Show tho eis eig horn country the tooele thoele transcript contains some valuable pointers concerning the big horn country that may be of interest to bome bamo of our northern readers it gathers its information from isaac lec a former resident resi Jent of tooele thoele lie ile went by way of pacific springs to south csiss s city thence through 0 atlantic city to lander from F rom the las named place the course was taken due north to the grey arpy bull buil river down which they traveled about 30 miles anil came to what is known as tho the I 1 bench camil or oil the side eido of the iho river lie ile informs us there is not 61 claim to lift bo irid on oil the river bottoms ft from um tha bridge down to the canal and ami a strip about 21 miles wide and 10 or 12 miles long is ii aso ilso taken up the country above mentioned is known as the mormon bend and alid is situated under the bench canal the canal is worked out ott about 4 miles but is surveyed fur for about 8 covering 0 a sufficient distance to take in acres of land there is wenty plenty of bench land which i is s far afar superior in quality to that of the bottoms and a portion of it is taken in by the canal the bench is some 0 6 miles wide and 14 miles long iong and as yet thare are but blit very few claims filed ailed on so that it leaves sufficient land for families and there is plenty of water to be had for all of it the soil is of a light vel yellowish lowish color a sandy loam and is very rich in producing cro crops PS V mr r lee has hag seen grain a rain i growing there that he is satisfied would yield from froia 35 to 50 bushels per acre this being 0 some 10 miles up grey bull river above a town called calk otto As a general rule stock winters out well as there is very cry little snow falls and the condition of the he soil causes it to m melt elt rapidly the principal thing for home seekers to know regarding a new country is its dr 1 and of these there are a number there is no timber growing on the land and being so little rain or snow fall that grain has to be watered to bring 0 it up in the spring timber has to be hauled from 50 to 60 miles there is no hour flour mill as yet but a 1 company has been formed which anticipates the erection oi of one shortly A saw mill is located about 40 i miles from mormon bend but lumber sells cells at 20 per thousand feet anyone desirous of making a home in the big horn basin should take at least two years provisions and clothing with them in order to bo be fully folly prepared the railway is about aboul bor miles from the ilasin basin and provisions can be procured very reasonably at red lodge or bi billing 1 montana the peo people ie are very progressive as they already support three newspapers and are working hard to develop the country mr lee aa says y s a large part of the country at present has the appearance of a barren wilderness but lie he feels confident that it will bo be one of the most beautiful portions of our western coultry cou atry fruit is and can be grown and all sorts of vegetables ab lesard are grown A great part of I 1 the basin is rollin rolling 0 hills bills but there is a sufficient fall to irrigate nearly allo all of fit it there is novalles no valley in the ilosky mountains that has eo much water or can even compare with the big horn basin in that respect |