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General Directory.UTAH COUNTY.This eouufcy was organl-sod in 1332, aUhouub 1t had been setded several YK»rHj;v*eviuiw li tli.Lt UAte. tc Is bOUUdvd on me north by SiO.it Lilkt) coiiBty, on the a*st by Wasatch county, ou the south by tf;inpel,is uad Juxb coiiullea, And o» Wio went by Juab And looele counties.Ttio uoutity bus an area o£ lt;mr 2,iKM aquino miles, mucji oX which is eacelteut i«rinluiriiud meadow hmd, whUetUe ojountaluoua portions aJIord au hbutiUauoe of flnt-ehtis timbei'. UuU county leads the Territory 1» its yield tl burtey, com, bciina, sugar caa«, hay, apples, penis, plums, apricots and shrub fruits. Llic eusu-rn portion Is well watered by copious I reams Ixum the WfLi.itch mountains winch arc uouducU'd by euimls and Irrigating ditches over many ibmmnds of ivcres, the proponr vadu.itlon id tho county Is about twu and a half minions of dollars.* The chics and towns, numbering six** teen, are ranged ulotig jhe notUiotu, eastern aud southern Hliarcs of L-tiih Luke wltJi remarkable regularity. Utah Lake la n body of fresh water With a surface oi about 225 wure miles. Itii well storked with trout,mullet Mid chub which had a ready market, In salt Lake city, I he lake la emptied by the Jordan river which flown into the Great suit Lake.tie c lions ate hold niuiuali? on Che first Moa-day in August. .Sessions of the County Courtbegln cu the first Monday In March, June, September and J»* cumber. ... „ . , . ,. ,,The iwtferiuneTitof the County Is vested in the County Court, eomposiid of tuo Probata Judge, wiiuls ex-ottlcio presiding officer, and three Selectinon, who hold, office fox three years, one hein gelt use n every year. Ilia judiciary power in vented in the Probate Court, presided over bythe Probate Judge, wlm In e Urn toil fi Ion til idly, Tha court in always open. 'the County Clerk Js ex-olilclo Clerk of the Prolate Court, and isfelcrted Wesuilally. , f ,The present population of the County la between 12 Ouu and 20.0 W,rltovo UTY DIEECTOltY.I'rowh couhtyscitolUtah County andb a ^oimSfttlort of uC^ulit* 4tkKJ*. It wsufl bictif-pormdhy act oi ilio Lt^Ltfure, approved April, lMi. Municipal elections. aw belli litaxi* wall/, oo ih$ second MumUy In February ineaco j our.i’rovola pleasantly 'situated on tlio Fsoyq ftirer, at lb* l*we oi Um NYasaieii mourn alas v»hiuli at Hrie point jc»r to a tromemluushcl^t. Ufa by visitor# Iruqu^nUjf flljled Lho Garden city of Uiuh^Elio steals bellipr wall and uni* iojrmly planted wlt3i imuiiernble kinds uCIulL?treeJi.wiiLchreotltrUio tppewaoce of Wo city paaroral,study and eitremely plemnt, Ociu 4hiu*«fr*ritftiU) ui )?r*ivolB tb« Mmnber uf UlrgtiAild elQjtaut dwellings of which It can boast. They acO tiulll mostly of fcufcBtalU,)»l brick, J'fovO was the first to begin. the Cd-opttAtlvft systftin iii the Territory, tins present lt;o-o|iera-fve incrfliintilo institution, established March, 1303, being the first Incorporation of the kind lit Cut), It Is in l'rovo that tho largest woolen mills between Missouri 111wr atnl Hah FraticlHco are m operation. In aUuodrfnoe of water It la in advance of any city or town in (ha Territory, Which reudurs it admirably adapted to the jiur-pospo of mauufacturos.The people of Provo are up to the than Id edncntlODAi matters. They have first'elaei DistrictacliooIs, and tlie llrighata Young Academy, founded by the dial*iu?uftbed and late President of the Mormon Oburch whose name It bears, Is second to no other place of learningr In the Territory,Provo is tne seat of Lit a Pint Judicial District Court, which holdl its sessions be'glctnlng th* third Monday ia February and September la each year, the two other terms—May and November—being bold At Ogden, the ueatcftha northern division of tbs Lis trtet,The Territorial insane Asylum is ejected on a beautiial and commandliiB site east ot l’rovo. The cost of tills structure, wheti completed, wilt he over i^oo.ooo.City Officers.'■Mayor—\Y, H. Dusenberry.Alderman, 1st tVard—A.o. Smoot, Jr.2d M —Walter ycou*• ad » —tv. i, FloberiA,11 4Hi n — Amos Ji. LoldflWAy.Councllan — rflel* Jolmsoa, Itoger PBrrer A.a.Cowuover, Wm, A. Mccuilough, D, Holdaway, W. H. Brown, Jos,T, Mcfewan, P. M.Weutz.Recorder-Veriieo 1^ ltallldayj ireuaurer—John it. Twelves.Attorney—S, It. Thurman.Marshal and Captain of Police—John W* Tut*A^^osaor and CoHector—Edvrard b, Jones, aunroyor—I’hoiniM LayU.Sealer ofWeight* and Measures—Jonh Collier.Wateminstei—Ufiorge W, ugo,SupcrvLior ot Utreetv-W, (, Sperry,DnaranUne Phyvlclati—Jliltou If. llardy. Pound keeper—it. T. TUoinas. seiloh—JoiuiCllea,kTAiairtsa cojtstiTTBTtfi:On A7«ciioi»lt;?—Mes3re, Urown, ilcllwajt end JolvneoR.On the Judiciary—•Measrs, A. L. tfold away, Scott, 8lonooti Wentz and MgCul-lough*On .Finance—Mcaarj.^ Scott,1 Johnson and McCullough;,On. Claims-*Messrs. Day Id Jloldaway Farver and Woalz.Oh Police and Oily Prison— Messrs, Wentz, JjayJd. iioldawny azd Cowtiover. On Public Grounds and City JVt^rcyfy—Mossra. Uoberte, A, D, lloldaway en JHqoit,On Slrreli and Alleys^Mewrq, StnOol, Suutt, Wentz, David llolilawayeml itob-crl?,Chi Jtrtyation-*Ivieasra. I’arrer, A, I). Iloitlarteyt Smoot, Brown and MeCuJ*lough.. On Agriculture .and JtfaMu/acivve— M«m rs^Oown over, Farr or and brown.On Jlailrvttd* and Telegraph IaiIm— Meaara. McCUkmgb, Johfiaoo and Cow-uover. ('On JEnff?QJts(tiff and lyinting—Jdetmrn. Mdtwan, Uoborw and Bin out.Oi* Pules—Messrw. A, D, JFoldawaf, Brown and McEwan, * ,, ; ,4On Ouara«tin*—Maasri. Braait, ltoh»erw Bod ^arrpr,On Cemetery—Meaira. Joh«s6n‘r Cown*ovw And SJeJb^an, tOn Fire J5cjtn»*£jwe«.fr—ifiiaars, fi'cott, A,Jiotduway aud jDavld tToldaway,
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Provo Territorial Enquirer
Provo, Utah, US
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