Show I 1 ML of our ing te libor IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLES picture of the school children devotion of the peo ale business SPANISH FORK utah dec 5 much has been said of utah county and her neighboring towns but sill all that is not been said especially of such a thriving place as this where over two thousand industrious eoula are pursuing their various avocations not merely to procure a livelihood but to make the country better by their living in it and bequeathing through the land of industry frugality and thrift that which in after yei rs adorns every citizen and the public with tho deserving laurels of well doing S in early days the acquisition of much land seemed to absorb the minds of most spanish fork settlers and immediately followed the necessity of utilizing and rendering profitably that already acquired As a result we have some of the most farmers and well tille farms in the west prodoc ing by the train load all of the staple farm products lucern or alfalfa seed being a specialty and instead of buying from its mother state california spanish fork furnishes several cari oada every year we dont think either that things are seedy over here but a general feeling of progression and improvement is manifest from tho fact that almost every farmer is improving his home his farm and stock and that instead of the primitive adobe dwellings are being built unique and commodious residencies much inconvenience is experienced in building on account of a scarcity of building material lumber and brick being most needed A skilled class of mechanics is con scantly at work at horns here hat the demand for such labor is greater than the t apply therefore when spring opens up we must have more acs ics and more material for them to work with were going to build grapa the last year were much better than inso although the frost did material damage to the lucern seed there not being more than a half crop and yet there are carloads being prepared for shipment 6 ac per ib not so much wheat is being shipped from this place and neighboring towns aa last year on account of domestic buyers As for the temporal requisites there 13 no necessity for complaint only ahat ane assessor and collector dont come around often enough ones association with the people generally leads to tho conclusion that the spiritual pulse of bishop snells block is almost if not quite normal and although this is a large ward seldom if ever does one see a larger fast meeting attendance than emerged from the shrine yester berday socially there is a season fo congenial warmth with no prospects of frost binds blooming to the verdant lillies of spanish fork social circles second to none is the school system now in operation under the able management of professor bees and an ef focient corps of assistant teachers all of whom are brilliant young ladies of utah county and with but two exceptions of spanish fork there are seven district schools in all one grammar department of which professor keea has personal charge three intermediate and three primary departments A few moments well and pleasantly spent at each school room convinces one that spanish fork dont propose limping on the crutches of or in the least being inferior to any of her neighbors in ken A mental photograph of professor bees department yesterday morning showed eliat they had been made the object of a rich joke by him for the evening previous he promised that they should have their pictures taken and of course the eirls fixed theia angs and the boys put on their sunday toggles to have a picture but in the morning alack an ENQUIRER roan was on the to make a pen picture and were he competent there was an object beam ing with intelligence which is none the less true of the re six departments with their baams in a business way there is much that could and ought to be said but there is so many to mention that we cannot do them justice this time by personal mention any further than having visited and investigated in many instances there is data for a big article some other time as there are some of the leading business men and institutions of the county here very little sickness prevails ond as a rule this place is free from the prevalent contagious contagions conta gions that sweeps and infest others of our valleys one week ago to day the viel of sad nass was drawn avei the heart of W 0 crear who biad to sacrifice his loving wife sarah E banks on sunday over two hundred vehicles and a multitude of bereaved friends followed her to the grave where every heart through her faithfulness faithful nes and public generosity offer ed the prayer rest noble one in peace and rise with the just little charley marcuson who bruised his leg last summer has suffered with fever which has settled in his joints necessitates the amputation of his right arm he is now in salt lake city going the operation henry gardner who has for two years been on a mission ta the southern states has returned home and rejoices with hosts of friends inythe city council wednesday night the Curfew bill passed its second reading and ere long the kids will have to retire in good sea marshal argyle will aee nebout it heretofore there has been no ordinance relating to barber shops shooting galleries livery stables etc but these with other revisions are being made the gin mills as all other places of business attract the attention of the city fathers and their gubernatorial musings are being made to bear on the public it was ansty but it has rained so ve dont need the sprinklers lers this year plenty of tin in town why yea some of the boys were having JA bach abalian feast the other night and were lighting their cigars with five dollar bills poor chancy got serpents in his shoes though and waded the water ditches at to escape the talons of a host of yul turea in ghostly form otherwise everybody rejoices |