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Show CO-OPERATION. What Our Noihlinrs in Davis County iiru Iloiu. FaiiminctoN, June S, 1 870. Two years ago the good people cf Farmington were moved upon lo adopt the counsel of I'rcident Young to become niilf iii.it. lining, and made a vigoiouu tiVorl in that direction by gathering together sumo means and establishing a tannery, a shoe shop, a cult'" ami torso hurd for which they purchased and calaMi-divd a ranch and a sheep herd. Tin to various branches of business have been successfully canied on under the Kannintou Couperati vi company, ' tinned improvements and enlarge- ments, with Ihe design o! making ihem of eapaeity milliciciit to supply tho wauls of ihe people Tho movement move-ment lately untdo of appointing a president over Davis cranny has had a tendency to unite the interests of the four wards of tho county, and us a re -nil the Davis County Cooperative 1 company has been formed, into which ibu Farmington company haa been merged. Tlio latter company turned oyer llmir property amounting to some $12,000, lo the new company com-pany u week ago; the new company' intending to carry on the same branched of bu-iucss, with increased capital, and euii-tiug the iulerests oi the whole county. Tiie Davis County Cooperative compmy, of which Joseph F. Smith is president, and three responsible leadii-g nun from each of the four waid.-i aiv the directors, was incorporated incor-porated n tlio loth ol March, and has lori'.-t object tho production and manufacture of eiery thing we need "to eat. drink, wear or use;" its shares arc at Jill and placed within the reach of the por to portcss them, si tint all a person neul do it to liw eeo noniicaliy, raw up a few dollars e ich year and invest in tho company, tln-n use iiis ii.lhteuce lo eh c', g.juJ, ro liab!.-, hotii nl men lo m-mag.; the eomvni. an i the divi lends paid in the arli"!is n- I d by !o? f.ouilly will plaee him in i -fate of e.i-;. an 1 co o-loil, o-loil, and give him and his family the m- on of e ni a tin eh or drinking as niucii Ihm Ul i -giving lo?d and wearing an much warm, comfortable clot:, ing tt-i R ,'f.M-ln .l, A-lor, Van-deihilLor Van-deihilLor their i.ouihes, hut when a i pers 'ii'tt appi .:'.') i.- appe.np.l and his to;iiAch fu.l, wo it m liter it il h ate his juicy mutton and ni-:aly potato on a stone china or a poivi 1 .in plate? a: id if a roan can --'l s uin; fre-h ! trout and we!l rooked hoef ids' IciolJreu. Iii.w much are tliey t ic I los -is if hif t di!,j c.I :Ai 'n w-iili: .mII-.ii I iil- ad of da:n;k, and he ha-s no ringer napkins eneircied i-y goal rins Willi his co:ii-;.f arms an. I tbn name ol on: of his children pngraved upon each ? Thi-rn is quite a number" of people in r .trmiugt n now carrying goud, hou".-; h-el in go .-d, ho-ieal sliu s of our o.vn in ike, tor the material in wtiich we have not to thank any of our nf-ignbors, ex,'e;;ing lor the lamp black, oil (very poor), the nails and the lools used in their manufacture, manufac-ture, but wo hope that the oil we sh.iil uc in tlio future Utah IL-h, cattlo and ocrub ponies, shall soon be made .to furnish, and the Great We.-ti.rn iron company the treasures of their vast possessions will scon get money, brains and encrcy.enongh to unlock and supply in with the necessary n.uU aud tools. We have a large and e iiumodiuus ranch on Blue creek, capahle. of supplying sup-plying summer lo-vl and winter hay lor hundreds of head of stock. No country can produce fatter or butler Il ivored uee' iUia mutton loan can L'lah, but there is oue satisfaction yet to be secured to us that is within the reach of our co-op. soi L-ty, aud that is by supplying our own shops direct from our herd we can eat our owu beef without paying somebody else ior it. IJlhese doings are. only the commencement com-mencement 01 our calculations. We do not intend to hull, until we can, out of tho elements around us, render ourselves independently rich. Co -or. |