Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-26
Little Town of Thatcher Will Yield
a Good Crop
ENCOURAGING CONDITIONS.
Plenty Of Rain During the season
Promising Outlook for the Latter
day saints Academy There
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Thather. Aug. 19.-Thatcher Is stiil
alive. so much alive, that we have
hardly had time to tell your readers
"howdy"
An abundant harvest has kept every
body busy. Threshing machines are
sim hummlng. The three large mills
in the valley are fairly groaning with
the weight of cereals stored In their
granaries. The fruit season in now
ON. and while the quantity has been
reduced. In consequence OF late spring
frogts the quality is largely making
up for 1t. some of the choiceset peaches
now on the market ever produced in
any country. Grapes have been plen-
tifm and there win be a good quantity
of apples and pears. our early crop
Of potatoes has been exhausted for
some time We have been potato
hungry. California potatoes VIII serve
us now until our next crop comes IN,
Sweet potatoes are just ripening ana
the crop will be large. Melons have
been very plentiful, never saw the ike
II seems as though everybody has
patch. and there are some five acre
fields Of them,
Mr.. Nichols here In Thatcher who
makes a speciality OF truck gardening,
invited Father Clarldge, President VIM.
y. Johnson and others Of us to help
him dig out melon seeds from the Sc
lected few of the choicest variety. The
little party did their best, but could
not do full justice to the situation.
The first water melon we laid open on
the table was q cross between the
grey Mamouth' and the Dixie II
measured round the center Is inches
around from end to end SO inches, was
22ik inches long, and weighed As pounds.
IL was delicious. No. two was the I'M
proved Cuban queen" II measured l2la
inhes high as II lay on the table, 10
inches long. a. inches around the mid
die and 81 inches around the end, ana
weighed GO pounds-nOt so delicious a
variety 90 eat. but a better keeper, and
a melon OF such strong exterior. IL
stands transportation wen. There was
the improved Georgia "Rattlesnake'
and other varieties. We finished up
with very choice line of cantaloup'
Though the party was small aud the
melons large, practice makes perfect,
continuous eating Of melons makes ca
pacity. the Job was well taken care OF.
For over q month now we have had
n rainy season; the entire country Is
covered with vegetation. The desert
and hills are covered with beautiful
grass and flowers. Preparations are
being made 10 cut prairie hay While
II Is fact that our canals have been
very much impaired by the food wa
tiers, the wet season has done much
good
The health OF our people generally Is
good, and we have every reason to re-
joice In the blessings Of the Lord
THE ACADEMY.
Our academy building Is now under
going a thorough renoyating, and many
important changes are being made pre-.
paratory 10 beginning our school the
early part Of September The board
purchased a large store building neal
| hy which Is thoroughly equipped foi
our business college. Prof. Emil Mae.
ser. president Of the school. spent tire,
months Of his vacation In Chicago un
der the able tuition Of Prof. Parker, o.
| the University and we believe he 4
thoroughly up on all the latest ideas o
training. Prof, ]. r. Durham, Of oui
| commercial school, has not returned
| set from The east, he has been puttinl
! In his vacation In the advanced schools
| OF the east. Prof. Nash Of our norma
| department spent two months In th'
| Arizona university, coaching up OF
| some special lines. more particularly
| surveying He Is now leading n large
| expedition IN the Graham mountains OF
a government survey Professor Dial
| ley has taken physical culture durin.
the summer. on the farm and ranch
| other members OF our faculty have no
been idle. with the improved condi
ton Of cur school rooms. our competen
faculty and good feeling Of the people
| generally towards our academy. We
have every reason to believe the com
ing season viii be the best We hav'
| ever known