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Show I BOX ELDER COIMY NEWS Brigham City, March 2o A sudden slump in the nursery business in Utah has caused a local nursery to destroy more than 60.000 apple trees. This same condition is said to exist all over the state The Intemiountain Nursery company, of which E M. Tyson Ty-son is manager, has just finished burning this number of trees out of 80,000 the company has in stock. Fifteen Fif-teen thousand will be distributed for ring planting, while the remaining ".000 ill be kept in stock. nother local nursery also was compelled to destroy a large number of apple trees. It appears that a few years ago, w hen peaches began to be a drug on the local markets the nurserymen began to abandon the peach and raised apple trees, and in anticipation of a continued demand for this stock they finally find the apple growing enthusiasm en-thusiasm of a few years ago has disappeared dis-appeared leaving them with an enormous- overstock and not enough other varieties to fill present demands The ueraanu lor peacn trees is again reviving, re-viving, and as a consequence Utah nurserymen find that they cannot fill the demands this year This condition Is especially true as concerns this particular locality AGENT IS FINED, APPEALS. Brigham City, March 25 I F Prib ble of Ogden, a sewing machine agent who formerly resided in this city, was arrested and fined 515 in City Judge C. O. C'hristensen s court yesterday for being commercially engaged in this city without a license. Com plaints were filed against Pribble, whereupon he was notified by the city marshal that it was necessary to pro cure a license before indulging further fur-ther in business here He failed to take out the necessary license, whereupon where-upon he was arrested He filed a bond in the sum of $30 with the court, and gave notice of appeal to a high er court, MINING FIRM INCORPORATED. Brigham City . March 25 Yesterday Yester-day articles of Incorporation of the Black Jack Mining company were filed in the county clerk's office The incorporators are J. W, Hawks, pres ident Newman Hunsaker, vice pres J ident, W J Lowe, secretary ana treasurer, and Koy Hawks and R C. Harris, the last two. with ihe officers, offi-cers, forming the directorate. The company is developing a pros pect in Cataract canyon about six miles north of Brigham City, from which ore has recently been taken thai is said to hae assayed 66 per cent copper The company Is incorporated incor-porated for $2500, divided into 25.000 shares, at 10 cents a share DANCE HALL PLANNED. Brigham City, March 25 The cit of Garland is to have another modern public buildinq Architect C. F Wells of this city yesterday completed plans for an up-to-date dance hall for the town, which will be erected at once. It is the purpose of the promoters to make the building one of the bes: dancing quarters in northern Utah, and a large sum of money will be expended in the building. |