| Show GARJIELD COUNTYS GOOD SHOYING Rich in Herbs Agriculture LumberMills Etc I Garfield county sItuated In what Is generally termed southern Utah is bounded on the north lh Plute and Wayne counties east by the Colorado river south by Kane county and west by Iron county It extends thIrt five miles from north to south and about 125 mIles from west to east It Is for the most part mountaInous and adapted adapt-ed to grazIng purposes principally Its climate is varIed ranging from 40 degrees de-grees below zero to a mild tropical climate cli-mate In inter but Is very temperate In summer Agricultural Interests Its agrIcultural Interests are somewhat some-what hampered for lack of arable land beIng confined principally to the alleys al-leys which are small some up In thq mountaIns beIng at an elevatIon of 7000 feet above sea level and to the little oases at the foot of the mountaIns moun-taIns watered by the cool streams flowing flow-ing down the hillsIdes from the melting snows Yet the agrIcultural Interests arc when consIdered fully of no mean Import when the value and amount Is summed UP and show to be last year about 30000 bushels of wheat 45000 bushels of oats and 600 tons of hay The agricultural facilities are not exhausted ex-hausted as there Is n large body of land In the Pangultch valley that may yet be reclaimed by theresenolr system sys-tem carrying the surplus water of the j I r 1 Ir q 1 Sevler river upon the sterIle benches of land Stock and Grazing Cattle and sheep raisIng has untIl thIs season this dry season has gIven theas I some trouble been the prfnelpal Indusl try of Garfield county the mountaIns and hIlls affording ample grazing durIng I dur-Ing summer and WInter for about 100000 head of sheep 10000 head < > f cattle and 5000 head of llroncho horses Sheepand cattle have been the source from which all or nearly aU the ready cash has come at least for the last half decade MillS and Lumber There are three steam sawIlls two water sawmills arid three shIngle mills in Garfield county whose capacities vary from 10000 to 20000feet of lumber per day and from 10000 to OOOO shingles shin-gles per day The pinery of this sectIon sec-tIon of country is very large and ap parentl inexhaustible It affords a vast field for exchange at home but there Is no foreign market There are two roller mills one at Panguttch a fiftbarrel mill and one at Escalante a thirtybarrel mill which are ample for thIs county and withIn reasonable reach of the entire population and ordinarily ae consIdered consId-ered paying properties built at a cost of 15000 The Panguitch lake a body of water In the southwestern corner of this coun ty abounds In mountaIn trout a spec lea of fish that Is unexcelled In any country and gIves to this county its most permanent Industry and while fishing Is confined to a short open season I sea-son the law closest it on the 15th of I December eadh year until the 15th of June followIng there I are taken from I the lake and transported each year ten tons of the finny trIbe netting to the fishermen somethIng like 2Qoo each season besIdes home consumptIon Countys Towns Panguttch the only incorporated city Is sItuated In the west side of the count coun-t and has 1200 inhabitants sIx schools well attendednrorly 300 stud entsfour mercantile establishments one furniture and implement store one saloon two hotels an empt jail and an empt treasury and an elevation of 6666 Esdalante Is the next town In size sItuated in the center of the count It has a population of about SOO Is building one of the best school houses In the state modern In all its appliances appli-ances has three schools a splendId climate good orchards but limited In advantages of agriculture caused by lack ot water for IrrIgation good soil and some at the best rural homes In Utah Mammoth Cannonvllle Henrle111e Cleveland and Marion other small towns havIng populations at from 200 to 300 constitute the county and are sItuated near the center FruIt of the best quality can be grown in Henrie1I1e Cannonvllle and Escalante but In PanguItch Mammoth Cleveland and Marion even the hardy Pottowattama plum refuses to grow The county today Is Republican It has no public buildIngs belonging to the county Is somewhat in debt but Its paper Is worth 100 cents on the dollar I The affaIrs at the county are manipulated manipu-lated by John L Sevy Earnest Griffin and John Ahlstrom who constitute the board of commissioners with Thomas Haycock as sheriff and 31 lI Steele jr clerk |
