Show A JAUXT TO MALAD I The Impressions > > of an Observing I Salt Lake Man I Salt Lake City Feb 14 iTo i-To the Editor of The Herald Having just returned from a trip I to the Malad valley I thought an item or two about that section would be acceptable My mission to Samaria the flourishing flourish-ing settlement about eight miles west of Malad City was a sad one It was to attend the funeral of a nephew Albert F Davies a notice of whose death you published last Saturday It was gratifying to witness the sympathy sympa-thy and kindly feeling exhibited by friends and neighbors Almost the entire en-tire population turned out and all were ready and willing to assist in the necessary arrangements before the burial They evidenced a sympathy that was genuine because their deeds were those of kindness not words and expressions The people most of whom are Welsh are distinguished for their hospitality and charity and are highly high-ly respected therefor The boy who was greatly beloved was laid beside his mother in the rural burying ground honored and respected by all who knew him In rambling around your correspondent correspond-ent took in several facts which are not generally known in this region One is that a railroad running from the south end of the valley to Malad city would be the means of building up and increasing the population of all the beautiful settlements of that sec I I tion of Idaho j The land is very productive pro-ductive well taken care of by the owners own-ers and were an outlet provided for their farm products would double treble and quadruple in value Portions I Por-tions of the valleyare veritable gardens gar-dens and it seems too bad that they should be isolated from the outside world as they now appear to be in I this age of progress and advancement And this is more glaring too when fit is considered that the people have no telegraph line Valuable time in matters of important business sometimes some-times is lost by the necessity of having hav-ing to travel some thirtyfive miles to I a telegraph office Capitalists and philanthropists might take a hint from this It was told your correspondent that a line was building from Carbon I Wyo which would tap the valley If there is there is not a property owner in Malad but will wisH it God speed Between Malad and Samaria to the I north lies the settlement of St John the home of our warbler Prof Evan I Stephens There are no fewer than fifty I lof his kin in the valley and we suggested sug-gested that the name be changed to Stephentown or Stephenville I Steps are being taken we understand under-stand to have a daily mail from Malad and surrounding points to Curlew and and Rockford The inhabitants of those burgs will feel like the Melancholy Melan-choly Dane did when he said for this relief much thanks i One of the chief topics of the season for miles around was the killing of John Morgan by Hearst Opinions varied as to the justification the slayer would offer at his trial which will not come off until May He has a fine team of legal advisers among which is the I great Powers Mr McDougall and two or three others It would be impolite and unwise to give any opinions heard on the round It was a sad occurrance Both men had their friends Let the law take its course I lOne day last week a number of the male population of Samaria had a rabbit rab-bit hunt the result being 415 corpses of the rodent kind Not having any other use for them they were given to the swine and by them ravenously devoured We suggested to some of the leading spirits of the place that it would not be amiss to club together secure a philanthropic volunteer to haul 400 or 500 to the railroad and consign con-sign them to the relief committee of Salt Lake city The poor would gladly glad-ly and thankfully receive them and we believe the railroad company would transport them gratis Rabbitshoot ing contests between the St John and Malad experts are common and hundreds hun-dreds of the destructive pests are slaughtered every few days We made l the same suggestion to the Malad folks and hope it may result favorably for some of the hungry poor of this city Well seeThe I see-The ride over the snow both ways was a cold one Going up the wind blew a gale with the mercury 12 below zero Returning although it was snowing I snow-ing and blowing the genial warmth of the stage driver Mr Ben Williams coupled with a hot rock wrapped in flannel at our feet we were comfortable comforta-ble i bleOn the 1st of March we learned there is to be a gathering of the Cymraeg I clans at Willard Box Elder county when a time of rejoicing will be had such as the people of that nationality national-ity know how to get up The place is the former home ot Protessor Stephens and the time St Davids day The Oneida mill near Samarla has passed into new hands Improved machinery ma-chinery for turning out fine grades of flour wil be put in and the custom which has fallen off some time ago is expected to return and be greatly increased in-creased The present owners also own the Malad mill The Davisbrothers who publish the Malad Enterprise are a good team and are publishing a sprightly little paper Oneof the boys was in Salt Lake city yesterday purchasing some wood type for poster work The most progressive of the stock raisers are feeding their sheep Death from the vigorous blasts on the hills is thus averted and the cost of feeding feed-ing is returnedin the saving of mutton and wool Two sheeps heads are better bet-ter than one Wood is the fuel of the valley very few being so fortunate as to indulge in the luxury of coal at about 650 a ton and a wagon haul of thirtyfive miles But let a railroad be built in that direction and coal would supplant the pine the cedar and the mounatin mahogany Cymro am byth J E E |