Show clearfield OLE ARFIELD CHUO CHUC KLINGS editor CLIPPER I 1 thought I 1 would pen you a few lines from this burg thib is indeed a promising place cne to which many people of davis county begin to look for their bread stuff tile the large fields of wheat stubble to be seen in all directions is a token of a bountiful harvest the prospects are fair for a good third crop of lucern threshing for the season of 1894 is almost a thing of the past tile the clearfield coop co op thresher has just pulled in the shed after threshing about twenty thousand bushel mostly wheat it having been in charge of james warren who is a good careful f ill hand this is year super intending the machine the price of wheat is i slightly on the raise the layton roller mill has bought some at 40 cents per bris brishela hels but now there are men who are shipping by the car loads D 0 willey jr las has been traveling through here offering 44 cents per bushel and also mr gibson has shipped hipped some he paid 45 cents the former individual was also at hooper buying apples for to ship we bid them welcome and hope they will call again bishop cook shipped a ear car of potatoes recently at 25 bents per bushel james G wood also shipped one car at 27 cents per bushel A car of melons was shipped by james G wood which was above the t he average the melons weighing ty three thousand pounds making an average of sixteen and one fourth pounds to tile the melon mr bowering of ogden stated that it was the largest average of any car load of melons lie he had ever seen go out of utah but others may have seen larger melons the day the shipment was made to colorado Colo radu lie he paid ninety cents for one half dozen for particular custom customers 49 of his many of the largest could have found a place in the fair to be held in salt lake city this fall E T and J G bood wood have in abundance of fine grapes I 1 believe this will be a fine country for all kinds kinde 4 of fruit except peaches which b lave ave not done very well this far in the most moot of places perhaps our cold canyon winds have something to do with it they must have more wind breaker bre to sa s1 shelter aelter allm the cannery at north hooper ii i now all Illi ilg a full fill bluse b I 1 binl ill luina lma are i being laciny icil it up gaui the th people wish till llila ind industry success lie tor for this will 1111 be a great place for growing tomatoes oes and different kinds of berries the salt industry js is one of considerable importance and is doing well so 80 1 am informed from eight to twenty cars are arc shipped weekly the stirs riz is ia a welcome visitor to giuy any in ill this section of the county slid and I 1 believe many inore subscribers could be had in this locality if an agent would come and wake up tile the people and show them the use of a name paper and tell them that they could get it for wheat corn or barley success to our homo home paper TRAVELING correspondent CIE AHFIELD september 5 1894 |