Show From the Snake River Colonel Thomas E Ricks who for some time past has been directing direct-ing the emigration to and settlement settle-ment of the Upper Snake River valley val-ley came down to Salt Lake yesterday yester-day He reports encouraging prospects pros-pects for the settlements along the Teton river and expresses his belief that next season will witness a large influx of industrious people into that fertile and desirable country coun-try The locality is reported as exceptionally ex-ceptionally fine and the little settlements settle-ments are in happy thriving con I dition Colonel Ricks expects toI return Eicksburg in a few days |