Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-13

Creek ON the south. lts average widll
i about turUe miles. while q reaches
breadth u five miles at IT, witosi
points, aud tnpct Oh " mcfe canyon
both ~ 10 upper Wd lower tNtromity
The altitude nj the lower cud, whore
CUkovillc, Wyoming, stands. is G,lte
feet above the sea level, white IT, uppti
end has an altitude " nearly bi 0l feet.
From the point where Hear River en-.
ters the valley and where it leaves n
below Cokeville hardly tree OF shrub
Of any kind grove along H. banks
which Is attributed TO- the cold and
bleak winds which often sweep though
this part Of the country
Lakctown ward has forty.hve
families OF 900 mumbers, u majority oi
whom osillU in the settlement III Lake.
town, aud the rest on the adjacent
ffms AMI In the south end OF ROunu
Valley, lying westward. l,nkctow u
T. beautifully located NJ the mouth Of
lakCtown canyon in the extreme south
ond " Hear Lake Valley, aud on, and
half miles south " thp south end OF
Bear Lakc. The towus'tc commands a
fine view of the lake anu the entire
Bear Lake Valley aud the whole
scenery, Il iAldecd grand aud imposing.
Herr h some excellent farming land,
but not enough NJ IL, nor yet water
sufficient for Irrigation purposes ~
make Lakutowu larrs settle.
mont. The surrounding mountains,
which Teccdc In crescent iofm,
~ " nature intended 90 make
room for settlement, age low md
covered with grass, thus making
tho population Of Lake town
as much u stock raising NJ u
farming community. The town Il 90
miles from Evanston, Wyo.. 20 miles
south OF Paris and 30 miles from Mont.
pollcr, Idaho, the ncargs. railway sta.
ton. Ira NeUuksr,a man Ofthc hardyN
pioneer style, has Jurisdiction In Lake.
town ~ Bishop, with Joseph irwin
Zone u the most successful merchants
IN the Valley aud Joseph Weston a.
Counselcr-.
Mcadowville. with IT, - families or
MS mcmbtr-, l. the smallest ward ~
Rich County. 10 embraces the settlers
residing IN the north end of Pound
Valley, including few families In the
village VI Muaduwyille, which ~ stu.
atcd Ai the ha-c u the mountains on the
west,uutih " Spring Crech,anu sur
rounded by extensive meadow, which
gives the place IT, present name. She
village IL four aud half miles uoIth.
west VI LikotoWu and nine milus
south Of Garden CITY. Round Valley,
which IL separated from the main Bear
Lake Valley by low spur Of noun.
taius, u somewhat circular In form
aud extends north and south fDr dlH.
lance N about four Or i've miles, with
an average width u nearly tire.
miles. Bishop Joseph kimhlii, sou
90 the lAi3 Hcbur g.. iNimlgll, preside
over the Mica low willie ward, which
was INT set led in 1904.
Garden city ward, with fofiy-oue
families or 9ij Saints, Ciuaisia vi the
north end Of Rich County, bordering
on Idaho, and inclIics thc village
called Garden CITY, where mOst VI the
Inhabitants reside. This beautiful place
l. situated uu the west bank
Of thu lake, the shore Of which Mt this
point IA lined with Inc groves u cot.
tluw1uI nnd other ircos. The inCilities
lot farming NJ this place are quite lin.
iiUi, o. water Tor Irrigation purposes
has 10 be- brought from swan Crock
asyCn miles distant, on 30 the strip uf
bench land On which the town tland4
This strip n arabic land II only about
mile wide, aud Ia formed by the
mountains rcceding Ia "a hali.m0On
shape away from the lake nj the point
where the village stands, while the
hasv u the foothills north aud south
are washed 10y the waters Of the lake,
leaving barely room enough for wagon
roads. Garden Cry la fpuT.and two
thltds milcs south 0f the boundary lire
between Utah aud Idaho, 10 mile,
south u Paris, uud - miles south.
wet Of Montpelier, Idaho, ~ miles
from Evanston, anu N miles by nearest
practicable mountain road east Of
Logan, Cache county. This place,
which wayfifst settled In 1877, N now
presided over by Bishop Robert Calder,
with David Cook AMI AlOnzo Cook a.
his counsclotg.
Ftom the foregoing II will be- seen
that the i've wards NJ the Church IN
Rich county, Utah, have total nlpm-
bcrship Of lill souls, OF 2a3 families.
There are but u small number of non.
"MOrmonn residents In tho county.
ANuHEw JENsON.
GAHBEN CRY, Rich County, Utah,
Sept. 10, 1891.