| Show IN GARFIELD COUNTY across the mountain range to the seat east from panguitch some sixty five miles lies escalante under towering m mountains oun taine that rue rise to the west aou anu north while to the southeast it oleks out into a genuine desert this has been a threat great cattle raising center the settlers ranched their stock in the mountains in the summer and drove them on to lije deserts for winter this was such a success in the patt that it brought prosperity to the people but the kaptu increase of sheep in tho the country is ie destroying the grass and 0 late it Is quite bommon for many of the steers to disappear from the winter winger range yet escalante escalade la Is a veritable oasis in the desert good gardens filled with all kinds of vege vegetables tabler and or orchards well laden with fruit gladden the eye while commodious barns well filled with hay bay are quite common prom from escalante Esea lante we journeyed to upper potato valley where are some prosperous summer ranches nobes ra and then down over a steep divide past some romantic scenery on to the head bead of to benneville henrieville Hen Henri neville eville surrounded with stoop inclines and towering cliffert olin clif feit sit lies in a little narrow valley where all the land they have water for appears to be cultivated farther on lies cannon ville with a background of towering red clefts and still farther down Is ia georgetown all within about four miles of each other at these places harvest was on and we saw the old fashioned cradle being swung by stalwart tal wart sons aona of tonj to the grain grows in small patches where it would not be practicable sWe to run machines to tibe the northeast of these theae places is the now new town of tropic des dea tined to be the largest and most moat desirable town in this part of utah all they need is to continue tho the good work already begun and get in a few more settlers to aid in completing their irrigation system they have in contemplation the making of a large reservoir that will more than double their present irrigation water and allow several thousand acres more land to be brou brought under cultivation the town to is supplied with water for culinary purposes from springs about two miles above the town and it 1 piped into the place it would give them an abundant supply of water for all purposes it has been decided to begin work immediately on the reservoir the place to is well supplied with excellent saw timber and lumber can be had at from eight to ton ten dollars a thousand while tour four loads of goodlor wood for fuel can be hauled in a day and d abundance of coal a 0 n be had fox for tho the digging as it crops out in abundance all around the valley all io in all this is a desirable place for industrious frugal saints to make a home from tropic we returned to the th upper country to mammoth ward or as it to is popularly called a land of beautiful summer rai ranches achoo hero here we endured one of those sudden showers that this his region is noted for at this thia season of the year it hailed balled and rained as though it meant busin busi Dew tg in our journey through stake we had the pleas pleasure of the coni company of one of utah Is veterans patriarch J L heywood who on the let of august celebrated his bis seventy ninth birthday in the full possession of his bia faculties and with a strong testimony of the gospel in his bin heart and blessings and good words for all the saints ho hei MOL met TRAVELER august lot 1894 I 1 |
