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Show PICKED IP IN 8PA.VIH FORK. Newsy Notes and Itema of Geueral Intereat Fully Recorded, Spanish Fork, July !). Special correspondence. cor-respondence. Nearly all of the farmers farm-ers have finished tho cutting of the first crop of lucerne, and are now getting in the wild hay. In the early part of the season there was an abundance of water and consequently alfalfa is immense. im-mense. At the present time, however, there is a notieablt dimiuiiition of the fluid, and each drop is made to wet as much earth as possible, while none is John L. Jones is also building a fine brick house. There are many new buildings going up in the Forks. David Morgan is building a back residence resi-dence to cost $1500. David P. Malcolm is digging foundation founda-tion for a two-storied brick store. Business is rather dull on account of the harvest, aud all of the farmers are The Young Men's Co-op., J. S. Thomas manager, is excavating for a new store to be built of brick, 40xU. The Spanish Fork Co-op. is erecting a splendid brick store, three stories high, 45x05, thecellarof which has been dug and the foundations laid. Two marriages were celebrated on the 8th, that of Thomas Albertson. a prominent young farmer, and Miss Kmma Ottersou, and the other that of Robert Dudley aud a Miss Evans of Bingham. , Like all other places situated in Salt Lake or Utah valleys, this place has felt the influence of a boom, and land has appreciated in value from twenty to tiftv Pt ent. While two years ago any of the land could be purchased for less than $50 an acre, ft is now held at from $50 to $125. There will be a big base ball game on the 10th between the. Spanish Fork Blue bovsand the Athletics of Nephi, for $100 a side and a purse of -'O0. Iu tnc evening of the same day there will be two bails in honor of the event, one in Dahles' hall and the other at Creer & Nelsons. The crop of apples will be much larger than usual, as the trees are bending bend-ing beneath the weight of fruit. Current-! raspberries and strawberries have'been plentiful, but are now disappearing. disap-pearing. There are, though, few pears, and no plums, peaches or apricots. On the bench nearly all of the rye is in the shock, and the wheat harvest has commenced, while some are cutting their barlev. All kinds of small grain s a more than usually good crop, which together with the splendid promise prom-ise of a large yield of potatoes mid other roots! makes the husbandman smiling and giad- ' |