Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-26

,n.t vou o,n nnI places where thsfo H.
r1...it .t.II'iaali +, "but the crops
or sbsat and ua'l AMI inoern Aud
potatoes tbsi ssf, Prove TO me that
ssDst.i,v m. dppiu Of soil may be d. %
pended Uplu.'
It;sop,y iu tue upper seciion that ~
Yet the suii .ha been Tested ~ aotusl
crops. Itisbcfr mat the numerous
iafma dopau Igut upon small l3ohi
canal. Lefyi, rsfrrreI 70, are located.
saw wheat ual I felt certain would
yield INV bushels 90 Tue acre, sud b -
Iieve That zine general average Will not
10 far below thifty bupnels per acre
Potatoes, | vas lui0fmsi, T. par.
ticulsriy ffuuuI cTnp. | saw likowias
thriuy young orchards, apple trees
being tbs only variety Old enough ~
bear.
The middle section soes not nj fret
strike tho settler 10 favorHDly
AZ tho uItur VI the lDWort
but 1 Au l4t Jo'tHiu tut that u
viii move the hest IAud alter all. IL
can scAtcoiy us cslIcI hiily; II " rather
undulanug. last suCi Slopes as iruit
trees delight iu. IN Imagination /
seem TO zee tur sandy luam " this ~. d.
ton covered win orchards and VIA
yArds. Will. rs lUr cent u II cnn ur
brought under mig ,tiuu, there viii
seldom be- mIIo lnsn forty acres ospr-
bls OF being watorc1 ia one direction,
hui IL ralhuf piah into tens sul
twsntirs. Tho s8il IL deeper mere aBd
bsttef than In the upper section. II ise
sofl Of hall clay, half SAINT, AMI ~. q
Juues very large sageuIush. Lava
| pfOtrudeH 0ccasiJuallY.
The lower section is IA pretty slope
~ the eye could wish to OthUid. Water
would follow d siugle iufr0w fpt milet.
| Tho rect soil L. Irrc, | should thinG II
ten feet usspalmosi anywhere. IL IL "
dark loan wilhatatd y gilt. itseems ~
" tho stone aud heavy driiuhad settled
above aud only the silt hal reached
this point.
Just bol1w the tlul isa widening Of
lhe river bottom aud here rise y re-
mAtkcble series II springs supposed to
0o tho waters Ui Lost river which
sink into tue lava forty miles 10 the
norm. These spfiugs, combining,
form BlOn Cresk, a stream 40 large n
| Provo aver, which never freezes over
! Quiie number OF Taucues are
lous.oi Ia this bottom, anu use part
OF Toe stream fOr itfigatlng Iul-
/ pOscs. La places these Syringe
/ come 10 the surface on the benches
N around tuch points tRli grass
[ Il Iutlshes. Whether these isfns viii
/ uu troubled with AlEali rsmAius to be
seen, but every indication IL that there
neeu be no fear. The sage brush on
| this Hat IL ia many places NJ tail ~ n
horse and Tiuer. This seems ibcrej.
iblr, no doubt, bot Il can be vsfif,d y
aN b.. q -. Nl..N
A. might be- inferred, most OF the
nhuRs are made IA this lower section.
| The towuo GrDyori IL LAID out anu quite
a number Of settlers Efe here. Tue II
tue slfougv,t prlmisr that tho cauAl
viii 90 completed. ThUro IL sill
plenty Of good land IN this section.
Seven miles south Of this splendid
slopr, tut across tue river. runs the
Greg Short Line; while seventeen
miles sIuthtaat n P0cgieil0, the most
prominent city Ia southern Idaho. The
meet direct route from rucatvilJ TO yasl
gud impDi,HUt miuigg dBigicts In the
center Of thu HIrigshls curyoDf SNAKE
fivef Il through tails very section VI
cluuify; when fact together with the
uIusiduratiOn tIlt tolls section will
suOn be thigkIy settled, gives early
promise OF bridge over Snake rvtT
10 this point. PoCatellO has subscribed
large sums already 10 thu project. A
bridge secured, tbs lower twelve miles
section covered W the People, CAbal
viii 70 with boom. Al present The
nearest station Nv BlBckiOUt twenty five
miles abOvr, or American Falls twer-
ty.nvc miles below.
the CLiNAIE.
"But Whist about tic climate?" asks
the mAu ready to "spteaI out,0 isn't II
rather cold Iuere Tor the comfort oil
yugetablts2"
Ia the met place tho altitude H. lower
than that Oi salt Lake Guy. On the
other hand II IL Two bunured miles
north Of the city. But 10 show that u
ia altitude rather than latitude that im.
meuiatcly determines climate, 1 need
Uuly refer T. tue country ABOUT Pau.
gluten, which, though II ~ Bs lat south
as Blackiugt Ii nuttn, 10 yet ~ cola
that the crops have been Eilieu Two OF
three ytsts IN success. on,
The climate II hardly aa mild 40 that
OF Salt Lake valley, but mildvE, or ~
lcas. oatllcT, than tnat Of Saupolo W
Cache valley. II was the tunln Il
Mafcn ihs. Professor Biimhali snd
visited the valley, and yet mLuy ui the
farmers ha4 begun tnriT tIIug plOW.
lug, 81 " luii last vinterst yAiyiug
depths OF f,JM lon 10 fourteen Iucuus,
sixty usys ist toe t.mo usually "a Gu.
lated upon ,uT fec ing iauSt slsvkauu
many sgasl4s thBy 40 act iced stu.I.
husus winter Ug. without un..
tuily.
the wlnirJs are tao severe or .het q,
and this On the whole must bu g.ua'td
n good thing As II leaves ,hrs Yrgi..
summer range unhaimvI l.T Cg..ir.
Seventy Ave per cont Oh the !aAiti-
closed WIihin she hJf-B shoe Uur NJ.
tue Tlyrr csmprisvs this rsme i,..r
anu viii never ha usriul Tor hnylhinK
tltc. There IL perhaps ll.4ls.
square miles VI 10 comp -sI ..g4
shelves hyrs anu there wEnlA.gA Of
-uIi between, the whole tgVtIs4 %,
forest NJ cvusf, with = cage anu JaLch
gtls. underground.
Tbs yHsi!iAyA area lying Tlh oil
TIE iAfuItg district eGersisrs Wy
10 .0ilaut Iuliugnce Ia mOirTatlug
ei.msl- u tho valley. such surface
eau aasJig, ~ render lHteaJ very I..lle
10 She suu's neat, but lhIowa Il uu.k
lava the atmosphere, Dating teuJ .
ausn tue ground IL bare, ills GITcuu-
t.auce givth rlso ~ "a constant breeze
tom gue iouGh. As this disturbance
- local lue " the rising Oi tue heated
column % air, II seldom brcomts t,3
violent 10 Interfere with work on
iagm, q faueher whom We ask
c.ncarnlug this much iaiRet-b' win ,