| Show f li l ti i GARFIELD 1 COUTY COUNTY a 1 M n n n I 1 e eI A Valuation 5 I I county is II situated In Ihl the I z I ot of the State The rim 1 ot the Great bund bounds It on II III III it I I th boundary lne line eastward until the I wr o of the county Un line running east flut an and wt west Is reached when I it tur turns t r Cutting the county Into two J lisZt The tatern part I Is drained by I th the Colorado river and the western f pail I Is drained b by the Sevier ler river and It Its tributaries which sink link In the Great The elevation II itt the western f part ot of t the county I is high and aDd the eMte rl tool while the eastern part of i tb the county owing to Il its treat depres I 1 4 towards the river alor I ft sr warm climate I PRINCIPAL Te The principal of the county rue sheep and aad catu Q tatt raining lumbering no and farming In und cattle raising 11 Br cri carried on over the en ti The higher altitudes aford afford C lar ing l excellent for summer use ue 1 and lb the lower altitude supplying an I abundant winter range Lumbering is almost almot entirely to the western I art ur of the county oun ty herr pr I Is found ahun abundant ant timber growing In th the rou to supply the boe demand for tor fora 1 a Ion long I time to come Iome Much lumber I is from this section north south Muth ald and wei t to th the settlement Ie less favored with lh supply Farming I is not carried on hel here as 01 a as In some lomo other If se of th cun coun country Ir try owing tl to the COld M In those thos larts ot of the nunly w lir l lund If uinI tva a ater ter I La abundant Yet considerable hay wheat oats f and barley II Is and each arb sees an increase In th the or of cach land and water can 0 be supplied to furnish hom homes to fIve times tho the number of peo po pie now in 10 the county COAL DE PlIT Great cl coal he beds ar are found In te the eastern pr pert of the County hut but they are ot of very little value at present ow owing ing to the leek of nt transportation tarl ties Some rich ore hu has been found hut but 8 as yet It n no paying mines mine are being worked Te The only mining interest ot of any note is that being carrie carried on onA A OT r rt i iI t r jH j I I 4 I II i I I 1 f 1 1 1 1 I I X 1 x I 1 T f r J JT T X X S I T I X T X I Ii I 1 r 1 1 1 t 1 1 i t I I I I I I a X XI I J f t H 1 t DISTRICT SCHOOL AT BLUFF x t The 11 tb h Ia County Utai of the tho at hull j H HC along the Colorado river by a corn com company patty pany ot of th eastern capitalists heade headed b by Mr Robert D 13 Stanton ot of Pennsylvania Th This company ha has Jut put In machinery andy already to the value If f several hundred thousand M dollars u as an aa experiment and the latet latest ba had from ther there are ure that the tests being me made ar are high lv Iv satisfactorY I If the b be trl true much more money wi will b be spent In develop development meat ment work and the company no doubt mont rewarded moats liberally al for tor aU all It invest n fly tar far the mOt most important settlement In the county I Is Panguitch This has ba balatI latI lately ben been incorporated Into a city 1 ot of the th thir third cal class I It contains abut about one thousand one hundred antI inhabItants and is II situated luat In the n part ot of the county I It I is the county lt seat al and cn containS aln man many fn flu brick dwelling and Ihl store hou houses T The blek people aN are very Ir ad d hive 1 bit built during the falt past Hr ear I a ml model tw school house at a Ct coat I of about t dollars A APort Port houll house and city hall It Is expected I Iw w will soon In I he hult built Besides Panguitch I hae the following settlements In th the eastern ter part ot of the pr county wih with I population pulton of t abut about eight hundred This place piaN hu has Just a tine brick school at a 11 cost of ten th thousand and dollars Tropic II in the central part Ith a of abut about fIve hun hunan an annOn te anti Henri Heni lIc ti n tr f each earh It ith I a population ot of abut about three hundred Ue lIe aides Id the settlements mentone mentioned abo above e thre thOre I is Coot In the norh north central Part of f the county wih with a population lon tion of abut about tour hundred and Orton and In the welter western part or of ortle tle the county on the Sier Sevier river with Ith a population of oC abut about two hundred and ech each SPORTSMANS Tl This county I is the pars pr dl due In the mountains mountain are found der deer II itt abundance and wherever of one turns tum rabbits and sage e hens hen cn can b be found by I the he hundreds Should tb the ert sports sportsmans 1111 mans tancy rancy turn to angling In every stream mountain trout cn can be found Cound ad the lake Jak a br body of oC wa Water ter abut about eighteen mile fm from I Ian an gultch teems with trout ot of the kind This lake alord affords annual annually a of oC about Ix six thousand doll dollars an anIn In trout alone alon I It I Is a great summer resort and many people come from al all m to spend a few weeks enjoying t the bi mountain air airTh Th The development of the resources of tb the county ba has only jut just bra begun We have the fn 1 t water power In the land lan only wall waiting the tte touch of til the thrifty thrIft water In great rt abundance and of the Ime some finest reservoir sites Ite to b be found anywhere What we a are sadly alI In ne need o at is a rai rail railroad rod road and nd WI Wi art are In hol hopes o of having one 1 moon Then en nel new life Ule 11 in the development ot of the lt of the runty county u 1 lii be hai had and homes afforded many who ho ar ar unable to find them elsewhere |
