| Show IN BANNOCK STAKE hon L J has bag returned from a trip through fremont and bingham bougham cou idaho these theae courties are included in the bannock zion and this the first visit the gentleman gentie iuan has baa made to that section since the or Kaniza tion of the stakes stake nine years ago the contrast between that time and the present in inthe the improvement bad settling up of the country is very marked As yet not many bave been built up to any extent an aa the people have been living on their farms arma to prove up their title to the lauds they are now directing more attention to making towns the spring besides being very back ward has baa abeen notable tor for winds and the absence of rain raid tola this has d irrigating by abe farmers I 1 to bring up the grain the cold weather has hag made the crops chopa latt late the t ettlene w hu are mostly young peoples people are however greatly encouraged as a rule the snake river to is bibber this season than ever known before and as a result there theis tie ie a bountiful supply of water are fair anere Is ia a and crop prospects grand country up there for agrical tu riRie rials and IL IG let ie belog being steadily improved aud and deve developed loped the salute saints have an excellent leeling eeling of unity and peace in some rome parts though not dot extended over a very wide areas area the grasshoppers are hatching batching out in large numbers aud and doing damage one man had bad a five acre field completely denuded of every vestige of vegetation grasshoppers are not of the local variety but are the I winged locust the ironclad pest peat that so eo devastated va stated this region a besore of since |
