Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10
REVIEW or THE YEARS
WORK AT FRANKLIN.
Nneolal Colrespondence.


| l. rankin, Idaho, Nov s.-Quite
number ~ former residents Of
Franklin, live In Arizona, Cana
| GA Snake River valley, Star valley.
| Dcrsh Nah Y and Bear Lake valley,
ANA other places. These people ma
turally want to know how their friends
| III their former home towns are pros
! pellng.
The rains lni hail. with the wind,
laid lots Of wheat and oats fat
| Beautiful fiellt OF grain wero ruined.
some OF II not worth cutting some
| Of the hay was badly injured. Fruits
are IN fair condition, plums are abund-
ant, many pear trees are blighted.
Potatoes and uther garden vegetables
are fair. sugar beets IN many places
are excellent. Threshing commenced
a. August. two steam threshers have
done considerable business w White
head and Abe Whitehead own the
machines Farms have changed hands
considerable OF late years ~ Butter
worth bought Mr.. l.arsens farm;
Henry Preece got Ed Anderson's farm;
Elias Larsen bought Ivan Wood
wards farm In Utah: Joseph Wood
land sold his farm 10 several persons;
Henry Doney bought +. G. parkin-
sons farm; s O. Parkinson obtained
James Frens' farm; Elias Doney
bought q l.. Packers farm. Nels Mel |
sen got John sideways farm: Cecil |
aud Garnet Woodward bought y, j. |
Flacks farm; John Sans bought A. |
Shakers farm, r. q. Lowe sold his |
farm TO man in Logan: r j Poul- |
ter sold his farm TO William and Ny |
ron Cornish. and II. l.. Woodward OBJ |
tained the Rankin farm; these farms
are not 20 acre lots but some of them
run into the hupdreds Of acres.
The WaterWorks of Franklin are do |
Ing good service. There are the Bell |
Telephone and electric light poles and |
wires strung through the streets The
independent Telephone runs west of
town. cub river Is going to generate
electricity for fhe towns of Smthfield
Richmond Franklin Whitney and
Preston. A plaut is unGcr way now
w the river. and the projectors OF this
enterprise keep force of men EN-.
ployed. Judge Fudge. James Shep-
nerd and Joseph Monson are talked of
as the promoters Of this enterprise,
cub river Is fine stream for power
purposes. This electric enterprise Is
going Ia run grlst mills and other
besides lighting towns.
Peter Bowcut has built fine cot
tage on his lot. Dr. States is building
residence on a piece OF ground he
purchased OF Mrs. Holden.
Few years ago road was made
west OF franklin to Fairview 10 short
en- the distance. instead of going by
FRANKLIN mills. a cut was made In the
nil and q bridge built across Cub
river. This was very steep as the river
ran close TO the hill The present
county commissioners of oneida coun-
" advertised for bids TO re-
move the bridge, change tho
channel OF the river and Grade
the hill. to al up the river where
he road crosses Il. John Wilkinson OF
FRANKLIN obtained the contract; his
Dondsmen, L. l.. Hatch and Frank
shriyer, are associated In this work.
Che new emanuel liz made the river
urned, concrete pillars are erected.
our IN number, and square tImbers
re placed on these pillars. and bottled
o them, TWO pillars on each side OF the
iver The work seems we'll done, and ,
ar Wilkinson and his aids are to be
raised Tor their diligence In this Ia !
or There rs one mistake In this !.
OBJ, where the river coming from the
orth strikes the road. then runs west
bout two rods from the turn the chan |
el is made. Now the bank OF the
tream must be riprapped or there Ia
anger OF the river cutting channel.
'here the channel and bridge should
ave been.
School has commenced with Mr. Par.
" smith and Misses Louisa Dowdie
nd Martha Morrison, teachers. Work
plentiful, and some men ought 10
ave the strength OF Samson, see- |
~ the amount OF work before them I
18th improved machinery. and the skill {
cgulred In using these implements, a J
reat amount OF work IL accomplished !
Isaac III. and David Nash bought the
rson Nicely farm. and VIM Stockdale |
ought the stone quarry quarter, and 8
9th these farms have produced lots Of a
rain Franklin Is growing and Is a v
God place TO live. There is no boom.
ut steady growth. {
Mining Is looking up John GAY ,
IAN, formerly of Oklahoma, now a resi- b
eht of Franklin, is aassociated with
,me others In n mine in Maple Creek 4
inyon. The assays are encouraging. &
nd he appears quite enthusiastic IN Il
Is mine venture. 4
Franklin, Nov 9.-The election
assed of quietly here without any a
the threatened challenges The II