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Show The County Register Dsvot4 to th Interests and Grow.h of Sai. Pe:e. ' The Cinderella ot Cuunue-s- Ephrsim, Utah, - Aug. 2:, 1890. parative" safety tiieTa dy who woi.Id nut go, arid her husoaiid, H.tchcd tiiis iii id monster of angry waters p, ow it; roa I of destruction down the canyon, and trembled for Mann nestled a, the foot of the hills, in the wry mouth of the gorge. Three thousand teet of slabs were swept before it like shingles end occas-ionally white flashes ot them appear-- e l in the dark rolling tide. In speaking of it afterward the pentlcmari to whom the aothor is indebted for this description. ( Mr. Fred Alder,) said the beauty, gratid- - uer and tenor of such a scene, ton id never be accurately described. and that it was worth a great deal to witness such a s'orm, .This sturni occured on the 19th of Anvils!, an ! was the father of the fir-- disa.-.troii- ilood that visited Mjti'i, an account of the ravages which it perpetrated, having been given to the puldic by the p.toersof that date. j ST )1 M I N TH E V.'A 3ATCM . ; W,:t:r. r.l lh; The party at the saw mill had spent a most agreeable outing, ihe day were fervidly warm, the nignts jdelightiulty cool, a id no lover of nature c iuld ever tire of looking up the l!g slopes crowded with the j niaie.itir , gjtheiing the varied, and lovely 'lowers that bloom iii such rich, unsullied pro-- I fusion" high up on our mountains, at that season of the y. xr; or nfli-ttn-- : ititr to statelv son;:.-- of praha or the solemn dirges played by tiie e 0 shifting idle nim.r.Urn breezes. Five minutes walk and .te was in ' the mid ,t of tra'ckhts's solitude., ten! minutes walk and it was e::Y to im-- ' agin - that ou k ere t';e unlv !ivi;j brine on the f jce of the earth, for 'all of human sight cr sounds. 1 ,ie sawmill, where the pleasure seekers were h.m .rd, was nV.-- p in a. narrow canyon or rather ravine, ana the parallel bills (tit oil the view both north and south to a great ex- - tent, save the sight of their own rock- - ribbed grandeur; bat to the ea.it rose the bare cliftV. of yet loftier j mountain ;, while to the west were zig.ag downward .dopes of the Can- - yon leading to the plains below. It had been a remarkably still day; and a barvmeler would, no doubt, have ..liow.i a very light atmosphere, but the skv was cloud-less. iJeep in the gulch v..' had no ex- - ' tended view of I he heaven-;- , and ' the sun shine down mi tu brightly, uiitil a sionu from the south we ?t J upon us. Dark as midnight, moving swiftly and silently, save fcr an occasional hoarse voire of thunder from its gloomy intend: . with clear, cut ed..'e,the cloud 1. ov- - ed with great "rapidity o I us, its seemingly solid surface lit up now and then with a broad spectra! sheet of blue lightning. Ahniiit before we had time to re- - , asue wnat was aoout to happen, rue cloud rolled over us, and we were in the mid t of that grand display of nature, a thunder storm io the Wa-sa'c-d he clotid, for it seemed to be but one.was fully charged with electricity, and as it covered us as the billows of the sea might roll over the coral reefs, its weight hung upoa t;s like water logged clothes. Titerain seemed to be made all around us, and not to fail, butsiiiip-l- y to condense. The darkness was almost tangible, and the thunder surrounded us on all sides, and under jour feet the solid earth was shaken, Great trees were caught by the fit-jf-blasts and hurled headlong, and the crash of their fall mingled with the rush ofivater and cannonading "'n i'iHuumi' .n&kw LirfllUtUJii. curled an.! rithed in a thousand sinuous rushes along the very earth and the mountain seemed to have j withdrawn from us, and left ds in a wo 1 Id of water. ' In three minutes the hill-side- s were flowing in many rivukts, and :the mill-yar- although very'inuch sloped, were six inches undeV water, The storm passed over us going north-cast- , the rain bee .me less dense, the clouds lifted a little, the thunder sounded further oil, and we could hear the lightning striking here and there on cliffs higher up. We survived the flood, although the summer shelter we called houses had presented no impediment to either falling rain or running streams, A huge lire was immediately start ed in the yard, where the drenched company, who were in fact nearly drow ned, could dry their saturated j clothing. There was no end to the merri- - merit that crystaiized into good na-- t tired jokes, nor to the congratula-tion bandied about that the storm j had been short. Our respite, however, was brief, for upon our alarmed ears fell a successions of sounds such as we had never heard beore, and for which we could assign no cause. If an army of demons had been marching upon us destroying every-thing in their path, the sounds could hardly have been more appalling. Some of the sounds were like agon-ised human cries, choked in the utterance, heavy blows and hoarse sounds of rage from gigantic' throats; shrieks and groans of the same titanic meaiare. arid as a back-ground to these, a sullen roar that can ted with it a conscious power and terror indescribable in human lan-guage. j Nearer and more near tsme the i mighty tumult, growing louder and j more threatening, and to our strain-ed atid apprehensive attention the crushing and grinding of rock and tree, the rolling of huge bould-ers over and over with deafening re-port, the overthrow of mighty trees caving of banks ami rush of water formed an awe inspiring panorama of sound. By this time, five minutes per-haps, the first of the flood appeared some little distance otf.headed by a vast battering rain of uprooted trees. It traveled very slowly, for the writhing,, groaning' twisting timbers formed an almost impregn-- 1 able barrier. j As soon as we divined what it was, the women and younger members of the party were sent to the hill for safety. With one exception they obeyed with alacrity the injunction to go higher; that exception was a lady who stood by her husband, j saying if he stayed she would stay also, if there was danger she would shart it, for if he were killed she did not wish to be left alive. The head of timbers was forty j jeet d eep, and from a j lace of com- ("ther es cf the sane"ind7"so "ceantifu', are improvements c; com; arittvly late date. The rock j above as well as the grave-yar-were both for about thirty years any-thing but an ornament or credit to ' any place. But Manti has taken the lead, as she should do, being ' the oldest iti the family, and the rest of the settlements and cities in our j fair county should follow as soon as ' practicable. j P. at where is trie beautiful park j in Manti or any other town in .San 'Pete? And which of the three riv-al cities ia our county will gain the paim of vi tory in an effort to boast the prettiest public park at the next election and contest? On this point there would need be no hostile feelings 'lisplayed. The ' hotter the contest and the more en-ergetic the efforts put frth, the greater would be the benefit, even to those who came in as second and third best. So time should be lost in taking steps to have a park, or at least a public square in each city and settlement pinned with trees, suffi-cient to afford shade for public gatherings in summer time, and to testify to those, who pass through, our cities, that .Stti Pete, at last has awakened from her lethargy in re-spect to a full sense and appreciat-ion of what i useful and beautiful, and tii.it she is both able and wil-ling to foster it. X 7 ii CxUatttd, T1MLLV SL'CCKSTIOXS. C in rtl. He t v, the i? -- ns r: p. Now that the political strangle, f.ir the present, i, over, it would j crimps be well to direct the intel-lectual forces, thus brought out, in another direction that will display them in a more pleasant light, even than turch-iighl- by putting them to work on enterprises that will make i future generations bicis the memory of those ivho planned anil worked for public benefit more than for their own. Among such enterprises, he laying cut and planting of pub-lic grjtmds, both for the living and the dead, and al.to water-wotk-rhting the streets, etc., may be rank-ed as foremost. At present we will only consider this subject of tree planting for the benefit of the living present and future. Xothing has perhaps received as iittlo atten-tion from the founders of our settle-ments and towns in Utah, as the set- - ting out of ornamental trees and 'shrubberies for public, benefit; and ;) et, it could have been done Ion;', Ion ago. A tree planted ten, fifteen or twenty years ago would have cost but little more than it would co-- t to get one and plant it now; but the j vast amount of benefit and pleasure lost by not doing so, and the dilleretice in value of property if planted then instead of now, ran hardly be estitnatedtyet by eompari-- son, a faint idea may be had. Outside of Salt Lake City, bat! joining it at its southern boundary! I'rest. lirigham Young once owned a farm; and on a forty acre piece of ground he caused to be planted quite a number of tree,s, mostly locusts. The original outlay was but a triile, jiaUlxU!!ijidtin were pro-- I duced from seed, btuOhev grew and the little twigs became big trees. In course of time, the city fathers of Salt Lake saw fit to offer thf Prest. $30,000 for the ground and thus the city obtained its Liberty Park. To-day it could not be bought for ? 100, 000. What made it so valuable? Was it not the trees and the location! The might just as well 'have planted any of the squares in that city then, as Brighaui Young did on his farm, but they did not do it. Now there is much talk about doing what ought have been done long ago, and t.o it is in proportion in nearly all the cities and settle-ments of Utah. During the late campaign about the County Seat, Manti, among other reasons for her clahris to retain what she already possessed, was also her "beautiful graveyard" and 'T link's Lake." As the latter is the result of private enterprise and the location can hardly be consider-ed as a part of Manti, we will pass that by just for the present, and just consider the graveyard, which is now to some extent a credit to Manti. When we make this reserve in the credit claimed by our sister city, we do so from this point, that the improvements which now mnke that piece of grouud an ornament to Manti, and, in comparison with true roi.icv. '1 he f '!i j .vin.r is from the plat fo.-n of t;;e Nebr-sk- a iHtti' ocra'.ic c )!i.e.ition held in Omaha, Ai:j;et t lth.a.id has the true ring. Tic (.ilittMcr, (leiiniuieis t i ie l'rpiib-li- c M tnv i 1 us ii I s .1 m .re ih.:! one liwdrc-- and t.Vi:i:iy !;y in iltoii iicies of Ii - ji.ml e .! r,i on 1 1 railroad corpoi-at- i i.i., an i gieciin t j Allen l T iinuii and his piifv'.ic associate u ij redeemed 71. '. ioo n-- t.t it f 11 p.iple-- . and d'.-i.-i ors' ta n tli(r jjilhl c iloiii on rflinuld be held I A lll .lein.ii ieiiicr and i tt uri 411,1 ii:, p oiv pit );a.lisi .ll.f?0 I. md- - '.luKI'll In till Ihlltpd S.otrS. Ti' L d hill deiioui eet, n lii.t-ni- l pe aioii c . c d e t l.ir,.ind ihe A.istiai mil bailiX SKteiii liuuici'; tiuils .iie l iionueed, ar. i tlm o! United Stales S.m.-- t jri !v Ihe oniie fiv.ifeil, ' 1! es not belie1, a in uiofti uj.oii the llf;dic'!.ire tor me tree cum-- . ' ae uf silver, and f.ivors biyli license! raid local option If these sentiments were endorsed, and generally adopted it would ave cndlcsn complications, and defy j ,s dangers hourly encountered by:' more qnestiorable, and If si honor-- ; able and direct in echo J. Already 1 10 niii;h'of tin: public, "domain has been onsum-.- l bv the .big railroad n mopolte. l'nis is! "" bringing a!-:- tt a siat.-oi-' a.f airs, that inite.li of Aiii.-rirf- i, bvin the proud p.ii't'H)rs of the s:il their! lather's conferred upon them as a pr,Cv'!esi herita--- , b oaht by toili, aid precious blood, tiuy are becom-- ! in.; the servants ot the rich, and1, often foreign au'o.trats, lea ir.g what they shottl 1 own, giving in rents j. tribute, to mo,-;-;- J ers, woritinit nt tl.cir lives in ihoirj service. This coi iiiion of thin.-- 11 eans ' death to America:'! and the p.'rpchutic r. of. Am.'iican me tho Is. While th.'ie companies and rings are ostensibly American, there are many aliens, men who have no interest in this country save io suck the life blood from her heart, and harness her sons to labor that they may live in magnificence in a foreign land are s'ock holders, heavy-owners- , and almost invaribly the j 'jjower behind the throne. f They have no me for America ' nor Americans onlv a.t tliey sttrvj their selfish ends, and there are too many Judasas among our saloons pol iticians and business wen who are willing to sell the best interest of their country' and countrymen, for i t liT'i if-f- f- That the people should elect their aibleit nun far ti sponsible positions yino will gainsay, but to elect a I m ir.'jrely for the brilliancy of his ifr"'"- - ability or acquired talent, f without any cjaiieruti.t as to his S honor, and is to ' fdace great power in bis hands for d ling evil, without bonds. It is about time, too, that we dis-card the way we bavi a looted of electing by proxy, or what is know,) as the electoral vote,' arid return to American prin-ciples and methods. To protfe the preterit system a per-version of those principles, we have but to refer to the presidential elec-tion between Hayes and Tilden, and later, th Cleveland and Harrison cc ntcst. In each of these cases the man who received the pop-ular vote, was ousted 0:1 the elec-toral vote. In each of these cases, the m nor ty ru'ed the majority, the man who was the favorite of the people was relegated to private life by a sslfish and tin-- a neriean minor-.ity- , and the people were defrauded of their birthright. High tariff may aUo be counted among the abuses which power in-flicts on the people, and the frte coinage of silver will affect none adversely accept tho money sharks, men who have fed S3 long on the la-- of tluir fellows, and grown so fat, that a change for them can hardly bs considered an injury to them. The Nebraska Democrats have struck it about right. T :tSj j CO-OPERATI-VE i MERCANTILE : INSTITUTIONg i j North and South. Dry Goods of all descriptions. UnU and caps boots and shoes, both home made and imported. Clothing a specality. Groceries, including Dixie Molasses, and Dried Fruits; Crack-ers and fish. Our Hardware Department contains an immenae stock of Tools for Mechanics; also tools for Farmers such as Shovels, Spades Picks, Hoes, Forks and Itakes. Glassware, Queensware, Wooden ware; Medicinesj Drugs; Paints and Oils; Well Piping and Shingles. Yonr patronage is always appreciated, no matter hov( small . your piinjLaae. Yft may y?st assured it will be. our constant fT aim to give our Customers the best goods that can be orjtiine ... - for the money, lyour Child will be treated as courteouslyw 'r ' yourself. J. A. AXDEISSON, Supt- - OLEOLSEN AGENT FOR D. M. OSBORNE. Binders, Mowers and Coats Hay llakes. Extras and Twine constantly on hand One Block Eii8t,and one half Block North of Co-op- . 4.cH.7 SiMebakor Bros. Maifg Co. Curtice Reposiior, 33 and 35 Main Street, nd Branch Home, cornet Stile Road and Second South Street. The Finest Carriage Display in the Territories, Light mi He vy IVgons in Evty Style tht is M d e. Vehiclt for Public and Private Vie in All Varieties and Pricei. ALSO AdBNTS FOR The Whiteley, Champion and Pianu Harvesting Mechines and ra f. C. I. Case Threshers Horse-Power- . Engines and Mills. Weil, Morrisoii, Meikel and South Bend Plows, Hay Rakes Frazier Road Carts and Harness of All Kind. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Prices. 12 6 J. P. Meilstrup, Ephraim, Agent. TIL DE SKANDINAV1SKE HEI.LIGE. I Forbindelse med (let 40 actrige Jubelaeum.som agtes afholt i Ephraim, den i4de og isde September D. A. har undertegnede Komitce anset det passende, at indbyde de .skandinaviske Ilellige til, vid velvillige Bidrag at tilvejebringe en Peugegave for Eldste IH-- Hanson, som er den eneste nulevende af dc TJrodre, soui i 1350, bragte Evangeliets velsignelsesrige. Budskab til vort Fodeland, isair da han nu er svag af Alderdom og i trsen-gend- e Kaar. Paa en saadan Maade, tro vi vor G!a:de ogTaknemme!ighed vil vise sig sand og oprigtig, ligesom den levende Tro ma ledsages af gode Gjerninger. I det vi herved fremlaegge denr.e Del af vort Program for vre skandi-naviske Brodrc og Sostre, fole vi os overbeviste om at det vil fi, en vel-viili- g Imodekommen i alie Dele af Landet, hvor der ftndes skandnavtske Hellige. "Mange Totkke smaa Danne en stor Aa." . ' Ephraim, Aiigust, 1 890. L. S. Anderson, Bp. C. C. N. Dorius, Bp. J. F. F. Dorius, N: C. Christiansen, C. C A. Christensen. Undertegnede ar.bcfaler deune Indbydeise af janske Hjerte. j , A. H. Lund, Apostle, j KNti Peterson, President for Sanuete Stav. i Bidraj; i ovenmrvut; Ojemed bedes lilsundt Komijeeu, om muligt inden den i3de September, adresserct til! C. C, A. Christensen, IF.phraim, Utah. , Secretary, ! I - .V. t - ft 1 us p.i K vfivt (u 1,11 jc A.sioitucut il mt u,cn ivtiiit- - ,u LAWNS, PERCALES, SEERSUCKERS, DRESS, " , GINGHAMS AND SATTEENS, AND ALL THE LEADING FABRICS FOR THE SEASON. 39 A Full L'ne of K9 CHOICF HOSIERY - I Now on H.ud. 3 Kibbons, Laces and Notions g IN CKKAT VAK11.TY. . CALL AXD EXAMINE QUALITY AND PRICES. , A Complete Assortment of Merchandise Always on Hud. Teasders I Stores, Mftin Street.Salt Lake City . 12 1 The people of San Tete County ate to be heartily congratulated on account of the health of our citizens as reported by the various Bishops, at the conference held at Mt. Pleas-ant, and which appears in detail elsewheie in this issue. The death rate for the last three months has hard')' exceeded one in a thousand; and the greater part of those have been from extreme oh! age. There is absolutely no sickness among the people. ASl'RAN'GE TRADITION. Am in.,' the Seminole Indi.mt there is 4 smnioi ujiiition regarding the while in. iii's onin and suoerioritv. i hey say hn the Great SjJ-n- t made trie eaitli he j'4o nude thiee men. all 01 whom wets (,111 ciimplexiniieiJ, and thut after making ' them he led them to the margin of a sm.ill Like, and bade them leap in and wisli. One ui yed, and came out put-e- r and i.ioer than hetoie; Hie second hcstitaiiiii; a moment, dunnj whicn time tli water, .imitated by the fust, had lieeome mudJieJ, and when he b.unel. lie came up Cupper-culoic- the third did n it ieai until the viatei becfime bUck ioi in lid, and he came 111 wuh nis own color. The n the Gieat Spitil laid liiree packages, and out uf pity for his iiiislortuiies 111 color, stave tine t l.ictc man the l'nst ciioice. He tonli I10IJ ol each of the packages, and ruvmg lelt the weight chose ihe iieaviesi; the cupix-i-- it "led man chose ujo next I UecViiMit. the wltit m.i the hjjhitsi. hii me j'iackas.;r'r, it:ie upen ed the i'nst iaie was found to c imam ;sp,ii!ts, liocs, and ill ihe iniplt-m-iii- s 01 laii-'i- ilir secur.d ,ifctiwiaipc:d luiutiii, and unlike afipai .us; tl:e liiii-- gave the wmie nun pens, inks, and IJ.iper.i he engine of l lie mind the means of mutual, mental improvement, the social link of Inmiitii'ty. die foundation of the white nun's superiorly. Uarves i in this co tnty is at leat dir.'i weeks earlier t lis year than Sj "stial, partly owing to the early -- pring, and partly to the dry the repom.at conference jnd thether sources, thj Rkgistek ii tfut San J'ete has njver had such a bountiful harvest. It is well for our farmers to bear in mind that this is far from being the case in other grain growing districts, ail the price of grain u likely to advance..' The Rkoistkr will en-deavor to keep its readers infi rmed as to market changes. ' We believe that with :.:! the energy displayed and disinterested patriotism claimed bv the recent contestants for the County Seat, should a cew law be framed making it obligatory on the settle-ment best qualified to do So, to build the Court Hoase at their own etpense, and the salari-- s of all the officers' in the county cat down from one half, to two thirds, so that thev w.r.ild be on a level with other voca-tions, patriotism would be at a t, and politics would get a rest. The funeral of the late James E. :e will be held at the residence of his lather, H ui J l 11 L. Caine, 75 B street. SjniJ iy nor" at 11 o'clock. Mr. C.iinc n tupected from Washington on (lis morning train. Mrs, Came, mother o! iic uec ft ed, h is been heie some time, and was vmiii hei ton during his lus--t ttif |
