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Show Millard Mites. Meadow, March 10. Once in a while some one crops up with a pean of praise for the country of their birth or adoption. I have a patriotic streak just now, and feel like saying a few words in behalf of Millard, and her onward march. Money is as scarce here as elsewhere, yet we have suffered as little from the panic as most places In the territory, wbich goes to prove that the farmer is much better off than tbe tradesman or mechanic during hard times. Even when produce is Bold at the low price it is at present, he does not want for food for he grows nearly all he requires. re-quires. If he purchased no article of food from the- store 'fee" may always have a substantial meal on the table from the products of hia own farm, garden and orchard. The people down here are generally thrifty, industrious and persevering in their endeavor to improve their land and homes, and thereby their financial condition, while a panic like the present pres-ent one is calculated to teach them a stricter economy. In Meadow two of our young farmers farm-ers have made a reservoir large enough to hold all the waste water which runs past their land, thus by their industry and economy they can bring more land under cultivation. One of these men has irrigated twenty-seven acres with one claim of water, in years when water was abundant, and he had good crops. These are examples it would be well if many others would follow they would find it would pay, and in many instances save them having to adopt that most ruinous practice of mortgaging. Meadow is to have a new school house and amusement hall and the meeting hoaee must be enlarged to meet tbe needs of the increasing population. popu-lation. Nor is this to be wondernd at, seeing there were six weddings within twelve month, out of a population consisting con-sisting of fifty two families, and units are often added to the family record. Some of the boys have recently purchased pur-chased instruments for a band, and are making rapid progress in their musical; education under an able instructor. in-structor. Tbe instruments are silver plated and are very handsome. We have a civil government class, the members of which hold semi-weekly debates which are interesting and instructive. in-structive. Our district school is large enough to employ two teachers during the winter months. Every year more land is being taken up and better homes Duilt. We haye a saw mill, and one for finishing lumoer and cracking feed. There is cooperative sheep herd and several individual herds, .Not much stock is kept for the sheep, which paes through in great numbers, have destroyed des-troyed the range and the poor man's cow can hardlyfind a tutt ol groo v-- I There are many good orchards and the fruit grown is of excellent quality. The people are sober and industrious, and we have neither saloons nor gambling gambl-ing dens in Meadow. A board ot trade has been established for . Millard county. Fillmore has a creamery, and we ought to have a canning factory, which would provide a market for our fruit and yegetables instead of labor and time expended in taking them to Provo, Salt Lake city, or westward to the mining camps. It would also find emplovment for some of the rising generation. M. A, Y. G. |