Show Iii Ii SEVIER COUNTY X III uJ Population 1900 1100 1900 Richfield Dec time the pro iii and II I promising counties ot of the State Slate must be numbered This county though hut but ot of medium Ilz size and having Q a population ot of only people is II po possessed td ot of natural reo re and advantages n as to lo render It an Inviting abode for tor most moat any en enterprising cItizen ot of what may be his hll business Inclinations Though the county is II peopled b by frugal and inhabitants who ho are makIng livIngs living In enerI and some are layIng b by satisfactory com there Is room here for tor treble tIme the WI we now have hae pro provided vided men of at means mean will take lake an In Interest interest terest In the fIelds ot of speculation with rIch returns offered by thIs see MC of at Utah The interests ot of the county are tar far from there being thousands of at acres nore of at good land lind yet lyIng dormant for tor want or of time the nee water to abate Its sterility H HII I H this line of industry Is inviting almost beyond Leond calculation MAIL AND TRANSPORTATION Ont One train laUy In direction north and south and two telegraph lines comprIse the mall telegraph and transportation ot of the county but the nil advent vent ot of th the telephone Is looked forward to as al a within he next few tew months month while nil an electric lIght plant for tor the central hart ot of tIme the county count Is us with the tho coining ot of spring CITIES AND ND TOWNS Seler Seier county count contain one city six Incorporated towns And five sot nearly all iii ot of which are ho 10 rated on th the line ot of the Rio nto Grande Western railway flue fhe elt city of Richfield time HAt seit and has hall a 11 tion ot of upwards of at two thousand People here Is III located lI time Stake tabernacle erect erected lI lit at a cost ot of Ui thousand dollars the county court courthouse house houle costing twelve thousand dollars And a district chool hou house costing ten tell dollars dollar In III addition to lo the these RichfIeld has hal over thirty business hou houses among which are two Iii banks bank and aud nil all seem em to be doing 1 it IJ I ra ra 11 I I while a still larger larrer Amount has hIlS been I yIelding to not more than half its en ca ty as a consequence of at a limited water supply and ond yet the reme remedy y for tor these thele conditions lies reason reasonably reasonably ably within the exertions exertion ot of the people and is II each succeeding year ear beIng morn morl vigorously applied with gratifying results The Otter Creek reservoir located on the east enst fork tork ot of the Seler river at time lower end ot of Grass Valley Is now so sotar tar far completed III as to be ot of Great utility In tact fact the water lucId held back In this re reservoir has hns been the means ot of mn ma maturing turing the grain crop for tor the past two seasons and it Il I calculated when completed to plans and specIfIcations to hold water to Amply irrigate all the land In Sea Se Sevier vier Valley Then we Ill also o have the Three Creek reservoir owned solely b by bythe the Sevier Valley Canal company which Is II of oC great value In the early part ot of the year ar and In addition to both ot of these devices for tor Increasing the water ater supply private have driven a large number ot of on wells well II within the put past year which will bring under cultivation ox ex tracts on land heretofore lying dormant Form Product ot of Sevier county us usually command n a better price at homo borne than can be obtained for tor similar pro ott ot the market at Salt Lake CIty This ThIll it IR due dul In a measure to the supply being only about equal to time the demand for local loca I consumption and providing the mining camps of southern Utah and Neada adl which always turn furnish Ish Isha a ready cash market marketA A new t feature along the line ot of agri agriculture culture In this section ot of the State to tob tobe b be ot of Importance hereafter Is sugar beet raising which wa uvas Inaugurated this pMt past season as an experiment but proved so 10 successful In demonstrating the adaptability of our climate and soil 1011 to sugar beet cUlture that we confidently expect that such Q a quantity ot of the lies e tube tubers will be produced within I the next two years ears as to Induce tho erection of at a sugar factory here LIVE STOCK Next ext In Importance to agriculture comes the live stock s There Is not another county In the State of at equal size and population to Sevier that more range cattle and In the pro lure of at sheep and wool It Is I In the front ranks However for or the past few tew years earll the sheep industry has bas been waning and the cattle In increasing creasing Thin Is due In a largo large men mea ure to the contraction ot of tM pUblic range resulting tram from the purchase ot of large tracts ot of mountain grazing lands by bi the cattlemen MINING O OAs As yet et there are no paying mInes mince In this county though a number ot of promIsing prospects art are beIng worked but situated as al we are In such luch close proximIty to the Ool Gold Mountain mining district Sevier largely larrel reaps reap the benefit ot of that thrifty and promis lag Ing camp and too a 0 number ot of our best belt citizens are quite extensively In tere ted In the mining bustnes Pay Ing deposits deposit ot of lead and an abundance ot of coal are found In Sauna canyon but th these p properties are not being worked at present though It Is II positively known that nn an almost Inexhaustible supply ot of such lIuch products I is to be had there by Ix cx Hock flock salt Is found In quantities In the northern end ot of the count county and the shipment ot of the same to various parts ot of the State and Into Colorado is already a paying busl busi ness nel MANUFACTURING ManufacturIng Is In It its I Infancy here lIve five roller flour nour mills mill three plain Ing mills three creameries and cheese factories and a SAlt refinery Include about al all the ente ot of this nature itt In the count county but the epen fIeld for tor flourishing business The RichfIeld the only newspaper pUblished In the tho county is 18 lucre hero also The towns lowns In the order of oC their Im ore are as follows Monroe pop 1900 noted for tor Its it beautiful homes and famous hot springs Salman populatIon 1200 well known for tor Its do de deposits posits ot of salt and for tor beIng the home of cattle men 1 Pod noted for tor the business energy of at its people population the limo dwelling place or of the flock fiock mOil mae Joseph population the near eat town to the Gold Mountain minIng district and Redmond population 00 noted lIS as the abode ot of cattlemen and In addition to the foregoing are the settlements ot of Annabella SI Sigurd rd II e Burr Durr and nil all thrifty places with POPulations rangIng from oo 00 to lo 00 EDUCATIONAL no county In the State lane made n a greater stride gulong time line or of education within bc past ten years earll than Sivler SInce Inee 1803 thirteen out of at the sixteen school districts ot of th lh county have erected costly modern modem school buildIngs n a Letter beller rIo grade ot of school teachers Is being employed tram from year ear to ear and school facilities In general are constantly Improving Tho dawning ot of the new century brings wih with It briGht prospects for tor the future ot of Sevier Bevier every Ino line ot of enterprise the field II broadening anti men of wealth And Influence are I each dB day becomIng mort more interested In I the welfare and advancement of our A decade hence Seler fierier I t I HH II HH H HH H Ii T a i ii iI ift i 1 I 1 I ft I i t 1 t I t tl cl l 1 4 L tL t J 0 i I X I 3 F r E 4 4 i X 7 I t T Y T t t J JI 1 I 1 I j r IT X l f fT I T f f E SEWER STAKE TABERNACLE f J jH i I HH H 11 H H I I H H HIHI count the will I b be luht and buln buin af after alo b by tb lb flattering In man r Ih 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