| Show THE MILITIA BILL An Endeavor Wilt Be Made to Ilavd It Taken Uji The fate of the militia bill is interesting inter-esting a great many of the young men of this city and of most of the cities jf the territory and the committee haying hay-ing the measure In charge is being urged to call it up from the House table and have it disposed of at once as they fear that if it Is not put out of the way some of the bills that are attracting more general attention and that are considered more important will get the right of way and the fate of the bill will be sealed The measure may be called up today or tomorrow and the promoters say thai they will have a clear majority in both houses News from Saiipctc Chester Feb 24The sensation of the day and the hour was the discovery discov-ery by a lad named Thomas Neilsen or a large mountain lion in close proximity prox-imity to his sheep herd Recovering from his surprise he hastened to call the help of two young men who were near by hinting rabbits They repaired re-paired to the lair of the lion and Jas Hansen and his companion succeeded In laying the monster out much to the relief of the people of this place and ilr Bignalls sheep The exact measurement meas-urement is two and onehalf feet high and ten feet in length from tip of nose to tip of tail Poverty and hard times have induced these denizens of the mountains to come swaging to our very door yard I am Informed the Bounty on Killing wild beasts was wiped out and that one for silk culture cul-ture passed in lieu thereof What a comment We have a very hard and prolonged season of stock feeding and a remarkable remark-able shrinkage In hay stacks but wo hope balmy spring is near by One of those annual events common to Incorporations is near at hand I refer to the annual election of officers of the Chester Reservoir Ditch company com-pany In March The action to exempt land watered by reservoir water is one notch in favor of the farmer I hope it will become a law The above named company owns an acreage of sixtyfour acres on which the fourth reservoir will be constructed this season sea-son The cost of land materials and labor foots up to near 512000 and hayIng hay-ing an enrollment of 518 shares at a cash value of 25 per share Whatever may be the results of the reported freeze out Inaugurated against the Sanpete Valley road It is giving this west side of the valley Ephraim and Manti unparalelled mail service It should 4iave as it has the paying support of the good people of the county coun-ty From the rumors of prospectors real and imaginary we anticipate mineral developments unprecedented in this county when stern winter lets go its grip The coal found and now dally more and more developed just below Manti proves on the Southern Pacific railway an excellent steam genevator Success to this and every home Indus trv t0 < V keen our raoney at home and certain it Is this pioneer road has In many ways demonstrated itself aj friend of the people D G |
