| Show I HOMES IN SAN JUAN I JflUDttI5 for Sittltrs not Afraid IJ f I to Work I rll 111 Ej MS II AIIUMUMI l 1i 1 i ICIOI I lurid To NHh rintlror Water fnJlotl Ma t1 In Crop Thai Ito Vest County Utah May Hi UK Sin Juan till 1004 In the San Julia Slake emit I TV iig as em-it II M > large trlctj of unir 1oe In the otithttutcrn cur lI f Colorado the northwestern corp cor-p Of Sew Mcilco and tIne wliole of sm uin county In the soulheiwlerri r ui dalf we have ample room I yju hmiliei o great variety ol ellI mil ell-I soil let I ii u commence at Jlontlcello ban J i i nuniy Utah tlltuleil near the A urn hove 01 the Blue Mountain 11 01 < abuiit 6joo feel above lea level is otC lovely timing rammer mid uteri not very severe leaion uliort In vh li animal have tube fell as con I i il I with northern Utah llmb < r plenty i ii 1 1 e i > v of ucceto fuel and fencing In id linen all over llie country coal in umlime near at hand all kinds ol nnd vegetable stow well here i 01 1 kind of fruit will no doubt do i u w peaches have been ripened I tiiuiisands of acre ol good land M to tast I south and nurin unsur i > vcinmenl tart The Carlisle 1 1 inr I h ida claim on voraheellon I nlocrt I entry They have been I ngiged in Ihe nlock boniness u ii a uuw driving ufT their cattle ant i nut an-t hey I hive I Iwen rllliiK I nilv during thin pant year for ua M iniiniMto but them out but on ac Inl i ul fuse unsettled ilatr uf the file m rmioval bill tte have not done t i ihoii II So fur aa I am jcqualn i I 1 > all the matter I believe the move i 11 1 1 the Indian Into thai country I ail a-il IMIC Ihry will not twirl now I c t mm arc the best there urn Intact I i eiimii in In-tact I contldcr these i u i the key to the piosnerlty of the i i i IIIvl With proMr lulIlllrrr i i 6 ol the water Inc Irrigation iy liiiillles could line home or good I i to tntUe them sad by proper stor ut rJ n W < of UK I water one hundred families 111 I Miiiphed with mull tunis It i A Sit ittcllrtUlillshedficllbiililrycul I i tsr win it cm in made a success for aiAi I ill muund IhcH mountain i j i set < of n nt of iiooil land I can be I I il ii round th rcKion without any i nut viol i One watering for wheat tt ii pnnr < owed bungs H good r i M mil i llo IIIH large amount ul I us 1 1 iJ incest and under Irrigation owned a i liw people win would gladly 1 > unit I good Latterday bilnu who i JI i 1 cnie and help to buildup and rcn ilicn also uird llealdn there U < i mil opportunity I far dry tarmlng I rl SI ro I1 leu Iliirntlonetlalxiie Vontlcello in mv jsiuisn i ut I could take twentvfivB f imlic It UK good a prosperous ward Will a n il I IIM l > p > liop IK I T Jones looking is I i ously after lIe Interest of hit i us U 1 ne above mentioned place are eltuiud in the midst of n lintclan I stonier rantc for coos where aeverxl dairy rtmlift could be tucceufully located near the mountain where good water mid ninth excellent Stall Abound lj cn Tills cuumry > > 51n the San Juan i aunty ro id lending from Illuir on tIe ban Ju in river to Moat Grand county were wo have tome thirty JIUIR formlnir the Moat ward Front MontlHlo to Moab 01 mile from Moab u I nrmion birmg mtiion on the II I tie It O U tip ij s miles from aald station to bait take city Jij tiitui or there aI ul from Montlcello we will go canton uJ ro diverS fine high rolllngcoun lop I cov red with abundance ol cedar a d pinion pine with very little water nrI1 < n lu iprlng lor 00le ality iillj I and wi > conic to Coilraaunilt IUMI I u slit j In the line agricultural 1 > ilr cl MonleiunM Colorado II i wo have nonie 400000 acre < r Iod farm Imd h lluated under rio custOm calktl the Ditch lad Tunnel < 5 1 lit re ore comparatively but few i ui b > alt d suit being worked on tin ft n lio I i ol oIII There eo large trai til a tel unoccupied title In the I t octal government and Colorado flate j eminent siitc land tome Sooou aircs can be pnrihited cheap nod on I y i ny herbs to good lubntantlal I ttlrrt I am pleai d and proud ton to-n hint Mormon U tcttlcr have much j O d iirtltrence The buuIhluieuterbt liheral ta the Dili 11 canal U not > et worked Il It i thirteen mile long tail of ditrh ihirglni the wjter Inlu Utah Thl I I company 10 I nnxloui lo have Mormon I op e rome and nellie under till part ol I their canal and work the lateral and J lu c pi I rmancnt water rlghti lila not < member exactly the amount ol land I hat thli Ii I tupnoted to carry water ort tut or-t I think I urn abundantly ale In out iint It 01 v > noncie > great prrcentaite ssuanelt i eircllent toll lor fruit ii well ain j a-in riI I culture The altitude U I much astir bison Mnntlcello for It Ic I down cude from there nil the way good MW timbtr about ten twelve mile poet 10 alI Mfinco1 and about lume oIls tmra to Dolore on tho river of that mine and boa Btallon of the 11 I He G lutliiTnrallni running from llurango t oo in Ill way to Uico Kldeway anil l oh r placet to connect with Itt main inc ol the K G YVitern railway at Montroie I I bclelve There In my Jude n cm 900 linll In can Imd one ol ate i e < I countrKi unoccupied that I know 01 lor a thoiK md inilea round Ihl region vi fit HOI ky Mountami gotermnent I indj tree to npprot rlato and cheap lIle for working 0111 Twenty milt Ijrther east on n good ro uimuch ol t the I way liirouili 1gl nice I idj beautiful aw lumber with no under hnili tuRbO ncatterlng ranchei now lid then > p < ear wreitllng with the problem of dry firmlnc and ionic are f i riding well owing lo locationuse IitflII c HUT too nice little olley I lame ao by 4 mill wide with the lllo Manco ramli trg iout It Thl II I alto a raihoad cutlon on the I I it K I G Southern A mart little toun ufentrrprltlng I citljem K found lure one large weil > l stocked store cirrylng general mcichantlliie ointd and run by a Mr George llauer i hiiul hotivtt Dutchman or Herman < is nr two other unall tlore tluln > i ry flllLtb luaU blacksmith I Hops one hotel aol several reilaurantn oni h if bt r hop one lion central srhool lmm Mini uhcrc high school U night t Odl tlj asflc small Melhodlt chapul I These im provmeni are all fount on the wil de 01 lIfe river On the tonI about E tv inilp from the cencr of the Ullage w c mi1 10 the Mormon meeting nm i il h t a roi d commodious 1 ilinp limit of loj and tomb r From hurts Juth lie have a regular Mormon I ringtown for adntanre of some tn or tos il I cmll down Hi L I < n ml r c I till It breil 1 I u Mitu l a i jnyon SO i t1 I tIC louemmen rotor I i rile Int I land on till i M 1 u i uI f lhl < sos njoli Ii I located 111 mt I uu I r claimed with much ol it d l u lcd mm the government by a few Mormon iim HIM who are dead lond poor and Hail lag for peopli II wantlnu hornet lo c me and help tines retlecm the country Land with water rIght I c in he had here from fio loo he rouuru good rich land M can be lounl inn > Ide ol the MIssouri river lk < ide < thee Monnon claim there arc ipute a number of ranches of 60 acre each iliuated on rrt main road leading Irom Durango thirteen mile east alto adjacent tot the railroad which have been recently fold under mortgage foncknura and Are tom tale din lo tlicap with first clait water rights Tle altitude b something over hiss feet winter Is I milt toe high altitude I fruit 101 h bring raited leI considerable butter le-I antI eggo quantities good the market year round for I many rich mmea near by this vicinity rr hm rll rylabn r I goods audi as farmer nasally buy are about as sold In Salt Lake City fencing I 1111au iu and wood for fuel in I abundance and coal Is cropping out nil over the country i coun-try taw timber In eay JUtince nine to ten mile away This In mv opinion I I one ol the finest place for young e Wr ltn ft menlo come and be tailtfied with tmull farm and ttay at home and leave the mines and all other side labor I alone and stick to the arm where with Indiuirr temperance frugality and a firm trust In lernce I lit providence alum can become Cmt aU come very comfortable In t lew yeari for the country hat many natural advantage advan-tage Mancm and close vicinity can lurnlsli home for 150 families We will now take a spin lIon Into New lenlco travel east about twelve mile I over a high divide or summit I Into a beautiful park dotted hero and therewith there-with nlrt ranches carried on by the dry culture protein largely thence some eight mile down a deep canyon with H small stream Honing down It called Cherry creek borne nice rich farina are lountl on either aids of thla little stream saw timber nearly along this canon or narrow deep valley lor III entile length We leave Cheiry creek by ntccndmg quite a high mountain moun-tain on a long deep good grade we li = lr now come Into the riwrvatlon w her the Southern file Indians arc In pollen lion travel tome eight or ten miles down grade good road antI we com tu the Rio La Plata thence aeOII by ford up quite a hill on to u beautiful I ftUI mesa ttlll on the reservation trot on nrAtrll telmes ami down a strap Mil unin Ihe la l Ilal I river down this wo travel some IS or 30 miles All Ihe way Ih lee le-e nice ranches Ihe reservation Is I 15 i miles wide and as soon 54 we cross It I into New Mexico Die land II I taken hI land > l-and line arms and orchard line the bottoms on cither side I ol the stream till we reach lackion warI I or Ia I Plata as lormtrly tailed Here Elder A I I Voting I a ending with some sixteen families under his watch rare Ilie prop e brreII Mormon have under claim the entlrr laud from till point to tatteae this La Plata emplle In the San Joan about nine miles Here It I found tome ol the richest and moat frrlllo lands have 1 ever seen In these Rocky Mountain valley Many ol these brethren noud be glad to part with tome of Ihelr land claims good Saints whu are In want of homes KMrr A F 1 toung gae4o acres of lilt claim loa lo-a brother to hav him come and be a neighbor to him and a good rich claim It woo too other I believe would bet glad be-t to have 1 good neighbors I on very slmlllar termt This is a gout I fruit country ery hiullhv climate winters mild can work out all durlug tlw winter win-ter moiilht I very little stormy weather r rlII Itll i wlieat corn oats barley iwlatoet and all kind of vegetable grow well here It It one of the best all rouml farming district i 1 know oft but a drawback come Irom being soinu 40 miles hunt llie timber belt which U I supplied from Manio region The water ipiriilon Ii lalily good now at 1 understand they I iIII JIhl c1r1 have a high line dilcli completed jI rill r-ill al1on plenty of walir tom present needs Should emigrant come in they haen very line resmolr I site which can easily be put Into shape for usa with 1 the aid I of new comers anil the u I they can water every acre ol their nine mile claim Jackson aural 1 can furnliti homes for all least M or JI lamlliei Iourteen nine across eouiiir > a little weal of south we come to Irullland or coiiliaiii New Mexico situated on the toulli bank of the San luan river about i P mile east of Illulf lruiiland is a fine plice ami mixed farming a good many outsiders arc wiiniinx to sellout sell-out 3a wilftloio cry chaVp tome ol tlie brethren who live ere we more than willing to divide nA u th1l4r claims with new comers lor iNly ore tuile weak here numerlcallyajCGu e 1luta of good fruit land here anu Mfti < n I soy fruit l land II Is I good fr I all purpose 1 Jt Ifu IIr tint land In I farmed tom In like l climates but fruit U preeminent the crop In till country I for oath ier Ihe unappro minted Imd lies under n new ditch I I lately finished l and runs quite a distance above the little town What the roles are bar water I am not advised Illthop Luther C Ilcconham preside horeI good kind fatherly bishop looking earnestly alter the welfare ol his little I Hock Irullland can furnish hornet for 40 lamllle rather I mean c III furnish lirtt clam Ice w hero elegant hornet ran hue loill ill 10 a Iw years Ihetjues lion of lumber tame at at Jackson nil this region of country Is I latrly olive with coal mines We will lake up I our journey and travel wesleily down the San Juan river tomato miles and we Conbe lo Klder William Hvdes old trading I post Our Wj llr I month from Fruitland han not led ua very I near the river but back some n or 15 mile perhaps across dry roiling country coun-try Hut rout here lo Illull we IIc8lu be near the liver all theillme Prom this pohit to Illull is I called 30 mile interspersed inter-spersed with Urge tracts ol bottom land and tome of Ilia flout bench land where from ton 10 loco acre of choice land Is I lying waiting for the pioneer The drawback here antI Hie only one 11 the water question plenty I ol water In the San Juan river I but it will I lake lobs of capital nnd first class engineerIng engineer-Ing to lake It I out nnd control I II Alien U Is done ami proven n success San Juan county will forge to the rout as one ol the richest counlle In Utah At McPmo I some eight miles from Hydes trading post there Ia I fount I and unclaimed far as known Story line body of itooJ land situated In Plo mouth of McElmo weal there are seAeral hundred acre ol till land and free water lor it that comet from miles east the drainage of all the land in Montcteenu valley that Is I watered Irom the carnal out ol Ihe Dolores liver spoken ol In this article I think eon fifteen families could nuke home in tins last mentioned place no better location probably could be found for irult on tint river Twenty odd mile now west aol down the river bung to Illull win C uyv Imd the MrotiKeit ward In the bl iki pn > ldedovtrln a very ellis sest in in ncr by Hihop Inl J Wilts m and lovely In I lo-vely worthy counselors Koenfti Jonc I aril il 1elI I in Velu rtrj 1 i lj r mi cv i sy MI I I I I an > 1 IIi i S I-Ii I v rein > lo huu I wiier i i I mI 1 i in 1 5 un I i i lopii itd I i 1050 sos do is i round n I hut wnlr for It i Hi 1 mstSuu Illufi l discS earnes wiier i r 11 too acre 01 suit a hlch Is I all claim d I but tad we sumeient help lo cnUigc and eilrnd the dilth a lee miln west II would bring ui in a lance tea t of very fine fruit land The land It not appro priMed unless It be urJo auntie plirer gold claims but shouldnt ivtm I r et II some nun Alec a shrewd hu < inr < ts financial man icemg this article would go iraihiwa and stake oil the Olin try foi ten mItes below Iliiiff lu be ready to lAke lu the weary pilgrim when he shall put loam appearance Our fruit crop prospect was never belter but I car are entertained lhat it I may sutler from drought loon an u has Yh dirc not had bill 05C light walrrlng since last lalltlo rain to speak of during the winter We were very late gelling Ihn waler Into our ditch this spring and before we had watered round Hie river through a cold myth went down and left ft ha V III frnew 1II our ditch dry We will have It in 1 soon I hope and not have our fruit ininred r oJ ol Cattle are tnl due < K well on account of drought 1 have mvcr seen our range 3tje so dry thin early I in the season and ale range oveislocked I sheep are coming In ami It looks rather blue for the cattleman cattle-man UV lOok for better timer soon and In the mean lime we aim to keep lo work and 1 help nvnd the limit by being more economical and make or produce as nearly as possible all that we toiuume lo get out of debt and keep out and csae our greed and covetous nest that the lonl may bleu us K I A HAMMOND |
