Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-21

, FRENOSr, Wayne county, Utah
, Dec, l1, ls93.-pfciumlny that tomc o
your fcu lefs would liGu 10 know mon
of Wayne stake, which embraces ihl
. county Of that name, I wflte you % say
that % lies outside tho Great Basin, OF
the eastern slope, and 10 wsters nn,
ihoir way In ,no fremont river int,
The Colorado, anu it has the moaI
varied climate, perhaps, Of any county
In the Territory.
Ffomonb or Rabbit valley, In the
wtst aud upper end Of the county, ha,
iout settlements, VIZ, Frm ut, Loa,
Fast Lon aud Thutber, with about III. 4.
600 acres Of tlllablr land, abou one.hali
oi which IL under cultivation, aud
perhaps 1000 acres subiec. 10 home.
stead aud desert entries.
Feb Lake Is one Of the slufces Of
our water supply. II Is about three.
iouflhs VI q mile wide anu seven mica
long, and 10 used Va reservoir; but
the supply Il only sufficient to raise IL
about three feet However, that
amount Of water IL n nice thing 10 have
on hand on a hot, dry time In June
every year
A right Of way and grounds have
been purchased Tor reservoir two
miles below the lake, where, II IL estl.
mated, one mile square can be- covered
t"onty ieVt deep " water, with a dam
900 feet long, % ieet Wide and 80 feet
hlgh' Tho dan IL already begun, and
u being built q log cribs flied with
Iock on both sidts Rud dirt Ia bttycen
them, with wooden pipe or fiume
Underneath 10 draw the water through,
shnuld these two reservoirs DO In.
sufficient 10 store up all the water thai
wiz DO needed when all the land IL
Drought under cultivation there are |
TWO more good sites with ample supply |
Tor winter storage.
Although THIS valley IL over 1000 |
Ieet 40 We sea level, yet We Raise oats, |
Whcai, barley, lucern hay two crops d
yehIb tue hnesl potatoes entirely, small
run anu on tho young ofUnatIs,
aplnosi CHERRIES anu plums have been
East Of and adjacent TO the vaIl.v
are Teasdalc, Grant aud Grsyst'
three small farming diatrlpts. win
perhaps biuOu acres Of tillabls land. viii !
about 1000 acres under oultiyation aud
.,OlO acres subject to homestraJ ami
desert entfius. Hut the water supuIy
IL insufficient but with two or thrse
reservoir sites. Here the climate n
nilder and the crossing Seasons two to
cur weeks earlier than ~ In the val.
ley.
A. We 10 east we gel into n very
rough ouuutry OF tits lawful 10 cali II
country dropping OH rapidly; Inc
aver passes through nh unrxpiofrd
lok canyon two Or three miles when
: olens out a little, anu at "rho juno. ,
ION" lisa very fine peach orchard and
evefai Aofes u ilne gIaye-. d
more IL found the most varied
Innate, perhaps, ia tho world. Onthe 1
ouih sue OF tho cauysn afe Ice anu
now uuflng the entire winter, while z
n the other side anu within eighty d
'us one may pillow any day all Water. n
u summer the one slide Il cool, while II
Nc other IN hot Gardens auu vine. a
ards by the side OF walls OF solid rork 1,
~ feet highl For ton miles down
lat box canyon are little piece. of ..
'nd, Rich na Eden, but sau anu silsnt. All
we tue mutmuT OF the passing stream All
~ slghlng bttezes, awaiting tue hand VI
INDUSTRY u turn them into fruitful ui
ltdvns, orchards auu vineyards, INF
IA tue eastern anu lower part Of the b,
UNITY arr: ~
Pleasant Crock with 1000 acre. M m
nd, ranging from the nigh tAble m
nds covered with luuy pines ami m
u ~ down the creek through RoTpes
red anu white sandstone Tor finssn ns
llusi water insufficient but having Ne
10 good reservoir sites; about 5UD I,
fes cultivated. nn
Gainesville, on the river, with about -
w acres mostly claimed; plenty of nm
ltor anu coal.
Blue Valley, with about 25OO acres, ",
hanksville, about the sams-eaoh of ~,
lieh have under cultivation about I'm
acres ana all OF the four last m,
ineu pisces want more people, AMI tr,
Il ue pleased 10 divide Their lands In,
IA Saints desiring homes. Twenty tw
.et u COCA farm here, II properly vii
uNNttui u not to- muCu, Al many m,
'hthe iafm homes, coal Tor iusl h las
~ lnoohVenient, being too Tar away M
sN''g "a n nNhtAltl anu TOO near To ] bfa
10 IaLo team for II, Here too, Ia ib,
~ rich, sandy loan, aud sun heavy ,.r
" anu apples, pears, peaches,
pee, sugar cEue, corn, melons .y.
lstoes, wheat, oats, barley, etc.' M
ave we'll aud lucprn hay may be- s"i
four or five times year. There h I'M
reservoir siIe al Huntsville. ~
hese settlements find market for Ia.
lr produce la the stock men OF 49,
uldrr Valley and the Henry Noun. "a,
ms, anu the gold miners thereabout: sn,
10 being one ten stamp mill i1 ~
Taton,w with gold discovered In many ohI
nesi Ooth IA qIsrIz anu In placer n
ginkH,
cultivated lant with title and water d. 81,
NJ Ia the county ranges from IS 10 a.
according 10 quality Aud location. '''
'rlres cuHent,-ROller mill flour
100 u0uuds, Sl.75; oats ptr lgD ,
mus 1oci wheat per uusheL 5J..
aus, 10 cents per pouuu; potatoes, owl
% ~ cents per bushrl; buul, dfgs-ed' kne
ld D cents per pound; puik, ul,s,ru' Civ
ia cents per rOuut; mOiassps. 5j tioI
Ia per gulloni lumber, at saw MN. clot
a. a.. I'D .HHH.