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Show those matters of agriculture' etc., that are common to the whole. Our agriculture probably now stands ' first on the list, and our mineral output out-put last; but with the completion of the railroad that is to traverse our County,, this will be reversed. The Territory will then begin to hear of San Pete building stone and marble, San Pete silver and gold mines, San Pete salt and silica, San ' Pete white metal ,' and asphaltum. , This impetus to mineral development develop-ment will but give new life to all other industries, as the home market will be more extensive and steady, The product of the farm, garden, and dairy will be doubted, by the certainty of sales both at home and abroad. We have ; vast , herds of improved sheep, whose yearly yield of wool is a source of great wealth and will be of triple value when the establishment of factories gives the profit and prestige of mnu'actur-ing mnu'actur-ing it into cloth to our own people; then we wilt export instead of import such things as are made of wool. San Pets is also the happy possessor of immense im-mense herds of cattle, and our range is the best winter range in the Territory. Ter-ritory. San Pete County is the para-dise-of fat horses, and the Granary of Utah; yet an era is upon us of such importance to the development of mineral wealth, that these terms will be well nigh forgotten. v LOOKING FORWARD, ; , San Pete County has been standing stand-ing around with its hat in its hand, and a smile of welcome on its face for a number Of years; in fact ever since the S. P. V, , Railroad steamed its unsatisfactory length . into our midst. Anxiously have our citizens waited for the fulfillment of ' its promises, watched the feints and starts made to push it to completion, com-pletion, varied by rumors that they would soli out, with . breathless interest.' in-terest.' . It would probably j have been better for San Pete if that rpad had never been built; as their presence, pres-ence, wholly inadequate as it is .to the demand, has prevented other and stronger fcomnanies from buildin? o , . . a through. '." Heretofore the bonus method of bringing in a railroad, has beentried,and failed; We have nothing to say against treating a railroad company with every 1 cour: tesy, extending the hand of friendship, friend-ship, and smoothing the way to the completion of their desires; In fact a community, should; evince some degree of friendly interest in every public enterprise; but it i? folly and worse than folly to suppose that the small sums which it would be possible for the County to raise would weigh anything in determining the time of building or the route, of a railroad that would cost millions. j .- As an expression of a desire for a railroad, and our preference for a special Company, it may be of some value;, but, as a bribe it is worth nothing. ., Convince company that we have anything worth building a railroad to, .and, .they will come. San Pete County commerce is a rich nut to crack, and to convince the public of this is the agreeable task that lies before us. Every one of the eighteen or twenty precincts, towns or cities, -from Thistle onthe north, to Willow creek tin the south; and from Mt. Pleasant and its rich neighbors on the east, to Fountain Green and Walej C-n JbejEsW cch have their own peculiar" resiOTKSJ their exports snd advantages, besides |