The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
WAVES FROM INLAND SEAS
BEAT ON MOUNTAIN WALLS
Dark Outlines of Present Noun
tain Range Would Just Rise
From Waters.
Special 10 The Tribune

boundary line between Garfield and Kane
counties On all sides of those lakes the
waves bent on mountain walls that rose
prccipitously from the ice-cold water ut
their bases. The map would show mere
!y the dark outlines of the present noun
talns rising abruptly from u waste OF
water with hardly an acre of HAT land
within view. Those lakes wore lmpound- :
ed by immcuSc dams OF eruplye material
principally Dasalt-that oozed UP from
molten depths when the world was
young. Young. at least. SO far as ter
rcstrial lie IS concerned,
Between what is now Sevler valley and
the chief valley OF Pluto county-Marys-
vale and Circle Nallcy--a great crystine
link. or dam. was built across the then
depression between what We now call inc
Tushor range TO the west. and
the Maryyale mountains to the
the one occupying Scvlcr valley
was the first TO be drained. The eruptiyc
dam extending from the south end OF
the Ncbo range TO the Pahvant range
slowly yielded to the force OF stream
fully large as the Colorado river. and
came dry land" \ wave washed bench
or delta at the extreme south end OF the
valley proves that the lake was station
airy during many centuries.
In the Sewer Valley.
That portion OF SEWER valley within
Sever county Is about forty miles IN
length. northcrly and southcrly by six
or seven miles wide from the bases OF
tho east and west ranges OF mountains.
The east range. rises 10 high mountain
Gus plateau In Emery county. where the
drainage Ia principally towards Green
river. Salina creek IN the northern part
Of SEWER valley, and Monroe creek In the
! southeastern corner. are the two prlnct-
pal streams that have their sources In
the east range. The Pahvant range,
which forms the boundary between Sewer
ductIvc OF water on It's Sevlcr valley
descent than Is the range TO the cast,
The principal stream that enters Sewer
valley from the west Is Clear creek. sit
uated In the southwest corner. and which
has It's sources at the base OF Mts. Bel
knap and Badly in the, northwest corner
OF Piutc county. Although the SEWER
| river flows through the entire length OF
Scvler valley, the three creeks above
mentioned comprised the principal water
supply for irrigation during the first ten
vears of the pioneer epoch The average
| altitude OF Sewer valley Is a trlne over
| 5000 feet. or about 500 feet higher than
| Salt Lake valley.
Pioneer Epoch.
The pioneer epoch of Sewer valley be-
nearly ten years. during which period the
occupation OF the small settlements was
rendered extremely precarlous by the hos
! trility OF Chief Black Hawk and his thiev"
| ing. murderoUs tribe Of redskins,
| Sevier county. like Sanpctc county was
largely pioneered by Mormon converts
from Scandinavia. In their native lands
/ lncy were nlinDlc peasant DlS-lenIDNS anu
laborers on the farms of Denmark. Swed-
en- and Norway-and artisans from the
cities. They were Injured TO inccssant
| toll, TO eNactlng frugality, and the heirs
apparent to patience ana persistence that
never failed them when confronted by
seemingly insurmountahle obstacles. To
those natural and Inherited qualifications
! for pioneer life was added the unqucs-
| tloniDg faith that abides in the brain OF
every dcvout Mormon However much
| the world may differ with the honest Nor
| ste
just the criticisms Of certain features OF
| their faith and practice, it were unjust
| as well as useless, 10 discredit the fact
| that their chidlilCe confidence in the di-
vine mission of their prophets was an i'm
| portant factor I'm the colonization Of Utah
! owing to the distance from railroads. the
! principal exports from Sevier county were
| livestock and wool
Present-Day Conditions.
With the advent OF the Denver e. Ric
products were added TO the list OF eX-
| ports. until today Sevler county is one
of tho most prosperous In Utah. Within
recent years sugar beet culture has large
| ly superseded wheat. that. at one time
was the staple product OF Sewer valley
Although the increasing price OF wheat
has induced many OF the farmers to again
turn to that product. At the present time
| large quantities OF flour are imported
| from Salt Lake and Ogden. Except In
favored localities, like the cove at the
| junction OF Clear creek and the Sewer
! river, fruit culture has not beer sue
cess. Bee culture has been proved to be
profitable. and Will no doubt become one
| of the important Industrial auXiliaries,
Mineral Wealth.
Near Salina arc ineXhaust!bie deposits
of rock salt, which finds 4 good and
steady market.
Recently a gypsum cement plant was
erected at SIgurd, and. although in its
| infancy, is turning out a large amount per
day OF plaster and cement OF superior
quality. There is a mountain of the crude
material some three miles distant. y
| tramway connects the mine and mill.
During ten years Sewer county reaped
| the Hons share OF the products from the
mines on Gold mountain. The mines are
| In Piute county. but the topogra ply OF
the north end OF the Tushor range is such
| that Sewer county was the almost eX-
| elusive beneficiary of the output from
| Gold mountain.
Resources in Brief,
Sewer county has 10000 acres of land
under cultivation, and which has an aver
age value OF SIS per acre. Ten thousand
| additional acres OF choice land Will be
brought under cultivation as soon as the
completed And 1t is estimated that 5000
acres OF good land can be utilized FOR
| dry farming" In addition to the fore
| county has 700 600 acres of mountain pas
| turage for It's numerous i)ocks and herds.
The area devoted TO sugar heets the
past season WAS 400 acres. which yielded
| 70. 900 tons. The price received was Si5O
per ton. as against SO per ton paid 10
Colorado beet-ralsers. And, in passing
! II is well 10 add that the price of Utah
| bccts was based on sugar at S5 per hun
dredwelght The Sewer county farmers
would like TO have honest answers to Just
! two questions, namely: Why is 1t that
they receive less for their bects. and pay
| more for their sugar. than the Colorado
farmers? And ii the price of beets Is;
| based OH sugar at 50 per 100 pounds. Why
do they not receive more than $3.50 for
| their beets when sugar is sc ucr hundred =
weight2 And they should ask themselves
| n third question: Are not tho conditions
! just named owing To the fact that the
sugar trust has II more deadly grip on
| Utah and Idaho farmers than IL has on
Colorado faTncrsg
! The grain yield or the past season. Is
! estimated at about 100000 bushels. In