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Show I.Kll IiKK VAi.m. I 1 tlrtcli of ll llril v. lil.mnit mil 1'ieMllt t OQlIlllllDi JAVor Pttcrtt A'sinai Oftlie twenty raven wardt (ore only Kltunch) fonitllnK the lliarl.ako Hlika ofZlou, fuuiliiti urn sltuatscl In Jlcar IiUe (Juuuty, Mnho, which to. Krtlrr tinvo motil nn-ralrhljiof 4SI1, illrl M Into IV, fjuulllis, lltllo In if cs.aof tlitm-Hlllis or tliu i nllretnsui-l-erlilp of tliu Htase. Ilrar I.ae County fmbmro the iilistno Sjiith tastcornsrotlliu Bute of Iclalu, anl It turn oftlie smallsst Lut most UilcVly jwixilnteJ coutillii nf the Btatr. Its analjaOnut MO eiuire nill-, mt ll iUlatlon, nee inline to Ihe Uiiltrd Hiatw txiitus, Will, In lbOi). The greatsr irartloti uf the county conlts ofmtninttlna, o.it"r4 In many lilacta wllll luar growth ot Inn Uinutr.atiJ the lowir bills villi uutrllloui yawns, urorllnif rxccllrut taclllllfs. for pasturage; while tho iettle.1 pstt li conflowl to thn laniuui Dine Ixk Vallf jr, extendi uottli and suutli UinxicU marly tho tntlto loin Hi ofthorounty,wlthnvtrnwlJthof about lx mllis. Theenllro valley, In-eluding In-eluding tint part thereof lylni; In Uloh County, U'ali, It nearly Dlty miles long, nJTrlo In width from 0110 to ilitlitDillt. Tiieiurfaooof the valley lttmohat uneven In luiny platais, which maliM Irrigation tathir ilirSlcutl In eimo of the sittlirutnls, but the mII Is generally very rich an J tiro luc-tin, luc-tin, and water tvlisrowlth to Irrigate It anil le. Hear l.nVe (Vunly It dlvldod Into six Justices' irtcltuta, thlilim voting we. Huts uud twenty suhool districts. Tim unowned Hear l.akouistlea In thusoulti on t of the xalley and coven utmrtanr ittwatda o one. hundred 1UIC nillea It la twenty mills Ion v. ith nn averaeo wldlh of llvn mile', lit uldial iarl--lr,ini the nirttlh of huur Crock on the tteat tl In to 1 den on llm i aal sulci -icar the bouutarj Hue la-twteu la-twteu Idaho and Ulah, Is seven eol one half lillllt. Nilslsoiinor llio till-4 till-4 Hi sliuit of water In the Kicky -Moiuttluinnil atoututs In nh ut various liliid suilt us several kinds of In ut (aalmon trout allvir trout, speckled tr ut and mountain I rook trout) alto mtillit and white nth, a veil m rhltu. flic latccl Is fed by several mountain aire ami and thtso alaoauoutil In flali; It hae au outlet initjliilnto Ihnr JtlTerlntlisnoilli. The ilnjiii of thu lake are it-os'ly sandy and Kravfllj, I'1 some i laces rock),tlrua ailordluurle n and evy abroach. Tho Mater I" rhallow fir Miiiiud stance out, whin It gradually dcoreui to an extent not at )et determined. deter-mined. The water la airy clear, aUbrdlne a view ol the bottom at a depth of li nor fillet n fiet. I'arl, tbo lieatlquarlirs oflhellenr J.Ike htake all I the rounty Stat of Hear Lake county, ! the larcett settle-meat settle-meat In Hear I.sku xalley It li heautlfull) situated on Iho uorth link of i'alia creet, uenr the Ita-o of the mountain Oil the writ side or the vallr), tin mllta loiilhwistof Jlont. Hlhr, thmaret railway utitlon, nnd eljlit mlb noithH eat of the mirth m I uf the lake. Parle ran Ivmt of a large nutrhcr of fine brka lullllniii, nnd nniouit IU put Ho atruituree the lino Htake rabernachilnweiauphlFh nuove evrrjlhlnirilM. In the town. Itleone of Ilia llnetl htike liou.re oweid hy the l.altrj-day HalnUJ and lbullt of Hpclee of Kranlleand red aauJjtoiie, hauled a dUtaico of rlitokii milea from tho llaoe Where they wire iiiarrld ou tho eut ildeof tholat-e. rrl ha alio a line to-tory court houiie, two word hoiiMa, oceechool home, loo Hone, n flril-olii toiler ulll, anumUrof ho,etc. lhetawu N iiivlde.1 Into two wrd, nf which William Wet irealliia lllkhon ner the eoullior rlnt Word, nnd ltnUtt Hrlco over the north or Hi ennd WarJ. 'thu former has a total uuiulerlilp of III, or 7(1 funlllH", aul the litter 30., numlMire, or &s famlllee, I'arU wa filet Milled by Apokllo Charhl C. V ih and many oiheta In the fall 1 1 03, nn t 1 Ihooldtet fetthnnut lu Hear Like ValUy. Illoomlnnloo, one of the mn.t rcn-jroue rcn-jroue eetllimentalu the Vulle), Him two mllta touth of I'alla, on a beautiful itream of water, and hiurounuJ by foment tho Lett funnlCK land In the rouuly. Ileldee ralilnc all kinds of ma Brain aultablo to the elluiatt, JllonuiliiRton alao nluii frulu of nrloutlilmU, and It ltllniettd that one liundred luthola of oholco appha wiro rald thira this jrar. luidia lari;eiiiaiitlll(aof pluina and rherrha nnilu lewirure. This J lnro niHynl-moittralMI niHynl-moittralMI naulmrbnl I'arla, tmlnic Hiadjircntlbirtlo, Wlllnni llulmols thu Hhhon. The plttoo was lint aottlod inthetptluisor Id II. Kaluti harlu, thua nameil In honor i f Charles ( lUoli, It a llourMilni eittlrmtut. nnd bicnnd to Paris In size, altuatrd ulaiut sli miles eouth of Illoomlnnlon or eight mllea south of l'arls, audnmllo and n half west of Iho north ind of Hear Lake. I.lku Paris and Illoomlnpton, It iiejllts at tho foot of the mountains which sepa-rati sepa-rati a Ikar I.ako from Carhe Valle), nnd Isrurrounded Ly fertile landsaml and well culllvaUd farms A larzu iiunibi r of thu Inhabitants are Scandinavian, Scandi-navian, mostly Hwoill.li. John A. Hunt la the lllshoi ; llic anl uumlira f.1S souls, or loo fauillks, an I Is o n MHiuenth the second largest ward lu the Hear I,akv Klake. Ht Charles w as rallied lu the si rlni; of lfcUJ. Mah llavinwnrd imbracis thnvll-lilio thnvll-lilio of that lume nnd the setlhrs llv-liiROiithrlrfarnw llv-liiROiithrlrfarnw neilhaiid H jiilli of thu village nlHK thes'iorcs of the lake, Tho Ylllafo la moat hovillfiilly situated nu the Hist hank of thn lake and coin, insiids n xery ciwllrnt view of the whole sulfate nf the n.i ne as well an uf ncnrl Iho entire valhy. In the iui.i. met t'twn It Is vlsllid hy him Iredt of tourists w ho come to enj y thu bo4iill-ful bo4iill-ful scenery, the fresh nlr, u I ath In nnd n lat rblu on the lake. rlsh llnveu iliimsto rsltuthelest fruit lu the villrj, nnd ns Kood uralu us i ny of Iho ottu r si ttleineuls, hut s irje fsrmlntt Und Is uneMii nnd rolllntr, Ijlns as It dots on the toimnnd the slopeanttbe foothills, ns the narrow strip of land on whhh the vlllak Is lull! la out ImlfnmllewlJe, thu lake lelngou tbu osttanil the fi othlllaoli thewrttalde. I Isli Haven word con-tilualMmenilersor con-tilualMmenilersor ."I famllhe, otr whnii John rltock, an ilderl) miu lnsldis ns lllahop. 'Iho plaie was llrt,llluJln 1H)I. Ov U Is uirnltend titllcment lyhu north of Paris the ceutru of tho ward, w hen the town used to stand, la four nn I a half miles nnrlhif that I lai e, nu j six miles southeast of Mont icllyr. Thu uiajortly of the iojli have iuovi I out on their fanusauu ranches which exten I f tr sever)! inlh s nisi an I north fnni ih -ntn 1'hlli imnl.lnltHy s tin II i i t' i wan ln HI fain Ihiir .11 nemb i- hiiu a lsn(e j r p rifnn of tl e opln la i llanhdi orlal Alvi this lac was settled In lbesprluofl1t I.IWrtr Ward emt run the scilltr-ed scilltr-ed Mtlleis resiilltnr on l.aetty Crock and Nor.li Clc, lu-rlmllnii lu-rlmllnii tnuvlllii;nof that name, sltu-alil sltu-alil In tho folks of the two streams mentioned, ntajut four mllea n trthwest of Ovid, nnd uliibt miles notthwust of Paris, The ntthrs live alomr the creBks, and their homes and farina extend ex-tend lor A dl-tamo nf nlioilt eight mlli, nnl this was thu ilniuwbere the Hear l.iko Valley i loneers of ltio.1 flitl entered, but trassid on to where Paris now sti l hefirothry made a lointbu. llwlnN. Austin It llhdiop of the l.llttj w nrd, which oouslils of Jul memliers or foriy-mno ftmllUa Mix plaiw was Hist si tied In thu sptlliKorlS'll Hemu la n small ward Irloi; norlh nf Ovid mil ioiipIss chhlly of HwIm Halnts, who lle by ramliliiK nnd dalMluif Theplaiu Is n.tid for Its exielltnt qusllty of iheese. The rentro of the ward, or the i Isce wht-re the raittlajs ale Kenerall held, la aleiut fiur miles norilua-tol Ovll, or ililbtiiiilnhalf iiortlna-tfroni Paris, nu i four aul a half northwest of Mont pelier. The whole ttrennth of the ward cousl-ts of nine tsmllles or nventy aouls, whullvo lu n scatter, d condition on strings kiisIiIu foith nlouK fot-bllla, on the wist alio of Hoar lthir I ho word ixlinds notth ntidsuuihfora dlttatiCH of about llvo lulhf, J hn Kuni Is lllahop. M jnt tier, Iho rsllw ay loa u of Iltar IrfkeValley, Ilea two miles isit of Hear Itlvir, ntthe mouth of a raii)inaud near the bane of the mountain liorder-I liorder-I lilt the nat aide rt Iho valley, Hluco Iho roinilitloii cf thu Oletoii Hlinrt Linn MtiDtpetlcr his leell the head-ipiarlirs head-ipiarlirs of Hi oille Intliuniia In this i art of the iutitry, and n now luwn lylnit ImmeJIaUl) wist of tho original l4.Mormoip'settleinent his bit n f mild-ed, mild-ed, whloh today Is prliilpslly Inbab-Itetl Inbab-Itetl by nou'Mormona," while the ol I town, fiunded by IheHiluU lu Hell, continues prlnclailly at a "Mormon" town litis Iace,oulii;tosexioeiiru to the winds from the ucrth,tsruktced In tn the coldest lacn III liiaM.ake Valley, Its alllluUe Is 679i fietatsivo Iboleielof tbusea. No flillt loSeak of la raK-l here, Mjnlprlh r Is iho larcift tuwu nnd war In thu Hear I.1U H!ui., It liuiiilel"lll nuniUia of tho ( hurch, or III) ftuilllis, and thenon-,NIorni'inMaiiiiiUilon excetd this coiHderstily Win. J,, lllcli, a snnol the Itte Aliottlo Chai. C. lllcli, Is tho lllshoi,. Prest,u ward cmhracts tint district uf country l.vliu soilli of Montpeller aijnotlhof Heir Itlvir. Iho town-she, town-she, which la occuiliJ by about n tloxeii families out ol tliu sevintein fam.tlee(or elijhi) elehl souls) which cunstltulM II u warJ, lit s umr tin On-koii On-koii hhi rl I. iho traok, Ave mllea south- at uf ,Monleller, nnd time miles northwest of the mi nth of thu riuyoii throush which Hear Itlvir enters Hear Lake Vfcl uy from the eaib Clurles (I. Keetch, a youi.u man called from Bt.f hailt fir the purKMo of irnld-Ine, irnld-Ine, la tho Illshon of l restoo, which was first settled In tho fall of 18W by Proa ton Thomas, afur whom thu i lace has derived Its name. Dlnuluward lies oipoalte tho river frotu Preston nn I consists of thirty-ulnefamllles thirty-ulnefamllles of Hilnls, or i-S souN, Mrt of whom ri4l le on tbo tow iiaile of I llnitle situated linmnHaitly south of thu cetebraltd "Ptit Iait" IslauJ, lu Hear Illver, i! miles toutluaai of PnVoo, eUht miles t-uthesst of Mnnt-i Mnnt-i illrr and seven miles in n straight lino duo east of I'arla. The hco Is ftullu wind, bat less sulji-ct to froct man any l ort of Hear Lake Valley, nud thu snow-fall Is nlso llghti r. The farming Und la irooj, but t art of It Is hrnhin nut rolllni;. Kamuel Hum I hiiya Is Ill-hop ot thu HIiikIo ward, the laro w as ilrst n tiled In tliu spring of lh7l; lut louse biforu the Haluts camii to Ulah a liw'J. widely known as 'Pre Lett"Riiilth, Inula hut or trad-ln,i trad-ln,i tKiet on the Islaud which Uara his name to this day. Heniiln,toti ward li north of Mont lilltrati! umlracia n live tract of country lylni; i at of Hear river, In-cludlnit In-cludlnit thu vlllagn of Helinlnjton, which Is sltuited on an elevate 1 plu-u of gruiin 1 nbuutslx inllca uorlhuwt of Montpelli r. riiesurrouudluiffarmluxlanllsKooil nnd roducttvn but water la seine, ami thu laro suljtct ti early nud late frot, which hat cnuaed tho loss if cro)t reieated1 Only ntwiit half h ilocen families nlde ou the tow rielti; tho rest live ou thilr rer.llve farms m it homtsteuds Die place wiui Ilrst seltledlulhevirliif; of ISO I, mil Iho resent lllalun Is Ami. 11. Wilgbi. IhonuiuirlialfctrenHtliof the ward la llfty-tnofamlllisiir.il I souls. (lenriritown want cuitracia tho Haluts ri-sidlnf on Twin mek In thn extritne north end or Jleur Lsku valley val-ley luclullnr Iho vllluqo or tleori,u-ton tleori,u-ton n, w lllcli Is locatid ou tho lowlands thlrtluKTalncrtek.nlioiiln mllo enst nf tho point wheru that stream i mptles Into Hear rlvir, seinuiul a half mllce norlhwistof Heuuliu:toiiltwtlvomllt nnrthweitof MonlialUr, and twonlj. Iwumlloaporth of Paris Tho farm liiB land alonjt the iretk nnd liver It i:nod an 1 wheru the Iniatlons nro shelter, d nitalnst the cold winds from the north by the hlllt, tlielmrdl. r fruits nro rale I lliurj A. Lewis It the lllahop of lienritctowii, which has n "Mormon" jm) illation of -.tl souls divided Into IU famlllrs. The) l-.ee was tlrst settled lu Iho sprint of 1871. Noiinan la the name uf allttl.i valley ))lus west of (iiorettowu and ieur-nted ieur-nted from tho north end of Hear Like Volley br n low rur of mnuntalns tlirouuh which thu watir of -Nouimii Crei k has cut n channel to tin I an until unt-il t Into llisr ltl.tr. Hie valley It about clfrht miles lorn; from north to south, and his nn nvi race width of snniethluic less thnu two tulle. The mounlaliisniithn wist, which upar-atisthu upar-atisthu valley from Ueiitllo Valley, nro quite lofty, nut Hberman's Peak, aUt.llut;out nolllylmmnllatily bick of Hkluner's Ualrj, has nu altitude of nlwul II K-3 feet abovu sei level. 1 here aro Jive dstrles, twelve famllhs or suvinl) onesouls In Sounan Valle, whlcliconstllulothu Nounan 1 ranch, mer which John Hklnner preeldtn. Tho ilaie was first Milled lu l7lt. AMllltW JtMHIV, flroiumov. v, Hear I ako Co , Idaho, Oct. 13, 1801, |