Show HK 11 13 11 bro nce I 1 V j bim hin alm 3 yay vay L ley LEW 1 1 jot udo muo u i I 1 I 1 I 1 w J 7 1 i pali pals accra march 7 edt edi t wow now thinking a few items from this southern country would probably be ot of interest to your readers I 1 omer offer them leaving st george abst last friday a mj a ride of thirty five nive miles forthe for the most part of the way up hill brought liae meto to PINE VALLEY ln is a small smail sma sms settlement presided over by bishop juliam snow show and important for its jumber lumber trade the people of lne Pine ine valley possess ss facilities faculties for making a living superior to those in ili most moat of the dixie settlements is from frond here the lumber is obtained near nearly all the region round about although although there aie ale are a number of water power waw saw mills here the supply of lumber Is insufficient for the demand and allds steam power saw mill owned by MI cop elan and now being run near beaver Is to be moved and put in operation here in few Twelve miles north korthof nor of here herebi 10 PINTO a thrifty little settlement of about fourteen families several very good ilous Jious houses eB I 1 and a d very neat substantial meeting house bishop B R robinson is a stirring enterprising man and under his hib supera Intend ence enee the people of this settlement have organized a operative cooperative co stock herd which is now in successful operation and in connection with which a dairy is soon to be started upon the same principle A ride of twenty miles westward from here passing on the way fort hamblin which only boasts of four families and I 1 arrive at shoal creek or as it is now called hebron 1 here her s many improvements Improve ments menta have been ian lan i made since bince I 1 last visited this place year ago aljo bro geo H Crosby Cros byle lB I 1 think the youngest though not the least successful bishop in the territory under his guidance the people are united and as an evidence of their well doing he tells me that in the whole settlement which contains about twenty meir men only one person uses tobacco the mail facilities of hebran are tire nob not the best av aff they get their thein mall mail from pinto P into where it arrives tri weekly by chance ance teams teama passing that way vay wa y or by privat private conveyance there Is an excellent range rings in this vicinity and the people deal largely in stock cooper co oo oper active cattle cattie and sheep herds have also been established here and are quite successful cess ful when the brothers first settled heie here eight years ago A there was scarcely water sufficient for their I 1 animals to drink since then it has gradually increased until now sixteen families famille shere here find plenty of water for fo their farming farm farb iber thEr operations traveling westward from hebron for fora a distance b of twelve ralles I 1 come upon the dividing line pointed by a tree beside the road being hewn on two sides and athi bel hel being heing g cut on the east bide side and nevada on oil pt the he west for thirty miles after leaving hebron I 1 travel through an all uneven rolling country covered cover ed thickly y with sage brush and cedars abounding in grass but with no water and then the arrive at CLOVER VALLEY berels here is a settlement of about sixteen families milles who depend for their living chiefly upon hauling lumber from the thet steam steaba saw mill situate ten miles farther south bouth to meadow valley vailey there as N very veny little littie land here suitable to cultivate anait and lils Is not a very desirable place to live in there is a very good road roads between here and meadow valley vailey and for a part of the way the scenery is grand gnand rand beyond description for some nand distance istance the road follows downa large Wash on either side of which I 1 as si a high and add precipitous bank of sand or rather sandstone worn smooth by the action of water in some places in others washed and worn until de deep ebe fissure sand yawning chasms meet the t gaze on oa every hand here the storms of ages have carved the soft rock jutzi I 1 almost every conceivable shape tow ering above may be seen huge piles with spire and turrets turret innumerable while below are grotis grotesque que groupings of figures differently shaped from five to twelve feet high and ap p more like monuments ants in a churchyard than anything else cloes clos beside wide the road like sentinel duty are tall and slender figures that lock look as I 1 if a gust orvind oywind of vind wind would blow them ovir in the distance are groups af ofte taie ne shaped mounds appearing appear Fj like the tedi teri taWa a vaal vaai arms army tir clr is a wild fantastic baa bra beauty y a ae f afi vyt yf V i q erf ign adl arl yi V th rarely e e excelled tn any country C coming inta meadow adow Valle valie yI first get big ft ulli duville a town oh on the w westside eit iside of f the valley vailey built w within I 1 tafil the pat pst t year the shrill whistle wh istl of the steam engines at the three large quartz mills there makes me almost think myself 1 1 near a railroad and the accompanying rumbling poise produced by bk the mills answers well vell for the rolling lIn gears cars making a arnin ur nIn the road I 1 come in full fall view of 0 1 the Improve improvements improvement men ts here bince since I 1 lase last visited the place are very noticeable tha people hava been harassed and menaced by tha the nevada navada officers befaro before and aud bince since ahe he dividing boundary line was waa decided more than a little yet they have held their ground ana and stood lights and a suit is now pending decision in the acourt at pioche concerning the legality of the taxation last year of their property there thene is a co cooperative operative store herein herain fine working or order der wb abich I 1 Z 1 I 1 think does a larger business tha any ny store jn in utah south of provo rother brother 13 james henrie is 0 good business man and ia Is well weil liked here for a bishop and thet the people pennie are uni unit edrin cAr carrying out buthla his co counsels unseld i Q qi 0 XI L |