Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-26

and Live Stock Raisers' club OF that
place, is in the city. He visited the
weather Office to consult with Section
Director Thiessen relative to observa-
ton instruments, as Orderville Is to be
made a voluntary observation station,
with Mr. Porter as the observer. Mr.
Porter says the mercury fell to 25 be-
low zero at Orderville, Dec. 2S last;
there has been the heaviest snowfall of
years in that part of the state. and at
ST. George there was six inches at last
accounts. In November Kane county
had a 1O-inch snowfall in one storm.
Mr.. Porter says the proposed railroad
through that section Is all the talk at
present.
William II. Thane. member of the
state board Of land commissioners came
down from Logan Monday to attend
a special session of that body. return
Ing home yesterday. He says Cache
valley was never more prosperous;
that It is building up fast. and the pop
ulation increasing with q slow but
steady growth, there now being up
wards of 10000 people. happy and pros
porous. calling that their home. They
have been enjoying unusual sleighing
this winter, for a stretch OF SIX weeks
or more the people having the pleas
ure of using the easy running sled in
place of the slower and noisier wheeled
vehicle.
F.. G. White of Denver and Bernard
Faymonville of San Francisco are
guests at the Knutsford. having met in
Salt Lake on appointment. both being
prominent business men in their re-
spective cities.
NJ. A. Leanvey of Denver. the new
nhnF of
tered at the New Windsor. Monday.
DIR. Philip Stephens of Caliente. is
registered at the Cullen.
George A. Fisher of the United
States forest service, is guest at the
Cullen.
j. o. Pack, one of the nustling
young lumberman of Kamas, Is In
town on business today. reporting an
unusually heavy blanket of snow COW
Kamas. Mr.. Pack says there is a
good five feet of solid snow in the for
est covered mountains u few miles out
of Kamas. Hero are the sources of
the Weber, the Provo and the Duchesne
rivers, and the vast blanket OF snow
that now covers great stretches of
territory over that watershed would
for those three important rivers far
into the heated term of next summer.
The past two or three years the water
supply up there has been much great
er than usual, and the prospects now
point to no diminution In the quantity
for the summer of 1910. Mr.. Pack says
many of the inhabitants of the neigh |
borhood are engaged directly and In |
directly in the lumber business. Some |
are logging, some operate the saw
mills. and some arc engaged in trans |
porting the lumber to market or to |
the nearest railroad station. Good |
timber for lumber Is obtainable within |
IL miles OF Kamas. Then there is any |
amount of splendid water power, and |
means of supplying power to the saw
mills. Everything is so convenient to
hand, the timber close, water power
and labor reasonable. that
good lumber sells in Kamas at SIC
thousand feet. about half the Salt
Lake price for rough lumber.
John c. Lambert, stockman and
rancher of Kamas. IL miles east OF
Park City, is at the New Windsor Mr..
has been n resident Of that
snug little valley since 1861 nearly 80
years. Years ago the farmers could
-aise good oats and wheat In this lit
tle valley ONeT oVUU rect lsLuONc sea level, /
put recently the seasons have been |
shortening up in the fall, resulting
in the grain being frosted
Just prior to arriving at maturity.
So OF late years the farmers have
.urned their attention moro to ranch
ng, raising stock, native hay and tim
,thy, and engaging in the lumber bus
ness, Mr. Lambert says at present
500 to 800 beef cattle arc be-
ng fed In the little valley this winter
rho native grasses are found to be
much superior for fattening purposes
% cultivated hays proving far better
hat best timothy or redtop. The stock
ire coming out Of the winter In splen-
lid shape. little feed other than the
nutritious native grasses OF tho valley
icing required to keep the beeves in
prime condition for the most exacting
markets both east and west Kamas
has proven itself one OF the best hay
valleys In the state. the hay sent out
rom there commanding top notch
prices wherever sold.
+. w. Ross, a prominent stock man
and rancher OF st. Anthony, Idaho,
vas in Salt Lake Wednesday, on bust
ness. Mr.. Ross owns considerable
In Salt Lake county.
DIR. Lyman II. Palmer of Ogden,
PRESIDENT OF tho extensive cement
works located near there. IL q guest :