MOUNT PLEASANT The Business of a Thriving Burg

The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, March 27, 1892, 

MOUNT PLEASANTThe Business of a Thriving Burg

The Immense Lumber and Wool Interests
List of Her Principal Houses

Mount Pleasant dates her history back

to the 29th day of April 1859 when seven

pioneers with their families located on

what is now the city creek. It has had its ups

and downs but finally it has come in ahead

of any of its neighboring towns as regards

population and it would have been the capItal 

of Sanpeto were it not so far east and

north of the center of the county

The resources of Mt Pleasant are legion

and peer with those of any of our southern

towns Agriculture is tho leading pursuit

hero being between 7000 and 8000 acres

under cultivation embracing grain fruit

produce and all kinds of hay lucerno being

that most largely grown Tile clip of wool

reaches beyond the half million mark

The population of Mt Pleasant Is rated

2320 but it is thought this should be

nearly 3000

The principal industry outside tho agricultural

cultural is lumber there being no less than

a dozen sawmills owned by the citizens of

Mount Pleasant Coal mines are located east of the city

ample for her needs they will eventually

nncl other markets The sheep interests

are no small items there being no less than L

150000 sheep who traco their ownership to Lt t

Mt Pleasantites

The educational status of Mt Pleasant is I

one of its best features and should be 1

noted more fully than space will now per

mit but brief mention must bo made of

lie Wasatch academy an institution established 

about seventeen years ago by the 

Synod of New York a benevolent 

organisation and sustained by contributions  

from the Presbyterians and others of Mt

Pleasant The new building at once strikes

the visitor as being a monument of credit  

to its founders This temple of learning is

of brick two stories covering an area of

49x01 feet with well equipped recitation

rooms on the first floor and a music room

library and laboratory on the second to

gether with temporary living apartments

for those in charge The academy man

agement havo secured the services of

Prof I N Smith an efficient teacher

and graduate of Ann Arbor Michigan

who is also well versed in what constitutes

a gentleman and a friend hence once a

pupil ever a I friend in this school This

popular quality is also enjoyed by his able

corps of assistants in the lower branches of

education from tho chart classes to the

high school A course of nine years is  

necessary to graduate or three years in

each department There is   at present an

attendance of one hundred and fifty pupils I

and Prof Smith feels very much encouraged 

 with his laudablo work.

The professor has taken time to establish
what is called a Young Mens Columbian 

club the object of which is the

dissemination of literature moral and

social science and politics discussion of

these subjects being a decided feature A

Chautauqua circle is also an emanation

from this college which however includes

some outside the institution and has for its

object the literary and educational inter L

ests of its members This circle has a

membership of twenty and is much en I

joyed The Wasatch academy has a de

partment under the management of Mrs

A L Burnett called the Girls Home

whose object is to give a home for young

ladies from a distance attending school

domestic instruction is the special feature

of this branch.

THE METHODIST SCHOOL

is presided over by a bright young lady

Miss Nora Omenn who besides being well

adapted to her duties is a devout Christian

and loses no opportunity to encourage

those under her care to keep in the line oi

their duties from her standpoint and she is

also a thorough musician Hud maims the

divine art a feature of the course of in

struction

THE MT PLEASANT PYRAMID

is a bright newsy weekly that is independent

 from every standpoint being fearless

to express itself on any subject of public

interest It makes a specialty of allowing

the Mormons the privilege of independence

and is under no Liberal lash It is owned

by Boydon Brothers Anderson three

young gentlemen work rs and practical

newspaper men and printers hence the

paper is a creditable sheet throughout

The president of the Saupete county

DEMOCRATIC CLUB

is located at Mt Pleasant Mr Ferdinand

Ericksen Ho is also prosecuting attorney

for the county and is decidedly one of the

brightest young lawyers and Democrats in

the county

Dr S H Allen a rising young M D is

located at Mt Pleasant and with Dr W

W Woodring another Democrat

constitutes the medical fraternity of Mt

Pleasant and surrounding towns

Mt Pleasant Business Men

M G Rolph is one of the most enterprising 

young men of Sanpete county and

as a merchant is well rated commercially

On July I5 I891 Mr Webb Green took an

interest in the business which is now one

of the most flourishing concerns in the

town They ship on an average of about

thirtyfive cases of eggs per week and re

cently sent a carload of live chickens to

California Their store is located in the

very heart of the business center and their I

stock is most complete in all that is known

as general merchandise including all the

novelties in this seasons market such as

valentines Christmas novelties fireworks

masks etc As before intimated they do

an immense export trade in grain produce

eggs poultry and lumber They enjoy the

credit of being the first store in town to

discard scrip and make cash their circulating

medium

Tho Mount Pleasant hotel is recognized

as being the best in town and a visit to this

popular home for the traveler shows the

veracity of the statement Mrs A P

Omenn the hostess is one of those kind

motherly ladies who make all her guests

feel like blessing her for her many kind

little acts of kindness that cannot be

bought in any of the hotels on the road

She is ably seconded by the entire family

all joining to make the weary comfortable

A short distance south of Main street

lands a neat little store where we find a

choice stock of dry goods groceries  

and china ware a courteous reception is

accorded by those in charge The store

we refer to is owned by Larsen Brothers  

three young men well known in Mount

Pleasant bavins been born there and

grown up with the city The establish

ment of their business was a venture that

t heir judgment told them would bo profitable

which subseqbently proved to be correct

and the result showed that their judgment

was not at fault Mr Lauritz Larsen the

manager obtained his experience acting in

the capacity of clerk in several of the local

stores and his commercial abilitv and care

ful management coupled with his good

uying qnahties insure a good fresh stock

at prices to suit the most exacting customer

omer They do an exclusive cash busi

ness and are on the high road to prosperity

Martin Reinheimer a familiar figure n

Mount Pleasant and Spring city having

been a drug dispenser and proprietor of

the Capitol saloon has pulled up stakes

and will hereafter run a drug store in

Marysvaie the coming mining town Mr

Reinheimer is an adept at making friends

and will without doubt count them by

egion in his new field Success to you

Martin

The Mount Pleasant planing mill with

Messrs Hanson Lee its proprietors is

ocated l on the street leading Irom the depot

and enjoys the distinction of being the

pioneer steam saw and planing j mill in San

pete county They have a shop in connec

tion with the mill in which a complete sot

of machines for all kinds of scroll sawing

shaping turning etc can be seen

The immense lumber interests of Mount

Pleasant are so well known that comment

is   unnecessary but among the principal

lumbermen are found Messrs Hanson

Sink  Co who had command at the

foundation of the business and about six

months ago established a most complete

and well equipped lumberyard and planing

mill which was a most neces

sary auxiliary to the Mt Pleasant 

building interests The contractors and

builders recognized their enterprise 

inasmuch as they have a most encouraging busi

ness and outlook The keep an immense

stock of nice finishing lumber hand and

do all kinds of sawing planing and 

machine work including moulding matching

rustic work etc They have aiJohorse

steam engine which they find totally in

adequate to their increasing business and a

new one is ordered which will be fully half

as large again

The Lee Seely Lumber company is the

chief lumber company in the county and is

a source of surprise to thoso passing

through from the immense piles noticed at

their lumber yard near the depot Their I

mill located about twelve miles east has all

capacity for running out 1100000 feet in

one season They havo a stock on hand of

about 3000000 feet and have a market

reaching all over the county Their trade

did reach to Salt Lake until the new timber 

law cut off their outside market

Rosenstone Brother late of Nephi

have opened up their Chicago bargain

store in a good location on Main street

These gentlemen are well known for their

active enterprise and soon commanded a

good trade in their line which comprises I

all kinds of novelties dry goods boots

slices tinware jewelry optical goods etc

all of which they sell at prices unknown to I

this part of Utah on the strict Chicago

basis in fact Mr B S Kosenstone is now

in  the east on his annual business trip 1

purchasing goods for this and their brand

store in Richfield This store is in charge I

of Mr A Rosenstone

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