| Show BRIGHAM CITY ITEMS CITY box elder co nov 1976 brigham city was waa visited with another slight blight bock labook of earthquake on wednesday night lest at about 10 bolock oo lock and on an ba the following morning while too good citizens were at break fast another slight alight trembling was felt no evI evidence denea of hi the shook remain except that your correspondent was aboin a clock that was so 10 badly shocked hooked that it fell oft watchmaker lara lairs C shelf without much damage to its ita face but stopping it Is abort never to go again until the skill of its ita owner shall repair it down at corinne the enaes of about six aix weeke ago wits waa very severe and out beyond there here now exist large re sores aurea extending great length openings in the earth that hat a horse might drop in and find and a decent burial but with wish all this shaking brigham to Is still the beautiful city it always ha been and is ie doing honor bonor to the illus arious dead whose name jt it bears bear 0 though although in the sere and yellow lest leat within their beir cosy comfortable homes Is ie the most moat beautiful display of bouse boom plants plantel I 1 have met with in my travels through the state and bears bean witness of their love for the beautiful the well kept surroundings of their homes la Is indicative of their thrift an ae their city lots lota are under the most moat thorough culture and this owing to the fact that it pays paya and remunerated remunerate a them for their labor for the small email fruit trade ot of brigham is a big thing patches of raspberries rasp berries and strawberries under good cultivation are found on nearly every city lot one man has baa some eight acres of straw strawberries be arlee alone and when the late crop of strawberries Is shipped from brigham the strawberries of mantua an adjoining village just east cast a few miles at a greater elevation comes in just in the nick of time and strawberry season to give bome idea of the fruit busl bustness of brigham Brig bam I 1 am told the ethree three firms of horsley soup boos knudsen bros and Flab burne sons gone the past go season abod have eb shipped i aped as fol follows lowa straw berries 10 bOO raspberries rasp berries and blackberries apricots and early peaches 90 peaches melons 2260 2250 toma tomatoes making a total ot in fruit and the estimate does not include the fruit taken from their city by peddlers and teams to near by towns besides this her poultry market chickens 2500 early vegetables watercress 50 frogs frog 75 lambs 1000 making another total of 0 showing the total exports from anis little city to be close on to with this showing of thrift it Is no wonder that I 1 heard gearu a few of the citizens say any that the burning of their tab was a blessing in disguise but it was hard for them to nealise realise it on february eth last as they stood helplessly lessly looking on the terrible blaze bait as it consumed cone umed their tabernacle it was a total loss lose except the grand solid stone masonry ot of the he walh even to the books of their choir containing the labor of many an hour by their choir leader brother 8 N X lee on the call ot 01 elder eider rodger clawson president of the stake blake the work of re building was started in june task last aud it is in the determination to have all ready for occupancy in january next for the accommodation of we the stake conference the finish of the main hall ball Is after the style of the be assembly hall of bait linke lake city the main hall feet with vestry foog feet with sliding door which when thrown up will icide a total length of the audience chamber of feet height of floor to ceiling 29 feet feel the he gallery floor will be 9 8 12 toot feet from main floor 8 feet wide with east ond end 19 feet wide the me space tor for the choir at as the west went end of the kallery gallery will seat most about forty per sour the finial of the tower Is feet from the he ground and has just been placed in position a 8 A sackett has charge of the carpenter work lao of salt lake the metal work of root and tower plastering by frink frank bar aud and they have made a fine showing of their skill in thin hl line B S C lee has put in the electric lighting of which brigham city possesses a nice little plant of its own the tag expenses expense el a are met by a general assessment on the wards of the stake to which the bro brethren thron and ar are responding nobly and it ip ic said that certain brethren of salt lake and elsewhere ele where touched by the calamity which befell their heir brethren of brigham out of their abundance gave quite alte a nice sum eum in cash to aid in the rebuilding the building committee A A jensen jeneen james jamea nelson sr and J B R mcmaster etero and all who have aided tola this work of restoration deserve the and thanks of all the people alre directly otly interested and the stranger when their rates gates will look up to the spire of their tabernacle pointing painting heavenwards as 88 indicative of the and strength or the olt izena of brigham city A ALBERT JONES |
