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Show r U,nvtrity cl OUb - AVjJUfiv The land all aloag tbeDuchesne river ou the north side, is allotted to the Indians from one and one half miles from the river, and only here and there is a nook or corner that a forty acre tract could b squeezed out of, until yon reach a point directly north of Mytotj. At this point there is A lovely tract of about ninty acres overlooking the country to the east, south aud west, and .standing sereuly above Myton. This tract of land our genial friend John clerk of S4H James, Lake, planted JiisTnsigma upon. I commend his judgment From Myton-- ' to Fort Duchesne is about thirteen miles. When you cover eight miles of the same by passing over a piece of country which; rises about V cave valley. in The editor of this paper hear ing that our townsman, Alma Eldredge, had returned trom the reservation, called on him for an interview, in which he gave, us the following: Yes, I ie turned from the Uintah reservation' a few days ago, that land with the varied soil and point is situated the townsite Dora; elevation $,514. It is named in honor scf a young lady climate. t We entered the reservation at an elevatjen of 10,030 feet above sea level, jpassed down Rhodes canyon, then West Fork and crossed the Duchesne river just below the junction of West Fork and Duchesne; elevation at this point 6,240. The river at ; this point, and for several miles down, hugs closely to the face of the bluff on the west side of the river bottom; if bottom we may term the tract of land extending from the bluff to the river, as I am inclined to call, this space of land, the first bench; or plateau; as it is 00 much elevated , to from overflow or even water-soa- k is a land of ' the river.. The light some clay nature, carrying sandy comers and goers, Miss Dora, with many friends, was present when the townsite received the name by which, I trust, it may be known for all time to come. who has a steady nerve and Notwithsterling character. varied romantic and standing the condition of the country,, its un settled and primitive state, the weirdness and pecularities of the -- T Down the Duchesne river from tDora to Myton, distance about twelve miles, is what some day must be a productive valley.The valley is about one mile wide at Dora and gradually widens out to distance of six miles. The land for the irst six miles below and around Dora, were covered with filings from the first numbers called. The last six miles or the adjoining six miles 'to Myton has been alloted to, well, if half what I heard was correct, to Indians, many of wham have sometime since gone to the - VqN ' 1 1 JW H' f -- KEEP r hi t. Our Ranges and Heaters make WARM FRIENDS ex-coun- ty' fifty fe?t above Myton, you into Dry Gulch. This is a valley that rises gradually to the north west for about fifteen miles, then an abrupt rise , of about sixty feet, then tableland for some distance. The width of the yalley varies from two to eight miles. The soil is of a sandy, loamy nature,threeorfour feet in depths There is a stretch of round leaf. cotton woods traversing' the valley' its entire length. Iu my judgment this is the Eden of the unallotted land of the. former famous Uintah reservation. However, water flows here only to the first of June. - This region cf country, therefore, r water from bake I member I de-ce- nd X Eint & Furniture W.L. HANSEN. Manager. Cipy, . -- e 0 the Governor - to answer vour friendship and esteem for you letter of the 6th inst, with personally. reference to having certain "Very respectfully, Indian war veterans surviving N. P. Nelson commissioned by his Excellency. Secretary to the Governor, I have the. honor to respect fully inform you that much as A KKOFF R" the Governor would desire to J. II. Oliver waits tz:z: comply with your request there ...to ? - 4 ? ia no .Authority law- for- - ki. to make the appointment and bis hen house this week. This product of his hennery is nice confer the commissions. . and a half inches in circumThe Indian war veterans have ference ground the ends, seven their various organizations and a half inches the shortest throughout the State and their annual camp fires at which, as I way round and kicked the beam at four ounces avoirdupois. understand . it, hold they Chronicle. their annual for Raymond . election officers- .The - law howGot 07 Cktip, does not authorize the He ever, mo; well think, ho boi sot off in its mixture. - The land Happy Hunting Ground,? , but little and slopes to Myton townsite is situated in ' the southwest. a grand locality. When I passed . About nine miles. telow the , through, that section of the and West Fork of the of number a years junction country quite Duchesne, the mountains, draw 'ago, I remember saying that itwas Uintah rivet. L. nearer together and the beautiful the locality of becoming town of, r T uicli "droys dora about fifteen the Uintah reservation. If it P. AUlSOriTO feet, and tbu begins the river were not for the allottmerits I One ends. where bottom would say the same now. plateau ... c'Jittke sc::::l As you pass over the i Blue and a half miles of narrow canE, M. Allison, Sr., superinyon, good grazing along the Beach from Duchesne bridge you bottom, and the land again dawa upon a lovely tract of land tendent of the State Industrial raises about twelve or fifteen feet capable of furnishing' homes , to school,' will resign his position. When the Reform board met and a nice valley lies before you thousands of peopleoaly one last Thursday Mr, AJison tendfor a distance $f twel ve miles, to thing js lacking and that' Is Rock Creek. This stream comes water upon the bench. There ered a written resignation to f id from the northeast, and at its is plenty in the river 500 feet take effect November ist, next. Governor to issue commissious cheap,' who, after having contracted board The without belOdL adjourned Indian of number inoith are a to these officers and they hold constipation or indigestion) (till able ,Th climate is too genial is office simply by tiftue of the to perfectly restore hit health, arms; elevation 3,yoo feet. The, and the water-toplentiful to taking' any action, but it Nothing Id the that resignation will Indians raise quite a variety4 of allow that large tract ofdand to action of the organization which mil do to if but Df. Klngi New Life ' ' farm products here, oe cd which remain worthless for all time to be acted upon andc accepted at , electechthem. Pill. A qnick,'pleant, and certain core t ' v t next j the meeting. . j come. ; is nice Jarge watermelons. lor ; headachet, eomtipation, ate? 25c at I am directed to express the t At end of the Blue Just who will succeed SuperJno.6oydonA.Sona drag itore; goo We have now passed from the pleasure it would give the Undeteris Allison intendent yet , aoteed, Bench you drop down aboutoo 'base of hills which gradually j Governor to comply with your mined. - Several aspirants are ' recede and develop into moun- feet ia two miles.1 Yes, in oue Advertise your goods in THE Coalville, Utah. request would the law permit. and one quarter mi'es, and when already out for the fat berth and tains and find our valley Dear Sir: I am instructed by aud to assure you of his warm TIMES. a.few additional entries for the bjr abrupt bluffs, In fact you look to the face of the bluff be expected 'before bluffs - almost perpendicular, and the knowls and pinnacles, place may w t fit, et "? ?1 is appointed, successor Allisons t raw",rni IK 0 which rise to the height of 700 you will wonder what the MasMr. Allison says the resignaor 800 feet above the river and ter ever made such a stretch of tion was wholly voluntary on these form the base of a grand conatry lor which conies within his part; that it had 'not been table land which - extends, for the range of jour vision. 0To the east you gain7uru re(iuesttd bv his superiors, and J miles and only terminated by llison1 reasoD oT takinS tit and-yo- u of'that look a ? streak upon U intervening gorgesi is that he is m need wthis action cottonwoods. these shows scatAmid The face of the bluffs of rest. He is getting wll along the character and texture of the tering cotton woods flows . the in .years, he says, 'and deems it & rock, clay, sand and soil that water of Lake Fork, but between to retire. He believes must he encountered in conduct- you and the stream is a distance expedient earned has a rest. ' For years $ he ing water from the Duchesne of about three miles, undulating he has held up the burden of the river to the Blue Bench. Dont lands of a sandy loam. There is of the place and responsibilities t imagine that these bluffs can be no question about the productMrs. he and Allison both aie w iveness of this r as from the attested soil, traversed with canal tired of the work. f Duchesne river to the Blue Bench by the verdure that springs npt ib e rs to staed bsoa ,are-thwhere the waste water Tuns from! for less than $boo,ooo $ Indian farms. This land is?Porte1; that her hasbaDl Wanted Down the valley we( go J? to retire a ear She prc- - V allotted I the to to the mostly the river still .lingering Indians, J 10 fa hold on west bluff until within, about and if I mistake noC. Judging v.led UP 1 inger but sow she oI ia , two mles of the Duchesne bridge from the number of Indians Out-- 1 he lievcs be should fV rclieved.from -- where the riser makes a. detour tracout.many allotmei.ts arduous duties of the ' towards the east bluff for a dis- have been made to fellows now the Standard.! s? in their wax paints in 17 2c tance, and then returns to the ' west bluff. And towering about some other sphere. 1 SU!CT STAKE for near the last the However, lying 500 feet above ns BAD ORGANIZED ten jniles on the east is the long Duchesne river, south of this I s? a of land. Abont beautiful tract broad enchanting Blue Bench. point.is fifty persons met at the V' n beThe sight of the river is excluded Summit Stake Academy last Three aud on half miles 1 low the Duchesne bridge is the from view, when oil the land by Tuesday night and listened to .. junction of the Duchesne and a low smooth river, that runs the plans prepared by ProfiOtic, ' ' -- ' or--4 y.-ar. a. ar-i--. a-.- .jg.jir.-'- r V' y coa, music this the entire of of distance this instructor at and, tb: ,at J Strawberry rivers, Hjr try ( 14 "undulates -- J -- T I . - -- ex-pect- ed o -- ... , the-eas- . ! hem-med- in " f s ' . & v Our winter supply, of UNDERWEAR in Mens, Ladies, Boys, Misses and Children; and are prepared for all classes of trade. 0 te fw- - be-co- m - Me Also Have assortment of a 1 uld posi--dash- ing n " be H - -- ;ion-Ogde- m , l-- L i?. , e r - New large ings and Fleece Lined Goods, rangyard ing in. price frorn 5c to X V Co-o- p e |