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Show a MaiiafiiiMaBaMn A LETTEIt FKOM 'TntEXIX." Joltings a rlng Ercnls ia VUh ami Xerada. tC3heloiiBte cl the Dtttcrr Kew .J Eighteen miles from Tarowan is found thu nourishing city of Cedar, famous for its sheep industries and the valuablu mineral and coal de-Ik11s de-Ik11s iu the vicinity. About fifteen fif-teen thousand dollars' worth of wool ha ben shipped north this fall, and the city contains evidences of the thrift and industry of its people. peo-ple. CeJar City CenKcry Is tlo to Uio road, but well protected by a good rock Vali4 ttlilfch liis been bailt bjr skilled masocs. Vo-fc has Leen resumed on the Talwrnacle, whlcli is one of the best and most commodious buildings In Southern Utah. The storekeepers are kept quite bjsy by their numerous customers and there are nlllclent mercantile j establijhnicnts to -ati-fy the wants! of all aud to suit the most fastidi-! ous. the Stake Academy Is located here, well attended, aud ably conducted con-ducted by Principal M. II. Dalley. Piuto is a little settlement uca-ia (thirty miles from Cedar aud eon-tains eon-tains about twelve rtHi!cS. Tho Irregularity of the streets aud dwellings cuntlrms tho state meutonce made by Brother Mus-er, Mus-er, that it had "the appearance oi having beeu shot out of a cannon." However, the -eop!e have erected good, substantial dwellings aud ap--arto be well-to-do. lite Coon, stornlias laid In a (rood rucply of inerchindim: fe Uis vlnter, and scliool Is tow in fc-'lon In the comfortable com-fortable little meeting houe. Six milca dk taut is the town of Uainbliu. but only a few families reside there, the Ilwds having caused caus-ed many deep washes through their farmiug lands. Hebron is iu the extreme Xorth-uestof Xorth-uestof Washington Ccuuty, Utah. Ahucstall the buildings are built ulstantlally of brick. An excellent excel-lent chool Is conducted by Brother Bowler, and the people are doing moderately well. Prospectors say that thesurrounJiug hills ere very rich witli mluirals and marble, and t wis Sr.own a iitiuler of good specimens by Don C. Bobbin;, who has made several local! ns there. After leaving Hebron I reached the grade of thu U. P. Railway extension, ex-tension, which is followed till Clover Valley iu Nevada Is reached. Tlila valley is about four miles long and one mile w Ida and is occupied by abrat twelve families. During the pa,t summer It was evidently a lively railroad camp. Meadow Valley, Washiugtou, is about ninety miles long, hut occasionally oc-casionally widens out, and all the tillable laud is utilized by ranchers, It Is situated west of Clover Valley ( auds-outh of Panacea. It Was quite interesting to find in sucli a sparsely sparse-ly settled region a dhtrlct school in session, with a comfortably seated little schoolhou'e aud all the modern appliances, iuduJing Yagsy's. au-atomicai au-atomicai and geographical studies. Tlie ton not Panacea Is situated iu Meadow Valley and was settled by a ronipany of Lntter-day Saints in 15U4, when what Is now Lincoln County, Nevada, was part of the Territory if Ulan. The early settlers set-tlers had many difficulties to contend con-tend with, first with the IiiJians and afterwards with the officials of Nevada who, when the Hue waa ois-de, haravc-J the people In various ways. Panacea now Contains -loout llfiy families, presided over by Bi-liop M. lit. The nater supply is obtained from springs about uueand a half miles from the toun. Two store', the Coop and 11. Wadirlh"s cater for tlie trade of thu people. The district school is held in the meet-iug-licwi-e and is well patronized. Miss Jeunetlu Findley has charge of toe grammar department aud Mr. George Whitney of the primary de-lartment. de-lartment. l'icM-be, the well kuun n mining town, is the county seat aud chief place of busiuefsin Lincoln County. It is situated on the north slope of (he mountains and, atone tlm,was ooeof the livelie-t mining camis uf the west. At re-ent cverrlhlng is very dull, and gloomy forelxKt-ings forelxKt-ings arc indulged luuilh regard to ihe coaiing winter. The only condoling con-doling thought which the merchants appear to possess is iu anticipating the resumption of rallraad work in the spring. Various rea-ous are asl'ned tor the present dullness uch as "dissatlilied stockholders,"' "c-banie r ininagiment."etc. Spring Valley is about fifteen mil s from I'loche, aud is one of thu mist northern valleys In the county. It is about fi.nr miles long and three-quarters three-quarters of a tallo wide, au 1 is irri- ( aled v.ith water from the numerous ! -i-riugs, from w hich it derives Its name. : lue valleswas llr-t settled in l-o7 j by Brother William C. Mooily, now of Thatcher, Arizona, and others. At one time about twenty families resided there, but only some six ' families are located in the valley no-v. Tne-e are chltlly engaged ia stock raisiiig. A new rock school-linuio school-linuio has recently been built. It will be quite fiuished by the spring, i Eagle Valley, about five miles south, contains about ten families, and like Spring Valley was first i settled by litter-dny Saints. A good sized stream flows down the canyon from Spring Valley. Tlie water is utilized uu the farm and asture lauds, and fruit can be raised ther, as the climate is milder . than many of the adjacent valleys. ! Tho school-house is furnished in primitive style and uteds considerable consider-able rciairing. About a week ago it was quite j stcrmy, and tbu niouutaius are i.ow j clad lu winter's garb. I'JIOENI. Pajcacca, Lincoln County, Nev , December S, lS'JO. |
