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Show LookingBackward 25 Years Ago January 21. The entire front page was given over to a writeup in which the natural resources of Utah's "Dixie" were advertised. These . included mining, water, livestock and grazing, petroleum and fruit growing. Some California promoters met with our leading business men, promised us a railroad in return for $100,000 worth of grading work and the free right of way to the first railway company to build a railway to St. George via northern settlements. Marriages, Angus Woodbury and Miss Grace Atkin and Lorin E. Goff and Miss Ethel Booth. January 2S. This is the first number of volume two of the news. Born a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Bunting, January 26. Marriage of Frank Pymra and Lucinda Young. February The mormon church in their budget authorized authoriz-ed the building of four more church schools, making 31 in nil. These will be established at St. George, Hinckley, Cowley, Wyoming Wy-oming and Raymond, Canada. The West ward held a reunion at Booth's hall. Jadok K. Judd died in Kanab January 2S, he was first bishop of Santa Clara. 85 Years Ago The average high temperature for the week was 55 degrees the warmest day being January 20. which was 63 degrees. The average aver-age low temperature 19 degrees the coldest night being January 14 when the mercury fell to 16 degrees. The following advertisement appeared in our issue of February Febru-ary 4, 1S99. Eggs wanted 121,ic per dozen. St. George Co-op. Littlefield, Arizona, correspondence. correspon-dence. Twin girls have been born to the wife of Albert Freh- ner, who is on a mission In Germany. Ger-many. Twin boys to the wife of Oscar Keate. |
