Show farmington FRACTIONS monday a kusy ausy day in county court 01 ims irris al A lowd news item s the county court met in adjourned session monday april 1895 being 0 a full board present minutes of session held 1895 were read and with some amendments were approved also minutes of special session held march 2211 were read and approved J F wilcox made the statement that a certain road running east on the section line near wm K X rices was obstructed by a gate gale the matter wa was referred to selectman rockwood selectman hatch asked for further time to report in the matter of the petition of aaron granted till next session to report mr eg eggert og ett made a statement to the court jn in relation to the road said mr could travel on oil the section line to get gel to his horn home as well as to travel on his mr BIT Eg getts land selectman SI In bldr reported lie had met with a committee from weber and morgan counties in relation to improvements on the road around the devils gate in weber canyon said the road iu question was in weber county therefore lie he would recommend that no appropriation be made report adopted selectman rockwood reported in the matter of the petition of A S rose to make certain improvements on highway no I 1 that lie had investigated the matter and would recommend that 10 be appropriated to be applied in it making the road wider and that cap rock be paid for at the rate of per foot in width to make the culvert wider at said point provided mr rose perform the balance of the work which he had agreed M to do report and recommendation adopted henry anderson Au derson reported that on account of parties fencing in the dug way near jas udys mr BIT hanson had bad been injured asked to have obstructions removed on account of the road being in farmington city no action was taken the county attorney filed a written report in relation to the petition of robert ure et al was of tile the opinion that the county is not responsible for the water but that the parties p arties interested be allowed to convey the water on either side of tile the road provided they keep the water from damaging the road report adopted by request of M M whitesides et al land owners on highway no 22 that the court as a committee of the whole visit said locality and take evidence regarding said highway it was decided to visit said locality as a committee of the whole tuesday at 10 a in the county altoney reported he had negotiated with parties in steed precinct for the opening of a certain road Us as petitioned for by J A grover et al and ascertained that chancey hadlock adlock II would open the road to the use of the public it if the court would pay aim 75 for the cost coat of material to build a fence on the line of said road said road to be opened by oct ast 1st 1895 but until such suc h date lie would put in gates so the public could travel through tile the attorney was of the lopion that mr offer was fair and would recommend that the same ile be accepted also reported that durbin terry would furnish land for a road two rods wide where the road passes over liia his land provided a road be opened up to the main road on seui tion lion line between sections 23 and 26 the file report and recommendation of the alton attori iry wy was wa adopted and alie surveyor to lo sarv cylle road rockwood Rock woud recommend ell cd that the court take steps to lo procure the hie right to get gel shale frum from certain beital li shale bell bel near the line between Cen centreville treville and bountiful precincts tile the matter was referred t to judge brandon and selectman 0 rockwood to negotiate 0 for the lease of said shale beds ed s CLAIMS CLADIS ALLOWED poor account 6 albert beazer et ct al statistical work thomas 11 II phillips clerk 50 exp eap 2040 stationery er y 2100 A S rose roads account ag 00 J IV W fackrell G IV green it 64 1 l 1225 Tho bounty 11 wm will kynaston 14 4 C W rockwood 11 6 IGO ICO del argyll it it so 0 milton parrish Parri sli 14 is ianthius lanthi us barlow it it DD 90 J II 11 wilcox atty ally acct acca 30 roads 25 oooo D A sanders jail hect acct 2000 judge 0 brandon reported that au an indigent person from bountiful had applied to lo him for help from the county the matter was referred to judge brandon to ascertain whether said person was destitute of assistance george IV green supervisor of road district no 17 related thal thai he be had measured several roads in ill said district and found several fences in cro crouching aching on the highways laid over tit til next session the matter of laying out a road from hooper to south weber was referred to selectman nalder chas 11 II smith tree inspector addressed the court in relation to tree inspection aud ask for instruction on motion of 0 selectman rockwood the inspector was authorized to have printed notices with instructions to on oil the backs of the same for tile of trees and dilli gently en deaver to have the law lived up to the rhe application of flint and hamud for retail liquor license accompanied by a bond was presented and the clerk instructed to lo issue them a license for three months the petition of J L snow und and 52 others a certain road be laid out all and maintained in Cent revile and bountiful precincts was presented and defered to selectman rockwood adjourned to monday april ath 1894 ITEMS some of our boys are leaving for the bear river flat country where they will commence their work the pros pacts for a good crop of grain on oil the flat has never been better belter thun than this year tile the heaviest rain raid fall for three years occurred there last week this his will help the grain amazingly prof tanner occupied all the time sit at church sunday lectured on palestine and the he jews many say they never heard the professor talk so bo well in farmington as lie he did upon tilon this occasion lie ife spoke with much feeling slid and tenderness caused no doubt through reflection on oil the death of elder joho jolia A clark chark several years ago tile the speaker also traveled in ill tile llie idoly holy land and therefore is familiar wi ii its ita people and institutions pres horton of tile the cassia stake slake idaho was the guest of councilman A E rose several days Insl last week quite a number of the friends and old acquaintances of the president assembled at tle tile residence of mr rose on friday last to spend the evening in social chat and a very enjo able bable time was had our city council will meet next monday evening some gas franchise business is expected to come up considerable Consider ible improvement is is being ing made on the county road at different points in farmington near mr E H A roses place the culvert has been lengthened 0 and the road widened and in the south edge of town the tops of soule some of the hills are being taken oft off and some of the hollows filled the north farmington school taught by miss clara leonard will close next friday the school taught by palmer iu in the same house hou se closed on oil the hie of february thomas king is again enlarging his ten acre peach ranch a little this spring by pulling 0 out some more young peach trees which lie he purchased from smith bros of centreville Cen treville in n reply to the question quei tion whether he be had commenced prUDI pruning nL his orchard mr king replied that he took several journals devoted to peach raising and learned from them that the best time to prune is late in the spring he pruned his orchard last year when it was in bloom and this year he be expected to wait a little later still the gentleman like the idea of having 0 the new railroad run through 0 ryll his orchard in the manner projected that is to enter at the southeast corner and go out at the northwest corner the lyceum stock comp company oiny appeared here in tho the play jack 0 diamond last monday evening the salt lake soldiers did not dot put in an appearance on oil friday to take lake part in the shooting 11 contest that was appointed for that day so the company took sides capt sanders and lieu thomas standing at the head sanders men scored and thomas men points there was a grand ball in the evening at which there was plenty cake and ice cream mrs airs me caig had charge of this department at the recent stock holders meeting of the farmington opera house company it was reported that all expenses incurred by the tail hall for the past year had been paid and that 40 to 50 30 were left for to lo pay on oil the owing for the erection of the alic buil building din agthe the old officers were reelect re elect ed nar namely nely jacob miller president frederick coombs vice president aud and henry wilcox secretary these to together I 1 aether with david sanders form the executive committee there is a good stage and considerable scenery in ill the house and it is well seated sealed four of tile the county school teachers were un hand katurd saturday ay aben tile llie hour arrived for commencing the llie institute so no meeting it was held and a notice was put on the blackboard black board to the effect that the next institute would meet in ill four weeks sunday evening mr and mrs hit bit deiv new residents lost their infant child the funt ral services took look place on oil tuesday tufail ay iy tile the real reail estate buyers alluded to in the last clipper are still visiting our town at intervals and looking around one could easily imagine I 1 that hat there is some kind of nf a union existing between them and the natural gas companies and a scheme on foot to boom the town eight of tile the land buyers were nere up from salt lake on monday and one of them purchased p ur chased a tract of land containing acres acres located just north of lake park for the person furnishing the clipper r reporter with the information was not quite sure as to the method of paying for the land but was of the opinion that one half had to ile be paid down and a mortgage ge was wag given for the balance drawing eight 0 per cent interest payable in two years lie thought they had bad got nil an option on most places which they have picked out either to take them within one month or surrender all claims A second company of miners have pitched their tent in farmington canyon they moved up the first of the week mining 0 recorder abbott received several letters of enquiry about the depth of tile the snow up in the canyon from outside parties last week it is estimated that about eighty per cent of the male but not quite that per cent of the female population feel to endorse the course taken by delegate delegat roberts eRoberts in the constitutional convention in regards to the woman suffrage question they say if the I 1 matter wont stand investigation it is no good |