Show BUSINESS VEI the emery county mercantile co la Is mar managed aged by L M X oleon olson and that fact mone nione would indicate that the institution was a popular one the mercantile co carries one 0 of tho the largest general stocks in a the eastern part of utah having recently absorbed the perron coop co op the he years of prosperity enjoyed by the company ie is ample evidence that their business is conducted cun ducted in an ar effi efficient clent and sails satis factory manner mr oison olson as will be seen by consulting the compans a add on the ath a of the trl oraku ie Is a man n w bo ho believes in the use of printers inh fall IRADI the youngest of our business bouses houses is not yet 13 iti nth s old A little more than a year ago tho I 1 pines out of which the lumber was so sawed sowed wed to erect the buildings of the price trading comp company any were waving their plumed tops in the vicinity vaci alty ity of soldier summit the formation a oc a new mercantile company the erection of bail buildings dings for its use in carrying on a large wholesale and retail trade throw hout the county were only i ague I 1 ideas deas in the minds of the incorporator the birth of the institution ally certified to by the secretary of the Terri territory tor on the stir day of dec dee 1890 and tho first tw two month months of it aa existence were marked by a series of frantic efforts on tile part of tho managers to supply the wants of its many caa tomera from a stock of goods stored in a prom ious heap in what is now the granary nary in february of this year the barge store building which it now occupies was completed ard stocked from cellar to garret with new goods and tho the old cramped quarter quarters devoted to the storage of produce the director torl is composed of the following well ell known gentleman gentlemen 0 L 11 taylor C 11 II ne J da M whitmore aad A ballinger the business of abi ca corporation ie Is managed by that well known know n genial A anil nd all round rustler C 11 taa a lor which frat is in itself itsel sufficient to insure to an U undertaking mr if ia I 1 ably se eo ended by mr 0 11 valentine Vale atlue seen seat tai tar i and book and a an experienced e corps of 0 cle ike who are kept bui bus in n the effort to meet the intend lly ily of the tile lion tion te capital pita I 1 it st ack te Is of le is paid ap a P THE alac N a cp CO with the cl ait ig day days of 0 ts year enda uio second ear ot of t ine a aboa firm with a few tow one our r two t they ley are ro the tile yat young ingert cat M sn ule tile co in the county f B their honest end r ard manner of doing U business thoy h a a won for am thun local the vilums volu ms of business 1 L ilono done by this firm arm la is second to nono none in the chanty or in eltoro utah besides the extensive done at price by this firm they carry a diun noth stock of general merchandise at port du chenue the business ot of this company ills been steadily increasing month by month until up to this till uie the alee sales in De december ember all other others in tu consequents 6 ot their la 10 crr ea trade they lave added a largo iivo cs to their already mammoth acko ock of clean and fresh goode goods which makes it complete in ull all its j bran through the courtesy courte ey of J 0 G mead we able to furnish one figures relative to tho the business of t alip I 1 W fin luring thy month of december thred weeks they have received ot asphalt their ut ul f 16 lu to nearly pound pounds their sales of uler chandise during dating the game period amounts to over seven thou sand dollars J ac REED of Orang orangeville eville is the pioneer merchant of emery county lie commenced business at Orang orangeville eville in the year 1878 with a email small abek of goods mr reed waa was the first poat post master commissioned east of oatha tha wasatch range of mountain mountains the people at that time were very bering bis his nearest neighbor being on mile distance and stud the total pop of cottonwood creek numbered afteel eoula souls no rail rall roads road a were then thou neaver than salt etke cita and their BUpp fUce had to be baulch from that point by wagon during the winter a when the bonow wai deep and impassable impassible for wg ons good goods were carried in on pack horses to supply I 1 hc be want wants of the people the early tellers te Ulers of emery county were compelled to undergo 1 great many hardships hards bip during the bettmeng bett ment of tho the county mr reed and a hired man min were on a oae one of their excursions during the winter of 1879 known as the hard winter and become enow snow bound in the mountains and for wo days and nights I 1 9 lits were without food or shelter 1 IQ mr reeds language he says we thought at tames we would have to give up in despair and succumb to the inevitable during daring another time when olf cr goods in the season he and a companion were precipitated into the salina creek creel with four bead of horses and wagon they fell fella a distance of efty feet killing one horse and ani narrowly ly escaping with their own ches 11 es loosing most all of their the subject of this ketch sketch Is s still at the old stand with A large and varied TA ried stock of general merchandise and an d the largest stock of drugs in the county mr reed has his served three thre e terms of two years each as county attorney |