The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-16


J' Il. Burb!dRe, will harvest nearly 100
tons OF hay and perhaps as many bushels
Of oath' but none Of this win hnd Its
,Sksn %Gy 20 the market This might fairly be
few will run much higher and u large.
number somewhat below that yield the
% Be- iSuns as ts to be- obs sbs and
product per capita OF producers. and TO
MAKE my Jumping estimate hold good
there would have, to be 800 to 1000 OF
round without the aid Of a telescope,
from every one Of whom. II the few con
versed with are a fair sample OF the
day for a railroad, Such a Highway
would, simplify and cheaper matters for
them Immensely, 1t would. for one thing
aoa some ~ to $3.50 per ton to the ne,
receipts for each ton Of hay sent to the
market by saving that amount in the
COST OF freightase, which now is accom-.
pushed by means OF long. tedious drives
Win one OF the other lines OF rail-. or
market is limited and partly supplied
ous o eTsn nsaF9S this II ne %qst be OBJ
.nE that II would be as much to the
saiir9nd,s raul rs interest as tho farmers to
transnors trans saetT to desire In this hehalf The
SSM.eht or several hundred thousand dol
lars worth. with the large cattle traffjc
sue , TO be added to 1t. would seem to be
ltyf
attention, But this Is not all.
Would Develop Mines.
Waving for the present tho nersoro,
transportation Item which Uo,,Id ~
worth while right along and would grow
i,nsiuy Siteanily, there Is big promise OF mining
woodland in the immediate future Tor
years mining in a desultory way. retard-
ed chiefly by the difficulty OF shipment
pna nroa, 'ne me ,o, corresponding uncertainty OF
Pioht OH low or even medium grade ores
mas been carried on In the vicinity, There
are some well defined deposits and lodges,
carving well In mineral, and even the
bas q, railroad recently engaged In
Has had the effect OF causing a begin
ming OF mining In practical. systematic
way. A bunch OF deserted and improp-
cry located claims near Knmas have re-
Gently been legally filed on by a Salt
Lake company and the dsign is to beein
work on them systematically as soon as
arrangements for shipment can be made,
" course, only the best OF the ore can
be sent through under existing circum-
stances. but II the iron horse were MAX
ing regular trips TO that town pretty
much the entire product could be shipped
at q proat The entire range east north
east and southeast of Kamas is strong
~ mlneralized and there are a number
OF places that under the stimulus of a
rellroeds presence would be located and
worked 1t would undoubtedly grow into
waiting.
Climate Not Rigorous.
The climate is not nearly SO rigorous
during the winter season as one would
suppose from the altitude OF some 1000
teet. and even In the mountains passage
from point TO point, with or without
Teams, Is seldom seriously mpeded. while
IN The valley II is not impeded at all.
FIRST and second hand information goes
70 SNOW that the farmers and others af-
fected are all willing to grant rights Of
way over their property, this being al
ready Well defined by reason Of the sur
Vey made some time ago,
RhooeS valley has received scant atten-
tion as general thing, but it is destined
to receive more generous and voluminous
mention. From an agricultural point of
view II is one Of the most beautiful sec
lions or Utah grand domain and its in
crease In population, while not rapid is
steady and substantial. 1t does not ap-
peal strongly or at all 10 the transient or
experimental locator or wanderer, but has
a decided attraction for those who in
good faith and with corresponding ability
and willingness to work Intend to make
homes. Hence the sturdiness of tine pop
ulation and Its never showing falling
on. even II II cannot so far show much
gain. Those who are here. while here
to stay as a general proposition. are not
crowdng each other in the least. their
TO such an extent that IL Is at times diff
ncult TO tell whether you are in town or
out Of II. This. however, does not so
we'll grouped place, containing something
less than thousand people. The town
has recently taken upon Itself the respon
sibilities of incorporated government, be-
Ing now a full-fiedGed town. with Its full
complement of officers. II has half
dozen stores. two or three of them quite
pretentious and as well stocked as met
ropoitan establishments, bank, paper,
two hotels. a large and commodlous
amusement hall, good sized and well
appointed opera house. and other busi-
ness lines incidental TO the more ad-
yanced country towns. Everybody owns
stock and has wherewith TO feed them on.
and there is a very visible total absence
OF the genus Rnocker.
Place of Opportunities.
The next town In the order OF impor..
tance is Woodland. four miles south OF
Kamas. This place stretches Itself for
mile or more along the Provo river and
spreads out oyer the plateau adjoining on
the north 10 n considerable extent; II has
perhaps 500 people, is not much addicted
10 business Enterprises, but stands we'll
in with the rest In the matter OF nay
raising There are other places in the
more northerly part OF the district, out
as they partake Of the characteristics ot
those already mentioned In most re-
spects, a separate mention OF them may
properly be deferred, They ALL however,
go TO strengthen the plea put forth by
nearly all those who live and all who pay
occasional visits here, that the railroad
men get quick action and put the valley
in shortened communication with the rest