Show what the People are doing there A threatening grasshopper eggs exist by the millions large areas being farmed we are indebted to C C A christensen for the following interesting items about the granery of utah sanpete has had considerable sickness the past few months principally the la grippe but it is now decreasing and hopes are entertained of a healthier state when dry and warm weather sets in A few new cases ef diphtheria has again appeared in ephraim but as very strict quarantine regulations are always put in force and dr our gaill ful physician takes charge of the medical treatment it is hoped that none will result disastrously in connection with this however is the bad drinking water used by the people it is a continuous source of danger to the health and comfort of the people as the water ditches from which the most and in some localities the only water for culinary purposes is obtained and is entirely unfit for such purposes being both filthy and poisonous from the accumulations of stock yards and such sources the farmers have put in a large scope oe country with grain anticipating a season from the abundant deposits nf snow in the mountains but the grasshoppers from last season have deposited a sufficient amount of their eggs in some parts of the fields between ephraim and manti to give the owners of these lands considerable apprehension wit i regard to the harvesting of the growing coming crops gat present the chickens are placed on the battle grounds doing their beat at devouring their eggs and young robbers but the farmers are also making ready for their part of the warfare by spread ing straw on the most infested parts of their land to be burned when the hoppers are getting big enough to seek places to roost and at other places plowing the roads and thus cruelly burying their enemies alive thus with faith and energy the farmers hope to realize the benefit of their labor the coming season the rio western railway that now pk through sanpete and at terminals in manti has been of great benefit to the traveling public and those who have to handle the products of this favored part of utah but it is reported that quite a number of hard working men have been badly disappointed and next to ruined by engaging in taft tie cutting fir aid railroad company inasmuch as the greater number of ties were not accepted and the men thus left wilb the costly but then almost useless timber on their hands besides being in debt to the stores who had furnished them supplies besides this ome eatores had aacen contract sor bought the ties from the choppers and thereby involved themselves in additional loss which in one case has resulted in a failure thus the farmers exchange in ephraim has assigned the owner mr J P turning over bis etoia and books to his creditors with enough outstanding accounts among to have paved him from this financial disaster celebrated on tac continent in a few well chosen words tells what she knows of a celebrated article JUNE 4 to mr W M wisdom dear air 1 have tried your falaus robertine it is excellent esc ellent and I 1 shall be pleased to recommend it to all my lady friends believe me yours truly RUEA |