Show J SPRING laake LAKE april jtb 1872 editor deseret news dear sir I 1 have just returned from my winters tour with the cashmere goats 1 I which I 1 left doing finely at johnson Jb hubon huson fifteen miles east of kanab through the severity of the th weather eweather and their crowded condition while on the cars most of them prematurely lost their kids which together with stormy and wet weather attending their trip south and scarcity of feed resulted in the loss of eighteen of the flock most of which were of interior inferior grade of mature kids which were mostly dropped 0 theroan d and in the coldest weather we succeeded in saving twenty four the twe higher the grade the more hardy ve va found the goats in fact we lost none done of dr the pure blood and they led the flock through the entire journey and although thou gh the ideas and figures of enghu blasts may never be fully realized yet I 1 do believe that the cashmere flock where it now is ie is just the right thing in the right place and will result in a great gre at ben industry to our country in returning through the sevier bevier valley we saw many things to note passing the upper dauab a delightful place over a ridge we sighted the vast bodies of lofty pines covering cover jug the low mountains while the groves or small smail valleys leading down towards the head of the virgen or sevier were in adois where in bummer summer bummer can be cut ent large quantities of excellent hay within a few miles of these forests we struck the savior which we followed through a beautiful country for farms and grazing to within seven miles of Pang PaDg where broa J H joadson and geoge wilson are constructing tinga ting a saw mill and prep preparing aring for a settlement which they call hillsdale atine afine a nine fine place for farms mud and aldstock stocK raising Pang we found fast increasing in size side end and from observation should call it the place of mammoth fields and their lands ar arb are eicel excellent lent in following down the sevier we noticed ed many lauy claims in the shape of a few logs placed as foundations for cabins while some are already camped on their claims and commencing their work in paes pass maesing fing through vui IVul eans eanls catlon cation lma a distance of about ten miles mites we fd found nd it very rocky and I 1 think we wei crossed the river some ten times in the distance circleville Cir cleville we found round to be a place of natural beauty and to judge atom appearance excellent for fields fielda alid mud flocks but all of its beet buildings are fast disappearing the fence posts hauled away and apparently taken to marysvale Marys vaie vule a fire had bad also been left perhaps by those committing the depredations dat ions that bad burned much farming material left on the ground I 1 have been informed that the residents at Marys Mary vaie vale are some of our high minded outside friends if so could they not be ba made by some moral or civil law to stop such depredations or cannot those who made or own the lm improvements movements rove ments now return and effect a permanent settlement div one thing much needed deeded is a mail route through the sevier valley and there is nothing to hinder it when properly represented to the deportment from salt creek it should pass through levan warm creek and the whole ahot chain of settlements to past hillsdale and upper kanab to johnson to which place a weekly mail is now running one thing I 1 did not like was the feel ing of some in relation to the indians the bevier sevier country is now becoming stocked with droves of deer and I 1 am told that they are being killed by the wagon load la in some places by one man I 1 was told that he be would kill all the deer ahat catbe he pleased and would kill the indians if they took his stock now I 1 donot quite like that kind of just justice ice let us respect the rights of the indian buy his game if we get it and teach him by example to be honest I 1 found foaud all well and prosperous at home respectfully yours A B D A aai and D al Soo boci lety lett the board ol of directors orthis of this society held a meeting on friday the dinst the report stated thit that theCa runty court had under favo favorable consideration cons ide ration the application for au an appropriation tobe to be applied in getting up a fair the elu hiu auspices spices of the society major blaar was present at the meeting and gaye gave ap ute resting account af what had been done by the iron county iron works the board adjourned for one week if i tue THE LAUGH the reese river biver neveille reveille reve Seve ilai file says the laugh is now on the mormon aldo alde |