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Show NOTES FIIOW ST. GEORGE TO SALT LAKE. Salt Lake City, Get. 2, 1S72. On the 21H ult.. comfortably seated in c:iptain II. W. Miller's carriage, we left St. George lor Salt Lako City with ; specimens of fruits, vegetables, laedi-eus, laedi-eus, etc . for exhibition at the D. A. and M. Fiiir; diued with K. Ellsworth, at Uaiuusiiueu), fifteen iuil-s, wlrn lia a. lart'O orchard nnd vineyard of very excellent fruit. Theoceto Leeds, threo miles. The town is improving, and for the first time in four years it has good crops and no grasshoppers, thence twelve miles to BELI.EVIEU over very rough road. " Here Mr. Gates has a new and cnimodiuti dwelling, and Mr I'mreh is also building. build-ing. Oopi are light; postmaster J. 11. .lohfisju showed us several sorts of grapes very largo and fine. Thence fifteen miles to KANAKA. Mr. Pollock has a promising young orchard and good garden here. The foundation for meeting house still remains re-mains in the old place, all right. Seven miles further over a smooth road brought us to IIAUILTOS'S FORT, where lame grain crops and ni-je brink bouses woro noticeable. Damage has been done by early frost on tender vegetables here and onwards to this (Salt Lak) oily. A rich coal mine has recently been discovered between Harmony and Pinto iron works. At OEDAR CITY, six miles further, wo found our excellent excel-lent friend, bishop II. Lunt, with sight partially restored, gathering his crops, and with a strong heart struggling at his old industries. He has a largo bearing orchard, and set beforo us apples and pears largo and excellent. This place will harvest over 20,000 bushels of grain They havo a co-opo-rativo flock of 4,000 sheep, the finest in the Territory ; their horned stock, 1,500 head,, are aUo excellent, and all doing well ; with a horse herd, having an imported stallion. Twolvo miles moro over a good road, to SUilJIIT. People very busy harvesting good crops, potatoes through theso settle inputs iniured eartv in tho Eeason. Crops light and pot as good as usual. Six miles more, to PA ROWAN, where a large crop of bay was being gathered. 'J ho town is widening and spreading and improving. Bishop D.itue has built a nice frame house on his farm, a mile south of town, and often indulges in the pastime of farm- 1 labor. Somo apples here; grain crops excellent. Five miles further, at l'ARAGOONAU, I tho fields produced good crops this season; peace and industry and quiet prevailed. Thence to BEAVER it is thirty-two miles, over good roads. Beaver is a lively place and fast improving; im-proving; saloons plenty and liberally patronized by tho inflowing "civiliza tion. In camp hero was lieutenant Wheeler's soientifi; party. Many trees were loaded with appleB. Experienced colli; with ice on water. Met many loaded teams for Piocho, and passed numerous teams coming to conference Near COVE CREEK is a mine of nativo brimstono, and a stream of strong alum water crossing the road. There are broad fields and large quantities of small grain here, some still uncut in the field on Pino creek. Roads are good over to FILLMORE, where they make a large business of stock-growing. They nave a co-operative sheep herd of some 9.0U0 head, with fine imported bucks; a cattle herd of 1,500 yielding a dividend of thirty per cent; and a horse herd of 350 head all doing well. A new steam mill is doiog a large business; and the co-operative store is doing annually $75,000. Wo found our excellent friend here, bishop Callister, with Messrs. Lyman and Partridge, watching over all these interests with zeal, care and fidelity, and ready to show us around. There is a new court house progressing ; new school house, best finished and arranged we have seen: new and commodious tith- i iog office, nearly completed; and large I orchards of excellent apples; grain crops moderate; town lively and improving. im-proving. This is an immense valley, with broad pasturage, good land, and abundance of water going to waste. Very little fruit at CEDAR SPRINGS, town growing rapidly, peoplo stirring and crops good. scipio, (Round Valley,) goes ahead actively. We found the same old log- cabin school and meeting house and dirt covered dwellings; water running over the country, coun-try, and some of the richest mud holes for freignters, along the field, we experienced exper-ienced on the whole route. They need new supervisors and bishop. Wo hope . they will have tho good taste to restrain res-train "the boisterous floods" and deepening deep-ening mud pits in the road before our return. There is another supply station sta-tion near the Skeleton bridge. A new bridge is to tako the placo of the old wreck soon so wo were informed Near here is kept tho Provo valley sheep herd, and another large oo-op-erative herd. A small lake is found in the valley, this side the Sevier. CBICKEN CREEK is a small place ; produces good grain and splendid potatoes. SALT CREEK, OR NEPI1I, Is a busy place, large Gelds and abundance abund-ance of hay aod graio; town improving and enlarging; several well filled stores; fine orchards. SANTAQUIN has spread out wonderfully within the last five years, but looks rather dull. B. F. Johnson & Co. have a new steam saw mill in lively action up the oan-yon; oan-yon; apple orchards loaded. 6PRINO LAKE VILLA has a new post office, B. F. Johnson, P. M.j a supply storo, and large orchards or-chards of excellent fruit. Crops moderate. mod-erate. PAYSON is lively and improving, with many astonishing orchards and heavy cropj of grain and fruit In fact all through Utah county these crops arc heavy and abundant. We called upon our old horticultural friend, D. Graves' of PROVO, who showed us many varieties of grapes and some rare exotic flowers and plants. His "Hydis Eliza" grapo vine is a "rare old plant," and very prolific; but wo havo seen no grapes north of Kane county fit to cat. At AMERICAN FORK Bii-hop Harrington and Mr. Robinson were courteous, and Bhowed us some of the largest apples we havo ever seen in tho Territory. This place is full of bustle and R. 11. materials, with hope and haste for conoction with tho A. F. R. R. Thero is good health, prosperity pros-perity and plonty throughout all the I settlements south ot'this city. Truly, J. |