Show SAN SAH RAPHAEL VALLEY A PLACE eor FOB settlement today to day wo we had the pleasure of a visit from brother thomas tidwell just in from ban san raphnel raphael valley emery county a locality newly opened for settlement about which very little is known in this part of the country itis it is about igo Omilee IG milet bouth west wosa of aeres here fa is oyer over soo feat feet lower than salt bait imre valley and consequently much warmer taking the year throughout brother tid well was the first man to enter eater and settle in the vailey talley valley which he did two yearb years ago quite a number of others have taken claims but have not yet got down to business being mostly at work on the nida rida railroad broad there are about six families living there now but no organization has yet been effected the valley ia 13 about thirty miles long and varies in width the average being two miles it affords ova acres of tillable land stretch ed along the bottoms the soil being rich and productive the tho growth of nearly all kinds of vegetables being wonderfully rapid melons Lr quash pumpkins and corn coin thrive remarkably and small grain yields well the san raphael river which is of about the same proportions as the sevier runs through the valley af lording affording an ample supply of water among the peculiar pecullar features of the country is that many thousands of acres of land are covered with a denho dense growth of cottonwood trees brother tidwells Tid place is five miles from the line lice of the denver rio nio grando grande railroad Bail road the work upon which causes an intense flush in busine business sag a bampie being that hay now commands tho the high price prica of 60 a ton of course thia rate is merely tran transient and will soon go down with mith the completion of the railroad work in the vicinity the tha tidwell farm is also fifteen miles from green river there aro are opening openings affording desirable facilities for numbers of new now settlers |