| Show from uintah brother reuben 8 couett collett arrived mAshley tro valley uintah county yesterday berday he reports the people in in that t part of the territory to be ina in a apa flonna iri bing shing condition notwithstanding the fact that they are comparatively ini isolated so being miles min from salt lake and miles from either the ahe union pacific or D B R G W railways ashley valley is located new near the eastern t e n line of the territory oryo due east erom fora utah county the climate is sou about t the same as that of the last named county comaty and rood good soil and water jre abundant the country is a rich one for agricultural and stock interests lists summer range is plentiful the rope this year have been above the average throughout the territory the hay har crop has been very large ft is anticipated that the midland railway will pass through the southern end and of the valley which is twenty miles long and this will give eive railway direct with commercial deltres centres cen den tres though at present a good marlet market is found for products at fort Duch ducheane eone the country is not alone adapted lor farming interests ute rests on the range be aley and butah valleys a kompany has boosted eight bious if laud MW 14 09 ire barp la Is an immense supply of ot petroleum to in that district another wyoming company is also developing devo loping silver and wad idad mines A fine quality of asphalt is also abundance in mis CO contiguous to the settlements in ashley ashi I 1 ey valley there la Is plenty of coal of good re od quality and the supply ol of timber Is almost exhaustless and fla easy qt of access last week there was a co consolidation Joli k dation ot the canal companies in and about ashley the object being to store water in natural reservoirs that exist these are so arranged that with comparatively little difficulty an ample water bur supply ply can be obtained for the whole this year these lakes were tapped and abe water has been more t than a sufficient clent for the needs of the settlers a e t ere without any effort having been bee made to store it school facilities have considerably improved the last few years and the people eop lenow now have district schools in regular regular session and also sunday be schools and other organizations organization the greatest need of the county now seems to be good settlers land lana can be obtained at a low rate and good crops can be obtained fruit of various kinds cali can be raised in ili abundance the ashley valley is bordered on two sides by indian reservations on the he south by the uncompahgre and on the west by the uintah reservations the settlers however do not feet feel in the least degree nervous on this ac count in fact when there was so much said isid about indian troubles during the recent difficulties la in garfield county colorado the ashley settlers though close at hands band heard much less of prospective danger than did points farther away from the tact fact that reports were i greatly exaggerated before they came to the public at that time the set tiers were perfectly at ease and there was not an indication of any ally intent on en the part of the indians indiana to disturb them in fact the red men are not there in sufficient numbers and it there was any uprising of chica there is hardly a possibility the troops at a t fort du chesne are more than able to protect the settlements |
