The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-20
GLENN'S FERRY, IDAHO, COMING
INTO NEW GROWTH AND PROSPERITY

attributes referred to above, coupled win
I1" scattering farms i'm the valleys
1poNr here, III is safe TO predict that wiih
l,,sv auuId new lands adjacent contrib
/ utory to the town. substantial devclop-
nent is In store for this place.
THIS view of the situation has cnrour-
aged tho board OF commissioners oc H.
more COUNTY TO grant to GIenn;s FarI,
n municipal form OF government This
action was taken lbs the board Il month
As becomes the duty OF county COM
aiissi"ncrs In granting government To 4
municipality. board III trustees Is SO
%,,icd by Ihcm In This instance, Charles
NFiplcE III. Nj. lurlburt. William Ward
N0orit CARRY ahd T.. NJ. Clark were ap-
pointed as tlic irst board of trust,~rs. and
Nh skipper has been designated as the
temporary chairman.
iir Skipper has served the O : l..
isailro3d company ior twCnty-threc years
lS Ihlei engineer OF its extensive water
Nh HurlUuUt is lenvlfy interested i'm
$hccp and is a sou-ln-Iaw of Joseph
Ferry bank.
Mr.. Wa1d has for eighteen years served
as Il paSscuG": engineer irr the q. :. l..
w. iw""n Glcnn's Ferry and Huntington.
Mr. Farby IL merchant ol This place.
WI" stands high in the esteem oil The
o'ilTcns OF Glcnn's Ferry
Mr. Clark is the trusted cashier OF the
ihuk o! Glenns Ferry. the only bank
il''" at this time.
win The complete organization OF this
n'hrd -! Nill"Sc trustees. a now order 0i
Development may bo expected. Street;
viii he defined. sidewalks bu;it and u
high order of civic Improvements and reg
u!Icon will follow
Ey The signature of President Grover
Cleveland. che government OF the United
states parted with The title to The 100
a''cS oi Iand comprising the Gl,nn'S Fer
~ t""ns'tc. VeSting II in one William
NJ stockton in Nav of 1890 Mr. Stock
ton had prc-cmp;cd this land IN October
ot 1886. NJ cost OF MANY thousands Of
dollars ,.Nt"adine over \ pcr!od Of four
Years. Mr., stockton defended his rights
through all tho land courts OF the gov
c.nn"ni To this tract ot land.
William Madison stockton represents
thht sturdy TYPO of tl;c American pioneer.
IN" passing Of whom "" note with pride
for their achievements and regret at their
going. They wc~C the brave trnil-blaZ-
cr% "f grand civilization. and IN tn"
day oi their hardShips. deprivation and
SlruSSlcs WITH iEr crude elements of the
vest they bUiidci better than they IAN
ci"d.
This pioneer was born i'm ADAMS conn
ty. Illinois. january -. lS%G. \ brother
ol his grandfather was one of the sign
crS Or the Declaration uf independence.
tAs son h'iu= namci f"r his distiu-
guishci relative.
Young Stockton. when - wears or age.
o., in 1850. ouiGt;cd at Clariuda. Page
county. iowa. with an uN team and
started for the west. In 1852 he came
down the Portncuf river. i'm southcas tern
Idaho. and crossed the desert of the
dredry Snake river valley 10 the carly
mining camps around Salmon City. Later
h" pushed on To Nevada, only to return
To TN" site of his present home It Glcmus
Ferry in 1856. ana prc-cmpt This Nalu-
able land.
Only ten days since this old pioneer
transferred. 10y warranty decd, his remain
in" equity In this quarter a"Clion of land.
which Inc had owned for a quarter of :,