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Show K """ ? m In 1853. the first city council of B Lchi was elected with followniK H officers : Mayor Silas 1 Barnes ; alcler- men David Evans, David Snv-B Snv-B age, Charles Hopkins, Abram Lo-B Lo-B sec; councilors W. S. S. WiHes. B Harrison Burgess, Daniel Col-B Col-B lett, Israel Evans, Samuel D. E White, Ezckicl Hopkins, Lorenzo B Hatch, Thomas Green. Uichard C. B Gibbons; Recorder Jno. Squires. B marshal John R. Murdock. B We give in this issue a short B sketch and photo of the mayor B and city council of today. Only B in the past few years has capital B been secured to develop a few of B our many resources. Lchi people B have prospered, however, and to B day can be found in Lchi as ninn B comfortable homes as any city of B her size. Our schools are par ex ccllent and social life is of the Bf' best. , . . The first great help to Lelu was B when the Sugar I-actory located B here. The Standard Knitting Co. did a business of $10,000 and all , this was made in the factory here H The flour mill built this year is K doing an excellent business. The B Mount Pickle Co. have a salting HK- itnil.tt 1rn1rl llPfO. B The possibilities for factories B are the best, our commercial club B have offered a site for any inamt- B facturing industries that would B locate here and power is the B cheapest possible to obtain any- 8 where. B The fruit produced in this end B of Utah county is not excelled m anywhere either in flavor or size. B climatic conditions arc he very B best for fruit raising. Just to the B west of us is found clay in many B varieties, the Kaolin deposits be- BB ip the very best for making of B semi-porcelain ware, etc., the B clay for making fire brick, crici- B bles, etc., is found in great qttau- B tities and of the best quality B There is found in the hills and B mountains that surrounds us also |
