| Show GREAT YEAR fOR PI UTE 1lning Development Railroad Building and Advancement Along Other Lines Plute county i situated about li miles south of Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake meridian farms its eastern boundary line In area and population Piute Is among th smallest In the state having an area Of about 900 square miles and only 3000 Inhabitants The assessed valuation of fhe property prop-erty In Piute county 15 under 500000 yet there Is every evidence that there will be funds In the treasury after all its obligations for the year are set tIed This Is such an Imporevement Ac hi IL I vi4 I J H FUL State Representative Piute County over former ear that the inhabitants feel considerably encouraged as In the years Of 1596 and 189i the expense exceeded ex-ceeded the revenue some 2000 but In 1898 the receipts and disbursements were equal The increased receipts are derived principally from the Increased value oC sheep and cattle and the opening up of producing mines at Gold Mountain and JaIj5ale This season has witnessed the cam pleton Of the Otter creek reservoir at the head Of Kingston canyon at a cost of about 50000 and while it was built principal by Sevier county parties par-ties many Piuters living along the course Of the streams from the reservoirs reser-voirs to SevIer count are Interested and w1ll be able to largely increase their acreage Settlements In Piute Settements The principal settlements of Piute county are located along the banks oC the Sevier river and derive their water supply from that stream The rights to the use of these waters were In litigation liti-gation for same time but during the past reason thC have been settled with geeral satisfaction to al The last season has witnessed the opening up and development aC 5ev eral good mines In Marsvale and Gold Mountain with prospects of those two camp comlb Into promInence ire the near future as regular producers which will add o the wealth of the a county and has already had the effect ctf Inducing considerable eastern capital to came Into the county notably the I American Producers Controlling company I com-pany of Bostonr Mass which has purchased cgf rr sh fa d Ian I chased several hundred acres of land an the bench south Of the present town I of lfaIjs ale ThIs Is Intended as anew a-new townste and already a number I of lat have been sold and many new buildings arC In course Of erection Considerable interest has been centered cen-tered Qf late in some copper properties located on the east fork of the SevIer river and while it Is yet undeveloped the indications are that with the coming com-Ing Of spring there will be an influx ot mining men into that section I Endless Grazing Accommodations The princIple rerces of the county are farming sheep and cattle raising and while the last two years of droutl in this as well as other southern counties coun-ties has cause a scarcity of fee and water yet In normal seasons the high mountain ranges furnIsh excellent grazing during the summer months and a place for te snow to lodge In the wInter which as a rule furnishes ample am-ple water for irrigation In the summer The year just closed has been a prosperous pros-perous one for all branches of Industry in Flute count Cereals and hay are commanding top prices and the price of cattle has reached the highest point In car The sheepmen are also made happy by a heavy advance In the price Of wool The prospects for the future were never brighter as there Is more snow in the mountains now than at any tml for two Years Insrinl an J abadant supply of water or next season sea-son n I Coming of the Railroad The advent Of the Rio Grande Western West-ern railroad which has its grade nearly near-ly completed to IaIj1Ivale and a line Buneye on through the county will mark an epoch In the history of our county as we have been compelled to travel down a canyon nine miles from the Vale to Belknap Or over a high range or mountaIns to Elsinore In order or-der to make connection with the railroad rail-road The names of the principal towns in the county are Mansvale not ars vale as i is generally written located locat-ed in 1865 Circlevle located In 1867 oosharem located In 18iO and Junction Junc-tion the preset county seat of Piute county which was located In 152 County Officers of Piute The following are the name of the respective county officers together with their place of residence County clerk Horace Merrill Junction count treasurer Joseph I Sudweeks Junc ton assessor Edward Bagley Kaosh arem sheriff James Stocks Marys vale surveyor George T Henry Marysvale commissioners Richard Brown sr of Kaosharem Joseph Niel son of Cirlevle S C James of Ma r sale attorney J P Osborne MaIjsale recorder Mrs Ann E Win am Circlevle Han John H Flme is devle our representatIve and lIves at Cir |
