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Show O'UOES VALLEY. Ilia "S'uti" CorrcipODdeit Tells of lit rcoplo ami tliaraderlitlci. Mat Dcicrtt A'ewr Oj lu Tallojr It one of those ploasant Utah summer reiorta wlilcb la (ha winter aoasou U aaldom rlsllod lijr per-tons per-tons whow lioma aro iltustod In warmer climes, Ofton, In pastaeatons, when tlia roads 111 the Tallejr below would bo dry and Unity, enow would corer tlio ground In thla mora iterated Telle? to the depth of leTeral feet. This winter, howerer, htl to fir been an exception to the Roneral rule, as there libueljrinow enough liero at prcaout to altord a omlortatjla alelgli ride. In driving up from Ogdcn tbe SItt I nit. I found the loud dry and almoil dutty In placea until I reached tho mouth of the oiuyon; thenco for the next three miles Itwaa allppery and hard nlth Iroit, until the auow llmlla were reached near the point wlioro tho "llermltaxe," a favorite aummer re aort for Ogdinltei, alaoda In the abade of a roraantla mountain. From there and until O.dou vallty la reached tbo mow waa nomuwliat deep, aud the wlnJ, which blow aa I passed up, cold and plerolo.f. Hut on riachlOK tho open valley the atinoa i here at onoo bvinme milder, and tho lai.dscapo kat Ihu astuu time cjulto altraollTe. Of the thirteen nillea which Intervene between Udeu and Hunlivillo there la abjiit about elKht miles of canyon road t.roper,aa the ills- Itanco from Udou to tliu mouth of the cttujou la nearly three mllm, and JIuntavllIo la altuated about two mllea above tbo bead ol tho oauyon. Tun road only erotica tho river twloo. Ogilcli Valley la about lllti.ua mllei louKp txloiidlug from northwest tj aoutbeatt, and lias an average width of about four mile; lta mean altitude above aia level la about 6,000 (cat, or marly 770 feet abovo the Uroat Halt Lake; 03tie.iuently only the hardier kinds of fruit, drain and vegetables can be railed aucceatlully. Tbeiurface of the valley la considerably broken by the three main forks of the Ulen river and their entailer tributatlea which cut through tho country, riieio I three main ttreama respectively known aa Ihu Houth,Mlddlo and A'orlli forka form the OrfUcii river i.roer Immediately Im-mediately above the head of tho canyon whire ihoy nil doom together to-gether ti form ono main channel, which during tho long lenturloa put has cut lta war IbroUKh tho main ranga of Ihu Wasatoh mountain., In order to aoud tho watera from the melting anowe In tho mountain aye. tenia farther east Into the great Inland tea, wnlcli from the unormoua inko Ilounevlllo filially confined llielf to the present bouudarloa of tho (Jreat halt l.ako. The Option river dralna an extensive mountain country lying eaat aud uortheoat of tho valley ol tho aauio name. The latter waa unJoubl. edly formed In pro-hiatorlo tlmia by the actloua of the vaat amount of waters which uiust havn accumulated bere before an uuobitructoi channel vaa cut through tbo mouutalne wiat-vard. wiat-vard. iluntavllle, the principal aettlement In Ogdeu Valley, la btautlfully altuated altu-ated ou an cMatod bench lying between be-tween the Houth Fork and Hiring creek. 1L; 'own la laid out lu regula r olght aoru blocks, the atrceta creating each other at right angles. Facing tho publlo s.iuare from the north atauda tho Iluntavllle mectlnghouie, a floe hrlokttructuro with a lofty aud finely ahaied tower on the aoulhend. Immediately Im-mediately eaat of thli Ilea a receully ended two atory brick achoolhouae, cuo of the llneat country achool build-luca build-luca In tho uounly, and wtat of the publlo eijuara stands the old rock meetinghouse which waa uiod for many jtara for meetluga, achool aul eoclal purposes. There are ijulte a number of handsome and commodloua UwelllnKa In llunlavllle, and nearly every aottler hai lare and comfortable btablea and barua, whlih Indeed are neoceaary considering tho hard wlntera renerally experienced III llila high altitude. The place hai a population of about one thousand tK.ople,ot whom 63 souls, or 107 families, aro Latter-day Latter-day Halnta, commuting tho largrat Vard In tho Weber rjlaku of Zion butaldo of 0o'din Oily. About tbroo. fuurthaot the people aro of bcaudlua-tlan bcaudlua-tlan orlglu. lluutvllle haa perhaps furnlahed aa many mlsaionarlea for foreign for-eign lleldaaa any other aettlement of tho Halnta lu the mountains; and during the rtcent prostuitlon of auiiiucted or rtal transgressors uf tho iMniundi law, lluntsvlllesieiuod to be a favor-lie favor-lie reiideivoua for the United Mates deputy mnislmls, who wero "untlrlu.1 In Ibilr aeul'Mo "uphold tho majeaty cf the law," Tbulr odventuret, how-evtr, how-evtr, wire not alwaya frought with luccraa, aa tho "llloky dctcendanta of thoold Vlklogauf the fur north" olten Li'iumo luvlalblejuit aa tho reprcaan-tatlvca reprcaan-tatlvca of the law, after having encountered en-countered the atormaaud aaowa ef the canyon at iilght,inadolbelrappearaijoe In Ihuttreeta of tho alumberlng village, fliuo I'XporlouciH, however, now bo-lung bo-lung to the pant, aa tho good (wople of JJa-den valley aro ooraplylntt with tlio laar, nud tbo nightly ralJa ol marahala ud their deputlea belong to tho historic histo-ric bygone, lholilshop of Huutavlllo Is our genial aud lioapltablu friend JJavId McKay, of Hcottlsh mission 'me, and hlacountelora aroHoreuL, J toraeri and C. l Hohade, who have Mlh performed aucceasful mlailoua to their native laud, 1". C. Urotam, titentlvely known from hla long inla loiiary career In Denmark, olio rtsldea at this place. 1.Ji.miIs the next aettlement of lm-U,"',nc?, lm-U,"',nc?, ,lu "BJon vtloj; unllko 'luntsvllle, Where most, of Iho peoplo !mi0",.1?" '"wuslte, moatof.tho iraple 2. n.Hen warJ ""M' '" aoatteroj Jm.n"ouon XMt f'm "u o"ly J?.! ' pir ,CU"'K of them occupy a cuuter ot housea surrounding tho pub. ho wiiaio which couitltulu tho village ?ni.a",,,!,h." ll' ,0,"o1 uou'. ' K'l'u1l'llol'Ulldlns 111 Iho place, la aid J?' i. '"."J v"111110 "" butfour So,,. '"',.' ml1"' "'om Huntavilh. In u KhL in-"" '1r?n UJna. lis neigh-laei neigh-laei .J.0."0, l.1"' K len W"J wh'oh rlaimJ -'. un'0J intler day uin di..i '?ml1". "' "ooutly upter t,'nJ ln5" two warde, the iSp'i .POftlun of the same being ti.nl VmJ Vlb,ut.''' Tli.Hlaliopof 'nliLUer Josah M, I'errln, who Uth r1'''ir,,Ma "" 'm In the Hun i.J .1, lu. ur; After .peodlog I aSduaK,1!1.."" ai"iU ln IIuol"l"o, i:"n on ? ' linrl'lvoaudlenco if. 'litem.1 .1""1!y. 'vonlng Jan, an I Poie'y,''r"."" MU Liberty, Wh "r MltHf ward, embmelnj the Halnts nil ling In n scattered ron Jllloi la the upper cr northwest end of Ogden valley, val-ley, blda fair to become a prosperous locality In the near futura. With such good neighbors as Edou on the tioulh and l'arajlao on tho north It lerltlnly baa advantage! which no other settlement settle-ment ln Uiah can boost of Kldere Judktni, Wade and Ferrln constltulo Iho Jll.hoprlo ot Liberty ward, which emhracis about half tho member Hut formerly constitute 1 tho E.I on ward bofuro It was divided. It waa In the eouth portion of that district ol sountty now liicludsd In tho Liberty wart, when the first permanent lottlera of Ugdon valley .reel id their pioneer robins In 135J. l'revloua to that time the valley waa utilized nsn summer herd grounl for the benefit of the people of Ugden and vicinity, mid lor many yiaralt waa considered too cold for actual settlement. lut since that lime tbo Lord has tempered tho lie. menta In favor of Hla pcole, aud several klnda of grain, fruit aud vegetable, which In ouly Utah ilaya men raised with dllllrulty, even In our loner and warmest vallejf, now do well In this locality. AMim w Ji Nsutr. Liui IllV, Weber (Jo, Utlb, Jan. 1.1, |
