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Show NEWS FROM AMERICAN FORK. Special Coirtsiioicilenf to 't'hi Tinui. Amkkicas Fork, July 20. The political pol-itical excitement is in full blast here now. Kallies are almost nightly occurrences. occur-rences. The clul) lists of botti parties are rapidly swelling up. The republican republi-can have an enrollment of sixty tueai-Iters tueai-Iters and the democrats about ninety. No canvassing has yet been done by ilio republicans, and it is thought that th" club will number over lOtl members heii a canvass it made. At a meeting held Friday evening the c rhMni.':iticni of tho Kepublicau club wit perfected, and other important b.i-ines transacted. The officers of the club arc: V. 1. Kobiuson, president; James C.iipiuuu, vicrt-piesident; (lav I.oiiilmrd, treasurer, and 1'. I). rsi:dv, aecretary. Tho tolicil-n tolicil-n ' foiiiaiitiee is: Thomas H. l'arker, . uhu II. Wonttou, John Sykcs, John F I'ribvl and James l';iMnan. Ti e !eitg:it. H appointed by the re-puli..ctu re-puli..ctu caib to go to Leht the 27th to noir. ode a candidate for represeuta-lie represeuta-lie m-- Jehu It. liobert.t, V. M. Heck. A'ox. Miller, V. 1). t'assidy, Kobert Proctor. Ttos. li. Parker, John Sykes, .1 11. Wootion, K. 11. liaiey and Jmuei (irai t 'I he following delegates go to l'l o o on tin) eiiine day to iioniinatB a caii' id ito fur selectman: James Chip-nun, Chip-nun, f.nv LcmbarJ. Andrew Adamsin, . l. Kjt.ius.m and Dr. C. 1.. Addle-in Addle-in 'ti. K )cons eomu from l.ehi that small toy wj !rc;wmd iu Jordan liver .'at-iii .'at-iii lay. No lurther particulars can be IcHT'll' ll. W. II. Grant and James 1'te.ton went to Fish Springs to look after their mining min-ing intbiests. An important strike of silver on: is '('ijortcd H um Alpine, near American i Fork canon. At tliH sugar factory everything is g.iine alocg nicely. Most of the heavy urn h i.ery has lieeu placed in position. (H.r 1 J.) men are employed in and al out the plant and work is be 'nc rn: !i-iil !i-iil with a view of having everything i n'plute and In readines for the wigar but emp, about September 1. (.'hief Cr.eni :tt 11. 1', Iher arrived at tho fac-lory fac-lory 1 uesday and will at once proceed to work analysis of the buis under cultivation cul-tivation to determine whether Utah s. ils are particularly adopted to raising heeis and contains sufficient saccharine ti) make, the industry profitable. The reports coming from all fides are that the ciops are looking favorable and will r tve a ouecess. Pioneer day will be observed in the cit next Friday in an appropriate manner. Tho Sunday schools are pre-a pre-a 'ing quite an elaborate programme. Fxciirsionists are arriving daily and are making pleasure trips up the canon. T.he canon is now in its full glory, as t ito westher is very pleasant and the lisliing abundant. The trip up the ca'iuii is otic of the mo.-t pleasant in the country. K. V. llobinson, J.lIAVootton, I). K. Robinson. Mies Alctsta Lewis and Mrs. F.llaAble were the teachers who attended at-tended the institute session held al t'asiello Springs last week. The parties report a nleasant time, they having camped during their stay there. Castilla springs are one of the pi'iuaipal attractions of Utah county, and are becoming famous for th.ir medicinal qualities. Over $12,001 bks been cxpedded by the proprietors in improvements and building; this year. The bank is a success. The bankers aro greatly pleased with their future prospects and are confident that the Mirror City will beoome the beat banking bank-ing town on the line. The Times is a very popular paper in this city and it brings its readers every evening a lot of pood republican doctrine. Our people know how to appreciate ap-preciate a good thing. (Jay Lombard, Henry Johnson and S. M. Newsbaumn had a very narrow escape from drowning. The gentlemen went to Provo on the train Sunday morning with the intention of sailing back to American F'ork in a yateh recently re-cently purchased by Henry Johnson. When oulv a few miles from Provo the boat was overtaken by one of the most severe gales of in season. The boat was tossed about by the wind and waves like a toy. and finally capsized. F'ora couple of hours the victims drifted about on tho lake, hanging to the boat, for their lives. Late in tho night they drifted into a lot of bullrushes aud then tho boat became fast. The gentlemen made, an attempt to wade sshore, in which thev were successful, suc-cessful, after hours of wandering and plotigh'ug through mud. On reaching terra tirma they were shoelefcs nnd hat-less. hat-less. Our marshals havo been very busy of late chasing robbers and highwaymen. A couple of arrests were made Saturday, Satur-day, and the prisoners wero sent to Provo, where they were wanted on a charge of burglarizing a store. |