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Show TIIE SALT LAKE TRIUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL BOXEIDER 20, 1921. v frf vclw- -v 1240 feet Is necessary to reach Maple springs. Brigham has well paved City streets, a summer cafaping ground for. a tourists, Carnegie library, two newspapers, two banka and several industrial plants. THRIVES ON INDUSTRY -- OTHER TOWNS. Tremonton, with a of about 10p0r lies in the population heart of the Hear River valley and at the door to the west side of the county. It .has come to be an important business center of the section. It turn a vinegar and cider factory, a canning factory, creamery, two grain elevators, a several large stores. tyur mill and Garland, a town of about 1000 popu- lation. is noted for the success atIt la the site tending Its farming. of one of the largest wugar factories in Utah. It has a Carnegie library, a large stake tabernacle and a modern elemental school. The new Bear mrie south of the center of the town. Promontory station Is located thirty-tw- o miles west of Brigham City, on FERTILE SOIL Wd-rBftit- Yield Wtde' v gA tain. At this point the golden spike was driven on May 1H 189, marking the joining of the Atlantic and Pa- clflc coaat with a railroad. A ment monument commemorating this even erected at Promontory station. Dry farming is practiced exin this district. pensively Other points in Boxeider county are Bear River City. BothweU. CoH ns ton, Oorinne. Ueweyvllle, Fielding, Grouse Creek, Honeyvllle, Howell, Harper, Mantua Lurin, Perry, Plymouth, Penrose, Riverside. Snow-vlll- a, PortAge. WiHard, Union, Tost, Wheelon, Strevell. RoThatcher, Htandrod. sette. Pepin. Park VHey. KMton, Kosmo. Junction; Hot. Springs, Ktna, Hi wood, Thickville, C3ear Creek. Cedar Blue Creek, Blind Springs, Creek, Boothe Valley Beaver Dam and Ap of. Sugar Beets Bring Wealth; Other Crop Succestful. Heavy I Famous Elberta Peach I Heads List of Fruits; Livestock Gains Place. . - ' . By .BEN SAUMENSON. Tfio Incongruous thins abiutt elder county Is th&t there I m much Ijtduetry there in the fare of the opportunities for rutt aral recreation or even downright How far a Huck Finn would Ipthargy. progress In sheer laziness and enjoy eut of life If born in Hoxeldcr county U a speculation to give one pause. There are, among other things,, the alluring qualities of fruit orcuards, the peaceful sequestered groves, the ee on- - Hear river ami hunting-marsthe ay, comfortable stretches of plpdale. rVALUATIONFTOtJftEA The tfrtal valuation of the county, according to the 1933 estimate, was $37.389, 67, and the total taxes collected amounted to'$8Gl,90l. The various valuations are setMorth as follow: Two hundred and senty-elgh- t thousand, three hundred and seventy -one acres of improved farming land,. S3, 137 acres of unimproved X. 69.326,630; farm land, $321,225 ; 963 acres of fruit land a $141,936; 414,577 acres of gras-in- g lond, $679,096; 1,011.43 acres of waste land, $399,945; city and town lots, .$1.146,1S0; total number of acres, 1.788.613, at $11,968,836; improvements on lota, $1,146,606; improvements on acreage, $1,036,206; 254 range horses and mules, $246,342; range cat3214 other cattle, tle. $366,646; 77,749 range sheep, $651,630; $142,912; 1545 blooded sheep, $22,649; 537 colonies of bees, 2148; 1458 swine, banks, 3297,584; merchandise and fixtures, $1,508,440; macMnerv supplies, $935,867; implements and stocks-aiv.bonds. Judgments, credits, $132,05; personal property not otherwise enumerated, $49,562; total f personal property, $4,753,-36value There are four banks in the county, two at Brigham City one at Tremonton and another at Garland. Their combined resources amount to more than $3,000,000. Of the 1603 mile of rogds in the are unimproved, 417 are county, 1056 which have been graded earth roads, and drained. 111 are gravel roads and IS arcs hard surfaced. Running through the county nre 209 miles ol theNo.stats 58, aid project highway. Federal from Mantua to the Cache county line, distance of 4 1 miles, wax recently It will be completed at a cost begun. of $84,000, and will Yneafi an outlet firm Cache county all the year round. .under ...agreement this vear the federal aid construction of Corinne to Tremonton, from highway a instance of fifieeq miles. In 1S51 the first settlement was made in Boxeider whfle it was part of. Weber county. In the spring of that A. year a party headed by Simeon of Carter expkred the country north Ogden, founding a settlement Tnwhere the stands. now Brigham City James Brooks, Willlsni Ho- saino vis and Thomas llerce settled tn tho the earliest settlecounty. Oneat of the site of the present ments was on North Willow town of Millard fishing on 'the streams, all inviting one at every hand. 4 The conventional supposition is that the average business man does his boat important work on the golf Unas, and it appears to be high tune to bui.d up some auh fancy aroundtoe tarroer-- . To conceive of the lalsolving his problems with a doubtbarreled shotgun loosed on a flock cf wild ducks, or by angling for some devil- - may-eau- e trout, or by perusing i tr $10.-23- i a true confession under a shade tree, would certainly go far iif augmenting feta glamor in the popular mind and add lug color and luster to his name. THE CtTY OF HOMES. - The Boxeider farmers, however, re- gard aU those things witlj an easy superiority, as though to abstain were as natural as growing a bumper crop Instead they put in hard of peaches. licks in encouraging tourists to come out and enjoy life. Thus each year at Brigham City is heid the Peach day celebration, which attracts large numbers of people from throughout Uts state. While there they are apt to be buttonholed to one side to be given an engaging discourse on why k .is s good plan as material things go to establish a home in Boxeider county. Brigham City, the City of RrcneaTs one oftbe phrwses Tarrted away, and occurs more forcibly as the attractiveness of the county Is left behind. This year the annual Peach day will be held on September 17, and committees already have been appointed and plans are forming for the occasion. This IS the celebration that has given Brigham City wide prreni-tancand In 1934 all the traditional features will be carried out; even to the large float bearing the locel beauties, designated by a name which Further than suggests itself at once. that, there will be some new variations interspersed between the free distribution of large quantities of peaches to the public.fame of Boxeider t Another claim to county, which Is of more than sectional Interest, is the hunting grounds mi the Bear river marshes. credited with being one of the largest breedareas for jvild fowl ing and feeding lb the world. Hundreds of thousand ducks and geese gather there each year and attract sportsman fmm stl of the country. Four hunting lodges on the dubs have established nrunds and a re the hesdouarters for enthusiasts of every degree wild and kind. " 7. 1 e, N Considerable trouble waa experiwith the Indians in the early Boxeider colonies. days of the City was raided on April 13,and1860. on Shoshone Indians, of band a hy May k, 1863. another gang attacked a above miles four Brigham settlement City, inning William Thorpe and steal-to In an eftort ing several horses. eliminate this warfare, a conference was called at chiefs with ShPehone Doty, and lhigham City by a vjovemor on July 30, 1863, treaty of peace was adopted. Tlie countv was organised on. January 5. 1806, when an act of the leg!- -' .afore created eight Ttew counties. Doreozo Nnow, Samuel Smith and Joseph drover were elected trustees on March 10.. 1856. The first adobe house in Brigham City was built by John D, enced rrt " f- AREA, LOCATION, CLIMATE. IWlK-hn- Tgituated in theTTnrtfiWeai corner of tW slate, Boxeider county occupies of the entire wrvo. of Iuh As the statisticians say, One couM Kees. and Rhode Connecticut both put The railroad entered Boxekler counkdsnd in the county and still have ty in 1S69, and on March 31 o that room to spare. While the people of the track was extended one and year, dte not Maieachuectta are probably miles beyond Brigham City the matter, it may be nmht overBoxeider The town of Bear river. toward as is nearly large added that laid out and in two weeks was Corinne entire, state. The population :aathat had there. Other settled 1500 192V people of the county, according to the were rapidly points in the county railroad U 1. 7S8. census, the and dealong . The average annual rainfall tf greatly stimulated. On velopment was is 12.5 Inches, and the 13, 1803. the famous Ductn November averages about 60 degrees cutoff across Great Salt lake was comFahrenheit. The general elevation is NoTh annual Peach day celebration at Brigham City, showing the fruit display. No. 2 The The Malad branch of the OreCOun.ty pleted. No. 3 Map of the more thickly at teir?to??SBhilrmjJIItWLoai!?Alh05e,de Brigham county building City. 4000 feet. The Wasatch mountains to a of 9 No. The Ogden Portland dement company plant north of Brigham C ity. No. The expanse young apple orchard. gon Hhort Line raimoad was finished large sugar factory located at Garland the east, the Grouse Creek. Goose and several years later the 1005, in Creek and Pilot Peak mountains on electric lines came in. rise beets nukke-- it a Iargsca!e crop, a t J the western border of the county, Ben is profitable and each hog On IOxtensive x have industry eighty-sihand are eastevery dralnage attracted from systems by members, many they yHd sufficient ffir two sugitr orws. to heights of 8000 or 10,000 feet. year many carloads are exjortel. An installed the reduction of the practical things in life's activi- ern states. The club is situated sixhems produced. The aw-- j active interest in lvmond, otherwise known aa Willard the ecer alkali, and, in some inties. Into which they can make their teen miles west of Brigham City, on poultry Is also Sugar company has one factory t he popula-UoPeak, east of Willard, is the highest taken, the hen stances.- the excess wafer in the soil school work function in this great Bear river. M this point the river Garlam and the other at Brtgluim . peak, he'ng 10.HM) feet high. of the county Nun4' more than detrimental to maximum crop productcounty. There are here two sugar fao divides into a dumber of channels and The southwestern portion of the t'ify, the fnrnrtvr being a hunt Uat.h. 'Hie Oofittbe- dramagt clistrWt tanas, a.Jqggs cement-plant- , ion.iW: and many fills numerous little lakes. The wa-fcompany the of f.rst ame a into Pear by part loads of of ar chickens out county te covered desert. ta Shallow and an excellent shootshlpicd hun12,000 acres ajid nuny Olhiumaiter industries, iroch ssrflour with Extending Hiver valley ekrhlven en,rs the county, ns well n. from twelve covers Great Salt lake dreds of acres are a the drained fish mills, tile wild ing ground is afforded. a of lake. constnietion Among the Salt hatcheries, Great at creameries, factory to far northward is the fifteen of ihrixdds rnhods mrys. 'tucks that can be hunted, there are A lare. irriraflon Iowa Btrinjf, Bear River duck clubs, cider mills, canneries and of the on from chivkena., eggy. t ut keys and ducks Ti.auher, Into which most of the water teal, gadwell, west the and side and Tremonton. widgeon, of Hear is pintail of The the City district base traversed ppuLtry the river nhd yards. utnourt to nhut eounty flow. Along annually. Central lulectric mallard. by the i BOXELDER SCHOOL SYSTEM. mountains and through the valleys ated onethe,Vn the east, both operis in Honey the miles Two of hifjh southeast production Is Mantua Raetfic soil. the Southern railroad by The mountains ipomiKuiy, furnish ample are tracts of rich There are. two- main high schools railway county, t.Iure being :x0 colonies of and rhe Oregon tshort 14ne. The Maple Springs, where a fish hatchery furnish comparatively good maxing water fdr the entire vall.-y- . 2X'U of whn.h are iri the Hear bies. and in schools Boxeider of a number trout forty grade containing large "Yeof timber. overland automobile 'mutes to FRUITS. Hiver valley. A "branch of the Supeis located. There is a small park gnd a small amount county, with a total sch ol population llowstone park ami to California pass there, In lioxeKler The Mated river and the Bear river rior Honey company it is possible to f 6000 anil a teaching force of 183. hc.Htel In Trewith' plenty of shade and good The grow .fruit in county Boxeider most of schools. the are the two principal streams. by Yes, a the of frvm monton, rocks this in One the pile plant shipment high flfJiooi is at Brigham illy is the natural gateway to the wvst. water, making an inviting camping 1m large back first named riveT, because ofvalue on top of the of of to of tens a twenty-minuyard thousands the amounting and place ride from other only betweerf Bear at exRiver, to the northwest and to the north. mineral content, is of little In normal years peaks, Kr a good pearh tree, pounds annually. and Tremonton. Brigham City. There also are sev The Bear Thousands river, how- it l. customaryof acrls of fertile land are era! held to be not uncomnom to take (Jarlanl a how through cept ss a drain. forBear to drib good River camping of final ground the unit by the high sc.hooi, both irrigation solid rock before. here for the thrifty husband- side of the road on the way through h pounds of honey from a single which is now ever, U utilised planting. .While being completed, will man waiting to come ppon It and redeem it Boxeider canyon. and power. throw up their may colony. cost 1300.000 when .finished. and irrigation. hands at this perversion of literal fact, with a good na In Boxeider. near .the Weber county principal crops: MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES. Tie schools are governed by a by pncess of drainage Furthermore, thre are thousands of line, is th Utah Hof Springs saniThe FTmapsi crops of me county lit Is nevertheless true that board consteting of five memoers acres Seven of north DAIRYING AND m;les LIVESTOCK. Northwest Poultrymen Brigharti In the Oity, of and lands. it fire in ocet. valuable crown tarium. situated at a huge fault in county what to the grs wiei, n the Oregon Short lain- - railroad, ar' elected from the five precincts of thi These are huuored oi acies aas layman .are most astonishing pla 'es. i A campaign for in rascvl i: being reclaimed. by experts the earth's surface, from the depths iut The healthy Chick, from of the Sturdy, the of and iMiuniy. cement the the eiJirit ilam beds guid.ng po-now f of Some is In of soil j so rye, Is the which there flows an extremely hot the soil. With ad its advantages. voted w wu. bancy, ctu, being waged craveUy as to d;tryine Z2i-double pedigree cock 1ortland Oment company. The ? hiol pvste;n is C.. H. Fkidmore, Boxeider wela mineral water. extends certain definite Itdea. come The has limotny auu WhU hay. area-- offer ideal environment for a cement vi'U r county. In hearty place county erels and the lowest prices In enntendent, aho Is now come to the tens of thousands of to be somewhat of & pleasure resort, The. farmers, however, have advances were made in this field, such emeni is gained front the shores of mixer. pmy a MUttU parv'ui tue the country. All Queen Hatchthe Great alt,lake by the excavator serving his seventh year in that cahome builders who will come here to with swimming as ths principal pasof tne oouniy m unaer. .cuaivauwn had ideas of their own a to that, and cars in nna!' ery Chicks come from flocks whbh loading the pacity. tor u empty the large crop of peachtt each vear time. nd mere cxici.o and wealth opportunity - w.tn happihealth, prcure bins. Conveyors carry the liquid mud carefully supervised under the. ih shows how foolish they Are. .Aside "Frpm the beginning splendid sup- ness.' Among the scenic attractions of agncuitunti ueiopunt Accredited u the ki.ns, which perate at a tem-- i , State Hatchery from these gravedv low Ben Boxeider are the of il.s. which school Lomond Boxeider by AND CLUBS. county people port CHURCHES Oomiug yAJ, The Kar River vauey are TTHtcre of LlkKi degrees Fahrenheit, district has made plan 4t insures you full proof little proportion, the greatest irnabie Bear River canyon, Boxeider wonderful aliorus perbaps lue nenesi pak. possible in has and town Boxeider & We Kach tection county into bigger are wore ' and profits tinkers conveyor drop pteiiied part of the orchard land of the county Little mountain and Boxeider aW Sup-- rin KiKK,! work ectioa. In lit33 toere ( (httri,hM- for the mrmi offer you better chicks, quicker carried up t the cooler,, where a cer- - proKres., ,uh. canyon. , , a acre lake. of winter wuetu wi.n a contains rich sil as well aiapted In b'4 t Skidmore. to ".At first prt- - rtantla1 The well BtrUoturw. and aver. lowaat up. of tain added kept 11 to acres ly prlcea delivery gyp.eum.Uproportion fruit as can be found anvwhcre, CITY. yieid of U&7,Io0 buaftela; 1S,u00 IPK u' ier opened, then lok- Uie. filled Writa today for new illustratp p thun-h- of course, dominates, Brigham BRIGHAM which is then con - 'ate hmes The:iberta peach Is the most wide- ns fm were erected and finally, ln j, City, the county seat, baa of spring wheat, with a ywnd of 5iW," lndl!8tr" ln ducted over conveyors to the At Brigham City the ohl Mormon ed catalog telling the whole finlsh- i acrea of alfalfa ly grown in the a population of about 5400. Is It about 98 B xeidrr a re'1 the following: countv. the .gw buaaela; 23,0002&d,O0O frand and the la a point of historic interest .. ernacle of successful Chick raiI6 wu (itig department. of at located the of story tons; of the mouth cent this a being canyon, with yield variety. Thefruit r ifeverat Aour mills, and ibrick. In Their supixrt has not only .There are six ward houses there and on Boxeider creek, and was at sin. Accredited white leghoni 1u ,,n' !5' acxea of alegar beets with a yield of farmers have found it advisable to first a financial way, but also m two more are under construction. It celled Boxeider. et n irt tha loclteil elevators lmlnd with JCKW of April delivery, 815 per Chicks, acres oats It cmynty, was Later standardize named their prcdimt, and the Mate tn UlfaJfa production pcf acre. Jys,0u0' tons; a way which 'Uespeaka the histh Heals also has a PrasbrtartaHhrhttrch. st liriphain (itv iwft 100. Reda and Rocks, 111. 2200 act os ,ni, after Brigham Voting by Lorenzo because r.af Its flavor arid packa yield of 19C.000 bushete; of the people ood orsiui-- ; cS?: Through at are bushlocated tTh clubs &5.ood of a of the leader with Snow, (?mmrrialwas W. L. Chicks decided upon. yield ing qualities, of barley Vv early settlers izathm high standards fiave bren at- - both Brigham City and Tremonton. thre. It was settled Anri! 11. 181. 1000 acre of corn with, a yieki f The price of peach land varies, some Msy Delivery tainsd. Frtty- interests hav been ret in addition, the former has a One of the distinguishing elements SO OO0 rye with being sold at $1yw an acre, but the t,n:0 bushels; 600 acres of 600 $13 per 100 5hc Interde for the a and better untrvf'anin larger Other acres average is around I600. 4 The peach a Kiwanis club. The Civic of Brigham City Is its city manager and nntrv 1 a yield of 10.S0 bushels; exceedingly Rftlfed ln manufacturing '.woolen goods. ests of all the fdople. The 'shoe- - j Improvement club of Brigham City plan of government, the only one In I V of potatoes with a yield of HO.Oou crop begins about September 1 and wistribL truswith its three Ms an important womans organisation, . of tame and wild lasts, for about thirty days. the state. This form Of govemmerit potash, cider and vinegar, artificial string f'.A bushel; 40,006 acres from hss faded almost t.eos, club This memory. tons. and VJeatt lumber commtxiities. ago. other has lILQvO formed of years been there for the eighteen a yield 1 Apples are a source of considerable an esMentiai bay with scene successful and tho representative bonrtj has long to .ths poor, past seven functioning of qturedevelopsnen t profit, to the farmers. The Jonathan, dairying. We faotor given donations years. Under this system An the have this in practically L CANALS, DRAINAGE , DISTRICTS, sine taken its place. This Is per- - !bkvpd to plant shade trefes along the a mayor and five councllmen Creek, because cf its' better quallfv, are much is looked for from Grouse all. In of , the construetion eWreae on parte county. .wajn begun Roael valhaps because the people think more cit atrrets and has fed the crowd elected, and these In turn appoint a mere .favored than the Gano cr Fark Valley, Curlew and Timate and sunshine There is nohe Rear River canal vysfem and by ff their schools than they do of any- on Peach day. For a number of yars city manager, who has active charge the Bon lavls.- After ten years apple district that can u in these the spring of IK92 the west side arm leys, whose chief tack now is irrigathing vise on earth, except the chil- it hs been affiliated with the Utah M affairs, subject to direction and tion water. Agricultural experts are trees in Boxeider county will produce respects. Inhere la sufficient elevation tf the system was completed and iWHafcUcr Federation of Womens Club. spnroval of the. city council, which of the opinion that water can be eight bushels to. the tree. sea level to insure cool nights, ter furnished for lrigation. The east dren. met twice a month. RECREATION FACILITIES. In order that farm projects may he ,H30FmrrAvmt. secured from reservoirs filled with the Cherries are hne of the feature fruits fresh, healthy air and a good,' was aide finished UWM. The branch in dry It Brirham own City operate underground of the County, fhe average tree StATTU.WASN winter waters; from AS Indicated before, the duck huntemployed These insure health, original' cotof constructing the Bear emphasised, two men-aatmosphere. non $?N and power one About 5f00 pounds each treason, cow'cortifurt was! p!nt. streams and 1 possibly from Great from each hteh River canai system was about S2.jk).-Th- e the year around, and greater pnduction. marshes of Bear river form an rvnHv exnended In ennstrueting ing predicted that some although aome vears this figure ts to out Salt lake. It the go farm The to, side livetuock 00k Is west e svs-bduring' dw, Industry .coming to portion of the sew one. The nlant suoull tpw custhe northeastern part of "Great greatly exceeded. The cherry crop rthSPn'-ltof irt'messing day importance in , the tem eongUta vl 111.5 miles of canals the summer and winter.. Farm tomer. on a meter rate for Heht of Ikalt take will be dammed off from begins about June 15, but dees not be- county. The southwestern part- bor- - and main laterals owned and operated 6 rent River Bear i the kflow ft Oun Club, Tmt and for freshbe of lake the tv 1. come balance the heavy before July For an the various Ic.iTn'clut., the Prcvo Cun clnh and the cent.. About 68.000 Is nowpower $ the sett era The east side op Great HhJt lake science demjestic - by ened bv- the waters of Bear river. month thereafter the markets of derlng feed for thousands oftgovides miles of ornate and taught sheer,thirty. prises - The 4rv farmiiwp area Valiev Gun club., The Duck- - ovh-- in- reWldtne electric being Simple camphor, hrdrutu, witch-haze- l, tbemm-t'light tha vest are flooded wlt . Jiogehlc.r and some cattle and horses, and the m$in laterals and about forty miles Health and moral are exteng.vely. also given nun club ha the largest, hunt- syem of the town. ts expected in time to grow a cherries. ede., as miked in lAroptik eye jv;4 in the small 'Owned of laterals main mountain ranges furnish, three achwds, and emphasis , daily it been a of stM1bmwnt operated lodre. Th having (V'mnletd wstsr sysand wheat proof ing amount the lit addition to these three wash, strengthens eve, and helps any large aa they fio, in be fuMsl tv o eafs sgo at a cost' of IIS.OOO. tem soured tt an excellent summer range for sheep, by the settlers, A report of a few shout six springs, diction of thobsdnds of hoes, turkeys fruits many strawberries, principal cash showed of weak, strained or sofe eves. anricota the best years ego that there Vers of the very ximit of the a'heela of jam convtructlm on- the building was milre from Brigham, is a rln whkh and horses. Some and chMcens, larcely on feed which prunes and plums n re aln grown in eatfe acres .of tend (Irrigated industry. continued Mr. BkHmore. Runervined bv Fnlomon Nelson of Ran ourehred Rambnuillet and Hampshire about well nndrr way.. At the present Lavoptik acts very quickly. Alumithe county. Of recent years more pow goes River Reas canal system, the teachers of Roxcldcf verlta- - Lake, a veteran huner. This dub and Hereford 'cattle, breeders lh under the m the supply la obtained from num eye cup free. ScUramm-JohnsoVertUe ami ideally adapted to sugag tention has been paid to the Mo behevora m vitalized education, was organized in 1902 and now baa raising the stale are in lioxe.der county. The as agam&t li,v0d acres in L&DL llollirrg springs, and an extension of Drugs. (Adr.) one-ha- lf Box-eld- 1 popu-late- d 6-- it-- fr a Utah-Idah- n iht-Th- . tr -- Tro-.h'H- o , i stone-rihne- te .i O . f fruit-trees!- dry-far- .AAia-i- u- lx-Uktue- nr i j - . -. , i -- " :tnrerva;rV.ron.r!t"!ll Vl.V rfi rrf.. Ytee AUEEN wa-ab- iivl!te - eii-ti- -- corn-win- p-- y - -- e j . - This Helps Eye Strain |