Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-08
WON. JAMES WILSON'S VISIT
n. Secretary Of Agriculture Talks Inter-
eingly Of Farm Conditions In Utah.


eHrfrlnrN or ANf'"hllufN liuNi jhln'A
wilson. arrived In oki,a Sunday and
...siercd at the Reed hotel. Ills
laughter ~ accompanying him. lie
As had an extended visit through the
Wet. particularly In the interest Of the
,nr business, but his observations
st,a been extended 70 all branches Of
agriculture. lie ~ especially linz
p-.ssed with the rapid progress tho
,selr industry is making In this part OF
M. Union. lie says the people are 20
Il congratulated here Tor their great
Interest and success in the raising Of
ta.ta aud the manufacturing % their
5an sugar. Durin,T his stay here he
,rted the ogden sugar faCtOry, and
tsa nothing but woitia Of high praise
f.r thH same He we also driven
through ogden canyon by Hon. David
Erlea and was much delighted with
ihe SCENERY.
Mr wilson said the sugar Industry.
under existing conditions. ~ a very
profitable business both to the manu-
haturer and to the farmer. II coHas 3h
cents per pound 10 produce II here.
while 10 the tropics Il can be produced
for 3 cents because OF the cheap labor
employed. but this iB Offset by tho
protective laws uf the United States,
and by the value OF the by-productl
connected with tho Industry.
when asked by our representative
what Doc thinks of the soil and farming
facilities here. he said. "You have
most excellent agricultural opportuni-
tleH. your soil On very good, and with
such soll and Irrigation advantages as
sou have here, there ~ no reason why
sou should not be- able TO raise just
as many tons Of bcctn 60 the acre as
N a. ."a.H To-
advantage and should make a thorough
success OF agriculture In an ita
branches, Their nrU a fcw things in
which your people are not interested
enough. and these are the rninnlg "
poultry, huga ana dairy products. n
your people would only become nH
much Interested In these things aH they
Hrs ln the beet business they would
have "a model agricultural community.
and there would be- plenty Of employ
mont for everybody, business In every
lime would Improve, and better times
would be experienced by all.
Mr.. Wilson enjoyed his stay very
much ANA has only words 81 praise and
encouragement Tor the people. He lcft
Union Pacific FOR tho East.
LtuHTNINgs FRANKS.
Last nights thunder and lightning
storm ana not do 90 much damage III.
expected. The electric car system had
several Of their cars damaged and
some Injury done at the power house.
Several houses were struck with light
ming. one house nj $40 Twcnty-nrst, oc-
cupiod by kryn NnnKamforn and
family. was struck with lightning at
about 1880 last evening. Mr. Van
Klmferr and wife had been out during
We evening and had Just returned when
they heard crash. The lightning
struck tho roof just where his parior
and dining room come together Il went
ih1rugh tho roof. tore the plaster on
ihe wall FOR several feet split up the
door casing and then tore the outside
wire door an TO pieces. The fnmiiy
orlpcd luckily with only bad
scare,
STAKE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD
Immediately after the Priesthood
meeting on Saturday the following
brethren were sustained ns stake sun.
aly school board and aids. Thos 10.
Evans superintendent: q. j. Ross. first
assistant, Henry Peterson. second as.
NfWut n, g. Strttford. secretary:
W1''.r llrlmwoll assistant secretary:
lraph iiallaniyno. choristcr.
AIDS. II. q. Jacobs, willard Snow.
H Goddnrd. VIM, A. Kerr, u. A.
...'.f'#N N'H AA|N'N y NNMNNNNt ANNHnm
Ily.nr Geo. n. Han. y. T.. Eldredgc.
David Mckay w. J, Watkins. James
Hlllnutync. Frank scoyillc. Rolln
Emmett Arnold bowman.
lm W, SummerhayB and Hugh J.
llnnnn were up from Salt Lake on
sunday IN the interest Of the sunday
faa'l They met with the new stake
H''H on sunday afternoon and gave
4nn very good instructions pertaining
n fNN|H work uWA Nu
ioh. 40 the Sunday school union meet
w. ia "a very cdlfylng manner.
~ THE POLICE COURT.
Before Police Judge Huianiskl today
At James Price wns sentenced TO Go
9ll in the county JAN.
John hugan ana Frank Burnos. who
XIV arrested FOR vagruncy, We're both
ei.'l Fred Dcmming who was run
l'f lh. same cause was given i've
Nlia ON The rock pile.
IN Justice OF the Peace NJ. 4. Breed
-t court the following cases came
y, Yesterday FOR hearing.
'N Ihocketts W. VIM. @. McI.hugh.
Judgment was rendered Tor $40
"a cots N court
M uimlgr suit of Frank Crawford v8
" NcLnrey 10 recover So. Court
".l decision, no cause Tor action.
Wm llailcy Il nj ~ VIM. Pcnrcei
Wy continued until Saturday.
rNol"r We FAIR; unlawful dotaincr
TOW morning.
SCHOOL, TRUSTEES MEETING.
a meeting Of the trustees N weber
4Nlh schools ~ called for Saturday.
stl.i Wth. at the office OF County
lI.niaudent W. H. Wilson Several
rll3llnnt matters preparatory 10 be-
,'il0E me school work FOR the year IL
"a, ID, discussed among which win be
~, confederation of a school calendar
ln' coming school year. Il Is ox-
~ mat the state superintendent
=, llblo Instruction VIII be- present at
meeting. u a. requested that "a
NV representation from cvery district
W' county be In attendance.
MARRIED.
W n II. Fisher aud Grace Croker
ny married this morning BY Justice
'''h' az the home OF tho bride,
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
BISHOP Edwin stratford ~ not feel
10 well the last week.
ptU..s, y Gordon has returned from
sn'rg lhlh, whore he attended j. II.
III xxx curing an operation for cnturrh-
a. .poaial train with Mr.. u. II. Ifnr-
r.-,N on board came down from tho
"nl went east this afternoon.
gsst.,, Ied j. kiesel left for tho north
'l'fdly on business
yt,a.L, NArdleigh extends n kind in.
'on TO his many friends to come to