Show I II o RICH COUNTY AN UNOPENED nn TREASURE CHEST CHESTo o o 1 1 1ST the tho extreme north north central part of or Utah In tho county of or Rich nich arc ted tho the richest aLa ato lo deposits in the thc United States Stales an and ne richer are arc found an anywhere anywhere- In the thc thel l The rhe county of or Rich originally chand count county was created by act the thc le legislative assembly of the terri tern ry of oC Utah approved January Januar 16 0 U 6 5 G. It was the twentieth count county t td t J. i created and Its boundaries were tined fined together with twenty-one twenty her ier er counties by an act of ot the tern tern- Ial assembly approved January 10 66 and tho the county seat scat located at Charles Tho The twentieth county count een River with the county eAt seat at rt Bridger Is now a part of or Wyo- Wyo yo- yo 10 ng Irig The boundaries of ot were ero as follows AIL that portion of or tho the territory on tho the south by Morgan and counties west b by Cache county count rth irth by latitude two forty-two degrees le ees rth and cast east by lW the summit of oC the tho vide s-Ide between the tho waters of or Bear Beara fyer er and tho the tributaries of or Green 5 a and named Ilich- Ilich is hereby made mado Cr nd d county count with tho county scat at Charles On Juno 20 the tho territorial ten as- as changed tho the name narno of or the thc to Rich and designated Ran Ran- ph lph as tho the count county scat The act cating tho the count county of or was ned Hied ed by Georgo George A. A Smith as s president ent the tho Senate and John Taylor Talor as ase b tho the same sarno e eaker er of the tho House and by in 1866 as was tho act chanSI chang chang- I S g tho the name fo to tho the county r. r of County lany y and Varied U J connly is one of or the counties J the the state that has no railroad d Its arest railroad point being Sage yo TO six miles from the county line the tho Oregon Short Line Lino railroad om rom Salt Lake e it is most easily ached ched from E anston on tho the Union railroad and thence by auto ago igo go to Randolph a distance of or thirty les lies In area it Is fifty miles mUes lon long by slit renty-slit miles wide and contains 00 square miles mlle Its industries are stock raising fruit growing and phosphate mining bally ally om one half halt of ot the acreage in the per cent is government med tho the net area are in iii national forest f serves serves aggregating 4 acres and tarn om m this acreage the state receives 25 26 r r r cent of ot the tho total receipts received rj n j the government from grazing g perils per per- tits Its ils and other receipts one halt of or Is apportioned d to the tho school ind nd d and the road fund In 1919 this amounted to There hero Is timber in abundance as asBO aso BO 10 o water and the soil Boll is unusually rUle Bear River Ri flows lows through the tho stern part of ot the tho count county In addison add addi- son on n there are aro many small streams teh supply ample water for tor on In the southern part of or the a big irrigation project Is now ider der construction known kno as the thep p lapman apman canal which Is to cost half hale In I million dollars and which will mn- mn ito to thousands of oC acres of ot lan land tho the iest bur burden en of ot the cost of oC con- con ruction cllon being borno borne by the 7 tr produces Finest Raspberries in World f Climatic conditions are arc delightful In Ine e region about Lal Laketown the grow- grow f g g season averages eighty days while und Woodruff the growing season Is pout ut thirty-four thirty da days s Both sections to o o about the same elevation feet teet nd id iid this record is based on fifteen I t sars rs The average annual on at Laketown is 1537 inches at 1059 Inches and at Wood Wood- ift 1030 1010 Inches Average date of or the theU U est killing frost trost In the spring Is at June 17 and at Woodruff Lly ly 1 12 while the first killing frost trost 5 the the tho autumn at Laketown Is Sep- Sep 5 6 5 and at Woodruff August 15 Ol Of the tho crops grown hay I tho i-tho tho most and due to this the county duces a great reat deal of live stock block ere ere are OO farms In the tho county count con- con Ining acres under irrl irrigation iilo there are acres under cul- cul tion acres under fence The Live Li Sto Stock k Co with head head- arters at Woods Cross ss in Davis 1 14 owns practically the entire uth th end of ot tho the county About one Inn rm out o of every five has an orchard one and sixth one-sixth acres and all apples while one ono farm out of or ever every fifteen grows raspberries the patches averaging one-half one acre each and the average a pro production Is GOO COO quarts per acre while tho the flavor is de declared declared do- do dared to be the finest of any raspberry raspberry raspberry rasp rasp- berry In the United States Ono One hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred and forty eight ort farmers grow wild wildha ha hay on acres while one hundred hundred hun hun- dred others grow grass ha hay liay on 73 0 acres Largest Phosphate Deposits in Union Rich county count has one resource alone that is destined to make mako tho the county count fa famous famous famous fa- fa and that is her phosphate phosphate phate deposits the tho largest deposits In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United States Stales and in richness the equal of any in tho the world These deposits deposits de de- de- de posits are in tho the Crawford range rane of ot the tho Rocky mountains and the they havo have just been scratched The They aro are j in tho the east cast part of ot the county count and break over over into V Wyoming tho the one ono property being worked being but a short distance from the Wyoming Utah state line and but six miles from the Oregon Short Line Lino railroad Discovery of these phosphate deposits deposits de do- posits was made mado In 1903 when Bradley Bradle Brothers of or Boston filed on several claims In 1905 06 the located several additional claims making three thirty In all and tho the United States Phosphate company also filed on several claims All the thc these e claims wore were patented In 1908 under act of ot Congress these phosphate lands were withdrawn an anno and no further claims could be located after July 1 1908 kIOS The Tho claims which have been located are aro so placed place as to Include e etho tho the entire outcrop and by the apex right would entitle owners to all phosphate phosphate phosphate phate within the district located These i phosphate deposits arc unusually rich They are from Crom 90 to feet in thickness thickness thickness thick thick- ness and test 82 per cent while the market demand is for Cor phosphate phosphate phate from 69 to 72 per cent Work York on the ArI karee claim has been going on since 1905 Tho The material is hauled to Sage Wyo by auto truck and shipped to Los Angeles and used Inthe in inthe inthe the fertilizing plant of Bradley Broth Broth- ers ens In previous years ears phosphate has been supplied in the United States largely largel from Tennessee and Florida Were ere a railroad constructed Into hese phosphate fields the they would be the most promising in the country Tho The deposits are are being worked to a depth of ot feet and tho the statement is made made- b by experts that there thero aro are about tons in private ownership Of OC tho the man many claims already filed all nIl bear Indian names and the claims are arc scattered along the deposits for at least eighty eIght miles Among AmonS' tho the names of or the claims are the Osceola Mohawk Umatilla YakIma Walla Walla Valla Crow Lemhi Lembi Shawnee Tuscarora Seminole Choctaw Cherokee Ute U to UI Ossa ge WI Winnemucca n ii em u cea Flathead Cheyenne Nez Perce Sioux Arickaree aree Bannock Shoshone Blackfoot Blackfoot Blackfoot Black- Black foot Pawnee Paw Paw- nee Mandan landan and Pioche Varied aried r Crops Grown In agriculture RIch lUck count county produced In 1919 1019 a varied crop crop but a profitable one Here here- aro are some of or the products showing tho the acreage e and average per pcr aero acre Pro- Pro Av Ay Y per Crop Acrea Acreage e. e Acre Winter wheat COO 10 Spring wheat 1900 Oats 1 1040 BarIc Barley GOO COO l OO 32 Rye Corn torn 5 G 20 Potatoes 10 Alfalfa tons The assessed valuation of oC all property property prop prop- erty in Rich county for tor the year car 1919 1019 I aggregated This is divided ed edas as follows Real estate estate- Town lots Farm Parm lands 9 Fruit lan lands s Mining claims OOS 57 Improvements- Improvements Town lots lots Acreage Acreage- G Horses and mules mules- On range 1104 HOL Otherwise Cattle Cattle- On range 1 Otherwise 53 Sheep and goats goatsOn goats goats- 1 v vOa Oa On ra range ge s Otherwise Swine 2430 Personal other than live stock Assessed by board boar Car companies Railroad comp com com- p panics Telegraph raph 2257 Telephone Mining I Total Total 17 1258 Valuation Taxes on this I amount which Is exclusive of or as assessed i I valuation on car companies 5 mills for forI forstate forstate state I State school and find high State road 15 mills Count County tax mills State bount bounty tax for extermination exter exter- of ot wild animals special levy on assessed value on all sheep and goats at 5 i mills Special Ie levy on assessed valuation valuation val val- on value value- of all horses and cattle on range for extermination of or wild animals at 4 1 mills Has a Scenic Auto Highway There are arc no slate state roads in tho the count county but there are ale three forest foiest road projects one a scenic automobile highway highway high high- wa way running through the Cache Cacho high I National National National Na Na- forest from Logan to Garden CIt City a distance of ot thirty eight miles Woodruff to Huntsville Woodruff to Randolph but nothing has been done on the tw two o latter projects The road mileage in tho the county count is ISO miles and projected state road mileage of forty Corty miles rho Tho tax lov levy for Cor tho the count county roads is 2 25 5 mills and for tor state loa toads roads s 15 mills During the fiscal year car cn ended ed November Novem Novem- ber her 30 0 1919 the state of or Utah paid to tho the county of ot Rich for tor district school for tor high school for forland forland forland I land interest an and rent salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries of or count county officers 05 for forest foest reserves 6 a total of or 11 C 63 93 and a gross state stale and school tax 11 1 of During tho the year the count county of or Rich paid to the tho state stale 87 on account of oC state slate and state school taxes ta on account of or state bounty taxes 3 I 1564 on account of or road taxes and arid I appropriations a total for the year car of I School property properly p of or Rich count county Is I valued at about Its school I population In 1919 was of or which 38 were verc IJO boys hOR H and 31 girls the ages aget between 6 and an 13 years were l 1 and between 1 11 1 and 17 years ears 19 tho the number number num nurn- ber In school was and nd the number not In school between 6 G and 13 years was five fifty it lve ani and between 14 an and 17 years twenty I I Has Fine Public I School System There a are re two twenty-two teachers employed em- em plo ed in iii the tho public schools of or tho the county fifteen in the elementary and andset I set seven se en in iii the junior high and the school I year rear runs thirty four weeks The rhe I count county owns twenty nine school buildIngs buildings build build- Ings Inis I In all of or which schools are hel held I The Tho rc receipts for the last school year were and the tho disbursements for Cor elementary schools were 1881 for tor high schools for lor administrative administrative expense 1630 for tor sites and buildings for Cor library books and for tor Interest 1518 1513 of oC buildings and sites is of or furniture and equipment of or supplies s an and text te textbooks booKs last report while its liabilities lia lIa- I are aro given on at or an excess ex ec- cess of or assets over liabilities of or The Tho per capita expenditure based on school population is and based I Ion on enrollment Rich county count is included In one school district of which G G. N. N ton of or Laketown LaJ Is superintendent while white George Georgo ir IL Robinson of Laketown Laketown Laketown Lake- Lake town is president ent of or the county count board of or education There are ard nineteen teen teachers In the county three in Garden Garden Garen Gar Gar- den en City six in Laketown seven In Randolph and three in Woodruff oo Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliz Eliz- abeth Brower ii is principal of ot tho the Rich County High school Figures on the Population of County Rich county count figured in tho the census cenus us returns first in 1880 On June 1 of ot that year ear the total population of or tho the county count was given at 1263 of ot which SOS GOS wore were males and females 93 1 native o born and foreign born and there was as one colored citizen en and andone andone one ono Indian in the county There were voters oters registered males and 12 1 females At tho the election re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded their votes tho vote being practically unanimous for the peoples people's Mormon party part but four tour votes being recorded for tho the Liberal Gentile party Latest figures available on the tue population population population pop pop- of or the county give give- 1883 of or which males male between 21 an l 30 years cars of ot age At the tho election of or 1916 1016 the theote vote ote was Wilson Vilson G Hughes lug lug-he 25 King 45 Sutherland t 32 Bamberger Morris I Mortgage e indebtedness ness of or the county count I is given at tho the school districts districts dis dis- ls- ls I have havo a bon bonded In Indebtedness ness of cities and towns a bonded in In- In of or 1700 a gross bross total in indebtedness indebtedness in- in In-I In of or I State Lands In Plenty Appraisement of oC state slate lands in Rich county count during the year last l st past was 6 with a value of ot and arid Improvements of or a a. a value of ot 2220 2 0 Approved selections of or lieu liou lands for tor the year was acres of ot school lands Thero were two sales of or public lan lands s during tho the year ear the acres of offered in Rich county being and the ac aces es sol sold aggregating Sales of or state land sold on certificate ate was and the sal sale salo price was J At the election in November 1918 the Democratic majority in Rich count county county coun coun- t ty was sas twenty Samuel R R. R Thurman who was the nominee of oC the tho Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- for fOl the year ten term of ot the su supreme supreme su- su preme prenie court receiving votes against votes otes cast for Cor J. J W. W Cherry Chern Three amendments to the constitution tion were submitted the people at this election the first to amend article 22 of ot tho constitution relating to the prohibition pro and regulation of or salo sale or traffic tic fic in intoxicating liquors which was Avas ratified b by a vote of ot yeas to 23 nays the second to amend section 3 of oC article 13 of the constitution re relating relating re- re lating to uniform taxes and exemptions which was ratified by a aoto vote oto of oC yeas to 21 nays nas the third to amend section section 4 of or article 13 relating to the taxation of or mines and mining property and the assessing of or the same which was also ratified b by a vote yote of oC yeas I Ito to 32 nays Notwithstanding its apparent isolation isolation isola isola- tion Rich county count has most of or the tho advantages ad- ad vantages vantas-es o of tho the cast It has its Us beach on Bear lake a a. most beautiful sheet of water with a beautiful natural boulevard around the lake o it has electric elec olec- light In city town to and farm residence residence residence resi resi- dence telephone water system and all |