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Show JtAJIIIIXS IN .STAK .tMl.V. liiollirr liilrrrallng (iniiiiiunlralliu f ii.in llJir Inlrrir Jimou. I art) llilheniuriilngof Ihe SjUi of H.. temlier I left Moult tier In Hear l.ako Valley fur Hlar Valle), Liter Chll-lUtl llogen, Hell , toklnir lis tu lila iinifottable two Uonn car rlaire. Allel Irnvlng Monlpeller Ihn roa I lakes up the main can) on, f dlow . Ingtlies-inielii u norlluaatetly dlrec tlon for about ten tulloaj then It turns to the right up along a small trllutiry of Moiiljellcr creek, llieutn to tho left over a summit on to another ItllajUry of the same crrek, and nelt It taktato the right ahalu croaalim astip summit on (iitbol eadwnttrsof thomas' 1'ork, wonacoud the miln illvl le tho rluiof the lualii-whlch dlvllea the walirs filling Inbi Hear Ither from thoao enil)lug tutu Hnake ltlver. Till. lofl) alevallou Is nUiut half way l-I l-I we ii Iksr Lake Valley end Hlar Valley, Val-ley, an I must I neatly eight thou-aiid fcot above the level ofthosia. i'rotu this runimlt the ilesctnt le qultu tei . for atwut a mile, until la trltaitary of Crow criek la ireaaml, and down along said ireeli the grade la gradual and II e road good until Hlar Valley Is fetched at the luoutll ot Cmw Creek can)on. Until the reaeut summer this mountain ruad leading front Montpellir lo Htar Valhy wai very routji aud the i roa.luga of thudliler-entstrintns thudliler-entstrintns both miry aul ilitigtrou, but la.l s ring an aghimeiil was mlirel Into letivien the clllzina of Star Valley jind Hear I.al.e Valley lu the tlhctlhit If the Htar Vallr) latleuoull mako ngood roal to the main aumuill from the mat side, Hear Lake count) woul I I ullil a good roa I froniMoiitallirtotheaummlt. Thedtsr Vnlh) bretbriti llulalird Ihelr pari of the work In Juno laat, nndthe llisr Iiki rs haoJuat contj letej their air-lion air-lion or the wt ik, Including the uniting unit-ing of ever) riek irosnlng on Iho whole road, thus making that mire dreaded roulo of travil line of the beat mountain roads In the Hot kite. Consequently Con-sequently (before Hie tloode of another Miiaon alnll have damaged Ihlagooil road) now would l a Loud time for tuili aa l'oIio to s i) Hlar Valley lu make a visit thither. 1 ii etnrrgluf from the mouth of Crow Creek Can) on the sight which mCrU the traveler Is a viry pleasing one. Htntchcd out Write lain), sulrouuded by lofty mountains, His one of Ihe lineal anlleas, a few )iars ngu emttyand utiolate, but now dotted wltli tlulfty sellltmetibi of thn KalnU. The liun which flret atttacts Ihe uttintloll Is Iho town of Altou, which Is biaullfull) slliiatedou a lanch at tho mouth of Char Crrek call) Otis atidtitarthoiiaao of Ihe mountains on the eaat stdo of the valley. Owing to the ulevatei situation situa-tion this oettlemtnt csn be even from marly every part of the valley, which la nearly twtnt) lullce long from north lo south and f tout one to six milt s w hie. Its uverea.n I teadtli la marly four milts. Htlt lllver which rl.es In Ihe mountains southesat of the valhy tunica tun-ica through Its inllto length, tut links In Hie u et end lo etiu rge again lu tho surface irom a subtrnanean aaaogn In Ihe lower end of Ihu valley, eld la at otae ra stream of tonalderable iIm-, afu r receiving Crow Cretk from Ihe wist and Cottonwood mi J rtwlft Cruk from the eaat aa Its prlucli allrll ulurlea luthuvelli). While the sutfaianf Ilia roil ntry 111 Htar Ijike Valhy la lomewhat broken and undulating In many parti, Iho laud InHUr ulley aa u rule Is level aud nouHiiueutl) easily Irrigated, the natural vigititlon Is Kraiaaii.lmll.ltl.ru.il, sage Ituili Ii iitn only lu a few lacis. The imilow lauds along Halt lllvirlll the lower ud of tho alley are among tbo llueat III tho nioilutalns, and the facilities facili-ties for iiaturage there and on tho foot hills surrounding the allcy tut prlncl all) on Iho weatsldi, aronluiuil tiutouuded, The farming land Is generally good and very J reductive and the limber lu the mountains plentiful. Ihe freah, Itivlgor allng breezea and Ihu beautiful ctraratreauis, lu which theetttleininti are altuated Inturts health and vk r to audi an extent that I can truthfully say that Id all niy tta vols Inounuouu- ! tain couuit) 1 lia e leverlL.iia hial thler or mote iobut lioklug iole than I met lu Hlar Valhy ml tnr oplelietB are not at allaelllili so a to have a ills, -itlontomon iliie all Ihtse udvaiitagea to thimatlvia, but they i Km. the hand of welcome t other good (led featlng to le to ivime and east tilt Ir lots with them and hel Ihelii to develop Ihe rcaoutrce of the country, for which iiirpnre. n latnl rommlttii, havlug irpriaenlillv. In every sstllcniint, have been apiliileil whora Kclal duly It Is to avail jjioii all liew-cunius and give to them all the Information nee es.fliy coiHTruliig lift country and lla a Iv antaiiHi IS) Itlcllly tbeaalliy la a pall of Ulnlalit out ty, Wjomlng Ihe Mat of which Unl 1 raustoli, an la very frleiidl) frellug aud mutual giaal understanding eilala between the ruimty dllcufa aid the Htlnla In Plat valley, lie It sal I lo Ter credit tint Wyoming liualwtysirtaiinl our poo tie fairly and Ju.tly, vhllnher n.lgh. bor Idaho haa oxhlblte.1 a hatrclnnl vlnllcllveneaa t iwarda wime or her Uitc'tlzeus that would lai tnirelu kii- Ing with thel lilt ullhu dark ml I die ages tluu tint if the nlmteintti ivututy. A few months ego some of Ihu county ofUcisis from I.vanalon vlillid Hlar valley and cutltltil tho apjualntntictt of nur two le III. re, aul they were highly liaae.l with the thrill and Industry vlill le on every hand, an I the wonderllll I regress re-gress which had becu tin le In so slioit a time Hlar valle) now contains five organized organ-ized wards of theChuri li, all belonglbg lo Ihe Ilt-ar Lake Htakerf loll with a total membership ef t9, distributed among 174 families. A lion ntd, the largest w ar.l of the valle), hsiUT fauillliai of HilnU or S'JI UHiiiUra. Itlniludiwtlietowliof Af Urn and the sitthrs living on tlulr fauna and ranchee for tiillea artaind. The townalle Is ol e nf the finest III the nioillltalns, aud la tllng llillt Up us fiat as the lien) le stuilfe Ihe till, a l.i their lant. lhlatiwu waa first settled lii lull, nnl has thu only tlnirlig mill In the Mall, y; oli a n mill an I Mailing mill, owned aul (ia:rlil iiy Arclill.nl I (lardmr. Them am nhai two stores dealing III gturral niifiliaudlf.e and one futlilltito store. Chiths I). Cialir preallia aslllahop ut the want, with Anhiull Uarduar, lata of Halt l.abo county, Utah, as his Couiisrlor llrother tiller was Ihu first presiding I ider In the valley and until two )esra sgo, when four new worls wareurgsliiled, he presided as lllahop over all the Helbla III Hlar alley. The town of Alton la about li miles northeast of Motitl!tr. (Irovi r ward eml ran a the n irth end of Htar Valley on the cut alio of rt ill riaer. It lis. thltty families, or. ill tnrnilere, a iurt of whom reside 111 the lllageof (Jrovtr (time named lu honor of I'risldenlUruvvr ( levvUnd) which Ilea near the foot it the mountain., four and a hall nalla-e nuilliul Altou OIu Jcli-.ll tail lea lulu aa lllahop with Ldtutind Tpwottti and 1 dward rhurinatiaslilsLouiiHlors. Auluru wurl Ilea on Ihe oa)alle si lu of the river from (Ituv. r, un 1 con-slits con-slits of fort) famllks or lsiiiunitin, irtslled overb) Josej h ll.Uolbruok ns lll.hop. Tills Is the ol lest settle-Ini settle-Ini lit In the valley, dating tuck to lb, whan Ihe first sttthteialiiu In ou aik animals and malu Ihu first ar-llianatit ar-llianatit licatlon. Htoak ralslug Is 'he ahlrflniluatiyol the Ko) le hell, an I no gralu bias belli plo.luc.al until the I resent saasoti, when a Mr. Kingston raised a iropof small gralu on a town lot. Allium ran boast of liaMuglhe only rink meeting hou.e In the aalliy. and lu fait the only rock lulldlngof any kind here, all the dwellings dwell-ings of tile sa tilers ll far lie-lug lie-lug Ihu triniltlve ploniar cabins, an 1 n fewr luniWr and eawa-d log build lugs. The town of Aul urn la altiuted ou a level tract nf country on Hlump rieek, two an 1 one half tulles aaat of the boundary line latwieu VAynmlug and Idaho, lime ant one hall tnllea aa.t of drover aul tight and one-hall mlli s I ) road nortliwesi of Aflon. hair view ward, with (weiit)-nliie families, or 1.7 members, eiubtncts ra llrietraitiifriiuntry lrrlgalr.1 I) Ihn waterof Crow trvak, on the west ll le of Ihe valli). Ihu low i alto of 1'alr-vlew,on 1'alr-vlew,on which only a few In ti.as have lea ii I ill It en far, Is leasinlly elloetiil ou Crow ireik, near tho uiuiith of Cmw Criek canyon, five tullea botith-wast botith-wast of Aflon and forty nill,e uotth-i-istot M)iilillr, John C. llewr), J r , I rt aldi a fit re as lllaholi. Ciltonwtxid ward, having fouttieti f imlllts, or elghl) nine in. tubers, a m I rscas Ihe south end of Htar Valley an I (uuslstsof the eralii ted stttlera living on Cottonwood rrtek and Halt river, lllnclpallyoutheen.sldo of Ihe latter lat-ter stream. This l lid of thn valley la considered warmer thiti tie norlli ami and good grain Is raise I. The Hialnts here have Marl) completed their llt; meeting house, a smill log lulldlng slnr-dliig Hear the tonlre liajthe wild, at a lolnt seven and a half milts south ol Aflou nnl about thrut mlUalrcui (he south a u I of Ihe vail. y. llllam Parsons Is Ihe Illslmp or Cottonwood word, and Thomas niton lalils ool) (oun-ailor and alaoattsas ward clerk. In the night Itlwtcu the lllh of He'leruher and 1st of Mol-r, the val ley woe vlsiled I y rt haiavy snow sti rm tho first of the mason. It wasa.ulle rv curious sight In the morning or the 1st lo roe tho shocks uf grain siandlug iitigathercd In Ihn fields ravered with six Inch.-a nf snow; I ut the fstnii rs hi re don't si em to Iw alarmed over the rosiects on this ac. count, as they havo nia-rlentid similar simi-lar things In fori. Throughout Ihe entire valley n tetter trop has litn ra.ed this )enr than ever lfore, and during the last few yesrs Iherllmale liaslarcome milder aud Utter ever) season, and Ihe rnsiaKli are that hUir Valhy, lu the mar future, will Hand second to none of tho valleys nf similar nlllludeanit latitude, Hhade lieta ate already Ulng ut out In Aflon and other ilarcy, which In due course of time will be follow. d by thn hardier kinds of fruit trees, ami thu ulley thuailiangi 1 from lis tceeut somi. what nukanl nnl Lleak u learuntc. The smaller fruits ate doing well, and llrother Arthur Hoberts alsoshowed mo some of the fittest titos, tumlta., mUbagatanlother vegslaMes that I limeivirateii krowit In the mouii-lalns. mouii-lalns. AM)ltL.v JlNeuv. HrAH Vaiivv, Uintah Countv, Wjonilng.Octoher U, Ibiil, |