| Show i iII 6 II f I 1 u MILLARD fQY COUNTY j c I Population 1900 Assessed Dee Dec 6 count county Is l about out one hundred and fifty mits miles south of Salt La Lake City and ha haan has hasan an area of mies miles a population of about six thou thousand In inhabItants habItants The act ot of the Legislative nl assembly of the Territory of Utah or organizing the county of Millard was UI al January 1566 On the th ot of October 1111 FIllmore City the present county loat seat was laid out ant amid selected as a site ie for tor the capital I ot 01 Utah and the fifth annual session of thE Plait Legislature convened there Oi on th the of IS 1855 The early were wert possessed of the same lame rance that character ot of the the then Territory which ha has ben benl been l In each succeeding genera than Hon and b been n such a potent factor In th thc of the tho natural re rc OUr ot Of tM tbS cun cunIE county zi IE STOCK Sine Since the erl early settlement much mooch nt at has ln been devoted to I the he 10 livo Ilok stock industry which has imas constituted the principal source ot of revenue for the inhabitants bt bf this county many of the aly settlers have growl rich by olOe close to that avocation and been t te lele leave n a large inherItance to their 10 posterIty Undoubtedly Millard court court hi hits exported as much beef mut mutton ton as aM nn any other county count In time Stat wih whIm prk time the population and time the grade of lc live stock raised hu hiss been Wt tt Are a at pros tnt ent an exporter to adjoining countie counties ot of blooded stock tok foll soul for or time the of Improving time the grade grad a raIsed o b by the pur purchasers chasers Our UI large are area of public domain tins haa for or al nit of live stock and Ito mid mild winters a oa 00 have greatly renU reduced the Ihl anti cost ot of feeding but nt at the present time I it Its II the aIm ot of mot stok stock growers to feed the whole or a large Portion of their birth and docks for about three mon 11 1 in the wi winter ter season I II itt an agricultural line we so are just beginning to learn our the tha acreage of ferto fertile soil 01 adapted for the production ot of ni all tru fruits I s cereals and common to Uth Utah Is caly rally unlImited th the only cc 0 our In that I Is which the Inhabitants the water supply are AM constAnty constantly increasing b by means of reservoirs water ditches and win wint tr t r Irrigation C W the uro moPer moter of tr thc Clear Lake Land anti Wa company ba bas prepared valuable data and statistics 01 on irrigation Ques which lie he has furnished grats gratis to the inhabitants of this county the tho utility of the same lame Is evl eI denee b by the tue increased production There Is also found lear the Nevada line In the western Dart of this timia lne another Irrigation plant known all as the holbrook and Irrigation corn com lan which has hns for It its object time the rO rec Initiation of thou thousands of acre acres of dry dryland land Mr I L holbrook of Provo and J 1 I Ij IA Ita and James A t Melville of Fi Fill Fillmore moro more hn have ve been fen the attle active promoters of that enterprise constructing a lar large e reservoir anti calaIs leading upon mAn many acres of fertie fertile land The InhabItants of this county ore are anxious to see the Bonneville IrrIgation scheme assume n a practical reality It its object Is time the reclamation of thousands of acres ot of the mos moat valuable land In our loal locality Th The expanse which will be e Incurred In the building of the reservoir wl ns as contemplated jut just above on time the geler Sevier river anti time construction of canals leading In a southerly direction towards wIll 1 be enormous but no doubt time the ln In N N If ever the they are found wi will ro re profitable remuneration on their outlay ot of capital At present time land lyIng tinder their canals is II withheld fromn entry b by time State while residents whose supply of cater Is limited are seeking new homes In other localities I If time the promoters promoter ot of the scheme Aha 1 be success furl Cui In securing capital to destined to be become their plans plan Millard is II b COll come one of the greatest exporting counties ot of alfalfa seed II in the State the of time the soil for time the tion of the semite Mme has ha heen besim beyond ond n a doubt b by HIt the InhabitAnts ot of Deseret anti vicinity who vimo have hae sold an ot of dollars worth of leel seed hymn small farms farm NOT MUCH MINI MINING NO NOYer Yer ery little attention ha has been devote devoted to the mining industry mot most ot of the In Inhabitants habitants have hae leen In other remunerative occupations anti only o oc Is a 11 to b be Sn seen In our mountains In search of time the precious metals Theil TheIr geological formation Is indIcative ot of mineral minerai wealth anti many high assays have ben been made from flot float rk rock furnishing evidence of rich depots depos its Ita of precIous metals which 1 as yet tl Is hidden anti undeveloped considerable development work hA lies ben been done on lore and th the or ore extracted of situated Antelope rne range lear near lack hock mutation Ime some copper rk rock hn has In been shipped which nete netted a anllo anice nice II rant to the min amine oner owners but no lafe large paying bodies have tl been diacos ert ered yet et A few miles luth south ot of those cp cop copper of per Pro prospects are aro valuable deposits pumice stone have hav been shipped to Chicago and other pint the quai quaIl t ty Is superior to mOt most pumice stone found Cound itt In the United States and It Is thought that within a short time the owners of the deposits wi will receive a revenue from th same Oak city parties bonded to 11 pea lend timid sliver property which they own In Hol horse just east eul or of the wagon rl mad from Ck Oak cf city to work Is progressing nl ly lyon on time the same 10 Mid amid undoubtedly n a traits fir fer of title wi will take In time el near future P ctol mining milan have expressed time the opinion that A thor thoro H Olih prospecting of the mountains of Millard county aunt will 1 result In the discos er cry o of large larse quantities ot of gold old silver lead Iron and copper MANUFACTURES A few people hue have turned th lr nt mit to the manufacturing Industry and fi as a result we are turing turning out al ass finished products I mm good o quality of flour cheese buter butter lumber r vinegar pickle pickles canne canned goods dried fruits anti lard Our mountain streams furnish an n excellent water power for the pro of all kinds ot of th the various arlou industries are furnishing a great variety of raw materIal for Ul use In and amid before another tie de radl cede shall hall hate hae passed I d by a new will 1 be given to that which will furnish employment to many or of the miens nl and here anti and andopen open 1 a new hew market for our abundant rats materiAls The opportunities for investment In that enterprise In this are more favorable than n a cas casual ual observer would suppose but al as soon oon I as capitalIsts discover that fact money for investment wi will not be wanting I iN TIE TIlE FRONT EDUCATIONALLY As 1 I it Iru r of mental talent Mu 11 lard has herself herRel as one of time the foremost counties In hi thIs State teeny ot of her native sons ant and daughters have won laurels or of honor In the col leges of Utah and the belt beet universities r o of the East lt a as as In practical life Site IIII has always furnished bel her quotA of educAted men amen sel swell the ranks of the professional elaMa classes an and do honor to the lame name the they bar bear tn in the IndustrIal avocations There Thre Is to hem bt be found at atthe atthe the our territorial limits perfectly graded schools occupying ole ele elegant gent gant buildings equIpped with 11 all modern school apparatus and fur and instructed b by apt and pr pro teachers with scholastic Many ot of time the high school branches Are In our county Munty mind nc students cart no acquire considerable advanced education sit at home the reed rt lb take of the opportunities afforded and are qualifying themselves for r unIversity cour courses an anti practical life Millard llan bl has lome ot the most mOlt eten exten pt eise AIe undeveloped natural re resources In Inthe inthe the State of Utah anti a as Bon soon os as thi this fact Is realIsed b by pArtes seeking In Investment vestment for capital her In pop ula anti and financial wealth will be tn on surpass b by an any of the cow counties In our State The vast t rok rock Quarries wi will yet tt furnish IlInd sand ston stone for brown fronts event en by the Palace hotel of Denier or time the cent structures In Chicago our gypsum bl beds wi will remunerate the investors be beyond yond ond their expectations the mountain streams furnish water wl power for tor machinery In man many branches of manufacturing Industry th the mineral minerai wealth wl wIll yet lt pur pour fourth to swell weI the volume of all metAls common to Utah time the of time the farm arm time the hocks th the herds 1 increase wih with the water supply anti ond her ber noble eons ns and endowed b by Got with Ih a lar large e mental capacIty developed wih with the best bell fo food furnished at the educational centers of thIs glorIous Ito He public will 1 her crea greatness from one On ocean to another not alone llY by warA but t by their In the Intellectual and industrIal world |
