Show Spanish Fork One ef the most prosperous and pretty places in Utah County is Spanish Pork a delightful little city on the banks of the Spanish Fork River One gains but a faint idea of the settlement from passing on the train The town covers a considerable area of country and the surrounding territory is under a high state of cultivation the prospect pros-pect from the plateau above the place being charming in the extreme ex-treme Not only in appearance is Spanish Fork interesting for it is prosperous thrifty and productive as well Last season the people of the burg harvested 130000 bushels of grain and gathered 40000 pounds of honey these being the chief products pro-ducts The grain prospect this season sea-son is excellent though the harvest will he late as elsewhere in Utah The Cooperative Institution R P Snell superintendent is in a flourishing condition and doing a satisfactory business the sales for the past six months amount ing to 46000 The institution instit-ution embraces besides general gen-eral merchandise a boot and shoe factory harness and furniture shops and a grist mill Trade is so prosperous with the concern that it finds it necessary to enlarge and asa as-a consequence is now completing a twostory building sixtyfive by thirtythree feet for a merchanlile department The cost of the new store will be between87090 and 8 000The The writer thought on the occasion occas-ion of his first visit to Spanish Fork recently that he would find himself a comparative stranger but on the contrary met scores of old friends I some of whom he knew in the days of auld lang syne forty years ago i and their hearty welcome and kind treatment he can never forget |