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

vative estimate of the annual proceeds
of the mines. The attention of the en-
tire world has been attracted by the
wealth of gold found in the mines of
Mercur and Deep Creek, while the sill
yer and lead properties of Stockton,
Ophir and Dry Canyon are well known
to the people of the west. The richest
cyanide product shipped from any Of
our Utah mines is obtained at the Star
mine in Pine canyon, where a small
plant has recently been erected, the
valuation running as high as s67 to one
pound of cyanide.
Farming Is Profitable.
There are 70.16S acres of land under
cultivation. Wheat and alfalfa are the
principal crops, but vegetables and fruit
are by no means unworthy of mention.
The mining camps furnish an excellent
market for these products. Within the
last three years dry farming has come
to the front as leading industry, in
several instances as high as 5000 bush
els of wheat have been raised on one
farm in single season.
The dairy industry, too, is developing
into an important feature, and a new
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county is $4,000, the county treasurer
having few delinquent taxes to adver-
tiSfe.
Cattle raising used to be the principal
industry of the valley, but this mas
been superseded by the sheep industry.
During the year there have been 10, COO
head OF sheep shipped, bringing in $780,,
$50, and $500 head of cattle, worth Sl5,-
0O0 The four creameTies of the county
have shipped about S65.c00 worth of
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their products. The two flour mills,
owing to the grain crop being frosted,
have not enjoyed an average run The
-four mill products for the year amount
to about $4,000. all of which have been
consumed locally.
For a number of years past MANY
stocknen have been in the habit of
rounding up their cattle in the fall and
feeding them during the winter on
their farms. but this year they will let
their cattle winter out on the range. By
so doing, hundreds OF tons of hay are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
SEWER COUNTYS PROGRESS.
Crop Shortage More Than Made Up BY Advance in Prices
Irrigation Interests.

Although the leading industry of Sc
vier county. that Of agriculture, for
the year now drawing to a close has
not been up to the standard of former
years, conditions are generally quite
satisfactory, and the people are not
complaining. In every one or the
towns of the county can be seen the
general and individual evidences of
progress and public Spiritedness.
The fruit crop this year was an al
most total failure, the hay and potato
crops much lighter than usual, and the
grain crop is short. With the excep-
ton of the last named, however, prices
are up from 80 to 200 per cent, SO that
the loss in quantity is fully offset by
the prices that prevail. Dairy and
poultry products command good prices.
Irrigation Interests.
The large canal companies which are
laying the foundation for the future
greatness and stability of Sewer coun-
ty, by spreading over this valley net
work of extensive canals, have general
ly suspended the extension of these ar
tificial waterways this year and have
devoted their OUTLAWS and work to the
completion of the. big Otter Creek res
ervoir, in Piute county, and the smaller
Three Creek reservoir, in this county,
ly all interested. These reservoirs,
which will store a great amount of the
water which usually goes to waste
every spring, win insure a reliable
water supply for the thousands of fer
tile acres which are now lying idle but
need only irrigation to be made highly
productive and profitable.
The bench soils of this valley have
been proven by far the best for grain.
these
great canals send out their moistening
arms they will provide hundreds of
farming homes for enterprising and
progressive people, and add very ma
terially to the industrial wealth of Sc
vier county. Already the situation is
grasped by energetic men, and coloni-
cation schemes are talked of. In few
years at most Sewer orchards, sugar
beet fields and grain and produce areas
will be sending their products away in
raw and manufactured articles.
Sugar Beet Experiments.
The sugar beet experiments made
this year have proven highly satisfac-
tory and have demonstrated that the
soil of Sewer valley is of the very best
in the state for this purpose. Some of
the tests showed IS per cent of saccha-
rine matted and So per cent purity. 1t
is expected that next year the acreage
will be sufficient to induce the capital
lists who are ready TO erect a factory.
when the quality and quantity shall
have proven sufficient, to put in a
plant.
The important developments at the
Gold Mountain and Marysvale mining
districts during the past year will at
feet no section of Utah more benefi-
cially than Sewer county. Both of the
districts lie at the southern end of the
county and provide splendid home
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second year, with Mr.. Ridges of Salt
Lake as principal.
The New West commission school at
Heber is in charge of Miss Sheppard,
with Mis- Tiffiny assistant.
A Delightful Summer Climate.
Owing to the high altitude of the val
ley, the winter seasons are usually long
and sometimes cold, with plenty of
snow. The summer seasons however,
are simply delightful, and the valley
is a most desirable location for a sum-
mer home. Hundreds of Provo City
and Utah county people spend their
summer vacations here, and now, with
they valley connected by the bands of
steel, many hundreds more will come
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Growth In Population.

several of the apostles and thousands
of people were present.
Growth In Population.
The last census showed a population
of nearly 1000. 1t is expected the new
census will easily show an increase to
10000. The county has bonded in
debtedness of $4,000, incurred to build
the handsome and commodiouS court
house in 1893. A $4,000 Jail has been
completed within the past two years.
The present county officials are: Will
liam NJ. McCarty, judge; Hans Tuft,
H. H. Bell and J. w. Philips, county
commissioners; John W. Coons, sheriff; ;
Henry N Hayes, clerk; Eliza Ross, re-
corder; James S. Jensen. treasurer; j.
H. Erickson, attorney; Homer McCar-
ty, surveyor.
Towns of the County.
Richfield, the county seat, with a
population of about 1920, has taken
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partments. with Mr.. T. B. Miller as
principal.
Wallsburg school is divided into three
departments. with Mr.. Carter as prin-
cipal. AT Charleston school they have
three departments. with Miss Dacy Ba-
ker as principal.
Center has but two departments and
all the others are mixed schools with
but one teacher.
The Heber High school is running its
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The year just drawing to a close has
been a prosperous one for the people
of this upland valley. Crops were fair
ly good and farm products have been
in great demand, bringing high prices.
Thus the farmers have been able to
meet their obligations and make them
selves and families comfortable for the
winter.
The advert Of the railroad into this
valley this fall created a vast amount
of employment for men and teams. The
County has not Witnessed more sue
cessful year in the last decade. All the
various industries are in prosperous
condition. Mercantile firms. report
heavy trade and collections easy TO
make. On every hand appears an air
of prosperity and happiness.
Matters Statistical.
The taxable property. real, personal
and otherwise, amounts TO 81, 700, 000
The state, county and school tax is
about II mills. The revenue of the
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The Christmas Month.
Chicago Record.)

Man hurries now. with fond. rapt look.
To buy his girl q beauteous book;
And she, meanwhile. with tender knack
Creates for him a painted plaque.
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Mineral Resources.

The mineral resources of Davis coun-
ty are still an uncertain quantity. For
a score of years there has been desul-
tory prospecting all along the Wasatch
range. from the very summit of the
mountain down to the cultivated fields,
that reach to the foothills, and spas
modic efforts have been made TO engage
the attention of mining men in some
of the best developed prospects. The
bare fact remains, however, that not
one property in the county is being
operated with profit. There are many
good prospects east of Bountiful, Cen
terville and Pennington, and interested
parties feel sure of ultimately making
a strike" but up to the present there
have been no returns from the outlay
in development work
Banker Stone and 2. B. Foote of
Evanston are interested in a promising
prospect in Pennington canyon, and
the Horseshoe Gold & Silver Mining
company owns some properties in the
same locality from which free gold
specimens have been obtained. Gold
and copper claims that the owners be-
lieve will yet become profitable, have
been found east of Centerville and in
Holbrook canyon, Bountiful.
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Schools Are Not Neglected,

Il
| is much the largest. with a school pop
ulation of 545. Then follow Mid
way, with a population of 29S:
! Wallsburg, with a population of
1S9; Charleston, with 175; Cen
ter, with 113; Buysville, with 20;
Bench Creek, with ST. Daniels Creek
with 81; EllNhorn, with 80, and River
dale. with g.
The county in the past has labored
under many disadvantages. owing TO
lack of funds, some of the districts be-
ing able to run only the twenty weeks
required by law. The larger districts
have been able to run from six TO eight
and half months. But it is believed
that the future will be more lavish of
her treasures and enable the schools to
run longer.
The Wasatch county teachers meet
twice month during the winter sea-
son and discuss methods of presenta-
ton of subjects and the pedagogical
principles that undeTlie the methods
Professor H. NJ. Arid, the present
county superintendent, was elected to
that Office one year ago last July and
he is endeavoring to unity the work
of the different schools and to bring
out the best powers of the teachers IN
der him.
The Heber Central school house is a
ccmmoGiious structure, built of rock.
containing eight school rooms, besides
Railways and teachers rooms. There
are eight teachers. four male and four
female. and a daily attendance of over
400 pupils
Professor Arid, besides being county
superintendent, is also principal of the
public schools at Heber.
Midway school is divided into FIVE de-
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Copper Excitement.

During last summer there was consid-
cradle excitement over reported rich
copper discoveries on Antelope island.
Prospectors from all over the state
rushed TO the scene and staked out
claims by the score, covering the min
eral belt and some development work
was done. Several mining corporations
were formed, and the claim is made
that with the opening of spring the
island will show great activity.
A. f. Abbott, who was associated
with David Leeche in making the or
iginal discovery of copper in that local
ity, is quoted as saying that some of
his claims are rich enough to be worked
without loss from the surface. as high
as 20 per cent in copper having been
found Outcroppings indicate that
there are vast ore bodies beneath and if
this proves to be true, there is IN
doubtedly great wealth in store for
those who have secured claims on the
island.
The protracted legal battle between
the Rhymney Gold Mining company
and the Pennington Gold & Copper
Mining company having been settled
in favor of the former, it is expected
that work on the disputed ground will
be resumed at an early date. The prop
erty is located a mile east of Farming
ton, and the stubborn fight that was
waged is proof that the litigants be-
lieve the claims are valuable.
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Grande depot, Salt Lake City, for 10 1-s
cents per foot
For sidewalks, Heber tagging rock
cannot be excelled. When properly put
down it will last fer decades. 1t is far
ahead of either cement or asphaItum.
Enough flag rock for a sidewalk six
feet. wide and forty rods long can be
Shipped to Salt Lake City for 1928. OF
late considerable adtention has been
directed toward this undeveloped in
dusitry, which in the near future will
become a great revenue producer.
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Library System

In line with educational work it
should be noted that a public school
library association was formed in Davis
county last summer, the object, of the
organization being TO establish and
operate a free circulating library sys-
tenn in the larger school districts OF
the ,,ounty The association was form
ed by the trustees and the county sup
erintendent. and upon them will de-
volve the responsibility of selecting
books and adopting rules for the regu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
Educational Progress.

Davis county has an excellent school
system in operation, under County
Superintendent of Schools n. T. Porter.
whose individual efforts have resulted
in great advancement being made along
educational lines during recent years.
The corps of teachers at present en-
ployed numbers forty-fve. They are
thorough and efficient in their work,
and DO county in Utah can boast of bet
ter system of school work than is in
operation here.
County superintendent Porter has
done much to improve the standard Of
efficiency of teachers He has stead
tasty refused to grant teachers certi-
ficates TO persons who were unable 10
pass satisfactory examination, and it
z has become generally known among ed
vocational workers that the Davis coun-
" examination is a thorough and COM
prehensive one. This safe guard
against incompetents has resulted in
Snly the best teachers being employed,
and associated with this is the fact
that an advance in salaries has been
made that draws in persons who are
high in the teachers profession.
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several of the apostles and thousands
of people were present.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
Fourteen School Districts.

In Davis county there are fourteen
school districts and the school popula-
ton is as follows: First district, 272;
Second, $50; Third. 143; Centerville, 225;
Sixth, 256; Seventh, 81; Eighth, 634;
Ninth. So; Tenth, 50; Eleventh, Al;
Twelfth, so; Thirteenth, 145; Fifteenth,
SO; Sixteenth, 107; total, 2,741.
A novel method of centralizing school
work is being tried in South Bountiful.
That school district cCirers a wide area,
and the expense of operating small
schools in outside portions was found to
be burdensome. To obviate this the
trustees recently adopted the plan of
having the pupils brought to a central
ly located school room instead of TAX
ing the school room to the children. The
experiment has been eminently salts
factory TO pupils, parents. teachers and
school officers, and a great saving Of
expense has resulted. The plan is said
TO have been successfully carried out in
the east, but this is believed to be the
first time it has been adopted in Utah.
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operated it successfully. turning out

operated it successfully, turning out
over 100000 cans of tomatoes.
That this industry is to become perm
anent is evidenced by the project re-
Gently exploited by Sweet & Soule of
Salt Lake, representing eastern capital.
This firm has secured money at a low
rate of interest that will be used TO
erect an immense tin can factory and
cannery combined. The stock is being
subscribed by Davis and Weber county
people, and the assurance is given that
the factory will be in operation next
year. It is said that $50, 600 will be ex-
pended in erecting and fitting up the
factory Clinton, or Roy, near the
boundary line of Davis and Weber
counties, has been selected as the site.
There is a prospect that the Woods
Cross Canning company will build a
branch factory in Clinton
Dairying Is Thriving.
One of the thriving industries of
Davis county is dairying. In the north
end of the county five creamerieS are
in successful operation The Hooper
Dairy company, an institution that was
established about four years ago, hand
les the tactical products of South Hoop
er, Clinton. Clearfield and Syracuse.
The principal product of the Hooper
company is cheese. John w. Singleton
is the company's manager.
Layton has a cheese factory, built in
1897, that is doing a good business. The
South Weber Creamery company was
established as a branch of the Kaysville
creamery four years ago, but it is now
being operated as a separate institu-
ton with Levi Taylor, jr., as lessee.
Kaysville has the only butter making
establishment in the county. 1t is oper-
ated by Seth C. Jones, as lessee and
manager of the Kaysville Creamery
company. Mr.Jones is a pioneer in the
dairy business, and to his efforts the
largely due. The kaysville creamery
handles about 1900 pounds OF milk
daily, and butter and cheese are made.
The Elgin dairy OF Salt Lake has a
branch station in Kaysville, and this
company also handles vast quantities
of milk from Pennington, Centerville
and Bountiful.
Shipments of Milk
So important has the milk shipping TO
Salt Lake become that the Salt Lake
& Ogden road runs a, special milk train
each day. Other dairies doing business
in the county are the keystone and
Jake Smiths, both of which supply
Salt Lake consumers.
A prominent dairyman. speaking of
the growth of the business during re-
cent years, said recently: There are
now dDoul A,oVu COWS peiHS Kept Ior
dairy purposes in Davis county. The
milk product amounts to about 1000
gallons daily or more than 100000 gall
Ions annually. 1t is safe TO say that
from $4,000 to 100000 annually is paid
to Davis county farmers for their milk,
and each year the amount is increas-
ing. Ten years ago very little was re-
ceived from this source, but it is a
growing business, and the future pros
poets are bright Prices are going up
and producers will be encouraged there
by to enlarge their herds and reap more
profits
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Matters Statistical.

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What Its Towns Are Doing.

Coalville, the oldest town in the
county and the present county seat,
was first settled in 1859 by Henry B.
Wilde, B. E. Williams, William H.
Smith and others. The latter is still
a prominent resident here and now the
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28
The Show Arrives

Richard & Pring'e's Mirstreis
arrived 1ojaE in their two spc-
cjaI cars and gave a street pa
rade, which was a bowling sue
cess. The show has two splen-
did bands and fifty people. An
other show has been absorbed
since it was here two years ago,
and It IS much bigger and better.
Billy Kersands is here with his
"open face Billy has Jared
sulnptuously since we saw him
before and his mouth has grown
nicely. He now swallows all ri
walls with ease. everyone is 60
ing to the Opera House tonight
to see them. Curtain rises at 8
O'Clock.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28

Keogh's Comedians VIII open q
three nights engagement at the
Opera House, Monday night,
January 3Oth. This company
has played IN several Florida
cities ana the press speaks in the
highest praise Of 1t. The roper
tore consists Of musical farce
comedies, songs, dances, etc.
The engagement opens here Mon
day night in the screa ming farce
comedy, ga Cheerful Liar" If
you enjoy a hearty laugh pro-
cure ticket and sec d dollar
show for so cents. THIS COM
pany makes special Inducements
to the lAdies Monday night and
with every paid 80 cents ticket
will admit one lady free.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28
In OIden Times

People overlooked the Importance
OF permanently beneficial effects
and were satisfied with transient
action; but now that it is general
ly known that Syrup Of Figs will
permanently overcome habltual
constipation. WelI-informed peo-
pie will not buy other Iaxatives,
which act for a time, but finally
injure the system. Buy the
genuine. Manufactured by the
CallfornIa Fig Syrup Go.
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Illustrated Lecture

Professor j. +. Berk will give
an illustrated lecture at Mount
ZION y. NJ. E. church Monday
night. 1t will include scenes and
descriptions OF Hawam, Cuba and
Porto Rico. The gentleman is emf
ncntly qualified for the work, hav-
ing lived in the places he Will pic
ture and those who have had the
pleasure Of hearing him say his
lecture is really worth hearing
Admittarcn, 10 cents.
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Brave Men Fall

Victims to stomach, liver and
kidney troubles as we'll as women,
and all feel the results in loss Of
appetite, poisors in the blood =,
backache, nervousness, hP2daChe
and tired, listlesS, rundown feel
Ing. But there's no need TO feel
that. Listen to j. w. Gardner,
ldavillc Indiana. He says: "E, E,ec-
trio Bitters are just tile thing
for a man when he is ali run down,
and don't care whether he lives
or dies. It did more to give me
new strength and good appetite
than anything L could take. ]
can now eat anything and have a
new lease On LIFE" Oniy 80 cents
at Garrett q Gerig'5 drug store.
Every bottle guaranteed.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28

La Grippe is again epidemic.
Every precaution should be taken
30 avoid it. Its specific cure is
One Minute Cough Cure. y. y.
Shepherd, Publisher Agricultural
Journal and Advertiser, Eden,
Mo, says: ''No one will be disap-
pointed IN using One Minute
Cough Cure for La Grippe. :"
Pleasant to take, quick TO act.
Anti-Monopoly Drug Store, Ocala,
Fla.
Distilled Extract Of Witch
Hazel, for bruises an@ sprains.
BicycicTs, attcntion-cne gallon
and Jug, sl.?5; half gallon and
bottle, - cents; one pint and
bottle, 25 cents, at the Anti-Mo-
nopoly drug store.
Compound Dyspepsia Tai
lets, the best remedy for sour
stomach, dyspepsia and indigcs-
ton. One dozen for ) cents.
Try them and be convinced. Tyd-
lngs & 20.
The celebrated Dutchess pants,
$1.5O to $3.50 per pair. War
ranted-1O cents for every button
off and 81 for every rip. The AL
lance Store.
We are showing the correct
styles in gentlemen's headwear.
Davidson & NanEchop.
If you want your canuy fresh
go to Danes, for 1t is just re-
ceived
4 few more mackintoshes left
at the closing sale of j. j. Ful-
! Ier's.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28

HOODS PILLS are easy to take,
easy to operate. Cure indIges-
ton, sick headache.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28
Working Night and Day

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Every
pill is a sugar-coated globule OF
health, that changes weakness
into strength, listlessncss INTO
energy, brain fag into mental
power. They're wonderful in
building up the health. Only 25c
per box. Sold by Garrett &
Gerig.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28

We have secured from Alien
dale, S. c., 800 pounds of select
cd seed Of the famous Glos3ier
watermelon, which we are offer
ing at bottom prices. Call early
as this is all we can secure.
Before purchasing elsewhere,
compare prices and quality Of
seed. TYDIEGS & CO.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28
Bicycle Bargains

We now have five bicycles we
want to sell. -Four lady's wheels
in the lot. Don't buy a cheap
wheel while you can get one OF
these.
One Sterlinr
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28
Open All Night

Not literally, but practically
SO, as we have a night phone,
No. 40, and render willing service
at any hour of the night. Ask
your physician to call US.
GARRETT & GERIG,
PostOffice Drug Store.
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28

Huyler's candies, fine cigars
and Florida curiositics and novel
ties at the Ocala House Curio
BaZar
The Ocala evening star., 1899-01-28
Tax Books Open

The tax books are now open
and Tax Collector Thagard is
ready to receive state and county
taxes for 1898.