| Show A PROTEST F ROM FROM STAR VALLEY editor deseret news in your issue of the semiweekly SEMI WEEKLY NEWS of feb 28 23 is a communication from peter allen alien of star valley purporting tobe to be v lu able information for intending settlers of this thi part spart of the country the article in question has bag only just been shown to me and at the request of bishop C D cozier bazler and a number dumber of other prominent citizens I 1 hasten to refute some of the statements we do not propose to sit idle and have star valley given a black ev eye and its interests grossly misrepresented in such a 9 manner in the first place your correspondent dysthe ays the weather basteen very colland windy this winter 11 we lly deny the truth of this statement and can prove our assertion by all in this valley we have had no wind at all with the exception of a little always at creft preceding dl D g a storm neither have we had any severe cold with the exception of four days he says on account of 5 to 0 o many springs togs logo rise as soon as the sun sum goes down and do not disappear till the next dext morning this gives the impression Imp that this is a foggy country which to is not so and again but some people have moved here without counting the cost they cannot endure the long win winter terp 1 I I with all these dis advantages dyan some people are getting well off and raise good wheat potatoes corn tomatoes etc ap what inconsistency sis tency in the first place he says they moved here without count counting tug the he cost and then he be admits admit they athey raise balse i line fine wheat potatoes and other things nd 9 thinks that in a few years this will become like other valleys this being the case I 1 would like to know how bow the people have moved without and what peter allen alien in ia kicking about he says it Is ie almost death to cattle to be without shelter belter at least they do not thrive ilk like e stock blat that is in taken care of it appears aphea ra to me that cattle will do better in IB any country well taken care of your cor s idea appears to be to get a place where he can let his big stock rustle for themselves theme elvee and then be will be happy he describes the beauties of canada in glowing terms and advises people to go and see for themselves ilo this I 1 think would be the safer plan because a man who will misrepresent one ate section of cou country atty in his enthusiasm may do so with another it X will 1 I give you a few tien in ift regard to star valley of course we do not claim to have as ai fine a climate as you have in U utah tab that is pretty hard bard to find but I 1 emphatically assert that it is in not so 10 bad as has hag been represented it to is borud to build up and add with the railroad that to IB making for ogden and said to be 0 ming within twenty miles milea of 0 this place you will 9 see a development of this region that will be surprising we raised a large crop of grain last season estimated to be nearly if not quite enough to sustain all here till next harvest an AD abundance of excellent celent ex garden stuff and potatoes was abbo raised I 1 dont know but as good as la is grown in utah we have the best beet beet to he found anywhere com commanding mand better prie prie than beef raised in other sections which is attested to by stock buyers in here at all times let last r season and the one before there was raised more hay than was needed by hundreds of tons tone we have an unlimited supply of the purest water we have plenty of timber close at hand and have three sawmills two of which have been running all winter our grist mill has been in operation all winter our schools are in good trim an are in the hands of competent teachers and taking everything into consideration we have much to bp be thankful for and jf there are any more that are not satisfied with this tb is country there is room in canada but for my part th this Is a good enough ough for mje me bourm yours respectfully dat fully THOMAS H ROBERTS AFTON wyo march |
