Show letter from manti mariti EDITOR DESERET NEWS thi thinking aking perhaps that a few items relative jo 9 matters ald and and ald things in this part of the territory might be acceptable I 1 submit the following for f your consideration the weather here during the winter has been very cold tho th othere there has not beeri been much snow and end cattle caule have win wintered well on the ran range ge with little littie or no loss losa to their heir owners i 1 aa As spring 19 is is 19 now near at hand our farmers are ara enga engaged ed in manuri rg their lands and getting hern them hein ready for the plow and very vory extensive ive jve preparations are being oade suade for grain arain rain raising thal thai coming season two new settlements have been commenced in this county one on pleasant creek the other othe i r on the san pich river on the road to salt creek 18 miles north of this place and 25 miles mile s south bouth east least of nephi this is an excellent place for a settlement as the land is good for far farming ming or grazing purposes with plenty of water fine wood and timber and tone coal in abundance coal mining will ba be carried on hereafter more extensively than heretofore and a sufficient amount will ba be kept kepi on hand to supply the demand which is yearly in increasing ing price 5 per toil ton persons wishing W hing to engage in farming cannot do better than to locate at this point the spirit of enterprise a and aud rid lid improvement is on the increase throughout the county three new saw mills and one floering flouring flou ring mill are under contract for erection our streets and roads are not forgotten go aten two substantial arched stone bridges bridge s are in progress of ejection and will soon be finished the first I 1 have seen in the territory gintic tintic the notorious ute chief died on the tho morning of the dinst the indians indiana had a big powwow pow wow on the occasion and killed eight horses to accompany him to the world of df spi fiti titi the citizens of hig his ibis territory who have been ac quai cited with his history will not much deplore his death aralene Ara pene Peteet nete and Sand pitch with a large number of indians are encamped four miles south of this place they are a heavy tax upon the people tp e as they are destitute of food and hava have to be ed led by the citizens they are waiting for the su enn dr forney to visit them but ho done dona th hat t his coming will not lie be prolonged and that tha tia tta ha a will do something so methin to relieve their necessities the united st states ites ates troops that have been end at ephraim have been ordered 0 to o other points it ia Is a general time of health peace and prosper ty in this and the 0 other ther 1 settlements in lit this touny GP G P |