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Show the box elder NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER PORTAGE 9 15.1909 M S. VhOWNINC, s N COOK. I it R F Has Largest Grain Elevator in the County 4 I h-- ecretnry HRhWLR. Iren s L u ' b IV N ' : Glenvvood Boy of pinehurt is a .iImiw 'hr faithful cut Pi11-ur- (;lcuM,,J Boy t. "as dropped Nov. w 1k M.v of this thorough- pi,,. ly, j, is Gienwood Boy of l.uhl'iii. who is the sire of daugh-rs- . jladMinml Registry and the dam is Selma 2nd, an Pinehui'st f Ad-Lira- d Registry cow, who lade 432 pounds of butter it with her first calf. Ipleiivond Boy of Pinehurst by Dr. E. A. and John B. Mathias last March and ft'tu'se f south end V.;,!,,, inpped to Brigham City at 1 cost of $300. lie is a hand-liiii- e ' ' plll,,i,1, c " M 'I' ,'1 i ,i s ,!, k."1 ,1 i tin- - !,..d in v , ri- .il a spring ii a s '.a' . nj 2 miles smith i state line. The first s, til, ' , , hl i,, ( , () ; Lill "I lo dolm ami la1' I"-'" Wt ds ille;m'l M kb lli,1 west si le of Mi OI. La. tor on Thonnis llivcii ' co1 '"b1 D G hbs and family made homes on he n cm side also. In 1'. ear W6 oilier promi-nei- i' "iias 1 MM uj ,i ley settled in Portage m They located near M j 8p.,.,. as it was then called tie springs still retain mu name In the year 1&33 a fort was built about iwo and one hair miles north of Springs and about three miles souihea.t of where Portage now stands r,i JnIi. li't'fi I miles north ' I"! '' M-u- nd IMany prominent men of Salt Lake City gave money, lhmr luieon and other eatables to the builders of this fort. In the fall 0f and k3 spring of K56 the settlers found need of this fort from the faet that the Indians became very hostile. But during the summer the Indians went away to heir hunting grounds, only to return in the fall, along in September. Among 1 t u mi il ics arriunl from arm mgion Lay ion and other ""iin ,md among them were Hie lannlies ot () C. Hoskins, Miles aid Baud Hall Van Hales C. S C Lambm and Jos I Harris B aboitl this lime tlie first school Ionise was built It served as a schoo house, meeting house and amusement hall. Its dimensions were 20 feet by 30 feet, and was lmilt of red pine logs with a dirt floor This house was built the east side of the valley. Later it was moved to the west side of the valley on summer of lssi! ihe house was built to the square, but the set ting in of an early winter pro i i ; i d t h 's s, i d tmg on ihe roof. of ls4 a l iii r m pu ew Year's eve heavy storm came up and blew both ends of the house in, which was a great trial Then this noble army decided to build a frame building on the founda lion of the brick building So all hands went to work again taking down the side walls of the brick, some in the mountains burning lime, some in the canyons logging, others running the sawmill cutting Ihe logs up into lumber, and yet more planing and hauling the lumber for the house a distance of about GO miles. After a few years of too fie dream of these veterans was realized and with impressive services the house was dedicated. In the year 18S8 the Malad Stake was organized, wi'h headBishop quarters at Portage. 1 with all the Guernsey perfect sire. Well shaped, strong limbed I md showing every milk for joints t pram a us ill Olluu crops uio hay o.iis y potato, s and g.mh n sMiiV A giv.it deal of land clnmgoil bands during the past Mimtm r. some dry land selling at $17 30. aoot her piece at $50, and yet an o'her at s(i per acre This wa, (try land with no water city lot sold at $130. Our business men are Robert (' Harris and Charles Y. Hall, g n dealers i ral merchants and grain Mr Y. S. Hall is also a heavy-graibuyer. Portage is the central point of southern .Malad valley, and supplies the farmers of Pocatello val ley. and they in turn freight tho.r grain this way. which amounted last year lo about 130,(100 bushels This year it w ill he about the same Today there are only a few of the hardy, noble, and generous pioneers of this town living. 'Pin' most prominent are William II Gibbs, Levi John, Janies John. Henry dolm. Lydia' ( Vrarv. (Jane Hall. Ellen Hall. Martha Lee. Eliza Hall. Josiah Hoskins, Isaac lien. Charlotte Tims. Enoch liar ris. Letitia Gibbs. Sarah Ann Briggs and John S. Morris. h from Mgr Willard Canning Company l NCOkIoK lHi AT FACIORIES Willard and Perry Pu s up nil kirnts of Fruits and Vegetables OUR SPECIALTY: BOX ELDER COUNTY PEACHES 1 total. Principal place of business :100. . Sen ices A for i n (tie ! BIOS serving since bis arrival in and liis progeny city minibcr many next year. con-Ihiiil- LA R r The population at the close of was. L. D. S., 29(5; others. ; tor a sire. lie lias been ( Ptrt'i tornte ns arc umerntn iPv J. Edward elms Portage is sin.,,-,,- President FUNK Glenwood & WELLS, Architects. Bn, costs ifo. 00. Andrew Funk was horn in Denmark 41 years ago and came Mr to this country at an early age. His early business career began in his fathers carpenter shop where In1 learned the trade of car- WILLARD, UTAH, f On main line o Oregon j Short Line Railroad, fourteen miles north of t Ogden i i penter and cabinet maker. As a contractor and builder he made his own plans and specifications, j Primrose 2nd. of The Jlrickfield last the beautiful flay, thoroughbred Guernsey heifer also nported by Messrs. Pearse Mathias who is t nw mal:-'he lest for the Advanc'd Registry, with her first eaP. three-year-ol- d which ,yuc Imp. Jv-w- y ,v v? - that . Wm. G. Gidney Practical Horseshoer snd General Blacksmith ten years he has drawn plans for menced their hostilities again, but Noalong in October or the 1st of vember. a treaty was made and a queer one it was. It came about in this way: On the 9th of October. 1836, a girl was horn to the Waldron family', and the leaders of the Indians were to see the babe. So t to treat the settlers with he perrespect if they would mitted to name the baby. Ihe mother would not consent to this a at first, but after djojifd had wotalk with one of ihe Indian men she consented. During the talk the mother old the Indian very-please- 1 woman what a beautiful nanf; Eliza was, so the Indian had the the child pleasure of naming and the name given was Eliza, In'his ended the Irouble. The for dians never bothered again Shop Corner Forest and hirst West Street Mtchinerjr and upto-da-te otkmenjhip in every department Al work guaranteed a'tThe Palace Shop were of such excellence great part of his time was occupied in that work, so he decided to devote his entire time to the profession. During the past POWER PLANT, BEAR RIVER CANYON. others of the settlers at this time were Mr. Waldron and family, Ezra Barnard and family, a Mr. When Frandsome and family. the Indians returned they com- OTHERS FOLLOW a years. Mrs Eliza Waldron is now Charles R. Thomas of Pleasant View, Idaho The first boy born was Ilyrum Frandsome of Rockland, Idaho. in 18oi. During the move south none all the settlers went south, that time returning. During the was deIhe fort was vacated it bv the Indians, and was . stroyed never rebuilt. The next settlers were Judson. Stoddards. Mansfields. Gardners, and others, who Vandtirwoods moun- settled along the foot of the Thomas Green, although never sustained, was considered the presiding Elder until 1877 when Oliver C. Hoskins was set apart Bishop of the Portage ward, with Van Halos as first and William II. Gibbs as second counselors. At this time Portage received its name. President Lorenzo Snow naming it after the town that he was horn in. which was Portage, Ohio. Before that it was known as Ilavtown. on account of so much hay being put up. In W0 an irrigation company was or- ganized. The object was to divert a portion of the waters of the Malad river on the east side into a canal and this canal was to he After about 12 miles long. this project spending about $3,000 was a failure, and a very sad time it was for some of the new settlers. In the winter of 1871 and 72 another irrigation company was organized, the principle promoters being Oliver C. Hoskins, Thomas John. Joseph Harris. John D. Gibbs, William Sinclair, Sr.. Hark Ames and others. The canal was commenced in the miles spring of 1872; the first few from shovels with had to be dug so was the fact that the ground soft the oxen could not handle a load. After a few years of labor and cost amounting to about the canal was completed, and water turned in. The canal is $20.-00- about 15 miles long. In the winter of 1882 brick and meetlime were burned for a new foundthe ing house, also rock for the During haul?! ation was Oliver C. Iloskins was made pre-- . ident with Abraham Zundel and Wm. II. Gibbs as counselors. Enoch Harris was made Bishop of the Portage ward with Jos Halford and S. W. Gibbs counselors. They presided until 1899, when James II. Gibbs was made Bishop with John F. Conley and James W. Ilovvell as counselors. In 1909 another change was made in the ward bishopric. John F. Conley was made Bishop with Robert. C. Harris and John Heaton as counselors. In 1908 a telephone company was organized lo put Portage on the Malad City Telephone exchange. Among the stockholders and promoters were Robert C. Harris, C. W. Hall and J. Edward Gibbs. This company has 30 telephones in working order between Portage and Malad. , improvements Among other the last year the following during Annie have built new homes: Hall. George W. Ekins, Elizabeth K. Gibbs, Joshua W. Hawks and Enoch Harris. An addition to our school house was also built. Ilenry John built a barn which required hetwen 15,000 and 20,-00- 0 feet of lumber. At the present there is under construction an elevator with a capacity of 65,000 bushels of grain. The prospects for a depot are very bright also. Portage and vicinity have between 6,000 and 7,000 acres of dry land grain which it is estimated will yield an average of 13 bushels. This is wheat and bar- - The Arlington Hotel DAN ENSIGN, Prop. Vith or without some of Ihe best houses in this In the county and elsewhere. early part of this year he took as a partner Mr. C. F. Wells jr., a young man of sterling ability and years of experience in Salt Lake City. Mr. Wells was horn in Wil- lard. Utah, twenty-ninyears ago, where he attended district school Baths. Hot and cold water, andPhones in Every room. e later taking a course in carpentry and draughting at the Agrieultur-a- l College, after which he was employed by one of the leading architects of Salt Lake City, and was assistant superintendent of construction of the new Bell Telephone building in Salt Lake City. In the early part of this year he formed a partnership with Mr. A. Funk. Both members of the firm are very popular, being practical architects, ripe in business experience and close students of their profession. I Best Location in City. EUROPEAN, Rates $1.00 and up. 2439 Washington Ave. Ogden, Utah |