Show I t NEWS FROM NEARBY TOWNS j j k Pleasant Valley Junction Now a Very Lively Station I DIANY CATTLE AND P SHEEP SHIPMENTS ff < w r Passengers and Tickets Badly Mixed and flingled t t A Washout at SmmyNiile Causes Considerable Delay to Several 1 f Trn liis Tli e Man Who Was Taken i For Since Mcliesy the Furrier t Lumber Shipments Call For a < Democratic Convention in Davis J County FarmIn toJi Bimetallic LeaRuc IMp JHniiisr Doom Ex r l ected in Box Elder County Special to The Herald r PLEASANT VALLEY JUNCTION Aug 29Business has been lively today to-day in thli usually quiet little burg Preston Nutter the cattle king drove 1 in from Strawberry valley twentyfive W cars of cattle and a Mr Redmond J joined in with five double decked cars I of sheep making two trains that will 5 be run through to Kansas City on a 1 time schedule that leaves passenger trains not in it Word has been given out by the three different lines handling this special shipment to get even passenger trains in out of the way and make a run that will break the record for fast time The Rio Grande Western will turn the two trains over to the Colorado Midland and the latter will turn them over to the Santa Fe at Colorado Springs which road will do the balance on speeding them to Kansas City But one stop will be made for feeding that being at Pueblo Jt A D Hudnall will go througb toy to-y Kansas City with the shipment it being be-ing consigned to the SiegelSaunders Live Stock Commission company there Others who wil accompany it are Walter Shipp C Lasher John Knight and Tom Osborne all of Provo A Herald representative will also go all the way in order to hold time card and note progress on what promises to be a star run and record breaker Trainmaster King of the Rio Grande Western has been here all day per sonaly superintending the loading and the send off J r There was also a shipment of ten cars of sheep today from Gunnisor Utahcohsigncd to Nolan Booth Kansas City routed same as the Preston Pres-ton Nutter shipment Sid Southworth of the firm of South v worth Bros CastlHs Springs has been S here today shipping lumber from Horse Creek and Soldiers Summit to the great mining district They are operating operat-ing mills at both of these points John P Meakin and family will give an entertainment here tonight then go to Schofield in the morning whence t they will embark for Salt Lake Monday morning Professor Meakin 1 1 has done a fairly lucrative business as well as giving to himself and family r a most enjoyable outing for the past six weeks Don C Robbins of Salt Lake was here on business today and goes to I r c J Castle Gate in the morning Hhe Rio Grande Western has gone after all those tickets not in the hands of original purchasers when pre t it faented for passage On last nights No4 coming out of Salt Lake the arguseyed and watchful conductor made a two strike A Mr Jordan had a ticket for Denver that cost him 14 and he alighted at Bingham Junction 4 i minus the ticket though taking back to the jolly broker the conductors receipt re-ceipt for the round trip portion of a ticket sold to another party in Denver The second case was funny to say the least When the conductor was handed the ticket of a well dressed and smooth appearing business man of Salt Lake it did not bear his signature signa-ture But it did bear the signature of some other man The conductor positively posi-tively announced the great discrepancy but the holder boldly announced in return re-turn that he was that selfsame party The knight of the punch said Why you are Mr Mehesy the well known furrier of Salt Lake Then spoke up the wouldbe passenger passen-ger indignantly saying No sir so help me God this is the tnlrd time today to-day Ive been taken for that man Me hesy But all the same It was Mr r Mehesy and he alighted at Provo where he doubtless took No 3 back to the city to kill a jolly broker and get a fresh start east for himself The weather here was all day yesterday of the arctic type At 7 a m thick clouds gathered and floating low bumped up against the surrounding mountain crests opening them for a forenoons deluge of a cold rain bordering border-ing on snow Last night was intensely cold here and overcoats were a necessity neces-sity in very earnest There was a washout yesterday at gunnyside fifty miles east of here which held No 2 and No3 besides a number of freights There was also forty cars of stock eastbound that were tied up here and at Helper until un-til a bridge could be replaced that went out with the waters Charles Burke the stockman Is here but unable to cut out any stock from here at this time 4 L 3D J Kearnes the sheepman put In last night here after sending forward ten cars of sheep yesterday to A J Knollin Co Kansas City M G Ralph of Mt Pleasant will have five cars of sheep from here on the 1st going via Denver Rio Grande and Santa Fe + o Kansas City During the fore part of next week there will be some fifty cars of sheep shipped from here to Kansas City via Colorado Midland and Santa Fe The eating house conducted here by Tklrs Diamond of Sprlngville fills along a-long felt want and also its patrons who partake of well cooked viands in plentiful array finished a four weeks session Professors Profes-sors Paul and Langton of Logan have had charge of the work which has been entirely satisfactory to the teachers and all concerned Last Thursday the school gave an entertainment to the public which was appreciated by the packed house Last night the proceedings closed by a grand ball in the Qpera house The instructorss sojourn among the teachers of this county will long be remembered Professor Paul leaves on a missionary trip to Great Britain in a few days The high school problem has agitated agi-tated this community for a ong time We have had no adequate school facilities facil-ities In the past for our high school pupils Our city is divided into four school districts thus making a anion ofi Interests and workings very unsatisfactory unsatis-factory At present a movement Is on foot to unite the districts and establish a high school The movement should succeed Last wcek this city had one round of social parties wherein teachers and students of the summer school met and became better acquainted Professor Linfield of the Agricultural College lectured in Brigham last Monday Mon-day evening A fair audience greeted him It was a treat to uracIcat men Nearly every day farmers are in this city Inquiring for laborers to help them in their harvesting and threshing The nowork cry is no go in this section of the country The Democratic central committee is getting ready for active work Reports from the northwestern part of the county are to the effect that a regular mining boom is expected scon Iln that region Some fine prospects are I being worked and ore is shippd to Salt Lake t The rush of the peach season will soon be on us If Utah should ever celebrate II cel-ebrate Peaoh Day it certainly must beat be-at Brigham City |