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Show OVER IN SNAKE VALLEY Some Prosperous Settlements n the Extreme West of Millard In the extreme western part of Millard Mil-lard county so far west that It runs over into Nevada lies a wonderful valley more than KM) mile long and at an altitude of over 6.000 feet. It Is rich In natural resource and has a wonderfully productive soil, but It I sparsely settled. The reason for this I that it I lacking in transportation facilities. Yet notwithstanding Its distance dis-tance from a railway It settlers are lU'osperous and contented. It Is a fine section for stock. It lies Just west or the desert that furnishes a winter pusturt for thousand of sheep, while the ranches provide pasture pas-ture and hay for summer feeding. Hur-bank, Hur-bank, the post office at the south end of Snake Valley, us It la called, Is f5 miles from Newhouse on the Salt Lake Route. A stage runs from that station through Ilurbank to Fly, Nev., three times a week, thus keeping us in touch with the outer world. The settlement of Ilurbank consist of nine ranches comprising something like ,2000 acres on which hay and grain is raised, much of the land being also used for pasture for horse and cattle. Hardy vegetable of all kind are also grown as well as small fruit. The valley I watered by a beautiful stream known a Lake Creek, having Its rise In Dig Spring and a number of smaller spring located over the Nevada line. There are Ml people located around Ilurbank. Five miles north of Ilurbank Ilur-bank Is a natural reservoir or sink, which in some far away time was per-hap per-hap part of Great Lake Itonnevllle. Lake Creek Hows Into thl reservoir during the winter, a do a number of other mountain streams. It I then about half a mile wide by two or two nnd a half miles long, anil I known as Pruss Lake. Ten miles north of Ilurbank Is the little settlement of Garrison reached by the same stage line and comprising about a dozen families. There are two general stores here, one owned by Thos. Dearden and the other by E. Ileckethorn. There 1 also an amusement amuse-ment hall and J. II. Dearden operates a hotel. Large crops of hay, grain, vegetables, allalfa seed and some fruit are raised here. Most of the ranches are watered from the reservoir to the south, but two or three are watered by Snake Creek, a stream rising In the mountain to the west and upon which is also located a saw mill. This would be an admirable location for a flour mill as plenty of grain can be raised In this valley, while the valley and mines near by would provide an ample market for the flour. Forty miles north of Garrison lies Candy, a small settlement of very productive ranches where considerable fruit as well as hay. grain and vegetables veget-ables are grown. Near Gandy Is a fine marble quarry and a marsh of pure salt which only need a nearby railroad to make them great w-ith producers. Oasis Is the nearest railroad rail-road point for this section. Smlthvllle is located at this end of the valley and along the road are a number of ranches. The sheep men of the desert take our surplus grain and most of our hny, paying the highest prices. Oats are now selling at $2.2.1 to $2.10 per cwt." and baled hay at $12 per ton. We alo have thousand of acres of land suitable for dry firming. Our valley is wonderfully rich, our clliiiate delightful, and we invite the settler In quest of cheap and productive land to settle In our midst, and we are sure he will never regret It. We have good school facilities. The schools at Garrison and Ilurbank will compare favorably with those of any district of their size. A to churches well. I suppose none but the older inhabitant were ever Inside one, so probably we are all In danger of losing our Immortal souls. Rut we all try to live honest. Industrious, helpful lives, always striving for the right, obeying the laws laid down by our fellow men, and trusting that the good tard will see um through In the end. K. 10. CHRLSTOI'HERSON. UTAH DffY. March 27th. 1911. at tand Show. I.o Angeles $) 'si round trip, via Salt take Route. Tickets on sale March 21st and 2'th, 1911. GKd returning twrty. Ave days from date of sale. Stop-'ovcrs Stop-'ovcrs ermltted en route. |