Show more about under the bead of A mormon the afton lowa awer pris e of the dinst the I 1 lo 10 ing in relation tt tee mt bif gab burying ground forthe past year there has been correspond erice between the mormon authorities at salt lake and mr A C white in regard to tile erection of a monument td the memory of the dead in this conic tery there are between and graves among them is bishop huntington ve cop from colbas 8 tile fol loIng it was here the cormons mormons made temporary sojourn froin 1846 to and their big field as it was called which sec 7 8 16 17 and 18 containing about 1400 acres of land was situated within its limits atvas enclosed on tile north and caa bides with a good fence of ralli and emles ahila the west and south portions were protected by grand iziver which was its boundary mr white some time ago sold the land occupied as a cemetery and since then has enclosed the lot i ith a substantial fence and ilia work of building tho monument is now in progress the base and first section will beof set with cement and very solia the shaft will be twelve fe i t lii h and be fini in the rough far inscription of the names and dates of the deceased one side mill have the n amo of dishop huntington and a brief history of his zeal and labors for the cause the site of this monument will bd in full view from the tracks of the C 13 Q and C st paul and K 0 a ing tile valley of grand iziver an d will stand out in llie sunlight Oun light of tile present civilization as a st it astory of a strange people to tile passer hr tit 0 a tops to read wit cot I 1 1 0 with striking deflect that here in t it e baet wilder na a raco of people stood a moment to look y and and then jour ell to th stiley of salt lake TO mr A C while tile cormons mormons have been very courteous the let apts from president taylor and elder huntington have been very kindla i mr white bas endean e d to arry out the of tho cormons mormons Mor mons in every respect and aben tile is tone we it will he well done ont will be satisfactory to the friends of those buried there wha have more zeal than has been 1 it on this continent for fifty years when the monument is completed it will be photographed anti cop ies will be furnished to all who lave friends buried there and who have contributed in defraying tile ex pense 11 that the united states are rapidly bec much mord of an in du nation is shown conclusive ly enough ill the growth of the coal production of the rep ublia during 1 I I 1 I 1 ast quarter of a century ceu tury in 1860 the united states raised tons of val in 1870 the output bad to tona and in 1880 it had been fur ther carried to tons The advance in the production since 1880 has been still more rapid tile output of 1883 leaving been 90 tons that of 1884 conf that of 1885 tone an d that of 1886 0 tons it will be peen that tit the ten scars between 1870 and 1880 the output increased to tho extent of tong abilo in tile gix dettre bc tween 1880 and the advance was tons or equivalent qui valent to go increase in the ten years ending 1886 manual training Is now attract gitig much attention in view of tile plain evil of turning boys and girls from school with no know edge fitting thern to begin e arning I 1 0 living the supply of girls anti boys for shops and ollices is infinite but none are hardly abo orre to enter handwork victories fic tories get thit blind ill at thamm soloed |