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Show I HYBUM, THE FLOURISHING I TOWN DF THE SOUTH END M f It It ao unuiual thlBg fo read ot 1 - flourishing town springing ap In m thli Vutern country, la the course Of short period ot Urn; but, u a H rale, the contributing factors' tbat H ' bring about thU:,mushroom" growth H are railroads, or mines, or the wealth H Brought bjr the founders, or the l , ' " still more modem method of laying I '-'!r out "of farms and building lots by a rB 'Jr, rich syndicate of real estate invest- ''P -on and land ftnd n ,"tioomerB-" v,Butftthe history of Hyrum, like' many other towns of Mormondbra, . H has "none of these incentives to point sH ' to as the origin oty its location and ' B .. '' growth. The sturdy pioneers ot H ' 'I860 chose to locate on Us present ,. r ' y'f atteslmply because they were seek- m ., lnga plaeawhere. they hoped to be H --j Jk$M'te draw from Ut then ualnvit- H '.j. inr sell and ,sHhu sufficient to sup- H porttheiifcelTes- in aedest manner -P ii and a place waereihey might wor- M -J$ shlptbod.aeeerdlag to the dictates of B , - conscleaee. m t- They brought with them no H " wealth,' ao modera Implements ot H; , agriculture, aot even the common '4 necessities ot life, and no supply ot t;A (o4 ezeept,scarcaly suslclent to last ' B" ' until the first harvest should be re-1 sHisit aUlswd from their new venture and H'Ur;I.-., the nearest railroad more than a H i '"'-'''-, thousand miles away. f k$?i r Notwithstanding all these unfav-H unfav-H r'ir J's3raWC conditions, the town grew. L atetaeles so great, but what her H J" J trr feaaders overcame them; tV-, -' . w1t. ao aasltUaee came from ' wttaeat, fnw tie aett. the. moan- S ';' .!l,.3 tpea miles et trrltaUtf canals, were built, and the thirsty soil was quenched. Roads were built through the rocky defiles ot ttao mountains, and the rushing torrents j were bridged,- timbers and stone were brought out by ox teams,- and homes, school houses and places ot worship were erected. All public ( structures, all roads, all bridges frere j .built by ''donation." No one asked nor expected compensation. ' In the midst ot all this activity, which was but a struggle for existence exist-ence men, were called to- fill for-elgn for-elgn missions, to go across the plains to bring In more Immigrants all "donation," and all cheerfully and unmurmuring ly done. Faith in God and devotion to an espoused, cause was behind It all. - In' titn years, the year 1870, Hy ram. had already received its. city charter. la the early seventies, a cooperattv store, three steam saw mills, and oBe water mill and a large-dairy large-dairy were successfully operating In. the mountains, furnishing labor to hundreds. Thirty-five miles of canyon can-yon road, was built, opening up easy access to Umber, and excellent sum-1 sum-1 mer, range for cattle and rtesf . But space will not permit of following fol-lowing the growth dowav through the years. Today Hyrum City wiUi ,her aearly two thoasaad Inhabitants, a strong .healthy; Jntelllgent, pro-. gressive .community) who boasts its ancestry, from a splendid mingling ot the Scandinavian, English' and American stock, can Justly and proudly say that no. outside wealth, has made her what, aha is, but.jadus' , tor thrUt and: tvsm eoatied.wlth faltVla,0d,aa4aUev - OitUed ea JPage Klght) , J .Sf '-'V ' . By ' HYRUM, FLOURISHING v i TOWN OF THE SOUTH IH' r . ' f , ' (Contnued from Page' One) w glance to, her country's laws, and an H:ti abiding faKh In the, wisdom nnd dl- JT' Vino calling of her lenders, lmvo jMj,.; brought her wealth nnd prosperity. jHl '"Myrum. is today th ecclesiastical jB y ' center of tho Ilyrum Stake, of 'tho jHv t Church of JeaUB Christ of Latter-, jHf " . tlay'Satnts, with throo ward organs jJHS' '' ;Ssatlon3, and throe splendid modern j'&$ . rlncco ot womIiIu.' r jHJ, ' ' S.hb owns Iwr own electric light jH'J- T ' Jvndf power plant, ond a "modern wn- HJp! Cr ByHent The roads through "tho jHJi? t city In ovory direction are the de- jHbiF' light of automoblio drivers, and all Kl V. dltcluss nro bridged by timber or"ce- K3ipf ) ' .Bnenl whlle tea miles ot paved side- MyfryV' .walks adda'to tho pleasuro-of walk- k' 'lB"'V .,.' HPW '' " Tint schools arS ably man- H!j :"' ,' ' ' ' v ed and housed In modem strue. B f$k& turos Becondvto none in the. state. 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