The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-11

| The county scrip of Washington
Is going up-ffOm rs 1t has been
raised to go. The new officers seem
Industrious, judicious, and deter
mined to bring scrip to par.
What with Ssvett, Bliss and the
others, the county Jail is trifie too
full, and Augustus Poor HARDY,
sheriff, ia doing his best to accommo.
date all.
The improvement associations
have done better work, so far as
prac.ica and tangible results are
concerned, than anywhere Ia the
Territory that | know of. They
have purcased fine building, which
is well fitted up; have subscribed
for every Utah periodical and Jour-
nal, have secured great many for
eign publications and books, and
purpose in the course of few dayz
opening reading room and library,
| to be known as the Lyceum. Ills
centrally located, and the enterprise
and public spirit manifested is com-
mendable in the highest degree. It
is such an OutgrOwth that demon.
strates the efficacy and the invalu.
able usefulness of improvement as.
eociations in Utah.
The people of ST. George have
long complained Of a lack of water.
This year the prospects are excel
lent in the highest degree, and yet
drive over the lava field, while it
showed many beautiful spots COW
cred with tiourishing lucerne and
rising cereals, also discovered much
valuable land untitled and lying
idle and worthless. A movement
looking to the building of reservoirs
and permanent dams is on foot. 1t
must be carried out sooner or later.
When it is done there will be less
cause for complaint and regret.
By the way, st. George is in the
possession of magnificent red
sandstone quarry, the like of which
l believe does not exist elsewhere in
Utah. It is Of great dert"-yet un>
known, a. it also its width; but it
has been traced fully halt mile
and shows an. unbrOken, solid and
unseamed bed of sandstone that can
be cut, and which is fair and besuti
full. 1t is q marvel and will yet be
of great value. It was developed
ia the building OF the Temple
My partner On the trip, who is
familiarly known in this section az
"Man Afraid of His Fest" says he
has had a serenade each morning
and night since we came here. L
attended the eerensds this evening.
1t was the horn, not of ''the
hunter" but Of tbs herd boy.
L have read the sign on tire post
ers: "Hnrrahl hurrshl Jim Brown
is desd;" but [ had TO get az far as
Leeds to read: "Hurrahl hurrah
Hay Weigh Scales" l could not
help rejoice when l read tbs glad
tidingV.
| Peach, pear, plum, almond, cur
rant and some other trees are in
blossom. with lucsfne in paris over
q foot high. Here is the land Of the
mocking bird, and hieroglyphies on
| volcanic rocks in all directions.
There are more pretty girls in St.
| George to the square foot than in
any place 1 have visited yet; but
they are exceedingly coy.
| We have d town clock, which
beats out the hours from the spire
on the Tabernacle, a building that
cost $500, 900, and is of red sand
stone, cut into regular size and taken
from the quarry above referred to.
The Tabernacle is a fine building.
Young men are getting good
honest trial here in politics. There
seems to be no clash; the young
officials have the respect and assist
ance of the old; the old have won
the confidence and esteem of the
young. Happy results may be
looked for.
have higher hopes for Dixie than
Dixie has for herself. She has a
future, which will be excellent as
the work began the old is continued
by the young. May the young see
that it rests with them.
| WALLACE.