| Show Ss BELLEVUE washington countie Coun county utah august ath editor dewree deseret news 1 elder jacob gates and myself arrived here last evening via vla milford Ml iford lford by railroad holding meetings at minersville Mine Miners ville raville paro wan summit and cedar ci ty president t gates organized the seventies of iron county the citizens of Mine nine raville have already expended 1000 on a dam they are erecting just above their town and hope to cou conclude olude clude the job this winter the lake thus formed will cover 40 acres to tolan a n ave average ra g a depth of six feet A natural ridge or point of a mountain forms one part of the dam and a rocky point the other about yards will close up the dam and in case of floods that frequently occur in beaver river a waste will be made by blag biag blasting blaising ting around this rocky point that forms the one part of the dam so BO as to preserve their dam A substantial gate will be to regulate the flow of water it successful in this noble enn eff effort ort ont minersville Miners ville will look up in more substantial improvements very heavy beavy rains on the ad and ad dinst damaged about tons of hay for the people of Miners minersville vIlle elizabeth gilbert aged 83 years recently put a patchwork quilt into the ladies relief belief society that she patched up while in jackson co mo moin in 1832 bister sister gilbert feels quite smart and is living with bister mary mazy lightner of Miners minersville ville and Is ia the widow of sidney gilbert jackson county times who died at zions camp in the cholera calamity scarcity of water at bellevue for the past three years has caused some families to abandon the place EDWARD |
