Show LUND activities interesting news new items from our sitter sister town on the railroad feb 19 1916 professor milton urse une has a number 0 of f timely remarks in the following a article the editor of the turn times es certainly struck it right when he called this town busy lund 11 there are not many people here to but at they make up in quality what they lack in quantity why I 1 dont g get ed lonesome here many of my fay f friends ask why I 1 dont take a run over to cedar or parowan carowan Pa rowan or some other place where there is something ora e thing doing it would not better matters there is a bunch of dry farmers in town every day or so and they are a jolly sociable bunch too every man is elated ov over er the prospects of the coming season the people rf of the eastern part of the county had better get busy or the land they thought was worthless will be producing more than those good old fat fai out ms that we people of iron county think cant be beaten A person living in lund is 13 in closer connection with the bus iness of the whole county those old smoke wagons that go eo by many times a day help more mare than we are willing to admit the life and bus new ness of the place lund is the best besl station the salt lake route has in this part of the state and the railroad trains make a fellow feel he be is noi not so an far from the rest of the world as he feels when he be cant even hear the whistle I 1 am associating more closely with the boys and girls of this town they area are a fine bunch of children full of life as strong and healthy as you find any place they have many good exciting stories to tell as well as witty jokes and still when it comes to work they are right there ever ready still the time goes a little slow for them sometimes as one remarked the other day he said mr has that clock been wound up to day teacher yes I 1 think so why pupil we well 11 it seems to me its about run down it il goes so slow we are going to tc start training for those athletic stunts soon and when it comes to compare us with the other schools of the county I 1 think they wil will I 1 find us not so slow A L bailey district manger for the bonneville lumber co at milford modena and lund came here wednesday he and manager spurge spurgan of the lund yard made a trip to cedar parowan carowan Pa rowan and the D dixie I 1 I 1 country and returned to lund saturday S t aa they report prosperity and progress all over southern utah and the file prospects are for the greatest amount of building that this section has ever seen the parowan carowan people had the proper idea in bringing a band and charus to help make merry and it suggests the thought that if other localities calit cali ties es would do likewise there would be ten days daya of real mat pleasure as aall ell as real instruction and would help to increase the attended at greasy A little real m music 1 vocal id cc affer or instrumental before a and n after will draw people to a lecture the same as to a sermon the last of the round up visitors passed through lund this evening and filled all hotels during the dinner hour it required several several extra autos from cedar to bring them over although bigger than ever this thin year it ia a too bad that sit alt southern utah does not attend these instructive sessions ses siona in a body parowan carowan certainty certainly made a hit at the roundup the state and national govern ant send bend us the best men they can get to instruct us as and all adt tree free of charge and yet many are indifferent H J do bill I 1 left for far the lake tonight on a short business trip the tractor engine has haa surely mine came to 0 stay and the continental will meet us half halfway way the farmers farmer are out clearing their Thap land plowing lowing and making preparations for spring planting we have ideal weather condi conditions tims for the lost last few weeks and indication are for far rood good crops fall rye la is sto spooling oling and the winter snows have done wonders for all fall planting the copper zone mining co of newcastle will ill start work in a week eek after the winter inter close down there are few tractors ana and pump ing plants at present but the prospects are for many farmers install ing pumping plant shortly mrs H B spurgan and daughter wilt will arrive in lund to make their home here soon mr spurgan is lj manager for the bonneville Bonne villo lumber co the continental oil co cc is con sul ernig the installation of a distillate tank at lund lun d to t the he tractor and well men here mr and mrs sam castle have gone to california for an indefinite stay mr J E stores has taken mr castles place as operator at the S P L A and S L the shearing corrals are being overhauled for the rush which will start in april the sheep are in good condition and as the grass and brush is ia growing nicely there seems to be no worry among sheep men dr marco of pioche shipped 20 tons of copper ore from his mine in dixie today he says saya it will run from 22 to 60 percent copper this is the first ore shipped and accord ing to samples the mine proved a wonder commissioners MEETING board 13 a r d of f county commissioners met no m regular ular session on february ath and business was waa transacted tc as a follows aa an appropriation was made for taxes of mrs wm win morris morna who should haa bad a remittance of that amount on her 1015 taxes at the time the board of equalization met the county treasurer was instructed to procure bond from the company making the best rate to him in the sum of and to require adequate bonds from the bank in which the county funds are deposited the clerk was instructed to place an order for far 3 cap copies ot of the 1911 session laws and 6 copies each of the 1913 and 1915 laws lawa for the justices of the peace and constables in the county also to place an order for ounces of strychnine to be distributed proportionately to the various towns of the county an order was entered abolishing the office of county surveyor for the present year because there la is nothing required of that office and therefore no necessity for paying the salary the county road supervisor was instructed to collect all delinquent poll taxes and to allow the delinquents to work out that tax if they 90 a desired the clerk was instructed to write to the republican precinct chairman at paragonah Para gonah and ask him to call a meeting in that precinct to select and recommend someone for the appointment of justice of the peace an ordinance was passed designating what shall be considered a legal fence in iron county and also an ordinance providing for the taxing of dogs in the county and outside of incorporated cities aad ad the clerk clark was instructed to hae same published in both papers published to in iron county |