| Show TOWNS OF SANPETE VALLEY I ET A Passing Glanooat Its Flourlahlntf Towns Thrift 1 ndustry and Economy of Its Citizens In no other place In Hie Stale has President Brierum Young lelt n more Beautiful and enduring monument ct his i udgment nnd prop elle foresight than in hit choice of a locitioti for Die Manli Temple No maler at what point we leach tbe valley It Ilbe first tblnz n hch attracts tiie alien ion Tbcre It I landl a huge white pillar like omen ome-n celestial RUltil watching ove lhe dert nles of thit State of Zion Nolur any theeore Manti the tempe cily i the centir of sicmc attraction In the vale and it is I qt s loaable whether H nil swell preside ihe city w ill ev er lose t the head of the honor of standing at ell1 affairs in the country THE VAILEY Sinpcle valley If I not at plclmeique r Utah vallej has many beautiful fca tutis It IKS bctueen two parallel ransiscf llie Waratch mountains and Isdrnmdby I ihefejnptch river which USsin the ncrtheait cilrcm ty at n point above lie little loan nl Milbuin and rla ima soutbwcilerly dilution lorI Ifty lor-I miles tll It en plies Inlo the Scvier livtr On toli sides of this stream the land tlopcs Ktailually urward towurd the base ol the mountain on each side and makes the valey avenge about fir en 1I1lt la 1Hh One 01 the carlifst illusions to thi section ol countiy occurs in a convcrsa lion telucen Cnpuin Hndger and Brigham Brig-ham Ycunjr before the Uller reached Salt Lake valliy ll was dcicribed by theCapttin a a rice Rralllg collntry and ichiupcri 10 cllilural pur pos tI Ih Grat Salt Jke valy 1 he countiy maintained tlnsecluiac tcmlic roil the lirst II Cacne miy be called th granTV tf the norah 01 Utah tlinSaupele may surelv lto calle1 the grarar of Ills 0Ulh BC > Hits this the hoie < > tnt of the surrounding coiin try whcdier doerl or mouiitiins affords the seltUrs an i xcgpllomlly good range for she p and call e both in winter and mDler As m1Y well be imafinedscarcely any 101 the va ley temains uncultivated But my stand on the north divide aiu look ouihward upon cne unoroken field Ad meadow as far n ll e i ve CAn reach From 1 the Temple hill all the nouilhlng towns of the couniv save ptrhapi Ounnisoil and Mnvli Id can be seen without changing rosition MANTI CITY First let us take a look at Manli This city lies 01 a gravel bench south and west ol the Temple Its slope is I such Ihat Ihc straam ollValr on II Idewalk I in their I glteful journey to hl Irf the f elds belo It a tiMutllul city t hlled wllh ocllHd had t lv collates and 1 wel constituted public buildings One fob Instinctively thai his i proKrsiv to II has lill central chool and support a hnk and 11 wckly newpaper I slllgio drAlV back may bomnlioicd a on lihT praise Mtnll is subicct lo cloud burs and the flood which oilunately pa through the centre of the lon often Ic I lOad of mud and rok nd dc I bis over the field nd RAlde nlIIRA CITY Six miles north lies Filiriim a mos formidable lIval to Manti A I number a election contests belvvem them have already al-ready tikci place as lo the location c I the county I srit It remains with l Mann but who hall tell how loni lt lliii main Hphraitn 19 i peiliapi the weallh ics ct in sanpele valiey lls ci iz i itI tho Itor a beill ol lh < solid liurotr type their house aid barns being built < Ill such extraordinary sla bihly and tlnir farms cultivated will luch cartful husbandry Irwclunc I Icrlsiics no dciitt ICU t from hi lar e taodinavln popnlaioo If ore uer aked 10 II1coth n a c ty whee noney i stow eJuvay in stockinette need not lies tale lo suv Ep rl11 for ullhtheunmua thrill of the pu I pie IOU mil find tbe slliCI1 cooomy Ephraim I the ecclelatlcll cnter 01 Ihe Sap Slake nl1 < l alJ the seal of the banpete Make Academy fhe to < II i has furnished ptrhais moic than it q iota of Kachers for me btalc and alWAYS al-WAYS hs a Irve III mLer 01 s1I1emo at the Drlcliam Young academy and the liv 1 i1 J UrWrnty ol Utah I MIRING en v 7h next town on the north Is i Sprint Clt xi luimil Irom llie fact llul 11 tin centiroi the town is a 1iMutiliil lloum spriog Although incorporated a a coty it ha haul > pill 1 d th rorIla l ol d ekpireul but or quit t beiut > ill umung tho lovelies nooVs In tile Sal Tln > etnu larll1illK lelVlI lics about httcen milts iTrih 01 phraiml OoN r IISANT We arp now ppproac ing ihe Queen city The < 11 dollul k > ewhow il eumo A c hither by Ihe bud dlDg Iloou IIg III h cal pjlricll > 1II lIr by t Tof sune umh tic veer Ctrtjm ll Is i jfount Tleis on 1m rmes one as M ig a most amlii IIlUIo 1I The citizens diclire llni they ill he the ouunly teat and thr tWII i 1 building up qu teas if il meant In nuk good its name III II melro toiitin cVly in the ppeance of it I business holies cm tilling one o A much larger city Its latest niuuipli m Ihe tducaiionil line is a bplendid school hcu > e peihipH the best in tile I country Like Manli it has cloud buttls bin they piss 1 tlircujli t deep gulley I 1 which U kepi open for that I urpose JAIRMHV AND MILOURH AsTairvlew I lies al the head ol thc valley w e1C it call look do n upont ghboring luvvn it is worthy o its name Ill li rurouridid with beautuul fields and n adows and pobsesses one of Ihe Mrcit roller nvil in the country lLi 111 ar 10e1l101 1ntatlonalma Ms no fewer than thirty young men and omn hiving allended Hits llrlghjin Young Acidcmy Irovo from tms to < iloicift ver Milbuin nsmal town just ronhol this has hecnmen II nd alreidy as Ivlrg at Ihe head ol the valley Besides briulnc ang stock raillI I IlIhalIanl ellgagu u l he lumber buioes CIIESTEU liut tbc alley really lie In A om ftnd it becomes necci ary tox Ollie Ibe el1eOl < ll on the rll JeSt Je-St wheie the two sides join li Lbs lela collection cf homestead xlJely icaiteied and leiniadmg one ol the lypicil f mill districts in the eastern tatce MOKONI rolloinit up the western branch ol he vaPey we fi si come to Moroni a ton n fiat looks beautiful at n distince This Is i not meant as a sur The s te of the oty U however tomewliat undulating undulat-ing and the pe > ple cannot so Irim one end to the other without pissmz Ihrougli a real many ups and downs in I tifj I Its soli h noto avoube lor ochad nd gardenln a It clh oring toM inceithevieV behiFunoKtniflcd sl 1 > V r es the town appears ii its besl ad MiUge at a distance Judg I ng from MB put lie buildups Mo oni does not lick In local patnclism And its resldercj lomcs leloken lIt II lias its share al Ihe wtnlth ol the I ounlyj FOUNTAIN GUI1EN Pountiin Crein lies nnrthwcit ol loroni and Is I rural like hpniu City It I I as however a toiler mill wh ch slis flour to the northern towns of the Slate WAI us Waifs as the fame would Indicate is peopled by the Welsh who no doubt I were attracted IICIB fust by the opening III the coal min The are promlll < II it only IKCUIC they were the lirt to I be opened In the Stile They are tot now worked to nny great ixlenl the vein being too thin lo compete fcuccess lully wl Ih richer mine i in Ileasant va ley Toe people 1 ve mainly by farming md sheep raising STJKIIM AND MAV FIELD We will row lake n lookjtt Ihe touth crn pan ol the valley Thc town ar not vllb fiorn Manli The lirst is i Ste ling abbul fit c mile south Mayficld is J loralcilon Twelve Mile creek n Iealll lusIIelv miles south of Manli It was 1111 Indhn icscrvaiion not many yars a o Frlll I IInt ock ralillil engllge the AUelltion o Iheie ton OONNSON Gi nniscn Is not located in Sinpete illcy thou h u depends upon the ban ptch river lor us adiculiural wealth Ilietoivnicmindioiie of Goshen as lo the badnesl of its dunking water Lilt like Go hcn Ihe people of the town tlmvc upon it Il is only the unlucky traveler fur whom the waitr medicine nJ t I dubt ul he her the vsilor ca rie awy in hili mCIII < ry anVlhing more vlvd thin the larcwell1 which 1 draughl from Ihe well leaves In Ills month Gunnlson below the bench at thc nolh end ol Sevter valley an1 1 partly south In the bollomi or what lire ci led the Heidi In I opulalion Ihc city stands perhaps third In the ccumy It rases more grain than any other Sinpetelown thinks lu a icicnolr scl emu which wrs put intosuccissful operation a le eu sigo A luge dam was nut lino the bdiipilch juslat the naow n few miles south ol Manli the result o > which was to increase the water supply luur fold It is among the most sticccjblt revdrs in Ihe Slate 1 I1ISTOH1CAL ITEMS Durngtlie summer of 1848 Ialc Mocy c < Ol1Iped b 10 hUlldred leillns explored this beaullful vallcv md located for the time being on thc Splch IIvcr cear whals now Manti The lullounn I cir the city wis located and In 1850 the ccunly was organized by the Icinh re of Ihe Mite ol les crel Manlr It I will HUH be seen is one of the uldebt Hies in Uuh In cnly In lory if Iittell w auld serve to mAke Ihe cly ptom cnl In coollectlcn wUh tltc campaigns against the Indians dnr ing lie Uulker war in 1833 and Illack Hawk war in ire sillies bom 01 he most sllirmg events cf Plonrer lif have I cen enacted here General WOI ren Snow thai sturdy Indian fighter lived and died in tins city TilE FUTCR 01 SArETE Tre prospects cf the county are mO1 flattering All the towns aic thooll hIV h-IV will nwako to modern civllizatii In malcrial improvements tl cy rank abrcasl towns ot the same size IlIlhe noilh in cducalional malleis Ihey aro tehlid no community in Ihe State The people aie not id lor their Indus try and tlirlfi and us lo public indeb cilress the county would make n n I Km comparison with any other With tut a show ing Saiiuete may wellholi < l u her head in ihU jubtltc year |
