The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-20
MT. PLEASANT NEWS NOTES.
Companies Secure Franchise For Tele-
phone and Electric Plants.


Mt Pleasant. April l8-A local tele-
phone company is being organized in
FairFieW which viii install an exchange
there iu the immediate future. fran
chise has been secured from the CITY
council and "a portion Of the material Is
already on the gIo-ul. The promoters OF
the enterprise are oscar Norman. Ezekiel
Cheney and Erastus Garlls.
Another company mas secured fran
chise in that city for the construction
and operation OF an electric Aghtlne
plant, which is TO DE in operation within
a year. The two above named companies
VIII use the same sea of poles for tneif
street wires. Orrin Clement and sven
Olsen are the active promoters OF tho
tleclflc isht company
Bob Cunningham the Provo magician
who has recently returned from tour
. OF Australia, is 20 appear in The local
opera house Monday and Tuesday nights
next.
Some gentlemen of this city who have
recently returned from the west desert
say that in the northern portion Of tbs
winter ranges the losses OF sheep VIII
reach much heavier than has been here
there is literally covered with dead car
casses, and that the losses viii be Iully
One-thIrd OF the entire number Sheer
from this part of the state were farther
south and Jared better.
John T.. Olsen of this city is critically
I'D as a result OF a severe attack oil
rheumatism
Mr.. and Mrs. ed Candland Of Chester
have "a little child very low with spinal
meningitis. Its recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. 81. l.. Irving of Spring City has
been lowering between life and death
Tor several days with an attack OF pneu-
monla, Her condition was no better al
last reports.
James Wilson. a small fruit grower of
this city, made a large shipment of rasp-
berry and strawberry plants yesterday
There were 25.o0 of The former and l0,0u
OF the latter. Incy go 10 Emery couu-
ty, where James Fechser and Chris oil
sen, two young men formerly of Mt.
Pleasant. are starting a small fruit farm.
Eva Stewart daughter Of Bishop Stew
art OF Miiburn. is dangerously I'll with
pneumonia.
Joseph Harker is down from Canada,
where he has been for three years. and
Is visiting at his former home Mlburn.
II is learned that David Hancock OF
this city, who enlisted in the United
States navy a short time ago. has been
discharged on the coast owing 10 the
weakness of his mental powers
Mayor Joseph Hansen of FairVleW
handed In his resignation some time ago
and at the last regular meeting of the
council 10 was accepted. Lorenzo Peter
SOP. Sanpete's representative I'm the lower
house of the last legislature was elected
90 fill the uneXpired term
The Mt. Pleasant city council an a
special meeting held last evening decided
that the appeal which 10 had considered
taking OF the recent decision i'm the dis
trict court of the segregation suit in this
citN1 should Dee dropped The members
are not at all satisfied with the decision
but thought an appeal was not jusu-
fable.
Late Yesterday afternoon a Grain OF
fourteen cars, nine loaded with livestock.
horses and cattle. and five loaded with
household furniture, left this city bound
Tor Canada. A number of men and BOYS
accompanied the train. and another ear
loaded with the families of these men
viii follow tomorrow or Tuesday. Ii
was the first real move made by people
of this city who have become dissatisfied
with their lot and surroundings here ana
have gone TO "a new land for the purpose
OF carving out their fortunes and making
their future homes.
I'm the crowd are in an over fifty peO-
pie as follows M0roni Seely and family.
Alma Bennett and family. Off Erickson
and family. =. T.. Melting and family
Oscar Barton. lr.. and family. Kimber
Barton and two sons George SCelv and
wilcox and family, Mrs. Ed Erickson and
children. AN of Mt Pleasant: Eliason
brothers Of MOrOuI. Mrs. Lamb and chill
creu OF Wales. and several parties from
FalrvleW. The ladies who go alone Will
meet their husbands, who are already in
the Canadian country. The party goes
through direct 20 Sterling Can. where
lt viii arrive about Friday Most of them
have been farmers here but will 90 into
the stock raising business in Canada.
MeSsrS. Erickson. Melting and MOrOnf
Scely have been there before and are
very Well pleased with the outlook Most
OF them are supplied with fun camping
outfits and expect 70 spend the first
months of their time there rOughing il
In true frontier style.