Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-17
NOTES FROM DIXIE.
4 Racy Letter from Tile Pen ot calvin
Rra>uuer. trnial Jlimnie.-Need Of
Railroad Facilities. Horse Culiurc
~ hanab. New Dan.-Niscel'
lnnrous Matters In SuuIhrri utnh.

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lnncous Matters IN SonIhrrl Utah.
Correspondence of the DISSENT Nivs
Two weeks IN Dixie, ranging ftsm
~. George to Kanan, now 10 Utah anu
now In Arizona, the latter part Of
February ami the frst Of March, causes
onc to forget the hyperboreAn climate
oi the north for the blossoms ana Yer.
dufe u this genial southland. April
cots were In bloom ~ early as the let
Of March, peaches came - few days
later, and the lucefn fields In February
were green ~ ~ Juae meadow. The
climate has NOW the ha1y mlldness Of
a seml.tr0pical REGION. The sunshine
] during tho middle Of the day hn- n
genial warmth, sometimes too warm
I for comfort, aud One is driven to shulter
II not occupied cut doors. Winter herr
furnishes but lew reminders u the
frigid temperature u Jug., some two
hundred miles north. There seems 10
| be- cold bolt about Juab. On the 2l'h Of
January las; the thermometer reg
istered 80 degrees below zero al that
place, fully ~ degrees lower than At
salt Lake the same morning, and
probably 10 degrees lower than II was
at tIe same ..mc her. In Dixie. When
this country shall he favored with
ample railroad facilities, It's genial
climate vii, attract thousands Of visit
ors from the colder north. Even now
the natural sites for winter r,sort-
ought to pos.cssn certain value In rola.
lion TO the future.
It Is very evident that the southern
counties OF Utah have IL climate aud
geological formation quite distincttrom
the region falling within the ritn Of he
great basin. Going suuthwarl We ilnd
/ that kauarra Is al the summit OF tue
divide. From that point the surface
breaks away into lower attitudes.
Looking southwark from kanarrA,
Washington County, In Unh,
aud tue northwest portion Of
a rlZnna are seen ~ low
mountainous basiu, falling several
. I lnNutNhuh hi Nfft hAANf tHt
altitude. II. George il said TO lie some
two thousand feet nearer sea level than
salt Lake. The mountain rim OF the
Great Basin on The north make. a high
wall To bar out the cold waves, ami the
valleys sloping southwark TO tue gull
| furnish access TO a semi-tgopical eli.
mate.
| n Salt Lake were connected with
Dixie by rail Rhe might have peas aud
beans, lettuce aud onions, ant all other
gnrdrn produce two months oarlier,gnd
tne trade would greatly benefit these
regions by furnishing tne best Of home
markets Tor pcfishable productions. or
course there are abundant mineral TO-
sources IN this country, but the pre-
ciuus metals lie ia lOw.grade ores, too
low for any use until THE railroad prob
lem l. settled in way that will fur
nIsh cheap and abundant transpOrta
tlon.
Here at lSAnab, the county seat Of
Kane county, there has been a great
deal Of zeal displayed the past two
days In connection with the "hOrse
Industry" 10 use "A phrase that seems
10 I've duly incorporated Ia the horse
vocabulary. II seems remarkable that
thousand people should lccOme 10
thoroughly enlisted upon single
secular interest. Some time ngO H.. ID.
WOollry, President Of the Kane
County Stake, and several other gen.
tlumen, seeing that horse culture, races
and Gp,cd contests mutt prevail 10 n
greater or less extent, formed an asso-
citation for the purpose Of introducing
and breeding fine grades Of horses.
The officers OF tue association ARE IL.
T.. Bowman, president; NJ. Butts, yi,e.
president; directors, James swap, II.
:. Jolly, George Hicks, Harmon $.
Cutler, Hiram Rouuuy. Fuller Broad.
bent IL secretary aud treasurer. In or
der TO promote general interest they
have PREPARED race track ono
And hall miles south from Kanah.
The track IL new aud freshly worked;
hut II answers the purpose admirably.
IL Is one mile In Circuit; the ends are
each n half circle; the sides are strAi yht,
each measuring hqusrter. The toll Ii
Of sanuy texture, aud In some places
breaks too deeply under foot. The In
teution Ia to work the surface with
clay aud loan. The track undulRles
somewhat. The judges stand Is nj the
southwest curve, ana the hom,stretch
quarter h on u slight incline, the foot
my nete utlnR lht N'Hl hluh wv H"'Ns
with q thousand people present, ana a
dozen or two of running horses Of all
grades aud sizes, there could but be, In
The newness % the enterprise, IN al.
most phenomenal interest The drst
race OF Importance wnsn mile run by
German hoy gnd james II. The
fofmrr Is owned by Daniel Steg-
miller Of Kane county. Tie horse !,
I've Year, ola; weighs about 1000 N
wien trained Tor raining: STREET 10y
"GermautoWn," dam hy Melbourne,
Jr. "James b." woighs somew INIT
luss; Is seven years old; slreu by "pat
Farrell" the iam being thorough bred,
ttnciug b Imported "a ngaret,n owned
hy Warren Harris OF Glendale, Kane
county. "Jnmes b." won the insid,
, track, aud by agreement VIA weighed
sOme ten pounds 10 compensate fol
difference w weight " riders. The
. start was made without odds, aud 10th
horses Get out at high speed, which wa,
increased On the third quarter ant
pushed to the utmost on the LOm,
, strntch. They had run neck and neck
from the start; and the last quartet
gave no gains 70 either horse. At tn,
judge's stand th1"James b. "had gaineu