| Show A TRIP some of the varied experience iff THE of the board of equalization johne booth mayor booth has returned iram a month trip to the southern part of the territory where he has been in company E C lund A D bardson Kic and J J thomaa of the territorial board of equalization for the purpose of equalizing tha tabea of our bouthern counties the complexion 0 the mayor is not naturally of a very pale hue ind now it is still ies BO than yer he has been out in several miniature bliz zarda and the result is he is ag brown as a berry we glean the following items from bis conversation in st george and vicinity tha broes are in blossom and the people are enjoying tha luxury of early vegetable raised in their own gardens if a railroad could be built from there to the northern part of the territory there ia no doubt but that the california trade in early garden krucka truc ka far as utah concerned would entirely disappear chile in st george it being quarterly allder booth was called upon to occupy the stand one sunday afternoon he became barmad up with his subject quoted one passage of scripture after another referred to the book of mormon doc arne and covenants and voice of warn ins until the greater part of the afternoon had gone the next day he was accosted by a local wag and the following conversation ensued say bishop do you know what the boys have resolved to do no well they have resolved to lay aside the bibla book of mormon doctrine and covenants and voice of warning and refer all doctrinal points to john E booth the dam that has been constructed in the eio virgin will prove to be of great benefit to the people of washington county it is estimated that about additional aclei of land can be brought under cultivation by means of this dam and with such productive land as they have down there that means a great deal while all is so pleasant in washington county it is quite tha reverse fifty milea to the burth east on the divide between kanab kane county and panguitch garfield county thet snow is from three to four feet deep in the read it took two days and a half for the party to travel five miles the snow was crusted on top but not sufficiently to bar the weight of a man after struggling through the snow for two days aad a half the party took the horses and came on to littles ranch a distance ol 01 five miles leaving the wagon behind the burrowed mr littles wagon with which to continue their journey to panguitch and hired the gentleman referred to to take a span of who were used to the snow and understood the business to go and get their wagon mr little removed the wheela from the wagon and placed runner in their stead in this way he succeeded in getting tha wagon out in two days A new dam has been constructed nt kanab heretofore ail the dams that have been built in the kanab creek have been washed out owing to the steepness steep nes of the country but this time it if believed a dam baa been constructed that will remain solid the country along the line between utah and arizona is a great horse and cattle country and the cattle men adopt all manner of means of evading the payment of taxes when a utah call upon a cattle man hia cattle are all over in arizona and when the arizona assessor calls the cattle are in utah in washington county utah and county arizona the assessors have obviated thi difficulty in by making the abbing ton county assessor a deputy asesor ase sor for county and vice versa vi hen a cattle man tells alie assessor of washington county that his cattle are in mohave county arizona tho mohave assessment roll is brought forth the mohave as sassor acts in a like manner in behalf of washington county and thus no man they ar very particular about the assessment of live stock in arizona the pedigree and stock of every animal is inquired into it makes considerable difference as to whether a horse is of fine blooded stock or only a common fiusa the number of saddles sets of harness and bridles owned is also carefully ascertained |
