| Show KANE COUNTY IS BEAUTIFUL KANAB baue county july 27 1890 1896 the dry spell of two years beare was waa brokel two weeks ago when gentle showers of rain began to all and havo have continued almost every afternoon since some of our stoc stockmen kmen had bad began to despair dee pair and as one said be wished himself in IB toe the st louis whirlwind fifty per cent of range stock have died through the drought even the sagebrush had bad dried up and blowe away not a blade of graw grass nor ft a wood weed could be seen in our streets or on the range and even tour our lugero andi other crops which had not been well wel irrigated were dying but now every thing to IB lovely elythe lov tb graae egrass is ia starting arting Bt up all over the bills and plains and that stockman wears wean a broad dutch smile mile all over his hie face bas baa promised prom leed his hie wife to take it all back and buy her a new d rem it if she will quit twitting him about his bie wish happy to say but bul little damage has baa been done our dam and water ditches although a heavy cloudburst on the night of the eth came very near taking out our flume and threatened the went weak end of our dam through freshets fresh fres bete ets from side aide canyons at the call of the a prompt turn out of the stockholders re paired the flume atil and ditches and the water was in town own again muddy as ae a duck puddle we do not consider our interests out of danger dander by soy any means but this to ie the first season for many ye years are that the thunder showers have not does dane us ua more barm than good oiling up and breaking our canals and ditches the people of kanab were d leap pointed last evening aa they met at the appointed hour to bear a lecture from prof J M tanner of the agricultural college 0 of f logan liogas the gentleman did not put in an appearance we fear he be may have gone aown the rio bio virgen in ina a freshet or back north via pan lake J JL B |
