The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-10
THE MUDDY.
ST. JOSEPH, Feb. Sd, 1883.

stiffs left that froze to death on the 18th
of January. send them down here and we
will thaw them out for you. Barring
few days in January, during which raw
north wind prevailed, the Fall and VIM
ter, so far, on the Muddy have been sur
passingly warm and delightful From
early in the Fall till late in the Spring
the atmosphere is balmy-a cloudless
sky, mild Syrian sunshine by day and
mellow moonlight by night, are the
blessings of all the good folks that live
in Natures paradise. While we read Of
our neighbors only hundred miles away
sitting up all night by big FIRE to keep
from freezing to death, we go out to
pillow in our shirt sleeves, and are glad of
it. Some say this is not healthful
climate. The sanitary condition of the
people here at present would seem to in
dicate that between health and sickness
there is about poise, for everybody
that is not afflicted with the measles,
epizootic or blues, or some of the six
local ailments, are all hunkadore in the
enjoyment of good health and prosperity.
The Mormons continue to come in from
Utah. They generally buy their ranches
from Gentiles who seek new pastures
There is little doubt that the Mormons
will have displaced the Gentiles entirely
in another year or two. Those already
here are industrious, intelligent, law
abiding and companionable, also good
managers and possess the means requis-
lite to conduct their ranches in good
shape. They have purchased Belongs
ranch at St. Thomas, and own all
the Overtown country, where on the old
townsite they are laying off new Zion.
Should they succeed in negotiating
purchase of the Logan and Jennings
property, they would then have the
cream of the Valley, the remainder of
which would soon become a certainty.
When they abandoned the Valley twelve
years ago their population Appropriated
500, and the life-sustaining resources Of
the country had scarcely developed out
of their incipiency With skillful cult
walton this will become the most prolific
and inexhaustible portion of the State.
The soil for the most part is immensely
rich, and varying as it does in the quality
of adoption, and situated in semi-trop-
ical climate, little pains is all that is
required to make it vie with the most
favored sections of California. As a grain
growing country it is hard to excel, 40
bushels and upwards of barley to the
acre being produced by sowing the un-
plowed ground and covering it with a
harrow. Vegetables do remarkably well;
all the fruits that have been tried, care
considered, are good yield, and stable
and of good quality The grape is
large and luscious and yields a wine in
ferior to none on the Coast. Mr.. Logan
demonstrated the fact to the satisfaction
of all who INDUCED by making several
barrels from his own vinyard which he
readily converted into cash. Alfalfa
thrives here and all kind of stock doe:
well. Intelligent labor and plenty of il
is all that is required to make the Muddy
the garden spot of Nevada, and if the
Gentiles don't see it the Mormons do.
TRAMP.
n. B.-The mail stock between Sain
Thomas and Mineral Park, Arizona, ha
been attached, and the contractor has alb
seconded, if report be true. Andy Fife
with team and wagon, took passage on
wood-raft about eighty miles abov
Stones Ferry, bound down the Colorad
for the Canyon. Last accounts he wa
fast on a rock mid-stream, at the moutl
of Hualpai Wash, waiting for high water
He has the right sow by the year thi
time. A "wood mine" is worth NOR
than gold mine in Ell Dorado, and And
has got it sure. I.
THEIR WHEREABOUTS I'm letter
Chas. Stein, from w. r. Wilson, who
in San Francisco, he mentions the follow
ing ex-Piochers: "W.. w. Bishop ha
opened law office here, and 1 think h
will succeed. O'Dougherty is able
walk, notwithstanding the size of h
wife. Philson, as usual, is lively in col
, versation, and he and Jim Wright can
seen together every day. l saw Ere
. Pierce here He has accumulated suffic
, ent flesh to become an alderman. Johnn
+ Galley is also in the city and has charg
of bar and oyster room. Wilcox is {
present honoring the city with his rotun
and august form, and is again dealing
mining stock. Higgins is somewhat be
t ter. l visit him often. Mrs. Thorn;
Hanly, 1 had the pleasure of meeting {
her fathers house the other evening
: She is looking very healthy and prett.
t Charley Storm is here, and judging fro
+ appearance, he, like your humble servan
: is not troubled with superabundance
filthy lucre. v
n THERE is case of measels in Pioch
IS Charley Craw, who was summoned
g the bedside of his mother, who has bee
IS dangerously i'll, while on his way up fro
:. Silver Reef, last week, contracted Il
= disease while passing through the Ut'
" settlements.
THE Chinese New Year commenced I
Wednesday, and the Mongols, detormi
4, ing to kick up as big a racket as the Ca
IN casians on such occasions, procured anv
- and commenced shooting at IL o'clo
" Tuesday night, The celebration Of M