| Show DIXIE SAINT Gr GEORGE iORGE jan 9 e speaking of saint george one who kas ai not been here can form no idea of the hoe winters that are enjoyed by the residents of dixie we thought we were prepared for anything ln la the line of climate she had to oner but imagine being transported in in a day m ten below zero into the middle of f ring where the robin the meadow birk and od the quail with their presence pre ence god tute flute like notes mingled with the bovny breezes of the fhe south which are wen laden with the licious delicious d odors of june t the north and if your imagination to is very strong and vivid you may per fops come within shouting distance the sahara desert to my mind would aben W more inviting to the explorer than was the country over which we travelled tra vered when in its primitive condition brave jedeed indeed were the men who pioneered tuis once desert but now fruitful country try all honor to those who have passed away every comfort should be adl tip aed tor for those who are still with us when we look around and see what has been done and consider what AMul difficulties ties had to be overcome over come the radians lod ians the alkali and controlling the water in the treacherous river whose freshets fresh ets would repeatedly sweep anav the work of months in the twinkling of an eye we san can form some sort ot of idea wf the stamina required and possessed by those who came first and are here yet Vet the majority in in the city of the dead from cedar city the road is one continuous descent for about fifty miles off kona from one rock onto two as some one has said indeed for miles it is literally paved with boulders and where there are no rocks sand ankle deep inter poses an almost impassable barrier bainer for a wagon egon with a load aluch work has been done on this road as is is evidenced by the thousands of tons of rock piled adb M each side for miles and miles resemble WS bw nothing so much as a large canal an A enterprising individual has piled flow MW and brush across one patch ot of aana for something like three fourths of gl a mile and levies 25 cents toll on those abo wish to travel that way but saint george is our goal and we at length turn the point which brings us in view of the beautiful snowwhite snow white ample and we feel that we have been repaid tor for our journey how often had vi war heard beard of dixie fa but like every oce eme else who had fever never been south in our own state we could never grasp the be idea of summer in winter now jib when we see the boys playing base ball io ia their shirt shi rt sleeves grass fresh and wen along the ditch banks people irrigating buds swelling birds in full feather and feel the warm delicious sunshine it is just as hard bard to believe that you at the north are passing what St called the dead of winter ahey are not entire entirely lv without incle weather ather here in dixie snows A sa quite common deep snows this too fik adami is the home of the frosts jack is at present traveling in the north the peculiar thing about it is the snow or frosts are not confined to any particular season you can hear of six inches of snow in the middle ot of may to six feet in july and jack frost visits the town sometimes in fruit season without any serious desulis re at present the streets of st george are dry and dusty we climbed the mesa on the north and from an eminence called ensign Peak could see the following named towns washington leads bloomington price and clara the rio virgin could be traced for miles its banks are putting on their cpr spring ing i clothing st george is a nice lice place and will some day furnish homes for many times its present population A line of saloons ba loons or a rail road croaa would be preferable to the present tortuous rocky sandy wagon road may one or the other come boonas soon as we intend theat to eat pickled grapes and paper shelled almonds another winter with the whole people of dixie HEM MEM |
