Show Ull tt IEtT a I utU CO V l tl T e AN Ii nett W f fj j t I I teal tun PopUlation 1900 6 8 e w Assessed A ed Valuation 1900 tag The A Ashley valley allY the mud must Important part art artof rI of county the Ant real settle off meat IDent of which bleh waa u commenced In 1177 1117 H I that time lime until the present Its ti 1 h hu been continuous The tarm ell en depend entirely or so 10 on oa oaK K the waters of the Ashley which art are controlled by tour four Independent canal Ike which distribute the valli d able Auld over every er section ot of tb the val valI I W As a rule there Is II iD AD abundance leis fill of water but tile the tail hUlt few years ear has haa than d by drouth io the of wat water r stomp no thoI portions portion I of the year when nd tile lb is not lIot drawn upon roe 17 r ma may be tot fol tott t s Jewel 1014 with success In th this county count u su has b done much In that ditto tall herself berM If Several Beveral ort known u exist In the canyons G n one being In I Dry ry Fork Oe 01 Oer r efforts to flume water trots hero If re have been made but only with la In Ii A new nelV movement is D Under uner way which It le III frill lye be attended with better results Should thus th prove to Ise be the case and there Is II IsI little doubt of It the water supply will willIe p I be Ie greatly augmented I AGRICULTURAL INTEREST r The Interests of oC this reo ra raf t f glon 1011 are considerable when It U II know I the valley la III mlle distant from the nearest railroad station and that the Intervening road BUH over a V dreary desert and through rook rocky gorge which militate against both and bl beast at But notwithstanding them there has ba brt been n rapid t development and where he not hot many man years far farI I a ago there were of shad had scale gr and lIa brush are now O gelds ol of alfalfa I and ond ether farm Wherever the J magic touch or of irrigation has ball been ap api i d this transformation b bas come ronI I with the result that the th one time bar barren barren ren wastes waltel are now dotted with smil smilIng I Ing fields productive of lardi and wood t tees This 1 change however does nut lilt that thu t there tUt II no room left tor Cor other let settlers tier for the contrary Is II true There II fa much fertile tertii lAnd yet t to be redeemed by th the i applicAtion or of Individual and nl industry The many mallY streams that wind their way flY out of oC the tah range sad nail which live have natural lakes lake And un I reservoir lit sites will assist mil mu In bringing about th this Ile de d sIred change Industry will give of water to irrigate every Acre ot of tillable land In the valley aUe and tOI forestall tall any possible loos 1011 that mIght otherwise be occasioned by bya a drouth As Aa to this year It III h estl II n 1 mated maled that Ibe tb loss of crop through tb the dl dry WILl was heavier by con c c than the entire expense that i would be attendant upon upun tile the comple lion tion of the present ut reservoir With the ot of this Ihl system Item It Is II III I that the population of the will double within the next nelt two or year eara I IThe I The climate or of vall valley is II I equable ble a and cJ dry the Altitude high and andI I II I generally tl 1 hy by either extreme I Ir r f i f heat In summer or unu unusual cold In the I winter le abundant and ch cheap al as 81 1 r the Ule Wits 1111 a are covered with radar dar and pin j I yea lOn pIne while coal is II plentiful In the I II I hU on et every aide or nr le II un on I the at very figures IllUra c I 4 WEALTH I valley abounds In much mineral minerai I wealth Copper mines or of great richness I aft found close cloae at hand gone Kome of these e r I B already been Men developed Into pay N othe others re give 1 r ot of results aa a satisfactory u uI f I lUl he be hoped for It II believed that lII reducing plants and mills will wID be r I ted ll here In the near nar future In tai t there I U little doubt but that they t ild dready bt be Iq I operation or us ar way except for the great distance i f fx railroad facilities fold silver and lead IlIAd also allO beer found In quantities I that will doubtless bring wealth to the thema ma who own such luch prospects WORLD 1 FAMED ASPHALT I n I i It I D here herlt that the greatest and best belt or of asphalt In the world are I fO d Not a little of f it II hu u proved I i to t be so 10 nearly pure and tree fee from ex matter al a to have bave punted the The great Krea t mine min be J tWin here bre and Port Fort Duchene le II well lap Own while twenty miles mile southeast or of vara ii I what is II claimed to 10 bEo be the t deposit in III ex existence lite nee Little Littler r ner r h has ben done with them o to the fad fact that the Indian I reservation regulations have bave prevented Oat Oa three sides of Ute the Ashley valley n nw tremendous ledges of surd asphalt veritable mountain of It This ThAI is II 1 own paving material and there I JI 16 of It he here to pave all the I tarp cities ot of the land What is II pity NJ to I get t It upon the market markt I is the of a railroad that will carry It aWN aWay to points where It tan can he be made tie lilt of All that thai le II required to put an excellent covering on a road Is I to heat heRt It it is II soft enough to spread over the ground en o that It can he be rG Into shape phlp With this th the work worlE II I done and after that U perfect As Aa ordinary heat heRt or 0 void 1 wilt will not affect It after that 1 ore ure I Is found In III paying quantifies f I AI alum is II here In great quantities Gyp I WI onyx marble wax and andI I pals te ire are c re In III lame of the latt tr r laing worked and the Oae products thereof profitably to outside Petroleum end Ind oa na tarot gas are numerous Ap iren ly no Dart of the world hu has great reat reatar ar IT undeveloped mineral resource thin than this Again Wl we say all that Is III needed I is tile the advent dv nt or of Ii a railroad and th the ap l capital to make this a rep regu Jar for bivs of industry LlE LIVESTOCK ToeK AND WOOL O ODe of the most profitable occupations occupation fart fact the chief onto one II a sheep p raising About head ot of sheep p pe lure on th the ran ranged and It I estimated Uma that the owners of docks in hi thus valley got about l OOOO for tor their wOOl crop this The cattle In tt tenets are little tees than those that pertain tt to sheep raising The number e If t patron In the these two ceilings all of the products t ot of county farms fanna hd and always he be leg IDI rood good n thus thu afforded a pronto profit profitable able nWe hon home mat of th the reasons for tor a steady Itea material growth MONEY IN BEES her and ann a new industry that la II III I strides and aad olle on t that muses to still lUll further A In III this once sterile desert suction leNlon I Ii I bee culture The honey hony produced here hIfe cannot bt be excelled either Ith r In purity or or whiteness betides It Is II pro in III quantities quite surprising cle from the local consumption 3 pounds POUnd were shipped this year par net Det ting Ua th the producers 5 4 tents a poun pound at aC tar ter deducting all expenses The IU sue eM which hal ha followed th the efforts effort II of I the OM be pen of thi part of the State has hal them to equip their 1 the most cent cur all sll or of shows Ii a thoughtful t 1 Intelligent pursuit or of the business It II a little I less III than marvelous that a 5 ach real Ital sweetness should be found In ooh a one time like and for few La I q g region NAL THE TUII BAThe BA The 1111 III II I wi t to Ri I I I i iU located I la twenty mile lon long by six Ix aide Th buy busy little city which le Is the county sent Ial is v situated It Iii Is A progressive Ie town with neatly graded streets paved well equipped business houses carrying purge and chosen stocks tock ol of rood goods In the matter of oC taxation it stands tandl u a model It has hal never levied I what I Is known u as a to town n tax and It itle I le II absolutely free from debt d bt with 1 a good balance In th the treasury Maa Many modern residences adorn the place and Go a general air ot of business ac activity and prosperity prevails The rub pub lie buildings tIll tell their own story 0 of the spirit of the people Take for Instance the new county court house It S la 1 a building which In size Ille architectural deign and equipment as 1 a H n H n n n 1 1 S r t tf t r f r d i I c j IA y b 1 L UINTA II COUNTY COUNT V COURT no HOUSE USE This handsome building was Waa erected during the last summer at n a cost ot of and Judge Jude Booth ot of the Fourth Judicial DIstrict held the tho term or of court It le 18 the most malt imposing piece of architecture In Utah and or of which the people of county UN are particularly proud t X I I I I I 1 I I c a monument to the Ille enterprise e o of the people It is I located fu the center or of on an cre 1161 and shows hows oft oct to good goal advantage It I it a brick and atone structure amply lar tarp f for nil require meats for tor many year ear to come Then Ther again there I Is the new eight room school house houll also of brick anti and stone thoroughly modern and date daht with Cur ur WO pupils The rapid of the school is II such Ilich as al to necessitate the rec Ion o of another building soon loon however as 81 already the building referred to la Is crowded to It its full capacity The Stake academy I is an In In dilution of learn III that commands reo re l and goat I support It has an ut at attendance of 91 about lOG students A D DAnderson Anderson I Is and Is ably na as listed by It I L Woodward CHURCH OROA ORO VIntah Stake com comprises precisely the same territory as the county count It II has In III all six Ix wards S R II president of the Stake and R 8 Sr Collett and Aud Jam Jemes hacking are iii hi colAn elor They are now en engaged ared In erecting a new Stake taberna 11 de Lycurgus Johnson le II superintend superintending ing the work The structure will he be II a blessing tf to the people lUll and an adorn to the place The first and most mOlt important ward I or of course Our Vernal The other wards are Dry lIY Fork h I is In the extreme west Mill II ward In tire the northwest or tho valle valley ward In the southwest ant and Merrill to 10 the south and Jensen In Inthe Inthe the east elt cud of the count on Green river Each ward ha has a complete oo 00 organisation or of Its ito own The flouring mill work of the district I is now done by a mill of fifty barrels capacity a day Unfortunately a big bh modern mill was destroyed here bere not months month ago WHAT IS NEEDED Again we say lilY that all that is III needed to JUa make this county II a producer r ot of great alth a are capital And transportation tation facilities Those will come In hope ver very lOOn When th they do 1st depend upon It county will bound to the front It Its will double over oer and over oer again and Its III J people Ople will become more prosperous and happy The county abounds with and romantic scenery At the point where the Green river enters the Ashley valley is II a wild looking sandstone gorge evidently the work of some Mme 1119 Captive agency or of nature It seems as asIt asIf It If the mountain had been HI cut cutIn cutin In twain to make way for tol th the Pf par age or of tb the river All As to 10 the Ashley It comes through allot another her similar gigan gigantic tic crevice known all as Split Mountain and th the DI Dry Fork ail al sags Its way through a ragged break bk In the mountains mountain known as Paw aw Tooth Gap which is II rightly named A PATRIOTIC IESSO ON The sandstone cliffs which stand Ilk like lowering sentinels on either aide Ide of Dry Pork Fork canyon with their smooth sur surfaces ur faces are a wonder to look upon rising us 81 they do 11 many hundreds or of feet Into the blue An And here an incident found during the outbreak of the war between and the United States which III sir to bp be become come historic It was while the ran people wore were wrought up to a ot of frenzy frenlY or ever the of the Maine In t the bf Havana va nR bar her bor The citizens here hert partook o of the spirit that was rampant elsewhere and It to the lion Hun WillIam son IOn that an enduring should be there thur not only for or the IIII people ot of county but for or who should In years to come com travel through I that hat section Accordingly h he attempted to have a I picture or of the fated together with till the now notable war cry Remember r th the Maine MaiM painted upon th the race face of one of there tb giant cliffs The painter in 10 portraying tide historic 1110 but when It amt farn to p the big ble armored cruiser hll hie nerve ailed him on account or of tilt the dual dial heights nt at which b he worked t So 81 tae picture ot of the ship was nn never made mue and the tray trav elere only sc 11 the Ih wade Remember the Wh When n he stops to uk ask the stars n or ht h the jh ilp was never fin finish In ish In I I b e who ti a ini ar van O r t etl be Rile n nn V r th n tt Ii tan an with the tbt brush brushwork int It In his 1111 hazardous work nr a l r t r r I Ii at i rr I b that held out cu to a lM of f u 0 portrayal or of a 0 cr that thrilled th the nation a couple of ysa n 11 ago aco perhaps RI as no 01 cry ever I 1 Ibe be to tore TIm TIIE INDIAN To the Wilt west ot of the Ashley valley alle art arl th Indian reservation am agency y the Port Duehesne y poet while to the south lOuth Is II the Uncompahgre reservation These are all KII a I source ot at revenue to county pee JIM pie Ille and after every o 01 f money either u as an annuity to the In dlana or or of pay to the soldiers atone one y I Is quite plentiful These together willi wool and cattle and hon honey proceeds nu the business done In Y Verts augmented by mineral wealth and nl I a good agricultural market insure II gret t future for tire lie county er the Ashley hley valley Is II an t to In which to make A goal horne home It It has ha u we hAve shown not lIot only the material that are ace airy 1 to this end but It le Ie also allO provide with excellent and 1 van |