Show NORTHERN NOTES preston and its pro prosperous berous pe rous population sanday school justlee old Ogden og ites F from rom our special correspondent preston from where I am writing lias bas heretofore been known by various various names among which arc sandridge and worm creek but at ft a meeting odthe of the citizens held hold here a it short time since it was unanimously resolved to christen it PRESTON in lionor of hon W B pres preston ton Logan of cache co utah the settlement lement is located about 85 miles north of aden seven miles north of franklin on the line of tho the utah northern railroad in fact the road runs through it il but the town is not one of railroad creation this is a beautiful open healthy country the soil is a rich sandy loam it is very productive and much of it is now under cultivation V the crops which have had bad no water but the tile rainfalls rain falls this season look exceedingly well and promising the settlement extends north and south nine miles and east ewt and west seven miles only a short timo since its only inhabitants were were the wild bi bird r IZI the c jack rabbit and the coyote no now w there are 76 families aggregating souls of whom 88 aro children under eight years the ages of the balance ranging from 10 to 60 years and upwards all of whom appe appear ar to be hearty healthy and happy in in their new homes most of of the people here are living on their qu quarter ar sections of rich farming land with prospects in the not distant future of becoming truly independent so far as regards the things of mortal life A short timo since david jenkins esq county surveyor of ogden del cit city me surveyed survey ed a canal canal to bring bring the water from cub river fiver to irrigate the lands of preston the ditch is six milea miles long the settlers have binca the survey by their united labors and hard licks nearly completed the wat water er course couise and next year all being well they will have an abundance of water for arri irrigating at I n pu purposes and their land an will f I I indeed rt become acome valuable the canal when completed com feted will cost about the M water company is is incorporated about twelve miles east from their town in fhe the mountains they have a good sawmill saw mill which is is owned by a company tf whom the following arc are the offices J A canfield president daniel sabin vice president dent denis winn jos sharp isaac west directors francis IVI wilcox cox treasurer win gibbons secretary thos B heller general business manager timber is abundant and easy of access tho the water power is plentiful and they turn out a great quantity of good I lumber umber for which they find ready sale and secure their pay every month from the R R co r the rho people of preston already live in comfortable frame houses but they arc are expecting ere long to build more substantially it is only a matter optime of time and the present occupants are lookin looking forward to i it t when the land in g this ii s section will be divided up and more fully settled than at present there is sufficient to furnish good homes for four times the present population their present school house has grown too small and initiatory steps have been taken to erect a more commodious one A good school is in session and well attended the pupils arc are making satisfactory progress under tuition of mrs frankie brown they have also an excellent sabbath school on sunday sunda last mr isaac B nash from franklin r a min visited the sabbath school and introduced to the scholars Echo lars a number of very fine new songs son so in in the execution exo cution of which he lie gave them some effective lessons being apt pupils they th in in a short timo acquired acu ired ft a knowledge of the music and made the place vocal with rich melody this is a partial preparation for a grand musical jubilee jho to take place at logan on tho t ath of july next in which thousands of sabbath school children are expected to participate quite a number of our former townsmen no now reside here among whom are nahum porter bis bishop hop L A canfield israel west chas C west benj lament whose est I have been while here I thos biest siest heller jos G young david sabin wm gibbons wm millard Alil laid and others whose names escape me just s enow now their ogden friends will ve be pleased to leam learn that these old townsmen are well and enjoying life lif the Preston ians have no post os office at present they have applied p aed for and expect one to be es established dished soon their mails now go to franklin IL PRESTON idaho Idali oJune june 81 |