The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-24
BUSINESS DIFFICULTIES.
Two Mt. Pleasant Concerns Fail
Shesp Gases Tried.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Mt Pleasant Aug. 2-Two Mt. Pleas
ant business houses closed their doors
during the past week and are now in the
hands of their creditors. They are the
Johansen x Anderson Furniture company
and w. II. Woouring's drug store
The furniture store was found by its
creditors, Z. w. Madsen and the Din
woodey company of Salt Lake. to have
been about loco in debt and with stock
on hand of considerably less value than
that amount The goods were turned over
10 the wholesale houses 10 apply on ac-
count. and the deficit. which will amount
70 about 500, Will be settled in due time
by the individual members of the firm.
The stock was SOLD by the creditors to the
Consolidated Furniture company
The second failure came as a surprise
70 the citizens. as il was thought the
drug store was doing a good business
The principal creditors were the Nelden-
Judson drug store of Salt Lake, to whom
an account Of S427 was due. and Smith &
SWIFT. whose account amounted 10 Sl54
me Mt. Pleasant bank has a note against
the store for $780, secured by a chattel
mortgage. The stock was transferred 10
the drug companies with an agreement
tnat they pay the mortgage first. them
serves second, and finally the other cred
ltors. The entire liabilities amount 10
Sl;4oc. with assets valued al about $1,000:
The drug firm of Maiben * AIdrich will
probably take the stock and fixtures of
the store of of the hands OF the wholesale
nrms and use them in their new store
just nearing CefnpleliOn. MI. MOOQrlnS
will go to Salt Lake City in a few days,
where he has position awaiting him.
He came from Salt Lake here about six
months ago.
a case of hefouling waters was tried be-
fore Precinct Justice George Christensen
last week, a sheep herd having been
caught bedding and herding on the noun
tain side adjacent to Twin ard Cedar
creeks. The herd was the property of n.
p. Nelson of this city. but was in care of
hans Brotherson, jr.. and Nathaniel Mel
son. The sheep herds were not appre-
hended in the canyon, but indispuJable
that they had been there not many days
previous TO the arrest of the herderS-
Nathaniel Nelson, who appeared in court.
pleaded guilty to the charge preferred of
being responsible for the befOulng of
waters. he was fned SIS for the Offense-
There have been no sheep at all in
Pleasant Creek canyon this season, and
so far. Notwithstanding the rains have
been numerous and heavy, no floods have
resulted. In Twin and Pleasant Greek
canyons there has been but one herd. and
the absence of floods has been noticed
there. The general superstition is. and it
is borne out by the above. that II sheep
are kept out entirely the vegetation which
would make its appearance Immediately
would be an absolute preventative against
floods.
Miss George johnson of Fairv,ew had
her arm thrown out of place at the elbow
last week. She was scuftiing with friend
and sudden wrench more severe than
intended caused the accident The arm
was dressed by physician and will soon
be all right.
Rhone Stewart. a resident of this val
ley, is in a very serious condition as a
result of cancerOuS growth on the lower
portion of the face. He has undergone
several operations for the removal OF the
growth. but although his jaw has been
partly cut away. the cancer is still there.
He went to Springville this week to take
a new treatment.