Show DOINGS IN THE SOUTH A visit to the former capital of utah BORING FOR WATER improvements abat fillmore devastation bv storms lively larse black crickets creditor to one who loves alie co mingling of intense heat and alkali will do ell to take a journey into southern utah for there these articles are chief topic daring my journey however the weather took some strange freake some ot the lest thunder occurred that the people of the arid regions have ever experienced and as might be expected the floods followed in quick succession the way in which and canyon debris surg the creeks wasa caution to the villagers the old bridges in and about fillmore and millard county mostly washed away roc in for better timber the boods prevailed for alie space of two days and then the parching sun began his work and the big black crickets eliat in spots car petted the ground in various parts of millard county leaped with joy and chirp ped aa on iv crickets of genus know how then there were the awful of flying ants there is one instance of their coverings cov erins a man aud horse like bees upon a limb and almost devouring them fillmore is manifesting some enterprise in the way of putting in roller mills alie coop co op flour mill will be converted from a liepper mill to a roller mill and the irrepressible will have one of cheso mills the county court of ai illard county made an appropriation come time ago to purchase a well driving apparatus to be used in prospecting for flowing wells their first effort was a failure but there is no discouraging such men as G C veils T 0 callister and cha chas s crane who have this matter in charge and they will shift quarters an 1 I bore aam Should they strike water and allow the sparkling liquid pent up in the primeval rock to issue forth a cry of joy will ascend that will the ancient lills the hands of abo people have been largely turned to stock raising and a number of enterprising men are forming a syndicate for exporting stock and sheep from that region mr jas A mellville alma greenwood geo geo nixon and others are the promoters of this move politics is as usual at a rather low ebb the liberals ol Fillmore have been fighting to the tune of 60 to voters so long that it is becoming monotonous and the chief works of the peoples party are PO pleased with their weapon styled taft noble that they can rech nein ease and wait for a glorious victory there is no need for mr oratorios Orator ins or grand to ring out the high sounding speeches because they have got the election bull by alie horns and a down hill pull and is not salt petre enough in the iberal L brigade of 60 nobles to prevent then from carrying every thing before them in millard county there Is one brass band composed of both sexes under the leadership of mr don olsen the other members are principally his sons and daughters they leavo a monopoly on in millard and adjoining countries and during the winter months hav many engagements in the summer this gentleman sends most of liis receipts that music brines oh a farm which usually produces about liili that is expended upon it for some years t alie belligerent cattle and hungry rabbit have compromised the proceeds of alie farm alie southern country is elsel over the renewal of mining in in pioche and southern utah it affords the people a market for their products and furnishes the young men with labor this part of the lords vinyard would enjoy a prosperity and become artter known to the outside world were alie railroad facilities better the prayer for some years has been railway but as yet their prayers has not been answered the first company that extends its road into the country will be known as their financial redeemer |