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Show WILLARD CITY. A Salt Laker UitstU-nlin;; in the North I'ouutry. Ravages of Urasslioppovs and Mosquitoes. A TUrlvluic Town ou the Miorwn ol the Luke. Wn.LAiin City, Box Ki.dkh Co., Soptemtior 5, 187G. Editors Herald: Your special correspondent arrived in this little city on Sunday morning, I and I must B;iy that I was greatly disappointed in the place, imagining from glimpses I had previously had thai it was a barren, unproductive settlement; but ou making inquiries I found it as prosperous and thriving a place as any on the lino ol the Utnh Northern railroad. It is situated at thfi loot of mil eh. rockv. niclnn-Rnnti ! jagged mountains, and on the west aide the Great Salt Lake lies shiuiug and sparkling io the sun. A refreshing refresh-ing and cool breeze from the hike makes the settlement far more agreeable agree-able and healthful than it would otherwise other-wise be, and if a person wishes to bathe he can eaiily do so, as the "Dead Sea" is not ten minutes walk from the heart of the city. From the upper up-per part of town the view, as a person per-son looka toward the lake, is grand and beautiful, and by moonlight it is "simply immense." The lake at the point has risen a great deal of late, and at the lower parts of the shore some ot the farms are inundated, and a few persons who have farms near the lake, now own about five acres of salt water. The farms ore not under water all the year round, but plenty long enough to ruin them for agricultural pur-, poses. i Large quantities of all kinds of: grain are easily raised here, in some i cases the product being fifty bushels! to the acre. Thousands of bushels j are shipped to different points, east, ' west, north and south, and even Brig-ham Brig-ham city bought some 3,000 bushels last year, and it ia said that sho will want more this season. But, although Brigham city is a faiming community, commun-ity, considerable manufacturing is also done there, and it cau hardly be expected that the people of thai burg can manage both farm and workshop. Nearly all the grain is harvested, and it is expected that it will all he threshed and stored away or shipped by the middle of next week. Considerable Con-siderable lruit is raised, but is generally gener-ally of the common kind; although L saw some pears and apples this morning morn-ing which would do credit to any city in the territory. Six or seven of the grangers here, however, have some very nice fruit, and a goodly quantity of it. These sweet singing insects, the grasshoppers, have been on a visit in this town and vicinity for the last ten days, but the majority havo gone south, probably to Ogden, for on my trip here I saw millions of them just outside of that city. While there they managed to get outside of considerable con-siderable corn, etc. Tbey have badly damaged the corn crop, but it is not entirely rfpoiled. They have also taken considerable fruit away with them, but were kind enough to leave the stones hanging on the peach trees. The wheat, oats, barley and other small grain were, luckily, too far' matured, and, consequently, were not' damaged. Millions of Bea gulls are around and on the lake. At times I have seen the surface almost covered with them. They have been feasting without limit on the "hoppers," and the amount of iron-clads they will eat in a short time would astonish anybody any-body but those who have seen them at lunch. There are immense quantities of iron ore in the mountains close to Willard, about a quarter of a mile from the U. N. R. R. A large amount ; has already been mined, and is. now i lying on the ground, there being no market for it; but the company anticipate an-ticipate an outlet for it shortly, and as soon as harvest is over work will be again started with renewed vigor. Much money has already been sunk in the enterprise, and the owners are sanguine that it will be a "big thing" for them yet. They are plucky, and deserve success. Orders have been received here to gather and dry all that can be obtained ob-tained of a certain plant that grows in abundance here, which, when dried, is to be sent to Salt Lake to be used in tanning leather. I am informed in-formed that the other settlements, both north and south, also intend to gather and dry it. I believe that Z. C. M. I. is the purchaser. Tht "pesky varmint," known as the Willard " 'skeeter," ie very troublesome in certain parts of the town, and, judging from the way they attacked your correspondent, correspond-ent, I should say it was some time since they were regaled with "city blood," of which they appear to be exceedingly tond. The herney-handed farmers Bay the " 'skeeters" do not trouble them a great deal, and several times since my arrival here, I have longed to be a granger. On Sunday afternoon and evenin?, the residents of the place were treated to a rain and thunder storm, which a reliable citizen informed me has done "a power of good, and washed thfi grasshopper pizen from oft the trees." KOTE3. There is but one store here, of which the Willard Mercantile com pany ore owners, anu owing iu iuu scarcity it does a very good business. There are also a couple of saw mills and a shingle mill, running clese here, and doing a lively business. A day school is in operation bore, but is not very well attended, in con- 1 sequence ol all hands being busy at the harvest. Two or thrco buildings are going up, and from present appearances will, when finished, be fine looking structures. The majority of the houses hare bear evidence of bavin? braved the weather for a loug period. Willard rejoices in ttia possession of a nice, airy, well-ventilated, two-storey two-storey echoolbouse. As I write, a "Willard zephyr," viz: a young hurricaue, is blowing things around, raising huge waves on the lake. A seven-acre cemetery lies just Out-sida Out-sida of the town, and is surrounded by a neat and substantial fence. A good article of brick is manufactured manufac-tured here by Mr. Geo. Hodge. A splendid stream of water comes down out of City Creek canon, (not our City Creek, thouch) and besides this there are other streams. Willard has plenty of water. Rollo. |