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Show he - County Register V voted to the ltt-rt- s and Grm-i- of San Pete, rUe I i .der lt of Coiuilia." Ephraim, Utah, - June 19, 1890. erest in them and a double incentive to go and do likiwise for the fact will stare them in the face that self interest will lie at the bottom of it. We would like to see the experi-- 1 went of a fair attempted, and we predict that if the right men take hold of it, thepeople will encourage the attempt and there will be no question but once commenced and carried through but that the advan-tages reaped by the people will make the county fair an annual occurance in San Pete, and a heretofore unknown pride will be made manifest by the farmer, gardener, stockman, sheepman and others in trying to raise the best of everything. Men of means and intelligence take hold in earnest and see if you can't make a success of "The County Fair": ' A COUNTY FAIR. If fairs are of any material advan-tage, or benefit to the people, why fan wq not have one in San Pete .County? We certainly have all the jnaterial necessary to make it a success, and we believe the many advantages to be derived by the hold-ing of annual fairs only needs to be ventilated by those who understand those things for the many to see that they are necessary ingredients for a country's growth and thus enlist ihem in the good work. , It. has been said many a time and ft, that it is just as cheap to raise a oodcoltaa it is to raise a scrub,, and the fact that there are so many good horses being brought into the country, of late years, demonstrates he fact that the people have been educated up to this belief and that JLhey are putting their belief into practice, and just as soon as they ican be made to see this lessor and Jearn it in other respects, by having ocular proof that it is profitable to raise the best of everything, just so soon will it be put in practice and just so soon will the lessen so learned become, of material benefit to the community at large. ; . We believe that this is the mission of "fairs" properly conducted. They bri ig before the masses the best pro-ducts of the animal and vegetable Jungdom and when these products pre the growth of their own immedi-ate vicinity they have a double int-a- : f.v , , j. . . .- . .:. THE WATHR WE DRINK. The Ijllowing correspondence a handed in by a ueiillcman, of Ehraim; but a it is of a general character thouhtout our ounty, that such thins occur, we h it will a;jly universally so far as tin ci.mtv is cuiicerned, ut least. Editor Rk,i-t- h: Wlnle 111 any schemes have been sug-gested ami cmieJ out, t give the tiiiuty soil water, and the (aimers more grain) yet the owner tithe soil and the claimant-- . t the w ater, set-i- to be content with diluting the should-b- e fluid in a state and condition that, no d itibt, makes it the cause of a great deal t sickness and the food piepared from it less palatable to thote who letlecl its component parts. One may bejin his investigation of this subject by taking a walk through any of our streets, and he will find in many plares old tubs put in the water ditches to soak, ami sometimes a filthy lotofw.uii irarments filleting their ob-noxious lluiil out in the water that other people must drink. In some places the corrals with all their tilth are in immediate proximity to the sources of the water which is used Ia eiiliraiy while stock, both alive and dead, occasionally help t make it still woise. Vet ths is not all. Several large herds of sheep have been lor a lung: time in our canyons, and ;ire theie vet, befoulir-- ai.d roisoiim the water, that the people of Ephraim must drink themselves, and offer to their visit-ing Iricmls. 1 low long is such a condition of things going to be endured by that portion ol citizens, who would rather drink pine water, than such an unwholesome com-position, as the water we must now drink? Through the Register, the avowed monitor 1 f San 1'ete interests in particu-lar, this cry for relief conies from one that knows what sickness ciftts; but no doubt, the sentiment is shard by a great number of our citizens. Have we not a sanitaiy board in this city, that should take steps to have all such nuisance removed at once? and can or will' the city fathers do nothing lor Ephraim in the most important of all matters for the benefit of the people, by geuint: the water from the mountains down to us in as tfooJ a condition as nature, and other circumstances will allow, and nexfsee to the removal ol all such obnoxious substances from the ditches, that make the water anything but wholesome or tit for culmaiy jiuipi set? Thos. E. Fuller, DEALER IN j GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Dry Good and Gioct'i un, Boots and Shoes. Lnwt'.rence, Kmeiy county, Utah. - Ephraim Butcher Shop Ciiristensen & Jacobsen WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUTCHERS, r.EEF. mutton. SAUSA3E. i'ORK' Meat promptly delivered. RKC.isTiiK BuiIdiriK.Main Street, Ephraim 4 a 8- -13 Money to Loan! Lombard Investment Com-uan- v Is Loaning Money on Very Easy Terms.- Buiness rron-iptl- Attended to. call, it in tie fit-- , or itrlte tut fcr terms to. V. D. Shults, Ephraim, Utah. Office over U. r. Lawn's Dreg Store. - 1 Jos. F. Bonus & Co. :o DEALERS IN o: (General Furnish! rig and Fancy Goods, Bocks, Toys, Cigars and Candies. We are Headquarters for Stationery and all kinds cSeh, ? Supplies. RkoisItr Corner, Main Street ' " r'.jJUrarhTy if jw ah h k b & J 4' $ & a i h v & CO-OPERATI- VE J 1 1 1 ANTILE : INSTITUTION g North and South. - Dry Goods of all descriptions.. Hats and caps boots and shoes, both home made and imported. Clothing a speeality. Groceries, including Dixie Molasses, and Dried Fruits; Crack-er- s and fish. Our Hardware Department contains an immense stock of Tools for Mechanics; also tools for Fanners such as Shovels, Spades Picks, Hoes, Forks and Hakes. Glassware, Queenswaro, Woodenware; Medicines; Drugs; Paints and Oils; Well Piping and Shingles. Yonr patronage is always appreciated, . no matter how small ' ) uFpiircfinseT- - 1 6u may rest assured it will be. our constant aim to give our Customers the best goods that can be obtained for the money. Your Child will be treated as courteously as yourself. ' J. A. ANDERSON, Supt. 1 bheep taken on bharcs! Big Intel Paid, FurfoilparticnlarsAddrcss or call on Ok Christinsen, j blocks east of Co-op Store, Otterstrem's Blackmith shop, Ephraim. 1 J 1 17 Studefmker Bros, llanfg Co. Carriige Repositor, 33 and 35 Main Street, and Branch House corner State Road and Second South Street. The Finest Carriage Display in the Territories, Light and Jleavy Wagons in Every Style that is Made. Vehicles for Public and Private Use in All Varieties nd Pricet also Aimm fob J The Whiteley, Champion and Piano Harvesting Mechmes and Extras, J. C. I. Case Threshers Horse-Powe- Engines and Mills. Weir, Morrison, Meikel and South Bend Plows, Hay Rake Frazier Road Carts and Harness of All Kind. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Prices. ja 6 OLE OLSEN AGENT FOR - D. M. OSBORNE. Bindcra, Mowers and Coats Hay Rakes, Extras and Twine constantly on hand. Onu Block East,and one half Block North of Co-op- . V Has Just Received a Large Assortment of the Latest Novelties in LAWNS, PERCALES, ' SEERSUCKERS, DKES8, GINGHAMS AND SATTEENS, AND ALL THE LEADING FABRICS FOR THE SEASON. A Full Line of Ju CH01CF HOSIERY --m It Now on Hand. 23 Kibbons, Laces and Notions IN GREAT VARIETY. CALL AND EXAMINE QUALITY AND PRICES. A Complete Assortment of Merchandise Always on Hand. Teastlel's 4 Stores, Main Street.Salt Lake City . - 12 7 , C.Andrews&Cq. NEPHI & EPHRAIM, Highest Prices Paid IN CASH For Grain, Wool, Hides and Pelfs. We arc also Agents for the Three Best Wagons in the Mar-ket. - THE BAIN, THE MITCHEL. THE COOPER All At Salt Lake Prices, J-- 20 C Andrews & Co. EPHE AIM HOUSE Mrs. Ellen Dorins, Prop. Good accommodations and Sample Room. Main Street - - Ephraim Opposite Post Office. s i HOME INDUSTRY. A great many things that would be good for a pepple are always treated . in the abstract, and. when referred ' to are lauded to the skies; but prac- - - tically are ignored by the parties who are their strongest advocates. Whene er the subject of '1101116 Industry'1 is mentioned, without a - dissenting voice, the jiniyesal ver-dict is, that it is the basis of a pe-ople's independence and prosperity, imt candor forces us to admit thai in practice our theory does not get - the support which common sense iind calls for. 'Suppose a poor woman makes a few paiis of socks and deposits them ' in one of our stores, in any settle-ment in the county; what is the re-- . suit? are they purchased and there-by the hands that are willing to labor supplied with the means of ' : gaining an honest livelihood, or are . they suffered to remain upon the shelves day in and day out; until . they are covered with the dust of .ages and forgotten, while, the imita-tion article, which looks perhaps a , little, finer, is purchased and dupl-icated time and again and the means sent out of the county to keep up the supply. What is true of the socks is true in a greater ratio of a great many ; other things; why we will buy the t Eastern broom and pick it up from beside the 'home-made- " one. Who will patronize a tailor who is - frying to gain a living for himself and family by plying the industrious . needle, so long as he can pick out a suit of clothes from among the . bundles on the merchant's table, which has the glamor of being . brought from the East, clinging to it? How many will pass by the genuine home produced honey, made , by the bee in their neighbor's gar- - den, from the blossom and flowers, . perhaps in their own lots, and pick out the brand with the gaudy label , which is the only thing about it . which denotes that a bee had any-- . thing to do with its production. In f these and a great many other ways the ceaseless and senseless drain keeps up. Year after year we labor and work for means, so that tve might keep the flow going out en-riching oihers at cur own expense; .jWhile all the time we are exponents ,fif ; theoretical "home industry." ,.V'l)ile wa have tailors in our midst without work we bring in our cloth-ing ready made; while we have good -- ' -- - ' ' : J ,, .boxed up in the shape of boots, ; shoes, harness, and saddles, pfter . having enjoyed the luxury of paying the freight iipoa them both ways and keeping countless workmen em-- . .ployed putting them in shape for our use, while our own workmen were sitting at home counting their lingers and ruminating on the bene-fits of "home industries. How long .ran this last, and the people be pros-perous? Not long. It is time that we as a people wake up to the fact that theory is good so long as it is (productive of works. To show that we believe in the theory of "home industries," we must foster them wherj we have the opportunity. It .wont do to say that these are small .items and would not make much t material difference in our condition. It would at least show that we had faith in our theories, and by attend-ing to these little things we would at least be gaining an education in this .branch of political, or domestic and make us more able , to branch out in great things. True we might by giving employment to our own sons and daughters at home ,and thereby helping to build up our jwtt community; deprive a few ,abroa4 of labor and cut away some of the revenue of some of our mer-chant princes, but charity begins at .home. . THE GUNNISON RESERVOIR. WARD STRVBNSKN. Written (or the RRC.igren, When Gunnison wat first settled, it is claimed by some p) the older residents that there was a sufficient amount of water, unappropriated. flowing down San pitch, to irrigate much m ire land than the people were able to cultivate; but in the course of time others came above them on the creek, and of course look out water until the stream was much re- - duced. It has been invariably the rule 4o avoid litigation and settle all illricul ties by compromise, saving the expenses of law suits and thus promoting K'"d feelings. But this course has its disad-vantages as well as advantages, and while the amount of cultivated land increased in area, the available water for irrigation became "small bv degrees and beautifully less." For the past lew years it has been evident that unless some method to increase the water was adopt-ed, the prosperity and growth of the settlement would be seriously affected. The only way that presented itself was to store the water which usually goes to waste during the winter and spring. On the 2nd of Feb. :88o, the board of Trustees of the watr-- r incorporation con-cluded to present the question of build-ing reservoirs; and two davs after, the stockholders empowered the directois to get ready lor business, assessing themselves It. per acre as a start. Dtir- - ing the summer the company obtained possession of about 600 acres of land, at a cost of J4000. Some nf the news-papers seem to infer that the work was done in a haphazard sort of way, but this is a mistake M. C. T. Stevens ofj Salt Lake City, a hydraulic engineer of unquestioned hbilitv, was employed to come and lay out the woik. The com-- 1 party paid in all lor surveys, plans, maps, etc., three hundred dollars; and the instructions of the engineer were careful-ly complied with. The oulv variation was that the dam was built stouter than the specijicatiotts tailed for. The dam was located just above the point where Six-mil- e Creek empties into the Sanpitch; the site of the reservoir extended in a Northealv direction a little over three miles. Woik on the dam was commenced 111 February of the present year. The first work was laying the conduit pipe. The pipe was two feet in diameter, made of steel of an inch in thickness, jointed like stove pipe, the whole length being one hundred feet. A heavy iron gate shut the water off at die upper end. Thcost creek, and on a level with the bed; a fall of fifteen inches to the hundred feet was given it, and lakl so that the. lower end would not be low enough to be obstruct-ed by the natural flow of the water. Around the pipe was a layer ot cement to protect the conduit. At the upper end was uuilt a penstock for'the gate, which was enclosed in a kind of wooden box. At the lower end of the steel nine was a plank box 13 feet long, to carry the water still further. This, at the pinction with the piping, was carefully cemented to prevent leakage. The dam was one hundred and twenty lect thick at the bottom, and twenty-fiv- e feet high. The specification called for a dam too leet thick and 33 feet high, so that in strength it was moie than the engineer deemed necessary. On each side ol the earth was about two feet o( rock to prevent damage from the waves and weather, and also to make it prool against the depredations of water animals. While the woik of building was going on, three men were kept busy pumping witer on the dirt so that it might pack harder together. The bottom was about eighty feet long gradually increasing to the top, which, was about five hundred feet long and' twenty-thre- e feet thick. On the bench at the east end of the dam was a waste weir, 20 leet wide and 7 leet high, constructed so that water could be drawn at the tS foot level, or held until the water was 20 (eet deep at the dam. Connected with the waste gate was a ditch ao feet wide and 250 leet lung, having a gate at the lower eud also, to prevent washing; from which the water dropped onto a timber floor 011 the Six-mil- e bottom. When full, the water would be 20 feet deep at the dam, and the dam thus had 4 night of five feet above high water mark. The plan made it three feet above, but the other two were put as an extra saleguard. The lake formed when the water was fourteen leet high was three miles long, three quarters of a mils, wide in the widest place; about one hall mile wide would bea fair average. It was estimated that the conduit could drain the lake in fifty days, and the stream would be tufficieiit to irrigate two thousand five hundred acres during the entire sea-son. . Abcut 150 yards above the dam the mountain on the west side and the bench on the east almost unite, there Being only room between for the bed of theSanpitch. To this is due the fact, that when the darn hurst the water came slowly; and proves that in case ot a like disaster in the future, lile and property arecomparatively safe. The surround- - iugs make the lake a verybeautilui piece of scenery, and without doubt it will be one ot the pleasure resoris of the coun-ty in the near futuie. Tile cause of the disaster is believed: to be the suaking of the ground under the pipe. The natural soil was not pack-ed as hard as that brought in to con-- 1 struct the dam, and as a consequence became soft, allowing tne upper end of the pipe to settle. This would uncouple the first joint, and the water would flow in. The settling of rocks and dirt would obstruct the flow of the water lor some time, but eventually the stream would waste away the obstruction, and as a matter of course the dam would go with it. This seems to be the most reasona-ble theory and the circumstances all go to prove it was right. Another circum-stance that no doubt.had its eft C was that the cement used, although believed by the engineer and the people to te gjod, and declared bv Mr. Carrol of Salt Lake, from whom it was purchased, to be equal to the best Portland cement, was unfit for use. ' (Tote Continued) WOULD S LAND ICR OUR BASE-IS- .LISTS. The Nephi 1'iisign of June tfith says: !t Is ruri-.ii- !o ii,,ir lnw ihe 1'rte s hiwl uvei llicii laic 'the i lull l illiV.ti !liiii;s ftnm iii'ioiis wlut, like lke Kitiiii after hntliaitle iih Ji.lm U Siill.tan, uf tlitry l i'ultl have tline "it llie siuiw had hcjn riiiht." or sotiietliiisn e)nflly as silly. 'I tie fact a thai the I'ete tint' lias Iwasted so "in. It nlxnn what they have Uoju:, that lhc' were h iriliy ,ttai to receive ..tith a rniltirii; (lefrat; am! iiuw tl.o Ked C aps a:ni a d.wen other niythnlciKn at base-ba- ll teaun immetiiately spriitR into enistern-- and want the Athletics to vtit all the town?., ranches, sheelilieuk. etc,, and defeat them nil beture menuonintt the detent ot their picked nine .from the whole county. The f'nsign thus tiys the "old stylu"of poor argument, viz. liUicnle. Now why not le lionrst nml acknowlerle the truth; San Pete's test bMcMiistt did not play in that gams, ami nobotly knows it better tlnin the Athletics llit niselves, it they will only own it. Gentlemen, it is too thin; it won't w ish. You hitve slarteil Willi the s" and beaten tliem, next in ordt-- r will he the sheep-her- d; and by the way, if you go now, while the bnvt are sheatir,;, you'll get Infill" hum mrtv L'Hg npirtt.'l'lcll, 'llien, perhaps yon can secure anothci vicloiv. We would advise y ,u to visit cl the sheep-heu- anil ranches fcefme you stall in 011 the towns, us yen will need several victories to brace yon up before you in e ready to meet a baseball team such as any of our towns can linn out, n the diamond. We say nothing about the cilies, as you will never g'-- high einiiicrh to reach theiu. We believe, in fact that the ranches and sheep-herd- s are about all you need for die piesent. The poor editor was dying, and as the docter placed his ear to the patient's heart, he sadly muttered, "i'oor fellow! Ciiculatioii is gone " The editor laiset! himself tip and gasped, "TiS false! We ,iave the largest circulation inltie county!" Theri he sank back upon his pillow and idied with a smile on his face. lie was consistent to the eud Ex The County Register is the name of a new paper published at fort Kph-rai- m, Sail l'ele County. It does not say who the publ shcrs aie.lt is a 7 column, newsy sheet, and we hope it will meet with good success. UUhfield Advocate. ft is a source of regret that the Americn seamen, who once navigated the oceans with the smartest vessels in the world, should be forced out of business by the foreign seamen when steam is taking the place of sail in traffic A German medical journal speaks of Sncci, the fasting man1 "as a hun-ger virtnoso." The, expression is good, but not suficcntly definite. A common tramp, a barn-stormin- g actor, or even a small boy, might be a ' 'hunger virtuoso." Only one European country has a lower death-rat- e than England to wit, Norway, where only sixteen persons out of tooo die in a year. The other end of the pole is in Austria, where the rate is 29-3- . In England it is 17 S for a population of over 37,000,000. Nine tons of mummified cats from Egypt were recently sold by auction in Liverpool, this being the second consignment. There was keen com-petition, the room being crowded. Heads brought as lunch as 4s. Cd. each; a complete body without head--,5- 6d., some bones 3s, ; while bulk was disposed of at ,'5 17s. 6d, per ton. The consignment was pronounced inferior to the first batch. M u WWII mmW i IlilllwiiwqMMl |