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Show . I Brigh&m Ciiv Mews 1 jtflng day at court houso on next Tuaay Sheriff Joseph Joaephson, Reenter Isabella Dalton, Assessor Ell Jensen, Treasurer C. J. Adnoy. Coity Attorney Nels Jonsen will w.y out Into tho cold, cniel world, who their births In thnt splendid nj court houso will be filled by Siilff-oleet .loBuph R. Olson, Record-eiloct Record-eiloct Roso H. Neoloy, Aflscssor-Lkt Aflscssor-Lkt ClmrloH C Toln. Treasurer My-rf My-rf J Richards. County Attorney Wll-lira Wll-lira J. Low, Surveyor James M Hold-ray Hold-ray County Clerk AJvIn Ipsen suc-eds suc-eds himself, so this bleak January iud won't touch him. Milton II. Welling, the nowly elccl- 1 'd member of the stato legislature. .Ill go to Salt hake and help mnl-.e i) ur laws for tho next two years. .Mr. jfWclUng Is enrnest and thoroughly competent and doubtless will bo heard from ere ho Is through. Manager N. J. Valentine of tho Brigham Fruit Growers' association was been and discussed the fruit situation sit-uation at length. He is optimistic as to the work being done by tho as-Kociiulon. as-Kociiulon. The association Is only throe years old and while It began with only a fow members It now has o momlo3!n of over 250 and con- fri!1 Ax Elder counST-SSIfcv-KU ontl" la oxtenslvely Interested In ' e.rhiB fruit on his own account and. t V"peopIo of Rrigham made no mis- : ke in honoring him with the 'man- 1 igemcnt of the association. ( E. V Dunn, a prominent real estate es-tate dealer and president of the Brigham Commercial club, with his wife Is spending the holidays at Oakley, Oak-ley, Idaho. They will return" early In the week. Miss Dalton, who Is Just finishing her term as recorder of Box Elder county, will return to her home In Wlllard within a few days after she turns over tho office to her successor. Mlsa Dalton has conscientiously and ably served the peoplo of Box Elder In her official capacity and will be followed bv tho good will nnd best wishes of all Box Elder people. New Year's Eve Party. Mrs. Alice Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson entertained a number of tholr friends at their beautiful home at Third South and Main Sat-, mdny evening Muslo and games j made up the program, followed by Bcrvlug refroHhments. Your correspondent corres-pondent didn't learn whether they watched the cows to see If they knelt down at midnight or not. Those pros-seut pros-seut were: Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Peterson, Pet-erson, Mrs. Alice Wilson, Mrs. Pitt, Mrs. An Boothe, Mr. Buckman, Mr. and Mrs. HudBuu, Mr. and Mrs, La Rlre. MIsh Isabella Dalton, Attorney W. 13. Davib, Mr. Ell Hansen. Family Reunion. On Christmas day Mr. and Mrs, W.I Horsley celebrated tho occasion with' a family reunion. Mr. W. C. Horsley entertained last pleasantly spent in games and music. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. "V. Horsley, Mr, and Mrs. John H. Horsley, Mr. and Mrs H. C Boden, Mr. and Mrs. Maroul Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Phillips, Mrs. Ruby Uoden, Mr. W. C. Horsley Shirley Horsley, Stunit Horsley. Scott Horsley, Mrs. Ulllo S. Horsley, Muriel Horsley, Lily Horsley and Eliza Hunl Brigham City and Box" Elder county the former tho city of homes, the other tlio orchard of Utah. Hrlpham. the metropolis and capital of Box Elder county, 1? beautifully located lo-cated about 27) miles north of Ogden, In one of "the most productive valleys In the United Stntes. The valley is In the mountains at an altltudo of 4200 feet. Early In the 50'c the "city of homes" was settled by pioneers of tho Mormon church and was named after Brigham Youug, the prophet. Llko many other Utah townB, Brigham Brig-ham City only existed for many years, but when the horticultural Industry In-dustry wa3 Introduced, when attention atten-tion was finally directed to tho apple and the peach, the city, with the community, has grown and Is growing by Jcapa and bounds. Today Brigham Brig-ham la rightfully aud proudly cnlled the "Peach Qlty" or the state. Peach and apple orchards have sprung up on overy side, nnd enter the valli' 1 I as you may, you behold a great ad , healthy orchard J Brigham has a population of 4,0H souls and Is one of the best-kept llt(V cities In the country. Tho bulldlnfl aro beautifully designed and subsui tially built, while the streots are wft and clp.in, with plenty of shado trg everywhere., I Brigham's Greatest Asset., f One may admire the streets, f homes, tho orchards, and all, butP best feature in anjd about BrlghniF1 her people, the most soclablo 1 fr met. A stranger Is looked aftard cared for from tho time he arfcs until he departs, and ono couldlot leave without wanting to go bac!w Not Many Rich. J Brigham has few rich men, ? 's mado up of that substantial c) I ot men who own, their homes, are t of debt and have somo money tho hnnk yes, those Brigham peopyiavo about Sl.000,000 deposited tho two banks of that city. Is thi an' other city of 4,000 inhabitants fUUih that can make such a showing Besides homes clear of d and money In the bank, this "Pea City" ha a cement plant, two canilg factories, fac-tories, a knitting factory, nManlng mill, a marble factory, t flour mills, two wide-awako nejpapors, three carpenter shops, teu q goods JJpretfTr'tf-'v gentlemon's nishlng RtabHshments7wt"i vicfrj stores, hrec meat markets, four hardwaro stores, four furniture stores, threo music houses, five blacksmith shops, jno crockery and glassware stor onr-steam onr-steam laundry, one photograph gallery, gal-lery, one art store, two drug stores. Lwo Hverv stables, threo millinery stores, two plumbing establishments, ane harness shop, two Jewelry stores, lwo hotels, three rooming houses, five cafes, four home boarding houses, two bakeries, two Ice cream parlors, one novelty store, six refreshment stands, four implement houses, two banks, three barber shops, three pool halls, wo lumber yards, four shoe repair shops, six fruit shipping houses, one electric power plant, two foundries, two bicycle shops, two tailoring shops, six contractors and builders, one nurs-crv. nurs-crv. two fisheries, four real estate and abstract offices and more protty girls to the square in than any small city on the map. Approximately $200,000 was expended expend-ed in building homes In 1910. Wherever you turn in Brigham you can seo new homes recently finished and many others In courso of construction. construc-tion. From data furnished by Editor Madsen, or the Box Elder Nows, I put the amount expended in 1910 In home-building home-building alono at 5200,000. This, however, how-ever, does not lncludo The New Court House. Tho new court house, an Imposing stone and brick structure on Main strcol, will be comnletod within the next few weeks. The court house Is costing Box Elder county about S75.-000 S75.-000 and, when tho bills aro nil paid, there will be no bonds to pay Interest Inter-est on, and Box Elder county tvM tstlll have money In tho treasury. Tho Box Elder Commercial Club. Brigham has a real live commercial club thoroughly orgaulzpd, equipped to the minute and doing splendid work On the wall In one of their well-appointed rooms hangs an expensive ex-pensive portrait of Brigham Young and untler it aro these words: "This town wns named for Young, so don't grow old." The club's motto hanga on tho wall and runs: "Boost, and Boost Like Blazes " v E. AV. Dunn, a prominent real es tate dealer, is piesldent, and J. L. Pleice. manager of the Canning company, com-pany, Is Becretary and manager of the club Prominent In the club are: J C. Knudson, F. W. Flshburn, Dr A. W. Ensign, 1. E Diiffln, M. E. Anderson, Ander-son, NTls V Hansen, J, T. Call. Victor Vic-tor E Madsen, N. C. Slraonson. J Edward Taylor. ORcar Peterson. J K. Mangum, J C. Jensen, H. F. Boothe, W T. Davis, W. L. HolBt. Anton Jensen. Jen-sen. W O. Knudson, M A. Boothe, H. L. Erdmann, J F Erdmann Rudolph Ru-dolph Kaiser, Leroy Nelson, D. G, Reed. Joseph F Hansen, J. D. Peters, Joo Zimmerman, S. N. Lee, James C Knudson, R. L. FJshburn, A. W. Valentine, C. O. Chrlstcnson, Roval M. Jcppcon, J. Francis Mcrrell, William Wil-liam Jensen. H. C. Baker. D. O Slohl, B. C. Call, A. L. Eddy, H. J. Hanson. Leroy Roskellv, R. A. Pparse, Wynn L. Eddy, J W. Peters, II. Loo Jen-eon, Jen-eon, L. J. Anderson, C. C. Valentlnp and J. Frank Boworln'g. Bo Elder Farmers Mean Business. The Box Eldor farmers have recent-1 ' ly perfected an organization, the ob- v , 'ffllJi60 10 Promote and Yjector whjffl&icillnral Interests of protect tieySjaucatlonally, socially this lucalWRjM'he following reso-and reso-and nnautjSMJJted unanimously; lutlonB wijflnot returns of beet WherttfflBjAutah for the last ?rop!i' EsfflWS entirely Inadequate decade, VfihjffKresii Increase In the on account Sgierchondlse and ma- chlnoryijHJS;, be it resolved, that .?W'i5mt of thc Intermountain wo thv?iSotctlvo association, do FftcrtJiW following action: aBThSSw ton f - b- lr'fldlnK . m45f&mandcl for beets; 15 statIon,jnd SO per cent pure. I)e,Tc5-I!sfiiBProvcment In the modo , MS0618 delivered be Inau-of Inau-of receingjar gU'-Th1m?J?S0 Bnu, '3 refl,3ptl n" ih ?irpn5U5ar companies in tho n ZlVfft and "ntl1 fll1 demand S c?-iS. hereby pledB0 orsolvc9 Wc&J!Jcut 0l,r acrcaSe for tho .... (jjijono-fourth of our usual nmniiaFBS!1 f,irlue'", we will diminish XS for tbo yenr 191 one-half of oUrT61 am0,,nl; nn(1. should tho nr.' Vjiflllbo refused, in the year 1913 Wo JlljTjtop tho raising of beets en-tlrchvgw en-tlrchvgw rrjp'jiSies of tho officers follow. T05nP.HobnRTon. president. joiste Morrill, vice-president. jogm- May, secretary. glkfCole, treasurer. J-alPollars for Correct Answer. (pJJBrigham correspondent will gltttUP ,n 0,d coln tho man, wos5or cnll(, no Ib first In send-inrLtif send-inrLtif correct answer to the follow-jtoamplo": follow-jtoamplo": (jfljfarmor's poaches sell for 51.50 jTptc and bo gets 13 1-2 cents a cfjlftVwho gels the other $1.36 1-2? JBTtE Cornputo cost of producing ach"s, Including wear and tear (tilt farmer nnd his family; add ln- (,rfi on his investment; add hired 0$ add fruit-grdwers' associations JSnlsslon add tho California nsso- pn'a rake-off add the auctioneers' lilfoff add transportation and icing, il7-- a legitimate profit to the re- l&r, then subtract from Jl.fio. Tho yfwer will bo the farmer's price, net. |