Show THE bunfry vernal feb 17 1898 last sunday and monday witnessed a spiritual feast for the inhabitants of this valley OW our conference convened in the vernal meeting house which by the way is and it could not furnish even standing room for the vast multitude so overflow were ere held iu in the academy and it was also filled to overflowing the reports given in were of the most flattering nature the stake being in the most prosperous condition it has ever known both financially and spiritually especially the latter every ward reports meeting houses as being too small mall to hold the people who assemble therein the sunday schools are doing a fine work some having every latter day saint child in the ward as members bers ot of the school the M 1 I assoria lions axe are doing an energetic work especially since the missionaries have been visiting the young people elder eider woodruff of the apostles apostle was with us ua and gave much good counsel and advice and exhorted all to work incessantly for the gospel of christ he laid the gospel out in its simplicity and many were pricked in their hearts and were heard to remark that they would give all they possessed to be able to bear a testimony as he bore it he made the prediction that As the lord liveth uintah county would increase in population in the next ten years ten fold and following his admonition the high council assembled and decided to build a stake house hoube this coming summer at least tour four times as large as the present one they chose a block in the heart of vernal large enough for it and t the he new academy which the board of education s decided to erect this summer as the school is crowded out of its present quarters and must have room they quarters decided eclied to build a brick structure to cost and be heated by steam from the same machinery which heats the stake house and to have it ready for use next xmas holidays an educational meeting was held in vernal some time ago at which important topics were discussed first among them being the grading of the public u b ditc itc school which was held to be the y paramount aunt question of the hour following ng this the trustees of several of we districts are contemplating building large houses vernal is going to build an addition on their present central house and have a thoroughly graded central school with small ones for primary on the outskirts mill ward has called a meeting for the purpose of voting a tax for erecting an addition to their house and making thoroughly graded schools there merrills men Mer ills tills ward tas baa in contemplation a large school burding building of seven rooms union and an aabey hley districts axe are talking of uniti uniting ng and building a central house houge for grading besides Beside jo this several of the wards liftee ill ift contemplation the building of fine meeting houses merrills ward and wa mill ward ard have foundations laid for nice brick structures the former at least to Is to be built next summer the mines of this county axe are destined to occupy a position apposition of rank in the near future the victoria or dyer mine over which there are great lawsuits which are not yet settled is a copper proposition and there are thousands of dollars of ore in sight rich enough to haul miles by wagon and then ship to chicago and pay a handsome dividend the silver king controlled by mr jesse knight and on which two shifts of men are working wording now is in feet on a tunnel and expects to work on until spring the mines of jesse ewing canyon in which mr knight is also interested have made some developments recently and ana several nice veins are encountered but being near the surface are not rich enough to pay to ship as yet we expect as aa development work is pushed in the spring to hear of some rich strikes there the bromide mine controlled by S D colton co of vernal is expecting to put in a smelter in the spring they have plenty of ore in sight and on the dump to run them for some time cattle and sheep on the range are getting very poor and unless the snow goes off rapidly many will die hay Is 5 a ton here pow now and is getting scarce stock men say amr that if stock cannot get grass within four weeks their loss will be great last evening as our prosecuting attorney mr F S luethe was going along the street in vernal an un known person attacked him with a pistol and struck him twice over the head but he succeeded in running him off he immediately swore out a complaint against jim mckee one of the trio of brothers who were convicted of sheep killing last fall and axe are out on bonds waiting an appeal of the case the sheriff followed him up and arrested him at the masquerade and compelled him to unmask and strip his costume and this morning he was arraigned and plead not guilty R L W |