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Show ANNIVERSARY NUMBER Vol.lO, No. TOOELE, Utah, firril 22, 17 Price Ten. Cents 1911 Tooele (gunty : among which are Dugway, Grande in the northwe.--t and Sliver island cm ner of the county stands the dot mount tin, standing 11 bun giant teet abo' e the sea to the east of which ies a feitile stretch of land with an ideal rdmnte. In the south-wes- ITS AND Wonderful uner stands .immt Ilitpah Resources By M. M. Countv tint so cap near-all ound. tile y.ai Running om M noi beast Ibipai is the tamoiis i eep Cieek v illey with its lie. util ill stretches of fertile lands be-- t Kast ot peep Creek lange and wet n it and the deseit lies a fertile l strip of eountrv with a climate ill the midst of t lie desert lies the Salt beds, miles in extent either way and of unknown deptji, composed of iS per cent pure salt; it is said there is enough salt there to supply the wot id for an indefinite period Most of the area of the county is the high water mark of Lake I'.onnev ille, and is near (lie center of the Gteat Basin, i i h t BUSH, it weal-- , a n iw 1 1 semi-tropica- Sheriff i lie-lo- Climate and Soil. There are three government weather stations within the county, and I herewith submit a copy of the toroid of each as to temporal lire and for the past seven precipitation years: o TOOELE An COUNTY. Empire; the Empire Within an Greatest 'State County in of Untold Utah, the Wealth. Utah's resources are indeed gieSt and of such a variety that no one could hardly find a more fertile flld for the planting of almost any industry known to man. Onr sister states on the four sides are loud in their boasting of their mountains, where it joins Salt Lake and Utah counties, to the boundary line between Utah and Nevada, and from the Box Elder line on the north near the Southern Pacific road to Juab on the south. west of the Lying immediately are mountains the broad Oquirrh and fertile Rush valley on the south and Tooele valley on the north, divided by a low range of hills. Both valleys drain to the north: Rush valley into Rush lake and Tooele valley into the Great Salt Lake. Rush valley is about 40 miles long by 20 miles wide; Tooele valley about 20 miles each way. The average elevation or altitude of the former i3 about 5,000 feet; the latter, about 4,600 feet. Ilordt ring these valleys on the cst and southwest are the Stans-l.tirand Onatpii range of mounta.ns which are the source of more than half the water supply of the valleys mentioned. West of these ranges lies y which they offer to the homeseeker and the capitalist, but the immense Skull Valley, parallelUtah, so far has had" no one to take the two valleys mentioned above ing she u pher cause, notwithstanding and extending about 60 miles north has more to offer than any of her sis- and south, and from 10 to 20 miles ters. Her development has been east to w'est. It also drais to the and strife north and to the Great Salt Lake. by prejudice hampered Her enem- Hordering this valley on the west without. from within and are the Lakeside and Cedar ranges. ies have sought to destrop her, but Then the desert with its various the public are now beginning to find mounds, buttes and ranges, chief out that she is worthy of a better name than her betrayers have attributed, and many of recent times, who come to Utah out of curiosity, or to and to cast scoff, remain to pray, their lot with the sturdy' descendants of the brave people who first prevailed over the Great American Desert, opportuniUes and made it to blossom as the rose. History. Tooele County was first settled in the year 1849, by a small hand of sturdy farmers who settled where Tooele City now stands. These settlers had many hardships to endure besides defending their homes and families from the Indians who were hostile in their opposition to fhe The eaith of the pal, face. was fertile and the climate ideal and the settlers prospered and soon produced grains and fruits to their e heart's eontent. The towns of Grantsville, SI. John, Shamship and Vernon were soon after settled and their pioneers have grown rich. Tooele City is now the properous capital with nearly .loot) popul itiun. ut D o U -o X UJ UJ cc o - z Li zcc UJ o o : Geography Tooele County is the second in the state in size and first in wealth per Its area consists' of 8000 capita. square miles, which extend from the summit of the beautiful Oquirrh Continued on page 3. ji r t. ft ft i -x ft ?: J L |