| Show ritAN FIt ANKLIN KL atit Past Dignity prosperity and future prospects from our special correspondent franklin is 13 one of the quietest cowna sinthe in the north country it is is located in what was northeastern north eastern castern part pad of cache county in utah but is now in oneida county idaho it was first settled in 1860 and was formerly the northern terminus of the utah fe northern railroad and ind the principal shipping point for goods from montana and the eastern part of idaho it was then a lively city but since the road ID moved on it re retired ti red within itself D and md in lias up to the present resent time enjoyed an almost Sab afie repose its present population is is said to bo be about the people have not hi increased creased very much numerically f for or some time past since january 1873 r franklin has rejoiced in the of an inco incorporated rated city with a mayor layor and the bottler r other officers offic cra of the manici municipality which honors she blie has worn with becoming modesty but the honors odthe of the council were limited the city fathers had bad full power and authority to levy and collect taxes for municipal purposes on all taxable property in in the city I limits but they E had no power to license peddlers and merchants they had no power to license lleen sc or permit tho the opening of liquor saloons to permit the opening or force sorce the closing of b billiard illiard or gambling houses thou though gh ila happily I the they have not been brou trou troubled b lemmul much with these last named institutions they had no road supervisor the people paid annually a city tax but saw no city improvement improve improvements men ts and so c concluded they were pa paying ing too dear for their dignity the ke honorable members of the city council ell tired of wearing wearing their bl blushing ushi in honors and sig sighed lied for a I aubi lee in january last hon win vm L webster from oneida county introduced into the legislative assembly of idaho an act tet to repeal the act incorporating the city of franklin the second section of the act reads reeds this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first monday in june 1881 it passed both branches of the legislature isla turo and secured the approval of the governor on the of january last on monday the eth dinst the city council met forthe last time in in solemn conclave lave his honor the mayor joshua hawks esy esq occupied the chair he ho stated the ob eject jentof of the assembly on that occasion viz to diso dissolve olve and after the necessary preliminaries were gone through the council di did dissolve and the city returned to tb its native element it is no more I it expired at 12 midnight it died of w ability inability in I its demise appears to have given more oy joy than its birth inspired for on tuesday night the citizen assembled in their spacious hall and celebrated the event in the dance until the iron tongue of time proclaimed the hour when 11 ghosts ghost and witches are said to make the night hide hideous ons then they retired the e people here are chiefly agri is a coop co op i store whose manager is 14 mr samuel parkinson connected with this institution are the north star mills which occupy two buildings one 30 feet and the other feet feel they contain the washing vats the picking fulling and all other machinery ca line necessary for manufacturing rolls stocking yarns flan flannels ch blankets jeans eans lin cassir neres etc all of which are first class goods good the inai manager lager tl alicy icy turn out yards bards of cloth daily and other articles in large quantities and find sale for t them I el n all there are two other mercantile louic houses in this place one the webster house which is do doing fiig a very thriving business in in general merchandise etc the proprietor of the other house is air mr A taker tf A good blacksmith eliop is is run by the sturdy vulcan J B nash a skillful workman in the thie manufacture of plows harrow barrows s and other agricultural implements H FRANKLIN idaho june |
