Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-08-31

the pure mountain waters for irri-
eating and other purposes thus
constituting the only city, perhaps,
in the world where one is tempted
ii d hot day 10 drink cut Of the gut
tiers, and which one is perfectly safe
in doing at any time, so far as any
fear. of filth is concerned. These
artificial rivulets are a most agreea-
BILE feature of the City OF Saints,
and lend an air OF health and clean
illness to the entire surroundings
which nothing else could. There
are no artificial sidewalks or pave
ment of nothing but the
natural gravelly bench, which has
become worn and washed OF in many
places till it is about as rough as a
eobble-stone manufacture hence
the sidewalks are hard on valley-tan,
and to the thinly-soled, because very
tiresome. Besides, these wide
blocks and streets, thinly inhabited,
scatter city of twenty-odd thous-
and inhabitants over large area of
real estate, and one is compelled to
do considerable walking in the abb
sence of street cars, etc. The water
in the cutters is convenient for
sprinkling sidewalks, etc., which,
with sweeping, are rendered hard
road to travel in the business por-
ton of the city especially. With
the shade and fruit trees, and extern
sive plan of city, tits one of "mag-
nificent distances lin more than one
sense Ito that of sight and smell,
there is nothing offensive :; no dark
or narrow alleys to feel way
through at any hour; no street
brawls and drunken carousals to
disturb the sleeper, or scarce any
sound but the rustling of leaves and
ripping of water,-and The pure
mountain air should satisfy the taste
of The most fastidious. For lack Of
lumber and timber for fencing,
there 10 much stone wall of the COM
posi.e or cobble-stone order, in use
in and about the city; where this
wall shuts off the eyesight from pri-
vate residences, there is an air of
exclusiveness, in connection with
polygamous associations, that sug-
gests the idea of a Turkish harem or
seraglio. Those blocks occupied by
the higher dfgnitaries, are generally
well incfosed in the above manner,
and one cannot help commenting on
the fact. Formerly, the entire city
was enclosed by stone and mud
wall six or eight feethigh. from four
to two feet thick, as a protection
against the Indians in early days
certainly couldn't have been intend
ed for any defense against anybody
else. The block in which the New
Tabernacle and Temple are built
and in course of Construction, is To-
Gated about midway of the city east
and west. and near the second bench
overlooking the city from the north,
and on which are but few residences,
although Il is the more commanding
view for that purpose. Temple
Block has high and substantial
wall, somewhat limiting at ornament
alton. It is intended otherwise as
the center of the city, and the streets
are named and numbered according
ly:-as North, South, East and West
Temple streets then I'd N. S., E.
and W. Temple, etc., etc. The
block east Of Temple contains Brig
hams residences and place of BUSH
ness generally 1.-THE lion and beehive
houses), the tithing house, Deseret
/ News Church 'newspaper) printing
establishment, &C., &c. The rule