Show GIVES COUNTY A GOOD BOOST the folio ving account of what he found in county was written by prof A R ng of salt lake who has spent the past month here emery county is situated in the east central part of the state and comprises anat is I 1 as castle valley and part of the rugged and timbered spur of the wasatch range on the west from which flow turbulent streams that meander like silver threads to a land of fert 1 ty 1 clow the eastern side of the county consists of a series of casti like ranges of hills and mountains from which the castle valley derives its ap and gazed upon from the eastern slope of the Wat sah reminds one of the ancient and ant que rums of damascus or babylon emery county has an area of about 5 square miles it slopes dec deadly to the east the drainage being meagre and moderate thereby eliminating wash ng and wearing of u 1 the loam consists of a mixture of clay and sand set on a strata of slate and gravel the great water supply which is accessible access able and obtainable and the structure and insistency of the soil as above stated esthe production in excess of any the state lucern is the janef chiy crop and averages about sig tons to the season the potato crop is head ahner the cereals of the temperate zone are common wheat and oats being the gainsa of late the raiding of lucern seed hdm become one of the most prom nei t features of agriculture the seed is now sell ng at 14 cents p r pound cat tie horses and mules are raised in the valley and are marketable at an excess figure during an part of the season sheep are grazed on the mountains in summer and on the eastern plain d ieng the winter emery county his an assessed aaion of 3 it has miles of railroad m les of excellent stage roads miles of good canyon roads it is an oasis in the and plateaus of the n region it 1 and will succor the future frugal and in dust man who obeys the mandate and admonition of horace greeley go west and grow up with the country the of oil which are no v be ing developed by eastern and western cap tal in the southern part of the county together with the great coal I 1 fields which are prevalent in all the county both valley and mountain de anand that the county be intersected by a railroad it is an ad fact that within two yeara the county will be a network of railroad and will fittingly be given the cognomen of the pennsyl van a of the west will seive as the gateway to the east edier county has a population of the greater part of which is d along th streams in the western part of the county the annc pal towns hunt ng ton orangeville Orang eville ferron cleveland emery and green river Cast ledale the county seat has a population of 1100 it is situated on cottonwood creek its bicad streets 1 ned with excellent shade trees makes it a ful to here is located the emery academy bu it at a cot of 35 by the people of emery stake it will ever serve as a monument to society and education the new d strict school build ng has just completed at a cost of 16 Cast ledale has ten business houses and a bank huntington has a population of 1250 is 12 miles north of Cast boasts of a good central school and 8 good business houses it is situated on huntington creek agriculture is the chief occupation orangeville Orang eville is smiles west of castle dale and has a population of and is pro anent as a fru t district Ps chief occupation is agriculture cattle and sheep ra ing aenon is 13 miles south of Cast ledale and has 5 stores and two churches its chief occupation lo 10 farming and fruit raising and has a population of 1100 cleveland is a beautiful little village and farming is the chief occupation population ib green river is the only railroad town in the county and has a populate on of 1000 and is situated in the eastern part of the county emery has a population of and is in the extreme south part of the county it boasts of several good stores a edien d strict school house and other structures necessary for the maintain i ence of bood society farm ng ranch ing and cattle rais ng are chief occupy eions the people of emery county are in du anous and moral education is emphasized in every town they are cosmopolitan and metropolitan in every ense they are philanthropic and steady A R KING |