Show IN FROM GREEN RIVER A fine country for those needing good homes we had a very pleasant visit on wednesday from air J II 11 murray of green river uintah county who arrived in provo tuesday night with a load of lucerne he left green river on the of alie present month and experienced a stormy time coming there being plenty of snow in the mountains to make the journey anything but pleasant mr murray informs us that the diphtheria scourge that lately visited that section of country carried off several of the brightest cli ildren there he says however that people are now enjoying comparatively good health the chops have proved a big success this beasen but with the exception of oats which beell at the post at a good figure there is no market for them the people in uintah county anticipate a hard winter but are well prepared for it they have plenty of hay so eliat the sack will not suffer the range is dry alie stock having eaten it out is an abundance of wood there easy of access while any amount of coal can be bought at reynolds coal mine fifteen miles from green river at 3 per ton A good day is being conducted there under the of a competent teacher from colorado over sixty pupils are enrolled there arc no saloons in the settlement which numbers one thousand souls and the people are in a prosperous condition bert Brown formerly of spanish fork has started up a grist mill which ia doing much iu the development of that beautiful country the people are patronizing ron izing it in a commendable manner george billinsky Bil linsK formerly of provo is superintendent of the green river coop co op store which is doing a flourishing business i george ainge this summer bought a fine thresher which proved quite a blessing to the farmers out there the new canal on burns bench i eight miles long is proving a huge success furnishing the people with all the water they need the water is taken from brush creek mr murray says there is plenty of I 1 land plenty of water and plenty of encouragement coura gement in green river for bew settlers of a go ahead industrious nature and whoever wants to go there and build up a home will find a hearty welcome mr murray who has been out but three years has harvested four crops of lucerne besides clearing the land and getting water on it he brought in on this trip four tons of lucerne seed which he readily sold at a good figure the road from provo to green river is in a good condition and the journey can be made in eight days comfortably mr murray returns home next week |