Show arizona EDITOR JOURNAL Jorn sAL did yon 3 ever licar hear tell of an arizona ird wll well wo we are arc in tile of one here during tire present wilting business is ia practically suspended ius clerks 1110 plowed cd in the places of business except dorks clerks railway trains run lun very can as it is next to to lor for ill clr watchman to lhoir out shead ahead and w when lien one it in so foolhardy as to luok look out ahead lio lie is almost instantly stanlly in rewarded for liia his occasionally tile writer is 19 unable to seo geo houses liou set windmills vind Nind milla mills bai etc not over 20 rod boils roils S away avray the atmosphere it ia filled filed darkened one min mail who keeps a livery bu ft a few rods away away said eaid a few minutes ago lie would go over to lua his stabled and go co to bej bed but lie was afraid cufr akl ho he might become buried up till uh oh how I 1 pity travelers on oil tile the highway is ig situated in a 1 barnow valle alon alongside along sido sid tile lle little colorado river with ith hills rising up on oil axi to 0 sides not more than one hali to thi m urd terzi of a mile away but since ten tell a mi HI it is 19 impossible to get even cen a glimpse of them the all absorbing al question now is ia when will till it lut let up our store brushed biu sheil up so sn nicely only ctet lint saturday now has a decided decidedly jy yel yd low cast everything is covered with a subtle element all this we aie not cold no fires are arc needed no overcoats or extra clothing needs to be worn word except ayo glasses forsbe for alie as gaud elo oil oh tile tho ten ible sand surely there must be a buelt pilo pile of j it t up your way somei somewhere here I 1 have I 1 lead ead of the sand storms of sahara sabara have seen pictured the crouching attitude altitude of the unfortunate travelers and their camela when it is approaching in arid and now I 1 will tico ti co 00 how it wag when the storm was wag approaching and not during the attack yes no conscientious artist would woul I dare tri try to portray a genuine sandstorm sanda torm anil and P iny any other object at the same time lint but I 1 guess it will i ill not last always alv ays for the people deop le here assure tile me that to towards a ads night the storm will ill abate they say it always doe ill that nt is whenever alieze t heie is such a it dues does so for we do not always 11 have ve 0 uil such a time as today is for since my Q sojourn here we c have only had aborca about a half a dozen usually arid and trial means nearly all the time we behave have had beautiful weather there have been sell bit but cry few days the p past abt six eix months that one could not comfortably v work ork oil out t of doors in fact it at st Jos joseph joseppi epli 12 miles milea down the river the trustees put or off visiting my school 61 so D long in older to be able ti it attend when they could rot of do outdoor work that they nearly came caine misling it altogether 9 ether people generally have got their C crop r ois s planted and are arc in I 1 in hopes of an increased abunda abundance of grains the pie sent season for at woodruff and st joseph they now t think hink they have secure dams 1 anis in ii the lit little tic colorado anti and ill at snow flake arid and taylor their will lau ply that which silver sili cr ci cacek cek may fail ail to I 1 do 0 tito tho sheep industry is a very important one in ill this country and tile the sheep men that the drouth their winter losses ire no leavier heavier than usual arid and aliey are expecting ie IB nurney alive returns for lor their labor and expenditures put but oil the poor sheep how do 10 they manove e to exist li the semi occasionally oc curing gentle zephyrs for one would imagine that unless ali ir kept tile them moving alicy v would huddle together and become completely covered up tip iu in theland the sand the alie cattle men ire are not tate uping luping l irig as well nell as they hey would like for the long on absence of rainfall run fall lias has left tile ranges v without t lie necessary moisture mois tuie the grass has failed fae d to grow r 0 w r old j ld ranges have been swept sept of vegetation ct ado i i on oil which the cattle could subsist and they are arc compelled to travel long distances atances di from froin grass to water or live on a little biou bing either cither of which lich is not very fattening tho the result is many hundreds eds of cattle are almost sure to die before grass can call grow at least such is reported ported To lis as ono one of tile certainties if all this is at all interesting to you people eople in cache valley while you ire are copling rolling g in mud and wealth it will serve two purposes vii vi i divert your attention momentarily and give tile me something to do while it seemed useless to attempt to do anything else more anon alizona Ai izona |