| Show POWELLS EXPLORING expedition lr sale SALT lane LAKE CITY aug 10 1872 editor deseret mems wems the close of my last letter the expedition had reached the third maquis ruins rains that was on tha the ath of july from there we went down through gli gil mound canyon the walls walla of which as a general thing are aro low we climbed several beveral places and found the country for miles on the other side of the river not nothing hiliK but bare sandstone cut up into mounds with here and there a pocket of water when about sixty miles down mound canyon we came to two more mote maquis ruins they were were very indistinct and we could find nothing but pottery and a few cornerstones of the houses we ran several reveral rapids some of them not ver very y bad bid ones I 1 and found one oue house in very good preservation reser vallon it ic seemed to have been a store room for corn as it contained corn cobs arrow heads and pottery this place was sheltered by an overhanging rock so BO that the weather had had bad no effect upon it wt could see finger marks on the rock rook work which was well done being p put ut up as true as a die the to ahli thib house or store room where lve the people bad gone goda in ill aud nud out wa was s worn down several beveral inches we arrived at ban san luan iuan river on july it ib is ia about sa a wide as aa the jordan the water being very shallow we found a few ruins there and some pottery different from any we had seen before lefore it was of a yellow color and markings the on it were very fine we now entered monument canyon and camped at the mouth of the gulch and on going a mile and a half up the gulch we came carwie carbie to the famous music tem term plea a large foet foot across about feet long and feet high the mails malls being coming nearly tb gither together atthe at the top at thet the far ou end d there was an aperture through which h entered enter edthe the waters of a small fall all ali around the walls were beautifully decorated with fer ferns n 8 the echo in the music temple I 1 ia the finest I 1 eyer ever heard one person singing in a low voice sounds like a whole choir in this temple we found cottonwood ton wood redwood maple and currant bushes itis a beautiful place there was a big pool of clear elear water where the fall was we camped there two and a half days rained in and during the rain storm we saw some bome very verk very nine fine sights in the shape of 0 cataracts aud waterfalls one of the latter right t opposite p osite on twe the other bide side of the r river v er le teil feil 11 bone bune thousand feet T the be water as large as a mans body fell into the river with w ith a terrible roar five miles below this we came to mount seneca howland so named after a member of the majors first paty ilat ilai ty killed by indians in 1869 if here ere we came to a rapid the roar of which we heard beard two t W 0 miles before we got to it it was about three thred quarters of a mile long and very rough the waves running twe twelve ive lve feet high we got safe through but ran great risk in doing so two further flir ther along we ve encountered an another otiler rapid and got safe through ii iq and ten milea miles farther further we cam camo 9 to another the wails walla of the canyon were now overa over a thousand feet high and perpendicular di except hero here and there a place where they leaned a little the water came righetto right to the walls the day before we entered the Pa harla haria we ran inn forty miles in our boat in six hours twenty miles above the mouth of the we came to sentinel rock bock creek a kind of elevator rock standing alone right in the rl river berut at the mouth of a large clear creek thib this rook rock is about feet high and 20 feet broad at tit the top the next day we ran into the ria xia rias tt a very muddy stream we camped in lonely dell and remained there until we aagot got gov ready to go down the grand canyon we left lonely dell on the of july in company with mr john dlee D lee for kanab to see the major and professor thompson the country Coli the first day out from the mouth of 0 the IA harla haria is ia very barren no lic vegetation nothing but a kind of soil into which the pedestrian sinks ankle deep at ILI every step the next day at noon we reached jacobs pools where mr lee har haht started a dairy airy d with a good many cows we went to of the mountain and found several pools of nice nica clear elear water next day after traveling ten miles we came to house rock bock valley a very fine nine valley bordered on one side by the buckskin mountains and on the other by bv the pink alitta cliffy the valley vailey is about t A enty miles jong long and from one and a half to two miles milea wide it is ia A a ve very verj ry tine fine grazing country at the head 0 the valley is a floe clear cold spring coming out of the cliff the next day we went over the buckskin mountains Moun taina they are about aboul eighteen miles across heavily timbered and very rough being composed of ol 01 limestone and quartz we found some fossils which proved to be prodoc pro duc torb tors t if and some fine cri eri grinolds and cora coral eoral we came down the mountain the same day went nit fit een or twenty miles through a aine aane grazi grazing ng country and arrived at johnsons just after sun run down we next went to the kana and on the 29 of july in company alth with 0 el oliphant up to the upper kanab and found it to be a very ine lne grazing country low rolling bills with any amount of grass and timber but not any teo too much water here Is ia located the tbt st george co operative cooperative cheese factory next day crossed the divide and went on to the head of tho tb sevier and there saw as 88 file a country as we had bad seen anywhere oil on the trip low hills bills full of grabs grass and timber and pleny of water bu hul bul rather cold followed down the savier and next day arrived at pang witch just above this place on the night of the third of august water froze a quarter of an inch the countr country around Pang witch la Is very desert rocky and gravelly there ia 18 plenty of grass but no gardens it is a good place forshall for small grain and stock raising the settlers bottlers feel well and are doing first rate they have plenty of lumber to build their houses bouses we left Pang witch towards evening and traveled fifteen miles and thal that dight night went down through the narrow on the sevier seyler and about noon next nexida day arrived at Cir clr circleville cleville a deserted town we counted fifty houses bouses some with the ibe doors open saw ox bows and hay bay harracks hayracks racks lying around everything was in ingouf gloo order justas J use as it if the people had bad only been gone an houri hour budnot a living sour to be seen saw some of the finest ha ba there I 1 ever saw in my life it was over knee kanee bieh high biah blah and thousands of acres of it ft circle valley Is jis about aboul fifteen miles in diameter the next day arrived at Marys vill ai t splendid district of country forst for stock there are area h few ranches scattered along the river on the following day went to alma the largest settlement we saw on the sevier bevier things looked well here considering that thal the people only returned to the settlement last fall rhey have raised such a large quantity of grain this season that it la is worth only three bits a bushel an hour after leaving arrived dt at alma a I 1 very fine beki bemi and contains aboud about seventy five families any amount of grain has bas been raised this se beason season iLson could wood ou on the of i the river passed rocky bocky and gravel lyord ford where the settlers wilh wilb the in deans in 68 fog there is no fear of there now arrived nest next day at bellna belina where there are fl nine fine de salt springe springs found there some fine specimens of salt balt and some crystal salts fourteen miles from selina reached rear thed a very fane ane looking place the people are lively levely and stirring and have raised many thousands of bushels of grain this thib sea son bon same night arrived at war warm creek where there is adre bay than grain and the finest looking house houses been seen on the ernp here aiso also we struck the telegraph left the 8 vier uler that day and arrived at levan on sunday noon and came on to salt galt creek that evening from there on in all the settle bettle passed through found the bame same evidences of prosperity among the people reached beached this city on on the evening ot of tuesday oth instant respectfully W A JOHNSON johnsoh PARIS idaho aug 0 1872 editor deseret news the contrast that presents itself to the visitor to this tha valley between the present date and one year ago is marked then the grain the grasa grass the weeds in fact everything green had bad suffered fearfully from the ravages ravage of the hoppers the fields were a wry weary was waste teof of dust and stubble the range was bare and dreary looking the trees lifted their leafless branches skyward denuded of every vestige of summer clothing the towns and villages looked forlorn in the prospect pro specs for future improvement but today to day how great is the fields of grain of immense i magni I 1 tude stretch across the valley the grass carpeta carpets every available foot of ground fhe ahe mountain sides bides are green with a luxuriant growth of tunch bunch gras whilst the land promises better than for years yera before A aba asa a result the people are feeling better the towns look plen plea anter kanter aud and the spirit of progress aud aud sud improvement la Is rapidly grow ing ins Aless rs kimball price duffy have just started their shingle shi ehi nyle lath and mill the shingles are of as good a quality as can be found lu in the alu aiu alt lube market their machinery ls la of the latest style and most improved battern hulls self acting shingle and heading machine J A fay cos coh planer tue capacity of the shingle machine is from ten tou to eighteen th usand per diem hold hoid for 4 per M A grist mill owned by president rich is under way and judging from he prospect for grain in the valley cannot be finished too soon A irke irre tannery owned by kimball and D iffy only awaits the procuring of a nood rood tanner to commence operations rhese improvements have been accod in twelve months mouths several good build buildings ingia for private residences are under way and will add much to the appearance of the place when fin nin dished the recent establishment of a telegraph line between this point and franklin hab haa doue done much to sir bar bir up public spirit and to increase the desire to 10 open up rapid communication with the outside world possibly no locality in the mountains is as much isolated ibo iao jated as aa bar bear like valley and whose people would be more bene betle fitted by railway i interest merest A lin ilu of road from the southern extremity of the valley touching all the settlements on its way north to soda sods city would be of immense value to the people the grade would be bei of small moment the ties could be obtained near the road as it a fine tody of timber flirta the mountain range the whole distance the road once coni completed plated from soda 1 ton would enhance the value of property here about tour four fold A line of telegraph is talked of to con aeck soda boda city with this point poin tand and will doubt doubtless les las be pul put through tigh ere winter aheady A heavy frost or more properly speaking a freeze a night or two si since ce in some isome localities injured the potatoe and vegetable crop some but not to an extent that will prove at all disastrous the edid cold was sufficient to cover the top of A common wash with tub with lc co to one coming from the city and its heat beat the cold coid suggested the ides idea that the northwest passage could be sought for advantageously in ubin ibis locality stoves and oyer over coats costs came into requisition at the close of the day it was something unusual for the season of b f the year but the older citizens did not appear to be disturbed in the least when to all human appearances the would prove a great disaster toabe to the valley bat but little damage was done however and a few dass dasa moderated afi the weather down to a temperature temora ture that wah waa a perfect luxury cism visiting ng st charles to attend a two days meeting we gou gol a good view of he ake ahe one of the finest bodies of water in the mountains st charles is certainly a beautiful place and the efforts of its citizens are rapidly m aking it an ornament to the valley bo B o jonathan has a flower garden that would do credit to the oldest city in the territory it contains a slon sion of beautiful flo flowers were that appear to thrive and grow luxuriantly especial y every vur variety lety of pink which apparently bears a heavier andrich and richer tir bloom than I 1 ever observed anywhere before fine specimens of rosee rose roae liam larkspur and marigold were bordering the walks of his tastily arranged grounds and bespoke a feeling of reHn ement ia a degree of intelligence and a laudable spirit of enterprise that were certainly very commendable A I 1 nursery of fine thrifty fruit trees adjacent to his bis garden appeared to promise splendid orchards of fine tine fruit in the future bro wilkes also possesses a fine floe variety of flowers that add much to the beauty of his home homei in addition to an apple tree with veritable apples upon it of thip thir th Is understood to be h the summer view of the valley galley oaly only those who winter here can form any conception of the character of the win ter think of the front yard fence re out of sight under the snow tive live montha naon raon tha you who are accustomed to eight and ton inches of snow enow I 1 A lady a former resident of salt lake city informed me that for many weeks callers slid from the top of the front gate into the door of the house instances are related where neighbors on the same block visiting have lost themselves in the tho snow and required aid to extricate them in the northern end of the valley a lady informed me that during the winter season she never made a cull cmil or visit except ou on snow shoes just think of some of our modern belles making fashionable morning calls skating over the tops of abe the fences on a pair of Esqui maux snow snow shoes varying from three to eight feet febi in length I 1 I 1 have searched assiduously for a single case of sickness but have so BO far failed to in fact the citizens h re haire have almost forgotten the t ame me honored complimentary Inqui inequity ty how are your ydun folks bly and toem to trem irem em at a loss what whig to say in reply deeming it it a question altogether unnecessary un nn der existing circumstances the children are strong hearty and healthy genuine specimens of robust boy and girlhood they live on plain diet arain ure are in the open air a agrest great deal and are not at all alarmed at getto getting ketting nun mun burnt Oue young man struck the tha key note to a few of the ideas when alluding to I 1 in a the fashions he be stated that while he was opposed to the fashions of the day yet he did not wish to go to an extra extreme ne it if a man wanted to wear a paper collar all right he be could see nothing particularly wrong in it espi especially bially if the collar was of a decent style but a man that would wear a shakespeare collar was a aboody booby that did not deserve a place in respectable society everywhere one goes the thia aade kind warm hospitality to is to be found that gives to frontier lire life its greatest charm all appear to vie vla with each other in their endeavor to make the surroundings of the pleasant the Luon monster sterly has no not t yel yet made hib bib appearance this season but Is doubtless only awaiting the return of 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