Show souta SOUTHERN UTAH ITEMS I 1 the continuation of edward steven staven 1 sons travels EDITOR having given your rea readers de rs a little cle descriptive script ivo scene of travel fi from oni sit suit it lake to ephraim city it a few clots blots on oil tile the way to circle valley may amuse your readers A town named b by V the name of 01 the very pretty circular valley surrounded by low mountains aice hills hill which are so renowned for stock and sheep rasing hy by the tens teng of thousand more especially in tile past lias has increased tile the bank accounts of many but of late many complaints are to be heard because of the range beino being g injured for horn stock by tile the mu multitudes latitudes of sheep shepp at the lie south debt t ell end of this romantic round valley is 15 situated Cir circleville cleville aud and here is where the se bevier vier river branches out into two forks one to the east of the town 1 and I n d the other to the west the cast fork makes make connection with ott otter er creek which extends about forty miles through c a ali grass valley northeasterly where are situated tile the towns ot of burrville Burr ville an and d a rett settlement lement named box creek some other small streams help hell to swell otter creek and finally the sevier river up still above otter creek about twelve miles is coyote str stream earn which heads in the cast mountains much saw timber is manufactured into lumber by saw raw mills thus supplying in p the valleys below with abundance of useful lumber it may be remembered that in these mountains is situated the antimony mineo mine opened up by W S godbe in the west fork of tile the sevier river a short distance diE tance from circleville Cir cleville was pointed out the AD grave of an unknown stran stranger 0 er who was found with a log chain around his body sunk stink in the river a bullet hole in his is back revealed foul play A two span horse team was seen passing 6 up the river with two supposed tramps who doubtless captured the poor unfortunate but rind kind li carted lie arted atran stranger er who for his kindness to the tramps lost liis his life ife money team and outfit thus illus with indian raids raid tramps and frosts costs in this high up valley tile the old settlers have many sad tales to te ell 11 of tho the early settlement and pioneer days this country is now becoming ec oming desirable for lical healthy thy homes lomes judge G W dean bean my gravelin traveling L 1 companion from richfield sevier county utah to garfield county 75 miles lie ile kindly proffered to hook up his carriage and convey us through this rustic and romantic looking 0 country much of which is valueless in ap bearance pe leara arance only to hold the sevier valley together where here and there here are beautiful ranches farms arms fields and flocks elder denn bean has traversed trave rEed over and over these hese hills and dales as indian interpreter during the black hawk war and points out many points of interest near kingston and circleville Cir cleville is situated a plain looking home but in ia time no doul t will make more of ash a showing owina 0 than some others have already done this plain looking home represents some 15 1 sheep a modern roller mill doing an excellent business still this mr james ticer lias has a new ranch up tip in the mouth of the west fork of the sevier river where he be has some come 1500 fruit trees growing with good protects ts as tile the frosts are less destructive than in in the valley although C some hardy linds kinds L of fruits arc raised in tle the valley such as plums some apples gooseberries goose berries and currants we ive dined with bishop rufus allen alien of kingston a little town near the mouth of the east cast fork 0 of f the river A fine looking pyramid 1 shows very prominent is as a love sentinel just out in the valley to tile the west of kingston C a new brick school house li oue and some very nice nice brick dwellen dwellings Z s are 1 going up here and also in the near town of Junction both in the same Iii bishops shops ward we made an appointment for a meeting in these joint towns for nov 27 meantime we took a spin up till the west fork 10 0 miles up to in Cy arfield county attending 0 a two das dabs conference and sonic some seventies meetings milk inva inga I 1 total of W meetings s since nov and 2nd nd and a journey of 00 miles when we return home bottle the weather lias has been very pleasant but coli cold nights with running M ice in the river certainly it is astonishing to seo eco the little valleys in ill these high mountains being settled up tip so ho 0 ex with good and happy homes home the marysvale Marys vale mines out richly especially in talk and future hopes des EDWARD OX |