Show in buguy yani eie brei boik ence manti the temple city il Sn pete o many ot diio bitter cities ol 01 utah in being tiie sat capital of an almost unequalled unequal led region entering ahn balley 50 miles north a solid alock of lar mini land bielita go d crops annually and the valley on the south makes ciuti u cebral city in thia extrusive country ephraim anat six miles north is none the less but somewhat not having the and utiler bucat advantages possessed by ide lilter city there is a tendency U B in adanti and already tan but the of ane people are in favor of consistent well regulated gres sion nothing progression bould bo more absurd than to boom auch a place for it would impoverish tho ganv who now are able to aliye by the products of thair business and pay the moderate tax that at present la levied there mav be a tima when manti will become a resident place for many people who are able to and prefer following a retired life what has been of all ns cities in this and utah county will apply to manti her schools and business are well worthy of mention and in the school line especially is the latter day saints academy worthy of mention its principal A C nelson is a graduate from the radiator at provo one hundred ana fifty students are in attendance and BO thorough is the course of studies being taken that the principal talks of having some of hia students stu dente graduate with the at provo in bookkeeping book keeping miss bean who assists in the academy is an efficient teacher the district schools are in operation but not so fully attended on account of the presbyterian and later day saints school the most absorbing question now afloat ia whether republicans or wool men be democrats aad whether tahe tew cents they make on a pound of wool through the tariff measure or protection will meet the excess in the price of coffee sugar tin iron and a thousand articles made more expensive by the high duty the movement is on foot but no roan kno wath if it will prosper under the present auspices or not the time is not ripe in manti for party affiliations and national division better be sure then go ahead in earnest leaving manti we struck the trail and landed at funka lake a beautiful mountain resort between manti and sterling the present like was formerly a large basin and a real ideal lake but lacked the water eo a canal was made and water conveyed to it making now a most delightful delight lul lake about one mile across in which are numberless nab carp and trout prom the shore of the lake on the west side a precipitous decent a picturesque sight while all around the shores and below are groves of trees its too cold to aay poetical things about it now besides we have just been standing on the ice fishing for carps through the we could not wait for grasshoppers to hatch so we bated with fis hermans luck and caught a whole lot of it not having any loaves along and having caught no fish we went in to a slaughter yard and took some fresh killed beef and will have B feast in the morning an interesting feature of the trip wa a visit to the coal mines just above the lake some good veins of coal are being successfully worked by the owners mr thomas just above them are claims belonging to jos J taylor and others below the coal mines about three miles is a mountain of rock salt near the kimmence reservoir now being made by the guanson company sterling is midway between gunnison and manti and is a prosperous little settlement with a good school which on account of the funds exhausting will discontinue A grand surprise Bur prise is being served tonight to night on the teacher mr israel dennis bishop john peacock has resigned his guardianship ovar the litte flock and at present he is waiting for his successor the community will miss the services cervices vices of their worthy bishop PI owing has begun and the blacksmiths are making long noses AVON march 13 1891 |