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Show Tlio Election ! i At Fairview- SW the J udg-i cs Acted- The Sig Niolsea rm at Llil-burn, Llil-burn, and '.Their Lumber, .Coal anil Ctlxcr Interests. Tin; Rij'BNT l-::.: 1 in-'-'. I'y a Ri i.i-ni.l! Kt-p 1 1-T. I The usual p'acei of h I'ding :le:Pnns ! in Fauview ha always been at the L. I i). Saints ni-e'ing h me. II the re.igious I body named rould stand it, liens is, I certainly no reason why p ilfci-ms should kick, as the chinch c.aild hot soil politics. It had 1 fell designated as tlifc polling place f t the recent election, but when the judge? met tather late on the m ruing ol the loiinli, theie some litile de.laV Ml producing the key, and of course the tiie had not been made; the iaiikor was there, and was really going to hmld a hie, ah hough ii w..s no pan of his business to lire up lot elections.. The 1 ibt-1.1I jud res seemed 1 10 think otherwise, and spoke in r..ther a dictatorial way to th" janitor who told theui if til -y wanted a lire tney were at liberty 10 build it. Tiiis tuurhed tiie dignity ol the Liberal judge's, i.)r. Wing and ex-postm.virer, K -.v nil to tint fx-lent, fx-lent, that ihev imrncdtnielvietiied to the house ( I the first i.amed geutlenn'ii,--Samuel Porter the jn I, for the P. 1'. j g.jing with U'.ein, but ptaesting that the I whole thing w.n illegal, Mete, a tulle log hut, t'us FV. d iuity dii not save him from making a tire. Uwen () Niel-son Niel-son appe nc-d upon tin: Si eiia alter tlicv had leinoved, but In-fore any Voles had been cast, and demanded admission. Til is w.H at fust rrfased, tint it Ihe Lib-eral Lib-eral judges i.seei tained that he was one of the committee. ( )uce inside his business busi-ness was demanded .and be would hive been summarily ejected, had hs not produced pro-duced uhii T. Came's cetilictie. appoint .' ing litiii as the agent of the I. P. cand.-'date. cand.-'date. A 1 0114 narrow t.'.bie was pl.u.ud with the end ag 1 ust a wimlo.v, that could not be rosed in-relh.ui sx inches anil so lov to Uu: groumi lint voieis I h id t i f.utlv go down on their knees to got a chance to vote. I'r. Win;; Lib" sat 011 one suit- of the table, and John I T. Cam's iigeiil next to the wiirlovv.each this bo' torn land covered bv a stubborn growth of scrub oak, that will he removed remov-ed at odd times, year alter year, until it is computed. For the most part ihev have been able to plow up all but the largest of the biush Foi this purpose a p'ow with a shear bar 5 feet long, making ail tS inch cut.wiij m ide f )i iht m bv John Peering, M oline. 111. V"ll five yoke of oxen Hitched to '.Ins, they aie able to make some hi-ad'Auy. Tuese gentlemen have about a hundred hun-dred head ol C.tile to wuitei over, hav iug disposed ol a great many for beef j during he summer. Tnese 111 ght be seen roaming about within the vast eiiclousnre I like creatines at pelted liberty. Pile tiisi ! 11 .Lie 11 bull everbiought into San "ete ! Co u tv, tiie, heilson Bios, unuotted. ! ihs pedigree m ikes him a Geiman b:ed and he was purchased by the importers of Koiaud P. .S i.ve. 'Pliers are about 25 head of very line horses on the 'arm. Amuiwbo lesides on the place wilii ins f invly b jth winter and suiumer, was I plowing w ith a sulky plow as we ciune I in sign!, of the duelling house. This house is to be replaced next year by a model iaim house Tiie gianery.coi rails stock .1 ids, etc., aie ah that c mid be desued as i.heystaud Two of the sued-.; lor siielteiing stock through !lie snow season, are 100 leet long tespectively, l twe.ity feet broad, and shingle roof. A I young oichuid has a good sunt, the I place is supplied w it.il spnng water, and i seems to be a pelleiit paradise for j chickens. j Ttlotigli the gentleman in charge spoke 1 1 quantities of hay having been s dd and hauled oh', theie weie still te-inaiiuug te-inaiiuug f jur Macks 125 leet in length, a-id a p.Ie of su.i'.v and cliaftl the leluse of3.ouo bushels of oats, that seemed like a young mountain. Pait o! tills land has been taken under the timber cul'.ure act, and two sections under the desert land act. It requires j some nionev and lain r to secure such I pieces ot land and no doubt in manv case costs all it is w nth. How ever I thete are ihiity acies of one deceit tract, i hidden between two barren and Ijrbid-I Ijrbid-I ding hllls.ttiat is plowed and leady to re-; re-; ceive tile seed lor a crop ol wintei w heat. ' ) for this was see ned fi an Win. H. i Seggmiller of K.chlield, and ago-.d crop I is expected. I The lady who lives on tiie farm pre I pared a spleud.d d'tiuer for us; and on I the 1 etui 11 tup the construction train and b 'aiding 11a. ns if the steadily advancing and light welcome K. G W. K. K. was I vis, ted. vis. ted. tiWHK 11. NIKI.ShS. I Amved at Fan view the Rkoistisr reporter re-porter had an oppuriunity of seeing the j liiieiiori.l the diveilaig house ol Mr. j Nitlson. It ii a laige well fuushctl j house, and at that tune was aim st a j hospit.d. A man who had sawn Ins fool and w ho h id no tealiiiv's in the place j was quaiteied there; a lady whose husband hus-band was gone ml a mission, and who hiidjust bm led her baby, came theie to be cared for and couponed; if bovs have trotwle, and tlni parents want advice and come there; sevei.d citizens with knuiiy law problems cam:; with all c inlidence to this place.to have theui solved; tue coiniiiittee on reception recep-tion of the lallroad olheials demanded his lime and ass. stance; while hall a dozen drummers, weie anxiously en- ; ipiiiing when he would be at libeny to give tiicm a he.iiiug;--.is the Bu.iliets own one of the laigest and best conduct ed business houses ill Fait View. The Repolter had ueeii perfectly successful suc-cessful in di: Covering in what line or rather lines liieir su rcess lay, nml the railiei extensive extent ol ii; bat t 't gol, it'll ladder ie.nliiig'up In ii.and wh ch e ale one iinil ail seatcil.ng lor Was 1 yet to be f lind. 1 I . cttiu a .ij.riu 11 .vi mi. 10 ,w ., I with a pile of tickets under their lisi., i Pr Wing's tickets dal not Seem to be j ! much in demand, and it was no d-aibt j very agravatiug to see the agent ol an , opponent , parsing tl.t Hi out 85 lost as a l tit.asmy gul cm its gieeii'oai'ks, Pies-ently Pies-ently tiie Dr. linihiig die sight unbear-able, unbear-able, told the gentlemen on tne other side of the table: " Pint thing has got to stop." The 1) " tor went so fat by way ol jiving jiv-ing emphasis to what he had said as to open the door and say: "I notify you to get uut of heie." "And 1 notify vou that 1 1 in't going to do it," was the prompt it-ply. Ur, Wing then threatened it he passed another ticket out he would close his window, thus closing the polls. A prominent member of the P P. commit com-mit tea on the outside, who was of the opinion that the "Libs" weie anxious lot a disturbance in older to, if possible, throw the precinct out, advised John T Cable's agenl to suriariidtr Hie P. P. tickets t i said member, and Ihev w, r: passed in Hie sneet. The precinct has always gone hugely I'. P. and in the event ol a disturbance the 'Libs" had nothing whatever to lose hut everything to gain by having it thrown out. The P. P. did not poll within jy votes cf the usual iium aer, but the "Libs" votes, four, were all in. 'Swen Neilson is one of the m st successful suc-cessful men in ourc unty"ieinatked aby-stauJer.and aby-stauJer.and that rem.uk, coupled with theeposode at the polls, led a RliUsti-r repolter to eiujuiie in what u iiHculai line h s success lay; and tiie ciicmti-stances ciicmti-stances leading up to it. l imnicR. covi.. riTC. Accepting an invitation to di ve, for the purpose of seeing the large t.int at the noilh end of the county that belongs I to the Nielsen Bros., we first drove n-ar enough to the depot to catch a glimpse ol the huge piles of lumber duting toe adjacent gtuuud in every direr ion. These lumber piles belong to the Neil- son Bros, the amount 13400,000 U'ct, is valued tit $16 per thousand and is the result of their mdl labors in the canyon for the summer just past, 111 rather a part cf the result, for all die liimbei sawn is not there by a g nid deal. 'Puis business alone would be considered bv some men as s tlicieut, but as we passed pass-ed through Milhurn I had the pleasure uf viewing the well stocked store of that new and thriv ng settlement; three fourths ol which belongs 10 the Neilsoii Bros, and otie-louiih to the peop'e. Mr. Swen ( . Neilson can ii'mcst be said to h i the father ol this precinct, he has d ne s 1 much toward its es.a:il,siinleuts; ; A ml ,P"ihi,i .north of ths pi ice, a 1 narrow ta V'011 was pointed out, kuo-.wi i Picallv as Diy t reek Canyon; in which j the.i same gi-iitlenien have disoveu il aoal nice They h ive already ex end-ied end-ied $1,500 iu developing it, but it is not i y -. n nat coii'd he called n paving mine. S in vjie , o al c il has been taken out, bin 11 u- piires assoiting; being very i 'ii i'.'li hi ed is'ilh shale and uthei sub stance, I he general opinion, however, s 'ems to be if there is coal there, the Neilson !hos w.H find it The reoorter leaiuei laler tb.it Jacob Johnson, of Spnng City, propusts taping a cue third interest with the bovs. and putting S: i 1 interest with the boys, and putting $50 1 into the mine immediately. The tnimel is 11 .w 2S5 feet long, litiii pioves to b i a good mine it is a fortune in itr.ep; as us neatness to town, an i the ease with which il can be reached by team w ill make it a very convenient, and consequently conse-quently a very valuable piece of properly. proper-ly. THE BIG FARM, Still proceeding notthwaid it was not long belore we were on the lamous farm. How the fences stietched out on either s de, cr jssm ; tiie valley, disappearing disap-pearing amongst the o.akand pine groves to it-oppear pel haps upon the sale cf the num.i.a 11, In oni year, -laSc year there were 800 lods of fence put tip on this farm. Not temp.nary fence, but ! good solid cedar posts 8 leet apart, with two boards and two bat bed wires to every pauucl. In the construction of ih.s leuee was used the eaoim uis aril O iiit of lnateiial, 16000 posts, 16000 o .ards. and ihe sine number of rods of bared wire. Tins year 6 000 feet of two iucil timber has been got out, and is now ready for ihe putliug in of bii dges culveits etc , for the l.uni, which are to be of the most substantial nature. Tlleir land amounts in all 10 13,000 acres. a city lot, nud a thiity acre past-! ure being in Fu'rview, and the rest all there in the north endol Siu Pete in a bxly. Each of the brothers own a homestead , taken ol course out of the best land in the valley pivipsi; and the greater pait of it smctptable 1 1 cultivation. cultiva-tion. Contrary to t tie usual c indui m m Utah, this land had to be denied of almost al-most a loiest growth; and ihe soil is very deep and heavy. Standing in the j center. I a beautiful field that hid veiv recently been turned ever bv a suik plow, was a tap pine of the saw t inner kind, a living monument to what has been. Theie is still a large poirm t ! |