Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-20
PROSPERITY ABoUSDs.



Alton. uintah County. Wyoming.
Aug. 18Th. 1875
To The Editor:
a journey through from Cache June
tlon 90 this place il full OF Interest aud
perhaps the readers Of the News" may
hc Interested In learning of this part Of
Zion.
Tho hundreds OF acres 81 golden
grain around cache Junction ali Ht the
same time was ready Tor th. felf-bInd-
cr COZ header and 60 my mind 10 ar-
pcarcd an utter imposHhnty for the
farmers t1 gather Il before % won't
back Into tho ground. Tor as the train
(which was a. frcluhD. running ln d1v
time. passed through 90 uNiurd. there
were miles uf 10 on each eide ~ the
line. or clear from mountain tu hill
and nc once ready Tor thu harvest aud
those fields that had been cut The
shocks pi golden grain wcrd Hl ihiokly
piled together that the wagons would
hardly utu through thom.
oxford lT lovely lltilH village. mes.
iling rae thn foot Of the mountains and
~ really Doc northwest part of tuH
cache valley IL iH n perfect garden
spot Al hardy kinds of fruits ana
vegetables Grow here. and rneltollo De-
their market, The town d. hUHutitul-
ly shaded with trees and orchards. has
q nnc meeting house ana neat rosie
dcucDa The only drawback iH tho
railroad two miles away u fUHmH that
railroad builders have done their level
best lu ihlH country to give the towns
ODE gl-hy flr nearly an except poct-
tNlIu ur0 from three 10 five miles from
thH towns aud the railroad beds would
th..n huIls tIdtd eastern f-U muught
they know 70 all, I made the trip ln
o. buggy through D0wneN ArImu,
Oneida Thatcher 20 MpCamm0u
Junction. The bcll Telephone come
ptry's mon are an along the road
putting M one = the nngst lines I have
over seen. The pnlen arc mammoth
Fellows and The two copper wir~f EiIHtUn
lu IuH sun. Tho line IN now built ffnf.
Salt Lake City 90 Thatcher. and viii
reach Idaho Falls early In october. and
that VIII ho the terminus Tor this year.
Knowing ones say lt viii Doc hunt all
through Idaho. Montana and Washing
ton states next year uH well as 10
Portland.
IN STAR VALLEY.
tlTr p1cntsllo at Sam. rueflay for
MIntI Der whore I took thn Alton
STAG, rid. through tha canyon or
flrty.dv, miles 90 ALTON, arriving after
dark star valley Dr. tws ntY-nve miles
niHhlrf wards and with .ha reception
81 Alton are scattered iii through the
valley There lr 1000 i.atter.day
SalusI. ana thflr Nrl.tl-do condition
San be hs.sr uudHrsialf when 70 o.
known that thc poor y Ipi7 hiyr drawn
tribe lasa than 500 from the poor
funi The lla, ak mIn,iE The people
of ihH lovely valley lfe All we'll q do.
having irum 100 acres iI 900 acres each.
cattle and sheer abound, In fact thls.
with lumber. Il fhc staples ~ tho val-
lcy. which o. well w1iHfti lucrrn. wnl
hay timothy ana oats Inly are raised.
% very llitle wheat, uul Iu speaking 10
W. W. burton. az o. Goo probability Of
becoming an lmm.uH0 wheat neld. h.
replied, n doubt p ls there IL more
money in other ih.uF'
THIS valley hlH h.HH settled only
twelve years. hut fh.y have some cls-
giant rsilances, barns etc., bur very
few trlDs ~ any Kind. the hard pan 4
few feet below Che surface ana the
short seasons may account Tor thlH
although they have sp.Ht much money
slr trees, thty grow awhile and thon
die, Tho valley hls ny. aw mills also
days has also hut lrl owns n fue
gr.at min here. Archibald Gardiner.
aged nearly 30 yeart
Alton u the prime pal city has many
modern homes, Five mercantile houses
ana wagon shops. who 40 much bual-
ness have an opera hlus' ana a church
belonging e. thg Lliigr,dly Saints that
would be noticed Ina much older place
Tor ne beauty ami " thr people would
have smaller holdings selling 20 their
fellow men. Thousands could get rich
here with them. f1r he lana produces
more. mon live longer work less.
II would mako ihr hHnrt OF small