Show Levi C. C White Writes Ten days ago we got a good letter from Levi C. C White well well- known In these parts and now living at St. St George Mr White says Hello Is this Duchesne I Oh yes Well I have been a resident resident resident resi resi- dent of Duchesne and vicinity for i 24 years previous to coming to I Dixie more than a year ago I I have been listening in on your letters In the Uintah Basin Record Record Record Rec Rec- ord the important broadcasting station from the basin which is interesting to me me Mr White then gives comparisons compari compari- sons of Duchesne county with St. St George country He advises first that his daughter Mrs Mayhew is in much better health in the i lower altitude but says he be cannot cannot cannot can can- not say how long they will remain remain remain re re- re- re main down in Dixie Temperatures he says range from down to 14 degress above zero One fact that sur sur- prizes him Is that the fruit crop cropis is not Dot certain owing to spring frosts usually in February When he wrote February 3 plowing was going on yet Interrupted by considerable moisture Ditches made forty years ago are as much muchas as six feet above their original levels Mr White says they cut four and five crops of alfalfa per year but get no more per acre than we do in our three cuttings and that there are many more insect pests down there than we have He believes that the blackbird which comes In swarms holds the down as the birds come comein comein comein in both spring and fall months People live in town down there farming as far as ten miles away driving b back ck and forth each day and have as many as four barns barnson on a city block as all old Utah I towns were wont to have Considerable Considerable Considerable Con Con- information is given re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding oil growing corn for silos etc We Ve are advised that the St. St George temple was the first one established November 26 1861 dedicated by Brigham Young on his first trip there in 1871 Naturally he marvels at atthe atthe atthe the building of a temple down there by a people at a cost of a half million dollars in those early days St S1 George is not only on a much traveled highway for auto service but it is on the airway and planes are all the time and beacon lights appear at night to guide them Mr Whites White's letter is quite long and our space limited or we should J print all of it as he has written it Many will vill be glad that he and his family are well and pleased pleas pleas- ed to hear from him hoping he may return to this land the Uintah Uintah Uin- Uin tah Basin |