Show much sickness at STONY SANPETE lotes about the prosperous cities in that valley general prosperity correspondence spanish fork since its farat settlement until recently bas been noted for its health imparting imp artinr virtues but now it seems as if a sad lamentable changa has taken place several families within the last two or three weeke haye laid some dear one into the dread silence cf the grave robert mckell has buried two children robert eon one george bell one and hymen hales one last to date mother SI nimons a venerable baay laay ana the ot a 1 irge family passed quietly away saturday night last the variable change of the weather the existence of poisonous miasma in consequence of very imperfect sanitary regulations well water the product of keepings decayed garbage etc all seem to have contributed to the ut unhealthy condition the public fully realize the important necessity of an immediate cleaning aad purifying of the removal of cattle corrals the frontage of lota of the periodical cleaning of privy vaults of the pressing requirement of ditch cleaning of the destruction by fire or otherwise of garbage around the home agencies should now be at work in order to assist in restoring the wanted health and cause our progressive cuy to be as attractive and healthful as it is quiet and orderly and busy the coming season promises activity in all the departments of labor and trade several new stores will be completed among which will be the attractive malcoln and hughes brick store creer and sons mercantile house the young mens bazaar and the completing of operative cooperative co establishment recently the young mens store declared a dividend of thirty per cent this immense showing is certainly a witness of the financial powers of the management and the astonishing growth of the firm in wealth and influence As was predicted in a previous corres pon denue the people here authorized the trustees of the school district to bor row sufficient money to complete the now nearly completed it is the attractive feature of this place and every body is proud of it beauty and utility are its desired features farmers are busily engaged on their farms and their hearts are jubilant with the assurance of plenty of water to irrigate their crops what the young people of the future born and raised here will follow for difficult to deter mi neall arable land is already posse aed we have no workshops work shops that give employment to but a lew manufacture are confined chiefly to boot shoe and harness chops no new industries are ap parent and in consequence even now our djung people seea employment else inhere often times in towns and on railroads when they loose more than they gain it seems also as if our mechanics had already retired from work and live on their fortunes or they are to complete in prices with strangers of the same trade true it ia that our brick layers atone masons carpentere carp entera and millers have in the past given full in mechanism but today to day we find many of them on tha retired list or working elsewhere and other tradesman from the east and west doing the work usually performed by home talent art and industry the principle of the brotherhood of man demands that the honest stranger has A to settlement and employment and should be welcomed and well treated but it does include the absurdity and the wrong falness of pushing aside competent artists and artisans what we most need is the establishment of new industries and an extension of those already founded there is no valid reason why a woolen mill a lathe mill a tannery a broom factory on a large scale or some such laudable enterprise is not set a going we need not look for capital from abroad for the purpose there are many moneyed men here who were they to combine their means could cause flourishing enterprises to spring up give employment to the many and be a constant source of re ve cue to them again spanish forks resources are not altogether included in its farming lands we have as good natural ailua dons for water power as any in itie territory near by iu the eastern hilla are good prospect a paying and build ing wok wo k fire clay etc lucre is no need of sending iu aroyo lor brick if sonio energetic company would realize the soil well for manufacture at our doors it we had a cannery here the thousands adf buah ula of fruit arid vegetables here junu ally would not only supply home demand but would prove a profitable investment in the form of an exported our store are loaded ith canned fruit and pickles which in quality are not superior to those raised at home and in many instanced lar inferior in size and quality it is to be hoped that before long aonie sensible railroad magnate will see the importance 0 a line through this place to his advantage and certainly for the inter cut of our burg probably then aud nut until then will spanish furk demand attention and claim respect for the and intelligence of its people ami lit alie same time cause alie latent of undeveloped wealth to into lne and activity and chui give employment to ur sons and daughters at home |