| Show emery co CATTLE that cama off the the mountains thin are faring very bad a great many having died in some places owing to the sheep herds having eaten the mountains clean last summer and the rain coming too late for our fall grasses to mature WE have more snow in this county than nouat at this time oi they ear which is a good thing for sheep men as they can get their herds away from the streams tor feed THERE has been a body of shale discovered by some of our citizens in this vicinity which bids fair when ed to outrival out rival the australian shale for gas making purposes THERE is one thing we have the advantage of here and that is we have plenty of coal and wood with which to keep good krcs in the cold weather WE have heard of no great loser in sheep so far but the range is about eaten out witia transient herds of both cattle and sheep TIIE weather has been very cold here as it has been all over the territory but the thermometer did not go below 22 at the worst so far we are blessed above other portions of utah THE health of the people is generally good JANUARY J K E |
