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Show J. M, Blair in Texas, The Cuero, Texas Weekly State, has had the pleasure of talking wllh our honored townsman .1. M. lllair and contains an article us follows: Our old ft lend, Captain Frank lllair, paid us a call this morning In company com-pany with his nephew, Mr. J. M. lllair, of Logan City, Cache county, Utah. Mr. lllair gave us a lengthy and ory Interesting account of conditions condi-tions In his State. It Is third In the union In the mining of the metals, being be-ing tanked by Colorado and Montana. It Is u heavy producer of of silver and and gold and Is climbing lapldly as a copper producer. In sugar beets It Is also undcigolng rapid development, having produced at Its four factories last year 80,000,000 pjunds of beet sugar. These beets aic produced chiefly by lirlgatlon and those which seivc the pin pose best weigh fiom 11 to 4 pounds. Mo thinks It will boa short time till this pioductlon leaches 200,000,000 pounds. Whedt Is si gicat staple ciop of the country and Is mainly pioduced fiom non-hilgated lands. llesltles the three gieat mlneials named, the min ing of stilphui, coal, lion and cement aie becoming quite Impoitant Industries. Indust-ries. Mr. lllair Is a man llftj jeaisof age and has a w ife and seven chlldien.1 Me was'boin In Salt Lake City and Is a member of the Mormon chinch. Me sajs the hostility to Mot monism In the states has letaided the development devel-opment of I'tah but the fact Is giad-ually giad-ually becoming known that If a man has Judgment and capacity that he can succeed In Utah as well as any-wlieie.and any-wlieie.and that with his gieat uatuial lcsouices the state Is bound to devcl-ope devcl-ope rapidly henceforth. Speaking of politics he said as a Demociat he hoped hop-ed with his p.uty that they would carry the State next election. Me was the ilrst Mormon ever appointed ton postolllcc by drover Cleveland. Me said Senator lteed Smoot was fairly elected as a Itepublican and Is as much entitled to his scat as any other members of that Iwdy, though of opposite political faith from him. Heed Smoot Is fiom oilglnal Vhglnla folks and is the only Itepublican in his fathei's family. Mr. lllair Is the s0n of Seth M. lllair, an attorney who settled In De-Witt De-Witt county in 1840. In 184!) he .iiov1-ed .iiov1-ed to St. Louis and the. next jeiu went to Utah. Mr. Hlalr talks very Interestingly of the Mormon faith and sas no man is proscribed In that State f ir religious convictions as there arc Catholics and .lews and various other ciecds engaged In business pursuits with Mormons or in competition with them and all hands prospering, llcfoie letuinlng Mr. Hlalr will visit Houston, Galveston Galves-ton and other cities of the State. |