Show EDITORIAL correspondence SAUNA sevier co sept here we are down on the sevier hot dusty and cloudless roads torn to pieces by the recent heavy rains that unparalleled in the history of the country evidences of the little rains were noticed all the way from provo but more especially between santaquin San and mons at this latter place the storm proved a blessing as well as damaging cords of wood were washed down the canyon so that everybody in that neighborhood has firewood enough to last him cot only over the coming win ter but also through the next one man there boasts of having fifty cord piled n aich he picked ap after the storm had subsided south 01 nephi up to where cidar ridge is struck there is nothing else but ruts and cuck holes BO that all that a team can do is to trudge along in a free and easy manner about twenty eight miles south of neobi the rain has washed a huge tun nel under theoal the oad about ten feet deep and perfectly round the road ly is not affected by it however new bridges have had to be put in the roads all over this country evidences of better times are seen all through the land not only from the business men of each town but from the number of fine houses going up everywhere the plowing of tho sod for the girat time of thousands of acres of land the concentration of the mountain springs with miles of canal the springing up of various industries and enterprises the overcrowding of the pioneer schoolhouses and tha erection of new ones the contented feces gracing the precincts of the houses of worship all over this goodly land keohi shows more signs of and enterprise than any city south of here she ia getting there in great shape not alone in the number of new buildings that have gone up in every part of that place is this the fact hut antho substantial public improvements that have been and arc being made by nephis city dads prominent among these is the system 0 waterworks water works that has been agreed upon by the kindness of mr burton at the courthouse we were permitted to see the plans drawn by mr sturges cs 0 E of salt lake city whom nephi engaged to do the vork the original intention when the survey and plans were made was to build a system of waterworks water works at a cost of and this would have been carried out could tho city have secured a title to the springs the water from which is to supply the works As this could not be done the waterworks water works cannot be bonded which was the manner agre J upon and the only way now is to bring the mains into the city and then leave the work until more money comes along to complete the system to do this much the city will have to bond itself for could a title to the spring have been obtained the waterworks water works could have been completed and bonded and the whole city have derived equal benefits there id one big saving however and that through the kind and generosity of alie sanpete valley railroad the spring ia located four miles from alie courthouse the S V K E runs for ahrea and i halt miles of this distance permission having been granted alie city by lie railroad authorities to lay the mains lon side of the track considerable expense will be saved as the grade with alie exception of the half mile to the spring from tho track is virtually made alie will bo to alie track where it will empty into a reservoir tank from which alie maines will be supplied the surplus or waste water tit alie we cud of the mains will run into salt creek which flows through town the pipe is now en route from near york and is expected every day engineer sturges has the oversight of alie work and david james co of salt lake city have alie contract to lay alie pipe A generous kofl cr has boon made by mr alt McCu neof salt lake city formerly an old resident of zephi lie has expressed his readiness to build freo a fine lower to alie nephi tabernacle at a cost of alie plans to he drawn and submitted to the their approval tower will make quite an improvement in the building as that ia nil that it re quites to act it off mr mccune has tho thanks of oil for his kind offer which tho people of course have willingly accepted the work is to be done as soon as the plans are accepted quite a time af reunion and rejoicing was experienced at eplin last saturday and sunday tho occasion being alib return of president william of alio juab stake from his mission to new zealand for which he loft his homo in nephi oliree years ago last march alie tabernacle was elegantly decorated evergreens ever greens bunting mottoes and pictures while on alie outside was a huge banner on which was the inscription with joy vo greet our president thu people met president at lie train on saturday and he was escorted up town to the tabernacle where a t east of fat things had been prepared speeches songs recitations toasts etc was alie kind of a pro gramme that was carried out that day sunday was devoted to gratitude and divine worship the biall was filled the remarks wore john henry smiths discourse filled the people with spirit president was too filled with gratitude to say much the whole people arc glad to see him homo again the little town of fayette ia sanpete county was iu a state of excitement when wo struck it on tuesday night the period of animation having commenced on the sunday previous the people had just come out of meeting two of those who had attended it robinson and crackles engaged in a dispute over water the dispute Ie J to angry words and worde led to blows robinson is an elderly mac As crackles went to strike him jun stepped in between his father and bis assailant 11 received the blow felled him to the ground he grabbed crackles BO that he crackles could not hit him crackles then commenced t 0 devour him burying his leeth in arm this was more than robinson could stand and he called to his wife to brine him his gun instead of this his better half got the ax and would have doubtless got in borna good work had not crackles got both parties were arrested but the trial had not come off while we tarried in that peaceful bur we struck salina wednesday noon and found quite a spirit of enterprise going on the travel that is daily passing through the town is keeping two hotels going the district school in this place taught by brother IL N haves of pleasant grove is in a flourishing condition and shows by its growth of the last two years how the place is spreading out the attendance now is only fifty but last winter it reached while this year it is expected to number up to the present the school has all been by one person but next week it is to be divided into two departments when an assistant will be hired for mr hancs the presbyterian denomination in this place has a school running here with an enrollment of eighteen pupils they teach the school in their chapel a building feet they are going to en arge this however as they find it too small whether for the number of hupila or the size of the place however we could not say there was a fire here last night which consumed between thirty and forty tons of hay belonging to mr wm H rex besides this several out buildings were destroyed it was w ith the greatest difficulty that alie flames beio kept from the residence the damages amount to between and the is found wherever a traveler stops off at it is eagerly looked forward to and the news contained in ia devoured W |