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Show I . The Rexburg Country H t'rctl Turner wis In tin- Kcxburg H country l.nt week mil wis much Ini - H I pressed with tli progress llnr-' md H results attained In recent, years. From H Die fact that many Cache Valley people and descendants are In that H vicinity, anything about thcuountty M Is of interest here Mr. Turner has M embodied In the following article M items about the country and people M there that are of Htftier il interest. lie B It Is doubtrul whether a slight Idea H or conception c in be given as to the H extent of the Itcxbuig country and the H magnitude of Its developments. H Noitheast of Idaho Falls Is a section H of country about fifty miles square in 1 which are about lifteen tlnlfty settle- H ments, among which Iteiburg and St. H Anthonv arc tho largest Teton Basin H is not Included In the limit named, ly- H Ing still further to the east. H ' In the early eighties, President H Thomas U. Hicks, with Win V. Klgby H and many others, went to this country H then a compnratlicly bairen waste, H and the works t hat have been wrought H since that time ate marvelous Canals H have been built that cany ilers of H , water Neaily every owner of Hit) acres of land has an Irrigating stre'im H of his own, and a large section of land Ht iiinnlng west of St. Anthony for near- H' I ly thirty mlles'subirrigates H i The laud, almost as a whole, is ad- H mlrably adapted for sugai beet cul- H turc, and :i sugar factory has been H, ' built two and a half miles northeast H of Kcxburg. Six miles to the north of tho facloiy, a pumping station has been constructed The fa'ctory with H all Its appolntuicuts Indicates a mas- tcr hand at its head. Mark Austin H Is the gencial manager and Is certain- ly a man of exceptional ability along this line. The people residing In the Fremont Stake came principally from Cache county, and all are great rustlers. The Fremont stake expended f5o,000 in public buildings last year. The Academy and school buildings would be a credit to larger cities, h;ing built of cut sand stone of variegated colois. The Kicks Academy and the Cential school house are Imposing stiuctures. James Langton Is the principal of the schools in the latter building, and commands the re3piots of all In this position Itexburg contains a people similar in caste to those of this county. Thomas Kicks, with his sturdy sons, set the pace upon their advent to the country and the people still adhere to it The present leading niPil of the stake and count) hau the conlldcncc of the people, as Is evidenced by the lesponses from the people In public af-Talis. af-Talis. Laige farms arc owned as a rule by tile fariueis, which must evidently be divided up as the country develops. Not a man can be found, If willing to work, but is doing well. Coal sells at 7.'J."i per ton but the price of this commodity Is likely to be icduced be-foic be-foic many ) curs, as the road running from Cokcvlllc In the south dliect north to Klgby will surely bs built in the near future, carrying cheaper coal into Montana, reducing the distance one hundred and thirty miles. The Flam in Mercantile company, located at Kcxburg, did a business of $1115,000 In 1H0.". Goods of most every description arc handled by the carload and the business Is conducted largely on the' lines or a department store The First National bank or Kcxburg is doing a llouilshlug business. Their statement on April (I, '00, showed deposits de-posits amounting to ?Hi7,.'l"0.:!l. C. II Woodmausee Is uiesldcut, J W. Webster vice-president, and II. J. Fiamm, Nathan Kicks, Thomas K. Kicks, and John L. Jacobs are dliect-ors, dliect-ors, the last lour named being from Logan Kcxburg has a commeiclal club w 1th a membership or sevent. The club's quarters arc up-to-date. John Jacobs, a joungmaii who went from this city a few years ago with but little pioperty, by energy, tin Ut and frugality has risen to the front rauksjn business a Hal is. lie, with J. K Fogg, own a mercantile business in St. Aii'hony, carrying a stock or about ."0,000. This firm owns four saw mills, one of them In Oregon. The II rm of Fogg & Jacobs Is a stiong one. John Donaldson, formerly of Men-don, Men-don, is piominently known in that section He is the probate judge in that county, and although advanced ; somewhat in years In iccentlv passed a creditable examin.i'iiiri as an attorney attor-ney and was admittid in the bar. Dr. (). C. Ormsby, a name that -ounds familiar to the old settlers In this county, Is located In Kcxburg and holds the same position there as he did when here, being at the head or the proiesslon. He Is the county physician of Fremont county and city physician ol Kexburg, and president or the Fast Idaho Medica1 Society, comprising seven counties. The gen-llchian gen-llchian kcepi to the front in Ids line of work. He leave ror the east In the near rutnre on business pertaining to the medical proresslon. |