Show fa A GALLANT EFFORT st george march 19 1898 1899 ring king that a few words from the might perhaps be appreciated by i f of your many readers as an dixie wa armed several limesand times time sand and many a be bees been of th old hive are to be altered in the different towns and arizona a I 1 therefore take rt wilty of mentions menti mentioning ont g a few at t are ki place here Cart sat so erday was a day long to be re ln st george many of ahw later day know that president brigham young and also heber calm ball counseled the people to store wheat against a time of scarcity that would i come in the then future on account of ofa failure of crops or other causes a thing which is well known as a rule the people have failed to do but notwithstanding the fact that washington county can not be classed among the great grain growing counties of utah the women of st george have had faith to believe that it if a suitable place could be provided they themselves would be able to store a considerable amount of wheat and that faith has finally developed itself into works A piece of land having been procured from the mutual improvement associations in the northwest corner of their lot the relief society through their district teachers notified the people that on saturday the of march a bee would be made to which men with teams prepared to haul rock sand and clay also single hands and masons were cordially invited for the purpose of building or partly building a female relief society granary accordingly on the morning of that day the people assembled consisting of middle aged young men and boys in fact the crowd was so large that it was cumbersome the bishop with hla his counselors took the matter under advisement vi and concluded to divide them and put patt wt another job they were told however that all would be expected to partake of the sumptuous dinner that was wae being prepared by the society for all those who had come to assist with the granary results of the days work was that the walls of the building which by the gayare twenty by sixteen feet on the inside were built to the top of the floor joist nearly or about three feet high besides putting rock sand and clay on the ground to nearly or quite finish the walls the food supply to which most if not all of th the of the city contributed was ample in fact after serving the assembly with dinner dinne of which about one hundred and fifty partook there was plenty left to feed them all with their partners in addition in the evening at which time an enter entertainment tat ament consisting of songs rec itata I 1 ns and dancing was given that finished up the day with a joyful time and all were apparently pleased and well satisfied with the days doings VOLCANIC |