Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-20

ut least they no not thrive like stock
that are taken good care Of. COlii
that winter out or that arc ouly hall
fed lJsu six mouths growth every year,
ami well bred horses grow about the
size Of Indian ponies. but "a the
country is built up the people will raise
more feed and he better prepared Ia
take care Of their stock.
with all the disadvantage Of this
valley some people are getting well OIL.
On the east side Of the val
ley they raise good wheat,
oats and potatoes, aud some
seasons good corn and tomatoes have
been produced. We have reason tl
believe that In few years this valley
viii become like other yalltys-much
warmer, and n desirable place 10 liv.
couragcd, aud think warmer cline
preferable,
Your correspondent went by rail
from Montpelier, Idaho, to Canada In
the early part OF November last, At
that time the snow was six Inches deep
In Star Valley, and whenl arrived In
Canada the ground was dry and dusty.
I was surprised to see 10 much grass
there. one could travel for hundreds
Of miles over n level country and see II
knee high ana very thick, II Is the
best country Tor stock raising ever
saw. visited Csrdston and some OF
the ranches on 81. Mary's river. The
people who moved from Utah aud
Idaho TO Csnadn are well satisfied
with the country. they raise good
grain and vegetables without water,
although there lsany quantity Of water
for IRRIGATION N needed. Hay eau be
cut anywhere. Ranchcrs owning two
or three thousand head OF cattle
put up about one hundred tons Of hay.
They have winds that take the snow
Oh very fast. IL ia very seldom that
,hesnow lies on the ground more than
three " four weeks.
have Just received n letter from
CardstOn, dated January l7th. Until
then the roads were dry aud dusty,
and stock Of all descriptions was win
teriIg out aud doing we'll. This grass
there IL Of good quality, and cattle
keep fat ON 1t. one thing struck me
more than anything else while there.
Everybody | converted with was con-
tented and happy, and invariably said
they were DONG better than where
they came from. SAW quite mum.
Der Of young men who were hired TO
drive stock 10y parties moving TO that
country, but calculating to come back
10 Utah; hut on arriving there the
country suited them 40 well that they
concluded 20 remain. ] learned from
some OF them that the only object they
had 10 going back to Utah was to get n
wife.
| visited James Kearl's ranch on q.
Mafy's river Brother keATl came
ffom Lake Town, Rich County, Utah.
he ruckOns that Is the easiest county
IN witch to make living aud g,t rich
hp knows anything Of. Brother Kearl
aud wife said they could not offer In
ducements large enough TO get them
back 10 thelE old home In l.aketown.
Water ia very good aud plentiful.
Small lakes and springs arc numerous.
stock II worth considerably more than
in Utah. Three year old steers sold
for 3 IN last fall. The duty on cattle IL
30 per cout., aud on horses 81 per cent,
Every head Of a family can take In free
OF duty sixteen head OF cattle or horsei,
team and wagon, household goods,
farming utensils, machinery, etc. The
wife aud boys In these teams can take
In the same free Of duty, providing h
10 their own individual property.
There nrr mounted police guarding
the line and looking after the Interests
Of the people. Your cattle and horses