Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-10
LETTER FROM sClplO.
Interesting Items From Willard County
Gathered by a Traveller.
scrpro, Oct q, 1894.

suP1o, Oct 3, 1894.
Editor Deseret News.
The little town Of Leamins,on stu
hted below the mouth Of bennington
canyon on the SEWER river, is enjoy
iHg local boom At present. The lucE
Mining and smelling company, n
corporation that swns the pfiucipsi
mines In the Detroit mluing district,
IL erecting a smelter ia the mouth Of
the canyon on the north siie u the
river IL IL copper plant aud Will
when completed, give employment T.
SKY or seventy men. Teams are
now engaged In grading the site W on
whish the Immense buildings are t.
stand ami the carpenters are busy a.
WORK erecting the suptfintendeupA
headquarters. Paul J0unson, ESD, a
maD vi great practical mtniug eH.
perience, acquired In Sweden,
Norway anu South Americn,
10 superintendent " construction
and will Ialso, when the plant l. butt,
have charge vi the smelling. He In.
formed me that he expected to have
the wofks-Rt least two stacks-in rum
ming order within three months from
nov. The ore to be- treated Mt the
works will be hauled by teams from the
mines 20 Oasis, n distance VI about
thirty milee, anu thence shipped by
rail 10 TWEEN y.seven miles
further. The sinelter being on the
opposite slide OF tue river from tho rail-
road, bridge aud switch will be-
Lesmiugton arc good this season anu
with the other prospects before sbem,
the people Of tue little burg, when has
struggled for existence for many yeAfs,
have taken fresh hold, altiui, aung
good times IN tbs future.
The people OF O-k Greek have
recently completed II ls brick school
house, 80 10y 70 feet. 10 was butt iu
1892 anu 1888, and furnished last fall.
School was taught in 1t last winter by
Ffank Hinkley and Miss H.. Peoples.
lt Gust about 5000, and IL situated on
the southwest corner VI block /
adjacent 10 the public square. Three
OF the thrifty young men Of the VII. I
lage Fred IL. Lyman, Joseph A ndef
son aud Geo. IL. Dustonl sut out nj
their own expense last apfing, rows OF
hue shade trees on tw1 sl1es VI the
school house lot. They are blAck
locust aud are all growing nicely,
lending beauty anu nnish 10 the pro-
efiy already, A 800 pound bell nicely
mo lnied Ia hne belfry erected on the
center Of the school house gives the
village n TINT OF metropolitan ait. The
crops OF Oak Creek are splendsd this
year. The people here arc learning 10
use their limited supply u irfigalh, =
water 10 the best advantage pOsf(.1WI =
Thus, early Ia the spring i,ty,,.,,yu ~
utilize their whole supplvSt .oi1i /,
heir lucefn neldf; latspay = 'nsy WI 4,
hey viii turn u on M. -, w. 'ss,' y
'ng iffigate difls' ~ ~ nv s 49,, y
,ier tb.v Tent kinds OF small 81
fh~ II, aud sill d'
orr, sn.6y viii put It TO good
us AZ, In maturing their potatoes,
freY gar cane, etc. Dry farming IA
re/ q been successfully tried at Oak ~
y A; anu some " the Citizens have VI
= a succeeded Ia raising cOtn without IA
,igation. 10 tho latter enterprise eN
ouid prove real success thc pros. D..
,otu oil a larger settlement on Oak ~
fsek are very good. al
Al soipiD ths peopie are hurly en-.
aged In erecting bsa6tiful i've
CRY school house, which. when com. n
leted. viii he the finest and most com.
lodious structure OF la Kind Ia Mil. Q,
III county. IL will cost upwards Of ~
1000 anu tue enterprising citizens
To building u, too, without bonding VI
Ivit district and without going into
abt for It. The old Round Valley OF
Ike, 80 well known To travellers In vi
,fly Utah days, has entirely dlsap-
sHttd, aud Its former soil IL nov "
lVefrd with some Of the best farms In
10 district. This change Ia due ~ u
ie fact that tho people have gu. +
.rgei their reservoirs In an upper
alley situated about eight miles Z
outhwest OF the settlement, which on.
bliss them 10 utilizp all tue water
which comes down nom the mOun.
aims all the year round. After me
irrigation season Ia over they timply 4
atch all the water In their reservoirs
md keep II there till the next season,
lnly allowing n sufficient quantity "
,scape 10 supply the culinary demands.
Thus nothing Ia lefl 10 perpetuAlo the
AXE and swAmpa which formerly
pleased or dlsplenrod tins eye Of the
iatser.by. SUipiO IL noted Tor It's To-
mantle location, Its fruitful fleldr, II.
iuu brick houses anu thrifty inhabi.
ants. ANDREW JENsOS.