Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-27
Apostle Woodruff Talks Of lis Ad-
vantages to Settlers.
GOOD PLACE FOR GOOD MAN
Abundant itsrvcsts and rInc Cattle
uanges-'iuch Money In Rails.
sfng OF Luccrn seed.

Apostle owen Woodruff, who IL now
on his way to Mexico. returned recently
from the Big Horn Basin. Idaho. whera
he went at the Instance " President
SNOW 10 inquire into the welfare "
the Mormon" settlers and make such
suggestions ana give such advice az
.pMluuns would seem 10 require.
l'Hor 10 his departure for Mexico.
APOSTLE Woodruff talked Fiowlngiy "
i.ee prospects OF that section. To
"Ncwa' man he said.
IT H. good place for a company N
Industrious people who Will unite to-
hether IN building u canal to make Tor
themselves substantial homcH During
recent visit In company with Prcai.
dent Jos. w. McAturrin. and my
rcphcw. Enrcne Woodruff. 10 the Basin.
! saw things and gathered items that
may be OF interest to those who dcsirc
10 cast their lot with THE sturdy Cui1niz-
cr and make homes Tor Themselves. |
desire 70 say IN tho beginning u ia Ia
my estimation choice new country
Tor an industrious man but bad one
Tor lazy man.
''rhe Zig Horn Basin ls about 80
miles long by 100 wide. The elevation
ranges from 300 feet to COCO feet above
sea level There are probably 300. 900
acres Of land that can be- Irrigated in
GLIDING that which II now already un-
der cultivation. The climate / think
VIII compare favornhly with TINT Of tho
SAT- Lake Valley. though subject per-
hnps to more sudden changes.
AT Basin city. the point most sub.
lcct 10 extremes In the basin, II rogiH-
trfe1 one night last winter. / am told
81 degrees below zero. ana one day last
summer 10 degrees heat IN the shade
was recorded. ON Wood river. one "
the tributaries N ORGY Bull river. %
degrees below zero IL the most extreme
cold recorded In the past live Year,. II
"a generally 80 warm and pleasant iu
the fall and winter that these sudden
changes are felt very ksOnly. 10 Hei-
dom, however. remains very cold moro
than two OF three days ut "a time.
zone settler who has lived bon both
the Ashley and salt Lake valleys told
me they had more warm days lu wins
ter than In any place he had ever lived
aud more sunshine and as little wind.
Last winter was the first winter in nix
years that there has been snow enough
Tor good slcighinF.
Cattle have been able 10 winter out
every winter since our people have been
thcrc-from six a. eight yenrs-on tho
west side NJ the Basin The soil h. VI
n good quality with an abundance ~
water Tor irrigation. The people have
been uhl" To produce for a succession ~
years, wheat, oats. barley. corn. potn-
toes, alfalfa. timothy aud almost an
kinds of vegetables including tomatoes
and watcrmcl0ns.
''Lucorn Il being successfully raised.
particularly the seed, some ~ the
farmers this year raising as much ne
900 To 100 bushels each this wear This
crop lnds a ready cash market AID
brings ? cents per pound.
THE only damage that has been done
10 crlps FOR a number of years was %
hallstorm which swept over the part ~
burlington Hat In 1895. This year has
been the coolest ana shortest since tho
settlement of our people on the Burling-
ton Bend HAT, and Notwithstanding this
fact tomatoes, corn and melons fiponvd.
The first killing frost occurring october
ist
There has been considerable fruit
ut out within the last two years and
the trees appear To be- doing we'll. Good
upplvs have been raised Tor several
years on slide Greek on the east side
81 the Basin. To to the 9Th ~ this
month tho weather was good with tho
exception u few hlustery days. tho
snow melting In the Basin ns fast ~
u fell and 10 has only been sufficiently
cold 20 barely freeze a skim Of Ice on
the bitches
There are at present but few set
tiers In the Rig Horn Basin; about 400
i.htter-day Saints and probably fow
more than this number Of people who
belong TO other denominations Elder
McMurrln and organized the lurllng-
ton ward. SUNDAY. with WIN. n Pack
ard as llahou, and David l., Woodruff
and VIM Nevcs as his tounsolors In
making our trip. which was by team.
we trayerscd tho old Emlgrnnt road
from near Evanston ana Fort Bridgcr
across Green river, IN the Rig and Lit
tie Land 10 Pacific Springs, South Pass.
Swectwatcr, Atlantic city Lander,
across the shoahone Indian reservation.
across Wind river via Rcd canyon 10
Thcrmopolls, thence down the BIG Horn
river 60 Basin city, the county seat Of
BIG Horn county and on 10 burlington
distance Travelled from Evanston. about
400 miles.
"The nearest railroad station the
settlement IN Red Lodge, Mont, reached
via Butte, As President Snow has COM
mlFsloucd mo to look after some colo
nization matters, VIII take pleasure In
answering any Inquiries made person
ally or by mail. regarding this great
country with It's wonderful undeyclopcd
resources"