Show race 1 Z ton a at ae e 5 t t 2 JUAB COUNTY U r erl t t t I Population 1900 1002 I Assessed valuation IM Nephi Utah Dee Dec the west western ern em of Juab county I is for It its vast mining interests lug Ini as It does doe the dui 1111 time tile eastern or lies also alo much to boat boast of at In the way of resource Time The production ot of lucern IH seed has hili ot of late eara become one of the Crops to the farmer of this end of the county antI and Is lIy ii marketed at good prices As aha a hay and grain producing section Mellon this of the county can hardly be surpassed and the only drawback to its full ull development as such luch is 18 the lint supply of wAter compared with the great area of rich farming land This hitherto bids fair to b be overcome In the near future by the gIgantic enterprise set et eton on 01 foot of bringing the Ule waters of the Mammoth reservoir into Inlo Nephi Time The company ot of that name hu baa been reer reorganized and placed on a firma business basis balls with a capitalisation ot of Into 2 2000 of time the per value alue of 10 Tim Th object of time the company Is II to construct a reservoir In the northeast 1111 em end Ind of Sanete te count county In what its II known as aA Valley and amid bring the around to time the western liar IlOr lion of count county thus reclaim reclaiming Ing ot of acres acrel of rich tural land anti then divert a hart of the 5 Into Salt alt Creek canyon and to The shares hare of the 11 stock whIch hili been heen of NIhl Ihl is III being rapidly taken up UI assuring time the success of time the enter p artive work on which lists hal already been amit It Is II claimed by competent authority that inside of two years rears time the water supply or of will vIll be doubled TIm TIlE COUNTY SEAT Nephi time the count county seat eAt and ami principal city It ot of thIs county 11 has an estimated population of about aboul inhabitants Inhabitant Situated At the junction of the Oregon Jn Short Line and Sanpete Valley she enjo enjoys splendid facilIties thus making her n a natural distributing for or 1 mm large territory to the south and west The Thc hide and wool has been and continues to he be one of the lead leading In industries of Nephi and no city south of Salt Sail lAke Imko so MO many advantages for the erection of a tannery anti wool scourIng plant As I a feeding and ship ping point for cattle anti shep this end of the county has hall come corne rapidly to the front thull thua furnishing the farmer fanner wIth I a quirk quick market at good prices for lilt all hIs lie 1111 The lien Hen l and amid O George C Whit Whitmore Whitmore more are among time largest larest cattle deal dealers ers of time thc county The natural resources of this section are Innumerable The great salt Ic de posits about nine miles imp Salt Creek canyon canon have hae ala always made Nephi e hl tam fam famous outs ous as a producer of the lineal quality of table dalr dairy packIng salt MIt to 10 be found ott time the And besides there are mountains of rock salt which linde iii a ready market with the oaths and sheep heep owner and the mills of Tin fIn tie tic iliA it Is used In fluxing the tue ores Nephi also enjoys the distinction or of nt at her very doors time the great tie de delY lY 0 t rh posit or of gypsum or calcine plaster tn be own found In the States There are whole mountains of It which stand tand out of clear of Jt the usual covering of earth bun allt anti tune stone thus thull making the quarry meir ot of It a matter maUer of alight cot coat Till The Plaster Manufacturing company owners of this vast all deposit have a ton mill at thE base ot of the II the equipped with time the latest machinery to convert conert the raw material Into the Hie nn cit It qUAlIty of Paris pari or calcino Cat Plaster to be found on the market This Timia I Is strictly a home concern owned end tier operated by home capital Other Juab county natural reo ls sources are the valuable ot of the h cI cINella cit Nella Neho Uron Stone company situated t two o miles mile north of the salt all works its In what I is known as Andrews can oan yon yen It Il I is readily conceded that the sun product of at quarries is II the finest t ty i 1 I In color and quality to be found In HI the State it If not In the whole West So dent t great has been the demand for al all r It has hall been impossible to sup up until 11 ply It t though tIme thE works have been run un 1011 I Ithe the entire season to their full tull capacity east alt I C IThe The sheep industry ot of timis end of the I count ranks rank amon among time lint In the State About 8 head art are owned In alone producing annually About pounds of wool bell besides es the thou sands ot at muttons shipped each tach year ear to o eastern markets markell er cry n GATEWAY n a the tho Situated In Ute the natural gateway to I Ithe the rid of and Ivler anti anft beIng on the great Ireat sheep highway torne which leads to 10 the vast valt winter range of the desert out to the II time a 1111 a as tar far a as th the Nevada line s J ha has become the distributing for territory Levan lying twelve miles to the tho l south I Is It a typical farming town ot of about 1600 inhabitants and h imas sue uc that a what CAn be of St Ilone s It fib It a supply of wat water r presse perhaps bettor better titan than an any town In the State Besides the new well equipped opera house houle and the commodious school just MarIng completion th tl hit the Ibe homes and signs ot of y Tre seen nil cli sides side attest the en mat lilt an am of the people The fhe little town aken t of Mona onA eight mill miles to time the north while not so large larlie as Levan Is alo aiso a thrIfts thrift village though having time the misfortune to lose her new nets creamery by fIre time tile last PAlt her enterprIsing immediately erected another f y new larger and Itter better which II Is now In sue suo and 1 operation While this end of the county I is not the St 51 Sta n a mining section as time the term terni Is gen generally orally applied yet et It can bout boast of leman promising pro prospects ot of no mean order t the e eIn itt In time the Nebo district and the Moss lol dl dia am O further to the southeast AlreadY t I t the e etwo two companies ht have been incorporated er m SOI viz time Nebo Star Mining company tey and time the Nephi Mining company which ever m contemplate erecting a mi mill on their properties the spring That Juab count county will soon loon beme become tion one of oC time the wealthiest In the State II is nn an fact Art Her la tax tIes able ahlf property ha has increased allOt almost one no UP C dollars dollar during the past two anti years ear and no now stands nt at the tour mu mi lon lion lark mark ere Not only does Ah she contain the famous r the TIntIe fUll fully reported In an another 1 other part of time the News ew with Its the It man many note noted bonanzas but from there are itt to the Nead lne line on the west I it l is one ebbe rest ore td body anil wih wIth the of lItton the into the Deep Creek reek cun coun I tr try which n now seems u assured url aim COUnt wll will at on once e tak her place 11 ai the thc leading minIng county of the State Grant I 5 |