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4A Creamery and a Cram Sta tion to be Built—Shooting Contest Triday— Other Items Joseph A. West, whose card ap pears in this paper, spoke at Sabbath school Sunday. The stock holders of the Opera lease company $s their annual meeting last Monday evening. Frank Stevenson, who has been sick for several months, is now slow ly improving in health and it is to be hoped that he will soon enjoy the best of health again. Prof. Wm. Br. Stewart of the Utah University, delivered the best lecture of the season before a very large and attentive audience Sunday evening at the meeting house. His subject was “Moral Courage.”’ More real estate men were in town the first of the week talking about buying land; they have $50,000 they wish to invest in soil in our city. They think Farmington is admirably locat ed for manufacturing purposes. Mrs. Catherine Thomas, a lady of 84 years, had a cancer removed from the side of her right hand last Satur day it being the third that she has been trebled with. Dr Rich, of Kays ville, performed the operation. Messra. Rogers and Turner have taken a contract to build one mile of grade for the G.S.L. H.S.Ry. com pany, and commenced at the north end of the line to work south. Thhey began work on Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Robinson, Jr. gave a quiet, family, wedding recep tion at the home of the bride’s par ents on Friday evening last. The Mil itary band kindly remembered them with a few lively airs. Joseph Walker has been very busy about the court house the last few day improving the lawn and making preparations to plant some choice rose trees; he always delights in beautifying these premises. ‘This is just as it should be. Joseph Walker, the court house janitor, showed the Clipper corres pondent four samples of shale in the court room, which had been brought there to show to the county court for it to select the kind which it might think best for the reads. It varied much in appearance and in the qual ity of hardness. Last Saturday the first miner's tent was noved into Farmington can yon for the purpose of commencing work on the ‘*New Years’’mine. ‘There are two miners there, one of whom, Mr. Henry, from Ogden, is considered one of the best miners in Utah. He speaks well of the outlook. Several camps are waiting for the song to recede so they can commence work. Several of our citizens manifest a desire to beautify their dooryards with lawns, ornamental trees, shrub bery, plants, etc., this spring. On Monday Mr. Wilford [ess was seen hauling sod from the court house with which he was forming the mar gins of his proposed grass patch and City Recorder Abbott had 4 man en gaged plowing in front of his house preparatory to sowing grass seed. Monday evening a couple of our Utah National Guards were seen marching up the street p sf She Co op atore carrying a large target, an enquiry as to what it meant, our re porter was informed that their Salt Lake brethren had accepted the dhal lorge sent them for another shooting contest witch would take place the next Soiday at 1 p .m. and that from 75 to 100 people would be up from the metropolis to witness the affair An officer said that all the country was invited to be present. ‘There is some talk of our company changing from infantry to cavalry. Kit Branning has let the contract to Thomas Hughes and sona for the erection of 426x42 foot brick cream ery buiking to be after the latest styles with the latest modern creamery improvements which is to stand near his residence in North Farmington. Mr. Manning has been in the business on a small scale for the past twenty years so tere can be no doubt of the success of his undertaking. He has been milking from fifteen to twenty cows for that number of years but when his build ing is erected he can handle the milk from 250 to 800 cows. Work will com mence next Friday. Farmington is now to have a cream station instead of a cheese factory as at first talked of. Seth C. Jones of, in Kaysville creamery, has identified himself with the organization and has taken considerable stock and has agreed to purchase all the cream pro duced for the next three years to come. All the station is calculated to be used for is to separate the cream from the milk the former being taken o te Kaysville creamery to be made up into butter. ‘The following are some of the men who have taken stock in the new concern: Bishop Secrist, John Walsh, E. 2. and A. L. Clark, E. KF. and W. W. Richards, David and Wilford Hess, Seth C. Jones, 13. F. Knowlton Sr. and Jr., Charles Miller and John Preece. They expect to commence work about April 1st, erecting a frame building whose dimensions will be 14x24 feet. tts to be built on Charles Miller’s place down next to the Big creek. It is to be hoped that this will prove to be a grand success. PROBATE ORDERS. Estate of W. J. Barnes, deceased, order made authorizing the adminis trator to convey certain real estate. Estate of Elisha B. Millard, deceas ed, court rendered a decree in the matter of the pretition of the widow for letters of administration and that the letters heretofore issued to R. B. Millard be revoked and ordered that the jetters be revoked as prayed for and issued to the petitioner upon for filing a bond in the sum of $150 and taking the oath as required by law. This case was heard before his honor. Attorneys Lear and Larsen of Ogden appearing for R. Is. Millard and CLE. Pearson for the widow. There is likely to be asequal to the Millard estate as the son has com menced suit in the ‘Third District court against the widow and two oth ers to recover certain real estate which he claims was deeded to lim by the deceased in his lifetime and the deed Placed in the hands of P. P. Terry. ‘The suit will be stubbornly contested on the parties in interest claim to have purchased the land in contro versy and received deeds therefor from the deceased which deeds are a matter of record. Attorney Loar, of Ogden, is retained by the plaintiff and Meyers, Pearson and Raighn for the defendants, advisable to organize a company to sell the products of the farm and garden. The school taught by Miss Butts closes next Friday. A gay time has been planned for the pupils in the way of a dance to take place in the after noon and the older ones will partici pate in the same kind of enjoyment in the evening. Wall step ladders may been seen in some orchards and large numbers of twigs and branches on the ground which shows that the peoples are be ginning to take some interest in prun ing their trees and if the spraying is properly done the result will more than likely be a good fruit crop this SCI30N,. There will not be so many tomatoes grown here this year as were grown annually for several seasons past courseu by the heavy sosa sustained by the growers through the cannery at Ogden going bankrupt. It is said that Thomas Peek lost as high as $100 and that there were some other peo ple who lost nearly as much as he did. South Weber, March 25th, 1895.
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Bountiful Davis County Clipper
Bountiful, Utah, US
Thu, Mar 28, 1895
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