Show eme mum CASTLE dale DAIE emery cop co cos U T feb ath A D 1881 editor deseret news in august 1880 this place was visited by apostles erastus snow brigham young francis al lyman layman and their compa route for colorado and arizona and president canute petersen and other brethren from sanpete valley at which time we were appointed to preside over the emery stake of zion our homes were then in sanpete valley respectively at spring city and mount pleasant responding to the call we prepared ourselves to winter with the saints in castle valley demay here state that we were not at first so favorably inclined towards this valley but as we became better acquainted with the facilities and resources res resources burces of the valley the more are we convinced of its a adaptability t I 1 ity for fon or homes omes for latter day ay saints 3 in A goodly supply of wafer water fro from mountain streams passes through the valley and empty their great waste into in to the colorado ilver river these are scarcely affected t ly y the amount of water which has thus far been taken for irrigating purposes among these streams are price river elver huntington creek cottonwood creek ferron creek and the muddy many years will no doubt elapse berbr before all the available lands on either of bf those creeks will be utilized besides thee there green river biver with the gunnison valley yet ca corm corn ively unsettled will in the fu ture undoubtedly yield to the faithful stroke of the sturdy husbandman furnishing homes i and ance for thousands of so souls als small grain does tolerably well and harvests early the vegetable growing properties of the tiie so soil are aro aregood good the climate and soil seem well adapted to the growing of cane antl and corn with the addition of a good flour mill which is now being built wilt by bro samuel jewkes cos co and will no be completed by next harvest we will consider ourselves in pretty good circumstances and established talAi shea shed on a good foundation A very good quality of graham flour and also of corn meal is now being furnished by the mill the site recommended by the postles apostle A s when here as ag the most suitable on which to fou tou ad a city at Cast ledale has lleen lieen purchased ui chased and surveyed gurve into blocks containing four lots each each lot being 13 rods square with streets six rods wide and suitable public and church gilo grounds ands the ditch intended to convey water on to the townsite has been surveyed anti and is now being successfully fully worked A school schoolhouse house bouse has been built oil on the townsite town site and in coue couo consequence quence of the present eat scat cat condition of the people ani other schoolhouse school house has been built about one mile mille and a half further west day schools are kept in each house houses wlter an enrollment of about 50 pupils which in connect tion with two sunday schools in the ward and sunday meetings a fair opportunity is afforded for the and development of the tiie youthful minds the townsite at huntington is one mile square surveyed into blocks containing four tour lots each lot fe fa 16 rods square ther the street reet arosix are six rix rod rods j wide much laboi ha has hay already been performed on their townsite ditch they rhey have a very good meetinghouse 4 dimensions limen lib jib ensigns blons 1 14 14 x 30 feet bi dj shop cox has hag almust completed hla hia dwelling house on the townsite town eito eite liss uia also been located and surveyed at 11 perron lerron erron on which bishop waylor and many other are building the town lots contain one and a b half a dacres acres each they have sunday and day schools in these wards sabbath and aud vw d meetings ire well attended our county officers appear to be actively looking after the interests of or the people districting districting the county into precincts and sli suitable hable kaule road and school districts present appe appearances brances indi judi cale that in the near fis future tit olt re a railroad will be completed into this valley vailey large bodies of timber 1 mb e suitable for milling buDding bunding a and nd fen feu fencing c 1 u pur poes poem pokes alip abound aind tind in the mounta mountains i u laud and are reao reasonably nab ly ea eay V of access access two Saw sawmills have been built bulit one oue on huntington creek and one 0 on 0 n the head waters of cottonwood 0 ode C creek reek 1 and another is now in in course of ot construction st from these we believe S that thata a sufficient amount ot lum um tb ber can be obtained for building buildings and other oilier necessary purposes square re edged lumber and of a very lc 9 good quality is sold at the mills at rk ri and per hundred feet la th on the low loir benches is an in inex ex al p haus tIble Uble supply of or firewood nut IV ivi pine pine and cedar nig besides sides which the 0 innumerable coal veins cropping cut od to the observing observe ing eye of tho the tr ra I 1 velor avela fed on the right and left when passing lit through our ouk can canyons prom promise ise lse a sat safe sate e b be e guard against a a monopoly of coal ol lee trade in emery county e the win winter ter bas has been quite open ov 0 the earth i is s now sufficiently frie freel j from frost trost to admit of plowing and and aud a the weather is fine for outdoor work world a stock has wintered well on oh the b range st A to those seeking fi homes onles onies we extend B a cordial invitation to visit this place il it and if they will wil I 1 call upon us ts we will i I 1 endeavor to direct them to suitable n ir localities i on wednesday the gih we will i start to visit the saints at grand va valley va your most valuable paper we re belve pretty regularly and our pin cin pene cere wishes are aro that the editor may T lug live to biess blesa its numerous reada erg erd with a continuation of goot read J ing alid and wise poun counsels sels kels r with much interest for the weli fare of zion wo subscribe ourselves at your brethren in the gospel of peace at 1 t CHRISTIAN G iarsen JARSEN J ARSEN 0 0 ORAN ORANGE cie cir SEELY if t |