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reached. II l. situated In the north
end OF a large valley extending
toward the Fish Lake Mountains on
the south. From here the lofty
peaks Of the Henry Mountains are
also seen tovari the southeast. To
convey the water of Muddy Creek
onto the lands where Emery Is
situated long and expensive canal
had 10 be constructed, which for a
distances Of 1870 feet is tunnelled
through a mountain-riige. THIS
was done @. an exgenee OF nearly
$4,000. And as the community
which had to do this immense labor
was poor, IL has indeed been "A
heavy task. But II has been ae-
complished, anu the prospects be-
fore the cnterprisins people o.
Emery are now very bright COM
pared to what they were a fex years
ago. The Emery Ward numbers
20 families Of Saints, and VIM. e.
Petty, ore Of the founders Of Petty
vile, Siupete County, presides here
as Bishop.
Lawrence, named In honor OF &.
G.. Larsen, President Of the Emery |
stake, Is 4 village and farming dis |
trict situated on Huntingdon Creek,
eight and one-half miles nOrtheas. |
of Castle Dale. TO it has the reru-
taticn of being the best grain pre-
ducing district in the county. ln .
1865 1900 bushels OF small grain
was II sed in this little settlement, !
which numbers only twenty -four
families. No other settlement III /
the stake, even those much larger, !
produced an amount equal TO thai. !
Calvin w. Moore, formerly a mem !
Der OF the Mormon Battalion, j.
the Bishop Of Lawrence Ward. /
Huntington, the metropolis Of
Emery County, Is pleasantly sltuat-
ed on the north bank Of Hunting
ton Creek, nine and onS half miles
| northeast Of Castle Dale, surround
ed by good farming land. Tbs
growing town il the home OF 1873
families of Latter-day saints, pre-
sided over by Bishop Charles Pulsi-
pheT, a son OF the late President
Zeiah Pul-ipher. Here also reside
Henry Hartman, one OF the iiEst
seven resilient, OF the Seventies,
now over eighty-six years OF age,
| Geo. w. johnson, another Church
| veteran, VIM. Howard, second
! Counselor in the Stake Presidency,
and others Of prominence and note.
a fine meeting house Is here aiso
in course Of erection, and the town
IS fast assuming the appearance o!
comfort and wealth.
Northeast OF Huntington is fine
open tract Of country, said TO be the
finet ia the county, IN The midst Oi
which the settlement known rs
Cleveland ia pleasantly situated.
The recently surveyed TOWNSHIP
on viii h the people are now ire-
pairing to build, Is seven miles north
east OF Huntington, but rs yet The
settlers live in n very scattered con
dition on their respective quarter
sections. They number thirty fam
lilies OF Saints aud have recently
been orgauized utO a ward, win
Lars u. Oveson, n man OF enterprise
aud ability, as Bishop. To convey
the water of Huntington Greek onto
the farming lands OF Cleveland, =
canal. fifteen miles long, had u be
cons ruciei, AZ q cost Of So, OJJ.
Price, Oh the Rio Graude Western
Railway, is favorahiy situated on
the north hank of Price River, i25
miles from salt Lake City and
twenty-five miles northeast Of Hun I
tington. The "M0TmOn" pcpuia- I
ton OF Price Ward, consisting Of
forty-five families, reside mostly Oh
the TOWNSHIP near the railway Sta
ton, and are commencing 10 feel
more comfortable aud satisfied than
formerly. IL has required consider
able hardship and energy 10 redeem
this part OF the county from is [
desert steTility, but through perse- |
veIance and patience the object has
been accomplished, and Price now
has the appearance Of comfort and |
enterprise. This is the shipping (
point for the whole country lying
southwari, and also to the govern l
pe 1t post situated ninety miles to
the northeast. GeOrsc FTanGz n,
late of Mount Pleasant, Saugete (
County. presides as Bishop over the I
PIice Narl.
Wellington, named for Ju-tus !
Wellington Seeley, Jr., one OF the 1
early settlers and leading men Of [
Emery County, is 4 scattered settle
ment lying on both sides Of Price 1
River below Price Station. The /
TOWNSHIP, " hich was partly surveyed (
yesterday, Is on the north side OF tie Z
river, about six miles southeast OF 1
Price. The people intend 10 build 1
on it at once, nni move together 1
rs fast as possible. jefferson lid /
well Is the pioneer settler this F9Et /
Of the country, which now has I
thirty-thTee families OF saints, pre- I
sided over by Bishop Albeit T.. Me
Muilin. This ward Is an outgT0vth /
of the Price Ward
Spring Glen is another outSrowth
OF the Price Ward. q contains sli
the Sain IS fmilies) residing in
ami below "r.te Canyon. The re-
Gently Surveyed tOwnsite is situated
in n fIue cove on theea side Of ths
river. SIX miles northwest of Price
Station. and n number Of the sstiiers
have already blilt on it, although
the canal which j. 10 convey the
water Of Price River on 10 the tie
n nj surrounding fsTmin= lands, il
not yet completed. The cost Of con-
structing said canal will perhaps
amount to $1,000 OF more, n II
must be tunneled part Of the way
through rocky ridge. But rs this
tunnel which Is $40 feet long. Is
nearly completed, the water viii
perhaps he brought on to the lands
for which il Is INTENDED next spring.
About six miles above Snring Glen
townsite is the mining town OF
Castle Gate, which has sprung into
existence during the last two years.
Here coal mining and coke Burning
is carried on already on a
large scale, and about five
hundred men are employed. The
rocks and mines belong TO the
Pleasant Valley Mining Company
AM Is Superintendent 10y Mr.. Sharp,
son Of Bishop John Sharp, of Silt
Lake City. Among the men en-
pIoyed 10y the compiay are quite =
number of brethren who have
recently been orslnizei into n
branch OF the Church under the
Presidency Of VIM. T. Lamph as 4
part OF the Spring Glen Ward.
Regular meetings and Sund ~
schools, which are often visited by
strangers employed at the mines,
are held every SABBATH, and every
thing points in the direction Of n
Ward being organized here in tlic
near future.
ANDREW JENsoS.
PRICE, Emery County, y. j.,
November ., 1899.