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Show mailt. The freatest drawback to development down there, is the lack of railroad facilities to bring the productions to this market quickly; with such advantages the electric thrill would permeate the people of that entire section and they would respond iu a way so quickly as to astonish those who are now unaware of the resources of this territory. IN THE SUNNY SOUTH. I Land of the Vine and Fig Tree, of Bine 8kiei and Fertile Fields. A REGION OF GREAT RESOURCES, Splendid Irrigation Enterprises Stock Bailing and Farming Manufacturing Manufactur-ing Cotton Need of Railroads. Few people living in this section have any conception of the grand possibilities possibili-ties of southern Utah, and the magnili-cent magnili-cent resources which it possesses in all the eluments w hich go to make a prosperous pros-perous common wealth. It is a region more than usually blessed, having a combination of soil and climate equal to those of the southern states, as well as those of southern California. There all of tliu products of th soil grown south of .Mason and I ion's line, as well as tho semi-tropical fruits of lower California, Cal-ifornia, aru produced in the most prod-gal prod-gal abundance. The section is also believed be-lieved to have mines that are unsurpassed unsur-passed in richness by any cow known to exist in any part of the territory, but very little attention has been paid to them and they are but little developed It is from Southern Utah, that all of the fruits, nuts, cottons and early vegetable vege-table will come which will supply the empireof which this city is the capitol, The last pilgrims to return from that almost unknown portion of Utah, are VV. H. Howe and Chas. Brown, who had a long trip taking in every point of any importance as far south as the An- zona line. To a Timks representative Mr. Howe said: "I am hoth surprised and delighted de-lighted with what I saw. It never entered en-tered my imagination to think that there was such a inagniticeut section tributary to us and of which we know so little. There are untold thousands of acres down there as lair as were ever kissed by a morning's sun and as tirtileas ever laughed under the tickling tick-ling touch of the husbandman's hoe. The climate is something delightful aud as balmy as that of Southern Europe. Eu-rope. W ith such advantages it is almost al-most impossible for anyone to be too extravagant in his anticipations for the future which is in store for that part of Utah." Leaving hero on May 2!, he and Mr. Smith journeyed iu loving concert to the settlements of Minersville, Cedar, lokerviile, Lavenkin bench, St. George, Washington, Santa Clara, Leeds, Hellevue, the big copper mine of Woolley, Lund it Judd and to Hurricane Hurri-cane valley iu Ari.oua. The special object of the trip was to Lavcrikin, where ho is interested in a big irrigation enterprise having a ditch two miles long running through a rough country which had to bo blasted nearly tho whole distance and to run a tiuinet hoo feet long to reach the seven or eight hundred acres on the bench wSich it was desired to bring under cultivation. The work was dona under tholirection of Thomas Judd and is a spiridid inouumeut to his skill and fore Lght. ThV ditch cost the handsomo sum of llj.uiy is a great success, and will itjiindVntly remunerate its projectors, ind it JW only waters the entire bench f as fine fruit raisiug land as ever j LiossuuieiT'lleueatn a '"Biue-IH-rtriT will furnish tho necessary power to light the whole ranch with electricity aud run all of the machinery required fur any sort of light manufacturing. "Groat praise ought to be given to the people of the south for what they have done. It has been one ceaseless round of labor instead of a continual oue of pleasure, in order to conquer and sub-duo sub-duo what was onco thought to bo ouiy an inhospitable desert. But those people have dug and delved uutil tliey imve beautified it with lino homes, grand orchards, fruitful vineyards aud sweeping lields. One alfalfa crop has already been harvested aud is iu the stack, whilo the secoud is a foot and a half high and growing luxuriantly as it bends beneath the soft caresses of a summer wiud. "Washington and St. George people hnvo organized a company to build an enormous dam, by which tho course of the Kio Virgin has been changed aud which carries an immense llow of water over a big rock spill. This dam is hot) feet long, 7" to 100 wide and lit) high and is constructed of rock, earth and timber. The water has been raised eight feet above its natural level, that not used in the ditch being turned over a fail of twenty feot. This dam and canal, which is being built under tho supervision of Ilobert Lund, will cost 000 and will bring over L';!00 acres of land under cultivation in what is called tho Washington and St. George lield. A short detour was made into Washington Wash-ington county to the cotton factory leased by the genial Bishop Thos. Judd. This institution was a veritable reveltt-tion, reveltt-tion, as it is manufacturing a class of goods that aro iiueiualled by those made ttnywhere. It was not astonishing astonish-ing to to lind nearly all of these people were republicans as they are emphatically emphati-cally in favor of home industries and ' wear goods made in their own factory. Most of the cottons and cotton batting sold by the Z. ('. M. I., Spencer Claw-son, Claw-son, arid other houses iu Suit Lake, is made at this factory. 'Ibe factory is now turning out a line line of check-goods, check-goods, shiitiugs, etc., aud some blue denims. "The climate is more like that of peninsular California than any place , fie had ever seen. The land is well fenced and is cultivated to the highest perfection. There is scarcely a farmer there who is not well-to-do. As proof i LIICIC WHIP IMIl I,CJU IU-MU. A O I1U01 of it, there are not more than twenty mortgages recorded in the comity. The possibilities of the country for fruit and raisin culture, farming, the growing of almonds and other nuts, cottons ami early vegetables aro uu-rivalled. uu-rivalled. Tho cattle and .sheep industries indus-tries are very large, aud, although a Mr. Sanders had lately shipped 13,09'J bead, there seemed to be as many as ever. This purchase had distributed $.'ihi,0IM) among the people. Feed on the ranges was never bettor and every herd of stock seen was iu the finest condition. Prospects for good crops were uever brighter. "It was a delight to meet such a tine class of people as were fouud there; for with scarcely an exception they are frugal aud thrifty and remarkably aggressive ag-gressive and desirous of pelting aloug. "Like most other countries, it is in need of capital to help develop its latent la-tent resources. A few thousands invested in-vested in irrigation schemes would work a transformation. There are thousands of acres of land susccptable of irrigation irriga-tion from the Kio Yirgiu river, which with water would yield the most glorious glor-ious harvests. It is a pity to see it lying ly-ing idle when it is capable of supporting thousands of people if the application of capital could be made on some water ditches. Lots of this land will pay interest in-terest on $o00 an acre. It oilers overy inducement to those of means who do-sire do-sire a big aud a permanent iuveat- |