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Show v EPENDENT. 1 VOL. 7. NO. 33. SPRINGV1LLE, UTAH,' THURSDAY, APRIL 7,1898. PRICE- $2.00 PER YEAR. 1 1 -rrv y W V J r CITY FATHERS MEET. An Unusual Amount cf Business. CITf DECIDES TO BUY A IIA0. Deputy Watermaster Appointed. 1 Iu City Decldesi to Collect the Poll Tax.-Lots of Bills and Other Things. The council met iu regular session last Monday eveuing, with all members mem-bers present at the roll call. Mayor Hall reported that lie had made arrangements to purchase the piano now in the City hall, but had left It with the council to decide whether they would buy the piano on the time deal or pay the monev down. The council decided that it would be cheaper to pay 12 down than to pay $135, 150 down and $10 per month afterwards until paid, and a warrant wis ordered drawn for $125 to pay for the instrument. Waterma.ster Bird handed In the names of the following gentlemen who were continued by the couucil as deputy watermasters: District No. 1 Frauk Beardall. District No. 2 and 6 Christian lloutz. District No. 3 John II. Lee. District No. 4 Calvin Van Leuven. District Ho. 7 John C). Bird. District No. 8-J. B. May cock. Ther was no one named as deputy watermaster for the Oakland district and Mr. Bird gave as his reason for not sending In a name, that the people peo-ple of that district had been making roar, thinking that they had been taxed too heavy on the water tax, and that the salary paid the wateruiaster in that district was too high, lie reported re-ported that there was no proper pernio per-nio In that district i hat he knew of who would take the position for a less aalary. . The Citv Justice, submitted his quarterly report ending March 31st. which was as follows: Number of cases tried, 12; number o convictions, 12; number of cases pending. 1. Total amount of tines assessed, $90. Amount of cash collected in dues t'5. Number of days imprisonment served, IS. . Tbe Marshal's report for the quarter ending March 31st, showed number of arrests "made 15; amount of fines assessed, $90. The committee to which was referred re-ferred the question as to whether the city should collect the poll tax or let the county do it, brought in their report re-port signed by Councilmen Reynolds and Storrs, Btating that they thought the best interests of the city would be served by the city collecting the tax. Councilman Harmer, the other member of the committee, made a uiiuority report in favor of the county collecting the tax. He mada a talk to the council in favor of his report Jind Councilmen Reynolds, Storrs aud Loynd made talks in favor (if the majority report. Councilman Huntington Hunt-ington stated that he was in sympathy sym-pathy with the minority report, and thought that it would give us better loads to have the county collect the tax, but for fear that the city might be giving up one of its rights which It might not be able to get back, he would vote in favor of the city collecting col-lecting the tax until that matter might be made clear. By a vote of the council it was decided that the city collect the tax. The City treasurer reported that she had in her possession as property of the city a due bill on Rover & Bringhursfs store for $0.30, which was , givui as a donation to the sprinkling fund, and as that firm had made an assignment she wished to know what disposition she should make o.f it. No definite action was takfii in regard re-gard to the matter by the council but they Informed her that she miiiht, call on the tlrm and see what they would do about it. The following bills were presented and allowed: Buyer & Bringhurst for lumber and nails I4.40. Deputy marshal Weight for services J7.00. L. H. Harmer services councilman 110.00; committee work on pastures 1.00. Total 111.00. Road supervisor Loynd for services $28.00. O. B. Huntington services as councilman 110.00; committee work 3.00 Mrs. Ella Haymond, services as city treasurer 112.00. Jamea E. Hall cervlcis a9 Mayoi 15.00. P. E. Houtz services as City recorder re-corder $50.00. R. H. Thornc services at City justice $31 25. Wm. F. Gibson, for printing $4.00. F. C. Gammell services as City marshal month of March (50.00 J. II. Storrs services as councilman 10.00; committee $1.00. Jos. Loynd services as councilman 10.00; committee $1.00. Ed. Lee for saw and grnbing hoc bought for water department $2 30. II. T. Reynolds services as council-wan council-wan $10.00; committee work $2.00. A. Brinton for lumber $7.81. The road supervisor submited his report of expenditures for material used In the Quarter eudlng March 31, which showed there had been $78.29 expended. The City auditor reported $257,74 in ihe city treasury on March 31st. A communication from Dr. Becbe, MTKtary of the State Board of Health, was read inquiring if Sprlng-l Sprlng-l ill c had vet formed a board of health Royal Bake the food pure, wboleaooie and delicious. 'J POWDER Absolutely Pure royal amino powoen eo., new vok. incompliance with the State law iu that matter. The Mayor stated that he believed the board now formed tilled all the requirements of the law, with the exception of one particular. The law requires that the city qunr-rantine qunr-rantine physician shall be the chairman chair-man of the board, while our city oidinance makes the Mayor the bead of the board. The council then adjourned. Doa't Tobicro Spit and Smoke Tour Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netlc. lull of life nerve and vigois, take No-To-Bae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, S0o or II. Cure guaranteed guaran-teed Booklet and sample froe. Address Stcrllnc Itemed Co., Chicago or Naw York. CHARLEY FKIEL WLNS. Gets the Silver Medal at the Contest, Friday night. The W. C. T. U. of Sprlngville held their second Silver Medal oratorical contest for this year at the City hall Friday evening. The contestants were school children, all under 18 years of age, and were Jesse Strang, Thomas Iloylance, Mark Strang, Charley Frie), Adriene Molen and Nellie Rovlance. A crowd that tilled the hall beyond its seating capacity was present and listened with evident enjoyment to the following well rendered prr gram: Prayer. Iter. A. C. Todd. Man-king Sung, by Company of children. Opening address. Iioss Bonny. Hesitation, ''Boys of America" Jesse Strang. Huot, Jothan and Hulda Hazt'l Strang and C'lydu Felt. Recitation. The Destruction of the Liquor Traffic. Tom Uovlam.'e. Recitation. Alark Strang. Kecifatioii, "Uowu with the Traffic, Adriene Molen. Vocal Solo, Winnie Bonny. Recitation, "The Scourge of Republic, Chas. Friol. Recitation, "The World on Fire." Nellie Roy lance. Awarding of tha prizes wllh presentation speech by J. W. N. Whitecotton, of I'rovo. Charley Friel captured the first prize, the Silver Medal, and Adricue Molen was awarded the second prize, a year's subscription to the Home magazine. The judges were Mr. J. VV. N. Whitecotton and Miss Freda Dressel of Provo. and Mrs. F. N. West of Springville. The collection amounted to $4.50. Resolutions of Respect. At the request of the students of the eighth grade, Springville public schools, the following resolutions were adopted: VThereas; the relatives of our dear friend and schoolmate. Estella Fuller, have been called unon to mourn the loss of their loved one, who in the bloom of youth and beauty has been suddenly summoned to the realms of the great beyond; therefore be it Resolved; that we recognize in her death the loss of an amiable and worthy young lady; a good and faithful faith-ful student. Resolved; that we sincerely condole and sympathize with the relatives in their sad bereavment and affliction. Resolved; that a copy of these resolutions reso-lutions be presented to the sorrow-stricken sorrow-stricken family, and also published in the Springville Independent. Schoolmates. CONFERENCE RATES. Via Rio Grande "Western Railway, Rail-way, April 6th to 9th. For the Annual Conference, L. D. S., and Woman's Conference, L. D. S., at Salt Lake City, April 6th to 9th. inclusive, the Rio Grande Western Ry. will make the following rates to Salt Lake City and return: Riverton $1 25 American Fork 1 35 Geneva I 50 Provo 1 IK) Springville 2 10 Spanish Fork 2 25 Benjamin 2 25 Payson 2 35 Santaquln 2 35 Goshen 2 75 Eureka 3 25 Mammoth 3 25 Silver City 3 25 Castllla 2 60 Thistle 2 75 Tickets will be on sale on the following fol-lowing dates: From Ogden, Park City, Bingham, Springville, Silver City and intermediate points, from April 5th to 0th, inclusive; tickets limited to April 15th, 1898. No stopover stop-over privileges will be allowed on theso tickets, nor will extensions be granted. DEATH AT MAPLETOU. A. W. Matson a Victim 0f Apoplexy. WAS A PROMINEXT FARMER. Had Been Ailiug Slightly for Several Weeks, But was Able to be About Bis Business As Usual. A. W. Matson, one of Mapleton's wealthiest and most enterprizing citizens, died suddenly at his home at 10:45 o'clock Tuesday morniug. The cause of death was apoplexy. Mr. Matson's death came as a very suddeu blow to his family and friends as it was entirely unlooked for. He had beeu suffering for" two or three weeks with severe pains in his head, but was able to be up and around attending to his work. Monday afternoon he drove over to Provo to get medical advice, returning homfe in the evening. During the night be took worse and became unconscious, uncons-cious, remaining so antil death-came. Mr. Matson has resided in Maple-ton Maple-ton for several years and has been atcively engaged iu the up building of that prosperous village, and by hit death the community loses one of its most progressive men. '. Aaron Westley Matson was the son of Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. B. Matson of this city, and was born iu Springville, July 13, 185!), and was 39 years old, He leaves a wife and threV, small children to mourn his death. Tb4 funeral services will be held to daj at the Mapieton meeting house at 1 o'clock. -J OTHER MAFLETON MATTERS. Edwin Whiting made a short visit to Sanpete last week, to choose 9 location aud to make arrangements for a joint reunion of the Cox-Whit ing families, which will take place oq the 20th of July, in Fairview, Sanpete San-pete county. These two families Ij'ave intermarried .,un$,ij tbjj are an cousins. The Whitings win give a program the first day, ending with the drama, "Nevada.or TheLostMine" in the evening. Lizzie McCoard Whiting will play leading lady, while Aaron Johnson will assume the title role and be general manager. The second day's program will be given by the Cox family, who will jlso put on a play in the evening. It is expected there will be about 500 present. At the farewell reception given in the meeting house Wednesday night, to John Whiting, bis purse waa replenished re-plenished with thirty-seven bright dollars to aid hi 111 in the missionary field. Supt. Brown will lecture Tuesday evening to parents, on the advantages of education. To Cure A Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. All Druggists refund the money If it falls to cure. 1'rlce 25 cents. Discovered br a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady in this country. ''Disease fastened it clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly, and could not sleep. She finally discovered dis-covered a way to recovery, by purchasing purch-asing of us d bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all night; and with two bottles, has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus writes W. C. Hamnick & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at C. J. Peterson's Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1,00. Every bottle guaranteed. Notice. A good surrey for sale at bed rock price. Call and examine. A. C. Bird. This is the Week For We Have a BLEACHED FROM This is no ordinary line, but the BIGGEST VALUES and BEST PATTERNS to be found anywhere. Tliey Are Direct From the lielfast Linen Milla- Irvine & BUSINESS BRIEFS. Men's working shirts, 25 to 50 cents; laundred shirts from 40 to 75 Cents, at Pcxton's Notion Store. A full stock of baby carriages, carpets car-pets and wall paper at. Molen & Caffrcy, A new lot of picture frames arrived this week at Geo. Ed. Anderson's Ladies, call at Mrs. Murphy's and get an Easter hat. Nice codfish, mackerel aud smoked herring at Erdman's Meat Market. Try horseradish mustard, a delicious table condiment fo"" sa'le at Erdman's Erd-man's Harry Webb wants to buy all the two-year-old heifers he can get. If you have any to sell you would do well to get his prices before selling to someone else. If you have any potatoes, eggs, wheat or alfalfa seed go to Roylance's; he pays cash. Now is the ar.pointed time to get a new bicycle; some new ones have just arrived at Roylance's. Plant onions and get your seed from Roylance's. Through Tourist Sleeper. Effective January 30th and each following Sunday the Rio Grande Western Railway will have a through tourist sleeper for Portland on train No. 1. This car will lay over at Salt Lake City until train No. 3, Sunday nights, deliveries being made to (). S. L. by this train at Ogden. Eastlound the same car will be carried from Ogden to Salt Lake City on train No. 2,every Thursday morning,laying over at Salt Lake City for train No. 4 Thursday evenings. This weekly service ser-vice will be operated between Portland Port-land and Boston via O. R. & N., O. S. L., R. G. W., C. & R. G., R. I. L. S. & M. S.. N. Y. C. and B.& A. R'ys. F. A. Wadleigh, G. P. A. Na-To-Rae for Fifty Cent a. ' "'' Guaranteed UrtcWtiMt ror men strong, blood pure. 60c. II. All drugk'lsU THE WHITEHEAD WOOLEN MILLS. An Independent Man Makes a Tear of Inspection. Yeterday The Independent man paid a visit to one of Springvllle's most worthy institutions, the Whitehead White-head Woolen Mills. He was shown through the factory, which is the second largest in the State in point of size and equipment of machinery, by Jas. Whitehead, Jr., the owner and manager of the concern. Mr. White-bead White-bead has been making some very marked improvements in his factory the past few years, by the introduction introduc-tion of the latest improved machinery. machin-ery. The greatest improvements have been made in the knitting and dyeing departments. In the knitting department de-partment there are now ten knitting machines in running order, which, under the efficient management of T. E. Willis, late of Ogden, are turning out number one work in the line of ladles' and misses hosiery, and men's socks. The reporter was shown samples of the hosiery and socks, and in his judgement they compared favorubly in point of workmanship and quality with anything in that line made In the east. Mr. Whitehead is now making arrangements to place hn goods in all the markets of the state, and hopes to build up a nice trade, which, if he does, will mean a great deal for Springville and vicinity. The factory, when running at its full capacity, gives employment to from 16 to 20 people, and uses up over 100,000 pounds of raw wool yearly. The power for running the machinery machin-ery in the main factory is furnished by Spring Creek, which is one of the best water powers In the state of Utah. The power for running the machinery in the dyeing room is TABLE LINEN Beautiful and 36C TO $1.60 S 14 SPRING and THE Cheapest ail Best lot of SHoes and Slippers j crer offerefl to tnc people of SpriBHTille just I arrlYel and now on sale at j Jas. Whitehead's. of If you want to or Soil Fruits or Produce Please Call on or Write me, WM. M. ROYLANCE. Springville, Car Load Lots a Specialty. Agent for Bicycles, Studebaker Wagons, Etc. Drugs. Medicines. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded by Karl Tranchcll, Pharmacist in Charge. City Drug Store C X. CHANDALIv, I'ropr. Stationery, Toilet Articles, Soaps, Perfum'"-v, Sponges Broth, Cigars, Confectionery, Musical Supplies, Kn, Et. : j s East Side of Bank Building, Springville. R- A.DIAX, Fresident. fl. L. OTUQOSGr. 3aMr E. T. REYNOLDS, Tioe-PreatdaaU Springville Banking Co. SPRINGVILLE, UTAH. Oo.plta.1 Stools. QOO.OOO. .Transacts a general bauking business. Exchange bought and sold aud depot Its received subject to chec, Five per cent Interest paid on time deposits, com5jtndia quarterly Money always on hand for short time loans. SOME Exclusive set-in-their-way old-time tailors would rthr give you credit than a sample of their cloth. Tb, American Woolen Mills Co. is not that way. You can eemples of our cloths and examine to your heart's content. con-tent. You'll always be welcome. You wouldn't bolieva that we'll make you suits for from $5 50 to $33, as good or better thin those others sell for $10 to $40. Come in and see samples, or I will call at your home and show them to you, whether you want to buy or not. N. H. G-ROESBECK, Agent. furnished by a boiler of 80 horse power. This also furnishes the heat for the dyeing works. This boiler is large enough to furnish steam to heat the entire factory if It was fitted up with pipes, and Mr. Whitehead stated that this wauld be the next improvement improve-ment made in the factory. An item of Interest to'the reporter was the information given by Manager Mana-ger Whitehead that nine-tenths of all the modern die matter used was obtained from coal tar. The reporter Complete Line. TJNBLEACH8D FROM 30C TO 760 Centre St., Provo. SUMMER Utah. Chemicals. left the factory well pleased, with bis visit, and fully convinced that It was an institutition of which, Springville should feel proud, and one well worthy of the support of its citizens, Everrbodf Bajrf Bo. Caaoareta Can At Cathartic, the most won derful medical diai-overv of tlio ape, pleasant pleas-ant and retreahinft to law taaie, art, gently ODd poaitlvcly oo kittaefa. liver and bowels, cleansing the entire aystera. dlsiel ct cur iieadnolie, ievmr, iiahltunl conotl;mtlon and uHounnuM. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. tn-dnr ; 10, S. .10 mum. Hold m1 guaranteed to cure by all dniKgisU. r""AVE you ever consid-fc consid-fc ered that it is economy 1 l to buy a good fine linen? The washing and iren-ing iren-ing is much easier, and you always haue satisfaction for your trouble. Besides, tbey wear as long again as the cotton mixture. Casn ai . -" i .1 '! |