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Show Tho County Register Dnn) id A. Imer ad Growth ot Sn rte, "Tne CindeielUot Couoli" Ephraim, Utah, - July i7, 1890. the pale-face- , after few weeks stay, goes home as freh as a June rose. Kind readers, if you dn't believe it take your rhuma:ici'arents,your con smnptive brothers, your pale-face- d sisters, your fashion-mad- e daught-ers, to one of the loveliest spots on God s footstool and be convinced that patent medicines are a fraud. WlU'ERNESS. FISH LAKE. W'ritteu lor Ihe Kroistkr. As the excursion season is here, many of your readers, no doubt, are visiting pleasure resorts in Califor-nia, Wyoming and Colorado; but in their happy anticipations they forget our own wonderful land, Utah. About eighty-fiv- e miles south of Ephraim, in Sevier and Piute Coun-ties, between Crass and Rabbit val-leys, at an elevation of near nine thousand feet, we find the beautiful body of water commonly known as Fish Lake. This pearly sheet is nearly seven miles long with an aver-age width of one seventh its length; is not one oval body, but narrows down to a neck at two places tnen widens again, so it might be termed a three-in-on- Its exact depth is not known. 1'rest. Woodruff and party sounded it four years ago find-ing it to be 16S ft. in several places; they, however, did not find the deeped as another party failed to strike Thottom near Pelican. Point the lake's boundaries leads one to pronounce it a volcanic crater, but closer inspection reveals the fact, that if a crater it be, yet it is a page in the history of ancient Lehi's peo-ple, for its western banks, e'en yet, show well defined markings of ma-sonry. Flowing into the lake on the west, are seven small creeks whose crys-talin- e waters, during the spawning season, teem with the speckled troutj Besides these, hundreds of little springs continually pour their dis-tilled drops into the huge fountain, for a fountain it must be as appar-ently much less flows in, than is sent off in that now silvery, afterward turbid stream.called the Dirty Devil. This river winds through pretty meadows in a northerly direction, for nearly three miles; here makes a sudden turn to the south-east- , it be-gins a ten-mil- e race of almost con-tinuous cataract through a narrow, unsurveyed gorge into the sunny Rabbit Valley, thence on through a long narrow valley to the Colorado, on, till on, the once tranquil waters of our lovely "l'anguitch Baha" find rest in the bosom of the Pacific. The lake, although near the sum-mit of the Wasatch range, is not sur-rounded by eternal solitude. Of course Winter forgets not to send his coat of crystaline moisture.and gen-erously makes a roof, which serves as a "pomp"-groun- d for the deer and wolf, on the finny home; but the bright days of April soon play havoc with the fickel masses, and ere May has spent her breath the whole lake is wreathed with a garland of green. Now begins the time for pleasure. The writer will not attempt, in this short article to describe the beautiful mountain, salmon and silver trout which abound in ev-ery brook and rill, nor the curious modes of catching tlieiji: nor will I say anything of the thouSShtTS" ducks, geese.grouse and other fowls besides the pretty beaver, mink and squirrel, all of which are found in abundance in or about the l ike Space will not even permit mention of the calm-eye- d deer or "Silver Gray" which unnoticed rn the mountain side, view themselves in nature's brightest mirror; but Mr hditor, you cannot object to a few lines in honor of the brightest when days duty for the ranchers is a pleasure, and pleasure an every-da-toy It is during the months of Ju- - y, August and September when the blazing sun ,s scorching everything n the valleys that rowing, bathing other amusements are indulged in rec of charge by ,he merry crowds ''m'ing peopl, l iving plenty fishd fruits; milk, hotter and cheese, breathing the freshest of mountain a.r, indulging j the best of exercises, no bonder that find fault with above calculations; well, I expected that. But I know! that my calculations are still in favor of the other side. And as far as the people today suffer under this enor-mou- s inequilibrium in our commerc-- I ial affairs, itis because we disregarded it when timely warning was given. And true to my promises, 1 ha-- e shown as far as I have gone, "that 7te are everywhere determinated against. " Now let US Sav sntnrthinir .itinllt J a the Remedies. 1 he remedy is, to adhere to the late president lirigham Young's council, j now of many years standing, but mostly disregarded. 1st. One merch-- ! ant must buy directly, and sell at 10 per cent above cost, or go to the wall; and more able merchants take their plrces. Vj We must labor to have a home mar-- ( ket for our productions and manu- - factured goods; as home markets are the best. We must raise and manufacture cloth, boots and shoes; sugar and syrup: soap, axle grease, linseed-oil- , brooms, brushes, baskets, matches, glass, wagons, carriages and agri-cultural machinery, oatmeal, grain of wheat, and barley, potatoe-starch- , salt, glue, hats, cooper-war- e, furniture, knitted-goods- , hemp and cotton rope, stone-chin- and nurseries for fruit, shade and forest trees, strawberries, flowers and bulbs suitable for our climate. And many other things. Wc, the people of San Pete Val-ley, let us enter in and take hold of these home industries, and let a hum of vigilant self sustinance sound through our lovely vales. If we do not, our children will. C. A. M. THE FARMER'S UNION. COST AND PRODUCTIVENESS OK LAMOK. CcONTINlUiB PKOM NO. I. Written lor tbe Rrihst&r Now let us search a little, for if possible to find out, why Farmers, Mechanics and Farm laborers in San Pete valley, and others, are reduced to a living on 20 cents per day, and less. That the average wages to mechan-ics and laborers are that low, is be-cause the average farmer, does not make more than aboutji.25 per day, and therefore can not afford to pay more to those who labor for him. How much, above your average cost 0 labor, does your County &Ter-ritori- Officers charge you for what they do in your service? 500 per cent. How much your merchants charge for whnKey do in v ' ''j k$oo per cent. How much your Doctor, your Law-yer charge for what they do in your service? 3000 per cent. How much your Hanker & Capital-ist charge for what they do in your service? (too much to mention.) What is the aproximate cost to make a wagon? 25 days work. How much do you pay? So days wot k What is the approximate cost to make a iMower? 15 days work. How much do you pay? 50 days work. What is the approximate cost to make a Reaper?6o days work. How much do you pay? 225 days work. It is in about the same proportion with all you buy with few exceptions. What about Railroad freight charges? The tariffs are generally based upon real cost 33 per cent, manipulation of increased (freight) cost 33 per cent, and watered stock 33 per cent, an honest railroad tar-iff would be about 33 per cent, of what it is now. Well, how is your commercial standing then? with all this(let us withdraw the spoilators from you deal with, and have to pay wages, salaries and emolu-ments to, while they very kindly accomodate you, and "turn an hon-est penny" for your good. At the least calculation you fay 4 days work oyaur ou-n- , for 1 days work of theirs and then we have left out Doctors, Bankers, F.ngineers, Lawyers and Capitalist, when you feed them in four days, they feed you in one for your goodness. To become even with them, you farmers must either have their prices for what you sell to them; or they must come down to your prices in what you buy of them. To be even with them in what they charge you, you will have to charge them 100 lb. of grain, $5.00 1 " Beef, Mutton afoot .20 1 " Butter .60 1 " Cheese .75 1 " Kacon .50 1 ton of hay 20.00 For an average horse 400.00 For average Milkcow 100.00 For a days work 5.00 For team and hands 10.00 To be even with a Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer or of that stamp, you must charge 5 times that, vnd to be even with Bankers and Millionaires we must charge 100 times that. For a railroad ticket to Salt Lake City you .should only pay $1. 35 or less. For a wagon you should only pay 3i-25- - For a mower you should only pay i8.75 For a reaper you shoidl only pay 75- - Now my dear E litor, many will years.and this in a community where the property is valued for taxing purposes at perhaps $500,000. Lvery year this evil grows worse and worse, ami will naturally con-tinue to grow worse, for as the cause of the evil increases so will it grow. That the issue has got to be met and met intelligently and effectually there can be no question, and why put off till some future time what perhaps can be better coped with Let those having the hea'th and safety of the people in our towns and cities placed in their keeping, and it is an awful responsibility, come to the determination to remedy this evil; seek fr wisdom in the matter from those versed in these subjects and proceed to carry into effect this great thing and unborn generations will bless them. Let them not be deterred by the howls that may go up from some who love their gods, (dollars) more than humanity, for some must have bless-ings thrust upon them before they will accept them. As well might a a loving parent be deterred from administering the healing draught to a sick child, End let it die because in its ignorance it does not want to take it, for the reason that it dis-likes the taste. The Rkcister is earnest in regard to this matter because it has given the subject some little thoughi and to a certain extent realizes the situa-tion; and it also realizes that it is hard to get communities, to think and act as communities in such mat-ters, but when those who are desig-nated by them and entrusted with the responsibility and business of thinking of the things running in such groves act, then the Recistkr also realizes that communities can and do thoroughly appreciate, TURK WATER. The time was in Utah Territory, and particularly in San Pete County, that with our bracing mountain breezes, unadulterated food, and pure streams of liquid snow, we had everything which a simple and homely people could wish, to ensure a good supply of health, but however we may deplore the painful truth it must be admitted, for it stares us in the face as self evident, that so far as the elixer 0 it'is concerned, pure water, that this is a thing of the past. Our streams no longer come gush-ing from our mountain gorges in their virgin purity. No longer can it be truthfully said that our streets are flanked on either side by threads of liquid crystal, at which the thirsty wayfarer can stoop and quench his thirst and rise re'reshed.able to pur-sue his weary way filled with renew-ed life and vigor. This was but is not now. Instead of this our canyons send forth a semi-liqui- d mass of something, some-thing, but what? Not water, . for " 'we Ti'avfBcen 'tauglrt that water has neither color, taste nor smell. Has this something color? Lookand see; Has it taste? Ugh I Has it smell? Phew! The pure snow falls on our mountain tops and is there reserved for us! to come down under the rays of old Sol, as our needs requirejbut in com ing down to fulfill its mission of life wt have strewed its way with death in the shape of vegetable and ani inal carrion and when it reaches our thirsty palates the once pure current is impregnated with disease and death which smells rank to heaven and offends the nostrils of the very brute creation that in extremity is forced to quaff it. This we also hold to the pure lip of childhood day by day and year by year until the very blood is poisoned and in oar blindness we wonder why baby died. That this must be remedied no thinking person will like saying no to, and the only answer as to how it is to be done is self apparent. If pure water is a necessity, if without it there is no health, no happiness, then we must have it in as ' pure a condition as under any circumstan-ces we can get it, and the only way to do this all intelligences of the age say is some system of water works. When the conduit provided by na-ture for water, has become fouled, we must provide an artificial one to iupply,in as great a degree as possi-ble, the defect in the natural one. But cry some: "this takes inon- - ey!" Yes and so does anything ar-tificial. All artificial comforts take money to provide them, even teeth. The question may be asked in a community of 2000 in this County. Is there a stream of good, pure, wholesome water within a reasona-ble distance, that can be piped to the people, so that when it does reach them it is free from alt impuri-ties of decayed animal or vegetable matter? and answered, yes; but it is impracticable for the reason that it will cost too much. Why, what will it cost? Oh, it would cost in the neighborhood of forty or fifty thou-sand dollars. This answer will be given by any number of thinking men; men in comfortable circum-stances too. Men worth from five to ten thousand dollars. Men who when talking about it will acknowl-edge that pure water is an absolute necessity to health. Men who from their natural intelligence and educa-tion know that impure water cause:-death- . Men who when one of thcii little cherubs is stricken down with death would cry in the agony of their souls, "Doctor take all I'vt got, only save my darlings' life.' Yet forty or fifty thousand dollars if too much moi.ey to spend for thi health of a community, and per haps the lives of forty or fifty cher-- . bs in the course of one or two short NOT SLOW. The postmaster of N admitt-ed a certain newspaper man to the inner sacrednessof his establishment and was more than astonished when said newspaper man, picked up a letter and holding it out to him said with tragic disgust; "Hah! this sort of foolishness m&cs niesick!" "What's the matter?" said Mie postmaster "That address!" U tread: Juab Co., Utah. The postman read it 0er the second time, as' 'nodestly confessed that he could ft sec for the lfae of him what wasac matter with it. "Matter Mfit.it!" said the astoni-shed newspupr man with a snort of disgust, j'that was necessary was:" ! John De, Chicago, U. S. A. pile The Two Tickets. For the next August Flection the following candidates are in the Field: Peoples. Selectman. Libel- - S. O. Nielsen J. H. Lricksenf Conntj Clerk. John ReidJ J. M. Robbins I'ronociitlriK Attorney.. Ferd. Ericksenf C. L Ko(Iord Khrriff James Burnsf j Ras. Clawson C. W. Peterson O. F. CoolidgeJ Collector. Nathan Faux Chris. Clawsonil Kecordrr W.D. Candlandf L. J. Conrad3 Surveyor . J, II. IlougaardJ J H. S. Ken Trerusw j. B. CoxJ I Fred. AlderJ Coroner J. B. Roper W.W.Woodringf Their residences are Fairview, f.Mt Pleasant, JManti, JGunnison, Fph raim, Spring City, Moroni, and CChester. EPHRAIM CO-OPERATI-VE S3J MERANTILE : INSTITUTION g North and South, Dry Goods of all description?. Hats and caps boots and shoes, both home made and imported. Clothing a specality. Groceries, including Dixie Molasses, and Dried Fruits; Crack-ers and fish. Our Hardware Department contains an immense stock of Tools for Mechanics; also tools for Farmers such as Shovels, Spades Picks, Hoes, Forks and Rakes. Glassware, Queensware, "YVoodenware; Medicines; Drugs; Paints and Oils; Well Piping and Shingles. Yonr patronage is always appreciated, no matter how small your purchase. You may rest assured it will be our constant 1 aim to give our Customers the best goods that can be obtained '.... m. for the money. TtW-- Child will be treated as courteously as ! yourself. J. A. ANDEI SON, Supt. f Monjf to Loan! Lomtard investment Com-Dan-v Is Loaning toney on Very Easy Terms. 8"irAH BuingProniplly Attended to. U, 1 " Je or f. xk n:e J r tun c. U W. D. S11UI.TS, Ephraim, Utah. ft ) Otllco (iTor B parson's Drug Storo. 14 C.Arirews&Co. NUI & EPHRAIM. I light Prices Paid CASH For Gjh, Wool, Hides and Pelts. We au aso Agents for the Three BesvYagons in the Mar-ket, i TH'tBAIN, HE MITCHEL, T THE COOPER All Atllt Like Prices. ao 1 C Andrews ik Co. StudobakepBros.ManfgCo. Carnage Repositor. 33 and 35 Main Street, and Branch House, corner State Road and Second South Stieet. The Finest Carriage Display in the Territories, Light and Heavy Wagons in Every Style that is Made. Vehicle for Public and Piivate Use in All Varieties and Prices. ALSO 10KNTS rOB The Whiteley, Champion and Piano Harvesting Mechines and Extra, . J. C.I. Case Threshers Horse-Power- . Engines and Mills. Weil, Morrison, Meikel and South Bend Plowi.Hay Rakts Frazier Road Carts and Harness of All Kind. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Prices. 126 J. P. Meilstrup, Ephraim, Agent. FIRSIjIlDNAL BANK; NEHl.UTAH. Paid up CapitjM,ooo Surpulus $25,000 GEHEM BANKING In All lilJ ranches. Draws sightlrajH on the principal cities of the Ued Stales; sells diads 011 ihe chief cis jf Kuiupe; deals in exchange- andmtiial seeuiities. Collection! Pnpijly Attm led to ' Accounts of ircrfonts, manufacturers, mines and Ir.dduais Sulicittd. j Dfcctors. Geo. C.Whitm. Jones H. Erickson, L.S. HilWmeJII. Mynders, JamE. Clinton. OicJ'rs. Geo. C. Whi'tm President, Jones H. Ltid'. inaTLiKue, Cashier. V DEL EH IN GENERAL tEBCHANDISE. Dry Goods si Gifocciks, Boots and Shoes. vi4;icj, Emery county, Utal 2 2 S. Toasdel Has Juit Receive pa Large Auurtment of iht Latest Novelties in LAWNS, PERCALES, SEERSUCKERS, DRESS, GINGHAMS AND SATTEENS, AND ALL THE LEADING FABRICS FOR THE SEASON. A Full Line of CHOICF HOSIERY fm I Now on Hand. 3 Ribbons, Laces and Notions 1! GRKAT VARIETY. CALL AND EXAMINE QUALITY AND PRICES. A Complete Assortment ol Merchandise Always on Hand. Teasdel's 4 Stores, Main Street,Salt Lake City . 12 7 ' F. Y.IENSEN. T I IT N" K : Manr " Tin andCoppet''','e, Ro"fin and Guutter woik. 3rialh "!et- - E 3 blocks. ;?'- - Ephraim, Cb' ; t o--i |