Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-30
BUSINESS AND MINES.
Sue Is rnoSrEnouS AND aliL,uy
A rlac' for Enterprise. Capital, 10.
valid, and Workers. - Tho N.l.
winter Fluctuations item.

is iuii Of irnrm,t.on regarding Uc
refoufces Of his county, and ga filled
with a rJmncnIanlr duiiro g. lot the
pIblic know OF the advantage %.
SEWER ~ a place tor homc.seoaers. lie
says regarding the county: A, NO
time since tho nfaI sultlumort 0f the
country have tmus been m.le ausri.
c.ous. While other pasls sro inIufi.
uu'ly affected by the prevailing
depression iu bu'inoss, SEWER county
be- moving along the even tenor " i,s
way. ASH never oei1yoi tlg Iups.
toaable benefits Of "b1om," it has
none Of tho evils thereof to recover
from.
Judge Wallace states that the climate
Of SEWER De- haJd 20 excel. The utmJs.
plero 10 dry aud the winters mild
nnd pleasant. On acc0uu. OF the
mild winters the valley is pariieult-
iy adapted TO the raising of fruit
The county extends about Thirty miles
north aus south aud foriy.iv0 milra
Cast nu1 west. In this 1850 iquuru
miles there is a., luB acres OF Unable
land, which on the county assessment
rolls DO valued 90 sijI,Oli. This j. eK.
ciurivc % the university lands, sUUul
5000 acres, which will be cold this
winter.
Taking the rolls OF tho county a.
SCISSOR o. lasis, SEWER county hnB
about 5000 horses, vnluui Ht slll,Ull,
lj,uul cattle, valued nj fljl,UIU, luu
IS, Os3 shUap 70, valued nt 100000. Tue
total valuation o. taxable property ez.
cucis million and u halt dollar,
There are 90 miles OF telegraph limo iu
thc county, but only "A miles Of rail.
way.
SEWER was frat settled In 1864, tut
an Indian war ihu next two y-as com.
| PEELED tho settlers 20 abandoned thelr
homes, W that 70 WINS 1871 before per.
/ mauont settlements were established.
The people have built SINGS that time
300 milys " irrIgating canals, cxc.u.
aivv o. latcralf, uto,j there arr II canal
| compa .is8. Tue dItcatH nru Oh. owned
/ by tAe farmers, aud there arc M bonded
Or floating debts.
The SEWER valley Is very fertile,
aud the mountain slides nI0ld
nAstungo Tor vast herbs OF cat.
tie, horses and sheep. The alfalfa
aud grain crops are very heavy. o.
/ lucern there can be produced, the
| Judge say, i've t0As 10 the aero, aud A.
nigh - 50 bushels Of whOat ami "a
bushels VI barley 10 the acre has been
realized. Thee. Of course, wefO
| special instances, aud DO not represent
the average yield.
Theo arc two mountain ranges
/ paaEing through the county, the
Wasatvh anu the Oquirrh; tue summit
| " the latter diyidtu SEWER iton NIL.
lard county. Throughout these
mountains building stone Of superior
| quality ab0undr Ia great variety, auu
10 easily accessible 10 all the settle.
mtuts.
The county seat, Rlchhrld, has
about 1900 Inhabitants, anu IL located
IN a rich farming district, the roll being
red clay loan. kIonhuil "a located OF
| the site ut a pfehiH,0ric city, ~ n
shown ny the runs which have been
| found, 10 has two steam planning mills,
a steam Touring mill, u griin elevator
with n capacity Of 5000 bush
Gle, and good school aud church
bull1iuge. A nov puUliu school
house was completed the past
summer, ht cost Of about
$4,000. A new court house, which
Judge Wallace snyais the best building
Of the kind outside " 5alI Lake City,
was also buiit tho mast season ut cost
| OF some $4,000. Rchdeld IN nineteen
miles from salina, tho railway tor.
minus.
Monroe, ton miles south OF Rioh1eld,
anu In slmiisr section OF farming
county, has population Of 1880.
There are warm sprlHgs nj Rchield,
but at Monroe thoTe arc hot springs Of
high medicinal value. There arc Ia
tno town Touring mill, planning
mill, furniture factory ana good
school aud church buildings. The
place 10 the residence Of number Of
wealthy cattle Auu sheep owners, aud
beautiful streets anu good residences
are Characteristic Of the town.
SGlinR, the terminus Of the Rio
GrHnde Western southern branch,
has a population Of loo, aud
IN OF present tho most import.
ant commercial town In southern
Utah. the railway company has
some good buildings there. While
the surrounding district IL rich farm.
Ing country, the soil n different 10
that further south Ia being a black
clay loan. There h In process VI con.
slTuCllOu at SAlnA stone public
school building which will cost Sl2,-
900. There are also good church anu
school buildiugs, Touring mill aud n
planning mill. Salt onyx, aud n gu
poriUT quality OF gypsum abound IN
the mountains ia close proximity 10 the
town, while few miles up this canyon
alum aud coal have been discovered
In large quantities, Several salt works
are engaged In u small way In the
| manufacture OF salt, anu there 10 room
Tor the profitable employment OF caplial
IN an extensive line IN this Industry.
| The sheep and cattle Interests Of the
town are pliO large, JudgCWallace says
Of Baliua's prosIu,tf' "By reason Of It's
location tne town cannot help bec0m-
| ing an important railway center at no
| distant day, IL 10 situated at thu mouth
Of HAliuG canyon, wulun 10 the natural
gateway Of tHAt section ul county
| between the east anu the wtdt, There
are nut few passages penetrating the
WAsntch range, Ruu mIHt Of lueHB Age
now used by railways aud thu grades
are very steep, EngineeTs who have
surveyed tho 5aliua pass report grade
OF only one por cent on one slide OF the
range and two per cent ON tho other.
| From TINS We argue that SalinA 10 dos'
tined to a bright future" The streams
in tho vicinity VI Sue town arc well