Show IN BUSY BEAR LAKE montpelier idaho aug 28 1897 after the young peoples conference ahad I 1 had time to look around the capital of bear lake county parts paris its beautiful tabernacle is admired by all visitors the interior to is finished iw in white and oak which forms a pretty contrast its acoustic properties ait very fine prom from the galleries there la IS a semi arch of finely grained wood and nd besides being an ornament tw has considerable to do in causing tb taft speaker to be heard headd distinctly in bvm part of the building y the parts paris court house is a substantial building judge Stan droyd is no now holding court this is the fifth judil Ju ditel district of idaho this is law and motion week and next week the c calendar will be disposed of I 1 aa wi the giant joe deputy sheriff and also the editor whom he assaulted mr wallis is improving the greatest trouble is with a broken rib it is expected that judge Stan droyd and a jury will interview the deputy sheriff and he the deputy informed me that if I 1 had any correspondence I 1 had better address it to boise state prison paris has some elegant private residences which have all the adornments that go to make home delightful each bach of the bishops wards has a very neat church and the dietrict school is also a very pretty structure all through this valley the school buildings show that the railroad tax has done much for them the he stake academy is up to the first floor and when finished will be one of the most substantial buildings of the state from its windows one can sue see nearly the whole whole valley of bear lake the business houses are not in keeping with the growth of paris ovid is a neat little ward 4 mils miles e north of parts paris its school house was burned to the ground a year or so ago but with magic activity the people p put t as up a two story building here as elsewhere the farmers are busy cutting their grain bennigson Bennig ton top is a small village five miles north of montpelier and is somewhat scattered but shows a thrift that to is very commendable georgetown is seven miles further and there is found a busy community comfort and plenty are visible on every hand bishop lewis asked me to state through the news that a first class country blacksmith could soon get rich here also a competent school and music teacher would be acceptable cep table as they change teachers too often through the lack of a resident teacher while the colleges of logan provo prove and salt lake city are turning out teachers by the car load annually some of the good ones would do well to communicate with powers that be in this valley those who are desirous of a permanent home might go further and do worse montpelier Is a peculiarly constructed town it Is in two divisions and each is 18 peculiar to itself it is in the form of a cross the latter day bainte are living or most of them to the upper part and the non mor mons in the lower or railroad part neat homes and churches are found here among the merchants are that prince business of men ed burgoyne and ana alter brothers each has an immense business and the town is the most lively in the valley bishop wilford clarke has a very nice ward to preside over barbed wire is at a discount in this valley but poles 0 my miles of them fences five high and very substantial the crops here throughout are splendid and as in the southern part of the valley you compliment the farmer on his prospects and he says yes if jack frost will keep oft off a week or two more then the ithe ground squirrel is a terrible pest here and many of the farmers so sow oats ate or lucern around their wheat in order to save it from these destructive Ivar varmints var mints 11 there is more strychnine used in this and gentile valley than would poison a nation and while thousands of squirrels are killed every year by poison and the badgers kill an immense number as these little pests go lito into winter quarters at the end of august and the badgers dig them out making large holes in the fields and highways which make traveling at night dangerous yet the squirrels increase so fast that up to date they seem to be on the increase after leaving lake town water is very abundant all through the valley comfort and plenty plent rare are seen on every hilad cattle and sheep are numerous the people are happy a more hospit able people I 1 have never traveled among I 1 ask you to allow me through the columns of the news to thank the people of bear lake stake of zion for their many favors hon J U bishop clarke and brother allred left their work and with their fine carriages conveyed me some ten or twelve miles between towns the weather has been perfect the three weeks I 1 hav spent here many salt lakers are rusticating in this valley on their thirty days excursion |