| Show THE PIONEER hapring W aben b on the pioneers cheera entered bait lake alloy they y found city creek across the present site bite of the attain in two branches one making its way wl ir in a general westerly direction grom noor near where the enge aage gate now as ania aim the other flowing la in a souther gout ber 5 w direction but the pioneer oona com pally did not dot make its ito camp on either bream at the location of pioneer equart gnu re the ground wan more level and ad willows and grass grow brew along alok a swami hall adream that ran fau a short abort distance th 1 a southwesterly direction and finally soaked ioto into the oll moll thle this me from a spring pring located gibout twenty rods roda from the he northeast corner of the old fort the water betas befog clear cool and sparkling that water wag waa a delightful draught to the thirsty band baad a M they erected in the heat beat of of the abe J july BUD e an the first brat habata atkin of at in this valley that T hii t pioneer spring la in located about fifteen rodi roda east of 0 the corner of third bouth and nd second west streets etre ete on an the north side aide ot of the street et within teo ten ft feet of at the paved sidewalk it still furnishes faro tabea Is a small mall stream ol at water thai antis its ite way to the water ditch near by but abe and surroundings arnoot in the condition ury were bait a century ago close by te a birtese shanty hanty occupied by the ibe mongolian who use the sa adjoining joining lot fox felt a Toge vegetable table garden and in the viel pity are sever several pil frame buildings buil dinge of not very pretentious appearance adart and rubbish have been thrown late and have hav accumulated around the he spring darlng until its ito appearance IR in forbid ding rather than otherwise but it is ie in S condition where it ean can be easily flored to its iti primitive state and be made a to look almost precisely liely as ai it du la in 1847 taken now with the SK aring of at spring a cleaning out and ahe k planting of some wild grass water alwo cr and a few willows willow and nd wild rose roe i bushes and the spot would look as it did in 1847 it would seem to be a very appropriate move if the pioneer jubilee oom corn mission would take steps to have that spring fenced io in and restored rea to an ae nearly its ita former condition as possible poe elble A little plot of about fifteen by twenty feet of ground would take in all the area necessary necee eary and doubtless the owner of the ground would be pleated to have it done A little planting Dg and some cleaning done this month so an aa to place it in perfect condition and a most beat fence would be a small thing to secure to the multitudes who will come here next july and all along the ummer summer season eabon so ao interest tug ing a pioneer relle relic as ai the spring which supplied eup plied the plunder neer camp with water for or culinary purposes aea during the first year in the she valley |
