The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-12-28
A Trip Through
Southern Utah,
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Dear sir:-- | thought | would give
YOUR readers few items picked up on
nv third trip to Southern Utah Tor tie
standard Knitting Co The counties OF
sanpete and Sewer are certainly IN
very prosperous condition. A great
deal of stock 10 being fed along the Sewer
river. Two brothers alone feeding 2,oOo
head Of cattle the same being done all
nm the riyer only in smaller numbers,
thus making a splendid market for all
the hay in the sunny valley OF the
Sewer. A great many cows also are be-
ing taken care OF for creamery purposes
The little town Of Koosharen, in Grass
Valley, of only forty or fifty families
getting checks for milk every month oil
over one thousand dollars. Aereat many
turkeys being raised also. One man alone
Of Elsinore had ], 100 turkeys, about
month since shipping to Salt Lake CITY
and Butte, Montana.
Tile town OF RichHeld is especially
PROSPEROUS; there being two banks, two
hotels, three large implement houses
and several large stores. The mining
town OF Kimberley being a market Tor
everything they have. One OF the nm
est hotels south OF Salt Lake is Crhe
SEWER Valley House) being located
here. Elsinore also has good hotel.
The town Of Monroe on the east side
Of the Valley is noted for its fine min
eral Hot Springs, where a great many
people suffering from rheuma'ics mo
relief. Monroe used to be the shadlest
town In Southern Utah by reason OF it's
immense shade trees but couple oil
years ago the people thinking they had
too much shade brought saw mill
into town and sawed up $50, 900 feet Of
lumber and used it for bridges and
building purposes.
Marysvale over the mountain south is
the terminus OF the X. q, w. Railroad.
could see but little improvement here
during the past twenty years, the mines
not doing much; however, the hotel
The Pines-is doing a good business.
Next comes the town OF Junction,
small, but busy new settlement, having
n fine school house and many new resi-
dsnces ana ten thousand dollar Court
House built without bonding), which
certainly speaks well for Pluto county
The next town is Circlevihe, lew
wears since only few scattered houses
now has some OF the incest residences,
credit to any town, beautiful pink
granite school house, and Jonnson's fine
hotel. They were putting on the finish
ing touches OH the finest dance hall
south Of Salt Lake; ITO feet long by 40
feet wide, n % foot stage and maple
floor costing $s7 per thousand, and beau'
iful chandeliers. Great credit is due
Senator Willis johnson for pushing
this place 20 the front. He seems to be
the right man in the right place io'
making flourishing town out OF sand
bed.
Our next drive Of Thirty miles
brought us to the city OF Panguitch
over 1000 feet elevation mp. noticed
a great many improvements there o
late years. found our old friend snc
school teacher, w. Il. Sargent anf
family, among the leading citizens o
the town, also several OF the children o
one of our Lehi pioneers, John Nortin
located here. While here visited th'
Indian school, located three miles norti
of the town, and was shown through thu
buildings by lady matron and gen
tleman employed by the government
Forty-one little Piutes and Utes ar
doing nicely. The boys in their graz
uniforms, with red stripes, aud the girl
in clean bingham dresses, certainly is
great Improvement on their old way .
living. The girls dormitory OF littl'
iron beds, with clean white sheets an'
pillows, showing that everything Il
well kept up, and when Uncle San
puts up the new buildings now unde
contemplation, 1t will be fine place
The children are mostly from ksnal
and ST. George.
All along the road we found team
loaded with freight for Kanab, Glendal
and Northern Arizona points.
Wishing you Happy New Year.
Yours Truly,
T. +. TRAEE.