Show POINTS A newsy budget from thiis enterprising and city SIR F president of the utah nevada california railroad Eail road accompanied by sir hamilton spent several days in conr city the latter part of this week on business connected with the proposed extension of their road mr informed your correspondent that they are meeting with hearty encouragement from the citizens of the various towns located along the proposed route of their road in the matter of right of way depot grounds etc WHY dont the enterprising managers of the payson opera house haul a few loads of gravel onto the sidewalk at tle south bide of their building no dou bac many people stayed away from the mcginley entertainment the other evening because they did not like to flounder through the pools of mud at this place and perhaps run alie risk of becoming wholly swamped MR JOHN POWELL barber has re fitted and re furnished his tonsorial parlors and ia now prepared to give his customers complete satisfaction in his libie he reports business as being very brisk anil says the town is not dead yet the most pressing wants of this place at present is that of a respectable pec table hotel some place where the traveling public could get such acco m as one would to secure in ft place the size and corn leroial importance of payson DEATH the grim reaper has been busy in our midst lately father monk was laid to rest yesterday thursday and mrs VV ilson wife of mr william wilson of chiy place yesterday succumbed to the fell destroyer mn HENRY sutherland af pf knight sutherland who so kindly distributes THE DAILY every evening at hia dang store reports business as being quite brisk with him WITH a first class hotel and a bank which we also need very badly son although not a boom town would be a very desirable place in which to live OUR streets and sidewalks are once more be comine passable it is no longer necessary for pedestrians to wear gum boots when they travel about our eity MR JAMES MEMi ioTT of salem an ex resident of payson and sir aam davis one of heavy men were rushing around among our business men today to day THE smiling countenance of jim mcclelian of the firm of mcclellan drake graced our town for a few days lately PAYSON december |