Show to t 1 r rt r f il I WASHINGTON i COUNTY Q 1 tS t 4 y r 11 population 1600 1612 valuation t St SL George Utah Do Dec I ton county locally known knon n as Utah J Dixie Is III In the tho southwest cor corI I ot of the State Stale heing on the southern 1 slope of at the great grat buln basht Its elevation I greatly from Crom two to thou and feet Ceet anti and having 1 a series or of dint ates not r found und In hi any other part or of orthe the State A very cry great grent variety of at crops crop are produced Our chief are aro agriculture horticulture and sheep rafting and mining To 10 the farmer It pre Ire Int enta a and climate for Cor the thin of at wheat barley oats corn and other cereals and the new flouring or of fino Snow Brothers situated It at the town ton tonof of kept buoy all the ther year r round It forage Coralo crops crop are not equaled 1 In any other part of the State Slate producing four or five fie crops crop In monthly lIu succession lIlon and I leaving the oil II In fruitful condition for change chane chanett tt to th r crops ot of all kinds kind from early to late lat In n the fall Call do extremely well The sugar lugar beet and nl nil other varieties can be grown In abundance Among our main resources are the tho gr great at varieties ot Of fruits apricots tip figs pomegranates peaches peach e nectar toes InN with Ith many other varieties here plod their natural home Apples and J pears panl do well In the cooler sections v n NU U oJ i r r j a i eret or th the honey bee ble here roams roam at atwill atwill will And gathers ather honey ever every month inthe In Inthe the rear ear from flowers and abundant supplies of sweet clover and will fill Its It 60 pound hl hive twice or three times during the season when the extractor II s used No foul Coul brood Is ever found inthis In this county Situated within the aril region relon it 11 becomes be comes 1 a necessity for tor this purpose the waters of at the Rio Virgin Santa Clara Ash creek and with other smaller streams and springs are used during the Irrigation season but Ilk like mAn many other counties win winter winter ter water la b ot of nea alt the next step tep forward MINING Uy Dr no means the let least ot of our ladus tries la Is the enterprise that pa pays our taxes buys our postage stampe and puts lul the butter on our DIxie bread anti and 1 may say ny pays our grocery blue and supports the nine stores and mercantile Institutions of oe St George anti and many mallY more In other parts of the county This Thill industry is III however crippled fur Cur want ot of railroad connection One On of oe our mines the tho Apex Afu which hat has paid many thousands ot of dollars has to handle and shift Its ore ten tell times before It gets get through the smelter and is I landed on the railway cars carl In bullion hullion There Thre lire are many other vEry rich locations location waiting for Cor The Grand Gulch h Is now hauling Its III ore 1 a hundred miles lIy by team to the carl care at Modena u u fN ww HH ff wr f r t if if i it f t i I If f P t J I 11 i iJ s I J 1 t tW W r faja i Ii ya It r 1 i iA wr ra a Photo by Jame J Booth THE ST GEORGE TEMPLE X r r rr r rrai N i r r v m ww Almon s English walnuts and other othor I ot of ante can be raised In un unlimited unlimited limited qUAntities me are e cared for tor forand and shipped and not subject to the tho pests which prey upon drIed fruits l FINE lNE DRIED FRUITS I Washington county has hns already won wona I a 1 reputation for tor its dried fruit and It may mRY Justly ho be said her vine Ine culture is III not 1101 excelled In lusciousness of oC grapes In an any other part o of the world Its ItA volcanic foundation and the powerful reflection or of the suns rays ras tram from Rd ad adjacent jacent lulls hills and rocks makes It Il lie pe peculiarly adapted to this industry In the production or of wine vine midas and the tho fr fresh sh grape for tor exportation RAISING OJ OF Ih e often plant inns flourishes In ht many manylo man manto of to lo a hies It was for COI the purpose ot otI I cotton that the pioneers were sent Into this country countr It Is ot of superior and has hns become quite ramous famous throughout the west W lt Large quantities or r cotton balls are exported tram from the theto to 10 Virgin Cotton and Woolen Mills lit at Washington In the production ot of dye de stuffs It hat has been proved that the Indigo and mad madder madder der can be cal e ed to e genous high In lathing or of leather This industry lie Is In its infancy A good plant is III located In th tha capital city or of th the count county St and ha has turned out a very err fair quality or of leather which Is turgid Into boots and shoes and find a 0 aready ready sale The pine and the nr fir flourish In the higher and In the lower val al althe the cottonwood grows OS with such marvelous rapidity thAt with proper cultivation nn an acre or of trees can ha be made supply the fuel of oC an ordinary family 11 The fhe ash elm and many other hard and S soft ft woods are found among our shade and ornamental trees In all the towns townsand and villages s of at the county A AND D SHEEP Its ranges and climate for Cor rapid In Increase increase crease and successful raisIng ot of horned stock are arc celebrated throughout the State and with the sheep industry Its high mountain ranges rance In summer and lower loner pastures In winter makes It In normal seasons the ideal ot of the shep herd and stock raiser This Is the natural home ot of the mul mulberry berry lurry tree and the production or of silk IlIk and its manufacture bids fair to be coma n a great creat source ot of wealth Des and thence to Salt Lake and yet et this enterprise Is paying a handsome dead Our public buildings nt at St George are the Temple Tabernacle Court Courthouse house and district school Chool buildings EDUCATIONAL Being thoroughly Imbued with the spirit ot of the tho founders or of the State ot of Utah respecting the necessity ot of edu education cation the tho citizens or of northern counties migrating Into this IJ part rt ot of the Slate Stute In the winter of at under the leadership of at Professor Orson OrIon Pratt and lion Snow resolved that thata n a school house houie should lie be the first reared In the city ot of St Geoge Pursuant Pur thereto therelo In due time a substantial took structure or of no mean dimensions sprang up In the midst or of the desert which answered for the tho time being various demands In process ot of time tour four more school schoolhouses houses house were erected partly b by dona lion and by b taxation All or of them eventually became ml b by common consent the properties or of the school district For quite 1 a number or of years ears these with five fie rented rooms room have hae been occupied oc b by our growing school population lion tion necessarily so white we grappled with th the very or numerous obstacles this part ot of the th country presents MODERN aS aSIn In 1696 looking not only to our present needs hut but to the tho near tu fu future ture the determined to erect A school house houll commensurate there therewith with u Ith In round numbers number this structure occupies an area or of feet square Thousands ands of at tons of volcanic volean Ie rock be beIng belag lag Ing first tamped In th the soil to nn an aver average ale age depth of at three feet teet on which to form a solid foundation The foundation tion Is of oC volcanic rock or of from Crom three to twelve feet C It Ion long The Tho lower and upper stories are built ot of red sand sandstone sandstone stone cut In pitched Ashlar style There are twelve rooms In all or of equal size besides two large hallways tour four staircases el located In the lower one Bast and West Vest and has hIlS an arched yes os The upper story atory I is at this date nearly to the square It l that the house will be completed d during 1901 and will cost Clit not less leas than It will be heated b by steam Will be an honor to and lasting monument or of the tho determined or of the citizens or of this school district and we 1 believe belloe unsure unsurpassed passed by any outside ot of the tho metropolis or of our State The Tho census ot of school chool population for or the tho current year ear ot of this district Is 59 |