Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-16
THRIVING TOWNS IN EMERY
By Hard Work, Residents Of That County are
Achieving Success.
Railway Facilities Needed Great Coal
Deposits Burglary az Ferron-The
"News" la the Lead.

Orangevllle, Emery Co., Utah. Oct. H.
This is one of the new counties Of
Utah in the way Of settlement having
been occupied but little over twenty
years: but II ls well along IN a thirty
ing condition, considering all the cir
cumstances The chief avenue Of COM
munlcatlon with the outside Is by way
Of Price, on the r. G w. by the way
this town, now the county seat OF Car
hon county, was once embraced within
the limits Of Emery county before
Carbon county had g place on the map
II is in the midst Of Utahs great coal
producing region today, but Is really al
most at the northern end Of the great
coal belt in this valley Price is also a
busy shipping point for other products
from this part OF Utah besides cor, one
illustration being In the shipment this
week OF seven carloads OF honey from
Carbon and Emery counties chiefly the
latter. and Price Castle Gate, sunny
side, Scoheld aud other places along the
h. G.. W. railway furnished a good
market for produce.
Coming into Emery county by way OF
the railroad. a ride by stage, wagon or
horse conveys one TO the nearest town
OF considerable size. Huntington. The
road thither. like most Of the highways
On Emery county. Is far from being a
boulevard There are not many rocks
far too few, 10 fact The soil Is a
light clay, very deep, and easily washed
Thus the rains cause deep washes or
gullles. and much care has 20 be given
10 Keeping the roads In order. At the
best they are quickly lined with ruts
and chuckholes and when the stage
horses or other teams jog along az a
trot. the horses are not doing the only
Jogging, II Is jolt, jump and bump, up
hin and down hill. tn the destination Is
reached.
HUNTINGTON
Huntington IS twenty-three miles
from Price, a little west OF south II Is
the largest town IN Emery county. and
quite as old as any, Situated In a vale
along the Huntington river nearly a
thousand people there are making the
waste places clad. At the present time
about a dozen go00d dwellings are being
| erected IN the town, besides one or two
stores A new meeting house. quite an
imposing structure, IL nearing compile
ton and the town gives evidence OF
thrift and industry Here the post
master ls George Miller, school teacher
az Lawrence, a few miles to the east.
The school teacher at Huntington "a a
resident of the town. A. ~ Leonard, a
young man who mas been nominated for
the office OF county clerk. 90 be voted
for 81 the election in November one
draw back rs noticeable in HUNTINGTON,
but the people hope It has done It's
worst-alkan. In the lower part Of the
town. after some years cultivation OF
the soil, the alkali came up, and several
farms and homes had 10 be abandoned.
one OF these was few years ago, one
Of the prett.es, homes in Huntington.
II belonged 20 Don q. Robbins, now Of
Salt Lake. and had 20 be left The
alkali now covers the ground around Il
as with snow; but II Is said there are IN
dlcatlons o. the mineral departing
other places have been ruined or are
now threatened. but the people say this
affection does not seem 20 be spreading
now 90 that they no longer fear being
crowded out by the alkaline enemy 70
vegetation.