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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 546 The Wales of today is a colony of honest, industrious and hospitable farmers, stockraisers and woolgrowers. The town has a population of about 500 people, most- ly of Welsh extraction, and is noted for its peaceful and quiet rural character. In the early '60s the Co-op store was started, and afterward incorporated with a capital stock of §2500. This is the chief financial institution of the place, carrying a stock of $1000, in general dry goods, groceries and farm machinery, and doing a business of §4000 yearly. In '98 a creamery was added to the store business, munity. and The its benefits are felt throughout the com- officials of this institution are: Henry R. Thomas, president; Thomas D. Rees, vice-president; A. R. Lamb, secretary and treasurer; Thomas Edmunds, manager, with Thomas G. Edmunds, Samuel Dye and Alfred W. Lamb, directors. The mercantile efforts are strictly co-operative, and in early days the spirit of co-operation was noticed in every enterprise. The irrigation enterprises are incorporated under the laws of the State, and managed by the most representative citizens. The Wales Irrigation company was incorporated April 15, 1889, with a capital stock of $2740. The West Point Irrigation company, with a capital stock of $7660, was incorporated March 4, 1889. The Deseret Irrigation company, with a capitalization of $5000, wasun- corporated May 10, 1892. The Silver Creek and Sanpitch Reservoir cbmpany, with a capitalization of $7000, was incorporated May 14, 1898. These companies control and distribute the water supply for the numerous fertile farms owned by the thrifty and industrious people. ward A was organized at the first setand Bishop John E. Reese has had of Latter-day Saints tlement of the place, control of its ecclesiastical affairs ever since, being an honored and much-appreciated man. Wales has always maintained good schools and em- |
