| Show IN SEARCH OF WATER Uintah ConDty Sends Out Two Exploring Parties t LiS SEVERAL LARS DrSCOYERED I = < An Abundance of Scoter Soon to be PJowln Into Ashfe > Sy I the Wayide l I naked an Irishman hair to commence com-mence this article He said Say itO the editor we dont often tpake from here but when we do spake we spare Democratic and to the pint Oar citizens realizing the absolute necessity of more water owing to the rapidly increasing population of the valley called a mass meeting of the shareholders in the several canal whereupon it was resolved that r under the auspices of the county selectmen i exploring parties should dispatched sconce to tind if possible that desirable desir-able ahd muchneeded article and convey con-vey it to the tributaries of Ashley Rivjar thence to Ashley proper thence through the several canals to thosewho were athirst Two parties were chosen fifty men to go in one direction and twenty in another Seventeen out of twenty responded Of the fifty men I shall not undertake to report as I snow nothing definite of what they nave accomplished Of the seventeen are the folio wing Upper Canal Wm ONeil who was > uly < appointed manager ana engineer for the canal companies represented Alva Alexander Jr J Wsrdel John Workman E W French and Ed Oar rell The latter acted as guide having been thar or tnarabouta befo Rook Point Canal Campany RHey Green J G Thorn 549er B W Winn L McCorrell George Langton assistant manager Peter Neilson and Frank ateinaker The two latter have canals of their own on the aide Lower CanalFrank Odekirk Chas Pope Bart Morey S JJTorey Isaac Odekirk and James Hacking On the night of the 10th inst or early morning of the 11th started for the lakes near Bald Mountain by the way of CarrellS saw mill Arrived at the mill the same day distance thirty miles Onethird of this distance dis-tance no road where there should be a good onejust simply a highway On tho morning of the 12th our little squad was promptly reorganized two oarts arranged for the transportation of tools provisions etc and with Ed Carrel Car-rel for guide away we go into the wilderness Ed blazing tho trees in advance experts with axes clone to his heels to mate the road just possible for the carts to get through occasionally occasion-ally through beautiful parks and splendid splen-did growth of timber tHen into bogs and jungle After a hard days work getting our animals and carts to about onefourth of a mile of our destination nothing daunted we promptly abandoned our curls and packing pack-ing our horses with cur effects again away we go over rocks and dead timber to our destination distance from the mill eight miles only Our guide returned happy in the thought that be alone was the discoverer of and pilot to this hidden treasure I afterwards christened Last Chance I groupof Lakes situated about thirty eight miles northwest from Ashley Valley Magnificent scenery surrounds the lakes The boys under excellent management manage-ment worked witb a will and in less than two days four lakes were tupped by three cuts so aj to drain one into the other thence with a sort of a realization reali-zation of hell broke loose duhed over and through the rocks on its clear winding way to Ashley On the third day another lake was discovered situated about one mile west from the Last Cbance group This was named Accidental it lies adjacent to one of the bold mountains which is partially covered with snow on the north side Tapping immediately commenced com-menced Oa the following day two more lakes were discovered which abound plentifully plenti-fully with mountain trout These were christened the Twin Fish Lakes These trout are eager for bait Will Green positively asserts that a nico large one jumped from ihe water to the bank inquest in-quest of his baled hook and he caught it in his hands It anyone had even doubted Wills word he would have thrown himself into a itnkinf attitude Im R liar I am 11 WorK is suit progressing and in less than a week all the water mentioned iu the foregoing und perhaps more will be en route to this valley When this water IB exhausted head sates will be tins next thing in order for another season They will probably coat 1000 or i 200 which expense will undoubtedlybe met by special tax All worked clu erfully in or out of the wet All exerted themselves tom to-m ke everything pleasant and agreeable agree-able Our boss heard a bear in the jungle i e he heard some crashing amongst the dry branches He beat a retreat re-treat muttering the old adage He who fights and runs awaY Willlivetodjht another day He stated that it occurred to him forcibly that self preservation was the first law of nature We since learn that a she bear and cub were killed Crons in the valley are more than average and have not yet suffered very much for water Heretofore we have had agood haying market at the military mili-tary post for our products and every producer was able to handle a little money aside from absolute expenses This season it is quite the reverse without any plausible l reason Instead of pooling and letting one or two do the bidding for furnishing what the military require re-quire half a dozen or more rushed in for contracts running everything down to almost starving prices the bay going in at a little above half what it went in for last year The producer may live so can a drunken man get sober but a fool never can recover Vernal the rival town of Ashley it seems is bent on having the county seatthe Utah Legislature to the contrary con-trary notwithstanding Most of the county officers reside there and their new iron jail has been put up there Tt is quite a lively place and business is increasing Johnson Colton well todo citizens are putting up an extensive store about W runroQ f 04 > j two and onehalf miles north from Vernal Their aim will be to keep up the price of Ashley products Mr Johnson is the owner of 1 a first class doarin mill Mr Reynolds IB the proprietor pro-prietor of a mill of less calibre rro does eq tally as good work AM iCOT AsnL Y Uintah Co July 20188S L w |
