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Show Trenton Notes. TRENTON. October 1, 1000. The prosperous little burg of Trenton has tho appearance of an active little city. Grain and sugar beet hauling to tho warehouse and cars, etc. adds to the industry of tho place. The moncrn grist mill of 150 barrel ciipacl-ty ciipacl-ty each day will be completed and In operation on or about December 1st. The building Is a substantial structure three stories high, built of brick, with a stone basement. This mill Is owned by tho people of Trenton, Clarkston and Lcwlston and Is a credit to Cache county. The building Is situated southwest of the new railroad station on a live acre lot with a side track extended ex-tended to samo from the Oregon Short, Lino railroad. It Is the intention of thoTrcnton-Clarkston MI11& Elevator Co. to erect next year a grain cleva tor and warehouse, being part of the company's property. John Plerco has fifteen acres Into sugar beets which Is averaging fifteen tons to tho acfe. Jacob Jorgenscn's ninety acics of sugar beets has perhaps per-haps the best yield In Trenton. Benjamin Ben-jamin F. Bingham's sixty-live acres of beets, It Is stated, will avcrago about twelve tons to the acre. Charles As Brown has thirty-eight acres in ucets which look as well as anything in tho district. Tho West C?cho canal is responsible for the substantial Improvements going go-ing on In this settlement and in a few years we expect to equal, If not rival, any farming locality In the state of Utah. Brlgham V. Benson ono of the most substantial farmers In Cache county,, has purchased a lot of ornamental trees to be planted on his to n lots In tho townslto of Trenton Joining the Trenton school house, where he Intends In-tends to erect a lino residence. Two very pleasant parties were given at each end of tho ward last week, being be-ing farewell entertainments to Benjamin Benja-min F. Bingham, Jr.. who left Saturday Satur-day last for the Central States mission. mis-sion. Leonard E. Lltz, the wellknown Lcwlston farmer, produced (1000 bushels bush-els of wheat on his 1G0 acre farm in Trenton this year. Ho had thirty-three thirty-three stacks of grain on this land. Aaron J. Hill has completed an addition ad-dition to his farm dwelling. Brlgham Y. Benson threshed 0500 bushels of grain this year, completing tho threshing Wednesday. The W. Okay Grain Co.of Ogden has recently completed a large grain warehouse ware-house on .tho sldo track close to tho station. Thomas II. Cutler, tho merchant, has doubled the capacity of his store and is to have a Japanese clerk in the near future. It is tho intention of the Trenton sugar growers to Install a colony of Japanese to work tho sugar beets next season. II. T. Peterson, of Smithtleld, superintendent super-intendent of. tho Trenton mill, will soon move his family to Trenton and become a permanent resident. Tho Oregon Short Line Is extending Its sldo tracks for gialn and beet load-I load-I Ing, having completed tho grading and aro now laying tha rails George and Lewis Troseth are building build-ing an addition to to their dwelling house and also putting up a substantial substan-tial granary. , ' .., Brlgham Y. Benson wc-ntto Logan last Saturday. Trenton had 000 acres Into sugar beets this year. Tho farmers havo contracted to put In 3000 acres for the season of 1007. Briggs & Pcteison'slstoro Isqulto an addition to Trenton and Is doing a good trade. T. T. FoulUcnsen, the now Oregon Short, Line agent, and family aro nicely nice-ly situated In tho railway station residence. resi-dence. Alfred Jenson is about-to build a i 'sidencc on his farm, Ho already has planned out a nice lot of ornamental! and fruit, trees. ,. ' A big ball is to bo given the people H of Trenton this week In the new mill H building before tho machinery for tho HH mill Is Installed. JMl J. B. Smith, who purchased tho H Jcuson farm a blmrt time ago, has Just H completed a line six room dwelling H house on tho same. H Trenton, llko all other growing jH towns, has an up-to-date saloon, H BJshop B. V. Blngnam was a visitor H to Logan Saturday. H |