Show RAIL RAILTO L TO STAR VALLEY t Glowing Account of a n Prosperous Community in il a Neighbor Neighboring ing Stata Stille AFTON AFON IS A Correspondent Into the Country After luch On the Hoal Afton Afon Wyo May 13 Just now you cant get Into Inlo Star valley ovon oon by by but ut It wont bo 10 long b foro you 01 can Located parallel with and over oer n mountain 10 to miles cast o or In 11 county COl lY Wyo yo It Itla ItI la I now reached In II tour four ways from sta stations Ita on tho li Oregon Short Line LIM Tho river touches tOi chell thu northern end of ot the lower valley nc Is the tho most moat easily accessible for tor tx 1 connecting branch to that system 1 In y up the fork torl of at tho thu boon been made Indo all It I cannot be lo long 1011 this producing line A alley will wi be bo a a close co feeder of o tha tho main mainline lne Tho writer wrier taft IMI Logan Logn last IUt Monday hy by rail 1111 fur tor a 1 Hying trip lo 0 Afton and uld connecting at nt with wih the Afton For lor 15 years ho hub made lado annual trips but tha road rond over the tho mountain to 10 ns never HO fO bud Snow from to lit tt teen feet doc I wore fust melting away IWI and tho Iho driver loaded with wih pan 1118 und the tho United States mull had to make schedule time ana for tor CO 6 miles mies kept Uio ho party In mingled with mud tn md tear Finally l near ner Thorn a u Fork tho regular spring find to bo be abandoned for fOl forn n now OW wagon without seats Attached to tills this rig wore werl four our hOlSO with wih Jack Merrill Merri tho I of ot tho stage stale as ns for tor nearly miles down do I Crow creek crocI to Afton Afon ho kept his hil steeds on Oi tho keel run rUI changing horses at nt UnIt Halt way over oVel nil 11 torts of ot roads ronas up hill hii especially down until his seven wore churned almost to worn to at nt Af At Afton ton tOi for tor rest and I 1 have hlo been goh over these mountains for tor the Hunt 12 years Irs said ono of ot the tl Hors Kors nt ni times of ot the year but nev never no noor er or taw tho roads rond like this before betor Wo Woo Women men children contemplating cOlt n 11 visit to Star valley should not attempt tho Journey until about Juno 1 In 11 this connection Is to n n n little litle united effort on the part of ot the Star valley nleY people would ho improve tho road rOul that u I trip over It tt nt f any ni season would be pleasant for tor light I rles and Ind enable freighter to twice a much as 11 they can now If I officials of ot tho stake and wards would call cal for tor volunteers to furnish CO GO I about men to tl week tho spend about a n on 01 ronda flom to tho Investment would bring quicker returns than any they UIO could do this season As AR ARlon noon lon ns 18 the rush of at putting In crops the would gladly re respond Is over o orl people 10 spond All 1 1 that Is III needed Is II for tor a n lead leader er to lend 1011 out und tho hu t thing will wi be ac accomplished o Tho 1 future futuro of ot Star valley nIl Un h twin Snit valley valey Is full of at pro promise 1110 mise Ilso There arc about 30 Inhabitants In II Ith or nine towns on ranches with wih abundant pure puro water range timber ond land enough for tor torn fora a n population ten times a I large Tho ho throe three creameries distribute 00 to 00 n I month tho people manufacture n article artcle of ot hut but butter huttel ter tel which finds ready sale Hule In Utah Idaho Montana Tho people rero 1111 from 20 to 23 3 cents co for tor but butor lor tnt fat during 1903 and pros prospects os for 1001 aro Just JURt ns 18 Add to this th IH the tho nuch gr lIer revenue from f ol beef cattle cato It cnn readily remlY bo be neon how prosperity In h w f apparent on Oi every hand hom Tho people are nrc vigorous and hospitable and so 10 healthy that tho lo 10 local cal odor doctor to sell out move to Bomo mc place whore where his will bo boIn In II greater grater demand Tho IB II en enthusiastic Il thu too Of ot course o It I Is II coar than further south but tho Is pure IUri and II und oven even women wom and 1111 children note of ot tho thoIce Ice snow they thy so 80 much luch than thoo of climes Said flirl a II a Wo had Md tho winter in II our history It Wil not nt cold coli enough to put up IJ Ice If IC wo get ge 1 Ico this summer wo will wi havo ho to Import It ton Is metropolitan airs strung with telephone wires her hor mayor Hon A V Cal City Lowe Burton figuring on 01 a 1 water will wi tho with puro pu a I fow to hundred feet teet tho rl A largo central school chool Is II tho most 10 t Imposing building hut but n hou o Is l In II courso of ot erection streets good wlter good gool order are featured of ot tho th place it wont bo ho long lon before enterprising capital will wi add nl nn 11 plant power for fOI which is IA available n I tow few rods rols tho city Miburn O to Smoot and other towns le nil ni J T B D Thatcher Jr of ot la In lion on W V AV V Hons Ind of ot Anon Afton ditto elto Arthur Is l und Ild merchant combined Oeo Is tho patient father o otho oC tho people n I member of ut the tho lel nto Ind shows his faith In II Star leY by hy planting nn on orchard of ot over Homo 1010 of ot which aro lIro already bear bearIng Ing In Mayor A I V CaU conduct n which IB II noat ulel 11 n a great on UI those o kept ept at nt Mont 1111 ninny Inny other older towns To 10 those of ot our older renters who have no 10 land 1111 Valley otter offers opportunities equalled In tn Inthe the tho country Young men Just JUH Mat tint tintIn In tl le will wi find hero a Il land of ot promise nm ni II n I llull for 61 ami 1111 open now but which will not 1111 s n bo open 1111 to them ios Yos Ch nTO cars for tor Valley Yalo L I H |