| Show LAKE TOWN news sews and A mune ments of a bear lake town mown TOWN jn awa 5 1839 editor deseret news after a very dry summer hummer and fulland falland very little snow heretofore snow has fallen to the depth of twelve inches here within the past 24 hovirs hours this makes our farmers and our ur rijo rejoice icet as experience has very emphatically proven that were it not for the piling up ot snowbanks in the season thereof monetary banks would be ot of very little us to us is bear lakers the been quite q advantageous vant ageous to toed the citizens quite so ao opportunity b bas been onerea to oar tanners farmers tona nl produce etc to market and dad to get out their win winters terla wood and generally finish an h up their out door wark water heretofore fore has been quite scarce in this not because toe the water to is not in the country nor for lack of effort on OB the part of the settlers setlers but a few years ago at great expense a ditch of several milea was built and through gb some soane mismanagement some of the survey stakes were lost and the work was done dobe apparently patently ly with the view of making the water RUN UP HILL which it stoutly reluse refused to do and consequently quite an amount of time labor and means of the settlers sett lers were lost and of course huoh discouragement ensued during the past summer and fall two companies were levally legally ine incorporated corpor out one to take out owe bac third of of the big spring in round valley valle Y and bring it around the valley to where here the lake town district would tike take the ditch exclusively and the lake town company incorporated to own and use all the water now issuing from lake town canon and a third abird ot of the big spring meadowville Meadow ville precinct owning the remaining third the two companies have worked jointly on the new ditch and the pros pacts are that our irrigation irria tien supply will be largely I 1 increased ner eased lor for next season if all is well weli a and nd thus taba the reK resources burces of our burg will W III be greatly enhanced on general principles we are doing tolerably ole ra bly well all the associate asso ciati 0 societies ac let le etc are fairly flourishing the h e holidays h oil ays I 1 were made bite in ing the Y P M 1 I associations had a grand reunion by way of a special conjoint pro gramme rendered on tue morning of the beth a childrens dance in the afternoon and a grand ball in the ibe evening our commodious meet meeting 1 1 house was crowded on all of these 0 occasions ca and all seemed to enjoy them selves on monday evening THIC CLUR CLUB performed the dumb boy of manchester and wound up with the farce grimshaw Grim bagshaw and bradshaw Brads baw 71 though the night bight was stormy there was it a good attendance and e everybody v seemed well paid for their 25 cents invested for admission A few days ago we had bad a ward conference several of the leading men of the stake and county were there and a very pleasant and profitable time was enjoyed by all I 1 y yours JOSEPH IRWIN |
