Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-12-10

Inc tlFSt DAIRY was established by
the Kunz family at Bern the product
being the SwltEer cheese. The first
Salt works were erected and salt
manufactured by J. NJ. Duvins and
others OF Montpelier ON Grow Greek
and on tho Star Valley Road.
Tho first mail was carried during
the winter OF 1855 from Franklta 20
Paris ON snow shOes."
These few "firsta" a. they have
been tak0E at random from the pen
% Mr.. j. c. Rich viii serve to CEN
ter tho readers attention on the
early beginnings of Bear Lake coun-
". II will aid him further. by com
parlson with figures and facts OF to-
day. 10 see more clearly tho progress
this county nas made-aad Il viii
develop In him a sense OF pride I'm
tho fact that from humble beginning
We havo developed % bo the county
that we are today.
In spite OF tho fact that tho coun-
~ is perhaps tho highest altitude
that Ia cultivated successfully In sho
entire world. Bear Lake county co.
day through tho labor and prcaov-
GRANGE OF It's people, IL abundantiy
| fruitful.
During about seven months sc The
year Bear Lake county i'm well adar
ted TO patauFago. There arc about
sixty five thousand acres under trTi-
gatien and cultivation. In addition
20 this the county has about fifty
| five thousand acrca DC land adapted
To dry farming. Tho principal crops
ara wheat. oats. Barley. alfalfa. pc.
tRtoes and all kinds OF garden voEo.
tables. Farming and stock growing
ara Tho principal yocatIonm og the
citisena OF the county. hut fruit eul.
tuFa IL successfully carried on.
Cheese making has been one of
the important and successful lnaes-
tries ~ ire county which has man
tanned high reputation along thia
line.
Hear Lake county Is rich In min.
eral deposits. chiefly that OF phoa.
phAta. Large shipments oR thtR min
eral arc made daily to all parts 90
tbs world.
Bear Lake county property shows
healthy Increase in value. accord
Ing TO the real property valuation
Just complied BY County Auditor
Stanley II. Rich. The statement
shows a total valuation of ali tax
able property in the county. not In
Guiding public utilities. 81 over four
and = half million dollars. This flg-
ure doea not include tho Oregon
Short Line railroad Company, Utah,
Power a Light Co. Western Union
Telegraph Company, Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Co. the
Pacific FS~:t Express nor the Pull
man Company. These companies are
assessed by the state beard OF equal
laatlon and when the figures for
these concerns are available, thn
grand total assessed valuation %
all property in Hear Lake county win
exceed tho ten million dollar mark.
From tbs little school house I'm
which Mr.. Oamond and Mr.. Rich
taught In Paris In the yoaF OF 1854
haa grown the splendid educational
system % Bear Lake county. To-day
schools are dotted ali over the eouM-
! ty-and the taxpayers are spending
over sventy five thousand dollars an
lnuaily for educational purposes. In
: addition 10 the public high school Ia
! Montpelier. tho FietdIonR Academy
Christ of Latter Day Saints. offers
, high school courses which are stan
/ dafd and . high school education T.
\ nov within the reach Of every boy
and girl In the county.
!, Tho railway has taken the place
/, Iof tho freiKhtsT and snow mail and
, the valuation tAaaeazeki1 OF railway
properties In this county last year
= amounted to over three millions 0a
!. dollars. Where rapid and daily
mall service now supply our wants
- In that direction. To-day nearly ex-
1 cry settlement In the county haa ai-
!. ectric lights and teiephono communi-
I, cation.
The first election IN Bear Lake
= county was held on the first Mon.
I. day Of June 1875 and two hundred
and thirty seven votes were cast. AZ
the last general election held IN thia
:. county approximately three thousand
d votes weFu east. In the decade from
~ 1910 to 1890 the population of ths
~ county increased from TT29 20 s7Sa
an increase Of 1854.
Df Surely Bear Lake county can
70 look forward 10 the future with pro
"a mise. Great things are In store foE
D. the people 81 the county ~ they VIII
II bat continue to boost. The phCs.
le phats industry alone can make thil
y. county one of tho richest Ia chs
o. state. This combined with our farm
In and ranch products. cur stock and
In cattle. the creamery industry spell
IN for the citizens OF this eounty onpar'