Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03

Lone Tree, Wyus AUS. -, lh'a'
To the Editor
Having engaged or travelling sales
man and being able 90 see considerable
country / thought "a Tow brief notes
would prove OF htuont 20 your readers,
Leaving Vcrnai and travelling north.
person room comes 60 the llninh
mountains and climbs them on a aug
way W some four miles In length
reaching the top. The ranRe u nearly
level Tor miles. covered with a ihlck
growth Of plno, quakcnnHp and some
biiHam Interpreted with a few noun
tain willows and several rocks which
have been uncovered by The recent
rains and lir exposed tn the weather
and ln the road Of you can call II huehl,
tn the wheels ul thr vehicle travelling it'
fur miles the wagon scarcely touches
soil but travels from rock 90 rock In
the most annoying manner possible.
The English language has not enough
adicctlvrH 10 state, with anything OF n
certainty the condition ot those roads
at present
brings one to Oake'H mill, In Forest
Greek Park. which has succeeded m
saving out some 10000 feet - ilrHt class
lumber this year Leaving there drive
OF some forty miles brings one 10 Luz
Germ Valley where "A company nave
taken out the waters Of Sheep creek
and are selling water 20 fhfmcra 40 $40
pcf acre and viii hire the men ana pay
ihrm one-third cash and tWo-thlrdi
water right for hay hauling or canal
work. or plnwlnE.
and produces everything In abundance
Some wheat mntufrd this year nicely
without any water nt all, aud yielded
rich returns. The majority % the peo'
pir are t.atter-day Saints ana have a
nouflHhing Sunday school, and have pc
tltlonod the county court OF blntAh
county, Utah. TOT a district, they have
Ing 90 pupils In the valley. Ih,N az
In tho lIcnryH Fork district. who by
the way. have only 10 pupils, - ! term
ID an Injustice 90 the people of Lucerne
h mo county court does not grant them
IA school district, IL being % miles from
I.ucernr 30 thtiicnry'h Fork school The
people are preparing now for taking 4
! large canal out OF licnry'H Fork ana
| covering some 5000 or 5000 acres on the
| lower end OF the valley, II u an excel
/ lent place Tor a yuunE man Just starting
out In lie 10 make a home,
Henrya Fork. Burnt Fork ana Lone
| Tree. whore / am az this writing. arr
| also excellent places. hut are mostly
Inhabited hy cattlcmcn owning
| vast areas % pasture and meadow lana
! from which thoycut hundreds OF toni
of wild hay, a. well az timothy aud RED,
top. wheat can be- halacd. though not
90 great advantage.
one great dlaadynuiaFv ] notice N
wyoming not found IN Utah, u that
eight pupils can call Tor school, whil'
| In Utah Il h twenty. Then the coun'
/ Ties are ~ dlstrlctod that great many
/ schools are m one district. and th'
/ school OF eight pupils got Just ~ long
/ term OF school A. the larger ones, ant
/ also Just na good a teacher. ~ thoy pas
/ In this district. which includes Loni
| Tree, Mountain View, the two Smlthl
/ Fn,Ia and iiridgOr, besides Heycrn
mail schools In outlying parts or tn
/ district, $50 per month Tor both malt
ur female. yct they require goo'
] teacher,
Mall comes here three times a week
20 thst the people hear the news from
! outside that often.
] school ID running here In Lone Tree
90 present. az they run nearly nln'
/ months In the year and close In The colo
Respectfully.
A. l.. w.