| Show ashley valley a promised land says Colora doan on visit here ail at homecoming 0 the writer cannot resist his usual tecK twit nation to mane maice a of record ot of events which are out of the ordinary do s that others also might not ant to forget what 13 happening these day days in the later 80 a that uncia jim mchatton n and james lyttle editor ot of the meeker herald both now after having achieved most of their ambitions left the white aler valley for a week or ten days trip 0 t the asmey ashley valley section in utah n in those early days was as decidedly different from what hat it now la 13 instead of two or three days to go or come only a few hour hours are now necessary during my brief I 1 charge of the mechanical department of our pioneer weekly we of course also had a food time but were dl when the wanderers ander ers returned and tea for a week cr or more thereafter we had to listen to dope en on that new country tor for hours at a time which left an insatiable desire to visit gods country as they named the ashey ash ey val ley jey but desire and the fulfillment of that deare ire axe two distinct matters I 1 I 1 however after over ever forty years of watchful atch ful waiting ag we tre had a cordial from our friend al buls bills to accompany him ard hie his estimable site afe with clest 1 and youngest sona sons on n a midsummer mid summer trip to that promised lind in our bordering state the cc caslon being a it four days celebration at verna to commemorate a talf century ot of progress A second amend invitation was annece sary and late on the morning of july th witnessed our departure we arrived there a little late to see much of the first days program a well gotten up pageant illustrating matters ct of historical interest rodeo bumball and other festivities festivities whether we could have survived 1 torn orn this extra day ay Is a question as the daas tas were a continued round of frai frat with open houses dally at very every turn at least once each day ac e all were foiled feasted at oie one place or another mostly lawn parties as the dining rooms were not large enough to these private elect select gatherings athe rings and a number of similar invitations had to be passed up are arf accounted counted sc for from the fact that the blue bills used to reside there and plainly evidenced the esteem in which they were held by their then reigh neighbors bors I 1 j over a quarter of a century ago more might be added in the above abote strain littlee fow as personalities count to fo little v ih the rank and file a e cannot I 1 close twe without saying abo abbit it the country surrounding the main object ot of thil this communication i the ashley valley Is about forty andea iles in length and has a width of len to fifteen miles with altitude at bernal a it thousand feet lower than jerker the soil Is aa as fertile as that aund anywhere north south east or west and while it cannot be said aid that water for domestic and irrigation purposes is 13 yet they bae to fill four large canah extending approximately the en V 1 ditth of 0 this basin grains vegetables and fruits of cebuly iu 61 ekinad and varieties can and are being malted there while moat ol 01 ta ett enier lern have me orchards bearing ap ples 1 apricots and pears u n A na ripen also their growing season being longer than ours they have a larger variety of thing vegetable ege table dairying receives a good deal of attention and a creamery there haa has quite an output in the hills or mountains surround ing this vast valley are to be found thousands of sheep while cattle are not so 0 o plentiful as on this side of the states boundary situated similar to meeker off a railroad the matter of transportation has been and is a erious serious drawback but the motor truck Is fast changing that condition vernal proper has his eighteen hundred inhabitants and every branch of business seems to be represented the towns limits are not noticeable ite its suburbs joining right up with it the lanes resembling streets tre ete intersperse the 40 and 80 acre tracts of lard nearly every one of which haa has an elegant mansion thereon thi heavy growth of trees plated pla fed some forty years ago make the valley an imposing eight from the bleak and bare huls hilli sur rounding I 1 it goes without the saying that we were ere well pleased with our visit to that section and we don dont t intend to wait another forty years to make the second visit thanks to each and arid all lo 10 ho contributed tri buted to our cure and entertain ment while in your ybur valley 11 A meeker cola colm |
