Show BEAR LAKE NOTES MES the fourth of july was appropriately pria tely celebrated in this northern valley at montpelier they had a procession and a gathering in a bowery music by the brass brans band recitations reading of the declaration of independence an oration by R S spence base ball games horse racing in the afternoon and a ball in the evening there was too great a quantity of ardent spirits afloat for the good of the people at paris the people gathered at passers Pas grove where they had a good pro gramme and an enjoyable time there was a ball in the evening at which the best beat of order no one appeared to have imbibed intoxicants and all was quiet bloomington had bad the best celebration of the fourth that the people there then have ever had A boy bey five civo years year old was accidentally thrown from a wagon by the wheels going lato into a chuckhole chuck hole and had his leg broken this happened on the morning of the fourth the lack of water is causing trouble in this valley there never has been known a time of amb scarcity the southwell Bouth well company are laying claim to the lake and have started work to make it into a reservoir to supply their canal scheme for ogden they also propose to put tn in a dam and rais the lake jake five to ten feet in high water in the early spring then by by dredging edging di the outlet to draw off the water of the lake the people of bear lake valley are greatly concerned regarding the matter for if this plan is carried outs out the lowering ot of the outlet will ruin most of their valuable meadows by draining the water from it and maki making it too dry to produce good hay ahe the hay bay crop will be short on account of the drought I 1 ills Is reported that eastern parties have purchased the warm mineral springs near the outlet of the lake near the east side of the valley and na propose to establish a health resort as the springe possess potential medicinal properties the stock range is poor here this season the grass has dried upon the hills H 8 woolley goes east today with a train load of cattle for the blackfoot cattle company the work on the stake tabernacle is being pushed the ceiling is put up and is of the queen ann style it up t presents a pleasing appearance appear anee the internal finish surpasses that of any other house in the west paris has its mining excitement and some of her citizens are carrying rocks in their pockets hoping to make coll fortunes from their claims haying season has just begun the roads are deep with dust A rain min shower would be acceptable TRAVELER PARIS july ath 1889 |