The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1851-11-25
The Mormons.


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, Dispatch:
Eighty miles above The great city, Bear river
: breaks through II s'upenious mass Of tock. -
} This fiver winds It's dcvons course through
, rch allnvial bottom affOrding luxurious pasture
To numberess herds of cattle aud horses. Eve
ry little sfresii, j. dptied with houses, ,ba,as ant
field adjoining them; on The large streams ,h,
dwellings are in clusters. around for', with saw
and erlst mills, the different mechanics needed
mostly in new settlement, forming villages
with their places Of Worship aud school hoos-
es.
All the water coming from the maintains Is
made use OF for irfigating their fields, which
although bat recently made, promise on further
mails great yields Of grain aud veg tables. Most
OF the improvements in this region have been
| made last spring; the experience in the use al
water for irrigation, time of applying il To crops
IN constructing dilches aud dykes, was but very
| limted in fact. il was bui mere experiment
with the farmers; but in spite oil all his they
have raised good crops as are met with else
where. Whea', oats, barley. have yielded a.
bundanlly OF the finest grains. Meloos and all
the vines aie in perfection, and Vegetables flour
ish likewise, the climate and soil sulliDg iropi
cal productions.
Should their experiments with the grapevine
&c succeed, Of which there is but little doub',
they will be able TO supply their rapidly in-
creaslng population with all the nesesssries and
most OF the luxuties other countries enjoy
While the land or old shore OF the lake q, the
attitude Of three or four hundred feet above rhe
plain, brings foith all The productions Of the
temperate zones. and still higher up, the cedar,
pine, juniper, and other eyergreens of a north
ern cline flourish; hardwood, however, is
scarce, species Of maple being the only na-
tive; but chesnut woad thrive here and yield
as good timber and fruit as any Of tho slopes
of The Appenines
The pas,urage on the plains. as well as on The
beach land aad sdehills, Is iuxurisnt, equaed
for fatening qualities only by that Of CsIifor-
MIA having the advantage over this country OF
the verlure extending to the tops Of most OF the
mouuiains
In the way OF minerals they are we'll provi.
ded. A geographical survey has brought 10 |
light 40 inexhauslible bed Of stone coal, the |
specimens Al the State House equaliog New
castle coal; iron ore, with vain Of silver run.
ing through il. which later alone woul. pay for |
working; gold in small quantities and pIatins.
a very rare aud valuable metal, arc found; and |
traces of copper and zinc have been discovered.
Their mineral springs are famous. liiIle as they
have been lried; they proved elicacious in
some cases of long Standing, and their analysis
nhows them equal TO the best aud most resort
ed 10 OF the old county.
The country only needs thorough investi-
CATION ond hands enough to deveiope its re-
sources. and lhe population will be independ
ent Of supplies from other Yuarrors. Should
hey succeed in getting their grand system Of
irrigation Conducting the River Jordan by ca
lal 10 tie city, distance of 25 miles along the
DOT of The Hnountains.) an immense scope of
and will be brought uuder the influence of ir-
igat'on, besides vast water power for machine
y, which viii give support and employment TO
lie old inhabitants as we'll as the new accession
i 1000 or $500 souls OF the present years
migration. swelling The population of the val
ey, inclusive Of the settlement Of Ulah Lake,
Sand Pitch, Bear aud Weber Rivers, to between {
and 1900. a