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Show County Court report and other matter mat-ter is unavoidably held over until next issue. Miss Jessie Morris has accepted a position as cook for the boarders at the Dixie mine. See change in the advertisement of Mrs. Julia A. Pace, the Pioneer Millinery Mil-linery Store, in this issue. Mrs. Adctie E. Price has changed her advertisement this week. See what she has to say in this issue. Attorney and Mrs. Frederic Clift entertained Judge MoCarty and a small party of friends last evening. The recent cold spell damaged the fruit and vegetable crop, but not so seriously as was at first feared. The damage is offset by the splendid snow and rainfall on the range, which has caused cattle men and farmers to feel jubilant. Attolher shipment of ore was made to Milford this week from the Apex and Morning Star mines in the Dixie Mining Group. There was thirty tons of it, which it is estimated will yield 50 per cent copper. The ore will be treated at Salt Lake City. A delightful surprise was given Mrs. Martha Snow Keate on the evening of April 28th by a number of her friends. She will start in a few days to join her husband, Dr. Walter Keate at Juarez, Mexico. We regret that owing to our limited space we cannot publish a somewhat extended account of the party. MERCHANTS MEET AND DISCUSS MR. WEST'S LETTER, A general meeting of the merchants . and shippers of St. George was held in the office of Woolley, Lund & Judd on Wednesday. Erastus B. Snow was appointed ap-pointed chairman, and Seth A. Pymm Secretary of the meeting. A letter from Joseph A. West, chief engineer of the Utah & Pacific railway, to the editor of the Washington County News, under date of April 29, 1899, was read. Much discussion ensued and it was shown that the freight rates from Salt Lake to Milford is 3 mills and a fraction for each hundred lbs per mile. From Milford to Modena the rate is 6 mills and a fraction for each hundred lbs per mile, basing it upon Mr. West's estimate esti-mate of 75 miles, which is believed to be an error. Putting the rates at the real distance from Milford to Modena, it would reach 7 mills per mile. The following resolutions were passed: pass-ed: Whereas, The present freight rate from Salt Lake to St. George is $1.63 per hundred pounds, 63 cents of which amount is cash and SI merchandise, with every facility for obtaining supplies sup-plies for the freighters on said route' And, "Whereas merchants and shippers ship-pers would have to pay from Salt Lake to Modena an average of SI. 09 cash, and 65 cents merchandise from Modena to St. George, or an average via Modena of $1.74, an excess of 11 cents per hundred, hun-dred, Again, It is implied, in the letter of Mr. West, that the people of St. George and vicinity have made pledges of patronage, pat-ronage, etc., to said Utah & Pacific R. P., 1 'running as it dees through a desert des-ert country." We, the undersigned, unqualifiedly deny any such implication, implica-tion, Resolved, Therefore, for the foregoing forego-ing reasons, that until an equitable adjustment of freight rates can be had from the U. & P. R. R. that we continue con-tinue to do our shipping from Milford. Erastus B. Snow, merchant. James Andrus, merchant, Mrs. Adtlie E. Price merchant, John Pymm. merchant. E. M. MeArthur.Supt. Co-op., McQuarrie & Sons, merchants. Ed. R. Frie, Santa Clara Co-op.. A. R. Whitehead & Son. agent for Seoweroft & Sons. S. L. Adams. Jr.. John R. Miehels, j Joseph S. Snow. Mar. Washington j Milling Co., : Joseph Orton. ! Miles Eros.. |