Show randolph randalph bear biver niver valley rich county april 11 1872 Jt seret news dear sin there are very few people in a this place that take any aby newspaper lowing owl I 1 ug to 0 o pur gur ur having havink no mail and hav ing ung inato t depend on private vate teams to bring burgail our daf mall mali matter to us ua from evanston a distance of bome home thirty miles the people of this pwe place and woodruff and in tao tso fac pr all ail of bean bea lake balley are very anxious to haye have the mail far this county brought by way of Evanston a ud down through 11 this valley and over into bear lake 1 aa a this road can ean be traveled with teams all seasons of the year under existing circumstances the tha peblo peble of two of the most moat thriving settlements in the territory randolph aud auld woodruff judging from the time of their being settled tho summer of 1870 aro are left without communication with the joul side bide world only onty hs aa above stated by private teams our bur winter has been tho thel severest known in this thia part of the country for several yeara years 8 and I 1 think it probably seems beems voree worse on account of agrest many not having feed for their stock the thu winter of 1870 1 wad wael so mild nat that stock could run ad on du the range and keep fat a all ali it w winter winten and that mado made us dep lep depond nd on an this thia winfer winter being the samme satoe t though hoit hott h we fialo lost loat very vety few head bead of atuck from pf af feed I 1 suppose a dizion doisen would cover the sin din amount dunt our oar prospect for tor or hay bay this thia coming coining but summer bummer I 1 oer judging from the amount of snow and frater that we e have had bad is ve very y gool good J I 1 think our dur grain crops also wili will ilbe libe he good we have not raised much heretofore hereof bre on account of the dryness of ioe toe the soil soll and the weather wd ather we not having our bun bur water ditch made mada which will bring water for foi irrigating pur purposes posea from froni v stream about a mile mlle south of the town and our farming land lying mostly on the north horth the ditch when finished will bo be nive fre or six miles long BO that it will bet bat to the interest of those owning land or that expect to settle here to bo be here as aa soon ds as possible to put in their share shane on this ditoh dirch our old snow la Is hot quite all ail gone gono yet but we live in ill ho hopes es or 0 having a good war wat warm paring rink I 1 think that tha t when thia this valley im ia pro perly it will wili be ee second 1 to none in the northern part adit of the territory for rai ral raising sing senall 11 grain vegetables and stock WM |