Show L sol I 1 talf afy 0 1 IT rj I 1 I 1 CASE n r oti E THE E 9 1 I 1 NEW YORK A 11 IS alq U L VE 0 kor L pr A F A cot F los i P cloea DOORS GEI s TUE T UE AT UNVEILED IN T r letter fron from wyoming EDITOR JOURNAL the annual school election of trustees has been held at afton and thayne the last state le legislature consolidated soli dated all the districts in star and salt river vallys into one for each afton people quarreled among themselves and put up nine candidates this riled ailed auburn anburn fairview and cottonwood so BO they can cussed and with a united pull left afton out entirely ole jensen of cottonwood and H harrison harridon Harr and J hyrum clark 0 of auburn being elected down at thayne thaine in the lower valley the old districts each put up one man and without opposition george T adams of bedford joseph nelson jr of thayne and D W V rainy of freedom were elected when the meeting was called to order osborne low of freedom w was as elected chairman while will crookston jr ji who arrived from logan an hour before wielded the pencil in the capacity of secretary alter after discussing the question of who should pay for a set of anatomical geographical and mathematical charts which old thayne district had bad gives their notes for about four years ago it was agreed that no do special tax be levied but that the entire new dib triet raise the due by voluntary devotion this struck the popular chord so forcibly that were subscribed before adjournment journ ment the people of bedford on strawberry creek have built a commodious rame meeting house on the land donated by wm win B preston foi fbi a townsite town site the house stands a half mile west of the old ormsby bv cabin once famous as the abode of the festive church cow b boye OY 6 who made the welkin ring during the summers of 1889 19 and 90 many changes have taken place since the good gond old d days ays and now where once the deer and bear and later the proud church steer roamed are seen small ranches gradually springing up u 13 preston has 90 acres of juice lucern started there and the contract is let for planting SO 30 acres more and bui building ldina about two miles of pole ferice there will be lots of grain planted this spring sprine for it is no uncommon sight to see men facing a blustering sleet storm with plow and harrow seeming to defy the inclement weather john wilkes jr of afton succeeded A I 1 F bracken as manager of if the thayne postoffice post office and store the only death in this valley during the year ear was the IS 18 month eld laughter of mr and mrs marion heap of freedom rumor has it that wm win robinson and thomas W V lee will move down snake river this summer the community can ill afford to lose lobe such 0 good men and their charming families but if they must go good luck go with them M heap has traded his idaho idaho ranch to his brother will jr and is now a resident of wyoming A V call is building a hand ome round barn on his afton property it is designed to bieller 75 head bead of stock and 75 tons of bay ha wm Win hennington has just moved into a neat five room tramp frame cottage and nicholas venter J P is P painting al doting a new meat market saloon business bu ainess in alton afton is not a howling success the good people of grover have a nice frame meeting house and new barns houses and fences are an evidence of the peoples intention to stay there throughout the entire country whether in new mexico arizona utah or canada or elsewhere man can exist the persevering self reliant god fear mormons cormons Mor mons seem to thrive the open winter just past was a daisy for tim bermen and as a result of much toil there are over ft of saw logs piled up on flat creek awaiting the arrival of gardeners steam mill which will come down from grover canyon next week solon barber arrived here from logan the 3rd ard with fifty choice beef steers which will be fattened for the autumn market the route from soda springs via grays lake and tincup canyon is still in banow and mud people at waynan idaho too took their may walk on the crust of a foot of snow the caribou placers will be worked v the same as usual and ald if the average production is reached a between and will be washed by the power powerful fril hydraulic machi machinery nerv we cannot learn much about the q quartz barz mining up there but expect the 2 20 ang 4 milling co will P push u b th their i 66 ft tunnel through 1 old I d caribou C ib mountain with all possible speed the first wagon came over from M montpelier ont pelier to afton last monday look out for young people from here with matrimony ma matrimony trimon y in their eye and love in their hearts we learn of four couples who will leave for logan as soon as the roads roada are better |