. W.
Brown.
Fifth Ward-H. H. Thomas. ]. w.
Abbott.
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A Standing Grievance.

There will always be more or less fric-
ton between the United States and Cam
ada"
Yes: they will keep working off their
COMPOUNDED Decent piece on us
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FIRE DEPARTMFNT.

The report of the National Insurance
union for 1859 rates Ogden as No. in
regard to insurance risks. The losses
during 1899 We're As cents per capita, as
against S1.47 per capital for Salt Lake.
The Ogden fire department main
tanned its record for efficiency during
the year, being called out to fifty fires
Improvements during the year at the
central station include the introduction
OF new Hale hitchers to the harness
equipment and the construction of mac
adam pavement in front of the house
One new horse was purchased andi1 SOC
feet of new hose added to the equip
ment, and two miles of insulated wire
strung for alarm system.
The fifty fires involved SOB, 900 worth
OF insured property. but the paid losses
amounted to but $2,S93.s3, and the loss
on uninsured property is estimated at
S2,0S7. a total of 269js miles were
Travelled by the department. going to
fires; II, zoo feet of hose were laid.
There are twenty-one alarm boxes in
the city. 103 fire hydrants, and an aver
age water pressure of los pounds. Dur
ing the years fire fighting there were
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OGDEN COURTS.

Weber county. together with Davis
and Morgan counties, comprises one
state court district, the Second. Hon.
Henry Rolapp is judge of this court.
During the year about 500 actions were
filed with the clerk. Hon. Jacob s.
Boreman is president of the bar asso-
citation.
The United States circuit court meets
in Ogden twice each year. The court
room and auxiliary offices are located
in the Utah National bank building.
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Weber county is fast assuming a front
rank among the horticultural counties
of the state. Thousands of new trees
have been put out during the past year
and there are now /. 81 acres in fruit
or about 100000 trees of value esti.
mated 81 81. 100000. The fruit product
of these trees approximates 100000 per
annum.
There are 5000 acres of land under
cultivation for orchard purposes. the
fruits, including pear, apple, peach,
cherry, apricot and prune, the latter
term including all varieties of Dlums.
Berries and small fruits also thrive and
find good market. c. A. Hickenlooper
is county fruit tree Inspector.
IRRIGATION ENTERPRISES.
The season of 1899 was the first since
the completion of the dam and reservoir
in East canyon by the Weber & Davis
County Canal company. This canal
waters each season from 5000 to 5000
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WEBER CLUB.

The Weber club is a social and bust
ness organization formed to promote
social intercourse among business men
and to further the interests of Ogden.
Numerous committees to look after va
rious lines of advancement are main
tanned. During the year number of
it's most active members promoted and
formed a company to manufacture clay
products at the site of the old Ander-
son brick yards. near the city. The new
company to develop the Glenwccd re-
sort had a similar origin. A special
committee is now working with a view
to getting the Burlington road con-
structed as far as this city.
The club has handsomely furnished
quarters on the fifth floor of the Utah
Loan & Trust building, occupying the
rooms on three sides of the upper floor.
A restaurant is run in connection with
the club. The officers are: Thomas d.
Dee, president; ]. w. Abbott, vice
president; c. II. Kircher, secretary; A.
V. Mcintosh. treasurer. These officers,
with C. A. Henry, r. S. Joyce and +.
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few accidents. and such as happened
merely damaged equipment without in
fiicting personal injury to any serious
extent.
The apparatus at the central station
consists OF one Champion chemical en-
CINE, one Grand Rapids hose wagon of
1900 feet capacity; an aearial ladder
truck of 75-foot reach, and a reserve
steam engine.
There is also an efficient volunteer
fire department at Five Points, equip
ped with a hand engine. James Har-
ropp has been chief of this organiza-
ton since its formation The officers
at the central station are: OrSon Riser,
chief; NJ j. Hewett, assistant chlef,
A Rogers. canfain
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THE sALT Herald: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1895

Charles E. Layne; superintendent OF
schools, w. B. Wilson
E0pTTrTTT rTTDE
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The Columbia Club.

]. Stevens. constitute the board of
rectOrS
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ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

The electric lighting of Ogden is done
principally by the Union Light & Power
company. The lines of the company
were considerably extended during the
year, and now reach nearly every por-
ton of the city except West Ogden. A
line to this SCOurb is to be one of the
first improvements of this year. Dur
ing 1889 tie company began substitute
ing for the old T. II. system the incan-
descent system, a great saving as well
as giving better service
The company is soon to change the
street seventy-seven arc lamps to the
incandeScent system.
The company's business in this city
for the quarter ending Nov. 80, showed
an increase over the same period last
year Of nearly $4,000. The total figures
for the 1899 quarter are S13, 0Si.93
f. W. Wade is in charge of the Og-
den Office of the company.
The Union Depot company and the
street car company each have light
ing plants of their own.
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miles of new track, including line up
Sixteenth street to GlenWood and d
line down Seventeenth street 70 the
Driving park and ball grounds. STEADY
employment is furnished about ioSty
empIoyees and $4,000 disbursed IN
wages During the year a, 1876, 1884 pas
sengers were carried. The system IN
cludes a line running on Washington
avenue north and south the entlre
length of the city, and line from the
depot and two tracks to the bench resi-
dence district up Twenty-nLth anu
Twenty streets.
w. c. Weaver is general manager
and c. c. Adney superintendent of the
system. Extensive improvements IN
GLIDING new equipment OF cars ana
line up the canyon are in contempla-
ton.
Early in the '5Os-soon after the set
Element OF Ogden-the pioneers were
wont TO have picnicS and other outdoor
celebrations in a beaunful grove pc
longing to Lorin Farr on the north
bank of the Ogden river, about a mile
from the canyon. The grove has been
preserved and has been a. faVorlte place
for picnics. Last season a lease on
the ground was secured and GlenWood
resort opened. Recently strong com
pany was organized and leased adjacent
into a fine park with a natural lake,
lawns, flower beds. with places for out
door sports including baseball. Money
is being used freely to make of it one
of the finest outdoor pleasure places in
the west.
The park will include about forty
acres. Thomas D. Dee is president OF
the development company.
The Utah Hot Springs, although just
across the line in Box Elder county,
are tributary to ogden and are reached
on the Oregon Short Line. a motor line
connects with the street car system in
the summer. The resort is under the
management of T. ]. Hirt, and includes
a hotel, grove. dancing pavilion and
the mineral water baths.
Wilson's Hermitage, six miles up
Ogden canyon. is fine mountain re-
sort, easily accessible. During 1899 sew
eral rustic cottages were put up, to-
gether with other accommodations for
campers. A new hotel of logs, but
with a finely appointed interior, is TO
be one of the attractions this season,
and material for the same is now be-
ing procured.
Winslow's is another canyon summer
resort, nine miles up the canyon
Malan's Heights is the name given
to a resort in a beautiful glen directly
east of the city, and reached by a
picturesque. winding road leading up
almost to the clouds that hang about
Observatory peak.
The Grand Opera house is under the
management of Joseph Clark. 1t has
a large and modern stage and seats
about 1850 people. The place was rem
ovated during the year, and about 81 200
of improvements added
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STREET CAR SYSTEM.

During the year the Ogden Electric
Railway company constructed two
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Cot nbs E-~p- 90 American Thai
L-.- q, Of runs ~ Jaii.

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I.-.- Of rnps iu Jan.
Fosf scll Elt. May 3D. After
c,utr.a1f o., about SIX yeirs In 70
Lifted rr...a Boz tne republic OF Coon
BIZ. Ar-a NcCar;cr a civil engineer
an rua r. .ur Of Prominence IN fhi'
c.tr unal lsy' when be- let for Yuca.
TAN has in- 1,en lib'rat,dand returned
here. No hg made a demand for SiiO.
600 indemnity and ha. gone o Washing.
ton 60 enlist tbe aid Of the government
In collecting IT,
McCarier had been abient from this
city about three years before any word
was received rom him. and then let.
ter addressed by him In a Colombian
Jail was received b. friend. II bore the
censor mark Of the commander Of the
prison who, Ia postscript, said that nc
communication would be allowed 10 pas.
10 or from the prisoner touching tho
cause VI bis coniinement
Surprising him 20 have offended tho
government departments OF some big
enterprise, no reference was made by his
friends 10 lsarn the facts. and he being
a man o. no family there was no one
deeply enough interested TO appeal
70 the government for an expla.
nation lie claims to have boon thrown
into Jail on suspicion of being a filibus.
ter for which suspicion there was no
ground and declares he was denied n
hearing The government is taking
depodtions here TO establish his citizen.
ship. prior 10 taking the matter up
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A. And n. APPROPRIATION.
10 IL Now on n Safe Basis-Meas.
urably Liberal, But Not
All Needed.

The house and senate have boil
acted on the A. & NJ. College ap
preparation bill, and although
they have not agreed on all tn.
items the bill may be considered
safe, as the recommendations Of tn,
conference committee, appointed tC
'Teach an agreement will hardly be
fpr "a less amount than allowed by
tie bill as passed by the house,
especially as the senate action on
the matter was more favorable than
that Of the house. The bill as pass.
ed by both houses allows the usual
preparation Of $40, 400 for main.
tenance and support; 5000 for
student labor fund, aud $500 for
sub-sta,ions; and 10 addition the
following amounts are allowed.
$4,000 for additional barracks;
$4,000 for an agricultural and
horticultural building; $1,000 for
new residences for professors. The
amount cor n chemical and veteri-
nary laboratory was allowed by the
senate, but not by the house.
This building il one of which the
college also stands very badly in
need. The items for a new Well,
ice and light plant. for steam heat
ing plant and sewerage system,
and for four new sub experiment
stations were not allowed by eth
er house.
OF the ten members Of the con-
ference committee, the Eagle has
b cn informed that the five sena.
'iSs and Two Of the five represen.
80 favor the senate bill, which,
. lied, includes IN ap.
"'''e SD 5000 for a veteri.
p'"rF'''io" ofsijcal laboratory.
nary aud chem, =, L.,u.;.
1t is Therefore po.sibII the final Ir',I
may also be included fence com.
~ AGREEMENT Of the confe