Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

seven miles In length. There are
other and smaller valleys separated by
low ranges Of mountains and hills. The
early settlers located on the bottoms
because the water was handy and they
were easier to cultivate; experience has
shown, though. that the best land Is
that on the benches where water of
which there is unlimited quantities, is
placed upon IT, In fact, there was a
time when there was entirely too much
of Il. The old-tlmers still tell OF how,
only few years ago at certain seasons,
their only communication from Mont
peler TO Paris, the county seat, a dis
lance Of ten miles. was by boat, This
has been changed, owing TO lighter
snow falls and the taking out of nu-
merous bitches for irTigatng purposes
Il Is also vouched for on good authors
IS that during these floods the out
let" as the sluggish stream running
from Bear lake, Is called, presented the
curious phenomena Of running up hill.
Bear Lake itself Is now surrounded
by numerous ranches and farms, and
has upon its borders the settlements OF
St Charles, Fish Haven, Swan Creek,
and Laketown. This particular section
Is free from summer frost and raises
fruits of all kinds grain, and the best
notatoes that are grown in the state
1t is a fact worthy of remark that
the county which now contains q popu-
lation OF nearly 10000, has not an In
digent person within It's limits ana
contains no almshouse. The principal
towns are Montpelier with a population
of 500: Paris, with l.2Oe. and Bloom
ington. Georgetown. st. Charles, Ben
nington. Fish Haven, Nounan, ovid,
Geneva and Raymond II Is strictly
pastoral country, from which II must
MOI be inferred however, that Its in
habltants are green, Far from II.
lie people are hospitable and up-to-
date The principal products are
sheen. cattle hay and all the hardy
grains ana vegetables II has excellent
homo markets and obtains the best
prices FOR everything at the coal fields
of piamondylle and Kemmerer, not
many miles away. The growth OF
Montpclier. for instance, can best be
understood by the fact that when DR..
& Hoover came there in 1882 II had
only two shlngled houses In IL. Now
there are large business blocks OF bricK'
stone and wood and private residences
that would be a credit 20 any city
The county has a promising future
IN other directions as we'll as. the fol-
lowing WIN show About Is months ago
the MONTPELIER copper belt situated
nine niles from town, was discovered
nv =. J. McDermott and i. w. Rose,
Who made some loco lions. since then
the Montpelier Copper Mning ana
Smelling company has been organized,
which took over the Duke. Emerald
Iiickv Roy and Swansea claims. The
Claire Mining CO.. which owns the
claire sunday and Iron Duke. The
Independence Copper CO. and the Con-
ner King Co. s shaft of 200 feet has
boen sunk in the Duke. and oxides and
csrrorates az copper have been found
carrying copper silver ana gold
Assays from ! 20 O. per cent IN COZ.
.per. 10 100 ounces IN silver ane 80
cents TO $500 IN gold have been o.
famed. Total values os high az Si9s
ror ton have hero been bad inc Clai.e
"a opened mp BY two tunnels one ivy
feet ana The other ''e feet lonr-
cor load Of q tons Of ore has just been
,hlppcd 10 Murray ron this nroperiy
I'm, The result has not vet been oo-
,ained. All these pronerufs nave neen
oocnod nm hv local ca1ltal- \ per
,o,oi lnsnoctlon NJ tho ground by tNf
writer warrants tho statement that inc
outlook for several promising mines on
,bls mineral bolt are very na'tetmg.
mi I'M, viii mean much to Bear Late
.a,,nfv
Sno,ber and equally important cir
,,,,s,.nca Is HE finding o. coal meas
'.le. within ihr,c miles OF the town o.
won,pelier While 1t has been known