Show CACHE VALLEY department settlement and pm cut improvements en the first attempt mado to aeillo clarkston wa in the fall of tho first crops were railed in 1865 in most of the settlers in obedience to counsel moved to bu wore permitted tp return in the tally on condition that they would live in a fort young camo here about 1870 before which time the bishop and ft number of othera moved to newton but some not desirous of going there and alio dent gave them to remain the permanent settlement can be dated from that time Clark ilon lias one operative cooperative co store with a capital of 1380 in shares of each tho capital stock in 1875 was total amount of div declared for tho past four years a part of which being added to the capital stock haa increased it to the present amount the shareholders havo determined to build the co nun g season n store feet a good cellar underneath it is to be i frame building lined with concrete and weather boarded with rustic biding it will be an improvement and one of which the people may be proud the sunday sc hoolis wel I at tended by the youth bichop jardine and his counselors and a number of alio parents take ah interest in thi and show it by their attendance at the school the district school is lauglin by J E miss mary homer has just completed a term bf private school the Y M MI A leold regular weekly meeting which are attended by both young and old alie exercises coni of singing lectures reading frondi good books ac the young ladies occasionally take a part and hold reg ular meetings also these eions are doing a good work in teaching the principles of alie gospel in connection with other which tend to make the people better qualified for the duties of life the main i resource of clarkston is its farms the land is very fertile and produces abundant crops of small grain if dry farming proves a success herfi there are thousands of acres of land which can be cultivated and alius greatly augment alie prosperity of the settlement we have had a mild winter and the health of the people lias been good spring work has commenced and every one seems to be busy that aliey may reap bar vest respectfully J sa CACHE co feba another growing with its many interests I have reason to believe is as prosperous a any etli er settlement in the valley place wag first settled in 1859 th water supply was considered sufficient for about fifteen or twenty families but today to day there aro about families numbering souls john smith was the first bishop and he was succeeded by samuel Roskel leyy alie present incumbent its name was derived from its first became an incorporated town hay 1868 george barber wait the first mayor in may cirii uel roskelley was elected and cu pies that position there are four mercantile establishments here the most prominent is the coop co op whose business will exceed per an num with a working capital of in connection tho store is a boot and shoo four men and one boy are constantly employed during tit e year 1878 of shoes were made mostly from horne mado leather from the smithfield united order tannery in th last years worth of shoes have been enado in our shop in this particular the smithfield coop co op lias filled ita mis sion it was organized jan with a capital of 17 00 which has been increased to a little over total profit since jan 20 1869 is which amount has been distributed among alio stockholders Is it not better for the profits of alie institution to fall into the hinds of alie many alian to find a resting place in alie of the few reason answers yea tho capital stock is steadily increasing there being a bylaw eliat compels stockholders to leave one half tho dividend which is applied to their stock alie greatest draw buck to bouc prosperity is the credit system which ia being reduced as far as possible and we hope aa tho country becomes anoro developed the system will bo done away to a very great extent then we will be able to get all tha discounts cash command wv A march ath 1879 the educational institute JUNCTION the educational institute was well attended yea considering alio inclemency of the weather snow storms hayo been in order during alio lait few days making traveling a disagreeable occupation the grammar lesson by sir joseph first on the pro gramme and engaged in by A good clasa the lesson involved borne parsing and grammatical analysis miss ida I cooks lesson in geo graphy was an on the terri tones and carlof tho state showing their relative directions productions etc next followed a reading lesson in alio national reader con ducted by miss this part of the was quila enters inters esting Donald sona was the cause of the omission of his lesson in arithmetic miss blair being with a declamation gave in its place a e luct reading which was well delivered i on motion the following pro gramme was adopted for next ca ion lesson in primary arithmetic esther leishman Leish mau in intermediate arithmetic mr donaldson in primary grammar misa alawa in reading fourth reader joseph II in geography james T elowea speech on alie duties of trustee J A leishman lecture on alio grading by M ida I cook after thin egued very lively dis cufis ions on important school questions and the convention adjourned until alio klond Kc ond saturday in apri respectfully LOIA cache co mar 10 79 |