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Show r ( m"' Vol. I. ! Ephraim City, San Pete County .TTtaliSirsdav. Nov. 27, 18S0. " No.TcT Late Conference. Notes and Comments the Saint', Items from Fountain (Ireen Mayfii'ld, Also Itablit Valley Piute County. MORONI CON" FFRKN'CF NOT ICS Visitors at the Quarterly confer-ence speak very highly of the whole-soule- d hospitality of Moroni, to their friends, and also t e strangers within their gates. Don't you think that a City Coun-cil w 10 just post theirOrdiuance in '"' " ; . a town where a news paper is pubTTsiicJ, is a little too eco uomical to be healthy j j There were over a hundred ve- - ... hides of various kinds camped in 0 the vicinity of the meeting house at J Moroni on Sunday, besides a nuin- - ' ber who were put up all over I ...j town. t-j,- The Tabernacle at Moroni has II just been furnished by its citizens ti with a full quoto of seats, modled after K those in the large hall in the Temple. 1 They are beautiful, substantial and i comfoitable. I The Conference opened at Moroni I with a full hoase, which kept getting I fuller and fuller with each succeed- - I ing meeting until on Sunday after- - 1 noon'there was not an inch ot stand- - ing room, inside and many were oblige ! to go away. tI Among thi conference visitors I were Hp. Madseti and w'fe, of Gun- - 1 nison;lp,C. N. Lund, and wife, of Mt. f Pleasant; Bp. Reid, of manti; David 'I Candland, of Chester; Bp. Allred.of Spring; Pres. Paxman, of Nephijand Bishops Dorius and Anderson, of Ephraitn; and many others repre senting the educational and business classes of San Pete. The new organ purchased for the Moroni Tabernacle received its first trial at the conference on the 15 int. It is a vory ha i Is n an I H' ri.rvirful instrument, costing Sjod. 4 P.- r. St ) iy, of Beaver, wj hid an oop irtu-.iit- of testing its powers the '.v, clay after the Conference, pronoun- - ces it a splendid instrument. Moroni j tn h nnirratnlated. ... The Moroni choir was one of :h : most a ' delightful features of the conference. The people are to be congratulated j on possessing so capable and devot ed a leader as Mr. R. P. Eaarson; and so proficient an organist as Miss Clarissa Faux. There are a number of individual voices of great beauty, and others beside the lady named who are capable at the organ. The meeting house at Moroni has finally been completed in a manner to reuect great credit on the town. It is a beautiful building, finished in the finest manner both outside and inside. There is no gallery, and consequently no posts. The acous-- i tic properties are fine, light good, I and methods of ventilation e lsy to I handle and very complete. It has I also been built so that at some future 1 day the stove; may he removed and I the entire building heated by steam. There "are two rooms at the north. divided from the main hall and used for Sunday School and similar pur-poses. This meeting house has been a standing joke in pan Pete for years on account of its size; but the late conference held there demonstrates the fact that it is none too large. In our last week's article it was s'ated that the building is finished, but It really lacks the top of the south tower; and trie bell and town clock the people design to place there. cesws being found three miles of his house. There has been two perliminary surveys for a railroa 1 through here but to all appearance they will re-main perlimiuary for some time. Diptheria swept like a blasting scurge through our town last year. There were quite a number of deaths! resulting therefrom, there is con-siderable sickness this year. The iej;bi r I, of are kicking! very hard because our semi-weekl-mail goes out bef re it e mes in. j That is, to oblige the mail carriers the mail that is suppose 1 to leave here ui Wednesday leaves here on Tues lav. meets the incoming Wed-- I nesday mail, exch nges somewhere' about the summit, and each pony ' rider returns h i ne. Nobody will deny this is a very nice arrangement for them. The leopL hive peti: - ioned for a change of programme in vain. RABBIT VALLEY NOTES. The settlement of Loa now has large dimensions; though the houses ' are scattered over a wide area. Threshing is not yet completed, 111 our valley, but to say that there has been 150,000 bushels of grain rais-ed is not to over estimate it. Tom Blackburn, councillor to the Bishop, has just buried the last of three interesting children. He has the sympathy of the community. Ticaboo gold mines, 15 miles be- - below the Dandy crossing, on the 5 Heniy mountain, has been shut down J bat a California Co have putttpSso, x 000 dollars to further develope the 1 mine. Work will be resumed imme- - di.itely. ; The Blue Valley people our once ' humble neighbors are fast becom- - ming a prosperous and independant 'I people. Everything of a semi-trop- - I ical nature can be grown. This year j they have brought loads of grapes, peaches, and molasses of a superior j quality up into our grain and beef J countrs for exchange. Perhaps I J! should h ve said once beef country, ' for the sheep were in here so thick last year as to almost blot out the ?? stock indu try. One man lost six- - teen head of milch cows, the care- - " 1 u from Ltah. and it tl that the ls 1)ee lmn,)Ie,, apostles a K s- - the male members to take up land in the Snake valley. The Mormon do no! the itproat d.iect, but t.tvitilrs in the jealous towuol i.!ackfoit to do this, because in thin manner it will have mote we'sht In convention with Jt.McCafhey, sec ol the emigration company, w e lea in that thev ha.e received hints lately that W(,llld le;ul a of a dcUrr i.hlh.it',vnti!ss BUkfoot, but he thinks t.ieie is no likelihood I any I mil bei.ig cancelled, asexneit land attorneys have been secured, ul, , ,ll look out for the in;e:e- !s of liie ii..,.USldi-iit- s The in st form table foe that we hive ;ispossihlv thel i.'il rt;.-ter- , but this is unlva siirnnsi-- , as no rCWrre an be found i show his collusion ,tl, tbo .Mormons, but ill Ml lie 5p:ik d Me- - spectlully ui t !.-- Wial.caie. .U. H..m.-s-i "ut i.f the r .inp.iiiv.aiiniflici ds ;ia daust::i.d ll : vis.it 'the l.iwi d. k:s nut c ;;.r.-- l ,!, the land' to make an midavit ,, ji js j , jsprculatiui,, aad iiKr.i, ih.:t ,.,-- , ,,, e emeriiiK vs-.:r- i!i.- .,r, "uUt airans.-in;!.-: wiiLiem v d i prove up W itimi i s .m l not n three years as a !ed m ibe rep.it-sen- t out Ironrtjelm. a few dav . a ,,. No apprehension netd he fi.lt t,t ilie cancelling un too lai-- e an am unit ul money is ustj wuh tau land o;,'ic? ullicials t j this rial. A mimlm f i the Canal and Kiniatton io-- ! fiether with a cJ load of Put ilnd, Ore, capitalists, left this .if.eiuoon i.r th.-- ; distiict land oilice.aud niob.ible nutters will be settled. No futher trouble nee 1 ensue. w.H. 15 Crow says the Denver psit;es hold alv ail 30,000 acres and Tyner. one I th. laud department': agenls, has puichased an interest in the party canal and is in with the Mormons to oust the Denver people and locate frn-n.l- on the land taken up WHAT B THKKli IN IT. Denver News Special. Eaci.k Rock, Idaho, Nov. 15 It has been stated that the Mormons were re-porting alleged cases nf violation of the entry law, aiid akin? the lard depart-ment to cancel all deiett entries made by Chicago and r prrtis. The Kexbur Press, a suoii Mormon organ, says editoridlly, this week; "The people ol Idaho Falls will find more real value in eiicouiafriiii actu d farmers to locate on the desprt lands adjoining their town. The Mormons have for sometime m ide strenuous efforts to populate ths with people of their sect, and a large emigta-tio- n was coming in all the time, and it seems that when thev found the Gentiles encroaching on their rights ihey present-ed to the land department grievance. The majority of the Mormons are brought W. V. P301SE I GO. Aitt-- ; Tin: ''SiSi Manufactuers HH ol' the justly ColobratcMl Nutltiij in the West equtil to them for Wear. Our Agents for them in San Pete are klT'Co-oii.- , Ktuiview. (o) Matson tt Hanson, lit PluaJkint. (o) J. V. Kj.hraint. (o) TutUeit Co., Manti-(o- ) II V. Larson, May fluid, (o) Co op ,Moroni. (o) A TEST OF INSTINCT. Remember the story of the Queen of Sheba's test of the wisdom of v Solomon. In one of them the Queen placed side by side some artificial llowers and some that were real, and invited the King to say which were (T jji the false llowers. the lattice," VcM I crici the wise lung. A bee came IKK buzing over the flowers a moment, . XTw itse;tl. down on the real ones. xlA Here is your answer," said the MIIFi inati. Tiut we think that if the V jlllLU I f fluwcrs U.l been chosen t'vl''" 111,1,1 th- new Juitauii v jitock of Mrs. KyynfeljrS-ik- fiwsw.". Hanson, F.pLraim.evvn the bee might jl.lLiZt,... have been deceived "in its choice, so perfect are they in form and color. - Irv'-S"- pnri1.- ;,'rci k : 'j fc,; !;,.. ''V' Tcs.;a y -- v : "VV nre oitis; To Move and Tli.it very Soon Keep your Eyes upon us 'Boots, Shoes. Hats, caps, and Gents and Ladies Furnishing (Jood. Dry Goods and all. ' - ' v- - 1 "ti ,wl4 j., A 'if MILLINERY SHOP. Christine Peterson, dealer in al kind of Ladie's Misses' and Chil drens' Hats and Caps, invites her friends to come and examine her stock. The latest forms and best models only, are used. A very choice assortment of Ladies goods alsa on hand. - Centre Street, two doors eat of Cit Hall, Ephraim, Utah. 0. C. Larson, KayMd Utah-- Carries a rull Line of Genera MERCHANDISE, Studebaker Wagons, Carriages, anp all kinds of Agricultural Imple-ments. Also Agent for the champion and whitley Machines. Extras or both Machines always on hand. J. H. Otterstroin, - DEAl.r.It IN EgS, Grain and all kinds of Gene'' Produce Ephr.iu, Utah. 32a Mill jii'Mrgo'JIi PI. PJJI'I. IIWIWCTWWWWWn w l;tWp4 Pullman Palace and R Q fgl Sleeping Cars on all fr?j?Sff n rltAxRO51yA.' Through Trains. Nfc"T4 S '3 L BaM Spl D.C.DODGE, . :!yNeV ' Tima Ta Oie, iu Effect, Aug. ', 18m, Ko 2 N" 4 Atlantic Mail Atlantic Et, l'lcilic M ul Pacific l,p.-- ? 1.;, a m 5:4- - p tn Leave Ogden Arrive 9:40 p m 10:05 am i'c:,:.x a in 6:55 p m Arrive Salt Lake Leave 8:25 pm 8:50 am j::c,oam j:'oj i 111 Leave " " Arrive 8:10 p m 8:35 am .v-ipa- i 8:it)ia Arrive Frovo Leave 6:30 pm 16:46 am , . j. .! : is; p m Leave " hrriae 6:10 p m 6:36 p m j,:4ipin g:3o p 111 Arrive Thistle 5:25 j m 5:41pm Olosini om SALE! Don't forget it! Cheap for cash! JjjVERYTHIG Going cheap iox Cash r. the Coiino-- Out Sale of 11 Q. HANSON'S STOCK. JF,i)onius,ji Register Ploek, Ephraim. & Sheep taken on Sharos! Big Interest Paid, Forfull particulars Address er call en Ole Christensen, j blacks east of Co-e- p Stare, Olterstrom'i Blackmith shop, Ephraim. 2 1 I 1 The Railroad. What ICphvaira Has Done Tor it. Thol'roRi ess made on Con structicn. it Advance nearer xid yet "earer. Mr. Babcock rij'it of way aertt for the R. G. W. says that the train will be running into Manti by Christ mas if nut sooner, and also that unti will be the terminus for some time to co'.ie. I. VI ES r FROM THE R. G- - V. Yesterday a reporter took a spin along thegiado to see how things cie progressing ,.n the giade and how near the constiuetiotis was to Kphraiin At 5 p m. the construction wasthiee quartets "I a mile tiottli of Spiiin; City I lep t where the end of the Hack was. The want of rails pieveuted the lieiiiij completed to Spring Citv It is expected to be there Ties were spread out liotn the f'lid ol the track to the depot- - U'otk was pro-gressing finely on the foundation of the water tank, which is loca.ed just north of the s'ation. Tne water trench from the springs which ii to supply the tank is almost completed. The depot grounds are all graded and the strike are driv-en in liking- olf the station buildinir. The first cut just north ol the dfpot is practically finished, all that is left is to get tiie grade. From this point south and before reaching Pigeon Hollow about a dozen teams were employed finishing grade which will all be done befoie this even-ing. I h? cut at Pigeon Hollow is neatly completed, and il tilde is no had luck oi liindiance will be oitt:r-I- Completed hi fore the end of the uei-k- mat least by Mond iv next. South of P ge in I h I! w and to F.ph-rah-the road is finished there w.ie only three teams at woik on tliis portion of the r iad and they were .confident of having it finished by yesterday evening. The rock culverts ate all in and there ate only some halfdozen box culveits to set The woik of construction if it were pushed at the rate of a mile a day would he in Kphraim bv a week from Su:ida ; or Monday. FOUNTAIN GREKN ITEMS. j Fountain Green, Nov. 17, 1890. j We have very cold nights at pre-- 1 sent. Three district schools are now in operation here with a fair attend ' ance. The people of this town hauled a n tmber of tons of coal for Manti Temple last week. During the last two months great preparations have been made on a number of streets here: Mr. John Hostler of Jt. Pleasant is now busy training our choir. He has ordere-.- an organ for our meet-- : ing h mse, which is exp .vte.l to ar rive this week. Our dramatic troop, which played last Friday evening, No.'. 14, iSgo, for the special benefit of our Voting Ladie's & our Young Men's AAitual ' Improvement Associjttion , has greatly improved. J.'. Meils nip we understand is soon going to remove his stock in his Branch Store to bis old quarters at the Farmers Exchange on North Street. R EG ISTl'R CALENDAR. Same of the Leading Events Connect-ed with Utah and her Founders. Thursday, Nov, 27, 1873, Prep-arations were made for l'res B, Yonngs trip south to St. George. Friuay, Nov. 28, 1873. Prests. B, Young and Geo. A. Smith started on a trip south, to spend the win-ter in St. George. Saturday, Nov. 29, 18 34. the prin-cipal of tithing was instituted. 1S45, the attic story of the Nau-vo.- ) Temple was dedica ted. Su.miay. Nov. jo, i8.;o, Edward Martin's Company of hr.udtarts arrived in S.a!ll,.ake after extrente ugtwiJi'''.. JXrl of tKtf' em'gf.vi-it- s had died and the hand-carts to be abandoned. Monday, Dec. 1,1851. There were Conferences 679 branches, 32,806-member-of Church in Great liritian. This is the greatest number ever reported in that mis-sion. 1S56, Jetiiah M. Grant died in Salt Take. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1851. A number of fishermen in Arhager, Barthol-imen- , Denmark, armed themselves and defended two Jortnon Af is sionaries against a mob. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1856, David I,, Eanghlin, a member of the Battalion was very sick at Cedar Yaley. MAYFIELD ITEMS. Peter Greaves, County School Supt. paid us a visit to our school Nov. iS. He spoke very encouragingly to the children on their duties in school. Mayfiehl is much in need of a hotel. Were it not for the stores many would leave town hungry.. The health of the people is generally good. We wish the newly married couple Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock, all joy and prosperity as man and wife. The Young Aen's Association has been reorginized. With Hyrum Pre.st.,John S. Hanson and Marenus Thompson Jr. as his Counselors. A very delightful gathering of friends met at the residence of A.K Anderson gave her a welcome,and to express their sympathy for herein the great berevement that has been hers, in the death of her husbmd, died when on a mission, She came back to her empty house, lone and lonely, having no children, and this welcome paty, although it stirred in her heart recollections bitter and sweet, cannot help but have a sooth ing and warming'effect upon her. Pi ft j persons, both ladies and gen-tlemen, sat down to a spiendid din-- " nc--. WHAT EPHRAIM HAS DONE. It has been asked time and time again, ''what will Ephraim do for the railroad? Until this preseni issue we weie not prepared to say, and can hardly do so now, but we can give some of the figures. One thing Kphraim has not boasted yet, and now it cotifs her turn to f'tikit her horn."- Our neighbors on mi north and south have each done their share. Mt. Pleasant has giv-en about $4, 600, Janti will give some 2,000, Spring we have not heard from, but as the road docs not run into the town we suppose the sum is little, if any.) Kphraim will perhaps run up into 5,000 be-fore they are through with the mat-ter, at present the sum reaches about S3, 260,00 for the following tracts of land, the first two are nec-essary for the road to cuts on the north end of the street, the rest are for Depot grounds. P. C. Anderson for a strip along the front of his lot, 8 ft. wide at the north end, and 6 ft. wide at the southend, 8J4 rods along. 150. 00 Chris Boltzer. 4 ft. wide at the north end, 2 ft. at the south end and8 rods long. 70.00 N. L. Peterson, 100 ft. x Zy2 rods 250.00 Chas. Stevens. 100 ft. x rods 150.00 Andrew Rissager i)l lots 900.00 Maria Dorius y lot ' 500.00 Henry Stevens lz lot 500.00 Magnus Erickson 1 lot 500.00 Mrs.M.Rasmussen 100 ft. x i'i rds 200.00 H. M. Nissen 10 square rods 40.00 Total S3 2 60. 00 The above figures have been set-tled in most of the cases , in one or two instances the bargains are not closed, but the city will not pay any more than the above prices. If the parties still refuse to sell the R. R. company will have the land con-demned and pay much less for it. The owners would do well to con sider carefully what they do before refusing to sell at an advance for reasonable prices. A committee of arbitiation,or the courts;would drop the above prices in some instances 50 to 100 per cent. In the council meeting on Mon-da- v last the city fathers voted that the council borrow $2000 to aid them with the money now on hand in buying the Depot grounds for the R. C. XV. Rv. S. P. V. & R. G. W. The two railroads are now of each other. The engines seems to look across the valley and snort defiance. Like conscious beings, fully aware of their power, proud of former suc-cesses and horors, confidant that on their track would spring up like magic all the adjunct to thriving civilization. They belched out long streams of black smoke, and scream-ed across the valley, impressing the beholder with their mighty power, through which is a sinister vein, warning the unwary to beware. " A well known lumberman of the north end of the county, said to our reporter, that on close alculation he had estimated that there would be between 7,000,000 and8,oco,ooo feet of lumber shipped from Mt. Pleasant Depot next year. |