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Show fei (County Scot ion'-- " H THIRD SECTION exsi0-al0um-al Hriftham City, II JEaflition Acquainted PAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 2, 1912. Elder County, Utah 1 Cooperative People Successfully Worked Plan In Brighams Earliest History FOR ONE AND ONE FOR A cret (.uisp we all sailed in the samej boat We paid our debts because out obligations were tnl-.li- i " 'The men weie vei tndus-tnous Hoads weie improved; watei courses and opened ditches dug Ox teams weie used for motive power for a't industry and mowing wa.s done by ci adle and scy the Social Activities, loo Knowing that all woik and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the catly pioneer provide lot entertainments in the form ot drama, dances, athle'ic events and leumons. When the Brigham City Mer- candle Association was. oign- ied they issued curieney tied at 5, 10, JO, 2a and 50 cents s Theie aie many stones nected with the cunency used, per and Many of the Brigham people greatest GAME PRESERVE IS A HUNTERS' PARADISE BEAUTY FOR FOUNDERS 1 v I NO MONEY, FEW WORRIES ail A WESTS GREATEST WILDFOWL settlement Was MILES WEST 1 l- n stones that are reserved for the parlor as the censor would not allow printers ink to splash over them At any rate, the cur- mney grew very slick because ' "as used so much. and a pdlty of Hud- A story is told by a pioneer. son--Bl)dger Bay Company "fur trap- of Brigham that atone time his vvere pers camped on the Bear father decided fhat his old vvhich flowed westward "as ' "orn out to be a vauey known as the Uied for fuither work. He paid though Cache A wager was made be- a Vlsit t0 tnc Cooperative oantile company and pi iced He found that he could i'uithase one set for about $100 He left the store and spent the two houis buying script Whpn he returned for the har-thhe found tnat he had bought woi th of script for $2 aO in ;",lver Had he lived in modern i e , . 1 , xssi: . Cji I f y i nificant: Monday, October 22, 1849 The Salt Lake, which lay about a half mile to the eastward, was covered by immense flocks of wild geese and ducks, among which many swans were seen, .being distinguished by their si.e and the of the plumage. I had seen large flocks of these birds before in vari-- ; pus parts of our country, an but especially the- - Potomac, never did I behold anything like the immense numbers here I har-I'umili- e ,IPS 0UJ,d in5 tla,vo bpei? fin- Sana. Jar piof;iw-eigh- t Nevertheless, that is me by' Uivclc. $ Xf v J? i Goverennient Objected Later the company was fined $40,000 for issuing cunency in competition with the govein- nient. The amount wa.s later re- landed but the company was uippled by the assessment. Later changes were biought by the coming of the miners and tiadeis after the stages com- nienced tunning into Montana .Idaho fiom Cormne. The pdum of exchange among the n ners was gold dust in its tlunP fo.m Whenever purchas- es were made the huckskm poke biought fonh with a small S( ale the grams were measured out 10 the amount of the b.ll. The tiaders would take loads butte., eggs, a JW :. , congregated together. vw ' . Thous-B- v ands of acres, as far as the eys Vanez Wilson, .superintendent of the Bear Iiiver Migratory could reach, seemed literally Bird refuge, explains a map of North America showing the mi-- covered with them, presenting grations of ducks banded and released on the Box Elder county a scene of busy animated refuge. Pinheads mark points where banded dueks have been cheerfullness, In most graceful shot and reported from the Arctic circle to Central America and contrast the dreary silent from east to west coasts of the United States. solitude by we were im- 1 fl 1 1 Lj nr M mediately surrounded. and Boat- launched his bull-boAfter shooting td westward. the Bear River narrows, a dan- gerous stretch of rough which ran through a deep and narrow gorge, he entered the Great Salt Lake valley. Brtd- ger climbed to a rock point to rcconnoiter, and was the Lrsl white man to set eyes on Great Salt Lake, which twenty miles to the south glistened and turned with the report that he Markot IIunterg 0ome had discovered an arm of the Sixty yars ago public demand Pacific. succulent w'ld duclc Captain John C. Fremont, uht malkpt bunters knwn as the pathfinder, came r, of the ar,a.' Great t0 ,he shores Lake in the autumn of 1843. his rubber rprnorit launched toat on the lake and explored the Bear Rlvor mdr.shes. In his writing he mentions that he loitered most of a day shooting ducks and geese in the marsh, which was abundant with Saltif ' wat-teifow- l. u& Biigham Young led his band Mormon pioneers into the v - ' at Alfalfa was first A few valley of Great Salt Lake July was Ocean. the Pacific ft. .ml,e m.pk lnP1875. Wll. miles from the lake, he entered 21. 1817. Soon after arriving, & lard an area of swamps formed by Young sent a pally of men Perry raised the mst the rich silt deposited by P.b rorth to explore the valley. potatoes in the county in 1892. J M Hess laised the first to- rtver. In these swamps h's us-- ! They reported that millions of matoes in the county at Field- v tonished eyes saw millions of oucks and geese could be found , Abiaham Hunsaker and j. ducks, geese and wateifow! of.ih Ihe great swamps at the W. Hess were the pioneer dry- all descriptions Great llccks mouth of the Bear River Hesfi pl(Wed the arose fapmpIS befote ducks his boat, Thousands Of Acres Of Ducks serves!0 Jim at bird tower foot observation the ine refuge In 1819, the United States double duty, both for locating ducks on the refuge and iwaehers obscuring jhejun.and the roahrstJU1 Riv?1' valley. William Brighton aftPr (be ducks. Background, administration building of the of their wings was deafening. government sent Captain How row the fust peaches in the r,.fu(rP; 0 of the Topo- iPft, some of the water diversion gates; and fore- - Ifours later he reached the lake, ard Standsbury 1) Bear Sec. on (tasted it, found it salty and re-- gt aphical Engineers Corps to river, with pelicans for decorative purposes. ground, Page (Continued of s , j ; , - 1 boat blind and used a double- barrel and brass shells loaded with black powder. During one petiod, he averaged 111 ducks a day, taking out 150 shells each morning. The record for duck slaughter in this area, accord- (Continued on Page 8, See. 4) ten-da- d CashwCrop, But Box Elder Countys Finest and Proudest Possession ot fl explore the Salt Lake valley. The following excerpt taken from Standsburys report is sig- Mer-Walke- , I to where har-,j.1V- - . exc a.ige flour' 'U 1 Thineics P ox, so muc adobes, or potatoes. It "as not ts fashionable in pay five dollars downaod hw dollars a month "We were a happy speculated people. We were not envious, en-- , Eli Harvey Pierce because there was none to he-not were We jealous family, Cadvvalander vy. tween members of the party as the Bear River ran after leaving the valley, ger was selected to settle bet Late in October, j ' of citl.ens through the county government. And this year the commissioners and other county officers were able to lower the rate even further, to a point where, in spite of higher state tax, the total levy on Box Elder county citizens Is only 22. SO mills per dollar assessed valuation, as compared with The 23.01 mills last year. 22.30 mill levy this year is the total levies for stale, school and county taxes. d thht it might be said that d - orfIpi'ccI Ihe ,0 en,Pr a,fort aSa!n ection from t.,e Indians the fort was about neks west of the center present city of Brigham. nulies who lived in the foit includedWilliam md his sons, mother and! Box fur trader, in the fall of 1821, stumbled on to the natural game-birrefuge west of the Rockies and discovered an arm of the Pacific Ocean hg hac ... Ie cletetl , 1' discovering Cleat Salt Fake, oil the nol'th shores of which is now established the Bear River area located at the Migratory Bird Refuge, a 64,000-acr- e rivers junction with the lake know e. 1 In the past newcomers to Elder county have been surprised at the low tax levy in Ihe county, as against the services and benefits afforded M con-wa- 3 Da OF-BRIGHA- n y - Tax Rate, Always Low, Even Lower Here This Year FACTORY LOCATED JUST 17 Owens and bis family, Benja min Thomas, Richard Jones and his family, Captain David R Evans, Thomas Mathias and j William P. Thom- let county was at lust 'his family, a.s and his family, Simeon A, it and county Wehei Hams, John esonted b'Jib in the 'Dunn; William fam- Mate o' Deseiet and G.bbs and his family, four -. William tlies of the Ristons, until eg.slatu.e, d, icd Horn the Dee and his family, Benjamin and his family, Jelfer- and given a jin'y under the son Wright and his family ; Dav- oe 'id Peters and his family and Box Elrer c iunty nime Rom Box El ter the family of Heniy Boothe Out City also pat t of Weber Fox, Snow I.a Iirfno Snow was called to the L D. S chuieit over by take fifty families to make their e w'as presided nr irtfluding what is homes at Box Elder after the as Box Elder county, fall conference ol 1831 When hen Loieno Snow' Mr Snow ai lived he commen- ,th ins family to a set- ced laying out the city with hen Known ns Box El- - the help of Jesse W Fox. After later changed to Bug- - the completion of the work the was named Brigham. Soon after the arri-,cit11 Snow the legislature Among the eatly settlers ot a new- county and the 'Bugham City are found the urhonties created a new following Mathew W. Dalton, over which Lewis N. Boothe, Jonah Math- Sox Elder, was appointed to pre- - laSi poter Oreenhalgh. D. W Barbara T Walker, Re- becca Thorn, John Morrell, stoiy of the county says Berthia Wells, Chnstian OLsen,With the delam Davis fust came Lewis P. Johnson Lake in 1819 to locate velopment of the country in came Will.am Davis, G Mead, returning to the 1851-2winter and then in F. Hamson, Sr., Simeon Carter, moved his family to Si , Charles VV llubbard, John Citv. Thomas Pierce Woodward, James Whitaha, Sr , nitt Rockwell came M. W. Dalton, S,meon Dunn, Martin R Ensign, David Pet--ptime.' Ttt families moved us, - Tnomas Mathias, Capt ham City, including the David Evans. William P. Tip Dees Ell H. Pierce pats, Henry Boothe, John Gibbs, p Hamson the Eli Haivey, Pierce Cvial, Horn- IdYorn in Brigham wa.s er and Omer Call, Jonathan F. Hamson Jr who Wells The f.rst three white i light in December children hoin in Brigham were George Hamson, Jr, Jason ; the first two years ol Wells and Sarah Gibbs Baty. In fhe early Jays the meeting lement of Brigham City of more than 500 Indians house was a shar'y carpenter lor ed from time to time to shop, tempoiarily erected on the eou't- he inhai.itants For the wo k,rs the outer shel, of which ,n of people the hou-foil was built with Wil- - rad just been roofed in. The business of that time con Favis presiding officer. this time Porter Rock- - sisted of making adobes, lum- ix up Porter Springs on ber. shingles and the many arGilo creek tides made at home of that One pioneer ,ime Threatened no had oeonle The writesounlty was surveyed by v Fox in 1851 when it aWiUIti- because ttieir were no u of Weber county. In 'aweis They did not steal 1,d mg of the following Mock bpradsp lhp' horses have any he Indians having ceasand te so hostile, the farm- - carry them red out of the foit and boot out of 1he counfr'their farms that had Seldom Saw Money The people scarcely ever saw Jirveyed by .Mr. Fox In Ihr'-foUhw- Bear River Ducks Really Get Around y all-tim- e . . . . x M , , i K ! XWW: v. Li f re hey are, representai.ve of Box Elder county's 'he finest jierennlal PrJM,,,ct f 'Vanan Iverson,' 6 year old crop youngsters. Reading from left bove, the twins are the daughters on It of (his year. Thats Letty Toung" sono yon'nmTigMyasMreci a pair l'ash lt "'Sl'Ssky fct, The large renter section is a picture taken at the pet and hobby day ol Bott. The youngsters of the Lincoln school this spring on the last day of school. To the right of si hool are shown with their wide variety of pets and hobbies. (he group picture, above, Judy Nielsen, daughter of Lt. and Mrs. William I). (Quig) Nielsen and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ixirenzo Bott. Below, the curly haired little miss is Beverly Borchert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 The little fellow Russell Borchert and granddaughter of Mrs. Alice Hausen. STS TO i. .'feJ.L. f in the chair is Stephen Brent Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur1 Hess. The bright eyed little lady above, next to right, is Joan Tlngev, 3 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Tingey. Below is John R. Mason, luidoubtedlv one of Box Elder countys most promising future barristers, the son of George M. Mason, county attorney, and Mrs. Mason. The husky half year old halfback at the right is Darwin l.aVtar Bwvatcr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bywater. (All studio portraits through the courtesy of Compton Art and Music company.) |
