The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11
STATE NEWS
LEHf is KEEPING UP
Lively Utah Town Has a Commercial
Club and Will Spend Money
in Booming Things.

Lehi. Dec. 10.-At an enthusiastic meet
ing of the Commercial club held last
evening a resolution was unanimously
adopted authorizing the committee on
manufactures and new Industries to ad-
NertIse that the club would furnish
free site TO any manufacturing industry
that would locate in Lehi, and that the
citizens would cooperate in other sub
stantial ways in establishing new enter
prises that will locate here. The club Is
going after the proposed new glass works
that an Illinois company VIII locate IN
Utah. and instructed the secretary 10
write the promoters regarding the de-
STABILITY of locating in Lehi, where good
sand, limerick and other necessary re-
quisites are convenient.
The secretary was also authorized 10
spend some money il advertising that the
hotel conditions of Lehi might be I'M
proved. The one single hotel now dOing
business, while answering the purposes
of a country village, is deemed entirely
mands Of the transient public, and the
result is that this class of people get
through their business as soon as possible
and seek hotel accommodations else
where. Lehi is conceded TO be q good
hotel town, and the right kind of a man
will receive substantial encouragement
from local business men.
The Commercial club also took up the
question of the farmers institute which
viii be held here on the s0th Inst under
the direction OF the Logan experiment
sions held in the new tabernacle. and
the following professors and teachers VIII
participate: Miss Catey, Domestic Sci
ence;'' Miss Wyant, Literature for the
Young" Professor Ball, SPRAYING ana
Plant Diseases" Professor Jardine, Gen
erai Farming" Professor Mclaughlin,
Irrigation and Drainage Besides these
there will be musical numbers from
American Fork, Pleasant Grove and LehI
and also brief talks from farmers from
the above named towns The institute
Will be well advertised and, no doubt. VIII
be largely attended.
Elam Foutz will leave tomorrow for
DenOpOlis. Ala, with two cars OF horses.
Mr.. FOutZ has shipped twenty-One cars
OF horses 10 eastern markets from Lem
during the past year.
4 Mr.. Furgerson of Fairfield has pur-
chased a big tract of land west of the
Jordan river ana Will go into the dry
farming and chicken business on an ex-
tenslVe scale.
l. D. Joseph and J. Z. Jones two
Frisco citizens, have purchased homes IN
Lehi and Will remove their families here
In the spring.
Manager Mark Austin of the Idaho
Sugar company of Sugar City, is visit
ing Lehi friends.
Messrs. J. H. Gardner and NJ. W. IN
gals, general manager and chief engineer
respectively for the Utah Sugar company
VIII leave in the morning for q tour or
inspection of the sugar factories at Car
land, Idaho Falls, BlackfOot and Sugar
City.
ID. H. Alfred. 2. H. Alfred and Oliver
Cedarstrom have planted cocoa rainbow
trout in the pond on the Alfred ranch,
west Of Lehi, and intend producing the
speckled beauties for market.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. English OF Willard
are visiting relatives in Lehi.
7. y. Peterson of BlackfoOt arrived IN
Lehi yesterday and will spend the hOlt-
days here.
The Early Harvest Mining company,
which owns group of claims at Fish
Springs, is applying for a patent Tor
their ground.
Mr.. and Mrs G. II. Smith left this
week for Blackfoot, where Mr. Smith has
accepted a position as agricultural super
intendent for the Blac6foot Sugar com
pany.
4 travelling scissors grinder called at
Ostertoh's bakery a few days ago and
exchanged his old worn coat Tor the
proprietor's new one.