| Show GENTILE VALLEY IDAHO A few items in relation to a section of country not olten often heard board from through newspaper columns may be oi 01 interest to many of your readers reader I 1 rotor to the curiously named flU ientile entile valley in bannock county idaho leaving oxford a small railroad town on the utah and northern railway and following about twenty aultes of road which beaus to a great extent over low mountain passes and narrow canyons canyo ius cleveland ward is ie reached beached ea ched the inhabitants of this thrifty little burg have certainly toll followed owed the good advice to not jay their foundations in the ibe sand and as the settlement dett lement appears to be located in the very tops of we mountains cleveland has baa a well attended district school and here is also located the only tore in the valley under tho enter neing management of mr james larsen Li araen across the bear river which flows through Ithe abe center cantor ot the entire valley and within nailing distance irom cleveland to ia the mount mound valley ward yet on oil account of a lack ut ot bridges across the river it Is ia necessary to travel about six miles to flud fl ud a good ord ford and reach mauld valley the industrious citizens of this waru nave shown a ureal amount of enterprise during duriex the past year by erects erecting ng a fine brick meeting house twenty our by forty feet inside sod aud also a large district schoolhouse to the abe indefatigable de labors of B shop eli bit bon ben uett a large amount of this spirit oi 01 improvement is due and the members ot of we abe ward appreciating the adeau ad va li nages ot of a suitable place tor the be aduca ion ot of their children obi luren as well as a build lost inie tor for worship and innocent amusements have carried out their plans iu in a mauner manner which would do credit to ft vauoti more numerous numer oui and wealthy population A brass band by some acme ol of the young men oi of the place la in among the musical organizations ol of the ward about six nix miles milea northeast of mound valley la Is the he trout crook creek or jagt ward A fine large meeting hibar has hae been erected here during curing the present year fear under the BUp erviel n of bishop M M harrr harris and an efficient building ommittee among whom brother JP S renaer hall bab lent an unusual amount of energy toward the goud good work across the valley some five or six aix miles ailles from trout creek JB is thatcher the ibe ward in the valley eaon baca of we the settlements named hae bat its ita public school the attendance of each averaging about fifty many torlea stories in relation to the name this valley bears can be heard beard the most moat probable of them bet being ug that in the jays jay when antagonism against again the be cormons mormons in idaho was waa at a hab pitch a few non Mormon attlen settlers took up the fintel almi there making boasts that oo no mormon settlers should be allowed to enter and christening the place gentile valley JIJI however this hi may be it la Is a tact fact wat that four pro gres sive mormon wards warda are today ton ay joa ed in the valley and that thai every citizen regardless of religious belief Is doing his bia best belt to build up a thrifty and enterprising commonwealth extending north from gentile valley for a great die distance tance Is ia an tract of arid land dotted in many places with leeds bedarf of lava rock th through rouga a portion of this tract of land runs run the bear river and a number of Rett rattlers lers are now making an attempt to secure water for this land by building a dam in the river if their efforts are successful it will be a great boon for that bat section as thousands of bores of land can haq thereby be brought under cultivation J FRANK OXFORD idaho D 0 |
